William M. Cummings diaries and related papers. 1924-1995.

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William M. Cummings diaries and related papers. 1924-1995.

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Diaries and miscellaneous papers documenting the life of a St. Paul, Minnesota native who also lived in California (1957-1980, 1987-1995) and Florida (1983-1986). The collection provides a day-to-day account of the lives of a 20th century working class man and his family.

Minnesota Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6646575

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Bennett family.

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Cummings, William M., 1917-1995.

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William M. Cummings was born November 18, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri, but his family moved to Redwood Falls, Minnesota in 1919 and to St. Paul in 1923. Cummings held a number of different jobs after dropping out of high school. He worked for the Work Projects Administration as a page at the St. Paul Public Library and as a field research worker on the Annals of Minnesota for the Minnesota Writers Project (1938-1941); at the Cudahy Meat Packing Plant (1941-1942); at the Gopher Ord...

United States. Work Projects Administration (Minnesota).

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Twin City Ordnance Plant (New Brighton, Minn.)

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Berkeley Unified School District (Berkeley, Calif.).

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Kilvert, Robert Francis, 1840-1879

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Epithet: Reverend; of Add MS 44372 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x0003ba Epithet: Reverend; of Add MS 34580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x0003b9 Epithet: Reverend; antiquary, of Bath British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x0003b8...

Gopher Ordnance Works (U.S.)

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Cummings family.

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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....

Gold family.

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Gould family.

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Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Minnesota

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