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Click to enlarge Collection: Northern Pacific Railway Company. General Claims Department: An Inventory Of Its RecordsCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1883-1938
Register of injuries sustained, annual summaries of claims, and case files of the General Claims Department. -
Collection: Ancient Order Of United Workmen. Jurisdiction Of Minnesota. Grand Lodge: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1877-1969
Minutes (1877), membership registers (1877-1963), legal records (1911) and miscellaneous records of the Grand Lodge of this fraternal organization; minutes (1888-1889) membership records (1877-1949), financial records (1922-1969). The collection also includes miscellaneous records of the Ashlar Lodge (Rochester, Minn.); and charter (1959) of Paragon Lodge No. 216 (Detroit Lakes, Minn.). -
Click to enlarge Collection: Arnold E. Kahnert: An Inventory Of His PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1897-1970 (bulk 1924-1936)
Places: Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Minutes, contracts, notifications, orders, pamphlets, programs, publications, reports, correspondence, a panoramic photograph, and other related materials compiled by Arnold E. Kahnert, Historian and Senior Vice Commander of the 3rd United States Infantry Veterans Association. Included in these records are materials related to the building of the Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel, completed in 1928. -
Collection: George A. Siepp: An Inventory Of His Miscellaneous Legal Documents Relating To Crawford County, Wisconsin
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1816-1857
Places: Crawford County (Wis.)
Photocopies of Crawford County, Wisconsin court records (1824-1857) concerning the fur trade and the history of Crawford County and Prairie du Chien, and typewritten transcripts of Crawford County quit-claim and mortgage deeds (1816-1844) made by an unknown person in 1955 from Wisconsin public records. -
Collection: Minnesota College Personnel Association: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1969-1994
Records of a professional association for guidance counselors and others involved in college and university student personnel work and related areas. -
Collection: Twin City Milk Producers Association: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1906-1988
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, historical information, agreements and contracts, bulletins, and similar files documenting the activities of a cooperative marketing association organized in 1915 to standardize practices in the marketing, pricing, and grading of dairy products among producers and dairies in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minn.). -
Click to enlarge Collection: Great Northern Railway Company (u.s.). Valuation Division: An Inventory Of Its Valuation Division RecordsCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1881-1991 (bulk 1915-1928)
Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission's Bureau of Valuation, ICC hearing records and related files, right-of-way and trackage maps, and track profiles produced or maintained by the Great Northern administrative unit responsible for tracking and reporting on the monetary value (cost of reproduction) of the Great Northern's physical properties and those of its subsidiaries. -
Collection: C. Elmer Anderson: An Inventory Of His Papers
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1940-1987 (bulk 1951-1986)
Places: Minnesota
The collection contains the personal papers of C. Elmer Anderson, governor of Minnesota (1951-1955), mayor of Nisswa, Minnesota (1960-1962), and mayor of Brainerd, Minnesota (1976-1986). It includes speech transcriptions, personal and official correspondence, photographs, campaign materials, certifications of his elections to office, and citations and awards during his service in public office. -
Collection: Minnesota 2000 Documentary Photography Project: An Inventory Of The Collection
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1995-2000
Places: Minnesota
Photographs, copies, work prints, exhibit prints, slides, and project files from the Minnesota 2000 Documentary Photography Project and Minnesota 2000 exhibit. -
Collection: David H. Backus And Family: An Inventory Of Their Papers
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1890-1982
Biographical materials, photographs, diaries, and World War I and World War II correspondence and papers of Saint Paul native David H. Backus and his family, including some photographs and papers related to Oak Hall School and its predecessor, Baldwin Seminary. Some of the material is in the French and Arabic languages. -
Collection: Independent-republicans Of Minnesota. State Central Committee: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1880, 1884-1997, (bulk 1975-1994)
Places: Minnesota
Minutes, committee files, research personality files, campaign files, general correspondence and subject files, candidate biographies, chairmen's files, delegate lists, caucus results, newspaper clippings, public opinion polls, youth participation data, photographs, and audio and video tapes documenting the activities of the state organization of the Republican Party in Minnesota. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation: An Inventory Of Its RecordsCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1961-2007 (bulk 1978-2006)
Places: Central Business District (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Records of a Saint Paul-based non-profit corporation that, working in partnership with the City and the private sector, developed and worked to bring to fruition a development strategy for Lowertown, a run-down 18-block historic warehouse district located at the eastern end of downtown Saint Paul, with the goal of preserving and renovating historic structures, ensuring that new construction was compatible with existing historic buildings, attracting new business ventures and investment, and creating housing and entertainment venues in the area. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Gertrude Louise Janssen Cooke Willius: An Inventory Of Her PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1915-1940
Papers created and collected by Gertrude Louise Janssen Cooke Willius, who worked as the Art Director for The Golden Rule Department Store in the 1930s. Includes fashion designs and drawings pre-publication; press clippings with advertisements from The Golden Rule and other retailers; and select drawings, writings, and cartoons completed during Willius's childhood and art school education. -
Collection: 13th Minnesota Regimental Association: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1897-1959
Records of a social and commemorative organization for members of a Minnesota volunteer infantry regiment that fought in the Spanish American War. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Sandra S. Gardebring: An Inventory Of Her PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1975-1998
Biographical information, clippings, correspondence, news releases, photographs, schedules, subject files, campaign files, speeches, and other miscellaneous papers of Sandra S. Gardebring, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1991-1998), judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals (1989-1991), commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (1977-1978 and 1982-1984), chair of the Metropolitan Council (1984-1986), and commissioner of the Department of Human Services (1986-1989). -
Collection: Marjorie Draper Caldwell Schoen: An Inventory Of Her Papers
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: approximately 1900-1991
Places: Park Rapids (Minn.)
