Guide to the NEMHC's Collection
To search this guide, use your browser's "Find" key or "CTRL-F"Stock certificates from the Buffalo Land and Exploration,
Cuyuna Range Townsite, Minong Range Copper, Red Warrior
Mining, and Salisbury Mining companies in Minnesota and
Wisconsin. S3645.
.i.Adams, Robert M. Business Interests.;
Minutes, correspondence, administrative files, financial
records, historical essays, photographs, and a scrapbook.
Also included are matron's logs, which are daily journals of
the society's activities. The Aftenro Society was organized
in 1908, by a group of Norwegian women. It operates a home
for the aged. S2254.
.i.Aftenro Society, Duluth, records; .i.Aged: Housing;.
Maps prepared for the Aitkin County Planning Advisory
Commission indicating historic sites. S2230.
.i.Aitkin County: Maps; .i.Aitkin County Planning Advisory
Commission, maps;
in.
General correspondence, contracts, agreements and deeds, and
tax statements of this Duluth realtor who established the
Alexander Investment Company in Duluth. S3098.
.i.Alexander, Edward Porter, realtor;
Twelve cancelled payroll checks of a Duluth based lumber
company. S2280.
.i.Alger Smith and Co., Duluth, lumber;
in.
Photographs and descriptions of the Alworth's yachts. He
came to Duluth as an explorer and estimator of timber and
invested in several local industries. Duluth's Alworth
Building was named for him in 1910. S3635.
.i.Alworth, Marshall Henry, lumberman; .i.Alworth Building,
Duluth, name; .i.Boats and boating; yachts;
1908-1984. 6.25 ft.
Annual reports, minutes, legal and financial records,
committee materials, publications, photographs and eight
scrapbooks. Also included is an incomplete set of the
organization's bulletins and annual membership booklets.
S3003.
.i.American Assn. of University Women, activities;
The American Historical Association was founded in 1884 for
the "promotion of American History and history in America".
In 1926 it sought to raise a one million dollar endowment
fund for historical research. Minnesota was charged to
contribute $20,000. Solon J. Buck, executive secretary of
the Minnesota Committee, enlisted William E. Culkin of
Duluth in this effort. Included are promotional materials,
pamphlets, correspondence and lists from the Minnesota
Committee of the A.H.A. Endowment. S3643.
.i.American Historical Endowment Fund, fund raising;
Correspondence, board minutes, bylaws, committee reports,
and annual volumes compiled by the Archives Committee which
contain correspondence, minutes, printed material and
reports, membership lists and a film strip. S2306.
.i.American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum
Engineers, activities; .i.Engineers: organizations;
.i.Films: for engineers;
3 in.
Articles of incorporation, board minutes, an account ledger,
two cashbooks, a tract book of the land owned, two maps of
the area, and stock certificates. The company also held
land in Gales Creek Valley, Washington County, Oregon. S3075.
.i.American Land and Timber Co., Duluth;
1.75 ft.
Unit constitution, newsletters, applications for membership,
citations, unit history, minutes, newspaper clippings, blue
books, financial records, correspondence, manual of
ceremonies, annual reports, poppy booklet, unit plays,
historical pageant poster, two early photographs of the
bugle corp, and membership records. This organization is
made up of the wives, sisters, and daughters of any man in
the service of this country. S2383.
.i.American Legion Auxiliary, Unit #517, 125th Field Artillery, activities;
CHEVAUX, DULUTH. Records, 1945-1946, 1952-1953. 5.25 in.
This chapter of the American Legion was responsible for
charitable activities in Duluth. Scrapbook of clippings,
photographs, flag, memorabilia, minutes, bulletins, and
assorted activity reports. S3102.
.i.American Legion, Voiture 919, La Societe Des 40 Hommes Et
8 Chevaux;
1.5 ft.
Correspondence, reference materials, newsclippings,
photographs, and Red Cross publications. Related material
may be found in collection S3005, Minnesota War Records
Commission, St. Louis County Branch. S3006.
.i.American Red Cross: chapter;
Records, 1977-1983. 3 in.
Minutes, program announcements, news releases, news
clippings, membership lists, bylaws and constitution.
S3773.
.i.American-Scandinavian Foundation, chapter;
Photographs of the exterior and interior of Ward Ames's home
at 1618 Vermilion Road in Duluth. S2277.
.i.Ames, Ward, house; .i.Architecture: photographs;
Records, 1890-1892, 1932. 6 items.
Bylaws of the Palestine Lodge, officers and membership list
and a 1932 poster of the charter members of the Ionic Lodge,
and officers and membership list of the Euclid Lodge.
S3071.
.i.Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, lodges;
in.
Minutes, correspondence, memoranda, copies of the standards
used, and a list of committee members. This committee to
the Duluth Housing and Redevelopment Authority was
established for the development of the Gateway Renewal
Project of Duluth. S3781.
.i.Architectural Advisory Committee, Duluth; .i.Cities:
urban renewal; .i.Duluth Housing and Redevelopment
Authority, committee;
Architect's drawings and specifications for 265 buildings in
northeast Minnesota. A worksheet for each structure
indicates the name of the structure, owner's name,
architect's name, and the location or address of the
building. S3175.
.i.Architecture: drawings;
0.5 in.
Application for "Project Home" and related correspondence.
This was a grant submitted to the U.S. Office of Economic
Opportunity by the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency,
Inc., of Virginia, Minnesota. S2332.
.i.Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Inc., Virginia;
.i.Cities: urban renewal;
Annual reports and the newsletter, Hy-Line By-Line. S3077.
.i.Arrowhead Electric Cooperative, Lutsen; .i.Cooperatives:
electric; .i.Electricity, cooperatives;
Published poems and biographical information by and about
the members of this organization. All of the poems are
clipped from printed sources or contained in booklets where
originally printed. S2446.
.i.Arrowhead Poetry Society, poems;
ft.
Minutes, annual reports, press releases giving results of
all grants recommended for funding, newsletters, guidelines
and development materials for Council as a grants agency,
grant applications, brochures, and one videotaped meeting
held in Cloquet. S3772.
.i.Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, grants activity; .i.Art
and Artists: organizations;
0.5 ft.
This group of World War I veterans of the Arrowhead country
who served as a group with the 62nd and 67th Coast Artillery
Corps in France, gathered annually to renew acquaintances.
The records consist of the history and activity of the
corps, biographical information, clippings, photographs,
annual meeting notices and bulletins, and obituaries.
S2460.
.i.Arrowhead Servicesmen's Last Man's Club;
1978-1980. 1.5 in.
Bylaws, minutes, budget requests, monthly reports and
memoranda. This advisory board of the Arrowhead Library
System of Virginia, Minnesota provides services to 7
northern Minnesota counties. S2345.
.i.Arrowhead System Council of Library Directors;
1979. 11.25 ft.
Charter, board minutes, bylaws, administrative records,
correspondence, financial statements, and newsletters of
this organization concerned with the general well-being of
retarded citizens. S2398.
.i.Association for Retarded Citizens, Duluth;
One letter written to Ayres's brother and a 1922 certificate
from the Minnesota State Board of Architects and Engineers
concerning the strike activities in Duluth during the year
1888, 1922. S3184.
.i.Ayres, Lyonel, letter;
40 ft.
William Thomas Bailey (1842-1914) came to Duluth in 1883,
eventually becoming one of the largest lumbermen in
Northeast Minnesota with a complete organization of mills
and facilities for production from the stump to final
market. Bailey`s efforts in the retail lumber industry
ended in 1951. The bulk of the collection dates from 1930.
Correspondence, contracts, land deeds and abstracts, legal
and financial records, income and real estate tax records,
and financial ledgers. The collection documents the daily
operations of the company, though executive records are
missing. S3010.
.i.Bailey, William Thomas, lumberman;
A record book for Baker's class in the "West Third Street
School" in Duluth, which lists students' names and their
attendance. S3644.
.i.Baker, Ida I., teacher; .i.Education: schools;
items.
The prints, showing the exterior of the building and two
apartments within, were copied from a photograph album on
loan. Built in 1891, the building is located at 711-715
West Second Street, Duluth. S3756.
.i.Architecture: photographs; .i.Baldwin Flats, Duluth,
photographs; .i.Duluth: buildings;
0.5 ft.
Divided into sections, sections one and two contain
correspondence from, and pertaining to, Reverend Baraga.
Section three contains Baraga's personal diary, about 80% of
which is written in German. Baraga is well known for his
study of the Ojibwa language and for building the first
Roman Catholic Mission at La Pointe, Wisconsin in 1835.
S2360.
.i.Baraga, Rev. Frederick, priest;
Receipts signed by Bardon to James Starkey and Peter J.
Peterson of Fond du Lac, Minnesota, for lands in Wisconsin.
