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Windom, William, 1827-1891. William Windom and family papers, 1861-1944.

Title: William Windom and family papers, 1861-1944.

Papers documenting the political, personal, business, and social life of Minnesota Congressman (1859-1869), Senator (1871-1881), and Treasury Secretary (1881, 1889-1891) Windom and his family.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (1 box, 1 oversize folder, 1 reel microfilm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313853394 View

Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896. Papers of Charles Carleton Coffin [manuscript], 1881-1893.

Title: Papers of Charles Carleton Coffin [manuscript], 1881-1893.

The collection contains a quotation "In that lone farm house . . ." and four letters requesting a change of date for his lecture so President Garfield and Secretary Windom can attend; explaining that information on Martin Luther is in the Harvard Library; agreeing to write an article on the Battle of Trenton; responding to a request for an article; and mentioning the bravery of a Sergeant J??? in the Revolutionary War. The correspondents are Prof. Mowry, Thomas Whittman, and Samuel Sidney McClure.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647814490 View

Mayo, C. H. (Clarence Hastings). Papers of C. H. Mayo, 1879-1883.

Title: Papers of C. H. Mayo, 1879-1883.

The collection consists primarily of letters, most of which were written by C. H. (Clarence Hastings) Mayo to his family back home in Warwick, Massachusetts. Mayo describes the nature of his employment (or the lack thereof), the various towns in which he lives, cattle ranching, agriculture, and his impressions of the landscapes of New Mexico, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Colorado. He occasionally discusses national politics (in particular the election and assassination of President James A. Garfield) and frequently refers to his business activities with or on behalf of William Windom. There are also occasional references to Native Americans, Nelson Appleton Miles, Sitting Bull, and William T. Sherman in a few of the letters. Mayo writes home frequently, and his letters are most often addressed to his father (Edward F. Mayo), mother, sister (Kittie Mayo), and brother (Ned). There are also two letters in the collection from William Windom and one from an Uncle Richards.

ArchivalResource: 101 items.2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228718399 View

McGill, A. R. (Andrew Ryan), 1840-1905. A.R. McGill and family papers, 1794-1931 (bulk 1870-1900).

Title: A.R. McGill and family papers, 1794-1931 (bulk 1870-1900).

Papers of Andrew Ryan McGill, a Nicollet County and St. Paul, Minnesota, lawyer (1861-1869); private secretary to Governor Horace Austin (1870-1874); Minnesota insurance commissioner (1873-1887); governor (1887-1889); state senator (1899-1905); and St. Paul postmaster (1900-1905).

ArchivalResource: 4.0 cubic feet (9 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 5 items in reserve).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313838760 View

Drake, Elias Franklin, 1813-1892. Elias Franklin Drake and family papers, 1814-1917.

Title: Elias Franklin Drake and family papers, 1814-1917.

Autographs and autograph correspondence (1 v.), and miscellaneous correspondence, invitations, and newspaper clippings (1 folder) relating to Elias Franklin Drake, a railroad president and businessman in St. Paul, Minnesota. Many of the autographs and correspondence are of prominent citizens of the United States. Also includes a few letters from his children (1865-1868), a few items relating to his wife, and a manuscript of a speech about railroads in St. Paul, Minnesota, and about Horace Thompson (1880?).

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 box, including 1 v. and 1 folder)

https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MNPALS_MHS/ge68j0/alma990017382020104294 View

Morrill, Lot M. (Lot Myrick), 1812-1883. Lot M. Morrill papers, 1852-1894.

Title: Lot M. Morrill papers, 1852-1894.

