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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

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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William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937.

Title: William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937.

Correspondence, biographical and genealogical materials,newspaper clippings, reminiscences, organizational papers, family memorabilia, andmiscellany documenting the career of this St. Paul (Minn.) hardware dealer and thelives of members of his family.

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Northrop family. Northrop family papers, 1836-1923.

Title: Northrop family papers, 1836-1923.

The collection includes correspondence, diaries, mss. or writings, financial and legal records, receipts, clippings and memorabilia. Included is correspondence relating to Elizabeth and Minnie Northrop, John Sargent Pillsbury, the Congregational Church, the Republican Party, and Yale University. The collection includes diaries of Elbridge Northrop, biographical notes for Oscar W. Firkins' "Cyrus Northrop, a memoir" (1925), an inventory of the Northrop library by Ina Ten Eyck Firkins, records of the Yale Law School debating society (1841-43), U.S. Civil War materials, and materials relating to the University of Minnesota including the dedication of Northrop Auditorium. Correspondents include Joseph Warren Beach, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 11.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63280037 View

Worthen, Augusta H. (Augusta Harvey), 1823-. Pillsbury.

Title: Pillsbury.

ArchivalResource: p. 871-901 ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/112551650 View

Smith, George Sidney. G. Sidney Smith papers, 1870-1896.

Title: G. Sidney Smith papers, 1870-1896.

Letters to this St. Paul (Minn.) agent for subscription books, mainly relating to publication of various Civil War era politicans' and military officers' memoirs, and his subscription book (1873-1878) for the 1873 revised American Cyclopaedia. The letters include several from Minnesota political leaders and Confederate notables. The subscription book contains a prospectus, list of contributors, sample pages, and 41 pages of Minnesota subscribers.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders, containing 17 items and 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560377 View

Northrop Family papers, 1836-1923

Title: Northrop Family papers 1836-1923

Contains the family papers of Cyrus Northrop, second president of the University of Minnesota, 1884-1911.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (9.1 linear feet)

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Horatio P. Van Cleve and family papers., 1827-1970.

Title: Horatio P. Van Cleve and family papers. 1827-1970.

Correspondence, genealogical and biographical data, diaries, financial records, clippings, and miscellany of Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, a military officer and early Minnesota settler, his wife Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark, and various family members.

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Dean, William B. (William Blake), 1838-1922. William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937.

Title: William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937.

Correspondence, biographical and genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, reminiscences, organizational papers, family memorabilia, and miscellany documenting the career of this St. Paul (Minn.) hardware dealer and the lives of members of his family.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cubic feet (3 boxes and 8 oversize items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523500 View

Ford, Guy Stanton, 1873-1962. First Congregational Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota : a retrospect of eighty years, 1931 November 16.

Title: First Congregational Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota : a retrospect of eighty years, 1931 November 16.

A typed history of the First Congregational Church in Minneapolis, presented as an address at the eightieth anniversary of the church, November 16, 1931. Includes information on the church buildings; founders and supporters, in particular Governor John S. Pillsbury; the Ladies Benevolent Society; the organization of the Congregational church in Minneapolis, the work of Reverend Charles Seccombe, and the evolution of the church over eighty years.

ArchivalResource: 26 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313860174 View

John Sargent Pillsbury papers, 1858, 1867-1915

Title: John Sargent Pillsbury papers 1858, 1867-1915

Collection contains correspondence and land dealings of John Sargent Pillsbury, governor of the state of Minnesota and regent of the University of Minnesota. The materials deal primarily with Governor Pillsbury's involvement with the University of Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 1 box and one map case drawer (1.0 cubic feet)

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Records of Governor Cushman K. Davis, 1874-1882.

Title: Records of Governor Cushman K. Davis, 1874-1882.

Assorted files on public policy matters, including materials relating to "frontier relief" and grasshopper relief (especially seed grain assistance), pardons, applications for and appointments to office, railroads, and public lands. The files may also includes reports of state officers and agencies. Some materials in these files date from the John S. Pillsbury administration.

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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

Pillsbury, J. S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901. John S. Pillsbury and family papers, 1833-1934.

Title: John S. Pillsbury and family papers, 1833-1934.

Financial and legal records, a few letters, and other materials relating chiefly to the business affairs of Pillsbury, a Minneapolis businessman who was governor of Minnesota (1876-1882), to his brother, Charles Alfred Pillsbury, and to his nephew, also Charles A. The bulk of the papers (1908-1909) consist of proofs of indebtedness filed by creditors of Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Ltd., which failed in 1908 and was succeeded by Pillsbury Flour Mills Company.

ArchivalResource: 4.25 cu. ft. (10 boxes) and 14 oversize items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523564 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

John S. Pillsbury and family papers., 1833-1934.

Title: John S. Pillsbury and family papers. 1833-1934.

Pillsbury family papers and John S. Pillsbury business records, chiefly regarding the business activities of John S. Pillsbury, a Minneapolis businessman who was governor of Minnesota (1876-1882), his brother, Charles Alfred Pillsbury, and his nephew, also Charles A. Business records consist mostly of financial and legal records (account books, bills and invoices), papers regarding land dealings, business correspondence, and focus on Cross & Pillsbury, J.S. Pillsbury & Co., and Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Ltd. Family papers include personal papers of Pillsbury and other family members, letterpress books (which include letters regarding land holdings and sales, business, investments, and miscellaneous topics), personal and family expenses, and a few photographs of Pillsbury’s homes. There is also a little information on family history, Minneapolis civic affairs, and Pillsbury's role as governor and as a member of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota. Also included in this collection are the papers of William W. Eastman.

