MATHIAS N. KOLL:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Koll, Mathias N., 1874-1934, creator. | |
| Title: | Mathias N. Koll papers. | |
| Dates: | 1880-1971 (bulk 1910-1934). | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence (1890-1936), minutes (1911-1930), newspaper clippings (1896-1932), subject files (personal and business), printed material, photographs, legal papers, bills and receipts, business records, and miscellaneous papers relating to Mathias N. Koll and his involvement in land development and politics in Cass Lake and northern Minnesota. | |
| Quantity: | 12.0 cubic feet (12 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf location. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mathias N. Koll was born May 4, 1874, in Cold Spring, Minnesota, the son of Lorenz (1849-1930) and Elizabeth Bold (1855-1915) Koll. He attended public schools and St. Cloud (Minn.) Normal School. In 1890 he began teaching in rural schools in Stearns and Douglas Counties and continued until 1898. During that time, he also attended Sauk Center Academy and Brown Business College (St. Cloud). In 1898 he became deputy county auditor of Douglas County. In 1901 he was an assistant cashier of Farmers National Bank of Alexandria (Minn.) and spent much of his time as a field man for the bank's real estate business. From August 1904 to March 1909 he was the receiver of the United States Land Office in Cass Lake, Minnesota. In 1909 he formed a real estate mortgage company and also sold real estate.
Koll helped organize, and was a member, in the following organizations: Cass Lake Commercial Club, Northern Minnesota Development Association, Minnesota Scenic Highway Association, Northern Minnesota Sheep Growers Association, Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association, Minnesota State Automobile Association, and other groups. He also drafted the constitution and bylaws for the incorporation of the Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians of Minnesota (1913). He was active in state and local politics, and served as postmaster in Cass Lake from 1930-1934.
Koll married Dorothy Kapphahn, and they had five children: Hugo, Otto, Leo, Irene, and Ambrose. Koll died May 22, 1934 in Cass Lake.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The correspondence concerns land sales and development; roads and road building; dams and dam building; relationships with the Ojibwe Indian population; national, state, and local politics; disposition of cutover lands; immigration to and settlement of lands in and near Cass Lake; resorts and youth camps; tourism; local business concerns in Cass Lake, including canning and boat building firms; property tax assessments; fur farming; his relationship with his daughter; and other subjects.
The papers reflect Koll's association with a number of business and promotional organizations, including the Northern Minnesota Development Association, Theodore Roosevelt International Highway Association, Cass Lake Commercial Club, Northern Minnesota Sheep Growers' Association, Cass Lake Co-Operative Creamery Association, Minnesota Scenic Highway Association, Cass County Development Association, Minnesota Arrowhead Association, Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association, the Minnesota Automobile Association, and a number of other regional development associations.
A folder of oversize papers (1916-1922) contains maps and drawings of actual and proposed highways in the Cass County area, drawings of a Cass Lake dam and a proposed scout camp, some northern Minnesota promotional materials, and a papal blessing (1922) for M. N. Koll and his wife.
