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Roos, Charles, 1825-1878. Charles Roos and family papers, 1825-1933.

Title: Charles Roos and family papers, 1825-1933.

Papers of a family prominent in the business, social, and pioneer life of New Ulm (Minn.). They include financial records and other data on the Globe [Flour] Mills Company, the German Land Association of Minnesota, and the New Ulm Turnverein; family correspondence, partly in German, containing information on the 1862 Dakota Conflict, mail service to New Ulm, criticism of the conduct of the Civil War, and the collection of information about early New Ulm for historical articles in local newspapers; account books of the Neu Ulm Pionier and of Charles Roos's cigar business; and minutes of meetings and other papers of the Roller Mill Company, the Nordlicht Publishing Company, the Enterprise Club, and other New Ulm organizations.

ArchivalResource: 2.75 cu. ft. (6 boxes, incl. 27 v.; 50 oversize items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523488 View

Flandrau, Grace, 1889-1971. Biographical sketch of Charles E. Flandrau, 1962 August 17 / by Grace Hodgson Flandrau.

Title: Biographical sketch of Charles E. Flandrau, 1962 August 17 / by Grace Hodgson Flandrau.

Transcript of an address delivered by Grace Flandrau at New Ulm, Minnesota, containing reminiscences about her father-in-law, Charles E. Flandrau, including his opinions on the Dakota Indians, travel, and education. Also contains biographical and genealogical data on the Flandrau and related families.

ArchivalResource: 17 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313861700 View

Denver, James William, 1817-1892. James William Denver letters, 1857.

Title: James William Denver letters, 1857.

A letter from Charles E. Flandrau, Traverse des Sioux to J. W. Denver, Washington, D. C. (October 10, 1857, 1 p.) regarding Flandrau's position as Indian agent at Traverse des Sioux; and a letter from Roswell [?] A. Fish, St. Paul (Minnesota) to Denver, (October 20, 1857) congratulating Denver on his appointment as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and discussing William H. Nobles' wagon road to California.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder containing 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313858226 View

Minnesota. State Auditor. U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 refugee claims and related records, 1862-1866 (bulk 1862-1863).

Title: U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 refugee claims and related records, 1862-1866 (bulk 1862-1863).

Correspondence, receipts, claims vouchers, and related records documenting claims to the state from both refugees and the private persons and organizations who provided relief to the refugees immediately following the war. Funds for the claims were taken from $25,000 approved by a Special Session of the State Legislature on September 25, 1862 for the relief of refugees driven from their homes during the U.S.-Dakota War. St. Paul banker Peter Berkey was named State Commissioner for the Distribution of the Refugee Fund, with assistance from H. A. Swift (later replaced by M. B. Stone), Jared Benson, and Daniel Basset. The legislated funds were also supplemented from collections taken in Ohio, New York, and other eastern areas.

ArchivalResource: 0.7 cubic feet (1 partial box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780065841 View

Baxter, Luther Loren, 1838-1915. Luther L. Baxter and family papers, 1853-1950.

Title: Luther L. Baxter and family papers, 1853-1950.

The papers of Baxter, lawyer, judge, and legislator from Scott and Carver counties (Minnesota), include correspondence with several prominent Minnesotans regarding local Democratic politics, as well as records (1861-1865) he kept as an officer in the Fourth Minnesota Infantry and the First Regiment of Heavy Artillery during the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes, including 1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523097 View

Gere, William B. William B. and Thomas P. Gere papers, 1847-1911.

Title: William B. and Thomas P. Gere papers, 1847-1911.

Routine reports of William B. Gere, lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War; letters from Judson W. Bishop, Charles E. Flandrau, Henry M. Rice, and others on Democratic politics and railroad matters in Chatfield, Minn. (1855-1861); reminiscences of Thomas P. Gere regarding the siege of Fort Ripley and the 1862 Dakota Conflict; his diary (typewritten copy, location of original unknown) of the Civil War period (Jan. 1, 1862-May 15, 1865); and a few newspaper clippings, and miscellany (1870-1904).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, incl. 1 v.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122299163 View

Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903. Charles E. Flandrau letters and reports [microform], 1856-1863.

Title: Charles E. Flandrau letters and reports [microform], 1856-1863.

ArchivalResource: ca. 84 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65562522 View

Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903. Autobiographical answers to a Minnesota Historical Society pioneer questionnaire, 1872.

Title: Autobiographical answers to a Minnesota Historical Society pioneer questionnaire, 1872.

Handwritten autobiographical information supplied by Charles E. Flandrau, a Minnesota pioneer and lawyer, who practiced in St. Paul (1853, 1870-1872), St. Peter (1853-1864), and Minneapolis (1867-1870), as well as in New York, Illinois, Missouri, and Nevada. Flandrau also served as Nicollet County District Attorney (ca. 1854), agent to the Dakota Indians (1856-1857), and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the territory and state of Minnesota (1857-1864). He ran for governor on the Democratic ticket (1867) and for Chief Justice (1869) and was defeated both times. During the Dakota War, Flandrau served as commander in chief of troops at New Ulm, Minnesota. Before moving to Minnesota, he sailed in the U. S. Revenue-Cutter Service. Includes Flandrau family genealogical data.

