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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: John Lind: An Inventory Of His Mexican Mission PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1913-1931
Places: Great Britain
Consisting of microfilm and closed originals, the John Lind Mexican Mission Papers recount former Minnesota congressman (1883-1897 and 1903-1905) and governor (1899-1901) John Lind's diplomatic mission to Mexico in 1913-1914 during the Mexican Revolution as the personal representative of President Woodrow Wilson, and reflect his continued involvement and interest in Mexican affairs subsequent to that time. They comprise all of his papers for the years 1913-1916, the majority of which concern Mexico, plus those items for the period 1917-1931 that relate to Mexico. Included are diplomatic dispatches, correspondence, reports from others involved in Mexican affairs, printed materials, and copies of official documents. -
Collection: Public Safety Commission: Women's Committee: An Inventory Of Its Correspondence And Subject Files
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1916-1920 (bulk 1918)
Correspondence, reports, minutes, form letters, publicity issuances, and other materials generated or received by the state Women's Division (more commonly known as the Woman's Committee) and its Minneapolis branch, relating primarily to such topics as Americanization, child welfare, liberty loans, food and clothing conservation, nurses and nursing, the Red Cross, social hygiene and social welfare, and women in industry. -
Collection: Public Safety Commission: An Inventory Of Its Clippings Scrapbooks
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1917-1919
Clippings from Minnesota newspapers, and one volume of clippings from foreign language newspapers not necessarily published in Minnesota. -
Collection: Public Safety Commission: An Inventory Of Its Miscellaneous Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1917-1921
Includes materials relating to the organization of local public safety committees and associations. -
Collection: Farm School Aviators (st. Paul, Minn.): An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1918-1977
Records documenting a social organization for veterans of World War I U.S. Army engineering units World War I who were trained at the University of Minnesota's agricultural school in 1918. -
Collection: Soldiers' Bonus Board: An Inventory Of Its World War I Bonus Disallowed/rehearing Files
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1921-1922
Applications for military service bonus payments to Minnesota veterans of World War I. -
Click to enlarge Collection: War Records Commission: An Inventory Of Its World War I Soldiers' PhotographsCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1918-1939, 1947
Contains photographs of soldiers, some of which include the geographic location where enlistment occurred. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Gustave A. Botman: An Inventory Of His PapersCollection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1918-1958 (bulk 1918-1919)
Correspondence, photographs, an obituary, and a funeral program of Gustave Albert Botman of Deer River, Minnesota, who served in the 7th Infantry Division of the United States Army in France during World War I. The bulk of the collection consists of Swedish-language correspondence (September 1918-March 1919) between Botman and his wife Anna while Botman was away serving in the war. English-language translations of the correspondence were made by Charles John LaVine. Gustave is referred to as Albert in the correspondence. -
Collection: War Records Commission: An Inventory Of Its Correspondence
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1918-1929
Correspondence relating to the commission's establishment and the organization and operation of county war records committees. Also clippings from local newspapers relating to the commission's work; correspondence with other states' war history organizations; general correspondence relating primarily to the collection of records and the compilation of the commission's publications; and related reports. -
Collection: War Records Commission: Military Training Camps Association: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: [1917-1919]
Records documenting the activities of this organization, including correspondence, applications, and aviation files. -
Collection: War Records Commission: An Inventory Of Its Draft Registration Lists
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1917-1918
Photographic copies of the original draft lists at Washington, furnished by the War Department. The lists show names, addresses, and draft numbers of 540,000 Minnesota men registered under the draft during World War I. -
Collection: Byrl E. Sylvester: An Inventory Of His Papers
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1909-1921 (bulk 1917-1918)
Places: Pensacola Bay (Fla.)
Letters, news clippings, and other papers of a soldier from Plainview, Minnesota, documenting his service as a volunteer Red Cross ambulance driver in France during World War I and the airplane accident that claimed his life while training in Florida to become a Navy pilot. -
Collection: John Talman: An Inventory Of His Papers
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1869
Places: Minneapolis (Minn.)
Writings and other papers of New York and Twin Cities (Minn.) newspaper editor John Talman including biographical and genealogical information on Talman and the Talman, Foote, and Wilcox families (1921-1936); a folder of correspondence (1874-1936) containing letters from poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox and other writers; photocopies of poems by Talman (undated and 1869-1918); nineteen manuscripts by Talman on topics of Minnesota history (ca. 1914-1915); and an original manuscript (ca.1875) of a story by Alfred Billings Street. -
Collection: Public Safety Commission: An Inventory Of Its Petitions And Transcripts Of Testimony In Investigations
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1917-1918
Places: Blooming Prairie (Minn.)
