William Wirt Pendergast and family papers, 1816-1986.

University of Minnesota

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The West Bank Union at the University of Minnesota was established in 1967 to offer services to students. It took until 1980 for the union to have its own space in Willey Hall, including an auditorium and lounge spaces for students. Student services and facilities were established in the newly constructed West Bank Union skyway, which connected Willey and Blegen Halls. From the guide to the West Bank Union papers, circa 1970s-1980s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Arch...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (1899-)

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The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employees was organized in 1899 in Sedalia, Missouri as the Order of Railway Clerks of America. It was initially affiliated with the American Federation of Labor but the tie was severed in 1901 and did not resume for many years. Union name variants were the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks (1904); Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (1919); and the Brotherhood of Railwa...

Railway Express Agency

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The Railway Express Agency had its origins in the overland stagecoach and pony express services that linked the eastern and western U.S. prior to the building of the transcontinental railroad. In the railroad era, express companies worked with the railroads in handling door-to-door freight shipping. By 1914 there were seven major express companies, and these were consolidated by the Federal Government during World War I into the American Railway Express Agency. In the late 1920s a g...

White, Sophie Pendergast, 1873-1955.

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White family.

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Jemne, Elsa.

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Brink, Carol Ryrie, 1895-1981

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American author of children's and adult books; Newbery Award, 1936; Kerlan Award, 1978. From the description of Papers, 1895-1981 (bulk 1934-1978). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686085 American author of children's and adult books. From the description of Caddie Woodlawn : a play : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402648 From the description of The highly trained dogs of Pr...

Pendergast, Perley Parker, 1836-1938.

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United States. Forest Service

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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...

Cogswell, Elizabeth B., 1811-1876.

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Pendergast, William Wirt, 1833-1903

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William Wirt Pendergast was born in New England in 1833. After attending Bowdoin College in Maine, he joined with the Hutchinson brothers to plat a town in Minnesota Territory by the same name. Pendergast returned to Massachusetts sometime before the end of the Civil War where he married Abigail Cogswell. The couple had a son, Edward, in 1864 and two years later returned to Hutchinson, Minnesota where William began a career in education. William eventually became the first principal of the Unive...

Lake Forest Academy

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Pendergast, T. H. (Timothy H.), 1836-1910.

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Ely family.

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White, Harry A., 1869-1920.

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Pendergast family.

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Lake Forest College

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White, Stephen Story, 1909-1979.

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Cogswell family.

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Pendergast, Abigail Lowe, 1839-1917.

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White, Gerald Pendergast, 1915-

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White, John L., 1906-

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Minnesota Territorial Pioneers (Organization)

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Brazil Land Development Company.

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Greenberg, Henry W., 1858-

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Pendergast, Webster Goldie, 1904-

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Eliot, Frederick May, 1889-1958

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Frederick May Eliot (1889-1958) was born in Boston and graduated Harvard College with an AB in 1911 and an AM in 1912. He was a Harvard College instructor of government in 1912-1913 and attended Harvard Divinity School from 1912 to 1915. He was ordained to the Unitarian ministry in 1915 at the First Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also served at the Unity Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served as president of the Young People's Religious Union from 1916 to 1918 and served as an army ch...

Cogswell, Caleb, 1807-1888.

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Pendergast, Laura Goldie, 1879-

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Greenberg, Elizabeth P., 1889-1958.

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