ARRANGEMENT
The correspondence files are divided into personal and business sections. The subject files are in alphabetical order and divided into three series: personal names, topical, and organizations and associations.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Mathias N. Koll Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 13,268; 14,049; 14,281
Processing Information:
Processed by: Bonnie B. Palmquist, September 1989
Catalog ID number: 990017133660104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 149.G.15.7B | 1 | Biographical and family information. | |||||||||
| Autobiographical sketch by M. N. Koll, and photocopied newspaper clippings of obituaries and family events. | |||||||||||
| Personal, undated and 1887-1910. | |||||||||||
| Receipts of Lorenz Koll (1887), school records of Mathias Koll (1890-1896), appointment of Koll as deputy auditor of Douglas County (1901); Douglas County Republican Committee miscellany (1903); notice of Koll becoming receiver of Cass Lake land office (1904); incorporation of Eagle Clothing Company, M. N. Koll, president (1904); appointment as notary public (1909), and letters from Lorenz Koll, J. L. Koll, and William Kapphahn (Koll's father-in-law). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.7B | 1 | Personal, 1911-1921. | |||||||||
| Letters to and from family members, and death of Koll's son Hugo (1913); Koll's notary public appointment (1916); and correspondence relating to the estate of Louise Lavo (1916-1920), Koll's aunt. | |||||||||||
| Personal, 1922-1936, 1946. | |||||||||||
| Family letters, often written about business matters; appointment of Koll as committeeman at the National Dairy Show (1924), pages from Koll's diary (Jan. 1-8, 1929), and obituary of Koll (1934); and letters of condolence (July 29, Dec. 17, 1936), which also relate to the beginnings of the Northern Minnesota Development Association. | |||||||||||
| House Property (Cass Lake), 1914-1942. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and legal papers relating to Koll's house in Cass Lake. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.7B | 1 | Koll, Dorothy, 1944-1945, 1965. | |||||||||
| Correspondence relating to her 50th anniversary as an organist; condolence letters 0n her death. | |||||||||||
| Koll, Leo, 1927-1935, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Letters of Leo Koll, to his parents; some business correspondence and papers relating to a law suit between Leo Koll and Oakley Parkhill (1934); and legal papers (1971). | |||||||||||
| Koll, Otto (Father Reinhart, OSB), 1917, 1920-1923. | |||||||||||
| Letters and copies of letters written by Koll before and during his trip to Europe, where he died (Germany) in 1923; also condolence letters. | |||||||||||
| Koll, Irene, 1925-1924. 6 folders | |||||||||||
| Letters of Mathias Koll to his daughter, Irene, while she was student at St. Scholastica College (Duluth) and at Grand Forks (N. D.). She later taught at and was principal at a school in Hackensack, Minnesota. She also was a hostess at Cass Lake resorts during her school years. Koll's letters contain advice to her about studies, deportment, money, and similar matters. He also writes about events at home, his business interests, and Cass Lake persons and events. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.7B | 1 | Koll, Ambrose (Father Jude T., OSB), 1934, 1943-1944. | |||||||||
| Includes a few postcards sent to his mother Dorothy. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, undated, 1894-1910. 11 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, undated. Correspondence, notices, and writings pertaining to business and organizational activities. Includes a few items relating to the Ojibwe Indians. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1894, 1896, 1903-1908. | |||||||||||
| Relates to Koll's work in the Cass Lake land office (1906), including his appointment as receiver and special disbursing agent of proceeds of Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indian lands (June 26, 1906);, letter of H. L. Lewis (Aug. 7, 1906) relating to C. A. Lindbergh; letter (Aug. 27, 1907) to John T. Frater, Indian Agent at Onigum, Minnesota regarding Dr. Rodwell. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1909-1910. 9 folders | |||||||||||
| Relates to Koll's business interests in real estate and land and development, immigration, and politics, and his work as an agent for various insurance companies. Star Island is frequently mentioned. There are many letters inquiring about | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.7B | 1 | Correspondence, 1909-1910. 9 folders | |||||||||