Biographical and autobiographical sketches, scrapbook with newspaper clippings, and correspondence of William Aiken, William B. Allison, Henry B. Anthony, Chester A. Arthur, George Bancroft, August Belmont, J.F. Bingham, James G. Blaine, George S. Boutwell, Benjamin Bristow, Benjamin F. Butler, Joshua L. Chamberlain, Zachariah Chandler, Salmon P. Chase, Rufus Church, William W. Collins, Roscoe Conkling, Jefferson Davis, Elias H. Derby, Dorothea L. Dix, Stephen A. Douglas, Neal Dow, George F. Edmunds, William P. Fessenden, Hamilton Fish, Henry F. French, James A. Garfield, Delano A. Goddard, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph W. Harper, Ira Harris, Rutherford, B. Hayes, Reverdy Johnson, John Lynch, Hugh McColloch, Joseph McKeen, Samuel Maclean, Edwin D. Morgan, Justin S. Morrill, Lot M. Morrill, Levi P. Morton, Sir Edmund Nead, Fred[erick] F. Phillips, John Pope, William A. Richardson, Carl Schurtz, John Sherman, Daniel E. Sickles, Francis E. Spinner, John W. Stevenson, William M. Stratton, Charles Sumner, George F. Talbot, Sir Edward Thornton, Amos Tuck, J.H. Van Allen, Samuel Ward, Edwin B. Webb, Thurlow Weed, and William Windom, and also containing clipped autographs of John Marshall and Thomas Carlile.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/192018689 View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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Fisk family. Papers, 1883-1901.

Title: Papers, 1883-1901.

The Fisk family papers are a fragment combining both business and personal papers.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79178525 View

Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-1930. William B. Mitchell and family papers, 1806-1935.

Title: William B. Mitchell and family papers, 1806-1935.

Correspondence, clippings, land records, and other papers documenting the activities of Mitchell, editor of the St. Cloud (Minn.) Journal-Press, and members of his family.

ArchivalResource: 2.25 cu. ft. (6 boxes and 8 oversize items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122373670 View

Wilson, Thomas, 1827-1910. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Windom, 1865 Mar. 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to William Windom, 1865 Mar. 23.

Recommending Col. Cyrus Aldritch as United States Marshal for Minneapolis.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588211 View

Austin, Horace, 1831-1905. Horace Austin and family papers, 1857-1953.

Title: Horace Austin and family papers, 1857-1953.

Correspondence, photographs, reports, clippings, appointments, and financial and legal papers (mainly 1870-1879) concerning Austin, his daughters Helen and Leonora, and his son Herbert. There is data on Austin's Minnesota governorship (1870-1874), his activities as third auditor in the U.S. Treasury Dept. (1870s), state and national politics, corruption in the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant, the Hayes-Tilden presidential election contest (1876), civil service reform, Austin's Minnesota real estate investments, women's suffrage, recollections (February-March, 1898) of Henry H. Sibley's 1863 expedition against the Dakota Indians, family activities, and Herbert's positions as purchasing agent for the city of St. Paul (1916, 1934) and for the state of Minnesota (1925, 1931). Correspondents include Edwin W. Dike, Loren Fletcher, Mark D. Flower, Andrew R. McGill, and John Sherman. Austin was a Republican.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, 12 oversize items, and 1 oversize plus item)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86096154 View

United States. President (1889-1893 : Harrison). [Appointment] Joseph E. Lee ... Collector of Customs for the District of Saint Johns in the State of Florida ... fifteenth day of March ... one thousand eight hundred and ninety / Benjamin Harrison ; by the President, William Windom, Secretary of the Treasury.

Title: [Appointment] Joseph E. Lee ... Collector of Customs for the District of Saint Johns in the State of Florida ... fifteenth day of March ... one thousand eight hundred and ninety / Benjamin Harrison ; by the President, William Windom, Secretary of the Treasury.

Printed sheet with ms. inserts, signed. Appointment of Joseph E. Lee as Collector of Customs for District of Saint Johns, Florida.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ; 41 x 53 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40984005 View

A. R. McGill and family papers., 1794-1931 (bulk 1870-1900).

Title: A. R. McGill and familypapers. 1794-1931 (bulk 1870-1900).

Papers of A. R. McGill, a Nicollet County and St. Paul,Minnesota lawyer (1861-1869); private secretary to Governor Horace Austin(1870-1874); Minnesota insurance commissioner (1873-1887); governor (1887-1889);state senator (1899-1905); and St. Paul postmaster (1900-1905).