Primarily testimony taken by the commission at investigation hearings relating to liquor traffic and saloons in Blooming Prairie, Ceylon, Welcome, Triumph, and Trosky; a commission petition for the removal of Thomas P. White as sheriff of Koochiching County; the Nonpartisan League; and charges of malfeasance against city officials of New Ulm. -
Collection: Public Safety Commission: Women's Committee: An Inventory Of Its Records Of The Committee On Women In Industry
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1918-1919
Correspondence and reports relating to the survey of women in industry; committee minutes; general literature, orders, and circulars of the national committee (Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense); and various bulletins and other publications collected or received. The Women's Division was more commonly known as the Woman's Committee. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Glen J. Merritt: An Inventory Of His World War I Ambulance Unit PhotographsCollection Finding Aids | Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordingsDates: 1917-1918
Places: France
Images documenting Glen Merritt's training and service in World War I as a driver for the Ambulance Unit Number 512, a unit comprised of men mostly from Harvard College, and his service with French and Italian forces. Views include Merritt and other military personnel; hospital stations; transports; a funeral; as well as buildings, beaches, and countryside in Europe and the United States. -
Collection: War Records Commission: An Inventory Of Its World War I Military Service Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1918-1920
Four-page questionnaires, filled out by Minnesota veterans of World War I with biographical data and details of their military service. They occasionally are accompanied by photographs, war letters, or other related material. They are supplemented by similar records for nurses and for Hennepin County personnel of service organizations. -
Collection: War Records Commission: War Camp Community Service: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: circa 1918-circa 1920
Correspondence, reports, account books, bulletins, lists of patrons, clippings, and other records relating to the work of providing recreation and wholesome surroundings for soldiers stationed in or near the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul). -
Collection: Public Safety Commission: Woman's Committee: An Inventory Of Its Scrapbooks
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1917-1919
Clippings, correspondence (small amount), and circulars relating to women's activities during the war. The Women's Division was more commonly known as the Woman's Committee. -
Click to enlarge Collection: Collection Of World War I Sheet Music: An Inventory Of Sheet MusicCollection Finding Aids | Music, notatedDates: 1909-1920
This collection contains a wide variety of sheet music detailing popular culture’s embrace of the United States' participation in World War I. Topics depicted in song and on cover art range from military recruitment and battle narratives to celebrations of the home front, focusing particularly on children and virtuous sweethearts. Other themes include American engagement with European cultural life, rallying support for European allies, and the necessity for maintaining loyalty to the U.S. across its ethnic divisions. Popular motifs include “Uncle Sam” or “Sammy,” patriotic symbols, and caricatures of Kaiser Wilhelm II, while popular stars of the time like Al Jolson are often featured prominently on the cover. A number of these items were collected by Howard Woolsey of St. Paul and donated by his widow Elizabeth Bisbee Woolsey in 1970. -
Collection: Percy B. Christianson: An Inventory Of His Papers
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: Undated and 1919-1946
Places: France
Reminiscences (undated), correspondence (undated, 1919, 1945-1946), print and near-print materials (1919, 1945), and miscellaneous items (undated, 1929) relating to Christianson's experiences in the U.S. Marine Corps and his service in France at the end of World War I; his activities with his wife Anne in World War II war relief programs through the U.N.R.R.A and the Minneapolis-Honeywell American Legion Post, including information from relief recipients in Poland and Belgium; and his work in advertising design and illustration. -
Collection: War Records Commission: St. Paul Association Of Public And Business Affairs: An Inventory Of Its Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1917-1919
Material collected by Franklin F. Holbrook for the Ramsey County War Records Commission. Includes correspondence, subscription lists, financial records, and a war activities scrapbook, all relating to liberty and victory loans. -
Click to enlarge Collection: St. Luke's Hospital Unit At Mare Island, California: An Inventory Of The AlbumCollection Finding Aids | Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordingsDates: 1918-1919
Views of a nursing unit from St. Luke's Hospital of St. Paul, Minnesota during their assignment at a California military base. -
Collection: War Records Comission: An Inventory Of Its Ymca And Ywca Records
Collection Finding Aids | TextDates: 1911-1920
Documents the activities of the Young Mens' Christian Association [YMCA] and the Young Women's Christian Association [YWCA] duing World War I, particularly the YMCA's recruitment of men to staff canteens on the French front and its raising of the money to provision those canteens, the organization of YWCA/YMCA units at Minnesota colleges, and participation in the United War Work Campaign.
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