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Name/Abstract	File no.
Peter J. Rachleff: An Inventory of His Papers Relating to the Hormel Strike	00056
Papers documenting the activities of local and national groups supporting a strike (1985-1987) of United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9 against the Austin (Minn.) plant of George A. Hormel & Company.
Racing Commission: An Inventory of Its Annual Reports	racing03
The commission's annual reports through narrative and statistics recount the history of horse racing and pari-mutuel gambling in Minnesota since 1983.
Racing Commission: An Inventory of Its Records	racing01
Records documenting the activities and administration of the commission.
Fred W. Raetz: An Inventory of His Photograph Collection	sv000021
Views were photographed in Minneapolis and various other locations in Minnesota and New York. Includes scenic views, residences, gardens, estates, outdoor recreation and portraits. Some of the residences were documented as part of the Rice Lake Acquisition by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
Railroad and Warehouse Commission: An Inventory of Its Chief Engineer’s Case Files	rrwc04
Files on matters relating to railroad safety and operations, such as train wrecks, dangerous crossings, deteriorating and inadequate bridges, and valuations.
Railroad and Warehouse Commission: An Inventory of Its [Investigations] (J Files)	rrwc19
This unidentified set of files appears to contain administrative files and investigations by the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of accidents, complaints, and problems that fell within its purview.
Railroad and Warehouse Commission: An Inventory of Its Railroad Accident and Grade Warning Signal System Reports	rrwc23
Interstate Commerce Commission accident investigation reports, railroad grade crossing accident register forms containing brief data on accidents at railroad crossings, and list of operational manually and automatically controlled highway railroad grade warning signal systems.
Rainbow Club: An Inventory of Its Records	P2288
Records describing the activities of a Twin Cities social club established in 1947 to foster friendship and understanding among individuals of different racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
Alexander Ramsey and Family: An Inventory of His Personal Papers and Governor’s Records	m0203
Correspondence, diaries, real estate records, scrapbooks, school records and other materials documenting the career and family of Ramsey, a member of the U.S. House (1844-1847) and Senate (1863-1875); Minnesota territorial (1849-1853) and state (1860-1863) governor; mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota (1855-1857); secretary of war (1879-1881); and chairman of the Utah Registration and Election Board (1882-1886).
Ramsey County Bar Association: An Inventory of Its Records	P2082
Scattered correspondence, minutes, miscellaneous organizational records, and memorials to deceased members created by a local chapter of the Minnesota State Bar Association.
Ramsey County. Common Pleas Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM394
Final papers, volume 1, covering naturalizations for September 1868 to January 1876, with three stray entries for April 1890.
Ramsey County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Klas (Judge Mary Louise) Files	gr00016
Files of Klas, first woman appointed to the Ramsey County District Court Bench, particularly documenting her strong advocacy for women and children.
Ramsey County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM048
Indexes to declarations of intention, final papers, and petition and record; declarations of intention; final papers; petition and record; lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied; and loose naturalization papers.
Ramsey County Historical Society: Inventory Forms for Historic Sites Survey of St. Paul and Ramsey County	m0464
Survey forms completed for the Historic Sites Survey of St. Paul and Ramsey County (Minnesota) conducted in 1980-1983 by the Ramsey County Historical Society and the Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Commission. Information on the forms may include street address, historic and current name, original and present use, period of construction, style, architectural and construction details, architect, builder, legal description, other historic designations, a statement of significance, and sources of information. Each form has a small photograph of the property.
Ramsey County. Lake Owasso Children's Home: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00009
Records of this facility whose main objective from 1919-1953 (during which it was known as the Children's Preventorium of Ramsey County) was to provide a healthy environment for children removed from homes with tuberculosis in hopes of preventing them contracting the disease; after 1953 it has served as a facility for mentally handicapped children and young adults.
Ramsey County. St. Paul. Board of Education: An Inventory of Its Agenda Packets	gr00020
Packets include minutes, resolutions, financial data, and background reports and communications documenting the board's administration and activities.
Ramsey County. Saint Paul (Minn.). Dept. of Police: An Inventory of Its Identification Photographs	SPaul041
Mug shots and Bertillon cards kept by the St. Paul Police Department documenting the identification and incarceration of criminals thought to be in the City of St. Paul and surrounding areas from 1891-1911. Each card is identified by a file number.
Ramsey County, St. Paul, Housing and Redevelopment Authority: An Inventory of Its Project Photographs	sa0015
Approximately 2050 photographs of residential and commercial buildings in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, taken by photographers Soll S. Gould and Robert Lee Shoffner.
