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Names starting with the letter B

Name/Abstract	File no.
B.W. Harris Manufacturing Co.: An Inventory of Its Advertising and Publicity Materials	00310
Advertising and promotional materials from a family-owned manufacturer of outerwear and sportswear founded in 1916 and best known for its men's coats manufactured under the Zero King label.
Charles M. Babcock: An Inventory of His Papers	P2341
Biographical and family history information (1873-1939), personal correspondence (1893-1957), papers regarding a Charles M. Babcock Memorial (1937, 1947), household management (1941-1957) and farm investment (1917-1938) records, clippings, and photographs documenting the family and career (1917-1932) of a Minnesota state highway commissioner.
The Bach Society of Minnesota: An Inventory of Their Records	00375
Records documenting the activities of the Twin Cities' oldest major choral society.
Charles W. Bachmann: An Inventory of His Family Papers	P1211
Letters, military papers, and newspaper obituaries of this German immigrant carpenter who served in the Fifth Minnesota Infantry during the Civil War and settled in Carver County. A scrapbook (1884) presented to Bachmann by Ferdinand Enderlin commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Newark, N.J. German men's choral society, M.G.V. "Arion."
William Richardson Bagley: An Inventory of His Papers	M213
Letters, reports, correspondence, and clippings of a Duluth, Minnesota physician and conservationist.
Carolen Bailey: An Inventory of Her Papers	00011
Correspondence, minutes, training materials (1967-1990), speeches (1962-1991), scrapbook (1967-1991), newsletters, audio cassettes (1974), and photographs relating to a woman who was a St. Paul (Minn.) police officer from 1961 to 1991. She became a leader in training law enforcement personnel to recognize child and wife abuse. Bailey also served as a consultant to, and a member of, several state and national law enforcement organizations.
George A. Barton: An Inventory of His Papers	P0782
Correspondence, broadsides, programs for athletic events, newsletters, and clippings reflecting Barton's career as a professional boxer (1902-1909), as a sports writer for Minneapolis newspapers (1903-1957), as a boxing referee (ca. 1915-ca. 1940) and as a commissioner and secretary of the Minnesota State Athletic Commission (1942-1969).
Richard Bartz: An Inventory of His Papers	00704
Business records from various banks in Minnesota, the American Savings and Loan Institute, internal publications and newsletters of West Group, directories, annual reports, and miscellaneous papers of Elim Covenant Church, (St. Paul, Minnesota) and the diaries of Harry Guy Burcalow and Vesta Burcalow, relations of Richard Bartz.
Bassett Creek Flood Control Commission: An Inventory of Its Records	bcfccomm
Records of the Bassett Creek Flood Control Commission, formed in 1969 to provide for cooperation in the investigation, planning, and implementation of flood control measures in the Bassett Creek watershed.
Joel Bean Bassett: An Inventory of His Papers	P2243
Correspondence, reports, treaty drafts, payment vouchers, applications for Indian trader licenses, and similar documents relating mostly to Bassett's work while agent at the Chippewa Agency, Crow Wing, Minnesota (1865-1869).
Atherton Bean: An Inventory of His Papers	00516
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal papers, reports, photographs, and ephemera pertaining to the activities of Atherton Bean's personal philanthropic interests such as the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) and the Minnesota Academy of Art and Design (MCAD), Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota), and in the family firm, International Multifoods Corporation.
F. A. Bean: An Inventory of His Papers	00515
Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, photographs, pamphlets, and maps reflecting Francis Atherton Bean, Jr.'s personal interests such as the Boy Scouts of America, the Council of Churches of Christ of the United States of America, and the Plymouth Congregational Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota). The papers also pertain to his business interests in the International Milling Company and F. A. Bean Farms, Ltd.
Bernard P. Becker: An Inventory of His Papers	00038
Court case documents, correspondence, minutes, monographs, newspaper clippings, and related papers largely documenting Becker's involvement in court actions brought by various Minnesota bands of Ojibwe Indians against the State of Minnesota relating to the violation of hunting, fishing, and wild rice harvesting rights guaranteed by treaties. They include papers regarding white citizens' committees opposed to Indian rights, and the reservations' housing authorities and legal services.
Becker County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM174
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, and applications to take oath of allegiance (naturalization by repatriation).
John Beecher: An Inventory of His Draft Book	P0035
Draft of a book (Chicago: Vanguard Books, 1980) on politics and democracy using Minnesota as a case study. Beecher, a laborer, writer, poet, teacher, and New Deal public servant, surveyed Minnesota politicians and their associates before 1930 and focused on Farmer-Labor party governors Floyd B. Olson, Hjalmar Petersen, and Elmer A. Benson.
