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Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Receipt of Superintendent. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 8, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Receipt_of_Superintendent_August_1921-543.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921 - 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Inmate Register Sheets
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785-550.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Stillwater State Prison. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921 - 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Public Welfare. Public Institutions Division. Patient Registers and Indexes.
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Stillwater_State_Prison-551.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Deputy Warden's Examination Sheet. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Deputy_Wardens_Examination_Sheet-553.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. List of Items Turned Over to Receiving Officer. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 9, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_List_of_Items_Turned_Over_to_Receiving_Officer-555.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Bill of Lading, August 16, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 16, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Bill_of_Lading_August_16_1921-559.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. P. Johnson to J. J. Sullivan, August 30, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 30, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_J_P_Johnson_to_J_J_Sullivan_August_30_1921-561.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from C. J. Swendsen to J. J. Sullivan, May 2, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 2, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_C_J_Swendsen_to_J_J_Sullivan_May_2_1922-566.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to State Board of Control, May 8, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 8, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_State_Board_of_Control_May_8_1922-568.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from Maude B. Davis to J. J. Sullivan, May 8, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 8, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_Maude_B_Davis_to_J_J_Sullivan_May_8_1922-569.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to R. C. McCullough, May 25, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 25, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_R_C_McCullough_May_25_1922-570.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from Jerry Mugivan to Frank A. Whittier, July 13, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 13, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_Jerry_Mugivan_to_Frank_A_Whittier_July_13_1922-572.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from Frank A. Whittier to Hall & Hall, July 10, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 10, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_Frank_A_Whittier_to_Hall__Hall_July_10_1922-573.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from Frank A. Whittier to H. V. Cashin, July 10, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 10, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_Frank_A_Whittier_to_H_V_Cashin_July_10_1922-574.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from Frank A. Whittier to Hall & Hall, July 10, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 10, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_Frank_A_Whittier_to_Hall__Hall_July_10_1922-585.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Interview with Max Mason, August 26, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 26, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Interview_with_Max_Mason_August_26_1922-589.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to I. E. Nolte, July 26, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 26, 1923
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_I_E_Nolte_July_26_1923-598.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Warden's Summary, April 1, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 1, 1924
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Wardens_Summary_April_1_1924-603.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to Secretary of the Board of Pardons, January 2, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 2, 1923
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_5702___Letter_from_Mason_M_Forbes_to_Secretary_of_the_Board_of_Pardons_January_2_1923-768.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 6205. Letter from the State Board of Pardons to L. S. Nelson, April 12, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 12, 1924
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_6205__Letter_from_the_State_Board_of_Pardons_to_L_S_Nelson_April_12_1924-772.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer Jackson. Coroner's Reports, Duluth District. No. 59. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elmer_Jackson_Coroners_Reports_Duluth_District_No_59-33.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer Jackson. No 26871. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 1920
Place: Minnesota
Health Department. Death Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elmer_Jackson_No_26871-42.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. No. 26872. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 1920
Place: Minnesota
Health Department. Death Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_No_26872-44.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Telegram from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 16, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Telegram_from_the_National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_16_1920-49.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Telegram from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 17, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 17, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Telegram_from_the_National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_17_1920-50.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from R.D. McKercher to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 16, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_RD_McKercher_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_16_1920-51.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from the Albert DeSilver to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 16, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_the_Albert_DeSilver_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_16_1920-53.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Albert DeSilver, July 2, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 2, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_J_A_A_Burnquist_to_Albert_DeSilver_July_2_1920-54.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Mary White Ovington, July 2, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 2, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_J_A_A_Burnquist_to_Mary_White_Ovington_July_2_1920-56.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 23, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 23, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Walter_F_White_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_July_23_1920-58.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Walter F. White, August 12, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 12, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_J_A_A_Burnquist_to_Walter_F_White_August_12_1920-59.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Statistical Record. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 8, 1921 - July 6, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Registers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Statistical_Record-257.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Information Card. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 8, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148__Information_Card-258.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Physician's Examination, January 14, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 14, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148__Physicians_Examination_January_14_1921-261.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to Clifford L. Hilton, January 12, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 15, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_Clifford_L_Hilton_January_12_1921-263.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. Louis Weeks to Charles E. Vasaly, January 15, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 15, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_Louis_Weeks_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_January_15_1921-264.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, January 17, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 17, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_G_Durgin_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_January_17_1921-266.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, January 24, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 24, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_G_Durgin_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_January_24_1921-268.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to C. G. Durgin, January 28, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 28, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_C_G_Durgin_January_28_1921-269.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Carl John Alfred Hammerberg to Charles E. Vasaly, February 14, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 14, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_February_14_1921-271.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, March 3, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 31, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_G_Durgin_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_3_1921-272.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to Carl John Alfred Hammerberg, March 4, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 4, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_March_4_1921-273.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from N. A. Talafous to Minnesota State Reformatory for Men, March 21, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 21, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_N_A_Talafous_to_Minnesota_State_Reformatory_for_Men_March_21_1921-276.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to N. A. Talafous, March 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 23, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_N_A_Talafous_March_23_1921-278.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Betsy Hammerberg and Vanda Isaacson to Charles E. Vasaly, March 21, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 21, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Betsy_Hammerberg_and_Vanda_Isaacson_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_21_1921-279.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from A. E. Smedberg to Charles E. Vasaly, March 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 21, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_A_E_Smedberg_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_23_1921-280.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from O. J. Larson to Charles E. Vasaly, March 25, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 25, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_O_J_Larson_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_25_1921-282.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from R. H. Bulloch to Charles E. Vasaly, March 28, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 28, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_R_H_Bulloch_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_28_1921-284.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Carl John Alfred Hammerberg to Charles E. Vasaly, August 30, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 30, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_August_30_1921-288.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Incident Report, September 27, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 27, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Incident_Report_September_27_1921-289.001.php

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