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P0988.xml View

Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883. Stephen R. Riggs and family papers, 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Title: Stephen R. Riggs and family papers, 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Letters, reminiscences, genealogical data, and miscellany of this Presbyterian missionary, his wife Mary Ann Longley Riggs, and other family members, focusing on the Riggs' missionary service at Lake Harriet (now Minneapolis) and Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota (1837-1862), his work as an interpreter during the 1862 Dakota Conflict, and his subsequent activities as an author of Dakota-language teaching materials. Included is extensive correspondence with Riggs and Longley family members; letters from other missionaries in Minnesota and Dakota Territory; letters from Minnesota and national political leaders; letters from religious organizations, especially the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Bible Society, and the American Tract Society; and many letters from Indians, most in the Dakota language. There is also information on the Civil War, settlement of Indian claims for land and money, and the publication of Riggs' writings, and a set of biographical sketches of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 1.95 cubic feet (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313848692 View

Shields, James A., 1863-1949. James A. Shields papers, 1875-1949.

Title: James A. Shields papers, 1875-1949.

Shields' correspondence (48 items), diaries, and scrapbooks documenting his life as an employee of the U.S. Customs Bureau in St. Paul, and as an observer of St. Paul, Minnesota, and national politics, contemporary events, and Catholic church activities.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 cu. ft. (7 boxes, containing 48 items and 77 v.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313835313 View

Emil Munch Civil War papers., 1861-1865.

Title: Emil Munch Civil War papers. 1861-1865.

Correspondence, orders, and other papers pertaining to Munch's Civil War service, including captain of the First Minnesota Battery of Artillery in Tennessee and Mississippi (1862); his retirement from field service because of wounds and his later appointment as brigadier general of the Fifth Brigade, Minnesota State Militia (1863); his responsibility for the fortification of Minnesota frontier settlements (1863) after the U.S. Dakota War (1862); his service as captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps (Invalid Corps) stationed at Camp Douglas, Illinois (1863-1865); and his appointment (1865) as major of the First Minnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P0057.xml View

Moore family. Moore family papers, 1835-1962, 1835-1916 (bulk dates)

Title: Moore family papers, 1835-1962, 1835-1916 (bulk dates)

This is a collection of correspondence and other papers of the Moore and Brent families of central Kentucky.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume,600 pieces (ca.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13802546 View

Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

Title: Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).

The letters consist primarily of social notes to Mrs. Ward from authors, some artists, and musicians. Some concern her work for the committees on literature for children, and children's day at the Chicago World's Fair. Susan B. Anthony, Hamlin Garland, George F. Root, and Jane Addams are mentioned. Letters, works in progress, philanthropies, and family news are common topics. The collection contains a facsimile of a 1705 September 14 letter from Isaac Newton to Dr. Sloane. Also, a manuscript of "The Tower of Flame" by Richard Watson Gilder is included, as are autographs and letters collected by Mrs. Coonley Ward.

ArchivalResource: 294 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833840 View

Stephen R. Riggs and family papers., 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Title: Stephen R. Riggs and family papers. 1837-1988 (bulk 1837-1869).

Letters, reminiscences, genealogical data, and miscellany of this Presbyterian missionary, his wife Mary Ann Longley Riggs, and other family members, focusing on the Riggs' missionary service at Lake Harriet (now Minneapolis) and Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota (1837-1862), his work as an interpreter during the U.S.-Dakota War (1862), and his subsequent activities as an author of Dakota-language teaching materials.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00797.xml View

Munch, Emil, 1832-1887. Emil Munch papers, 1861-1865.

Title: Emil Munch papers, 1861-1865.

Correspondence, orders, and other papers pertaining to Munch's Civil War service, including captain of the First Minnesota Battery of Artillery in Tennessee and Mississippi (1862); his retirement from field service because of wounds and his later appointment as brigadier general of the Fifth Brigade, Minnesota State Militia (1863); his responsibility for the fortification of Minnesota frontier settlements (1863) after the Dakota Conflict; his service as captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps (Invalid Corps) stationed at Camp Douglas, Illinois (1863-1865); and his appointment (1865) as major of the First Minnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders, containing 80 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313839960 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Chambers, Alexander, 1803-1876. Chambers and Johnson family papers, 1827-1942.