Beltrami County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM059
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, loose naturalization papers, and related files.
Bemis Company Records: An Inventory of Its Records	00447
Ledgers (1873-1926), journals (1900-1955), letterpress book (Boston, 1902-1903), miscellaneous account books, order books (1873-1892, 1934-1935), scrapbooks (1944-1978), and miscellaneous memorandum books documenting a manufacturer of burlap bags and related products based in Minneapolis and with other offices and plants in Boston, Buffalo, St. Louis, and Vancouver (Wash.).
Merrill C. Benson: An Inventory of His Family Papers	P2543
Courtship correspondence (1921-1923) between Harmony (Minn.) farm couple Borghild Bjorge and Merrill C. Benson, as well as material (1941-1949) related to Quentin M. Benson's involvement in a 4-H Club.
Benton County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM167
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, applications to take oath of allegiance (naturalization by repatriation), loose declarations of intention, and loose final papers.
James O. Berdahl: An Inventory of His Berdahl Family Genealogy and History	P2539
Photocopies of typed copies of genealogies and family history manuscripts created or collected by James O. Berdahl, and giving information on the family members' emigration from Norway (1856) and their subsequent experiences in the United States, especially in Iowa (1856-1859), Minnesota (1859-1872), and South Dakota (1873- ).
Bob Bergland: An Inventory of His Papers	00478
Political and personal papers of Bob Bergland, a DFL representative to the U.S. Congress for Minnesota's 7th District from 1971 to 1977, when he became Secretary of Agriculture under President Jimmy Carter.
Linda Lee Berglin: An Inventory of Her Legislative Files	00365
Papers documenting Linda Lee Berglin's service in the Minnesota House of Representatives (1972-1979) and the Minnesota Senate (1980-1996).
Edgar Berman: An Inventory of His Papers Relating to Hubert H. Humphrey	P2626
Edgar Berman's files on Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, primarily relating to his involvement with Humphrey's 1968 presidential campaign and the biography he wrote about Humphrey. Berman, a doctor from Maryland, was Humphrey's physician and a close advisor.
Bethlehem Baptist Church: An Inventory of Its Church Records	00667
Annual reports, minute books, some ministerial records, newsletters, Sunday bulletins, member directories, subject files, some photographs, and other material relating to and documenting the programs and ministry of a Baptist congregation located near downtown Minneapolis that began in 1871 as a congregation of Swedish immigrants.
Big Stone County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM178
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, loose naturalization papers, and related files.
Biotechnology Council: An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports	biotec01
Reports and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Council on Biotechnology.
Council on Black Minnesotans: An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports	blmn01
Reports and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Council on Black Minnesotans.
Black Music Educators of the Twin Cities: An Inventory of Their Records	00605
Administrative records, historical and publicity materials, and programmatic materials documenting the most active and influential years of an association formed by African American music teachers to provide outreach, assistance, and promotion for young Black musicians and composers in Minnesota.
John A. Blatnik: An Inventory of His Congressional Papers	00366
Papers documenting John A. Blatnik's service as a United States Representative from Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District. The majority of the collection pertains to the final eleven years (1963-1974) of his career. A portion of the collection documents his early career (1946-1962) and a limited number of files span back to Blatnik's election to the Minnesota state senate (1940).
Theodore Christian Blegen: An Inventory of His Papers	P1666
Kensington Runestone research files (1899-1968) and miscellaneous correspondence files (1878-1956) of Theodore C. Blegen (1891-1969), a University of Minnesota professor (1927-1939), dean (1940-1960), superintendent (1931-1939), and research fellow (1960-1969). The runestone files generated in the 1960s while he was researching the stone, concern a large stone bearing runic inscriptions that were purportedly carved by Viking explorers, and which was found near Kensington (Douglas County), Minnesota in 1898.
Bloomington Human Relations Council: An Inventory of Its Records	P2509
Records of a community organization formed by citizens of a Minneapolis suburb in 1964 to work against racial discrimination, especially with regard to local housing, schools, and employment.
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records	00621
Subject files, movies, photographs, advertising samples, and other records of an Eagan, Minnesota-based nonprofit health service corporation and its predecessors that had its beginnings with the organization in 1933 of Minnesota Blue Cross, Minnesota's first pre-paid health plan.
Blue Earth County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM135
Declarations of intention, final papers, and loose naturalization papers.
Blue Earth County. Independent School District No. 77, Mankato: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00014
Records documenting the administration, history, and activities of this school district.
Blue Earth County. School District No. 3/145, Mankato Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00015
Records documenting the administration, history, and activities of this school district.
