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Porter, Jeremiah, 1804-1893. Jeremiah Porter diary, 1831-1832.

Title: Jeremiah Porter diary, 1831-1832.

Photostatic copy of an account of work among the Indians and whites at Sault Ste. Marie by Porter, a Presbyterian missionary. He also mentions William T. Boutwell, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and the family of John Johnston.

ArchivalResource: 60 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122564651 View

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Correspondence, 1827-1878.

Title: Correspondence, 1827-1878.

Typewritten copies of correspondence with missionaries at the Ojibwe and Dakota missions in Minnesota. It also includes biographies, diaries, and other records sent to the board.

ArchivalResource: 2.8 cu. ft. (7 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122614813 View

Peterson, Hjalmar Otto, 1879-1957. Hjalmar Otto Peterson papers, 1930-1954.

Title: Hjalmar Otto Peterson papers, 1930-1954.

Articles, clippings, correspondence, and published materials relating to Peterson's activities as a local worker in the Farmer-Labor party and the National Nonpartisan League in Washington County (Minn.), and to his interest in promoting Stillwater (Minn.) "Lumberjack Days" (1934-1940). Included are his columns for Stillwater newspapers with comments on state and national politics, world affairs, and St. Croix Valley news and history.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313822151 View

Nute, Grace Lee, 1895-. Grace Lee Nute papers, 1924-1945, 1957.

Title: Grace Lee Nute papers, 1924-1945, 1957.

Papers, articles, research reports and notes, and speeches prepared by Nute, curator of manuscripts (1927-1946) at the Minnesota Historical Society, pertaining to voyageurs and the fur trade, missionaries, French and American exploration, Indians and Indian relations, settlement, famous Minnesotans, and other aspects of Minnesota history.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313840181 View

Robert Watson papers., 1850, 1872, 1909, [ca. 1942].

Title: Robert Watson papers. 1850, 1872, 1909, [ca. 1942].

Papers of an early settler in Cottage Grove (1850-1878) and Northfield (1878-1913), Minnesota. Contains Watson's 1850 diary detailing a Mississippi River journey from Ohio to St. Paul and Stillwater, Minnesota, and a trip from St. Paul to Fort Snelling and St. Anthony; autobiographical data; his 1909 reminiscence of his 1850 journey to Minnesota and settlement in Cottage Grove, Washington County; and a typescript of the 1850 diary with explanatory footnotes by G. W. Ackermann (ca.1942).

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Boutwell, William Thurston, 1803-1890. William Thurston Boutwell diary, 1832.

Title: William Thurston Boutwell diary, 1832.

Journal of the Henry R. Schoolcraft expedition in the Upper Peninsula.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Boutwell, William Thurston, 1803-1890. William T. Boutwell papers, 1832-1881.

Title: William T. Boutwell papers, 1832-1881.

A copy of a diary kept on Henry R. Schoolcraft's expedition to the source of the Mississippi River in 1832 and throughout Boutwell's residence as missionary to the Ojibwe at Leech Lake; rough notes made by J. Fletcher Williams at the time of an interview with Boutwell and reminiscent of the latter's life as a missionary; two autobiographical articles by Boutwell; a letter received from his father-in-law, Ramsay Crooks, in 1836; and photostats of two letters written by Boutwell in 1832, the originals of which are in the possession of La Forest C. Parkhurst of Stillwater.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122659151 View

Baker, Charles H. Papers relating to the names Itasca and Minnesota, 1872.

Title: Papers relating to the names Itasca and Minnesota, 1872.

A paper by Charles H. Baker on the names "Itasca" and "Minnesota" and on Indian geographical nomenclature generally, read to the executive committee of the Minnesota Historical Society; a copy of a circular letter concerning the name Itasca (lake), sent by Alfred J. Hill to Stephen R. Riggs, Thomas S. Williamson, Gideon H. Pond, Samuel W. Pond, William T. Boutwell; the replies of Samuel W. Pond, Thomas S. Williamson, Mary H. Eastman (not listed as a recipient of a circular letter), William T. Boutwell, and Gideon H. Pond; and two newspaper clippings concerning the name.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

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Pond family papers., 1833-1970 (bulk 1833-1935).

Title: Pond family papers. 1833-1970 (bulk 1833-1935).

Papers documenting the history of a Minnesota pioneerfamily, particularly the ministry of two brothers who were early missionaries amongthe Dakota Indians. The papers include photocopied and original correspondence, somewith typescripts (1833-1935), photocopied and original diaries (1836-1877,1885-1914), photocopied and original sermons (1857-1879, 1948), addresses(1905-1954), real property records (1856-1920), poems, lexicons, a Dakota grammar,genealogies, an autograph album, reminiscences (undated and 1874, 1881, 1891),account books (1873-1895), photocopied (1890-1969) and microfilmed (1833-1967)scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings (undated and 1891-1958).

