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Lund, Charles C., 1832-1880. Charles C. Lund papers, 1854-1876.

Title: Charles C. Lund papers, 1854-1876.

Correspondence, bills, receipts, indentures, land warrants, deeds, and miscellaneous business papers of St. Paul lawyer Lund, concerned primarily with Minnesota real estate investments and with Lund's and John B. Sanborn's service as executors of the Theodore French estate. Lund's letters for 1875-1876 concern construction of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad in New Hampshire.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508030 View

Ruckman, J. Ward. Story of Ramsay Crooks, undated / by J. Ward Ruckman.

Title: Story of Ramsay Crooks, undated / by J. Ward Ruckman.

Two photocopies (37 pages each) of "The Story of Ramsay Crooks" by J. Ward Ruckman, which includes biographical data on Crooks; his fur trade activities, particularly his partnership with Robert McClellan, trips to the Upper Mississippi River and Astor fur posts in Oregon, association with John Jacob Astor, Robert Stuart, the American Fur Company, the Pacific Fur Company, the Northwest Company of Canada, and the Chateau family; and his marriage and family, particularly his son, William.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122373774 View

Just, Marie Crooks. Minnesota pioneer: William Crooks, undated / by [Marie Crooks Just].

Title: Minnesota pioneer: William Crooks, undated / by [Marie Crooks Just].

A typed biographical sketch of William Crooks with information on his career as chief engineer of several Minnesota railroads, his 1861 purchase of the first locomotive used in Minnesota and later named for him, the "William Crooks," his 1863-1865 service as colonel of the 6th Minnesota Regiment during the Civil War, and his service in the Minnesota House of Representatives (1875-1877) and Senate (1881).

ArchivalResource: 7 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122426431 View

Wilder, Amherst H. (Amherst Holcomb), 1828-1894. Amherst H. Wilder and family papers, 1866-1937.

Title: Amherst H. Wilder and family papers, 1866-1937.

Correspondence, legal papers, financial records, and related materials, primarily 1900-1930, of Wilder, a St. Paul (Minn.) businessman and philanthropist, of his wife, Fanny Spencer Wilder, and of his daughter, Cornelia Day Wilder (Mrs. T. E. W. Villiers Appleby).

ArchivalResource: 15.0 cu. ft. (8 boxes, 108 volumes shelved loose, and 1 oversize folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313834479 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

Baird, Henry S. (Henry Samuel), 1800-1875. Henry S. Baird papers, 1825-1861.

Title: Henry S. Baird papers, 1825-1861.

Photographic copies of selected correspondence, primarily in French, from the papers of Henry S. Baird in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The bulk of the letters are to Baird's wife from her cousin, Joseph LaFramboise, from the Little Rock fur-trading post on the Minnesota River and from other stations. Several have been translated.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder, containing 17 letters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313854806 View

Wadena and Park Rapids Railroad Company. Corporate records, 1883-1921, 1935, 1946.

Title: Corporate records, 1883-1921, 1935, 1946.

Histories and related papers (1883-1946), including correspondence of President William Crooks, minutes (1883-1895, 1923), stock certificates (1884-1890, 1923), and financial records (1890-1893) documenting a railway company constructing a line between Wadena and Park Rapids, Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 cu. ft. (2 folders in partial box, 3 v. in partial box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261135871 View