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Name/Abstract	File no.
Immigration Board: An Inventory of Its Records	immigbd
Records of this board established to promote and encourage immigration to the state, including biennial reports, correspondence, and printed materials.
Independent Scandinavian Workingmen’s Association: An Inventory of the Minute Books of Balder Lodge No. 27	P1326
Minutes and financial information, in Swedish and Norwegian, accompanied by typed English-language translations, of this fraternal insurance society founded in 1893 and later called the Scandinavian American Fraternity. They document illness benefits provided to members, and social events.
India Association of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records	P2602
Records of the India Association of Minnesota, which was first known as the India Club of Minnesota and was formed to support the community of Asian Indians in Minnesota and to promote the national values and culture of India.
India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project Inventory	oh119
Oral histories that chronicle the lives and experiences of Indians and Indian Americans who are members of the India Association of Minnesota.
Indian Boarding School: An Inventory of Photographs	sv000053
Views at an Indian boarding school, location unknown. Includes views of students and staff, school activities, exterior and interior views of facilities.
Indian Crafts of the Episcopal Church In Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records	00432
Records of an Episcopal Church project started by Karen Petersen to help the Indians in northern Minnesota become self-supporting.
Integrity National Convention: An Inventory of Its Records	P970
Materials from the annual national convention of Integrity, an organization of lesbian and gay Episcopalians and their supporters.
Inter-Club Council of Saint Paul: An Inventory of Its Records	00232
Miscellaneous administrative records of a St. Paul (Minn.) community council organized in 1944 and including representatives from many civic, cultural, religious, and political groups. It provided a medium through which such organizations could work for civic improvement in St. Paul.
Intermedia Arts Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records	00328
Historical background information, articles of incorporation, annual reports, long-range plans, minutes of the board and staff, financial records, correspondence, subject files, grant files, distribution contracts, press releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, and printed promotional materials documenting a nonprofit corporation organized in 1973 under the University of Minnesota by the merger of the West Bank Union Video Access Center and the Student Association video project.
Intermedia Arts Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Video Collection Part I	iii37
The collection containing 269 titles includes documentaries, short films, animated films, experimental films and performance art. Topics include Vietnam, community involvement, urban and rural issues, Minneapolis neighborhood issues, agriculture, musical and dance performances, poetry, women’s issues, sports, disabled persons, politics and government, education, energy, drug use and education, labor, housing, civil rights, and journalism.
Intermedia Arts Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Video Colleciton Part II	iii47
The collection includes documentaries, experimental films and performance art. Topics include dance and music performances, discussions and lectures, folk art, art installations, public art, school partnership programs, spoken word and performance art. Some of the videorecordings were also copied to DVD by Intermedia Arts.
International Association of Machinists. District Lodge No. 32 (St. Paul, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	00580
Correspondence, bulletins, reports, circulars, minutes, transcripts of cases before the U.S. Railroad Labor Board, and other material related to the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge No. 32, and to the Railway Employees Department of the American Federation of Labor.
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 215: An Inventory of Its Minute Book	P2303
Minutes detailing the formation and early years of a union of warehouse workers at Montgomery Ward in St. Paul.
International Multifoods Corporation: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records	00236
Materials within the collection provide historical, biographical, administative, aural, and pictorial information about the company's growth from the small New Prague Flouring Mill, founded in 1892, into a public conglomerate with international offices, operations, and markets. Information covers the corporation's executive officers; its manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution facilities; its subsidiaries and product lines; promotional programs; and advertising campaigns.
Investors Diversified Services: An Inventory of Its Records	00510
Articles of incorporation, financial statements, annual reports of corporate parents American Express Company and Alleghany Corporation, company history information, mutual fund annual reports, and other materials related to a Minneapolis-based financial services company that was established in 1894 as Investors Syndicate and later known as Investors Diversified Services and as IDS Financial Services Inc.
Iowa. Secretary of State: An Inventory of Iowa-Minnesota Boundary Survey Plats	C077
Photographic mylar copies of plat maps prepared to accompany the records of the 1852 survey expedition that established the legal boundary between Iowa and Minnesota.