Bardon was one of the early settlers of Superior, Wisconsin,
arriving in 1854. S3654.
.i.Bardon, James, settler;
Photocopies and typescript. Five photocopied letters (one
from Rev. Baraga, 1860) and an "Alphabetical Rhyme on Names
of Early Names." Bardon came to the United States in 1840
and moved from Maysville, Kentucky, to Superior, Wisconsin
in 1857 and taught school in Grand Portage, Minnesota. He
was Douglas County, Wisconsin, judge at the time of his
death. He was the father of James and John Alexander
Bardon. S3182.
.i.Baraga, Rev. Frederick, priest; .i.Bardon, Richard
(grandfather), judge; .i.Education: schools;
Correspondence, Minnesota Centennial reference material, a
catalog of Bardon's gun collection, newsclippings, and
photographs of this prominent Duluth physician who served as
the chief of staff at St. Mary's and Miller Memorial
Hospitals, and president of the St. Louis County Historical
Society for 17 years. He was the grandson of Richard
Bardon, and son of John A. Bardon. S3095.
.i.Bardon, Dr. Richard (grandson); .i.Catalogs: firearms;
.i.Firearms, catalog;
ft.
Correspondence, financial materials, articles, pamphlets,
photographs, newsclippings, sketchbooks, a tape recording
and miscellaneous reference materials.
Barnes was a Duluth industrialist and ardent supporter of
the St. Lawrence Seaway project. He was president of
Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding Company and the McDougall-Duluth
Company, chairman of Duluth Klearflax Linen Looms, and
operated a fleet of freighters along the Great Lakes, Erie
Canal, and Atlantic coast. Barnes was the head of the Food
Administration Grain Corporation under Herbert Hoover in
1917, and U.S. Wheat Director in 1919 by special appointment
of Woodrow Wilson. He was president of the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce (1921-1924) and its chair (1929-1931). A major
Duluth philanthropist, he showed great support of the YMCA
and built the Duluth Boat Club. He died, in 1959, one week
before the St. Lawrence Seaway officially opened. S3025.
.i.Barnes, Julius Howland, businessman; .i.Barnes-Duluth
Shipbuilding Co., Duluth; .i.Chamber of Commerce, Duluth;
.i.Duluth Boat Club: built; .i.Duluth Klearflex Linen Looms,
Duluth; .i.Food Administration Grain Corp., operations;
items.
Letters, a 1910 Duluth Boat Club family ticket, a 1923
program for the Bonspiel at Eveleth, and a 1927 banquet
program. Barrett moved to Tower, Minnesota, in 1887,
purchasing Tower Press and established papers in Ely,
Merritt, Virginia, and Biwabik, Minnesota. S3747.
.i.Barrett, Dr. Frederick; .i.Biwabik: newspaper;
.i.Curling, program; .i.Duluth Boat Club: ticket; .i.Ely,
newspaper; .i.Eveleth: sporting events;
The outline and support research materials for application
" Research Grant for Beaver Bay Study." The study was done
by Dr. Lyda C. Belthuis and Dr. Thomas W. Chamberlin who
were at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, at the time.
Photographs, history, fact sheet, newsclippings, and copies
of maps, all pertaining to Beaver Bay, Minnesota. S3732.
.i.Beaver Bay Study, research grant; .i.Belthuis, Dr. Lyda
C., author; .i.Chamberlin, Dr. Thomas W., author;
Bede was a politician, editor, and prominent lecturer in
Duluth, Minnesota. He was elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives in 1902, and served one term in the
Minnesota Legislature from the 58th District in 1931. An
advocate of the St. Lawrence Seaway, he used his influence
to urge congressional acceptance of the Seaway.
Correspondence, reference materials, speeches,
newsclippings, publications, and photographs. Also included
are a biographical sketch about Bede, correspondence on the
St. Lawrence Seaway, and incomplete sets of some of Bede's
newspapers: The Paragrapher, Bede's Budget, and The Duluth
Times. S3029.
.i.Bede, J. Adam, politician;
Chronologies and histories of Silver Bay and Babbitt,
Minnesota, and the Reserve Mining Company of Silver Bay.
Photographs of the two towns, and correspondence. S3731.
.i.Babbitt: history; .i.Bentley, E. Judson, papers;
in.
Bergeson served as auditor, assistant treasurer, purchasing
agent, and general passenger and freight agent of the Mesaba
Railway Company, an interurban railway that ran between
Hibbing and Gilbert, Minnesota. He later became comptroller
of the Enterprise Printing and Publishing Company in
Virginia, Minnesota. Included are a notebook and
photographs pertaining to the Mesaba Railway Company.
S3185.
.i.Bergeson, Jay Orlando, railroad man; .i.Enterprise
Printing and Publishing Co., Virginia;
Lecture entitled, "Recent Offshore Archaeology at Fort
Charlotte," presented at the conference, "A Rendezvous With
History." S2349.
.i.Birk, Douglas, archeologist; .i.Fort Charlotte,
archeology;
items.
Four booklets with information on club officers, members,
programs, and bibliographies. S3623.
.i.Archeology: fur trade; .i.Bishop's Literary Clup, Duluth;
Approx. 8 hours available from MHS., 267 pages.
In 1974, the Minnesota Historical Society used funds
provided by the Northwest Area Foundation to collect and
organize materials germane to the history of blacks in
Minnesota. During two summers, the staff of the Minnesota
Black History Project, under the direction of David V.
Taylor, collected records of organizations, institutions,
clubs, and churches as well as personal papers, genealogies,
photographs, and oral interviews. The entries include the
oral history interviews conducted for this project as well
as some earlier interviews Taylor undertook in doing
research for his doctoral dissertation. A more complete
description of these interviews and of other material in the
society's collections relating to blacks is contained in
Blacks in Minnesota: A Preliminary Guide to Historical
Sources compiled by David V. Taylor and published by the
society in 1976. S2208.
.i.Blacks: history;
The Blackthorn Theater, defined as an Imagist theater, was
created in 1977 by Seamas Cain. Productions included
avantgarde theater-works, works of classical theater, and
performance-art works.
This open collection consists of programs and posters used
to promote plays produced by the Theater, manuscripts,
reviews, scripts, and statistics of attendance. Inventory
available. S2456.
.i.Blackhorn Theater, productions; .i.Cain, Seamas, theater
manager;
Corporate minutes of this Duluth based firm which owned and
leased land in St. Louis and Itasca Counties. S2346.
.i.Blue Ore Mining Co, Duluth;
The Board of Trade was a communication and trading
organization formed to improve the methods of marketing and
shipping wheat to Duluth.
The collection consists of minutes; printed annual reports;
financial journals and ledgers (1900-1958); stock and
clearing association certificates; general rules, bylaws and
articles of incorporation (1885-1958); membership cards,
ledgers, and certificates; ledgers of grain shipments from
Duluth; Red Cross Pledge Book; architectural drawings,
specifications and related correspondence; court cases and
actions of the Board of Arbitration; and Duluth Daily Market
Report, 1888-1900. S2209.
.i.American Red Cross: pledges; .i.Architecture: drawings;
.i.Board of Trade, Duluth, activities; .i.Courts: cases;
Photographs, correspondence, and newsclippings taken largely
from Bogdanich's scrapbook.
Bogdanich came to the United States when he was 16. He
worked in iron mines of Northern Minnesota until 1924, later
organizing a museum in Eveleth, Minnesota. S3124.
.i.Bogdanich, Joseph, miner; .i.Eveleth: museums;
1914. 21 items.
Photographs collected by a Duluth resident. Among them are
photographs of the dock at Two Harbors, Lake County; mining
activity on the Mesabi Iron Range; the Duluth harbor; and
various other locations in Duluth, including Cascade Park.
S2234.
.i.Bohannon, Harvey L., collector; .i.Cascade Park, Duluth,
photographs; .i.Duluth, photographs;
This letter from Borup was written to an agent at the
American Fur Company in St. Mary's. Borup was an agent of
the American Fur Company Trading Post at La Pointe,
Wisconsin. S3685.
.i.Borup, Charles W., trader;
History Project. 1979. 10 Participants. 18 hours, 288
pages.
Participants discuss and define changes in the boundary of
the Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota. S2331.
RESTRICTED. Until Jan. 1, 1994, patron must obtain written
permission of the Fond du Lac Reservation business committee
or executive director.
.i.Fond du Lac Reservation: boundaries;
in.
Land leases, land lots and prices marked on township grid
maps, and description of the company's operating expenses.
This company operated on the Cuyuna Range in Crow Wing
County, Minnesota. S3658.
.i.Brainerd-Cuyuna Mining Co., operations; .i.Cuyuna Iron
Range: mining companies;
Photocopied Hebrew and Yiddish sheet music, parts of which
were written by Braverman, a teacher at the Moses Montefiore
Hebrew Institute, Duluth. Mr. Braverman was a cantor for
Duluth's Tifereth Israel Synagogue from about 1914 to 1948.
