P1634.xml MARION P. AND WILLIAM W. SATTERLEE: An Inventory of Their Papers Finding aid prepared by John M. Wickre. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Stephanie Grabowski,April 28, 1999. Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society Satterlee, Marion P., 1857-1942. Marion P. and William W. Satterlee papers. 1878-1937. Research files (1909-1937) of Marion P. Satterlee, a historian of the 1862 Dakota Conflict in Minnesota, and a scrapbook and miscellany (1878-1893) of William W. Satterlee, a leader of the Prohibition Party in Minnesota and a professor at Grant University, Athens, Tennessee. 1.0 cu. ft. (3 boxes). See Detailed Description section for shelf location. BIOGRAPHY OF MARION AND WILLIAM SATTERLEE

Marion P. Satterlee was a historian of the 1862 Dakota War. His father, Reverend William W. Satterlee, was a professor at Grant University in Athens, Tennessee (later Tennessee Wesleyan College), and a leader of the Prohibition Party in Minnesota.

 SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

The collection primarily contains Marion P. Satterlee's historical research files (1909-1937) regarding the 1862 Dakota Conflict in Minnesota. Also included are a scrapbook and miscellaneous items (1878-1893) of Marion P. Satterlee's father, William W. Satterlee, a leader of the Prohibition Party in Minnesota and a professor at Grant University, Athens, Tennessee.

Marion's research files include two boxes of card files with data on both Indian and white participants in the Dakota Conflict, and letters containing reminiscences from white survivors.

 ARRANGEMENT OF THE COLLECTION

These records are divided into the following two sections:

William W. Satterlee Papers Marion P. Satterlee Dakota War Research Files. RELATED MATERIALS

Marion P. Satterlee's publications on the 1862 Dakota War are available in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection, as is a work by William W. Satterlee related to the prohibition movement in Minnesota.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Dakota Indians--Biography. Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865. Person: Satterlee, William Wilson, 1837-1893. Organizations: Grant University. Prohibition Party (U.S.). Red Rock Park Association. Types of Documentation: Stock certificates. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Marion P. and William W. Satterlee Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 1794C; 1802A; 2947; 3009; 3016

 Processing Information:

Processed by: John M. Wickre, May 1988

Catalog ID number: 09-0042252

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION William W. Satterlee Papers P16341Scrapbook and miscellaneous items, 1878-1893. 2 folders.

The scrapbook includes a photograph of Satterlee (undated), a copy of a printed organizational document from the national Prohibition Home Protection Party (1883), a few items related to Satterlee during his tenure at Grant Memorial University and to his prohibition work (1878-1892), and clippings of newspaper obituaries (1893).

A second folder includes a letter of acceptance of Satterlee's nomination as Prohibition Party candidate for governor of Minnesota (June 11, 1879); items relating to his fund raising and temperance work with the institution known variously as Grant Memorial University (1887) and U.S. Grant University (1890) in Athens, Tennessee; and three memorial addresses following Satterlee's death (1893).

There are also three stock certificates (1884-1890) for the Red Rock Park Association, a camp meeting corporation affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church with headquarters in St. Paul.

 Marion P. Satterlee Dakota War Research Files P16341Correspondence and related papers, undated and 1909-1928, 1937. 4 folders.

Satterlee's correspondence relating to his research on the participants in the 1862 Dakota Conflict, including letters from white survivors recounting their experiences.

 P16342Card Files: Dakota participants. 1 card file, ca. 7 in.

The alphabetically arranged cards each give information on a single individual, most of whom are male. Each card gives the person's Dakota name, an English translation of the name, the band to which the person belonged, age in 1862, and remarks about the case's disposition.

 P16343Card Files: White Participants. 1 card file, ca. 4 in.

The alphabetically arranged cards give names, residences, their involvement in the conflict, and their own outcome.