Biographical and genealogical materials, photographs, college and graduate school records, speeches, casework summaries, sermons, lecture and other notes, essays, book reviews, correspondence, clippings, certificates, and other papers of a woman who was at various times during her long life a high school English teacher, farm wife and mother, professional social worker, minister's assistant, church work and social service volunteer, and published author in Minnesota, Wyoming, and Indiana. -
Click to enlarge Collection: The Book Club: An Inventory Of Its RecordsCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1954-1976, 1981, 1997
Places: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
Records of an African American women's literary and social club, along with an oral history interview of Barbara Cyrus, a long-time member of the group. -
Collection: Minnesota Audubon Council: An Inventory Of Its Council Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1969-1991
Places: Apostle Islands (Wis.)
Organizational records and records of constituent chapters from one of the five "national" state offices of the National Audubon Society. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Rosalie Wahl: An Inventory Of Her PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1958-1998 (bulk 1977-1994)
Places: Minnesota
Personal papers from the judicial chambers of Rosalie Wahl, first woman appointed (1977) and successively elected (1978, 1984, 1990) to the Minnesota Supreme Court. -
Collection: Northland Business Association: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1982-1988
Minutes, correspondence, financial data, newsletters, membership directories, and other records of an organization of predominantly gay and lesbian businesses and professionals. -
Collection: Melvin Joseph Maas An Inventory Of His Papers
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1912-1986
Places: United States
Correspondence, reports, photographs, diaries, and professional papers of a Republican Minnesota Congressman, long time Marine Corps Reserve Officer, and Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Hubert H. Humphrey An Inventory Of His PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: [1883?]-1982 (bulk 1940-1978)
Places: United States
The Hubert H. Humphrey papers include several series of files detailing various aspects of his life and career, including his service as Minneapolis mayor (1945-1948) , his first tenure as United States Senator from Minnesota (1949-1964), service as Vice President of the United States (1965-1968), as well as materials pertaining to his family and personal life and his 1968 presidential and 1970 senate campaigns. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Fred A. Davies: An Inventory Of His PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1916-1971
Places: Bahrain
Biographical information, correspondence (1930-1961), publications (1930-1958), photographs, and miscellaneous materials of Davies, a geologist, mining engineer, and official of Aramco and other oil companies in the Middle East. Davies graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1916 with a degree in mining engineering. He was responsible for early explorations of the oil fields in Bahrain in the 1930s. In 1952 Davies was named CEO and Chairman of the Board for Aramco until he retired in 1959. -
Collection: Northern Pacific Beneficial Association: An Inventory Of Its Corporate Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1882-1971
Minutes (1907-1934), cash books (1882-1949), statements of operations (1898-1899, 1950-1956), photographs, and miscellaneous materials documenting a series of hospitals organized for the medical care of Northern Pacific employees. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Louis W. (louis Warren) Hill, Jr. And Family: An Inventory Of Their PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1884-2000
Places: Saint Paul (Minn.)
Political papers, correspondence, subject files, financial records, business records, memorabilia, and other materials relating primarily to Louis W. Hill, Jr., but also to his siblings and to other members of the Hill family.
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