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Wales, William Winford, 1818-1902. William W. Wales and family papers, 1823-1930.

Title: William W. Wales and family papers, 1823-1930.

Correspondence, deeds, legal and financial papers, biographical and genealogical data, and miscellany of William Wales, a St. Anthony (Minn.) bookseller, publisher, and public official, and his family.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, incl. 2 v.; 3 oversize items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86147747 View

Crosby, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1830-1910. Francis M. Crosby and family papers, 1851-1954.

Title: Francis M. Crosby and family papers, 1851-1954.

Correspondence, legal papers, financial records, diaries, business advertisements, clippings, genealogies, and memorabilia, largely 1859-1910, of Crosby, a Wilmington, Vermont, lawyer who moved to Hastings, Dakota County (Minn.), in 1858, practiced law there, and served as a probate judge (1860-1861) and judge for the first judicial district (1872-1910). Included is Crosby's district court calendar for Goodhue County (1884, 1889) and Washington County (1888), which records the cases heard and his decisions.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 cu. ft. (4 boxes and 4 oversize items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86133579 View

Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips, 1809-1891. Horatio P. Van Cleve and family papers, 1827-1970.

Title: Horatio P. Van Cleve and family papers, 1827-1970.

Correspondence, genealogical and biographical data, diaries, financial records, clippings, and miscellany of Van Cleve, a military officer and early Minnesota settler, his wife Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark, and various family members. A large portion of the collection consists of family correspondence during Van Cleve's Civil War service as colonel (eventually general) with the 2nd Minnesota Infantry. Other materials include letters from Van Cleve at Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin (1834-1836); letters and compositions of Charlotte Clark at school in New Haven, Conn. (1834-1836); letters of their daughter Anna, married to New York journalist Mortimer Thomson (1850s); letters of their daughter Elizabeth in Honolulu (1860s); correspondence of their son Edward Mortimer Van Cleve, his two wives, and their families; papers of their grandson Horatio P. Van Cleve as a civil engineer and Minneapolis alderman (1893-1970); and Charlotte Van Cleve's reports as president of the Sisterhood of Bethany. There is information on life in southeast and northern Michigan (1830s-1850s), on the Winnebago Indian agency at Long Prairie, Minnesota (1850s), and in Saint Anthony, Minnesota (1860s-1870s).

ArchivalResource: 13.6 cubic feet (14 boxes and 1 oversize folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122404509 View

Records of Governor Horace Austin, 1869-1879 (bulk 1870-1873).

Title: Records of Governor Horace Austin, 1869-1879 (bulk 1870-1873).

Assorted files on public policy matters, including substantial material concerning governor's appointments, public lands, railroads, charges against local officials, pardons, and relief for people affected by the grasshopper plague and by the snowstorm of January, 1873. Some petitions, and materials concerning seed grain and railroad lands, apparently date from the administrations of Cushman K. Davis and John S. Pillsbury.

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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

Thompson, Ruth, 1880-1950. Ruth Gage Thompson papers, 1909-1949.

Title: Ruth Gage Thompson papers, 1909-1949.

Thompson's compositions commenting on the history of Lake Minnetonka, St. Anthony, and Minneapolis, and Rosendale, Wisconsin. They include quotes from Elizabeth Fries Ellet, one of the first white women to see Lake Minnetonka (1852), and Swedish novelist Frederika Bremer, who visited St. Anthony in 1850. There is information on the Minneapolis park system and schools, early settlers of Lake Minnetonka's Birch Bluff, and Thompson's family. There is also a bibliography of contemporary architecture sources in Twin Cities libraries (1931), and a letter from Edward E. Gillam recalling Governor John S. Pillsbury's role in the 1870s grasshopper plagues.

ArchivalResource: 6 items (1 folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122390873 View

Pillsbury, J. S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901. John Sargent Pillsbury papers, 1853-1891.

Title: John Sargent Pillsbury papers, 1853-1891.

The collection comprises John Sargent's business papers, including records from his hardware store (1855-1875), and many letters and reports relating to Pillsbury's land, lumber and flour milling interests. Miscellaneous papers include letters dealing with the grasshopper plague, and arranging relief and seed shipments to its victims. Political papers include nominations for appointment. Personal papers include family bills and some correspondence between members of the family.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63314450 View

Leonard, W. H. (William Huntington), 1825-1907. William H. Leonard and family papers, 1843-1955.

Title: William H. Leonard and family papers, 1843-1955.

Medical notes and records and related miscellany of William H. Leonard and his son William E., both Minneapolis physicians; William H.'s attendance cards from medical institutions, appointments, and certificates; an obstetrical record (1855-1903); family genealogical data, memorabilia, and a few letters; Civil War reports of sick and wounded, 8th Wisconsin Regiment (1865); and meteorological records for Minnesota and Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, incl. 7 v.; 15 oversize items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134020 View

Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929. William Watts Folwell papers, ca. 1856-1929.

Title: William Watts Folwell papers, ca. 1856-1929.

Collection contains biographical material regarding William Watts Folwell, first President of the University of Minnesota. Historical references to early Minnesota and University of Minnesota history are referred to in correspondence and notes compiled by Fowell for his many speeches and addresses.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62698957 View

Records of Governor John S. Pillsbury, 1875-1891 (bulk 1876-1882).

Title: Records of Governor John S. Pillsbury, 1875-1891 (bulk1876-1882).

Assorted files on public policy matters, including materialsrelating to public lands, railroads, grasshopper relief, seed grain, pardons, andapplications for and appointments to office.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00626.xml View