Gene Ritchie Monahan and family papers, 1884-1993.

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Gene Ritchie Monahan and family papers, 1884-1993.

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Correspondence and related papers of Gene Ritchie Monahan, her husband George Monahan, and their family. The Monahans were descendants of the James Christie family through George's grandmother Sarah Christie Stevens and were friends of conservationist Ernest C. Oberholtzer. The bulk of the collections is family correspondence. Smaller portions include letters from Vietnam written by George's brother Robert Hugh Monahan that were sent to the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Opthalmology and papers regarding Ernest Oberholtzer's estate, Mallard Island, and the Oberholtzer Foundation.

4.8 cubic feet (5 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8147055

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Monahan, George E. (George Edward), 1945-

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Monahan, Gene Ritchie

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Christie family.

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Monahan family.

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Monahan, Robert L.

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Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1884-1977

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Oberholtzer was well known as an explorer, conservationist and writer. In 1912 he settled in the Rainy Lake area of northern Minnesota. He often traveled the area with Indian companions, particularly Billy Magee, and was a friend of the Indians as well as teller of their stories and legends. He is best known for his ceaseless role in preserving the Quetico-Superior wilderness. He was instrumental in the founding of the Friends of the Wilderness Society. He worked for the establishment of the Bou...

Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation.

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