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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from W. J. Bastian to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Edward Boyer to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Edward_Boyer_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-664.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Stanley W. Harrison to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Stanley_W_Harrison_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-668.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Carl Manielle to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Carl_Manielle_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-670.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from [illegible] to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_illegible_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-672.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Robert Lyons to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Robert_Lyons_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-678.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank P. Wright to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Frank_P_Wright_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-681.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Joe J. Liberty to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Joe_J_Liberty_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-684.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Fred [illegible] to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Fred_illegible_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-685.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Oscar Abrahamson to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Oscar_Abrahamson_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-693.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from R. W. Case (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_R_W_Case__to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-696.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from L. H. Christie to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_L_H_Christie_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-705.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from F. R. Paine to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_F_R_Paine_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-707.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Arthur Hagen to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Arthur_Hagen_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-710.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from T. H. Spires to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_T_H_Spires_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-714.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Godfrey E. Vodery to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Guy H. Sherman to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Guy_H_Sherman_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-722.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank [illegible] to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Frank_illegible_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-723.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from H. W. Baker (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_H_W_Baker__to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-724.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Gustave Moisan to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Walter W. Landahl to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Walter_W_Landahl_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-733.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 6205. 1922-1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 21, 1924
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_6205_19221924-771.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 6205. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to the Secretary of the Board of Pardons, April 14, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 14, 1924
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: William A. Cant (December 23, 1863 - January 12, 1933), District Court Judge. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1923
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 14288 Lee 1; Negative no. 86287
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_A_Cant_December_23_1863__January_12_1933_District_Court_Judge-804.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Fred and Lillian Bell. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1970 - 1975
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 16976 p2; Negative no. 01238-11
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Fred_and_Lillian_Bell-805.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Ethel Ray Nance (1899-?). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1945
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 3825 r3; Negative no. 93563
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Ethel_Ray_Nance_1899-807.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Police Station after damage by lynching mob, Duluth. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. HV8.14 p2; Negative no. 13949
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Police_Station_after_damage_by_lynching_mob_Duluth-809.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Charles E. Vasaly (1869 - April 23, 1935), Superintendent of the St. Cloud State Reformatory. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1915
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 18711 p1; Negative no. 93803
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Charles_E_Vasaly_1869__April_23_1935_Superintendent_of_the_St_Cloud_State_Reformatory-816.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: W. F. Rhinow (May 5, 1878 - November 19, 1956), Adjutant General. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1925
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 18700 r1; Negative no. 93585
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/W_F_Rhinow_May_5_1878__November_19_1956_Adjutant_General-817.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Duluth Police Headquarters. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Dindorf, William Edward. History of the Duluth Police Department. page 22
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Duluth_Police_Headquarters-798.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Many Summoned Before Special Grand Jury. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 17, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Herald, June 17, 1920, page 1 and 20
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Many_Summoned_Before_Special_Grand_Jury-778.001.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: Warren E. Greene ( - June 27, 1937), St. Louis County Attorney. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
Courtesy of the Duluth Public Library
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Warren_E_Greene___June_27_1937_St_Louis_County_Attorney-820.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Duluth Assault Case Before High Court. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 8, 1922
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Messenger, April 8, 1922, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Duluth_Assault_Case_Before_High_Court-846.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Mrs. W.T. Francis, Author of Anti-Lynching Bill. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 12, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Northwestern Bulletin, May 12, 1923, page 1, 4
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Mrs_WT_Francis_Author_of_AntiLynching_Bill-831.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Duluth Lyncher Convicted. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 4, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
National Advocate, August 28, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Duluth_Lyncher_Convicted-837.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Letter from George H. Lounsberry to Frank A. Whittier, January 26, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 26, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Letter from Frank A. Whittier to Bloom & Company, January 24, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 24, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Letter_from_Frank_A_Whittier_to_Bloom__Company_January_24_1922-411.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Letter from Frank A. Whittier to Sulphur Mining Company, January 24, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 24, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Letter_from_Frank_A_Whittier_to_Sulphur_Mining_Company_January_24_1922-414.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Letter from Frank A. Whittier to Joe Poplin, January 24, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 24, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Letter_from_Frank_A_Whittier_to_Joe_Poplin_January_24_1922-416.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Letter from Gilbert Henry Stephenson to J. J. Sullivan, April 19, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 19, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Letter_from_Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_to_J_J_Sullivan_April_19_1922-424.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from J. J. Sullivan to Myrtle J. McDonald, September 17, 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: September 17, 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_September_17_1924-611.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from L. S. Nelson to State Board of Parole, May 25, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 25, 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_L_S_Nelson_to_State_Board_of_Parole_May_25_1925-616.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to State Board of Parole, July 21, 1925. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 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_Mason_M_Forbes_to_State_Board_of_Parole_July_21_1925-621.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Application Registers
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. July 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Calendars
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151_July_1921-632.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from H. [illegible] to Board of Pardons, February 19, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 19, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_H_illegible_to_Board_of_Pardons_February_19_1921-636.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Ira L. Ricketts to Board of Pardons, February 21, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 21, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Ira_L_Ricketts_to_Board_of_Pardons_February_21_1921-637.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from G. A. Johnson to Board of Pardons, February 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 23, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_G_A_Johnson_to_Board_of_Pardons_February_23_1921-638.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Leonidas Merritt to J. A. O. Preus, February 25, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 25, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Leonidas Merritt to Board of Pardons, February 25, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 25, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Leonidas_Merritt_to_Board_of_Pardons_February_25_1921-640.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from D. Graham to Board of Pardons, February 26, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 26, 1925