Harry E. Blumenthal: An Inventory of His Papers	00147
Disassembled scrapbook of a Minneapolis metal dealer and junk yard operator who, during World War II, served as a special assistant in the Minneapolis regional office of the War Production Board.
Board of Invention: An Inventory of Its Annual Report	BdInv01
Report documenting the creation and first year's activities of this board created to foster invention in Minnesota.
Board of World's Fair Managers: An Inventory of Its World's Columbian Exposition Records	gr00036
Records documenting the board's fundraising for and construction and management of the Minnesota Building and exhibits at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Boating Industry Catalogs	00683
Catalogs from boat companies in Minnesota and the United States.
Eduard Boeckmann: An Inventory of His Papers	P2210
Correspondence, photographs, biographical and genealogical information, diplomas, certificates, military commissions, and information about Luther and St. Paul hospitals of Eduard Boeckmann, a Norwegian-born St. Paul physician, much of which is in Norwegian.
Alvin W. Boese: An Inventory of His Papers	P2093
Personal papers and business records related to the life and career of a prominent researcher and inventor at 3M. The papers include correspondence, laboratory log books, research reports, patents, contracts, blueprints, minutes, product samples, financial data, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Samuel R. (Samuel Robert) Bond: An Inventory of His Journal on the Fisk Expedition of 1862	P2241
A typescript copy of a journal kept by the secretary of the 1862 Fisk Expedition to escort emigrants and gold-seekers through the Dakota Territory from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton.
The Book Club: An Inventory of Its Records	P2397
Records of an African American women's literary and social club, along with an oral history interview of Barbara Cyrus, a long-time member of the group.
Rudy Boschwitz: An Inventory of His Papers	00013
Senatorial records of Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.), a Minnesota businessman who served two terms in the U.S. Senate (1979-1991).
William Boss: An Inventory of the Boss Family and Business Papers	00325
Personal papers of agricultural engineer William Boss and interior designer Harland Boss, business records of the Specialty Manufacturing Company, and genealogical information on the Boss and related families.
Gisle Bothne: An Inventory of His Papers	P1453
Correspondence, articles, and speeches of the head of the Scandinavian department of the University of Minnesota (1907-1929). The materials deal with the Norse-American centennial (1925), Norwegian history and literature, his participation in other Norwegian-American cultural celebrations, and his teaching career at Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) and the University of Minnesota.
William D. Bowell: An Inventory of His Padelford Packet Boat Co. Scrapbooks	m0639
Microfilmed scrapbooks documenting the history of the Padelford Packet Boat Co., Inc., which operated sightseeing river excursions and participated in events that celebrated river boats and river boating.
Boxing Board: An Inventory of Its Records	boxbd01
Records of this board which regulated all boxing, full contact karate, and kickboxing activities in the state, as well as those of its predecessors, the State Athletic Commission (1915-1973) and State Boxing Commission (1973-1975).
Michael J. Boyle: An Inventory of His Papers	P1435
Diaries (1876-1890, 1930-1940), correspondence, and related papers of Boyle, who was affiliated as a salesman and manager (1877-1927) with the St. Paul wholesale dry goods firm of Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson and Company and its successors. They document his early surveying and teaching experiences (1876-1877); lifelong involvement in the Catholic Church and Democratic Party; dry goods career; social customs and activities of St. Paul in the 1870s and 1880s, particularly through parties, dances, and theatricals attended; his club memberships, especially the Minnesota Boat Club and Nushka (toboggan) Club; his romances; and his employment in the Ramsey County assessor's office (1930-1940).
John P. Bradford: An Inventory of His Papers	00254
Personal files of a St. Paul (Minn.) man documenting his successive careers as an independent filmmaker (1928-1934); film editor for the
Breck School: An Inventory of Its Records	00558
Miscellaneous historical records of an Episcopal preparatory school established (1886) in Wilder (Minn.), which later relocated in St. Paul (1916), Minneapolis (1956), and Golden Valley (1981).
Brainerd State Hospital: An Inventory of Its Minnesota Learning Center Records	brsh01
Management group minutes, annual reports including program descriptions, other program analyses and reports, and a Learning Center manual (1972).
Maybelle Brekken: An Inventory of Her Papers	00014
Diaries (1911-1991), newspaper clippings, autograph book (1902-1904), photographs, class assignments and evaluations (1914-1953), school resource evaluation (1984-1985), and a video cassette (1986) relating to Maybelle Ida Jacobson Quarberg Brekken, a Minnesota teacher and housewife. She taught in Crookston and in rural Polk County schools, and later lived in Minneapolis.