John Ireland Papers: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition	m0454
A compilation of collections from several Minnesota repositories documenting the religious and secular activities of John Ireland, first archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul. The papers include correspondence; drafts and printed copies of Ireland’s speeches, sermons, and lectures; legal and government documents; petitions; papal bulls and letters; diplomas and certificates; historical research materials; pamphlets; newspaper clippings; and clippings scrapbooks.
Isanti County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM172
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, applications to take oath of allegiance, and loose final papers.
Isanti County. Independent School District No. 314, Braham: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00013
Records documenting the administration and activities of this school district.
Itasca County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil Case Files	itascase
Files numbered 1-16239; may include transcripts and exhibits.
Itasca County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM065
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, applications to take oath of allegiance, applications for transfer of petition for naturalization, and loose naturalization papers.
Izaak Walton League of America. Minnesota Division: An Inventory of Its Records	00402
Minutes, correspondence, some financial records, subject files, convention files, chapter files, printed material, and newspaper clippings relating to an organization concerned with the conservation of natural resources.
J.M. Dalglish Company: An Inventory of Its Records	00022
Photographs, design blueprints, motion picture films, and correspondence of a metal fabricating company established in 1927 as general manufacturing agents for various products. The company fulfilled defense contracts during World War II and manufactured lawn mowers and similar items afterward.
Jackson County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM026
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.
Frances Haynes James: An Inventory of the James Family Papers	00584
Letters (mainly handwritten transcripts), photographs, watercolors, and genealogical data concerning Minnesota artist Frances Haynes James, her father, Maine artist Francis Greenleaf Haynes, her daughter Helen James Sommers, and three generations of other members of the Haynes, James, and Sommers families.
Charles H. Janssen: An Inventory of His Papers	00350
Business correspondence and related papers of a St. Paul grocery trade association leader and official of New Deal-era federal agencies charged with regulating food prices and distribution during the Great Depression, and with food and grocery rationing and distribution during World War II.
Jefferson Transportation Company: An Inventory of Its Records	00474
Records of a Minneapolis-based bus company that was also involved in retail and hotel projects in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Includes business records of subsidiary, related, and acquired bus companies, and personal and business papers of long-time company president Edgar F. Zelle and other members of the Zelle family.
Arthur H. Jensen: A Numeric Inventory to His Minneapolis-Moline Negative Collection	sv000002
A numeric list of the black and white negatives made by commercial photographer Arthur H. Jensen that illustrate the tractors, agricultural implements, machinery, and power units manufactured by the Minneapolis-Moline Company between the 1930s and 1960s. Other views include images of the company's advertising, manufacturing facilities, offices, sales dealerships, executives, employees, and participation in national and local community events.
Arthur H. Jensen: A Topical Inventory to His Minneapolis-Moline Negative Collection	sv000003
A topical list of the black and white negatives made by commercial photographer Arthur H. Jensen that illustrate the tractors, agricultural implements, machinery, and power units manufactured by the Minneapolis-Moline Company between the 1930s and 1960s. Other views include images of the company's advertising, manufacturing facilities, offices, sales dealerships, executives, employees, and participation in national and local community events.
Esther Jerabek: An Inventory of the Jerabek Family Papers	P2208
Papers of a Minnesota teacher and librarian, largely documenting her interest and research into her Czech family and ethnicity, Minnesota ethnic history, her college experiences, librarianship, and her bibliography of Czech and Slovak history sources.
Charles W. and Eva S. Jerome and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	P0854
Family and personal correspondence and memorabilia of Charles W. and Eva Sardeson Jerome during their residence in several Minnesota communities (undated and 1855-1966); genealogical letters and data on the Jerome, Waldron, Sardeson, Rossing, and related families (1884-1886, 1922); literary manuscripts by Eva S. Jerome and other Jerome family members (1895-1953?); papers relating to Eva S. Jerome's social action activities (1906-1966); and photocopied transcripts of diaries, love letters, reminiscences, and a poem (1883-1965) of Eva S. and Charles W. Jerome, transcribed by their grandson, Richard Jerome Sommer in the 1980s.