| homestead opportunities. Frequent correspondents are Tollef Jacobson (Farmers National Bank, Alexandria, Minn.), Lowry Realty Company (Minneapolis, Minn.), Hawkeye Insurance Company (Des Moines, Ia.), C. S. Jameson (Littlefork (Minn.) Times), C. E. Oakley (Oakley State Bank, Buffalo, Minn.), and A. A. Cator of the Minnesota State Board of Immigration. Other notable items of interest in 1909 are a letter (Feb. 11) notifying Koll of his termination as receiver of public moneys, U.S. Land Office, Cass Lake; Koll's intention to deal in real estate and land work (Feb. 29), and a letter (Dec. 31) to the editor in reply to Iverson's "Swamp Land Cases." | |||||||||||
| In 1910 correspondence concerns Koll's service as a delegate to the First Minnesota Conservation and Agriculture Development Congress (March 16-19), and (March) his candidacy for the state legislature. Other correspondence relates to swamp land classification (April 26), politics (April 11 and 18, Aug. 29 and 30, Oct. 20 and 22), cut over lands (April 19 and 29). An affidavit of M. N. Koll (Oct. 10) relates to an arrest incident, and a notice of the Cardle Mining Company (Cass Lake) stockholder meeting (Sept. 10), lists M. N. Koll as a partner. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.8F | 2 | Correspondence, 1911-May 1913. 18 folders | |||||||||
| Continuation of business correspondence. Frequent correspondents include Van Sant Investment Company (St. Paul), Wells & Dickey Company (Minneapolis), George D. Silk, and J. Neils Lumber Company (Cass Lake). Items of particular interest for 1911 include information on the Cass Lake exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair (May 13, July 26), notice that ceded Ojibwe lands will open to entry (Aug. 22, July 21), Indian lands offered for sale (Sept. 25), | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.8F | 2 | Correspondence, 1911-May 1913. 18 folders | |||||||||
| information on the potato market (Oct. 26, Nov. 11), and a letter to governor Adolph O. Eberhart regarding the appointment of H. J. Maxfield as immigration commissioner. | |||||||||||
| Items from 1912 concern the Marshik-Fahey land deal (1912-1918), the Michael J. Shelley estate (1912-1918), politics (Feb. 3 and 19, March 11, 13, 14, and 15, April 4), Koll's experience (May 10) with cutover lands (letter later published in Northwest Farmstead, Aug. 21, 1912), his appointment as vice-president of the Minnesota Conservation and Agriculture Development Congress (Aug. 31), and a program (Sept. 24) from that event. There is also a letterhead from the Brotherhood of North American Indians (Nov. 11), and a letter from Annie E. Shelland, Superintendent of Schools, Koochiching County (Dec. 14). | |||||||||||
| Materials from 1913 include correspondence and legal papers relating to Koll's candidacy as commissioner of immigration (May), and a file on the sale of the Merchants Hotel in Cumberland, Wisconsin (1913-1914). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.9B | 3 | Correspondence, June 1913-December 1919. 25 folders | |||||||||
| Continuation of Koll's business correspondence. Subjects in 1913 portion include politics (July 25), lawsuit of C.F. Miller vs. M.N. Koll and D.M. Koll (Aug. 7), and cutover lands (Nov. 13). | |||||||||||
| The 1914 papers include suggestions for construction of a cottage on Star Island (March 30), letters (with photographs of property) to George Seward in Minneapolis (April), a letterhead of the Anti-Machine Republican Conference Committee (April 17, 22), a bond [circa July 6] for Vasilie Boloka (detained at Ellis Island immigration center), a letter (Oct. 5) relating to the Indian treaty of 1855, an inquiry about an opportunity for a private creamery (Oct. 6), and cutover lands (Dec. 5). | |||||||||||
| Items from 1915 include a letter (Jan. 4) regarding possible damage from "State Ditch," a letter (Feb. 2) relating to Rev. Charles T. Wright's (an Indian Episcopalian priest) house plans, power of attorney to M. N. Koll from Joseph G. Nett (March 24), a letter (March 25) relating his work with the | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.9B | 3 | Correspondence, June 1913-December 1919. 25 folders | |||||||||
| Northern Minnesota Development Association and his forestry work, a letter (April 5) relating that his information has been used in an article in Orange Judd Northwest Farmstead (April 10, 1915), information on the development of Star Island (June 28), and a resolution for Jefferson Highway through Minnesota (Dec.). | |||||||||||