Ramsey County, St. Paul, Housing and Redevelopment Authority: An Inventory of Its Redevelopment Project Files	hra002
Correspondence, reports, maps and site plans, photographs, legal documents, public hearing materials, and appraisal records documenting the redevelopment activities of the St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) during the 1950s and 1960s.
Ramsey County, St. Paul, Housing and Redevelopment Authority: An Inventory of Its Robert L. Shoffner Files	hra001
Subject files, publications,and reports on equivalent elimination (destruction of dwellings, 1950s) kept by Robert L. Shoffner, Assistant to the Civil Engineer.
Ramsey County. St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr00017
Financial records, visitor register, and building drawings.
Ramsey County. St. Paul. School Records. Independent School District No. 625: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Records	gr00019
Records documenting the history, administration, and activities of this school district.
Ramsey County. St. Paul. School Records. Independent School District No. 625: An Inventory of Its Published Records	gr00018
Reports and project proposals, facilities reports, curriculum, staff publications, and miscellaneous publications.
Ramsey County. St. Paul. School Records. Homecroft Elementary School: An Inventory of Its Records	gr00024
Records documenting the history, administration, and activities of Homecroft Elementary School, established sometime prior to 1914.
Ramsey County. St. Paul. School Records. North End Elementary School: An Inventory of Its PTA Records	gr00023
Records documenting the parent and teacher association of this elementary school known first as the Geranium Street School and/or Robert A. Smith Elementary School, and after a 1971 merger with the Rice Elementary School, as the North End Elementary School.
David Ramsey: An Inventory of His Dakota War Letter	00710
Private David Ramsey (Company B, Sixth Minnesota Infantry Regiment) writes to his cousin Samuel while stationed at Forest City, Meeker County, Minnesota. Company B was building a stockade as part of the ongoing U.S.-Dakota Conflict, which began in August 1862. Ramsey speaks of his brother and fellow soldier Andrew, the lonesome prairie life, and the Union's cause.
Ramsey Hill Association: An Inventory of Its Records	00385
Articles of incorporation (1972), bylaws (1986, 1996), and minutes of the executive committee, board, and annual meetings (1979-2000, incomplete) of a neighborhood association founded in 1972 to promote area arts, education, recreational and economic development, and beautification of a residential-commercial area in the city of St. Paul roughly bounded west and east by Dale Street and Kellogg Boulevard, and north and south by Selby and Grand avenues. Also interfiled with the records are articles of incorporation (1980), bylaws (1981), and minutes (1981 and 1986) of a similar organization, the Historic District Preservation Fund, which merged with the association in 1986.
Sewell G. Randall: An Inventory of His Diary	P2267
A Civil War diary (Jan. 1-Oct. 5, 1864) kept by a member of Company I of the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment while serving in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
Evelyn Raymond: An Inventory of Her Papers	P2631
Biographical information, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, photographs, sketches, writings, studio and class information, newspaper and magazine articles, videotapes, and other memorabilia of Minnesota sculptor Evelyn Raymond.
Red Lake County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM187
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.
Red River Floods of 1997 Oral History Project: An Inventory of Its Interviews	OH57
Interviews document the 1997 flood and its effects on the people living in the Minnesota communities along the Red River of the North. The narrators includes government officials, private citizens, homeowners, business owners, weather forecasters, insurance personnel and psychologists. They discuss their individual experiences during the events of April 1997, including the flooding, the recovery efforts since the waters receded, and the issues that have been raised in planning for confronting future flooding in the Valley.