ArchivalResource: 12 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313861720 View

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880 [microform].

Title: Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880 [microform].

Selected microfilm reels of letters, reports, and other papers concerning Indian populations, education, health, agriculture, subsistence, warfare, land transactions, annuities, depredations, claims, traders, agency employees and administration, and other aspects of the federal government's relations with Indian tribes under the administration of various agencies and superintendencies. The files selected pertain primarily to the Ojibwe, Dakota, Winnebago, Sauk, and Fox Indians, but also to the Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, Mandan, Ottawa, Pawnee, and other tribes of the upper Midwest and plains area.

ArchivalResource: 274 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122509173 View

Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903. The Indian War of 1862 in Minnesota, [ca. 1889].

Title: The Indian War of 1862 in Minnesota, [ca. 1889].

Handwritten account of the Dakota Conflict, written under the legislative act (April 16, 1889) that provided for the preparation and publication of a history of Minnesota in the Civil and Indian wars [Laws 1889 c278].

ArchivalResource: 99 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122412830 View

U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 refugee claims and related records., 1862-1868 (bulk 1862-1863).

Title: U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 refugee claims and related records. 1862-1868 (bulk 1862-1863).

Correspondence, receipts, claims vouchers, and related records documenting claims to the state from both refugees and the private persons and organizations who provided relief to the refugees immediately following the war.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00548.xml View

Sheehan, Timothy J., 1835-1913. Timothy J. Sheehan papers, 1857-1913.

Title: Timothy J. Sheehan papers, 1857-1913.

Accounts, correspondence, and diaries kept by Sheehan as sheriff of Freeborn County, Minnesota (1871-1883), Indian agent on the White Earth Reservation (1885-1889), and deputy United States marshal at St. Paul (1890-1907); muster-out rolls for the 5th Minnesota Infantry, Company C, in which Sheehan served as Lieutenant and later as Captain; returns of provisions and equipment for various Civil War regiments; and related miscellany.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cu. ft. (7 boxes, incl. 8 v.; 10 oversize items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86133974 View

Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903. Address, February 22, 1901.

Title: Address, February 22, 1901.

Handwritten text of an address before the Old Settlers Association of Winona.

ArchivalResource: 47 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/437267856 View

Buck, Solon J. (Solon Justus), 1884-1962. Solon J. Buck Papers, 1902-1935, 1960.

Title: Solon J. Buck Papers

Professional correspondence of Buck as superintendent of the Minnesota Historical Society (1914-1931); as a history department faculty member at the universities of Indiana (1908-1909), Illinois (1910-1914), Minnesota (1914-1931), and Pittsburgh (1931-1935); and as director of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey (1931-1935). Correspondents include other historians, archivists, and historical agency administrators.

ArchivalResource: 5.75 cu. ft. (14 boxes).

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Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers., 1850-1935.

Title: Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers. 1850-1935.

Papers of Charles E. Flandrau, a lawyer and associate justice (1857-1864) of the Minnesota territorial and supreme courts, and his family, consisting largely of correspondence, invoices, receipts, deeds, and legal documents. Many date from 1856-1858, when Flandrau was Indian agent for the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Dakota, and document his management of Sioux Agency affairs, annuity payments, and councils between the Dakota and government officials. Detailed abstracts of annuity payments list the name of the head of each family, the number in the family, and the amount of the annuity. A letter from Nathan Myrick to Captain Flandrau, requesting military units for aid against Indian attacks at Fort Ridgely (August 20, 1862). A set of contracts (1897) reflects his representation of Dakota bands in supporting an 1897 Congressional bill to restore rights forfeited in 1863.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00870.xml View

Flandrau family. Flandrau family papers, 1856-1969 (bulk 1890-1940).

Title: Flandrau family papers, 1856-1969 (bulk 1890-1940).

Correspondence, printed and biographical material, manuscripts, travel diaries, artifacts, phonograph records and more relating to the Flandrau family members. The collection chiefly consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Grace Hodgson Flandrau, and those of Charles Macomb Flandrau. Correspondence concerns family news, travels, literary work, and careers. Manuscripts are novels, short stories, essays and travel books. Correspondents include family, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, publishers and fans. There are a few letters from noted authors including Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen Vincent Benet, Joseph Wood Krutch, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher responding to Grace's comments on their work. Materials of John Wallace Riddle include family and diplomatic correspondence from his foreign service. Correspondents include members of the Roosevelt family and people requesting diplomatic favors including Clara Barton and Mrs. Leland Stanford. Diplomatic documents are signed by Presidents Warren G. Harding, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, and Calvin Coolidge, and Secretaries of State John Hay, Elisha Root, and Charles E. Hughes. A small amount of correspondence of Theodate Riddle is with family and friends concerning art and architecture, travels, politics, and construction of Avon Old Farms School and Roosevelt Memorial House.

ArchivalResource: 43 linear ft. (86 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39750719 View

Fort Ridgely State Park and Historical Association. Association papers, 1888-1956.

Title: Association papers, 1888-1956.