| Papers from 1916 include correspondence with Royal Elk Milling Company (New York City), with M. L. Welch regarding moving mill from Oakes (N.D.) to Cass Lake, and with H.L. Nehls Company (Cedar Rapids, Ia.) relating to land sales, a letter (Jan. 15) regarding a bill for relief of settlers on state swamp lands, and a letter (Oct. 24) from the Republican State Central Committee. | |||||||||||
| Post-1916 correspondence includes materials regarding the preliminary program of the State Tax Conference (Feb. 27, 28, 1917), Pine Tree Manufacturing Company (Little Falls, Minn.), the Minnesota National Forest (1918), the adoption of Joseph Shedky (June 7 and Jan. 26, 1918), support of an increase in pension of Mrs. Gaubatz (Sept. 29), politics (Oct. 10 and 20, 1918; March 2, 1919), a petition for relief of widow and children (Sept. 8, Dec. 6, 1919), and an assessment for street paving on Third Avenue in Cass Lake (Sept. 30). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.10F | 4 | Correspondence, 1920-1928. 25 folders | |||||||||
| Continuation of Koll's business correspondence. Materials from 1920 include information on distances and elevations on the Turtle River (Sept.), Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association (1920-1930), politics (Feb. 28, April 16, May 4), shares committed for the Cass River Warehouse Association (April 11), farming conditions (Dec. 30), and relief for Frank and Antonne Werp (Oct. 15). | |||||||||||
| Items from 1921 include correspondence and stock certificates of the Chambers Manufacturing Company, in which Koll and his family were stockholders (Feb.-Oct.), information on politics (April 10, Nov. 21), a list of people involved in helping to improve the boat landing (May 5), information on a proposed boys camp (May 11), and correspondence with Den. E. Lane Real Estate (St. Paul), which begins December 14. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.10F | 4 | Correspondence, 1920-1928. 25 folders | |||||||||
| Topics of 1921 correspondence include Indian accounts at Dorothy Koll's store in Cass Lake (Jan. 13), politics (Feb. 2, Dec. 23), names of directors of Cass Lake Division of the Cass County Land Clearing Council (Feb 13), resolution of Walker Automobile Club to locate Indian agency at Cass Lake, list of boats at the Commercial Club dock (May 1), house for Cass Lake Indian agent (May 29), Kanz portable auto gasoline camp stove (including photographs, June 9), Indian lands offered for sale (Oct. 1), and the estate of John Smith (Ga-Be-Nah-Wonce, reported to be 134 years old, July 27, Oct. 11, and Feb. 15, 1932). A letter of P. S. Lovejoy, a writer for The Country Gentleman relates to the reopening of the Minnesota national forest and Indian lands for settlement (Nov.-Dec.). | |||||||||||
| The 1923 materials concern Mark L. Burns, an Indian working under Indian Commissioner (Jan. 31), a proposed muskrat farm (March 12-July 16), the Business Men of Cass Lake (Minutes, April 17), the rebuilding of the Soo Line Depot in Cass Lake (April 25), politics (May 26), Ojibwe agricultural lands for sale (June 20), and a lawsuit against M. N. Koll, D. M. Koll, and William and Frances Kapphahn (Aug. 17). | |||||||||||
| Topics in the 1924 papers include a request for widow's pension relief (Jan. 23), Committee for the Promotion of the McNary-Haugen Bill for agricultural relief (Feb. 14, March 19), politics (Feb. 11, Oct. 22), organizational plan of Headwaters Lakes Recreation Association (Sept. 24), and Koll's observation on the veterans hospital site (Dec. 27). | |||||||||||
| The 1925 materials include an advertisement for P.M. Larson & Sons (boat builders in Cass Lake, 1925), correspondence with J. H. Norris (letters extend through 1932), information about a prospective boys camp (Jan. 28), an affidavit of Indian enrollment (March 3), a statement by the president of the United Chippewa Council (March 10), and information on Lydick Farm (Oct. 7, 1925-July 6, 1926). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.15.10F | 4 | Correspondence, 1920-1928. 25 folders | |||||||||
| The 1926 correspondence includes materials on Ivy Burns (1926, 1929), on the Minnesota Committee of the American Council of Agriculture (C. H. Zealand), and on Indian concerns about the appointment of an attorney (Nov. 15). | |||||||||||
| Included among 1927 papers are correspondence and house plans of Helyn Hendrickson (1927), information on M. M. Nygaard (1927), a letter to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge regarding a summer White House and describing the estate of Edmund Pennington (March 12), information on the Kawajiwin summer camp for girls (May, 1927-Feb. 1929), a letterhead of the Gopher Knitting Works (Minneapolis), an inventory of the Highland Inn (Cass Lake) operated by Koll (Oct. 22), and a letterhead of the Star Island Lodge (Dec. 13). | |||||||||||