Red Wing Potteries: An Inventory of Its Records	P0629
Minutes and stock records, correspondence, product records, facility plans, clippings, and printed matter, trace the company's evolution from the formation (1894) of the Red Wing Union Stoneware Company into the 1940s, with a few items relating to its subsequent history and its liquidation in 1967 following a crippling strike. Substantial files (1920s-1940s) of correspondence and land and tax records document the purchase, management, rental, and sale of its farm landholdings in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Montana.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Achievement Ratings	rwsts01
Printed monthly progress reports of each resident.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Admission and Discharge Records	rwsts03
Daily records of admissions and discharges from the school.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Annual and Biennial Reports	rwsts04
Annual and biennial reports submitted to the governor, the legislature, and the director of the Public Institutions Division of the Social Security Department regarding school conditions and needs of the institution.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Chaplain’s Files	rwsts05
Files of full-time Catholic and Protestant chaplains for the school.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Correspondence	rwsts06
Correspondence covering all aspects of the Training School's administration.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Farm Records	rwsts07
Records documenting the institution's farm, which began operation in 1891 and closed in the mid-1960s.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Financial Records	rwsts08
General ledger and corresponding journal, cash book, employee daily time record, and payroll register.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Inmate Case Files	rwsts09
Inmate case files arranged alphabetically by surname in three sections.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Inmate Case Files and Commitment Papers	rwsts10
Inmate case files and commitment papers arranged by case file number.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Inmate History Records	rwsts11
Variously titled as History Book, Record of Commitment and History of Inmates, and Statistical Record. Includes girls' histories for 1867-1908.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Medical Records	rwsts12
Hospital registers and journals, consent for operation record, and mental evaluation record book.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Miscellaneous Inmate Records	rwsts13
Records containing information on individual inmates.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Parole Records	rwsts14
Record of parolees and returns and parole calendars, both with detailed information on inmates paroled each month.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Population Reports	rwsts15
Monthly reports of school population and inmate movements of various types; on Board of Control reporting forms.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its State Agent Records	rwsts17
Records kept by the state agent who supervised parolees, and through careful home examination, provided homes for those who did not have them or for those who had no suitable home.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its State Board of Control Minutes at State Training School	rwsts18
The minutes cover a variety of oversight and parole activities, focusing on the supervision of individual inmates and parolees.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Steward/Store Records	rwsts19
Records documenting the daily receipt and use of food and supplies at the school.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	rwsts20
Correspondence, reports, and related materials covering a variety of topics and issues related to the school's operation.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Superintendent's Monthly/Quarterly Reports	rwsts21
Submitted to the Youth Conservation Commission; includes memos, correspondence, committee and department reports, and statistics.
Red Wing State Training School: An Inventory of Its Youth Vocational Center Files	rwsts02
Case files of and informational cards on youths transferred to the Youth Vocational Center.
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Blakely Township, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	m0628
Parish registers (3 vols.) containing information on members, communicants, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and history of a German Evangelical Lutheran congregation founded in Scott County ca. 1855-1857. Much of the information is recorded in German.
Redwood County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Records	SAM190
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, and applications to take oath of allegiance.
Reforestation Commission: An Inventory of Its Record of Investigation and Hearings	reforest
Journal of the commission's tour of northern Minnesota (August 1927) to gather information on forest industry issues; and the commission's printed report and recommendations.
Reform and Efficiency Commission: An Inventory of Its Records	core01
Records of this commission established in 1991 to identify immediate potential cost savings in state government and to recommend long-term actions for improving state government efficiency and effectiveness.
Regional Transit Board: An Inventory of Its Records	rtbd01
Records of the Regional Transit Board (RTB), the body legislated to administer the transit needs of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area during the years 1984 through 1994.
Relief Board: An Inventory of Its Records	relief
Minutes, resolutions, and related documents pertaining to authorization of emergency appropriations for calamity or disaster relief.
Renville County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM142
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, an application to take oath of allegiance, loose naturalization papers, affidavits for declarations of intention, and lists of aliens.
Republic Airlines: An Inventory of Its Records	00358
Corporate records and subject files related to Republic Airlines (1979-1986) and its predecessor and acquired lines, including North Central Airlines (1952-1979) and its predecessor, Wisconsin Central Airlines (ca.1940s-1952); Southern Airways (ca.1940-1979); and Air West/Hughes Airwest (1968-1980) and its predecessors, Bonanza Air Lines (ca.1940s-1968), Southwest Airways (ca.1940s-1958), Pacific Air Lines (ca.1958-1968), and West Coast Airlines (ca.1940s-1968).
Republican Muslims of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records	P2202
Records of an Islamic, political, for-profit organization founded in 1992 to bring Islamic concerns to the general population through the Republican Party structure and to support Republican political candidates, particularly those from the Muslim community.
Revenue Department: An Inventory of Its Organizational Materials	rev025
Organization manuals and associated materials for the department and its predecessor, the Taxation Department.
Revenue Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Special Taxes Division: An Inventory of Its Railroad and Freight Line Records	rev022
Alphabetical series of railroad and gross earnings returns (1976-1980) and returns for payments to freight line companies.
Revenue Department, Assistant Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of Its Correspondence	rev018
Correspondence and related papers kept by assistant or deputy commissioners/directors relating to the various interests and operations of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the Clyde Allen Jr. Files	rev014
Correspondence and speeches documenting various operations and interests of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of Its Alphabetical Correspondence Files	rev008
Commissioner's correspondence with legislators, corporations, organizations, associations, and attorneys relating to all aspects of the administration and operation of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the Morris Anderson Correspondence	rev015
Correspondence and related papers documenting various operations and interests of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of Its Correspondence	rev006
Correspondence files documenting the daily administration of the commissioner's office.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of Its Governor’s Office Correspondence Files	rev009
Memos to and from the governor and lieutenant governor concerning department activities and operations and constituent correspondence.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the John James Correspondence	rev013
Correspondence and related papers documenting various operations and interests of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the Dorothy McClung Correspondence	rev012
Correspondence and related papers documenting various operations and interests of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of Its Monthly Reports to the Governor	rev021
Reports prepared by the department to provide the governor monthly information on financial management activities for the State of Minnesota.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the Arthur C. Roemer Files	rev010
Correspondence, speeches, and subject files documenting the daily administration of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the Matthew G. Smith Correspondence	rev016
Correspondence and related papers documenting various operations and interests of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of Its Subject Files	rev007
Subject files documenting the administration and operation of the commissioner's office.
