Joseph A. Gilfillan and family papers, 1872-1940.

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Joseph A. Gilfillan and family papers, 1872-1940.

Correspondence, articles, translations, and miscellany concerning Gilfillan's work as a Protestant Episcopal missionary on the White Earth Indian Reservation (1872-1898) and his study of Ojibwe language and culture.

1.25 cu. ft. (3 boxes and 1 microfilm reel).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314770

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Gilfillan, J. A. (Joseph Alexander), 1838-1913

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Minnesota Historical Society

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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Smith, George W. (George William), 1936-

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George Smith lived in Lexington (Mich.) and visited California. Grant H. Smith served as Probate Judge in Sanilac County (Mich.), 1920. (Information from the collection.). From the description of Family papers, 1884-1920. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 45865664 George W. Smith was a soldier from Kentucky who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From the description of George W. Smith letters 1863 (Filson Historical Society, Th...

Heilman, Emily Gilfillan, 1892-

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Gilbert, M. N. (Mahlon Norris), 1848-1900.

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St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church (Duluth, Minn.).

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Madison, James, 1870-1943

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Hart, Mark

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Gillfillan family.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Mackall, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1935

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Born in Maryland, Benjamin F. Mackall came to Moorhead in 1873, just a year after the town was founded. Mackall was the town's first druggist, and subsequently served as Moorhead's postmaster, clerk, and member of the city council. He also helped establish St. John's Episcopal Church in Moorhead. His diary from 1873-74, records much about Moorhead as a frontier town. From the description of Papers. 1865-1977. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 27716307 ...

Upham, Warren, 1850-1934

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Gilfillan, Lauren, 1909-

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Harriet Woodbridge Gilfillan was a proletarian writer from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who as Lauren Gilfillan wrote "I went to pit college," a novel based on her experiences living in Pennsylvania mining town. From the description of Lauren Gilfillan papers, 1921-1999, bulk 1921-1938. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 244825848 Lauren Gilfillan was the pseudonym of Harriet Woodbridge Gilfillan. She was born in 1909 in Washington DC, but eventually came to live in Kalam...

Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924

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Jacob Piatt Dunn was a prominent journalist, historian, and political figure as well as Secretary of the Indiana Historical Society from 1886 until his death in 1924. He practiced law in Indianapolis for three years then moved to Colorado where he started writing for newspapers. He returned to Indianapolis in 1884 to practice law. He did so for four years until taking a job with the Indianapolis Journal. He later worked for three other local newspapers. He is best known for writing several books...

Wright, Sela Goodrich, 1816-1906.

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Sela Wright was born in Oberlin, Ohio (July 21, 1816), the son of John and Betsy (Goodrich) Wright, and was educated at Medina Academy and Oberlin College (1841). He joined the newly organized Western Evangelical Missionary Society which later merged with the Union Missionary Society of New York and became the American Missionary Association. He was ordained as a Congregational clergyman at the Red Lake Mission, Minnesota (1843) and served there as a missionary to the Ojibwe Indian band until 18...

Morgan, George B.

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