Jonas H. Howe and family papers, 1864-1865, 1935, 1939-1940.

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Jonas H. Howe and family papers, 1864-1865, 1935, 1939-1940.

Reminiscences (undated), photographs, biographical sketches, and a few letters of a pioneer family from Hennepin County, Minnesota. They concern the family's 1854 journey from Massachusetts, life in frontier Minnesota, Howe family members, Civil War experiences, artist Caroline Negus Hildreth (a relative), and the women's suffrage movement in Minnesota.

2 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6749374

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Howe, Jonas Holland, 1821-1899.

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Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association

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The MWSA was founded in 1881 to coordinate statewide and local efforts to obtain universal equal suffrage for women. After the Minnesota legislature ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in September, 1919, it reorganized to form the Minnesota League of Women Voters. From the description of Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association records, 1894-1923 [microform]. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 313842893 The Minnesota Woman,...

Carpenter, Laura Howe.

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Starr, Eliza Allen, 1824-1901

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Poet and art critic. In 1885 she was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, the first woman so honored. From the description of Papers, 1854-1900. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23814619 ...

Spooner family.

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Minneapolis Athenaeum

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United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 11th (1864-1865). Co. F.

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Fuller, George, 1822-1884

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Born in Deerfield, Mass. Jan. 17, 1822, son of Aaron and Fanny Fuller. Traveled in Michigan and Illinois in 1836-37 and developed a taste for painting. Studied under Henry Kirke Brown at Albany, N.Y. 1842, also in N.Y. and Boston. Spent eight months in European study and travel in 1859, then took up farming at Deerfield after the death of his father, and painting on the side. In 1876 he went to Boston where his paintings became popular. He was a member of the Boston Art Club and oth...

Howe family.

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Negus, Caroline, 1814-1867

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