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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: Elias Clayton. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 60. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_60-37.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 61. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_61-38.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton. No. 26873. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 1920
Place: Minnesota
Health Department. Death Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_No_26873-43.001.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: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to R.D. McKercher, 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_RD_McKercher_July_2_1920-52.001.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 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: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Walter F. White, December 8, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 8, 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_December_8_1920-62.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Mary White Ovington to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 6, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 6, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Mary_White_Ovington_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_July_6_1920-64.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Maud Craig to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 19, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 19, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Maud_Craig_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_19_1920-65.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Anton Gronseth to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 19, 1920. [Transcript]. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 19, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Anton_Gronseth_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_19_1920_Transcript-68.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Anton Gronseth, 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_Anton_Gronseth_July_2_1920-69.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Warren E. Greene, December 8, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 8, 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_Warren_E_Greene_December_8_1920-76.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Warrant of Commitment. January 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 5, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Warrant_of_Commitment_January_1921-242.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Receipt of Superintendent. January 1921. 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_Receipt_of_Superintendent_January_1921-243.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. January 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 9, 1920
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_January_1921-245.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Sentence Record. January 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 18, 1920
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Sentence_Record_January_1921-247.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Clerk's Certificate. January 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 3, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Clerks_Certificate_January_1921-248.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letters Written for Information. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 11, 1921 - March 8, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate History and Record
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letters_Written_for_Information-252.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to C. G. Durgin, January 19, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 19, 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_19_1921-267.001.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. Parole Order, June 30, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 30, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148__Parole_Order_June_30_1922-309.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Ella S. Hudgins to Charles E. Vasaly, June 7, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 7, 1922
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_Ella_S_Hudgins_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_June_7_1922-313.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Betsy Hammerberg to D. H. Knickerbacker, June 28, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 28, 1922
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_to_D_H_Knickerbacker_June_28_1922-318.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Carl John Alfred Hammerberg to Charles E. Vasaly, September 10, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 10, 1922
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_September_10_1922-331.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from D. H. Knickerbacker to Harry A. Hutter, September 12, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 12, 1922
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_D_H_Knickerbacker_to_Harry_A_Hutter_September_12_1922-335.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from D. H. Knickerbacker to J. H. DeWitt, September 12, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 12, 1922
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_D_H_Knickerbacker_to_J_H_DeWitt_September_12_1922-337.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Employer's Report, September 26, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 26, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Employers_Report_September_26_1922-341.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Employer's Report, January 23, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 23, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148__Employers_Report_January_23_1923-352.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Monthly Parole Report. February 20, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 20, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Monthly_Parole_Report_February_20_1923-353.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Employer's Report, April 21, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 21, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Employers_Report_April_21_1923-362.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Employer's Report, May 22, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 22, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Employers_Report_May_22_1923-364.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Final Release Order. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 6, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Final_Release_Order-367.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Monthly Parole Report. June 20, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 20, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Monthly_Parole_Report_June_20_1923-368.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Employer's Report, June 22, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 22, 1923
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Employers_Report_June_22_1923-369.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from D. H. Knickerbacker to Carl John Alfred Hammerberg, July 7, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 7, 1923
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_D_H_Knickerbacker_to_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_July_7_1923-370.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from D. H. Knickerbacker to Harry A. Hutter, July 7, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 7, 1923
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_D_H_Knickerbacker_to_Harry_A_Hutter_July_7_1923-371.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from F. E. Resche to D. H. Knickerbacker, January 17, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 17, 1924
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_F_E_Resche_to_D_H_Knickerbacker_January_17_1924-372.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from D. H. Knickerbacker to R. E. Resche, January 21, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 21, 1924
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_D_H_Knickerbacker_to_R_E_Resche_January_21_1924-373.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, January 17, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 17, 1924
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_1924-374.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to C. G. Durgin, January 23, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 23, 1924
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_23_1924-375.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from W. F. McRae to Minnesota Historical Society, October 18, 1971. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: October 18, 1971
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_W_F_McRae_to_Minnesota_Historical_Society_October_18_1971-376.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Patricia Harpole to Jerome V. Lahr, October 20, 1971. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: October 20, 1971
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_Patricia_Harpole_to_Jerome_V_Lahr_October_20_1971-377.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from W. F. McRae to Darrel Nicholson, October 22, 1971. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: October 22, 1971
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_W_F_McRae_to_Darrel_Nicholson_October_22_1971-378.001.php

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