S2412.
.i.Braverman, Joseph, teacher;
Record book of court cases of this Superior, Wisconsin,
attorney who was a partner in the firm of Bright and Hayes.
Included are notes on the Chief Buffalo claim which
culminated in the lawsuits of the "Prentice Claim." S3112.
.i.Bright, Michael S., Sr., lawyer; .i.Buffalo, Ojibway
leader;
65 pages.
Manuscript dealing with the author's family and personal
experiences in Duluth entitled "A Boy Grows Up in Northern
Minnesota." Also included in the manuscript is "The
Thompson Family," written by Robert B. Thompson, covering
the life of Theodore Andreas Thompson, a laborer who
immigrated to Duluth from Norway in 1888. S2214.
.i.Broad, Clifford H., reminiscences;
Correspondence, newsclippings, and one photograph of Allison
Brown, a poet and member of the Vigilantes, a group of
distinguished authors and artists organized during World War
I. Originally from Duluth, she worked for the war effort in
Washington, D.C. This work included writing poems for a
weekly publication at Walter Reed Hospital. Her poetry was
known throughout the United States. S3146.
.i.Brown, Allison, poet;
A cookbook containing handwritten recipes and recipes
clipped from newspapers. The recipes are mainly for sweets:
cakes, candies, and creams. S3765.
.i.Brown, W., cook; .i.Cookbooks, for sweets;
A chronicle of Bryant's career as a national and world
champion speed roller skater. Newsclippings, photographs,
and advertising handbills. S3760.
.i.Advertising: For roller skating.; .i.Bryant, Frank,
roller skater;
Letter written by Bullen to James Bardon discussing some
corrections he felt were needed in the book, Eye of the
Northwest, the first annual report of the statistician of
Superior, Wisconsin, published in 1890. S3686.
.i.Bullen, Joseph Addison;
Political correspondence, material on the Truman-Barkley
Club, letters, programs, speeches, reception committee list,
seating arrangement for the motorcade, financial reports and
bills about the President's visit to Duluth. S366l.
.i.Burke, Patrick A., politician; .i.Democratic party,
campaigns;
ft.
Photographs, negatives (including glass plates), and
promotional pamphlets collected by Burns, an amateur
historian of the city of West Duluth, now part of Duluth.
The photographs and negatives are predominantly of West
Duluth; the pamphlets were issued by various Duluth
businesses and churches. S2421.
.i.Burns, Manley P., historian;
Cards of firms which were either conducting business or were
located in the Duluth area. S2415.
.i.Advertising: Business cards.;
1981. 11 Participants. 17 hours.
The interviews in this project document the history of
Duluth area businesses and labor unions. Narrators comment,
where appropriate, on the founding and growth of various
businesses or labor organizations, the formation of
corporate policies, labor-management relations, urban
renewal, union philosophy and strategy, government
regulation, binding arbitration, and the relationship of
business and labor to political and civic affairs. Barbara
J. Sommer, Northeast Minnesota Historical Center, University
of Minnesota, Duluth, conducted the interviews. S2220.
.i.Cities: urban renewal;
in.
Newsclippings, handwritten notes, programs, and photographs,
of a soprano soloist who was very active in the Duluth area,
1923-1936. S3122.
.i.Butchart, Lorena E., singer;
Newsclippings, diploma, photographs, plant sketchbook, and
various items of Frederick W. Byers, Benton's father,
including journals, notes, and letters from the Civil War.
Benton Byers was a Duluth pharmacist arriving here in 1905.
S3113.
.i.Byers, Benton B., pharmacist; .i.Byers, Frederick W.,
Civil War veteran; .i.Civil War: letters;
A notebook of various St. Louis County range grids for
townships 58 through 68 with physical features sketched in
pencil, 1913, and correspondence concerning a fire claim,
1921-1925. S3114.
.i.Carlson, Emil;
Receipts for materials bought for Mr. Felix Tarnowski's
lumber business of Duluth. S3726.
A bill of lading book kept at Ontonagon, Michigan, which
lists ships, their captains, and ports of destination.
S3662.
.i.Carroll, Capt. C. B.;
Two letters written by Casey to his sister, Jenny, of
Duluth, while he was in the U.S. Army in England and France
during World War I. S3691.
.i.Casey, Frank, soldier;
Collection of materials relating to the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Included are photographs, newsclippings, and monographs.
Castle was administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway
Development Corp., chairman of the executive committee of
the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Tidewater Assn., and president
of the Northern Minnesota National Bank, Duluth. S2425.
.i.Castle, Lewis G., banker;
The Cecilian Society was organized for the purpose of
founding a public musical library and advancing the
interests of music in Duluth. Included are the constitution
and minutes, personnel list, annual programs,
correspondence, newsclippings, financial records, two
scrapbooks and photographs. S3119.
.i.Cecilian Chorale Society, Duluth;
Census counts of Carlton and Lake Counties, the towns of
Duluth, Fond du Lac, and Grand Portage, and the Township of
Oneota. Copy typed from original in 1924. S3105.
.i.Carlton County: census; .i.Duluth: census; .i.Fond du
Lac, census;
Newsclippings, booklets, correspondence, pamphlets, maps,
and one photograph, pertaining primarily to the period
after 1858. S3139.
1882. 1 in.
A mileage journal containing distances from rail stations
to post offices of towns in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, the
Dakotas and Illinois. S3085.
.i.Chicage, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Co., routes;
Corporate minutes and stock certificates of the Chicago Ore
Company, a Duluth-based Minnesota corporation involved in
the mining, smelting, reducing, refining, and working of
ores and minerals. S2231.
.i.Chicago Ore Co., Duluth;
Records, 1883-1900, 1913-1943. 4 in.
Three land books containing land locations, land and timber
sales information, deed dates and records of land payments
of the properties held by the C,RI&P Railroad. S3100.
.i.Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Co., land
holdings;
Four land abstracts and an agreement concerning land claimed
by Chief Buffalo in the present downtown Duluth area.
S3642.
.i.Buffalo, Ojibway leader; .i.Chippewa Indians: land
claims; .i.Duluth: land;
Translations of Chippewa and English language words written
on 4x6" alphabetical cards, each indicating the source of
the translation and some noting names of prominent
Chippewas. S3046.
.i.Chippewa Indians: language;
pages.
Entitled, "The Stones of Duluth," presented to the Duluth
Neighborhood Preservation Workshop, on how to do a house
history and historic preservation in Duluth. S2327.
.i.Christensen, Anders, preservationist; .i.Christensen,
Trilby, preservationist; .i.Cities: historic preservation;
Entitled, "Biography of My Grandfather," profiling Henry
Truelson, a Duluth politician who served as mayor from 1896
to 1900. S2260.
.i.Christensen, Leona, author; .i.Duluth: mayors;
Financial ledgers, cash book, journal, and voucher check
journal of this Duluth realty company. S3023.
.i.City Realty Co., Duluth;
1941-1944. 2.5 in.
Two World War II civil defense scrapbooks covering the home
front include newsclippings about antisabotage programs,
commodity rationing, test blackouts, and air raid
precautions. S3140.
.i.Civil Defense: in World War II; .i.Civialian
Mobilization, war efforts;
2 in.
Diary (1854-1855), notebook (1860), letter press of Clark &
Relf (1865-1871), correspondence, and biographical
information about Clark, who served in the Minnesota State
Senate (1859) and later as County Judge of Douglas County,
Wisconsin. S3081.
.i.Clark, Thomas, II, politician;
0.5 in.
One minute book with cancelled checks dating from 1894.
This organization served as a cooperative for residents of
Palmers, Clover Valley, and Molde, Minnesota, all
located between Duluth and Two Harbors, for telephone, road
and postal service to the area. S3050.
.i.Clover Valley Telephone Co., records;
Daily administrative records consisting of minutes of
meetings, payroll records and time books, contracts,
ledgers, journals, stock certificates, glass plate
negatives, photographs, and stamp hammer pattern book.
Clyde was a manufacturer of heavy equipment used in the
logging, mining, and construction industries. The company
was headquartered in Duluth, but also had warehouses in New
York, Chicago, Savannah, and New Orleans. S2365.
.i.Clyde Iron Works, Co., Duluth;
Memorabilia consisting of a program issued on the formal
opening of the school, and a photograph of Cobb School.
S2259.
.i.Cobb, E. R., School, program; .i.Education: schools;
Newsclippings on Duluth theater events. Cohen was an editor
of the Sunday Duluth Herald & News Tribune. S3034.
.i.Cohen, Nathan, editor;
Three notebooks entitled, "Record of Plays Seen." Includes
information on plays seen at the Lyceum and Orpheum theaters
in Duluth. S3179.
