Robert M. Bell and family papers. 1845-1933.

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Robert M. Bell and family papers. 1845-1933.

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Correspondence and diaries which describe the daily life and travels of Bell, a physician and free-lance writer, and various members of his family. Subjects include a trip to Mankato, Minnesota (1867); Bell's youth in Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota (1872-1879); his life as a student at the University of Minnesota (1879-1883); family life in Leipzig, Germany (1901) and Ithaca, N.Y. (1903-1904); European travels (1873, 1888, 1900, and 1914); and visits to Japan and Hawaii (1928, 1933).

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