Dates: 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.

Dates: 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.

Dates: 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.

Dates: 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.

Dates: 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.

Dates: 1978-1992
Places: Brown County (Minn.)
Legislative papers of a Minnesota state representative (Independent-Republican, District 23A) who was elected in 1978 and resigned in 1992 to accept a judicial appointment.

Dates: 1967-1984
Historical information, bylaws and other legal documents (1967-1977), minutes (1970-1979), reports and related files (1973-1981), financial records (1970-1981), membership information (1970-1977), correspondence (1969-1981), news releases and newspaper clippings (1972-1981), and printed materials documenting the activities of an activist organization embodying all aspects of the feminist agenda through education, publicity, and legislation programs. The chapter is a local affiliate of Minnesota NOW and the National Organization for Women.

Dates: 1947-1969
Records documenting the scientific and technical aspects of stratospheric balloon research, as conducted by General Mills, Inc., and Winzen Research Inc., a Minneapolis-based balloon manufacturer led by Otto Winzen, whom also developed the aeronautical laboratories and proposed upper atmospheric research at General Mills. The collection contains flight plans, reports, proposals, data sheets, and photographs (undated and 1947-1965). The project was begun by General Mills in 1940 to research the use of balloons for military systems, fire control, and industrial precision instruments and equipment. Research was conducted by the Mechanical Division and Electronics Group of General Mills. The collection also includes: unidentified photographic albums and folders of balloon research; papers of Otto Winzen; and bylaws for the Aerostat Society of America, Minnesota Balloon Division (June 10, 1969).

Dates: 1926-2002
Places: Northeast community (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Records of a fraternial organization of Polish Americans located in Minneapolis. Included are articles of organization, constitutions and bylaws, convention minutes and programs, board of directors minutes, subject files, photographs, and financial records. Besides promoting unity and fraternity among the Polish-American community in Minnesota through social events, the organization sold life insurance, provided home mortgage loans, and offered college scholarships.

Dates: 1921-1999
Places: Arrowhead Region (Minn.)
Correspondence, minutes, speeches and radio addresses, legislative files, political campaign materials, newspaper clippings, and photographs of a lawyer and Democratic-Farmer-Labor politician from Cloquet, Minnesota, who represented the 54th district in the state legislature (1951-1961) and who served as a Minnesota Supreme Court justice (1973-1993).

Dates: 1952-2016
Product catalogs, price sheets, advertising scrapbooks, and miscellaneous information about a St. Paul Park-based manufacturer of marine accoutrements, assistive medical devices, and household products under the EEz-In brand.

Dates: 1942-1944
Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
Correspondence, applications, reports, and related papers of the Minneapolis chapter of a national volunteer organization to assist in finding employment for loyal Japanese-Americans (Nisei) evacuated from the Pacific Coast during World War II. The collection consists largely of chapter secretary Genevieve F. Steefel's correspondence with Nisei seeking work--as well as their employment applications--and with officials of the U.S. Employment Service and War Relocation Authority.

Dates: 1939-2017 (bulk 1939-1950)
Places: Austria
Photograph albums, correspondence, a scrapbook, and reminiscences of a woman from Northfield, Minnesota, documenting her time in the employ of the U.S. State Department as a foreign service officer in Europe at the close of World War II and during the post-war occupation.