.i.Colbrath, Corah L., notebooks;
item.
An inventory of Cole's estate, drawn at the time of his
death for probate court. He was president of Northern Cold
Storage Company in Duluth. S3634.
.i.Cole, William H., businessman;
in.
Correspondence, certificates of awards and membership,
medical articles authored by Collins, photographs of his
paintings, general photographs, and genealogical
information. Also included is an account book (1807) of
Samuel Collins, a family ancestor. Collins was a Duluth
area physician. S3033.
.i.Art and artists: painters; .i.Collins, Dr. Arthur N.;
.i.Collins, Samuel, accounts;
item.
An advertisement urging workers to stop work and demonstrate
at the Court House in an effort to improve working
conditions and secure relief for the unemployed. S3193.
.i.Advertising: Political; .i.Communist party, program;
Records, 1966-1968. 2.5 ft.
Correspondence, personnel files, publications, committee
minutes and reports, circulars, certificates, case records,
and financial and administrative records. A large portion
of the records involve a federal work-study program that was
based on the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. S2379.
RESTRICTED. Until Dec. 31, 1990, patron must obtain
permission of NMHC.
.i.Cook County, Family Service Dept.
tapes.
Recorded by the Cook County Historical Society. Subjects:
Tape 1, commercial fishing; tape 2, sinking of steamer,
America; tapes 3-5, Cook County history. S2318.
.i.America, steamer; .i.Cook County: history; .i.Cook County
Historical Society, activities; .i.Fishing: commercial;
1973. 0.5 in.
Cook, Minnesota, is about 100 miles north of Duluth in St.
Louis County.
This collection consists of a photocopied scrapbook of
newsclippings from the Cook News-Herald covering men and
women in the armed services from Cook and the immediate
area. Also included is information about the Red Cross, war
bond drives, and the arrival of British war brides. S3782.
.i.American Red Cross: in World War II; .i.British: war
brides; .i.Cook, in World War II;
The Cook Home was established in the early 1880s and was
known as the Poor Farm or Almshouse Hospital and
Tuberculosis Sanitarium, under the supervision of the St.
Louis County Commissioners. See related Collection 456.
S3746.
RESTRICTED IN PART.
.i.Almshouse Hospital and Tuberculosis Sanitartium; .i.Cook
Nursing Home, activities;
1934. 53 items.
Jay Cooke & Co. was a banking house formed in 1861 by
financier Jay Cooke and William Moorhead. Cooke,
responsible for revolutionizing methods of marketing
investments in the United States during the Civil War,
visited Duluth in 1868. Cooke was important to the Duluth
area primarily through his land and railroad properties; he
owned the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Co. Jay
Cooke & Company went bankrupt in 1873.
The collection contains a copy of an 1880 "catalog of
stocks, bonds, western lands, town lots, and other real
estate belonging to Jay Cooke & Co. in bankruptcy to be
sold". Also includes, business card, telegraphic cyphers,
notes, a protested debt, a published agreement and an essay
by William Culkin concerning the 1880 catalog. S3183.
.i.Banks and banking: companies; .i.Catalogs: land;
.i.Cooke, Jay, and Co., Philadelphia;
Coolerator began in 1908 as the Duluth Showcase Company
manufacturing refrigerators and freezers. It was a
subsidary of the Marshall Wells Building Corporation. By
1950 the product line has expanded to include electric
ranges and air conditioners. Coolerator was sold and re-
sold but ceased operations in June, 1954 with remaining
property sold at public auction.
The collection includes advertisements, specifications and
parts drawings, correspondence with James E. Frykdahl (Head
of Coolerators Engineering Department), and a copy of the
firm's public auction, June, 1954. S2371.
.i.Advertising: Refrigeration; .i.Coolerator Co., Duluth,
records;
in.
Poems and other writings, most of which were authored by
Cooley, a resident of Duluth who was active in lumber,
fish, and real estate businesses. S3188.
.i.Cooley, Jerome E., author;
Correspondence, photographs, and newsclippings of President
Coolidge's visit to Duluth in 1928. A scrapbook includes
approximately 30 8x10 photographs of Coolidge in Duluth.
S3092.
.i.Coolidge, Calvin, president;
" The Cooperative Builder: A Journal of Consumer Co-
operation," was a weekly newspaper published in Superior,
Wisconsin. S2308.
.i."Cooperative Builder," published; .i.Cooperatives:
publications;
Letters to Mary P. Cory regarding land and taxes from Harry
Cruishawk, and from the City of Duluth missing the
signature. S2286.
.i.Cory, Mary P., papers; .i.Cruishawk, Harry, letter;
ft.
A typed diary (1931-1960) briefly describing local current
events, scrapbooks (1896-1956) include snapshots generally
of vacations in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin,
photographs, and miscellany. S3039.
.i.Costello, David H., diary;
pages.
Entitled, "Brownstone and the Romanesque in Duluth" on use
of brownstone and sandstone in Duluth area architecture.
S2263.
.i.Art and artists: sculpture; .i.Coventry, Dr. William D.,
author;
pages.
Entitled "George Thrana, Master Stone Sculptor," presented
as a lecture to the St. Louis County Historical Society.
S2329.
.i.Architecture: materials; .i.Coventry, Dr. William D.,
author; .i.Duluth: buildings;
A typed copy of a diary compiled by Cowell, recording his
trip from Quebec to Duluth. S3186.
.i.Cowell, William G., diary;
Craggencroft was a Duluth private school for girls located
on Woodland Avenue at the Snivley Road intersection. Two
photographs of the school building and one of students,
calenders, invitations, report cards, and contracts. S3639.
.i.Craggencroft School, records; .i.Education: schools;
1960-1979. 1.25 ft. and 3 vol.
Unpublished reports, minutes, correspondence, financial
materials, planning documents, and various studies done in
1974-1975. S2303.
.i.Arrowhead region: criminal justice; .i.Crime: criminal
justice;
Culkin was a Duluth attorney, Minnesota State Senator
(1894), Register of United States Land Office at Duluth
(1897), director of the Minnesota War Records Commission,
St. Louis County Branch, after WWI and first president of
the St. Louis County Historical Society in 1922, serving for
fifteen years. He was an avid local historian and associate
editor of the Duluth Herald newspaper.
Correspondence, awards and certificates, lawyer's case
records, newsclippings, photographs and manuscripts on local
history. The numerous photographs include Cass and Nett
Lakes, Little Fork, Star Island, and identified individuals.
S3048.
.i.Cass Lake, photographs; .i.Culkin, William E., lawyer;
Correspondence, diaries, articles and addresses written by
Darling, a subject file, financial materials, newsclippings,
photographs and engineering plans.
Darling located in Duluth in 1884 as principle U.S.
assistant engineer until his retirement in 1913. In 1917,
Darling designed and built an observatory and opened it to
the public. He was elected to the Duluth Hall of Fame in
1930. S3030.
.i.Darling, John H., engineer; .i.Duluth Hall of Fame,
records; .i.Engineers: projects;
1.5 ft.
Correspondence, 1903 charter, merger papers, records of
payment to sick members, minutes, ledgers, and membership
roster. S2368.
.i.Daughters of Norway, lodge;
Correspondence pertaining to Davis's business, investments,
and personal interests. Davis was a Duluth attorney who was
also interested in Nevada mine speculation. S3042.
.i.Davis, George Franklin, Sr., lawyer;
Land deeds in Aitkin, Crow Wing, Itasca, and St. Louis
counties, mining and timber leases, business letters, and
labor contracts. Day owned property on the Mesabi Iron
Range. S3701.
.i.Aitkin County: Land; .i.Crow Wing County: land; .i.Day,
Laura, mining interests;
1950-1981. 1 ft.
Society of professional women educators; the Tau State
organization was founded in 1929. International
directories, Beta directories, Tau State directories, Kappa
directories, and assorted programs from state, regional and
international conferences. S3710.
.i.Delta Kappa Gamma International, directories;
Correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings about
Dennis's activity in civic organizations as well as her
involvement in Bruen's department store in Duluth. S3152.
.i.Bruen's, Duluth, department store; .i.Dennis, May A.,
scrapbook;
Correspondence between the State of Minnesota Department of
Highways and the Interlake Iron Corporation, Chicago,
relating to the use of iron paving on state highways.
S3753.
The records of this Gilbert W. Nordmann Chapter No. 6
contain minutes, correspondence, publications, and
membership cards. S2256.
.i.Disables American veterans, records;
16mm film and tape, 1958.
The Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad's method of
counting and inventorying cars and cargo which is now used
nationwide. S3780.
.i.Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railroad: training film;
.i.Films: for railroads;
Minnesota state legislator (1974-1976) and St. Louis County
commissioner (1976- ) from Duluth. Correspondence and
background study materials from Doty's legislative career.