Title: Chambers and Johnson family papers, 1827-1942.

Correspondence, financial papers, deeds, business papers, genealogical data, essays, and miscellaneous printed items documenting the lives of three Minnesota families: Alexander Chambers of Owatonna; Harvey Hull Johnson of Winona and Owatonna; and Alexander Anderson of Blue Earth. All three families are related by marriage.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 cu. ft. (4 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313853852 View

Smalley, P. J. (Palemon Jared), 1842-1912. P.J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Title: P.J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Autobiographical memoirs ([1900-1902]), correspondence (1863-1912), articles and addresses ([1894-1911]), scrapbooks of editorial columns (1887-1906), obituaries and news clippings (1912 and 1944), and additional papers of a Union soldier, lawyer, newspaper publisher, editorialist, and secretary of the Minnesota Democratic State Central Committee related to his service in the Civil War, party politics and national economic policy during the 1890s, and his thought as an editorial columnist.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 oversize folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313835934 View

Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j96c46/ View

Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. Papers, 1777-1945, (bulk: 1870-1892)

Title: James Gillespie Blaine Papers 1777-1945 (bulk 1870-1892)

United States secretary of state, United States representative and senator from Maine, and journalist. Family and general correspondence, speeches, writings, diaries, memoirs, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting Blaine's public career.

ArchivalResource: 7,000 items; 48 containers; 20 linear feet; 21 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003039 View

Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901. Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Lincoln, 1864 May.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Lincoln, 1864 May.

Recommending Charles McClure as a territorial judge in Montana.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270531076 View

Simpson, Thomas, 1836-1905. Thomas Simpson papers, 1862-1893.

Title: Thomas Simpson papers, 1862-1893.

Letters from seven governors of Minnesota and a United States senator from that state about miscellaneous matters, including the transportation of soldiers during the Civil War and the State Normal School at Winona, Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568841 View

Dole, Alexander M., 1841-1888. Alexander M. Dole papers, 1855-1887.

Title: Alexander M. Dole papers, 1855-1887.

Correspondence, financial and legal papers, advertising circulars, and miscellany, primarily for the 1870s and 1880s, relating to Dole, a Minneapolis businessman.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122559924 View

Pusey, Pennock, 1825-1903. Pennock Pusey papers, 1856-1883.

Title: Pennock Pusey papers, 1856-1883.

Mainly letters from Minnesota governor John S. Pillsbury to Pusey, his private secretary, relating to Pillsbury's business affairs and Minnesota politics after his 1882 retirement as governor and to a few matters during his governorship, including the register for Minnesotans at the 1876 Philadelphia exposition and an investigation into the finances of the state trustees for the insane (1878).

ArchivalResource: 73 items in 2 folders; 5 oversize items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508880 View

Cushman K. Davis papers 1886-1900 Davis, Cushman K.

Title: Cushman K. Davis papers 1886-1900 Davis, Cushman K.

Cushman Kellogg Davis's letters provide insights into state-level Minnesota politics, as well as the national political scene, from the perspective of a U.S. senator in the late 1800s.

ArchivalResource: 150 items (0.5 linear feet)

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2743dav?rgn=main;view=text View

Thompson, Clark Wallace, 1825-1885. Clark W. Thompson papers, 1852-1866, 1875.

Title: Clark W. Thompson papers, 1852-1866, 1875.

Correspondence, financial records, journals, and time books of this Indian agent in charge of the northern superintendency in Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin (1861-1865). There is information on Thompson's work as an agent among the Ojibwe, Bois Fort, Dakota, and Winnebago Indians and on his relations with the agents in charge of posts in his superintendency.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 cu. ft. (5 boxes, incl. 19 v.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313846197 View

McMicken, William, 1827-1899. McMicken family papers 1828-1921.

Title: McMicken family papers 1828-1921.

