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Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to William Potter, March 3, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 3, 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_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_William_Potter_March_3_1922-302.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, March 8, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 8, 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_C_G_Durgin_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_8_1922-304.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to C. G. Durgin, March 9, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 9, 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_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_C_G_Durgin_March_9_1922-305.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Monthly Parole Report. August 20, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 20, 1922
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_August_20_1922-327.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from D. H. Knickerbacker to Carl John Alfred Hammerberg, September 6, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 6, 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_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_September_6_1922-330.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Darrel Nicholson to Jerome V. Lahr, November 9, 1971. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 9, 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_Darrel_Nicholson_to_Jerome_V_Lahr_November_9_1971-379.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from W. F. McRae to Darrel Nicholson, November 10, 1971. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 10, 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_November_10_1971-380.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Carl E. Hammerberg to St. Cloud Reformatory, May 21, 1976. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 21, 1976
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_E_Hammerberg_to_St_Cloud_Reformatory_May_21_1976-381.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148, 1921-1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 14, 1921 - June 30, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Medical Office. Inmate Medical Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_19211922-384.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Sentence Record. February 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 4, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Sentence_Record_February_1921-465.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 10, 1921 - 1923
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Inmate Register Sheets
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614-467.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Stillwater State Prison. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921 - 1923
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Public Welfare. Public Institutions Division. Patient Registers and Indexes.
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Stillwater_State_Prison-468.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Deputy Warden's Examination Sheet. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Deputy_Wardens_Examination_Sheet-470.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Record of Letters Received/Written. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 10, 1921 - March 18, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Record_of_Letters_ReceivedWritten-473.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Record of Visits. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 12, 1921 - June 19, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Record_of_Visits-474.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from C. S. Reed to Raymond Dondino, April 12, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 12, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_C_S_Reed_to_Raymond_Dondino_April_12_1921-479.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from A. M. Solie to J. J. Sullivan, August 20, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 20, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_A_M_Solie_to_J_J_Sullivan_August_20_1921-484.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to A. M. Solie, August 22, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 22, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_A_M_Solie_August_22_1921-485.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to P. K. Priest, August 22, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 22, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_P_K_Priest_August_22_1921-487.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Raymond Dondino, December 20, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 20, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_J_J_Sullivan_to_Raymond_Dondino_December_20_1921-498.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from J. A. Barnes to Frank A. Whittier, February 11, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 11, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_J_A_Barnes_to_Frank_A_Whittier_February_11_1922-509.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from Frank A. Whittier to Security Storage & Van Company, February 7, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 7, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_Frank_A_Whittier_to_Security_Storage__Van_Company_February_7_1922-512.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from Charles Irvin to Frank A. Whittier, February 16, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 16, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_Charles_Irvin_to_Frank_A_Whittier_February_16_1922-513.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from Joe W. Allen to Frank A. Whittier, February 21, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 21, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_Joe_W_Allen_to_Frank_A_Whittier_February_21_1922-517.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from A. W. [illegible] to J. J. Sullivan, February 18, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 18, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_A_W_illegible_to_J_J_Sullivan_February_18_1922-519.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Parole Notice, March 17, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 17, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Parole_Notice_March_17_1922-521.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Letter from Louis Dondino to Frank A. Whittier, March 21, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 21, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files). 1921-1923
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Letter_from_Louis_Dondino_to_Frank_A_Whittier_March_21_1922-524.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Monthly Parole Report. May 20, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 20, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Monthly_Parole_Report_May_20_1922-526.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Monthly Parole Report. December 20, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 20, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Monthly_Parole_Report_December_20_1922-535.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Louis Dondino. Case No. 6614. Monthly Parole Report. February 20, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 20, 1923
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Louis_Dondino_Case_No_6614_Monthly_Parole_Report_February_20_1923-537.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Sentence Record. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 2, 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Sentence_Record_August_1921-547.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Order for Issuance of Commitment. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 5, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Order_for_Issuance_of_Commitment_August_1921-548.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Clerk's Certificate. August 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 6, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Commitment Papers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Clerks_Certificate__August_1921-549.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from G. A. Newman to J. J. Sullivan, August 23, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 23, 1924
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_G_A_Newman_to_J_J_Sullivan_August_23_1924-607.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Myrtle J. McDonald, December 10, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 10, 1924
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_Myrtle_J_McDonald_December_10_1924-612.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Myrtle J. McDonald, June 12, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 12, 1925
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_Myrtle_J_McDonald_June_12_1925-618.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from H. B. Whittier to C. J. Swendsen, June 21, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 21, 1925
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Case_No_6785_Letter_from_H_B_Whittier_to_C_J_Swendsen_June_21_1925-619.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Myrtle J. McDonald, July 1, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 1, 1925
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_Myrtle_J_McDonald_July_1_1925-620.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. January 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 1923
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_5702_January_1923-764.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Calvin L. Brown (1854-1923), Chief Justice of Minnesota Supreme Court. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1916
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. HV9.2 p1; Negative no. 13951
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Calvin_L_Brown_18541923_Chief_Justice_of_Minnesota_Supreme_Court-811.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Homer B. Dibell (1864-1934), Associate Justice of Minnesota Supreme Court. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1930
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 18698 p1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Homer_B_Dibell_18641934_Associate_Justice_of_Minnesota_Supreme_Court-813.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: William T. Francis (November 28, 1869 - July 15, 1929). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1900
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 18701 p1; Negative no. 93800
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_T_Francis_November_28_1869__July_15_1929-814.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: J. Louis Ervin ( ? - August 24, 1947). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: June 26, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, June 26, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/J_Louis_Ervin____August_24_1947-797.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Clarence R. Magney (January 11, 1883 - May 13, 1962), Mayor of Duluth. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1932
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 14662 Lee 1; Negative no. 86345
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Clarence_R_Magney_January_11_1883__May_13_1962_Mayor_of_Duluth-802.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Murnian Declared Unfit For His Job. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 13, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Herald, June 13, 1920, page 1 and 6
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Murnian_Declared_Unfit_For_His_Job-779.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton. Coroner's Reports, Duluth District. No. 60. 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/Elias_Clayton_Coroners_Reports_Duluth_District_No_60-34.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. Coroner's Reports, Duluth District. No. 62. 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/Isaac_McGhie_Coroners_Reports_Duluth_District_No_62-35.001.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: 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

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