S2223.
.i.Doty, Gary, politician;
Minnesota state legislator (1970-1976) from Duluth.
Correspondence and other materials primarily concerning his
activities as state senator. S2249.
RESTRICTED. Until May 1, 1997, patron must obtain written
permission of the donor.
.i.Doty, Ralph, politician;
1 in.
Local passenger fares and tariffs, mileage tables, and two
telegrams pertaining to local tariffs. S2394.
.i.Duluth and Iron Range Railroad: fares;
in.
Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and minutes of the board
of directors. S2278.
.i.Duluth-Arizona Gold Mining Co., records;
The Duluth Art Association was incorporated in 1907. The
Association had a dues paying membership of local visual
artists and supporters of the visual arts who arranged for
and mounted exhibitions of painting and sculpture at
intervals during the year. The Association became inactive
in the 1930's when a second arts group formed as the Duluth
Art Institute. The two merged into the Duluth Art Institute
Association in 1946 but the name was later shortened to
Duluth Art Institute. The DAI sponsors the Annual
Arrowhead Show. Since 1976 the DAI has been an agency in
the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center (The Depot).
Includes minutes (1919-1946, 1975-1982), office and program
records, newsclippings, art exhibition catalogs, promotional
materials and taped interviews with four visual artists
(1984). The records are in three series: Office Files,
Programs, and Depot Files. Inventory available. S3056.
.i.Art and artists: organizations; .i.Depot, Duluth,
records; .i.Duluth Art Institute, records;
1922-1966. 1 ft.
Board minutes, committee reports, financial and treasurer's
reports, budget requests, correspondence and newsclippings.
S3736.
.i.Duluth Ass. for the Physically Handicapped, records;
Articles of incorporation of the Minnesota State Automobile
Association, bylaws of the Duluth club, safety information,
meeting programs, and newsletters. S3630.
.i.Automobiles, organizations; .i.Duluth Automobile Club,
records;
film.
Originally called the Western Seamen's Friend Society.
Included are reference materials, newsclippings, a
photograph album, and a film describing the Society's
activities. S3057.
.i.Duluth Bethel Society, records; .i.Films: of benefit
society;
ft.
Articles of incorporation, bylaws, financial records,
correspondence, manuscripts on local history, project files
by month in the Bicentennial year (1976), Voyageurs Canoe
Trip reenactment files, newsclippings, brochures, programs,
photographs and proposals. S2358.
.i.Canoeing: trip records; .i.Duluth Bicentennial
Commission, records;
History.
Discussion of four people's lives and businesses in Duluth:
John Andresen, Larry Gaida, Margaret Gaylord, and Peter
Olson. S2358.
.i.Andresen, John, reminiscences; .i.Duluth Bicentennial
Living History Project;
Publications, newsclippings, two scrapbooks, legal papers,
and photographs of the Duluth Rowing Squad. This
organization was financed largely by Julius Barnes and was a
leading social center of Duluth in the early 1900s. S3009.
.i.Barnes, Julius Howland, businessman; .i.Boats and
boating: clubs; .i.Duluth Boat Club: records;
Membership booklet for 1939 and 5 annuals from this building
industry organization. S3637.
.i.Construction industry: builders' organizations; .i.Duluth
Builder's Exchange, records;
1922-1973. 1.75 ft.
Organized in November, 1915 to "elevate the standards of
women in business and to promote the interests of business
and professional women," it became affiliated with the
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's
Clubs in 1921.
Cashbook, newsclippings, six scrapbooks, yearbooks, and
photographs. S3011.
.i.Duluth Business and Professional Women's Club, records;
Minute book and a roll of officers of 1912. S3725.
.i.Duluth Camp #5 Sons of Veterans, records;
film.
Programs, correspondence, photographs, reference materials,
three scrapbooks, newsclippings, account sheets and film of
centennial activities and parade. Reference materials
include a 56 page play entitled, "Duluth 100." S3059.
.i.Duluth Centennial Commission, records; .i.Films: of
centennial;
Correspondence, pamphlets, newsclippings, membership
lists, two minute books of the board of directors' meetings
(1889), and transportation subcommittee (1908-1911).
S3065.
.i.Chamber of Commerce, Duluth; .i.Duluth Chamber of
Commerce, records;
Correspondence, meeting notices, judges appointments,
commission resolutions and minutes from one meeting. S3670.
.i.Duluth: city charter commission;
15 pages.
The annual report from 1956 listing projects and statistics.
S3664.
.i.Duluth: department of engineering; .i.Engineers: city
departments;
Election returns for the 1870 election. Poll list for the
1886 election for the village of Duluth. S3675.
.i.Duluth: elections; .i.Elections: city;
Proclamation signed by Mayor Robert Beaudin declaring
International Year of the Child Week in the City of Duluth.
S2437.
.i.Beaudin, Robert, mayor; .i.Children: welfare; .i.Duluth:
documents;
1964-1976. 7.5 ft.
Newsclipping files arranged alphabetically on city problems
and concerns. Inventory available. S2302.
.i.Cities: planning; .i.Duluth: city planning;
. 3.75 ft.
This open collection consists of agendas, minutes and staff
reports from the City Planning Commission and the Board of
Zoning, and a 13 volume Comprehensive Plan for the City of
Duluth (1956-1959). S2311.
.i.Cities: planning; .i.Duluth: city planning;
1936. 1 vol.
Maps of Duluth containing data on physical condition of
residential structures, dates of settlement, structural
changes, average rental value, percentage of owner-occupied
dwelling units, value of owner-occupied single family
structures, percentage of owner-occupied structures with
encumbrances, median duration of occupancy of owner-occupied
dwelling units, land use, and other information. S2302.
.i.Cities: planning; .i.Duluth: city planning; .i.Duluth:
maps;
Annual reports containing statistical information, an
architectural report of the Library building, Board files,
minutes, photograph collection, and information on the new
building at 5th Avenue West and Superior Street. S2392.
.i.Architecture: libraries; .i.Duluth: library;
ft.
Correspondence, minutes, bulletins, publications,
newsclippings, scrapbooks, photographs, posters, personnel
lists, and other reference materials from the war activities
of this organization. Also included are card files of
Warden and Victory Gardens. S3007.
.i.Duluth Cililian Defense Council, records;
1960. 0.25 in.
Minutes, letters and pamphlets. S3652.
.i.Duluth Committee for World Refugee Year, records;
ft.
Board minutes, committee rosters, member rosters, bylaws,
annual meeting and election information, and transitional
plan information. The Duluth CAP grew out of the federal
Economic Opportunity Act and the national "War On Poverty"
period of the 1960s. S3713.
.i.Duluth Community Action Program, records;
Two programs from the laying of the cornerstone. This
church split off from the Pilgrim Congregational Church of
Duluth. S3646.
.i.Congregational church, Duluth; .i.Duluth Congregational
Church, records;
Minutes, committee reports, photographs, newspaper
clippings, treasurer's journal, and correspondence. The
committee, founded in 1927, is a Duluth women's organization
that meets annually to honor the woman of the year it
selects. S2362.
.i.Duluth Day Luncheon Committee, records;
A four page report suggesting a downtown Duluth restoration
plan. Included are 26 photographs of specific areas to be
restored or razed. S3764.
.i.Cities: Urban renewal; .i.Duluth: city planning;
.i.Duluth Downtowm Restoration, records;
Vol.
Board member lists, clippings, photographs, and annual
meeting minutes. The Duluth Eastern Little League began the
Duluth leagues in the spring of 1961, launching Little
League in Duluth. S3750.
.i.Baseball, leagues; .i.Duluth Eastern Little League,
scrapbooks;
2.75 ft.
Executive board minutes (1927-1975), annual fall flower show
schedules, and scrapbooks of this St. Louis County
organization. The society was founded in 1927 to promote
gardening, horticulture, preservation of trees, protection
of birds, and city beautification. S2295.
.i.Birds: protection programs; .i.Cities: Beautification
projects; .i.Duluth Garden Flower Society, Inc., records;
Records of receipts and expenditures of this St. Louis
County youth organization. S2294.
.i.Children: organizations; .i.Duluth Girls Club, records;
ft.
Survey done for the State Historic Preservation Office of
the Minnesota Historical Society of Duluth's historic,
architectural, and archeological sites and structures
having cultural significance. As a reult of city surveys,
sites and structures are added to the National Register of
Historic Places. An inventory of the Duluth project is
available which includes maps, survey forms and photographs.
S3774.
.i.Archeology: sites; .i.Architecture: historic; .i.Duluth
Historic Resources Survey, records;
1897, 1901. 3 items.
Formed in 1897, this group was incorporated into the Old
Settler's Association. Consists of letters from the U.S.
Patent Office. S3681.
