COLLECTION INFORMATION FORM
PRELIM 1. Catalog No. S2421
FINAL 2. Accession No. 2249
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA HISTORICAL CENTER
3. COLLECTION TITLE: Burns, Manley Patrick ( - 1977). Collection.
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INCLUSIVE DATES: 1880-1967
4. DONOR (name & address): Mrs. Dorothy Burns, 24 North 57th Avenue West, Duluth, MN 55807
5. Date Received: February 10, 1978
6. Restrictions: none
7. No. of Boxes: 7
8. No. of Vol. (in boxes):
9. Linear Inches or Feet: 3 ft.
10. No. of Vol. (outside boxes):
11. Number of Items (Small Collection):
12. Donor Agreement Form Signed (date): December 13, 1977
ABSTRACT SUMMARY OF COLLECTION
Manley Patrick Burns was an amateur historian of West Duluth, the location of his home for many years. Very little is know of his life. He apparently lived in Duluth from the 1940s until his death in 1977. City directories indicate he did a variety of jobs over the years including an assembler with the Coolerator Company, a technician with the Department of Transportation and unspecifically listed as an inspector until his retirement in the late 1960s.
The collection consists of photographs of Duluth, primarily West Duluth, gathered from a variety of sources. While some of the prints duplicate photographs known to be in the NMNC's General Historical Photograph Collection or other photographer's collections, they have been kept together here with a few exceptions (separation sheets will indicate removals) as a cluster of information already grouped on the subject of West Duluth. Beyond photographs, the collection additionally contains one lengthy paper (388 pages) titled "History of West Duluth and Oneota 1853-1920" by Burns and several shorter papers by either himself or fellow West Duluthians on West Duluth history gathered by Burns. All pamphlet items were removed from the collection and added to the print collection of the NMHC. A separation sheet indicates the items removed and the card catalog will guide all users to their location. The lengthy history already noted was written from published sources and relies heavily on the work of Van Brunt and the 1916 West Duluth Booster Book by Morrison.
PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION Inventory List
BOX FOLDER SUBJECT HEADING
ARCHITECTURE:
Box 1 1 Bridges
2 Buildings: Misc. Identified
3 Buildings: Misc. Unidentified
4 Cemeteries
5 Churches
6 Depots
7 Docks (see also TRANSPORTATION: Shipping)
8 Hotels and Boarding Houses
9 Homes: Graham
10 Homes: Identified
11 Homes: Merritt
12 Homes: Unidentified
13 Homes: Wheeler
14 Public Buildings: West Duluth City Hall, Libraries, etc..
15 Schools
Bay View (interior, exterior, students)
Central (exterior, the cannon)
Denfeld (exterior)
Ely (exterior, interior, students)
Fairmont (exterior, students)
Irving (exterior, interior, students)
Laura McArthur (exterior)
Longfellow (interior, exterior, students)
Merritt (exterior)
Misc. - building (exterior)
Misc. - students
Mt. Iron (exterior, students)
Oneota (exterior, students)
St. James (exterior)
Superior, WI, Normal School (exterior)
16 Schools: Misc.
BUSINESSES AND STORES:
2 1 Automobile Sales and Service
2 Banking Trust Companies
3 Breweries People's Brewery employees, exterior, interiors
1907, 1935, 1937
4 Clothing
5 Drug
6 Food
7 Food: Dairy
8 Food: Grocery
9 Food: Meat
10 General Stores includes unidentified art and prints store
11 Manufacturers: Brass Works
12 Manufacturers: Chung King (Marinette Iron Works, Union Match)
13 Manufacturers: Iron Works
14 Manufacturers: Misc.: Identified
Radford & Wright Co
National Garment Manufacturers Inc.
Duluth Paper Box Co. Inc.
Inland Coal Co.
Klearflax LinenLooms
Farmers Center Market
Moline Inc.
West Duluth Cement Block Co
Precision Products Corporation, Seven Up Bottling
American Car Co. American Carbolite Cement Block Works
Duluth Furniture Co.
Paine & Nixon Co.
15 Manufacturers: Misc.: Unidentified
16 Misc.
17 Mortuaries includes Filiatrault and Bell Brothers
18 Plumbing Supplies
19 Restaurants
20 Saloons
21 Utilities
CITIES:
3 1 Duluth
2 Fond du Lac
3 Grand Portage
4 Ironton
5 Parks:Duluth Zoo
6 Parks: Lincoln
7 Parks: Memorial
8 Proctor
9 Two Harbors (Beaver Bay)
10 Unidentified
EVENT:
11 Fires
12 Parades
13 Logging
14 Logging: Lumber Companies
15 Logging: Transporting Logs
16 Misc.
GEOGRAPHY:
17 Rivers: Misc.
18 Rivers: St. Louis
19 OCCUPATIONS
4 PEOPLE:
1 Clubs and Organizations
2 Indians
3 Merritt Family
4 Misc.
PORTRAITS:
5 A M
Anderson, Charlie, L.N. Liden, Duluth
Ayres, U. Seymour
Bardon, James, Will D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Bardon, Thomas, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Barnett, Rev. John, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Barnes, Lucien, President of W. State Bank
Bell, Tom Sr (of Bell Bros.)