Papers of five families: the William McMicken, Gilmore Hays and John Goldsbury Parker families of Washington Territory, the Jared Ostrander family of Wisconsin, and the Asa Wells family of New York. Includes Coorespondence mainly relative to the family of William McMicken. Also: correspondence, financial records, legal documents, diaries, genealogical materials, and photographs relative to the western campaigns of the Civil War, the Sioux Indian War of 1862-1865, and the Gilmore Hayes and John Goldsbury families, 1828-1921; sketches and watercolors by Helen Parker McMicken. Major correspondents include Rowena Ostrander McMicken, Helen Parker McMicken, Maurice McMicken, Maude McMicken Tibbals, Cornelia Elizabeth Weld, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Arthur Armstrong Denny, James Tilton, William Smith King, Obadiah Benton McFadden, William Winlock Miller, and William Windom.

ArchivalResource: 1.83 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40048225 View

Chute, Richard, 1820-1893. Richard Chute and family papers, 1826-1977 (bulk 1852-1939).

Title: Richard Chute and family papers, 1826-1977 (bulk 1852-1939).

Correspondence and papers of a pioneer Minneapolis businessman and his family. Includes information about Chute's involvement in the fur trade and his association with the Ewing and Chouteau fur trade interests; real estate deals in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; the construction of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad line; the promotion and development of Princeton, Minnesota with associate John S. Prince; the activities of the St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company, including the development of water power at Saint Anthony Falls; and the family's involvement in Twin Cities real estate through its Chute Brothers and Chute Brothers Company.

ArchivalResource: 3.4 cu. ft. (4 boxes including 5 volumes, 2 unboxed oversize folders, and 3 items in reserve).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313846895 View

William Windom and family papers., 1861-1944.

Title: William Windom and family papers. 1861-1944.

Papers documenting the political, personal, business, andsocial life of Minnesota congressman (1859-1869), senator (1871-1881), and treasurysecretary (1881, 1889-1891) Windom and his family.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/p1400.xml View

Richard Chute and family papers., 1826-1977 (bulk 1852-1939).

Title: Richard Chute and familypapers. 1826-1977 (bulk 1852-1939).

Correspondence and papers of a pioneer Minneapolisbusinessman and his family. Includes information about Chute's involvement in thefur trade and his association with the Ewing and Chouteau fur trade interests; realestate deals in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; the construction of theMinneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad line; the promotion anddevelopment of Princeton, Minnesota with associate John S. Prince; the activities ofthe St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company, including the development of water powerat Saint Anthony Falls; and the family's involvement in Twin Cities real estatethrough its Chute Brothers and Chute Brothers Company.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00105.xml View

Windom, William, 1827-1891. Letter : Washington, D.C., to [G. Eyster?], Philadelphia, 1882 July 14.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to [G. Eyster?], Philadelphia, 1882 July 14.

Autograph letter signed. Grants the request for an autograph letter for one of Eyster's lady friends.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84025606 View

Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1829-1922. C.C. Andrews and family papers, 1843-1930.

Title: C.C. Andrews and family papers, 1843-1930.

Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of this Civil War general, United States minister to Norway and Sweden (1869-1877), consul general to Brazil (1882-1885), chief fire warden of Minnesota (1895-1905), state forestry commissioner (1905-1911), and member of the state forestry board (1905-1922).

ArchivalResource: 9.0 cu. ft. (16 boxes, incl. 126 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122614818 View

Graves, Randall B. Randall B. Graves papers, 1860-1898.

Title: Randall B. Graves papers, 1860-1898.

Correspondence (11 letters, 1860-1898); share certificates ([1860s]) for the unbuilt townsite of Fremont City, Wright County; and a Dakota County township plat map (undated) relating to real estate properties in Minnesota owned by Graves, who came to Minnesota about 1857 and was mayor of St. Anthony (1860). More biographical information is found in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder, containing 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313845767 View

Larson, Louis E. Louis E. Larson and family papers, 1857-1916.

Title: Louis E. Larson and family papers, 1857-1916.