Revenue Department, Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the George Winter Files	rev011
Correspondence and subject files documenting the daily administration of the Revenue Department.
Revenue Department, Deputy Commissioner’s Office: An Inventory of the R. E. Franz Files	rev020
Correspondence and alphabetical subject files documenting Franz's activities as deputy commissioner.
Revenue Department, Legal and Legislative Affairs Division: An Inventory of Its Records	rev019
Files documenting the operation and administration of this division, which provided the legal research skills for tax policy formation and assistance to the operating divisions in the application of tax laws.
Revenue Department, Local Government Aids and Analysis Division: An Inventory of Its Cooperative and Utility Assessments	rev023
Record of market value and assessed value of cooperatives and investor owned utilities.
Revenue Department, Local Government Aids and Analysis Division: An Inventory of Its Transmission Line Assessments	rev024
Record of market value and assessed value of personal property of electric light and power companies having transmission lines of less than 69 kv that are located outside of the corporate limits of cities.
Revenue Department, Property Equalization Division: An Inventory of Its Property Valuation Records	rev004
Real and personal property valuation papers, used by the Revenue Department for tax assessment purposes.
Revenue Department, Property Tax Division: An Inventory of Its Correction of Assessment and Abatement of Taxes: Application Records	rev005
Registers of applications received from property owners.
Revisor of Statutes: An Inventory of Its Records	revisor01
Records regarding drafting and revising of state laws, computerization of the work of the revisor’s office, legislative procedures, professional associations, and related topics.
Rice County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM060
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.
Richards Treat (Restaurant: Minneapolis, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Business Records and Family Papers	00671
Includes the corporate records of Richards Treat, Inc., a cafeteria, bakeshop, and coffee shop owned and operated by two women, Nola Treat and Lenore Richards, in Minneapolis, Minnesota between 1924 and 1957. Included are financial records, menus and recipes, drafts of their book Quantity Cookery, comments from customers, and employee reminisciences. About half the collection contains family papers of the Treat and Richards families, including numerous letters between Lenore Richards and Nola Treat and from Mary W. Treat to her daughter. The careers of Charles Russ Richards and R.A. Wallace Treat are documented as well.
Carmen Nelson Richards: An Inventory of Her Papers Relating to Minnesota Authors	P0432
Biographical and autobiographical data, correspondence, clippings, and advertisements on about 400 authors residing in Minnesota or having Minnesota backgrounds, compiled by Richards and Breen for their book entitled
Ridder Family: An Inventory of Their Negative Collection	sv000037
Collection of negatives of several generations of the Ridder family who have ties with the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch and Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc. Views include portraits, passport images, and various candid shots.
Rieff Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	00616
This collection contains the records of Gopher State Caviary, which bred and sold guinea pigs, rabbits, and white mice for laboratory use and was managed by George Rieff of St. Paul. The collection includes publications, price lists, treasurer's records, and correspondence of his firm as well as personal photographs and mementos collected by his wife, children, and other family members.
David J. Riehle: An Inventory of His Papers	00610
Research papers, notes, interviews and correspondence created or collected by labor historian David Riehle on the lives of Jack (Shaun) Maloney, 1911-1999, and Carl Skoglund, 1884-1960, two principal figures in the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike.
Richard E. Riis: An Inventory of His Papers	00536
Biographical information, school records, certificates, membership cards, correspondence, teaching materials, subject files, notes, typescripts, printed materials, photographs, sound recordings including radio programs, newspaper clippings, and tear sheets primarily reflecting the activities of a St. Paul machine shop instructor who was interested in environmental education and who led an active post-retirement career as an outdoor news columnist for several Minnesota and Wisconsin newspapers.
Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District: An Inventory of Its Minutes	rpbcwsd
Official record set of the district’s Board of Managers’ meetings, documenting all aspects of the watershed’s organization and administration.
Ripley Memorial Foundation: An Inventory of Its Records	00467
Records relating to the administration and activities of a maternity hospital and the charitable foundation that was created when the hospital closed in 1957.