.i.Duluth Historical and Scientific Association, letters;
1.25 ft.
Records of the development of Hermantown, St. Louis County,
from its beginnings as the Duluth Homestead Project (1936-
1939) through the dissolution of the Duluth Homestead Assn.,
Inc. (1939-1954). The project was begun under the U.S.
Resettlement Administration (which became the U.S. Farm
Security Administration) and remained under its supervision
until 1949, when the homesteaders liquidated their
government debt.
Included are correspondence, organizational and financial
records, minutes, public and U.S. government notices,
membership lists, release deeds, and legal documents, as
well as materials concerning the development of the
Hermantown community Store, Inc., the Hermantown Locker
Plant, Inc., and the Hermantown School. S2200.
.i.Duluth Homestead Association, records; .i.Education:
schools;
item.
Advertisement for the opening of this Duluth flour mill, the
first of any magnitude established in Duluth. S3650.
.i.Advertising: Milling; .i.Duluth Imperial Mill Co.,
Duluth; .i.Flour milling, advertisments;
Articles of incorporation, membership lists, library
collection, library rules, bylaws, and meeting minutes.
This organization was formed to provide Duluth with a
library. See related collection 139. S3653.
.i.Duluth: library;
Company catalog with descriptions and photographs of the
linen and cotton goods produced by this company founded by
Albin S. Nordstrom in 1916. S3618.
.i.Clothing: manufactured; .i.Duluth Linen Co., Duluth;
0.5 ft.
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, board reports,
and publicity files. The center, which worked with the
Duluth Sheltered Workshop in employing handicapped persons,
was destroyed by fire in 1974. S2364.
.i.Duluth Metropolitian Recycling Center, Duluth; .i.Duluth
Sheltered Workshop: projects;
1979-. 6 items.
This is an open collection of the illustrated calendars
issued by the DM&IR. S2403.
.i.Calendars, railroad; .i.Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range
Railroad: calendars;
in.
Four scrapbooks of newspaper clippings dealing with the 1912
election of municipal judge, in which Capt. William H.
Smallwood was declared elected after having the election
results challenged by the incumbent, William L. Windom.
S3696.
.i.Duluth: elections; .i.Elections: of judges;
1982. 1.5 ft.
Minutes, financial materials, scrapbooks, and some
correspondence. Also included is a ledger of minutes of the
Piano Teachers' Round Table, a short lived group that was
associated with Matinee Musicale. The association was
organized to promote high standards in the music profession.
S3069.
.i.Duluth Music Teachers Association, records; .i.Education:
teachers;
Two scrapbooks containing newsclippings, minutes, bylaws,
membership lists and reports of this Duluth organization.
Also included are a limited number of photographs of flower
shows and members. Duluth hosted the 27th annual national
show in 1930 in the Duluth Armory. S3712.
.i.Duluth Peony and Iris Society, records;
Newsclippings, programs, reference materials, photographs,
minutes, blueprints of the Little Theater, scrapbooks, and
playbills.
The Duluth Center of the Drama League of America was
organized in 1912. The Center reorganized in 1926 as the
Little Theater of Duluth. In 1941 the organization became
known as the Duluth Playhouse. Duluth's is the oldest
continuously operating community theater in the United
States. S3058.
.i.Architecture: theaters; .i.Duluth Center of the Drama
League of America, organized. .i.Duluth Playhouse, records;
Correspondence between two Duluth Postmasters, William E.
McEwen and Thomas Considine. S2304.
.i.Considine, Thomas, postmaster; .i.Duluth: postmasters;
items.
Poster depicting the home of Mr. D. Clint Prescott, and two
walking tour guides for downtown Duluth structures and east
end residences. S2322.
.i.Duluth Preservation Alliance, papers;
Constitution and minutes of this Duluth organization. S3054.
.i.Duluth Press Club, records;
Club minutes, financial reports, constitution and bylaws,
correspondence, and other printed material pertaining to
specific events and tournaments. Also included are a large
number of photographs and negatives. S3759.
.i.Duluth Ski Club, records;
in.
One financial ledger of this company which operated at
Sutphin's Dock in Duluth. S3024.
.i.Duluth-Superior Steamship Co., finances;
3 ft.
The Duluth-Superior Symphony Association, formerly the
Duluth Civic Symphony Association, was formed in 1934.
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, publicity
materials, newsclippings, and programs. Also included are
photographs and scrapbooks belonging to Abe Miller who was
the manager of the Duluth Symphony for 37 years. S3001.
.i.Duluth-Superior Symphony Association, records;
ft. and 15 rolls microfilm.
Financial records, minutes, reports, microfilmed scrapbooks,
newsclippings, photographs and reference materials. Most of
the records are financial in nature and originate from the
Duluth Street Railway Company.
The Duluth-Superior Transit Company was the successor of a
number of Duluth and Superior transit companies, beginning
with the Duluth Street Railway Company (DSR) in 1882. The
DSR was bought out by the Duluth-Superior Traction Company
in 1894, though the DSR continued to operate the system. By
1917, the DSR had acquired three other lines and merged with
the Superior Rapid Transit Railway Company in 1920.
Financial problems forced the reorganization of the transit
system in 1933, resulting in the establishment of the
Duluth-Superior Transit Company. The company was
reorganized again in 1970 as the present Duluth Transit Authority.
An important part of the collection is the microfilmed
scrapbooks (1896-1941) representing 105 volumes of
newsclippings relating to the transit system. Expanded
scope and content notes and inventory are available. S3020.
.i.Duluth Street Railway Co., records; .i.Duluth-Superior
Traction Co., records; .i.Duluth-Superior Transit Co.,
records;
13 ft.
The company began operations in 1915 and was sold in 1980.
The collection consists of 72 financial ledgers. S2405.
.i.Duluth Tent and Awning Co., records;
1 vol.
This scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings of the Duluth
and Superior area theaters' productions and players. S2443.
1892-1947. 0.5 ft.
Correspondence, payroll records, and train accident reports
of a corporation headquartered in Duluth. Incorporated in
1889 as the Duluth Union Depot Co., the firm changed its
name to the Duluth Union Depot and Transfer Co. in 1892.
S2235.
.i.Duluth Union Depot and Transfer Co., records;
Items relating to the financial and organizational operation
of the Union contain the names of officers and involved lay
people. A brief history is a part of these records. S2441.
ft.
Minutes, financial records, studies of various social
welfare organizations, studies of social services such as
foster care, aging and shelter workshops, newsclippings, and
five annual reports of the Duluth Council of Social
Agencies.
Originally the Duluth Council of Social Agencies, organized
in 1926, the name Duluth Welfare Council (DWC) was adopted
in 1954. Affiliated with the Community Chest until 1962
followed by the United Fund, the DWC and the United Fund
merged to form the United Way of Greater Duluth in 1971.
Inventory available. S2233.
.i.Aged: Care for; .i.Children: care programs; .i.Duluth
Council of Social Agencies, records; .i.Duluth Welfare
Council, records;
Correspondence, press releases, newsclippings, and
photographs of this annual festival held in Duluth featuring
a parade, coronation, dances, and sports events. S3157.
.i.Duluth Winver Frolic, records;
Programs, bylaws, invitations, and an essay on the history
of this club, which was formed to promote civic,
educational, literary, and welfare work in Duluth. S2373.
.i.Duluth Women's Clup, records;
Articles of incorporation, minutes, and newsclippings. The
club was located on Minnesota Point in Duluth. S3055.
.i.Boats and boating: clubs; .i.Duluth Yacht Club, records;
Photocopies of transcriptions from the Public Archives of
Canada, Archives des Colonie. Also includes newsclippings,
pamphlets, books, and historical essays dealing with du
Lhut, and a file of correspondence. S2315.
.i.Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon;
in.
Four scrapbooks consisting of correspondence, and
newsclippings pertaining to Duncan's civic activities.
S3134.
.i.Duncan, Kenneth, activities;
This letter from Dunphy of Duluth is to Mrs. E. Chambers of
Fond du Lac, and praises Fond du Lac in song and verse.
S3684.
Dunphy, Ino, letter; .i.Fond du Lac, poem;
Campaign bumper stickers, posters, circulars,
advertisements, and pamphlets used in Minnesota for local,
state, and national elections. Also included are
newsclippings and informational sheets containing election
results. S2406.
.i.Advertising: Political; .i.Elections: campaigns;
1.5 ft.
Correspondence (1835-1904), contracts, agreements,
intermittent journals (1833-1854), and photographs, mostly
relating to Ely's experiences as a missionary in the Lake
Superior region. Also included is a diary kept by Catherine
Ely, his wife, (1835-1839).
