John D. Scofield and family papers, 1875-1968.

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John D. Scofield and family papers, 1875-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122509580

Includes correspondence (undated and 1882-1920, 1945); diaries (1881-1886); ledgers (1877, 1881-1956); minutes (1882-1887, 1895-1904); Sunday school lessons (1903); a property appraisal (1962); a land contract and deeds (1855, 1857, 1912); photographs; newspaper clippings (undated and 1898-1935, 1965-1968); family register; and miscellaneous papers (undated and 1875-1882, 1904, 1912-1918, 1966) related to John D. Scofield, an early settler of Bloomington (Minn.); his farm and family; the Bloomington Woman's Club; and the prominent role Scofield and his wife Caroline played in the Minnesota Grange and the founding of the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture.

2 microfilm reels.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6741975

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Scofield, Caroline S.

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Chowen, William S., b. 1826.

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Scofield family.

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Scofield, Carl S...

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Scofield, John Darius, 1828-1915.

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Bull, James Alvah, 1834-1908.

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Scofield, Mary E.

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Kelley family.

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Bloomington Woman's Club (Bloomington, Minn.).

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University of Minnesota. School of Agriculture

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The School of Agriculture opened on October 18, 1888, on the University Farm in St. Paul, with 17 students registered for the fall term. The School's administrative home was the College of Agriculture, and the School would remain a part of the College's administrative structure throughout its existence. Additional branches of the School of Agriculture were opened in Crookston (1906), Morris (1909), Grand Rapids (1921), and Waseca (1952). At their meeting on May 12, 1960, the Board of Regents, on...

Kelley, Robert J., Mrs., b. 1868.

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Kelley, Robert J.

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Minnesota State Grange

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Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley and six associates established the National Grange (Order of the Patrons of Husbandry) in Washington, D.C., in 1867. Conceived as a social and educational organization for farmers, it was also involved in cooperation and politics. It described itself as a force for social betterment and as a spokesman for public affairs for the people of rural America. The Grange is a secret and ritualistic fraternal society of farmers and others int...

Pomona Grange No. 12 (Hennepin County, Minn.).

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Patrons Aid Society of Minnesota.

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