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_D_Graham_to_Board_of_Pardons_February_26_1921-643.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Elmer Carlson to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Elmer_Carlson_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-653.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Martin Yosmley to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Martin_Yosmley_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-660.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from P. J. Redig to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Paul B. Davies to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Paul_B_Davies_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-666.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from P. L. Gormly to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from P. W. Graham to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_P_W_Graham_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-674.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank Sklund to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Frank_Sklund_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-675.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Hugo Frandell (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Hugo_Frandell__to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-677.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Jo McCurn (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Jo_McCurn__to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-679.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from A. W. Morternd to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_A_W_Morternd_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-689.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from John Bronen to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_John_Bronen_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-698.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank J. Buck to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Frank_J_Buck_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-699.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Charles A. Schofield to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Charles_A_Schofield_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-702.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from M. [illegible] to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from J. R. Wolfrem (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_J_R_Wolfrem__to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-704.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Rudy G. Anderson to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Ray. G. Gonyea (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Ray_G_Gonyea__to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-718.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Fred H. Bergstrom to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Arthur G. Peterson to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from J. H. Foster to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_J_H_Foster_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-730.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from A. W. Barden to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_A_W_Barden_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-736.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from George Mathis Doiy (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_George_Mathis_Doiy__to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-738.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from W. E. Danforth to Board of Pardons, March 12, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 12, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_W_E_Danforth_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_12_1921-745.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from W. G. Smith to Board of Pardons, March 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 23, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Max Bloom to Board of Pardons, April 7, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 7, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Max_Bloom_to_Board_of_Pardons_April_7_1921-752.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Secretary of the Pardon Board to Bert Fesler, June 28, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 28, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Ira L. Ricketts to Board of Pardons, July 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Ira_L_Ricketts_to_Board_of_Pardons_July_2_1921-759.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. 1922-1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 19, 1922 - January 8, 1923
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Application Registers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_5702_19221923-762.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. Letter from Max Mason to Board of Pardons, March 18, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 13, 1924
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_5702___Letter_from_Max_Mason_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_18_1923-769.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. Letter from the Secretary of the Board of Pardons to Max Mason, March 22, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 22, 1924
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Races Dependent Upon Each Other, Says Dr. Du Bois. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 22, 1921
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Herald, March 22, 1921, page 11
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Races_Dependent_Upon_Each_Other_Says_Dr_Du_Bois-776.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Dedicating Headstones. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: October 26, 1991
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune, October 26, 1991, Section B, page 1 and 6. Reprinted by permission of the Duluth News Tribune
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Dedicating_Headstones-777.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Charles Scrutchin (September 1865 - July 14, 1930). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920 - 1930
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. Uncataloged
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Charles_Scrutchin_September_1865__July_14_1930-780.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Duluth policemen, group photo. Edward H. Barber, Police Lieutenant, at far right. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Dindorf, William Edward. History of the Duluth Police Department. page 4
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Duluth_policemen_group_photo__Edward_H_Barber_Police_Lieutenant_at_far_right-782.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Edward H. Barber, Police Lieutenant. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Dindorf, William Edward. History of the Duluth Police Department. page 4
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Edward_H_Barber_Police_Lieutenant-784.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Policemen at Central and No. 2 (West End) Stations, group photo. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Dindorf, William Edward. History of the Duluth Police Department. page 6
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Policemen_at_Central_and_No_2_West_End_Stations_group_photo-785.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Duluth policemen, group photo. Oscar G. Olson (August 9, 1887 - December 1, 1941), Police Lieutenant, second from left. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Dindorf, William Edward. History of the Duluth Police Department. page 14
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Duluth_policemen_group_photo__Oscar_G_Olson_August_9_1887__December_1_1941_Police_Lieutenant_second_from_left-787.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Oscar G. Olson (August 9, 1887 - December 1, 1941), Police Lieutenant. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Dindorf, William Edward. History of the Duluth Police Department. page 14
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Oscar_G_Olson_August_9_1887__December_1_1941_Police_Lieutenant-788.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Bert Fesler (July 22, 1866 - November 3, 1947), District Court Judge. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Bert Fesler Gallery invitation card. Courtesy of the Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Bert_Fesler_July_22_1866__November_3_1947_District_Court_Judge-790.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Dr. Milton W. Judy (? - December 16, 1938). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: July 24, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, July 24, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Dr_Milton_W_Judy____December_16_1938-793.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: William M. Majors, Reverend. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: July 3, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, July 3, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_M_Majors_Reverend-795.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: J. A. A. Burnquist (July 21, 1879 - January 12, 1961), Governor. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1917
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 7733 Lee 1; Negative no. 86281
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/J_A_A_Burnquist_July_21_1879__January_12_1961_Governor-800.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Andrew Holt (1855-1948), Associate Justice of Minnesota Supreme Court. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 14548 r2
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Andrew_Holt_18551948_Associate_Justice_of_Minnesota_Supreme_Court-803.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Police Station after damage by lynching mob, Duluth. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. HV8.14 p1; Negative no. 13950
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Police_Station_after_damage_by_lynching_mob_Duluth-808.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Cellblock in Duluth Police Station damaged by lynching mob. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. HV9.2 p1; Negative no. 13951
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Cellblock_in_Duluth_Police_Station_damaged_by_lynching_mob-810.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: John J. Sullivan (1875 - August 20, 1937), Warden of the Minnesota State Prison at Stillwater. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no por 18797 p1; Negative no. 12937-A
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/John_J_Sullivan_1875__August_20_1937_Warden_of_the_Minnesota_State_Prison_at_Stillwater-815.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 - September 9, 1981). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1955
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 18703 r1; Negative no. 93801
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Roy_Wilkins_August_30_1901__September_9_1981-854.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie lynched in Duluth. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: June 15, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. HV8.14 p4; Negative no. 20541
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_Elmer_Jackson_and_Isaac_McGhie_lynched_in_Duluth-799.001.php

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