Riverside Sanatorium (Granite Falls, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	rivsan01
Minutes and proceedings of the Riverside Sanatorium Commission, admission book of the sanatorium, and correspondence (1955) of the sanatorium’s superintendent.
Roberson Family: An Inventory of Their Photograph Collection	sv000011
This collection was copied from an album loaned by the William A. Roberson family. The album includes several family portraits, both individual and in groups.
Rochester Silo: An Inventory of Its Records	00087
Product line and sales information from a Rochester, Minnesota manufacturing company engaged in the production and sale of farm storage equipment.
Rock County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM138
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, and applications to take oath of allegiance.
Peter G. Rodosovich: An Inventory of His Legislative Subject Files	00396
Legislative correspondence of a Democratic-Farmer-Labor state representative for LeSueur and Rice counties (1982-1994) and assistant house majority leader.
Kevin Rofidal: An Inventory of His Digital Photograph Collection	sv000045
PS1 Kevin Rofidal, member of the U.S. Coast Guard, took these images while assisting in response and recovery efforts after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis. Images were taken August 1st through 4th and depict scenes of wreckage, abandoned vehicles, bridge sections, recovery work, the Coast Guard, and other workers assisting in recovery efforts.
O. E. Rolvag: An Inventory of His Letters	P400
Three letters (1928-1931) from Rolvaag to Eugene Saxton of Harper's concerning the publication of his novel Peder Victorious, sales of Giants in the Earth, and a dramatization of Giants; a letter to Bertha L. Heilbron, editor of Minnesota History, declining a book review offer; and one to Marie Didelot (Minneapolis) rejecting an unspecified invitation.
Rondo Oral History Project: An Inventory of Its Interviews	OH110
Collection of interviews, created by Hand in Hand Productions, capturing the lives and experiences of long time residents of St. Paul, Minnesota’s Rondo community, an urban neighborhood situated near the city’s downtown commercial district. A mixed neighborhood with respect to ethnicity and income, it has been home to a significant African American population since the early 1900s and was a particularly vibrant community in the 1930s. The neighborhood was essentially devastated by the construction of Interstate Highway 94 through its center in the 1960s. Many of its African American inhabitants, businesses, churches, fraternal orders, and social clubs were displaced into more segregated locales where they faced discrimination in housing and other areas.
Roseau County. District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records	SAM192
Declarations of intention, final papers, petition and record, lists of citizenship petitions granted and denied, applications to take oath of allegiance, and two sets of loose naturalization papers.
Gene H. Rosenblum: An Inventory of His Papers	00471
Papers of Gene Harold Rosenblum, a St. Paul attorney, documenting his involvement in numerous local and national political, civic, and religious organizations, in most of which he held a leadership role.
Paul D. Rosendahl: An Inventory of His Diaries	P2326
Three fragmentary diaries kept by a farmer, Civil War soldier, and local politician from Spring Grove Township (Houston County) in southeastern Minnesota.
Christian and Gordon Rosenmeier: An Inventory of Their Papers	00345
Personal, legal, and legislative papers of Christian Rosenmeier and his son, Gordon Rosenmeier, both of whom were lawyers and Minnesota state senators from Little Falls, Minnesota.
Robert A. Rosenthal: An Inventory of His Materials on the History of Medicine In Minnesota	00627
Correspondence, notes, articles, and clippings, arranged largely by county, with much biographical data on nineteenth and twentieth century physicians and some materials on medicine in North and South Dakota, Minnesota hospitals, and the Minnesota Valley Medical Association.
Carl Ross and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	00392
Correspondence, family papers, writings, printed materials, and other papers of Carl Ross (Rasi), a Finnish American who served as secretary of the Minnesota Communist Party (1946-1958), and was later a Minneapolis businessman.
Laurence A. Rossman: An Inventory of His Papers	00291
Papers of the publisher of the Grand Rapids (Minn.) Herald-Review newspaper, documenting his interests and involvement in business and civic affairs.
Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge: An Inventory of the Ruttger Resorts Records	00198
Photographs, brochures, rate sheets, newsletters, guest registers, scrapbooks, videocassettes, and other records of Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge, Ruttger's Shady Point Lodge, Sherwood Forest Lodge, and other resort properties in northern Minnesota and in Florida owned by members of the Ruttger family. There is also some personal and genealogical material.
Elmer J. Ryan: An Inventory of His Congressional Files	00488
Correspondence and subject files of a three-term Democratic congressman (1935-1941) from Southern Minnesota's second congressional district. Ryan, a South St. Paul, Minnesota attorney, was a law partner and personal friend of Republican Minnesota governor Harold Stassen.