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records	P445
Clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence relating to the investigative activities of this organization created in the 1930s to publicly protest anti-Semitic activity in Minnesota and the United States. Largely organized as subject files (1922-1967), they document organizations, individuals, and publications expressing conservative political, religious, and racial views, as well as a few representing communist organizations.
Jewish Relief Committee (Eveleth Minn.): An Inventory of Its Minutes	P2317
Minute book of the Jewish Relief Committee (1915-1917) and the Eveleth Zionist District (1920).
Jobs Policy Office : An Inventory of Its Records	jobpol01
Records documenting the organization and operation of the Jobs Policy Office, formally the Office of Jobs Policy Coordination (1987-1989), and its predecessor, the Office of Full Productivity and Opportunity (1985-1987).
Jobs and Training Department. Rehabilitation Services Division: An Inventory of Its Minnesota Supported Employment Project Files	j&t002
Minutes, notices, schedules, reports, and background materials that document the division's administration of the project.
Jobs and Training Department. Rehabilitation Services Division: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	j&t003
General subject files and cooperative agreement files of the Rehabilitation Services Division, particularly its Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, documenting its oversight of and support for employment services to disabled residents.
Donald D. Johnson: An Inventory of His Papers	P1963
A diary kept by a World War II prisoner of war in Germany and letters he wrote home to his wife and child.
Herbert O. Johnson: An Inventory of His Papers	00425
Papers of Herbert O. Johnson, mostly related to his work as executive secretary for the Minnesota Republican Party and as an advocate for the elderly.
Kermit P. Johnson: An Inventory of His Papers	P2571
Letters, photographs, personal military records, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers of a Chisago County, Minnesota man who served as a medic with the United States Army's 34th Infantry (Red Bull) Division in North Africa and in Italy during World War II.
Roger I. Johnson: An Inventory of His Impace-Mea Papers	00313
Papers compiled by Roger I. Johnson relating to his tenure as chairman of IMPACE-MEA, a bipartisan political action committee associated with the Minnesota Education Association which raised funds and screened candidates for local, state, and national offices.
Samuel Johnson: An Inventory of His Papers	00529
Personal and political correspondence, family papers, diaries, financial record books, posters, fliers and handbills, sheet music and musical programs, and other material of a St. Paul teamster and Socialist Labor Party official, relating particularly to his involvement in party and political activities and in Scandinavian choral societies. There are also some papers of Johnson's daughter Clara (Johnson) Hauerwas. Much of the material is in Danish, some of it in old script.
Harry Wild Jones: An Inventory of His Papers	P1979
Architectural drawings and plans, sketches of building facades, photographs, and project bidding specifications, all documenting a number of projects undertaken by Minneapolis architect Harry W. Jones.
Perrie Jones: An Inventory of Her Family Papers	00574
Personal, family, and professional correspondence; lecture notes; print and near-print materials; newspaper clippings; a World War I journal; speeches; articles, essays, and poetry; photographs; and other papers documenting the career of Perrie Jones, St. Paul Public Library director (1937-1955).
Geri Joseph: An Inventory of Her Papers	00460
Papers documenting a Minnesota woman's careers as an award winning journalist, Democratic Party activist, diplomat, public policy analyst, and board member of numerous business and civic organizations.
Walter Henry Judd: An Inventory of His Papers	00314
Correspondence (1921-1993), subject files (1938-1991), campaign files (1942-1962), congressional office files (1943-1962), speech files (1932-1990), political activity files (1945-1976), schedules (1938-1976), newspaper clippings (1938-1972), oral history transcripts, audio and visual recordings (1945-1976), photographs, and printed material relating to a former medical missionary in China and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1943-1963) from Minneapolis. After his defeat in 1962, Judd continued to live in Washington, D.C. and was active in political, educational, and religious organizations.
Judicial Council: An Inventory of Its Biennial and Miscellaneous Reports	judco01
Reports of this council to study the organization, administration, methods of procedure and practice, and personnel policies of the state's judicial system and recommend ways to achieve greater efficiency.
Junior League of St. Paul: An Inventory of Its Records	00327
Records documenting the history, administration, and activities of the Junior League of St. Paul, a women's voluntary civic association formed in 1917.