Correspondence and printed materials collected by Louis E. Larson and family of Winona, Minnesota. The correspondence primarily relates to Minnesota and national politics, particularly election campaigns, political appointments, and the Republican Party. Other topics discussed are the Civil War, the Spanish American War, the movement for African American suffrage (1869), and an epidemic in Chicago (1866). Correspondents include such Minnesota and national political figures as: Tams Bixby, Alexander Bull, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Cushman Kellogg Davis, William Watts Folwell, John Hay, Andrew Ryan McGill, William Rainey Marshall, William Rush Merriam, Stephen Miller, Knute Nelson, John Sargent Pillsbury, Alexander Ramsey, Theodore Roosevelt, James Albertus Tawney, Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, Gideon Welles, and William Windom. The printed items include theater programs, invitations, price lists, and similar materials. Included are programs of the Winona Opera House, a program of the Winona Fair and State Exposition (1890), a Ringling Brothers circus program (1916), and a circus poster.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 box and 1 oversize item)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313857069 View

Windom, William, 1827-1891. Indian policy. Speech ... in the House of Representatives, Feb. 28, 1863, on the outrages committed by the Indians on the people of the state of Minnesota.

Title: Indian policy. Speech ... in the House of Representatives, Feb. 28, 1863, on the outrages committed by the Indians on the people of the state of Minnesota. 1863.

ArchivalResource: 6 p. 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25279754 View

Herman K. Crofoot Collection of Francis Elias Spinner Papers, 1792-1908, (bulk 1825-1891)

Title: Herman K. Crofoot Collection of Francis Elias Spinner Papers 1792-1908 (bulk 1825-1891)

Merchant, banker, United States representative from New York, and United States treasurer. Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, autographs, printed matter, and clippings relating to Spinner's political, financial, and personal activities. Includes a diary of John Peter Spinner.

ArchivalResource: 750 items; 4 containers; 1.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010005 View

Davis, Cushman Kellogg, 1838-1900. Cushman K. Davis papers 1886-1900.

Title: Cushman K. Davis papers 1886-1900.

Cushman Kellogg Davis's letters provide insights into state-level Minnesota politics, as well as the national political scene, from the perspective of a U.S. senator in the late 1800s.

ArchivalResource: 150 items (0.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/248929496 View

Doolittle, James R. (James Rood), 1815-1897. James R. Doolittle papers, 1863-1868.

Title: James R. Doolittle papers, 1863-1868.

Copies of miscellaneous letters and documents received by Doolittle as U.S. senator from Wisconsin.

ArchivalResource: 15 items; 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122564770 View

P. J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Title: P. J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Autobiographical memoirs ([1900-1902]), correspondence (1863-1912), articles and addresses ([1894-1911]), scrapbooks of editorial columns (1887-1906), obituaries and news clippings (1912 and 1944), and additional papers of a Union soldier, lawyer, newspaper publisher, editorialist, and secretary of the Minnesota Democratic State Central Committee related to his service in the Civil War, party politics and economic policy during the 1890s, and his thought as an editorial columnist.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00520.xml View

Brackett, George Augustus, 1836-1921. George A. Brackett papers, 1858-1920.

Title: George A. Brackett papers, 1858-1920.

Correspondence and letterpress books, accounting records (1871-1905), newspaper clippings, deeds and other property records, and related materials documenting the life of a Minneapolis businessman and civic leader whose business enterprises included railroad construction, meat packing, flour milling, and real estate investment.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 cu. ft. (11 boxes, including 32 v., and 1 unboxed folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508647 View

Drew, James M. (James Meddick), 1863-1948. James M. Drew and family papers, 1848-1948.

Title: James M. Drew and family papers, 1848-1948.

Correspondence, diaries (1855-1893), articles, clippings, genealogies, accounts, reminiscences, and memorabilia relating chiefly to James Drew, a faculty member in the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture and Agricultural Extension Division (1893-1933), and to his father, Edward Bolivar Drew, a Winona County (Minn.) farmer and Minnesota legislator (1875-1876, 1879).

ArchivalResource: 2.25 cu. ft. (5 boxes and 23 oversize items)

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Windom, William, 1827-1891. William Windom correspondence, 1865-1873.

Title: William Windom correspondence, 1865-1873.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981400 View