| Items from 1928 include minutes of the Republican Caucus (March 14), letter to secure an Indian village at the Diamond Jubilee Outdoor Exposition of the Minneapolis Lodge of B.P.O.E. (April 25, May 9), Koll's letter to the Voters of Cass County regarding his candidacy for the state legislature [circa May 15], information on the Minnesota Reforestation Commission (July-Aug.), and correspondence relating to the Highland Inn (Dec. 10). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.1B | 5 | Correspondence, 1929-1937. | |||||||||
| Items from 1929 concern abandonment of spur track east of Cass Lake (Jan. 24), J. J. Volker (Mar. 1-Aug. 7), and a citizens' committee to investigate Indian reservations (April 30). | |||||||||||
| Those from 1930 include information on forest conservation and fire prevention (Feb. 20), a request for a job for Indian boy (April 1), Ranklin Mattingly (July 11, 1930-Aug. 30, 1932), and a tax assessment case (Aug. 29). | |||||||||||
| Topics of 1931 and 1932 correspondence include the Chippewa Indian Women's Club of Cass Lake exhibit at the state fair (Sept. 15, 1931), a list of resorts and boys' and girls' camps near Cass Lake (circa 1932?), and political matters (April 9, May 12, 1932). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.1B | 5 | Correspondence, 1929-1937. | |||||||||
| Papers from 1933 include a report ("A Century of Progress") by S. Valentine Saxby, Chairman of the Minnesota Commission (Chicago 1933), a postcard publicizing a protest meeting, sponsored by Cass County Tax-Payers Association, Koll's letter (July 31) to Archie [A. A. Cator] relating to Cator's charges in The Pioneer (Walker, Minn.), and a memorandum concerning a Labor Day Celebration and Civilian Conservation Camp Field Day at Cass Lake (Aug. 9, Sept. 6). Materials post-dating 1933 include a notice of Cass Lake Booster Club community picnic (July 22, 1934), and a letter enclosing an affidavit for M. N. Koll (Sept. 1, 1937; Koll died in 1934). | |||||||||||
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| Albrecht, Carl, 1926-1927. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to Albrecht's proposed land purchase. | |||||||||||
| Buckman, Clarence B., 1906-1916. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to politics. | |||||||||||
| Buckman, Mark Martin, 1911, 1926-1931. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to land sales and politics. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.1B | 5 | Hartley, Heber L., 1910-1930. 2 folders | |||||||||
| Correspondence relating to business affairs, politics, and Cass Lake. Includes some correspondence with G. G. Hartley of Duluth, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Knutson, Harold, 1913, 1920-1933. 2 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence concerning the compensation claim of veteran Ross C. Sattley (1922), politics, and Cass Lake. | |||||||||||
| Lindbergh, Charles A., undated, and 1908-1917. 2 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to local and national politics, and personal and confidential letters concerning Lindbergh's marriage (Feb. 13 and 21, 1910). Includes a speech(?) by Lindbergh concerning the enforcement of the Minnesota Indian treaties (circa Dec. 1910), and letters concerning the reciprocity agreement with Canada (Feb. 7 and 16, 1911), swamp lands (Dec. 13, 1913), and the Indian treaties (June 22 and 24, 1914). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.1B | 5 | Nelson, Knute, 1916-1921. | |||||||||
| Correspondence relating to politics and concerns of Cass Lake including a bridge (1918), a resolution for bridge by Spooner, Minnesota officials (June 2, 1919), and consolidation of Cass Lake and Leech Lake Indian schools (Jan. 10, 1920). | |||||||||||
| Nett, Joseph G., 1914-1918. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to land contracts. | |||||||||||
| Paige, Mabeth, 1928, 1932-1933. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence concerning the rental and sale of her property in Cass Lake. | |||||||||||
| Svendsgaard, J., 1925. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to a land sale. | |||||||||||
| Thwing, Alfred L., 1920-1932. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence with a Grand Rapids lawyer and, later, a Minnesota state senator (1923-1929). | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.2F | 6 | Subject Files-Topical (associations and organizations). 19 folders | |||||||||