Ely was one of the first English-speaking missionaries to
settle in northeastern Minnesota. He came to Sandy Lake,
Minnesota, in 1833, under the auspices of the American Board
of Foreign Missions. In 1834, he took his teaching to the
Ojibwa at Leech Lake and then to Fond du Lac. Ely continued
his missionary post for ten years and then moved his family
to St. Paul. S3045.
.i.Ely, Edmund Franklin, papers; .i.Ely, Mrs. Edmund F.,
diary;
Papers which document the disputed land claims of settlers
in the vicinity of Ely Lake (formerly known as Cedar Island
Lake), Fayal Township, St. Louis County. S2417.
.i.Ely Lake, Fayal Township, St. Louis County;
Correspondence, newsclippings and photographs of the
children involved in this program, part of the Duluth Public
Schools, designed to aid them with their visual problems.
S3132.
.i.Education: schools for blind; .i.Ely SIght Saving
School, Duluth;
Three letters and a quit claim deed from 1871. The 1919
letter from the Minnesota Supreme Court, was carried aboard
the first airplane to travel from Minneapolis to Duluth.
Ensign was a Duluth mayor and a district court judge of the
llth Minnesota Judicial District. S3187.
.i.Airplanes, freight; .i.Ensign, Josiah Davis, papers;
in.
Autobiography (220 pages) written in 1970 profiles life as a
German immigrant in New York and Minnesota. Also included
are photographs and a letter. S3099.
.i.Enzmann, Albert O., autobiography;
pages.
Eramaan Oras, meaning "desert seedling," was a monthly
publication of the Society of Enlightenment, later known as
the Socialist Local. This issue contains historical
information on the settling of the Brimson-Fairbanks-
Bassett-Toimi area of Minnesota. S2247.
.i.Bassett, settled; .i.Brimson, settled; .i.Eramaan Oras,
published; .i.Fairbanks, settled;
Correspondence written by Ericson to Mrs. A.B. Hilton and
one letter from F. Rodney Paine to Hilton about Ericson's
painting.
Ericson won many awards for his painting. He studied in New
York where he worked for Tiffany's, and he later studied in
Paris under James McNeill Whistler. S3189.
.i.Art and artists: painters; .i.Ericson, David, artist;
Includes two speeches and two letters from Eva, an active
Duluth resident. Colonel Eva was this nation's last
surviving soldier who had fought American Indians. Colonel
Eva was in the Minnesota National Guard. In 1893 Col. Eva
commanded the 3rd Infantry Battalion at Leech Lake, and
fought in the Spanish-American War. S3168.
.i.Eva, Hubert V., papers;
Newsclippings, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to
the 50th Anniversary and Homecoming in 1947 of this
Minnesota town. S3156.
.i.Eveleth: celebrations;
Papers on the history of Mesabi and Vermilion iron range
mines and mining companies, photographs of mine sites, drill
holes, equipment and workers, and newsclippings and
advertisements from the Almar Iron Mining Company. S3167.
.i.Advertising: Mining; .i.Almer Iron Mining Co.,
advertisements; .i.Evesmith, Hansen, civic leader;
This open collection consists of photostatic copies of
family history material found in the family Bibles of
various individuals; includes deeds and genealogical
information on the Joseph Williams and Nuottimaki (Hill)
families. S2239.
.i.Family History Collection, papers;
1965-1974. 1.75 ft.
Correspondence, annual reports, financial reports, monthly
clinical statistical reports and educational materials. In
1970, this organization became affiliated with Planned
Parenthood and continued to serve the residents of St. Louis
County. S2353.
.i.Family Planning Clinic, St. Louis County;
George A. Fay helped locate the Wisconsin Central Railway
until 1873, after which he worked on geological surveys in
Wisconsin. Fay was an engineer and geologist for the Oliver
Iron Mining Company of Minnesota beginning in 1905.
Notes, photographs, and newsclippings of Fay's involvement
in the iron mining industry of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
S3111.
.i.Fay, George A., miner;
ft.
Typewritten manuscripts and notes collected for use in the
state and region guidebooks. Also included are three
folders of correspondence, minutes, reference materials, and
photographs. Of particular interest is the material
collected on Duluth theater, the Duluth Fire Department, and
regional ethnicity. S3000.
.i.Duluth Fire Dept.; .i.Federal Writer's Project, Duluth,
records;
Notes taken by Fesler while serving as judge for the 11th
Judicial District of Minnesota. Also includes an index of
cases. S2232.
.i.Fesler, Bert, judge;
The records have been organized into four series:
administrative, ministerial, social organizations, and
financial. Also included are photographs and one scrapbook.
Inventory available. S2445.
.i.First Unitarian Church, Duluth, records;
and 19 vol.
This was the oldest continuously operating industry in
Duluth at the time of its closing in 1972.
The collection consists of surviving business and
miscellaneous records spanning its years of operation.
Consisting largely of accounting records, there are no
executive office files, minutes, nor annual reports.
Inventory and expanded history available. S3720.
.i.Brewing industry, companies; .i.Fitger Brewing Co.,
Duluth, records;
1924-1945. 16 items.
Sixteen photographs of four east end homes in Duluth for
which Fitzgerald was the architect. All of the photographs
appear to be the work of Hugh McKenzie. S3784.
.i.Architecture: houses; .i.Fitzgerald, Francis H.,
architect;
Correspondence, newsclippings, and photographs of family and
friends. Flaaten was the band director of the 3rd Minnesota
Regiment, Lyceum Orchestra, the Normanna Chorus, and the
Orpheus Singing Society, all of Duluth. S3147.
.i.Flaaten, Jens H., band director;
1954. 6 in.
Personnel lists, lists of wages, costs of office, packing
and general supplies, and lists of accounts. Also included
are various formal reports on operations. S3716.
.i.Cooperatives: creameries; .i.Dairy industry:
cooperatives; .i.Floodwood Cooperative Creamery Association,
records;
Included are a short history of this Catholic mission,
with a census of the church and a listing of the various
Benedictine fathers who served there; the Fond du Lac Tri-
Parish Pictorial Directory (1977); also includes twenty-five
photographs of the mission buildings, congregation, and
various Benedictine fathers. S2166.
.i.Catholic church, missions;.i.Fond du Lac Reservation:
mission;
1 in.
Minutes, correspondence, and Economic Notes volumes which
present information on the forest fire fighting equipment
and situation in Minnesota and surrounding states. S3754.
.i.Fires, equipment for fighting; .i.Forest Preservation
Advisory Committee, records;
The albums show the utility and power plants of a variety of
public buildings in Duluth and similar builings in other
locations in Minnesota and South Dakota. Foster was a
consulting engineer in Duluth. List of buildings and power
plants is available. S2449.
.i.Duluth: buildings; .i.Foster, Charles, engineer;
0.5 in.
Family correspondence and photographs of family members.
Foster was originally trained as a physician, but later
became the editor of Duluth's first newspaper The
Minnesotian. S2343.
.i.Foster, Dr. Thomas, editor;
in.
Newsclippings (1929-1932, 1948) , photographs, scrapbook
(1887-1889), and two letters (1889, 1930). This regiment
was organized for combat in Manila Bay during the Spanish-
American War. S3123.
A letter by Fregeau to Joseph Sellwood and a job
verification statement by the Duluth South Shore and
Atlantic Railway Company in Superior, Wisconsin, for whom
Fregeau worked. Fregeau later became president of Northern
Cold Storage Company in Duluth. S3632.
Unpublished manuscript entitled, "The Cunningham-McGinty Gun
Fight," which describes a gun fight ca. 1926 in the
Littlefork ranger district. S2270.
.i.Cunningham-McGinty gun fight, described;
Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and biographical
materials.
Fritzen served 39 years with the Minnesota Division of
Forestry and his lumbering notes consist of information
collected about the early northern Minnesota lumbering
industry. S3002.
Letter from Gau to Clinton Markell of the Duluth City
Council concerning construction of a dock for the Northern
Pacific Railroad. S3625.
.i.Docks: for railroads;
Photographs and glass plate negatives taken and collected by
Gaylord. They are of various subjects around the Duluth area
and include Fond du Lac and Oneota. S2395.
.i.Fond du Lac, photographs;
1.25 ft.
Printed highway maps issued by Minnesota Department of
Highways covering Carlton, Cook, Lake, and St. Louis
counties. S2226. See also related sections of General Map
Collection S3150.
.i.Carlton County: maps; .i.Cook County: maps;
Compiled over many years by the St. Louis County Historical
Society, this photograph collection is the largest visual
record of Northern Minnesota outside the State Historical
Society. Documenting the beginnings and development of
Duluth and the Arrowhead region, it spans the time of the
Ojibwa Indian settlement to the present. The collection is
arranged by broad subject categories. Inventory available.
S2386.
.i.Duluth: photographs;
Poetry, essays, songs, class notes, multiplication tables,
arithmetic problems, and drawings of leaves. Volume 1 was
done while she was a student at Twin Valley, Minnesota,
volume 2 was done while she was a student in Duluth.
