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  1. Collection: Janney, Semple, Hill & Co.: An Inventory Of Its Corporate Records
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    Dates: 1866-1956
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Letterpress books, employee's time and wage books, price books, pricing department memoranda books on employees, summaries of expenses and sales, and miscellaneous correspondence and financial records of this wholesale hardware firm managed by Thomas B. Janney, Frank B. Semple, and Horace M. Hill. Also included are photographs taken by Ralph Laird, an employee of Janney, Semple, & Hill hired to take pictures of client stores throughout the central part of the United States.

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    Collection: Hubert H. Humphrey An Inventory Of His Papers
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    Dates: [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.

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    Collection: Gratia A. Countryman: An Inventory Of The Gratia A. Countryman And Family Papers
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    Dates: 1861-1953
    Places: Europe
    Correspondence, speeches, diaries, newspaper clippings, diplomas and appointments, and other papers of Gratia Countryman, head librarian (1904-1936) of the Minneapolis Public Library. Includes some materials relating to her parents, Levi and Alta Countryman, her brother Theophilus, and other family members.
  4. Collection: Polish White Eagle Association: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    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.

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    Collection: Robbins Gilman And Family: An Inventory Of Their Papers
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    Dates: 1699-2009
    Places: Alton (Ill.)
    Correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed materials, genealogical information, and some early family papers of Robbins Gilman and his wife Catheryne Cooke Gilman of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also includes papers documenting the activities of their son Logan Drinker and his wife Rhoda Raasch Gilman and their daughters Betsy (Elizabeth) and Carolyn, and papers of Leonard O. and Rhoda (Kimbro) Raasch, Rhoda Gilman's parents. Papers from other family members and related families are also present.

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    Collection: Committee On Resettlement Of Japanese Americans. Minneapolis Chapter: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    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.
  7. Collection: Carl Ross And Family: An Inventory Of Their Papers
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    Dates: 1911-2000
    Places: United States
    Biographical information, family papers, correspondence, writings, print materials, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Carl E. (Rasi) Ross, a Finnish American who served as secretary of the Minnesota Communist Party (1946-1958); was later a Minneapolis businessman (1960-1973); and who, following retirement, was an independent scholar and project administrator in the fields of radical, labor, and Finnish American history.
  8. Collection: Paul S. Swensson: An Inventory Of His Papers
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    Dates: 1940-2000
    Places: Europe
    Personal and business papers of a newspaperman who was managing editor of the Minneapolis Tribune (1950-1955) and Minneapolis Star (1956-1961) newspapers, a member of the Hopkins, Minnesota school board, and later executive director of the Wall Street Journal's Newspaper Fund and a journalism professor at Temple and Columbia universities.
  9. Collection: Citizens League (minneapolis, Minn.): An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1947-2007
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Minutes (1971-1981), correspondence, reports (1958-1984), subject files, notebooks, financial information, and printed materials relating to this nonpartisan citizens, public affairs research, and educational organization based in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The group is organized into committees that research current affairs issues affecting various aspects of community life.
  10. Collection: Jefferson Transportation Company: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1883-1996 (bulk 1913-1996)
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Records of a Minneapolis-based bus company that was also involved in retail and hotel projects in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Includes business records of subsidiary, related, and acquired bus companies, and personal and business papers of long-time company president Edgar F. Zelle and other members of the Zelle family.
  11. Collection: North Country Co-op: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1971-2006
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Financial records, collective log books and meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, store operations files, histories and reminiscences, and newspaper clippings of the longest running food cooperative in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Also included are records of several affiliated worker and service cooperatives that the North Country Co-op engendered: North Country Hardware Store, North Country General Store, North Country Bookstore, North Country Co-op Library, and the North Country Development Fund. There is also material pertaining to the co-op wars and the dissolution of the People's Warehouse (Minneapolis, Minn.).
  12. Collection: Patrick Daly And Family: An Inventory Of Their Papers
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    Dates: 1860-1887, [circa 1974]
    Places: Ireland
    Photocopied letters (1860-1885) and genealogical data (1860-1887), and a volume of family history and reminiscences, , (circa 1974), collected and prepared by Frank A. Daly and relating primarily to his paternal grandfather, Patrick Daly, who left Ireland for Australia and New Zealand (1860-1870), and then came to Minneapolis with his family. There is also information on other members of the Daly family in Ireland and the United States; on friends who remained in the New Zealand gold fields; and on Frank Daly's career as a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul Division (1930s-1960s). Also included is a Fireman's exempt certificate issued to Daly by the Minneapolis Fire Department.
  13. Collection: Van F. White: An Inventory Of His Papers
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    Dates: 1939, 1971-1994
    Places: North Minneapolis (Minneapolis, Minn.)
    Personal and political papers of Van F. White, the first African American elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