Max M. Kampelman: An Inventory of His Papers	42388
Correspondence, newsletters, published and unpublished articles, speeches, government reports, press releases, clippings, television footage, memoirs, interviews, and related materials documenting the public life of Max M. Kampelman as legislative counsel to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (1949-1955), as a friend and advisor to Humphrey throughout his political career (1956-1978), and as United States ambassador (1980-1992). The papers also reflect Kampelman's activities in professional and community groups.
Kanabec County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM182
Indexes to final papers and petition and record; declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, applications to take oath of allegiance, loose declarations of intention, and loose naturalization papers.
Kanabec County. Independent School District No. 331, Grasston: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00029
Records documenting the administration and activities of this school district.
Kandiyohi County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM052
Index to final papers and petition and record, declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, citizenship petitions granted and denied, applications to take the oath of allegiance, and loose naturalization papers.
Kandiyohi County, Central Lakes Education District No. 61-6022, Willmar: An Inventory of Its Records	CLEdDist
Records of this district established to increase educational opportunities for learners by increasing cooperation and coordination among school districts, other governmental units, and post-secondary institutions, and to replace other existing cooperative structures.
Kandiyohi County. Kandiyohi County Group Homes: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00022
Records of the Kandiyohi County Group Homes, established in 1975 to operate homes for teenage boys and girls, who are emotionally troubled, have behavioral problems, and are in need of protective services.
Lucile M. Kane: An Inventory of Her Saint Anthony Milling District Research Notes	00668
Research notes and photocopies of articles used by Minnesota historian, author, and archivist Lucile M. Kane in the process of researching her book, The Waterfall that Built a City: The Falls of St. Anthony in Minneapolis (1966).
Morris Kaplan: An Inventory of His Papers	P0022
Reminiscences, correspondence, and newspaper clippings documenting the life of a Jewish storekeeper and socialist activist from Bemidji, Minnesota.
Joseph Edward Karth: An Inventory of His Congressional Papers	00275
Congressional office files of a U.S. representative (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) from Minnesota's fourth district who served from 1959-1977.
Frank B. Kellogg Papers: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition	m0332
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, background materials, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers of this U.S. senator from Minnesota (1917-1923), ambassador to Great Britain (1923-1925), secretary of state (1925-1929), and judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice (World Court) (1930-1935).
Florence Nelson Kennedy: An Inventory of Her Papers	P2016
Correspondence, photographs (1919-1930), school records (1920), stories, poetry (undated and 1920-1972), yearbooks (1924-1929), newsletters, a diary (1967-1975), school workbooks, original drawings, and photocopied newspaper proofs and tear sheets documenting the personal life, education, and career of a Minneapolis commercial artist who specialized in fashion illustration.
Elizabeth Kenny: An Inventory of Her Papers	00201
Personal papers documenting the life and career of an Australian nurse who discovered a revolutionary treatment for infantile paralysis and devoted her life to the dissemination of the treatment throughout the U.S. and abroad, as well as research files of two Kenny biographers.
Antoinette Porter King and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	P2129
Correspondence, diaries, and genealogies comprising the compiled genealogical and historical record of two families who migrated from New York to Wisconsin and eventually settled near Jackson, Minnesota.
Slovie Kissin-Marver: An Inventory of Her Papers	P0212
Photocopies of a reminiscence, an autobiographical sketch, correspondence (1934, 1953-1958, 1979), a telegram (1957), and newspaper clippings (1940, 1951-1957), documenting the life and career of a Jewish woman from St. Paul (Minn.).
J. Harold Kittleson: An Inventory of His Papers	00527
Correspondence, news clippings, and other papers created and accumulated by Minneapolis bookseller Harold Kittleson, primarily relating to his work for the Powers Department Store Book Section and the book trade in the Twin Cities area.
Kittson County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM173
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, and lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied.
Fulton B. Klinkerfues: An Inventory of His Minnesota Education Association Papers	00433
Papers compiled by Fulton B. Klinkerfues relating to his tenure as president of the Minnesota Education Association (MEA) and as founder and director of the MEA's political action committee, IMPACE (Independent Minnesota Political Action Committee for Education).