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00717.xml View

Pond family. Pond family papers, 1833-1970 (bulk 1833-1935).

Title: Pond family papers, 1833-1970 (bulk 1833-1935).

Papers documenting the history of a Minnesota pioneer family, particularly the ministry of two brothers who were early missionaries among the Dakota Indians. The papers include photocopied and original correspondence, some with typescripts (1833-1935), photocopied and original diaries (1836-1877, 1885-1914), photocopied and original sermons (1857-1879, 1948), addresses (1905-1954), real property records (1856-1920), poems, lexicons, a Dakota grammar, genealogies, an autograph album, reminiscences (undated and 1874, 1881, 1891), account books (1873-1895), photocopied (1890-1969) and microfilmed (1833-1967) scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings (undated and 1891-1958).

ArchivalResource: 9.0 cu. ft. (19 boxes including 38 volumes, 1 oversize folder, and 2 reels positive microfilm).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313838315 View

Hovey, Edmund O. (Edmund Otis), 1801-1877. Correspondence, 1831 October 21-1868 August 18.

Title: Correspondence, 1831 October 21-1868 August 18.

Letters, from E. Garland, A. Wright, J.A. Vinton, O. Vinton, D. Blood, S. Hall, M. Chase, W.T. Boutwell, and C. Kittredge telling of their activities since graduating from Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary. Letters to C. White and I. Dewey concerning Wabash College.

ArchivalResource: 25 items. 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3010221 View

Nute, Grace Lee, 1895-1990,. Northwest missions manuscripts and index, 1766-1926.

Title: Northwest missions manuscripts and index, 1766-1926.

Typed transcripts and negative photocopies of letters, diaries, church records, and articles pertaining to Protestant and Catholic missions to the Ojibwe and Dakota Indians in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota Territory, and neighboring areas in Canada (1810-1896); and a card index to these and other items relating to northwest missions (1766-1926).

ArchivalResource: 15.5 cu. ft. (21 boxes); 5 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313850053 View

Watson, Robert, 1825-1913. Robert Watson papers, 1850, 1872, 1909, [ca. 1942].

Title: Robert Watson papers, 1850, 1872, 1909, [ca. 1942].

Papers of Watson, a Cottage Grove (1850-1878) and Northfield (1878-1913), Minnesota resident. Contains Watson's 1850 diary detailing a Mississippi River journey from Ohio to St. Paul and Stillwater, Minnesota, and a trip from St. Paul to Fort Snelling and St. Anthony; autobiographical data; his 1909 reminiscence of his 1850 journey to Minnesota and settlement in Cottage Grove, Rice County; and a typescript of the 1850 diary with explanatory footnotes by G. W. Ackermann (ca.1942).

ArchivalResource: 4 items in 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122613997 View

Grace Lee Nute papers., 1924-1945, 1957.

Title: Grace Lee Nute papers. 1924-1945, 1957.

Papers, articles, research reports and notes, and speeches prepared by Nute, curator of manuscripts (1927-1946) at the Minnesota Historical Society, pertaining to voyageurs and the fur trade, missionaries, French and American exploration, Indians and Indian relations, settlement, famous Minnesotans, and other aspects of Minnesota history.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P0791.xml View

Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902. [Transcripts of letters from missionaries among the Indians of Minnesota, Dakota, and Oregon, 1830-1878, [between 1928 and 1932?].

Title: [Transcripts of letters from missionaries among the Indians of Minnesota, Dakota, and Oregon, 1830-1878, [between 1928 and 1932?].

Typed transcripts, probably compiled between 1928 and 1932, of letters from missionaries of the American Board of Foreign Missions to the Indians of Minnesota, Dakota, and Oregon Territory, dated between 1830 and 1878.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes : maps ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54053286 View

Northwest missions manuscripts and index., 1766-1926.

Title: Northwest missions manuscripts and index

Typed transcripts and negative photocopies of letters, diaries, church records, and articles pertaining to Protestant and Catholic missions to the Ojibwe and Dakota Indians in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota Territory, and neighboring areas in Canada (1810-1896); and a card index to these and other items relating to northwest missions (1766-1926).

ArchivalResource: 15.5 cubic feet (21 boxes); 5 microfilm reels

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00784.xml View

American Fur Company papers., 1831-1849.

Title: American Fur Company papers. 1831-1849.

Microfilmed papers of the American Fur Company. Includes microfilm copies of unbound letters, invoices, blotters, orders, memorandums, letterbooks, bound volumes and other papers.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/M151.xml View