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    Collection: George B. Wright And Family: An Inventory Of Their Papers
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    Dates: 1785-1955
    Places: Alexandria (Minn.)
    Correspondence, survey notes, land records, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks, and other materials relating to the family of George B. Wright, a Fergus Falls (Otter Tail County, Minnesota) businessman and promoter.
  15. Collection: Dfl Feminist Caucus An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1972-2004
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Administrative records and subject files documenting the organization, activities, and political goals of a feminist caucus formed within the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 1973.
  16. Collection: Atherton Bean: An Inventory Of His Papers
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    Dates: 1918-1998
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal papers, reports, photographs, and ephemera pertaining to the activities of Atherton Bean's personal philanthropic interests such as the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) and the Minnesota Academy of Art and Design (MCAD), Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota), and in the family firm, International Multifoods Corporation.
  17. Collection: Barbara Schwartz Bearman: An Inventory Of Her Papers
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    Dates: 1962-2005
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Correspondence, minutes, legal papers, printed materials, notes, clippings, and other papers documenting a Minneapolis civil rights and desegregation activist's involvement in school integration activities in Minneapolis.
  18. Collection: Powderhorn Food Community Co-op: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1974-1995
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Articles of incorporation, bylaws, board of directors, collective, and annual member meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, newspaper clippings, and financial records of a food cooperative in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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    Collection: St. David's Society Of Minnesota: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1870-2014
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, photograph albums, architectural drawings, digital images, and other records of a society of Welsh-born and Welsh-descended Minnesotans devoted to cultural and musical affairs.
  20. Collection: Fairview Hospital (minneapolis, Minn.): An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1919-1957
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Maternity registers, death records, and post-mortem registers of Fairview Hospital and an alphabetical index created by the Minnesota Genealogical Society.
  21. Collection: Robert J. Tennessen: An Inventory Of His Papers
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    Dates: 1969-1997
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Papers documenting Tennessen's career as a DFL Minnesota state senator; a director of the Washington Federal Savings Bank, Stillwater; a committee member of the Basilica of Saint Mary, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Foundation, Minnesota Constitutional Study Commission, and the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control; a trustee of Groves Learning Center, St. Louis Park; and as one of the principal advocates of data privacy legislation in the Minnesota legislature.

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    Collection: Seward Community Co-op: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1970-2012
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Board of directors, annual membership, and collective meeting minutes; financial records; committee reports; daily work logs; correspondence; and flyers of a food cooperative in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A small number of files pertain to the Seward Community Cafe, a cooperatively run cafe located across the street from Seward Community Co-op. Some materials address the "co-op wars" of 1975-1976, in which Seward was deeply entrenched.
  23. Collection: Joyce M. Brady: An Inventory Of Her Papers
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    Dates: 1966-1986
    Places: Hennepin County (Minn.)
    Printed materials, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, programs, meeting announcements, form letters, and related files collected by Joyce M. Brady, a Minneapolis political and community activist, documenting her interests in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), the Farmer-Labor Association, the Minnesota Nuclear Freeze Campaign and other disarmament organizations, nuclear power opposition groups, and feminist organizations and activities.
  24. Collection: Bethany Covenant Church (richfield, Minn.): An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1922-2012
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Historical miscellany, constitutions, annual reports, newsletters, and worship service bulletins of Bethany Covenant Church and its predecessor, the Swedish Evangelical Bethany Church, organized in Minneapolis in 1904. Some of the material is in Swedish.
  25. Collection: Film In The Cities: An Inventory Of Its Records
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    Dates: 1970-1994
    Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
    Administrative and programmatic records, and photographs and films of a gallery and resource center formed in 1970 to sponsor exhibitions and provide education in the media arts.