Henry Sisson Ely papers, undated, 1907-1908.

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Henry Sisson Ely papers, undated, 1907-1908.

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Translations of reputed Ojibwe legends from the Duluth area, and other miscellaneous writings by Ely on Ojibwe customs, religion, child rearing, games, and other cultural aspects. They are supplemented with some biographical and genealogical information from published sources.

0.1 cu. ft. (2 folders in partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7317822

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Ely, Edmund Franklin, 1809-1882

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Edmund Franklin Ely was born in Wilbraham Massachusetts on August 3, 1809. He was a choir director, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York, and began his ministerial studies (1828). He was appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1832 and left New York, arriving in La Pointe, Wisconsin the following year. From that time until 1849 he served Ojibwe missions in Fond du Lac, Pokegama, and Sandy Lake, Minnesota. His diaries indicate that he was in a...

Ely, Henry Sisson, 1847-1908.

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Ely, an accountant by profession, was born in LaPointe, Wisconsin on May 22, 1847, the son of Edmund F. and Catherine (Goulais) Ely. After his father ended his work as a missionary, the family moved to Duluth (1854), becoming pioneer settlers of the town. He served as assistant postmaster of Duluth (1872-1875), lived in St. Paul and Florida (1875-1894), and then returned to Duluth where he died November 23, 1908. Additional biographical and genealogical information is found in the collection. ...

Ely family.

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