Bricklayers, Masons and Cement Blocklayers Union Local No.1: An Inventory of Its Records	P6
Minute books (1884-1912), account books (1886-1897), membership lists (1894-1950), and a scrapbook of routine correspondence (1888-1897). The minutes discuss union business, strikes, activities of the St. Paul Trade and Labor Assembly, relations with other unions, labor legislation in Minnesota, prison labor, members working on nonunion jobs, the amalgamation of two St. Paul bricklayers unions (1897), and sickness and death benefits.
Elizabeth Klein Bridgeman: An Inventory of Her Papers	P2617
Collection contains printed materials, committee minutes, brochures, manuals, speeches, press releases and notes collected by Bridgeman during her activities with the Minnesota Republican Party and the Morningside (Edina) Republican Committee.
Fanny F. Brin: An Inventory of Her Papers	00633
Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, minutes, news releases, scrapbooks, printed materials, and related papers documenting Brin's involvement in social and political movements of the 1920s and 1930s.
British Festival of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records	00562
Minutes, budget information, advertising and publicity materials, printed matter, audio and video recordings, and other materials largely documenting the planning underlying a set of interrelated cultural events in Minneapolis and St. Paul aimed at celebrating and publicizing the contributions of Great Britain and British peoples to Minnesota culture.
Gladys Sinclair Brooks: An Inventory of Her Papers	00249
A small group of subject files documenting the public service career of a Minneapolis alderman, member of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, Republican Party activist, president of the Minnesota Council of Churches, a national board member of the YWCA, and chair of the Governor's Human Rights Commission.
Markell Conley Brooks: An Inventory of Her Genealogy Files	00502
Genealogical charts and correspondence, family letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, architectural drawings, audio tapes, theatrical scripts, and other material relating to the Brooks, Conley, Flower, Gutherz, Hawkins, Morris, Orton, and other related families, ancestors of Markell Conley Brooks. This material was used by daughter-in-law Virginia Dahleen Brooks in writing a family history.
Sheldon Brooks: An Inventory of His Family Papers	P2304
Diaries and letters of a farmer and doctor who migrated with his family from upstate New York to southeastern Minnesota in 1856. Brooks settled at Beaver, Minn., and later operated a grain warehouse at nearby Minneiska. Includes a diary kept by a young son, reminiscences penned by his sister, and family genealogical information.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.). Division 150 (Saint Paul, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	P1377
Minutes (1872-1951), membership dues ledgers (1872-1901), a cashbook (1875-1906), a membership record book (1872-1903), and miscellaneous papers of a local union of locomotive engineers employed by the Great Northern Railway Company and predecessor and related companies.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Chicago Great Western Railroad Company: An Inventory of the General Grievance Committee Records	00072
Subject and claim files of a general grievance committee representing 13 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen lodges in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.
Brown County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM020
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, applications to take oath of allegiance, and loose naturalization papers.
Art Brown: An Inventory of His Film Collection	sv000027
A collection of amateur films that showcases small town parades and carnivals, outdoor recreation such as boating, racing, and skating, a storm in Anoka, and local political figures such as Minneapolis Mayor George E. Leach and the funeral of Governor Floyd B. Olson.
Edwin Hacker Brown: An Inventory of the Brown Family Papers	P1455
Correspondence and related papers, reports and other business records, legal and financial documents, diaries, scrapbook contents, and photograph albums documenting the life of a Minneapolis architect and engineer and of various members of the related Brown, Hall, and Christian families.
Garfield W. Brown: An Inventory of His Papers	00675
Legal documents, correspondence, and related papers concerning cases that Brown, a Glencoe (Minn.) lawyer, presented before the McLeod and other county district courts (1906-1920). The legal case files are believed to typify those handled by a small-town lawyer. They are supplemented by a file of clippings, articles, and speeches by Brown (1921-1967), primarily relating to the legal aspects of insurance.
May Brown: An Inventory of Her Photograph Album	sv000026
Album includes tintypes and carte-de-visites of the Brown family, relatives and friends.
Leopold Bruenner: An Inventory of His Papers At Minnesota Historical Society	00335
A photocopied scrapbook (1908-1954), musical scores (undated and 1917-1953), newspaper clippings (undated and 1956, 1958), and a small number of photographs documenting a German immigrant's 58-year career as a composer, choirmaster, and organist in St. Paul, Minn.
Bill Brust: An Inventory of His Papers	P2143
Papers documenting the life and career of a Minnesota Trotskyite and modern language scholar.
Chester Bruvold: An Inventory of His Papers	00015
Correspondence, printed materials, and case files of a Minneapolis lawyer and pacifist who representated conscientious objectors, anti-war protesters, and cooperatives.
Tela B. Burt: An Inventory of His Papers	00352
Papers related to the life and careers of a prominent figure in the Twin Cities (Minn.) African American community.