| America First Association, 1917-1920. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, printed material, and constitution (1917) of an organization whose tenets included "support of our Government in its gigantic task of arresting the monster foe of the civilized world." | |||||||||||
| J.E. Barr Pickling and Preserving Company, Inc. (St. Cloud, Minn.), 1921-1933. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, cucumber contracts, letterheads (National Canners Association, 1921; Minnesota Canners Association, [circa 1921]; Canners Inter-Organization, [circa 1921], and an order of assessment against its stockholders (1933). | |||||||||||
| Cass County Development Association, undated and 1912-1920. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, minutes (1915-1918), and meeting programs. | |||||||||||
| Cass County Tax-Payers Association, undated and 1931-1932. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, membership data, and minutes. A frequent correspondent is S. E. Elliot. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.2F | 6 | Cass Lake Boat Works, undated and 1929-1934. | |||||||||
| Correspondence relating to Cass Lake Commercial Club's involvement with the boat works. | |||||||||||
| Cass Lake Dam, 1919-1930. 2 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to a permanent dam at Cass Lake. A frequent correspondent is Harold Knutson. | |||||||||||
| Cass Lake Village Caucus, 1911-1916. | |||||||||||
| Colwick-Kirby Transaction, 1926-1931. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to a real estate transaction. | |||||||||||
| Dahl and Ohman, 1923-1927. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to sale of timber. | |||||||||||
| Gee Sah Con Farm, 1918-1925. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to sale of property. Other correspondence may be found in the chronological correspondence files. | |||||||||||
| Indian Industrial Art Exposition (Cass Lake), 1930, 1932. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, newspaper clipping, and miscellaneous items. George Selkirk was president. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.2F | 6 | Judicial Highway, undated and 1913-1930. 4 folders | |||||||||
| Correspondence, printed material, and petitions relating to roads in Cass, Hubbard, and Beltrami counties. Several Indian land tracts are involved. Correspondents include C. M. Babcock. | |||||||||||
| Ku Klux Klan, 1923. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and a report of threats allegedly made against Koll by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Electric Light and Power Company (Cass Lake), 1926. Appraisal. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Forest Fires Relief Commission, 1918-1920. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and census of losses near Cass Lake. | |||||||||||
| Postmaster Appointments, 1930-1933. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to Koll's appointments as postmaster in Cass Lake. | |||||||||||
| St. Mark's Boys Camp, undated and 1924-1933. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, floor plans, and building costs of a camp operated in Cass Lake by St. Mark's parish in St. Paul. Correspondents include Rev. L. J. Westfall. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.2F | 6 | Survey of Indian Reservation by Citizens Committee, 1929. | |||||||||
| Correspondence, newspaper clippings, report, and letters to the editors. | |||||||||||
| Vermillion Iron Development Company, 1909-1913. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to a mining company. | |||||||||||
| Cass Lake Commercial Club, 1906-1919. 10 folders | |||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation (1906, 1919), minutes (1912, 1916-1920, 1922-1924, 1929-1931), financial statements (1916-1932), and correspondence (undated, and 1906-1919) of a businessmen's organization formed to promote Cass Lake. It was organized in 1904 and incorporated in 1909. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.3B | 7 | Subject Files-Associations and organizations, C-M: | |||||||||
| Cass Lake Commercial Club, 1920-1933. 10 folders | |||||||||||
| Topics include a permanent dam at Cass Lake, summer resorts and development, efforts to get U.S. Indian Offices at Cass Lake (1922), development and availability of roads, a coaching camp (1927-1928), requests for lake accommodations, report of a special committee on the "Indian Problem" (circa 1930), Indian Industrial Arts Exposition (1930). | |||||||||||
