Charles W. and Mary Lesley Ames family papers, 1803-1986 (bulk 1880-1945).

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Charles W. and Mary Lesley Ames family papers, 1803-1986 (bulk 1880-1945).

Personal papers and organizational records of St. Paul (Minn.) businessman Charles W. Ames and several other members of his family, documenting their lives and involvements in a number of civic, cultural, religious, charitable, and war relief organizations through correspondence, subject files, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, printed materials, legal papers, scrapbooks, card files, and newsletters.

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American Fund for French Wounded

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The American Fund for French Wounded was founded by American women living abroad to provide relief to wounded soldiers in France during World War I. From the description of American Fund for French Wounded records, 1915-1919. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485635 From the guide to the American Fund for French Wounded records, 1915-1919, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Minnesota State Art Society

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Cornell University

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Science Museum of Minnesota

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Northern Blau Gas Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Diamond Ranche, inc. (Chugwater, Wyo.).

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....

Townley, A. C. (Arthur Charles), 1880-1959

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Ames, Charles W. (Charles Wilberforce), 1855-1921.

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Charles Wilberforce Ames was born in Minneapolis, June 30, 1855, the son of Charles Gordon Ames and Sarah Daniels Ames. He was educated at Albany Academy (Albany, New York) and public schools in California. He graduated from Cornell University in 1878. After working in San Jose, California as an apprentice printer, he returned to Minnesota where he worked as a railroad surveyor. He later assisted his father in editing and publishing the Christian Register in Boston. In 1880 he becam...

Service Men's Center (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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Unity Church (Saint Paul, Minn.). Unitarian Laymen's League.

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Leslie family.

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Northwest Airlines, inc.

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Northwest Airlines was incorporated in 1926 as Northwest Airways. The company began service on October 1, 1926, as an airmail carrier between the Twin Cities and Chicago. Passenger service was inaugurated in July 1927. Northwest expanded its service through the Dakotas and Montana to Spokane and Seattle, Washington, in 1928-1933. The company was reincorporated as Northwest Airlines, Inc. in 1934. During World War II the company set up and operated a military cargo route ...

Unity Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Ames family.

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Jackson family.

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St. Paul School of Fine Art (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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Saint Paul Institute

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

West Publishing Company.

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Tuskegee Institute

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Miss Loomis' School (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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St. Paul Academy and Summit School (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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The Saint Paul Academy was a private school for boys founded in 1900 and the Summit School was a private school for girls founded in 1917, both in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1968 the two schools merged to form the Saint Paul Academy and Summit School (SPASS), with the physical merger of the schools occurring in September 1969. John DeQuedville Briggs was the Headmaster of the Saint Paul Academy from 1914 to 1948, and Sarah Converse was the Headmistress of the Summit School from 1917 to 1950. ...