Sibley House Association records, 1910-1928, 1946, 1963.

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Sibley House Association records, 1910-1928, 1946, 1963.

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Miscellaneous records of an organization established to renovate and operate as a tourist facility the original Minnesota home of Henry Hastings Sibley, Minnesota's first state governor. Included are biographical data on Sibley; typescripts on Indian customs; articles of incorporation and bylaws; legal papers; correspondence (1912) with state and federal officials regarding donation of relics from the battleship Maine; a few reports (1925-1927, 1946); and correspondence, construction documents, drawings, and accounts relating to the construction of the "Fee House" as part of the Sibley House facilities (1926) and the construction within the Fee House of a public tea house (1928).

2 folders and 8 oversize items.

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6766246

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Sibley House Association

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Milne, Winifred Conwell, 1859-

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Evans, Harriet Myrick.

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Sibley family.

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Maine (Battleship)

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USS Maine (BB/2C), an armored battle ship, was blown up in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. A court of inquiry was unable to obtain evidence regarding the cause of the ship's destruction. In August 1910, Congress authorized the raising of the ship. The hull was refloated and towed into the Gulf of Mexico where it was sunk with honors on March 16, 1912. From the description of Photographs and diary; 1910-1912. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46425385 ...

Eberhart, Adolph Olson, 1870-1944

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A. O. Eberhart was born in Kil Varmland, Sweden (June 23, 1870), the son of Andrew and Louise Olson. Because of bad economic conditions, Andrew, Louis and all of the family except Adolph emigrated to St. Peter, Minnesota. In 1882, Adolph joined the family there. Eberhart graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter (1895); studied law in a law office in Mankato; served as a deputy clerk of United States Circuit and District Court in Minnesota; and served as United States Comm...

Sibley House (Mendota, Minn.).

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Wheeler, Eva B.

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Clapp, Moses E. (Moses Edwin), 1851-1929

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