Bethune, Alec, C. Olson, W. Duluth
Bethune, Alec, 1908 with Cutler, Co. shirt
Bethune, Alec, W. Crosby, W. Duluth
Bethune, Alec and Marybeth, Christensen, Duluth
Borstrom, P. J. last cleark of the Village of West Duluth,
Briggs, Arthur, First Chief of Police for the Village of West Duluth
Buugo, Stephen, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Carey, Judge
Couture, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Daugaard, Jens 1-14-32,
Elliott, H.R.- man on horse sleigh about 1900
Elliott, H.R. - man on horse sleigh about 1900
Ely, Reverend Edmund F.
Ely, Mrs.
Ensign, Josiah D. - one of founders of W. Duluth Land Co.
Falconer ?, Will. D. Baldwin
Forbes, Mason - prominent W. Duluth man around 1916, attorney
Forbes, Dr. Robert
Foubister, Jim
Filiabrault, Mase - mortician
Gordon, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Graham, Dr. David
Graham, Dr. Reginal - son to Dr. David Graham
Hall, Ed H. - former trustee of the Village of W. Duluth
Hall, E. H., Will D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Himebaugh, T. C. - first municipal Judge at West Duluth
Isaacs, Ben Franklin - age 3 years
Keene, F., Will D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Keene, Freeman 1880
Keyes, Dr. - prominent W. Duluth physician about 1912.
Keyes, Dr. C.R. 1885
Lund, Arvald - Fairmount Park
Martin, John M. - last president of the village of W. Duluth
Martin, John - 1894, Last president of W. Duluth village
Martini, Mr & Mrs. Fred
Martz, C.H. - First engineer of the village of West Duluth
Mayhew, Henry - early trader from Grand Marais
Myles, Andrew
McCormack, Laura 1909
Merritt, Andrus - Scene 40th Ave. W. and 6th St., 1900 - several photos, Mr. Jeffery
Nap, Carrier, Emma Constantine about 1915 - group photo
Nelson, Carl
Nelson. N.F. - two brothers who owned Nelson Building at 57th & Ramsey, 1st brick business bld on Grand 1909
Nettleton, ?, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Olson, Selmer, Dworshak, Duluth
Parry, John, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Rice, Edmund, Will. D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
Peet, Reverund James - conducted the first Methodist service in Oneota in 1856
Peyton, HM.
Pubbles, Mr. ,DW&P, 1912
Rockwell, Dr. Albert - president of the village of W. Duluth in 1892
Shorts, Rev. T.B.
Stunz, George R., arrived at old Superior - Spring 1853 - first government surveyor, John A. Bardon, Superior, WI
Swanstrom, A. F. Sr. - first treasurer of the Village of W. Duluth
Svenstine, from Indiana 1853, died on Mn Point
Smith, Will, Will D. Baldwin, Superior, WI
6 N Z, Group Photos and Unidentified
7 SPORTS
5 STREET SCENES:
1 Central Ave. and Intersection of Central Ave. and Grand Ave.
2 Grand Ave.
3 Identified: Misc.
4 Oneota
5 Skyline Boulevard
6 Superior Street
7 Unidentified
TRANSPORTATION:
8 Misc.
9 Railroad
10 Railroad: Incline
11 Railroad: Tressels
12 Railroad: Wrecks
6 1 Shipping
2 Shipping: Docks (see also ARCHITECTURE: Docks)
3 Street Car
4 Glass Plate Reproduction Photographs (from glass plate negatives box 8)
5 Photo Album. Misc. photos, undated
6 Negatives (smaller than 8"x10" size)
7 Negatives (8"x10" size)
8,9 Two boxes of Negatives. 6 8 Box size 8"x10" and 6 9 Box size 8"x10"
Print Material Removed to Print Collection. See card catalog.
Bloomenson Foundation
The Booster Book West Duluth in 1916
Good Shepard Church Dedication Book, May 1960
Head of the Lakes Historical Pageant, program
Introducing Nokomis Wild Rice
Jeno and the Beansprout
The Longfellow Story
Minnesota's Resources and Industries
Missabe Iron Ranger (serial), see serials under title
July, 1956; Oct. 1960; April, 1961
National Iron Company
Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church, dedication book
Seaway Souvenir Duluth Guide 1960
Souvenir Duluth Guide 1958, Gateway Shores
Souvenir of Duluth, "The Zenith City of the Unsalted Sea"
The Story of Chung King
West Duluth the Pittsburg of the North West