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Click to enlarge Title: Walter McMillan. Case File No. 5724. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 14, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Walter_McMillan__Case_File_No_5724__JuneAugust_1920-154.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: George Morgan. Case File No. 5675. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/George_Morgan__Case_File_No_5675__JuneAugust_1920-155.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Pat Olson. Case File No. 5726. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Pat_Olson_Case_File_No_5726__JuneAugust_1920-156.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Arthur Pelcher. Case File No. 5727. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 14, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Arthur_Pelcher__Case_File_No_5727__JuneAugust_1920-157.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: William Rozon. Case File No. 5728. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_Rozon__Case_File_No_5728__JuneAugust_1920-158.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: William Rozon. Case File No. 5729. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 29, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_Rozon__Case_File_No_5729__JuneAugust_1920-159.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Arthur Mattson, et al. Case File No. 5730. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Arthur_Mattson_et_al__Case_File_No_5730__JuneAugust_1920-160.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: John Doe, et al. Case File No. 5734. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/John_Doe_et_al__Case_File_No_5734__JuneAugust_1920-161.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: John Doe, et al. Case File No.5735. June-August 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Indictment Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/John_Doe_et_al__Case_File_No5735__JuneAugust_1920-162.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Leonard Hedman. Case No. 5675. Transcript. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 23, 1920 - December 28, 1922
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Leonard_Hedman_Case_No_5675_Transcript-163.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Nate Natelson. Case No. 5676. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 23, 1920 - December 28, 1922
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Nate_Natelson_Case_No_5676-165.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: John Burr. Case No. 5677. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 23, 1920 - December 28, 1922
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/John_Burr_Case_No_5677-166.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer J. Johnson. Case No. 5685. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 1, 1920 - December 28, 1922
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elmer_J_Johnson_Case_No_5685-167.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Arthur Pelcher. Case No. 5686. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 8, 1920 - December 28, 1922
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Arthur_Pelcher_Case_No_5686-168.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Ed Goneau. Case No. 5720. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 9, 1920 - December 4, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Registers of Criminal Actions
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Ed_Goneau_Case_No_5720-195.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 5719. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 13, 1920 - February 4, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_5719-222.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Ed Goneau. Case No. 5720. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 19, 1920 - December 1, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Criminal Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Ed_Goneau_Case_No_5720-223.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Minute Record. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 21, 1920 - November 22, 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Minute_Record_August_1921-545.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Jury Verdict. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 27, 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Jury_Verdict_August_1921-546.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Reverend William M. Majors. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 3, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, July 3, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Reverend_William_M_Majors-822.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Reverend William Powers. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 3, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, July 3, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Reverend_William_Powers-823.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Tragedy of a Colored Man. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 24, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, July 24, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Tragedy_of_a_Colored_Man-824.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Another Example of Lawlessness. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 19, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, June 19, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Another_Example_of_Lawlessness-850.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: The Appeal. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 26, 1920
Place: Minnesota
The Appeal, June 26, 1920, page 4
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/The_Appeal-852.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Citizens Mass Meeting. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 11, 1920
Place: Minnesota
The Appeal, December 11, 1920, page 3
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Citizens_Mass_Meeting-828.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Duluth News. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 3, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
National Advocate, July 3, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Duluth_News-853.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer Jackson. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 59. 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/Elmer_Jackson_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_59-36.001.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 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 Mary White Ovington to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 9, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 9, 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_9_1920-57.001.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: Memorial from the Colored Ministers of Minnesota, July 21, 1920. [Copy 1]. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 21, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Memorial_from_the_Colored_Ministers_of_Minnesota_July_21_1920_Copy_1-72.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Investigation of the Lynching and Rioting on Tuesday night, June 15, 1920, at Duluth, Minnesota. Conducted by Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Investigation_of_the_Lynching_and_Rioting_on_Tuesday_night_June_15_1920_at_Duluth_Minnesota_Conducted_by_Adjutant_General_W_F_Rhinow-75.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Supplementary Statement submitted to J. A. A. Burnquist by Warren E. Greene. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Supplementary_Statement_submitted_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_by_Warren_E_Greene-78.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: The City's Shame. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 26, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
The Duluth Rip-Saw, June 26,1920, page 2
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/The_Citys_Shame-82.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Judy, M. W.,Duluth's Sad Experiment. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 3, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
National Advocate, July 3, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Judy_M_WDuluths_Sad_Experiment-88.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: The Duluth Disgrace. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 17, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Minneapolis Journal, June 17, 1920, page 18
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/The_Duluth_Disgrace-89.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: West Duluth Girl Victim of Six Negroes [Transcript]. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 15, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Herald, June 15, 1920, page 1, 3
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/West_Duluth_Girl_Victim_of_Six_Negroes_Transcript-91.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Minnesota's Disgrace. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 19, 1920
Place: Minnesota
The Appeal, June 19, 1920, page 2
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Minnesotas_Disgrace-93.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Advertisement for the John Robinson Circus. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 10, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Herald, June 10, 1920, page 11
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Advertisement_for_the_John_Robinson_Circus-94.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: The Law or the Mob?, Editorial Section. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 19, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Herald, June 16, 1920, page 10
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/The_Law_or_the_Mob_Editorial_Section-95.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Governor Burnquist to Order Investigation. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Daily Times, June 16, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Governor_Burnquist_to_Order_Investigation-98.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Troops Guard Duluth After Lynching of 3. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Journal, June 16, 1920, page 1 and 2
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Troops_Guard_Duluth_After_Lynching_of_3-103.001.php

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