S2213.
.i.Education: student notebooks;
Glass plates of doctors, clinics, hospitals, nurses, and the
St. Louis County Medical Society. Gillespie was a physician
and surgeon in Duluth. S2419.
A passport from Scheunenberg, Switzerland, original in
German, typed copy in English, and a homestead certificate
from Duluth. S3171.
5 ft.
Correspondence, church event booklets, weekly bulletins,
newsclippings, and photographs. S3131.
Family and business papers, photographs and newsclippings of
this prominent Duluth family. Inventory available. S2317.
Groseline, a photographer from Kansas City, took these
photographs while on vacation at Partridge Lake, now called
Colby Lake, which is located in the Aurora-Hoyt Lakes,
Minnesota area. S2221.
.i.Colby Lake, St. Louis County, photographs;
Nine photographs of Grahek and the Civilian Conservation
Corps camp #1751 located at Two Harbors, Minnesota. S3771.
.i.Civilian Conservation Corps: camp;
ft.
Correspondence, minutes, financial and membership records,
service certificates, reference materials, photographs, and
blueprints of the three Duluth G.A.R. organizations.
Inventory available. S3017.
The Company C army commissary book for 1861-1864, listing
food items, work details with soldiers' names, sick lists,
passes issued, and expenses. Also included is a notice of
assessment for property in Duluth. S3648.
.i.Civil War: commissary book;
Records, 1952. 6 items.
Letter, memo, and program draft from this organization
formed in 1949 to lobby for the construction of the St.
Lawrence Seaway. The third major national organization
formed to lobby for this project, it was preceded by the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association (1919-1939)
and the National St. Lawrence Association (1944-1949).
S2434.
Records, 1900-1942. 39 ft.
Correspondence, pamphlets, publications, minutes, press
releases, one photograph, newsclippings, articles, maps and
reference materials. The records reflect the entire history
of the Seaway movement. The correspondence includes letters
from Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and various
state governors. Inventory available. S3040.
.i.Barnes, Julius Howland, businessman;
13 items.
Business letters, a government civil service form, and
citizenship papers for Green who was a ship's captain
operating a ferry between Duluth and Superior, and other
vessels. S3170.
ft.
This collection contains only a faint reflection of the life
and varied pursuits of this active Duluth resident. Griggs
was a self-made man of diverse business and charitable
interests and was a regent of the University of Minnesota.
Inventory available. S3737.
Photocopies of letters written by Hall who was a
Congregational clergyman and missionary. He established a
mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions in 1831 at La Pointe, Wisconsin, a fur trading post
located on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. Hall learned
Ojibwa and translated the New Testament. S3097. See also
372, Northwest Mission Papers, for additional correspondence
of Sherman Hall.
.i.Chippewa Indians: missions;
As the owner of a large Christmas tree farm, Halvorson made
this home movie describing the family business of growing
and cutting Christmas trees. S2399.
.i.Agriculture: Tree Farms; .i.Christmas: trees; .i.Films:
of tree farm;
Newsclippings about the proposed changes in the Duluth-
Superior Harbor in the early 1900's. S3141.
.i.Duluth: harbor;
ft., and 1 roll microfilm.
Dr. Hargrave taught political science at the Duluth State
Teacher's College in the late 1940's. In 1946 he became
active in the Democratic Farmer Labor party. Active in the
DFL campaign of John A. Blatnik, Hargrave ultimately went to
Washington, D.C. as Blatnik's legislative assistant and
speech writer for eight years. Hargrave returned to Duluth
in 1954 and practiced law until 1980.
The collection contains teaching materials, dissertation,
copies of Blatnik speeches (1947-1948) to the 80th congress
and radio, and microfilm of scrapbooks (1911-1980), compiled
by Ann Hargrave and filmed at Brandeis University. S2448.
.i.Education: teaching materials;
A letter from Harris to Jennie S.S. Richardson, concerning
her story of a trip in a birchbark canoe from Burntside
Lake, near Ely, Minnesota, to Lake Agnes, in Cook County.
Also included are eight photographs and other letters about
the trip. S3626.
.i.Canoeing: trip records; .i.Description and travel, trips
described;
pages.
A four page description written by Dr. William Coventry of
the subjects covered in the taped Hartley reminiscence. See
451(S2250, no.51). S2267.
.i.Coventry, Dr. William D., author;
Letter to Hartley from James J. Hill concerning a bridge
over the St. Louis River. Hartley was a Duluth
industrialist and active in developing the Western Mesabi
Range. S3655.
.i.Bridges: proposed;
Minutes and constitution of this Duluth organization formed
to foster and promote the development of Hebrew and Jewish
music. S2411.
1971. 1 in.
Correspondence, minutes, bylaws, and reports. Also included
is one map produced by the Council indicating projected land
usage of the Duluth area. S2276.
1977-1986. 1.25 ft.
Created to guide the development of health services for
Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin, this Agency
collection consists of one former board member's files,
including bylaws, minutes (1981-1983), memoranda, plans,
budgets, project review manual (1979-1980), brochures,
newsletters. Inventory available. S3770.
The Heardings were involved in the mining industry on the
Mesabi Iron Range. Correspondence of William Hellins
Hearding (1826-1893) pertains mainly to World Wars I and II;
also included are two diaries. John Harris Hearding, Sr.
(1865-1958) was superintendent of the Adams Mine in Eveleth
and was assistant general manager of the Oliver Iron Mining
Company. His son John Harris Hearding, Jr. (1899-1984), was
general superintendent of Oliver Iron Mining Company's
activities on the western Mesabi Range and was later general
manager of Minnesota operations. The files of John H., Jr.
consist of correspondence and printed material relating to
the St. Louis County Historical Society. S3672.
1 vol., 1 roll of microfilm.
A journal containing copies of letters, reports, statistical
data and information relating to Hearding's career,
including surveys of the Great Lakes. S2354.
2 in.
Correspondence and newsclippings of this active Duluth
resident who was general manager of The Duluth Herald, and
the Duluth News-Tribune for 45 years and acting postmaster
from 1918-1920. S3148.
.i.Duluth News Tribune: manager;
A diary for 1869 written by Higgins, a Presbyterian
minister in Superior, Wisconsin. S3165.
A list of property purchases, a letterhead , and a letter
from the Minneapolis Street Railway Company. This company
operated in Duluth buying and selling property. S3169.
in.
Collection consists of bibliographies of Hilding's
publications and reprints. Hilding was a Duluth area
physician and medical researcher. S2384.
1980. 1 ft.
Final report, research files, and raw data from a study
prepared by the St. Louis County Historical Society for the
Bureau of Mines. This project, initiated by the Twin Cities
Mining Research Center, inventoried the pits, dumps, and
tailings basins of the Mesabi Range to determine the ages
and locations of these topographic features. S2347.
8.75 ft.
Photograph albums catalogued by broad subjects: Duluth,
cities, clubs and organizations, World War I, mining,
shipping, and people. S2396.
.i.Duluth: photographs;
pages.
A report compiled for Beck and Assoc., Inc., of Duluth by
Barbara Sommer. The report identifies historic sites on the
Fond du Lac Reservation. Also included is an index to the
interviews conducted by Frank Whitebird and Mike Shabaiash
which were recorded as part of the Historic Inventory.
S2377.
.i.Beck and Assoc., Inc., Duluth, project;.i.Fond du Lac
Reservation: historic resources;
91 pages.
This unpublished manuscript, entitled "Jackpine Ridge,"
describes the experiences of Charles Olson and his family
after he emigrated from Sweden in 1888. It details family
history through 1918 as they moved to Northern Minnesota,
near Warroad in Roseau County. S2218.
RESTRICTED. Literary rights withheld.
Annual programs containing membership lists, dates and
topics of discussion. This club was organized to heighten
its members' cultural and intellectual knowledge. S2409.
Unpublished manuscript entitled, "Leonidas Merritt and the
Braden Bill." This paper was delivered by Dr. Hoover at the
1978 Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society.
S2271.
Letterheads, proofs for brochures, proofs for logos, one
floor plan of the ballroom, photographs and a program from a
fashion show in 1952. Also included are six photographs of
the windows of the former Black Bear Lounge in the Hotel.
S2454.
Interior photographs of rooms and hallways, and exterior
photographs of the Hotel. S2359.
Includes correspondence, receipts, lists of HBC property,
inventory records, record of Indian annuity--Long Lake
District, and a record indicating Indian transactions.
S2433.
This unpublished manuscript, entitled "75 Years Later," is a
history of the Hugo family. S2285.
Election materials, mayoral business, personal and business
correspondence, speeches, articles and letters by Hugo, and
material on social activities. Hugo, a prominent Duluthian,
was elected