Correspondence, clippings, and other papers of association officers Charles H. and Frank Hopkins, relating to the organization's promotion of the creation and development of Fort Ridgely State Park (Nicollet County, Minn.). They discuss the history of Fort Ridgely, a focal point in the 1862 Dakota Conflict, park and cemetery upkeep and improvements, memorial plaques and monuments, historical pageants and other commemorative ceremonies (especially in the 1930s), land acquisitions, and attempts to create a national park at the site.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122598627 View

Charles E. Flandrau letters 1853-1888 1853-1857 Flandrau, Charles E. letters

Title: Charles E. Flandrau letters 1853-1888 1853-1857 Flandrau, Charles E. letters

This collection contains 7 letters that Charles Eugene Flandrau wrote to Frances M. Henderson, a friend in Whitesboro, New York, after moving to Minnesota in 1853, as well as 2 newspaper clippings regarding Flandrau's work as an agent for the Sioux tribe and as a Minnesota Supreme Court justice. In his letters, Flandrau reported on his judicial career and described his life on the frontier, such as social customs and interactions with Native Americans.

ArchivalResource: 9 items

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Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs [microform]., 1824-1880

Title: Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs [microform]. 1824-1880

Selected microfilm reels of letters, reports, and other papers concerning Indian populations, education, health, agriculture, subsistence, warfare, land transactions, annuities, depredations, claims, traders, agency employees and administration, and other aspects of the federal government's relations with Indian tribes under the administration of various agencies and superintendencies. The files selected pertain primarily to the Ojibwe, Dakota, Winnebago, Sauk, and Fox, but also to the Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, Mandan, Ottawa, Pawnee, and other tribes of the upper Midwest and plains area.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/M175.xml View

Minnesota Soldiers Home (Minneapolis, Minn.). Residents' records, 1887-1983.

Title: Residents' records, 1887-1983.

Residents' record books and indexes, containing a variety of biographical, military service, pension, and Home residence information; supplemented by miscellaneous lists and directories and admission and discharge information. There is a separate pair of record books for women residents (1907-1962), apparently wives or widows of veterans, and a docket book of sentences for infractions of Home rules.

ArchivalResource: 4.75 cu. ft. (6 boxes and 1 partial box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508432 View

Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903. Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers, 1850-1935.

Title: Charles Eugene Flandrau and family papers, 1850-1935.

Papers of Charles E. Flandrau, a lawyer and associate justice (1857-1864) of the Minnesota territorial and supreme courts, and his family, consisting largely of correspondence, invoices, receipts, deeds, and legal documents. Many date from the years 1856-1858, when Flandrau was Indian agent for the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Dakota, and document his management of Sioux Agency affairs, annuity payments, and councils between the Dakota and government officials.Detailed abstracts of annuity payments list the name of the head of each family, the number in the family, and the amount of the annuity. A letter from Nathan Myrick to Captain Flandrau, requesting military units for aid against Indian attacks at Fort Ridgely (August 20, 1862). A set of contracts (1897) reflects his representation of Dakota bands in supporting an 1897 Congressional bill to restore rights forfeited in 1863.

ArchivalResource: 5.50 cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 3 items in Reserve) and 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86096212 View

Hayden, William G. An account of the relief expedition sent from St. Peter to New Ulm, August 22, 1862, and the subsequent siege of New Ulm by the Indians, 1897 / by William G. Hayden.

Title: An account of the relief expedition sent from St. Peter to New Ulm, August 22, 1862, and the subsequent siege of New Ulm by the Indians, 1897 / by William G. Hayden.

A member of the St. Peter Frontier Guards under Captain Charles E. Flandrau, Hayden describes in detail the siege of New Ulm and its eventual abandonment during the Dakota Conflict. Handwritten.

ArchivalResource: 16 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122581207 View

Folsom, Simeon P. (Simeon Pearl), 1819-1907. Simeon P. Folsom papers, 1869-1903.

Title: Simeon P. Folsom papers, 1869-1903.

Primarily diaries (31 volumes, 1869-1903) of Folsom, a St. Paul lawyer and surveyor for the Great Northern and other railroads. They describe his daily life and that of his family, with comments on business activities, social and political events in St. Paul and Minneapolis, economic conditions, weather, and personal finances.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, containing 2 items and 32 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523814 View

Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene), 1828-1903. Charles E. Flandrau letter, 1897 Sept. 20.

Title: Charles E. Flandrau letter, 1897 Sept. 20.

Typed letter to E. M. Tebbets, New York City, from St. Paul (Minn.), with reference to the condition of the missions in and about the Redwood and Yellow Medicine Indian agencies at the time of the Dakota Conflict.

ArchivalResource: 5 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122524761 View

Slack, Hiram Worcester, 1843-1925. Hiram W. Slack and family papers, 1815-1967.

Title: Hiram W. Slack and family papers, 1815-1967.

Correspondence, diaries and journals (1871-1892), and memorabilia of Slack, a school principal in Hudson, Wisconsin (1872-1876) and St. Paul, Minnesota (1876-1908); and letters, genealogical data, and memorabilia (mainly 1830s-1860s) of his brother, Comfort Israel, and other family members in New York, Rhode Island, and Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes, incl. 24 v.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508545 View