Knox Lumber Company: An Inventory of Its Company Records	00004
Records of a Saint Paul-based cash and carry retail lumber yard and hardware business and its predecessors, as well as Knox president Larry Platt's experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II.
Harold Knutson: An Inventory of His Congressional Files	00441
Voting records (1919-1948) of, and legislative bills (1923-1948) introduced by, a Republican congressman representing the sixth district of central Minnesota.
Oscar R. Knutson: An Inventory of His Papers	00581
Professional correspondence, speech, and subject files of Oscar R. Knutson, an attorney from Warren, Minnesota who served as a 14th district court judge (1941-1948) and as an associate justice (1948-1962) and chief justice (1962-1973) of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Theodore F. Koch: An Inventory of His Papers	P2271
Reminiscences (1930, typed, 79 pp.) by Koch, a land developer and businessman born in Looward, Holland (April 1, 1854), who immigrated to the United States (1884) and engaged in many land development enterprises, colonization projects, cattle buying, and other activities in Minnesota and Texas.
Frederick W. Kohlmeyer: An Inventory of His Research Files	P2068
Notes, correspondence, printed materials, reminiscences, and related files collected by historian Frederick W. Kohlmeyer for the book Timber and men: the Weyerhaeuser story, documenting various labor-related aspects of the lumber industry, including labor policies, lumber trade statistics, strikes, and the activities of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Mathias Koll: An Inventory of His Papers	00113
Correspondence (1890-1936), minutes (1911-1930), newspaper clippings (1896-1932), subject files (personal and business), printed material, photographs, legal papers, bills and receipts, business records, and miscellaneous papers relating to Mathias N. Koll and his involvement in land development and politics in Cass Lake and northern Minnesota.
Agnes Mary Kolshorn: An Inventory of the Kolshorn Family History	P0397
Covers her paternal (Kolshorn) and maternal (Teitge) ancestry, including the emigration of both her widowed grandmothers from Germany, her parents' childhoods in Germany and the U.S., her childhood on a Goodhue County (Minn.) farm and in Red Wing, and the home economics careers of her sister, Christine Kolshorn Burton, and herself.
Koochiching County. District County: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM294
Declarations of intention, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, and applications to take oath of allegiance.
Henry Gabriel Kramer: An Inventory of His World War I Letters Home	P510
A booklet related to a Vesta (Minn.) man's service in the military police in Paris immediately following World War I.
Marvin Krinke: An Inventory of His World War II Photograph Collection	sv000036
Mounted silver gelatin prints that feature views from World War II era France, Italy, and North Africa. Views included are the Mount Vesuvius eruption, destruction outside of Rome and Marseilles, soldiers, St. Peter’s Altar, towns, a snow scene, and bullet tracer trajectories at night. A self-portrait of Marvin Krinke with his photography supplies is included. Most prints are titled.
Irene Krumpelmann: An Inventory of Her Papers	P1713
Certificates, annual Christmas letters, correspondence and miscellaneous related papers, letters from Monrovia, Liberia, and photocopies of the typed reminiscences of a St. Paul teacher and Peace Corps volunteer.
KSTP-AM: An Inventory of Its World War II Sound Recordings at Fort Snelling	sv000017
Sound recordings from weekly radio programs that were broadcast from Fort Snelling such as This is your army, the Ken Barry news, the War chest show, and outtakes of Fort Snelling staff thanking KSTP for its support in broadcasting. Some local acts such as the Andrews Sisters, the Fort Snelling Military Band, and the Japanese-American Choir are featured on This is your army.
Kullberg Manufacturing Company (Minneapolis, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	00438
Records of a family-owned, Minneapolis-based manufacturer and wholesaler of fine built-in cabinetry, moldings, millwork, and stair parts.
David Kunst: An Inventory of His Papers	00551
Correspondence, journal excerpts, news clippings, photographs, sound recordings, and other materials documenting David Kunst's record-setting walk around the world that began in Waseca, Minnesota on June 20, 1970 and ended in Waseca, Minnesota on October 5, 1974.