| Cass Lake Co-operative Creamery Association, undated, 1914-1921, 1926-1931. 3 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, list of merchants underwriting the creamery (1914), stock certificates, membership agreements, articles of incorporation and bylaws, a menu from the Minnesota State Creamery and Cheese Factory Operators and Managers Association's, 25th Annual Convention, (Feb. 25-27, 1919), minutes (Feb. 6, Mar. 12, 1930), information on the resignation of Koll (Jan. 31, 1931), and questionnaires. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.3B | 7 | Cass Lake Silver Black Fox Company, undated and 1926-1931. | |||||||||
| Correspondence, printed material, stockholder list, and newspaper clippings. Includes correspondence with other fur companies. | |||||||||||
| Great Northern Railway Company, undated and 1911-1934. 7 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence with general immigration and agriculture development agents relating to settlement and land development. Letters come from people throughout the United States inquiring about the price of available land, type of farming done, and cutover lands. Many are channeled through J. L. McDonald, H. A. Noble, and E. C. Leedy of Great Northern Railway. Includes a letter (Sept. 25, 1921) with background information on the Indian cession of land to the government for settlement, the placement of that land put into the Minnesota National Forest and the ensuing problems. A printed letter (March 4, 1930) describes the land in six states served by the railroad. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.3B | 7 | Koll & Bartlett, 1909-1910. | |||||||||
| Balance sheet. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Arrowhead Association, 1925-1933. 2 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, annual reports, printed material relating to an organization existing to promote the natural resources of northeastern Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Association of Commercial Secretaries, 1915-1933. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, bylaws, programs, newspaper clippings, and a newsletter (July 1926) of an organization formed "to encourage the formation and development of commercial, civic, and community organizations." | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Automobile Association, 1916-1923, 1928. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and resolutions concerning roads and road building, motor vehicle laws, excise taxes, and insurance. Includes information on the status of state rural highways (Jan. 18, 1915). | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Fair Tax Association, 1920-1922. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, printed material, and some financial information. Includes a ledger with notations by Koll about people who would support the organization. A frequent correspondent is S. Valentine Saxby. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.4F | 8 | Minnesota Scenic Highway Association, 1916-1926, 1931. 22 folders | |||||||||
| Minutes, articles of incorporation, correspondence, questionnaires, mailing lists, and financial information (bills, receipts, and contributions pledged), of an organization formed to aid in the construction, maintenance, and operation of a highway through northern Minnesota. The correspondence concerns trail markers, maps, publicity, and legislative action. A booklet describes the resorts and towns. Questionnaires (1920) completed by the towns list population, points of interest, industries, garages, churches, lakes, and other information. They are filed alphabetically by town. | |||||||||||
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| 149.G.16.5B | 9 | Subject Files-Associations and organizations, M-N. | |||||||||
| Minnesota Scenic Highway Association, 1916-1917. 2 folders | |||||||||||
| Delegate lists and distances between towns. | |||||||||||
| J. Neils Lumber Company, undated and 1918-1924. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and land descriptions and prices. Other correspondence with the company may be found in the chronological correspondence files. | |||||||||||
| Newsome Feed and Grain Company, 1925-1926. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and some financial information relating to a business based in Minneapolis and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 149.G.16.5B | 9 | Northern Minnesota Development Association, 1906-1934. 23 folders | |||||||||
| History, minutes, resolutions, financial information, record book, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, programs, pageant papers, and miscellaneous material relating to an organization of counties in northern Minnesota formed to advance the material interests of the region. Subjects include the Indian treaty (1910), Canadian reciprocity agreement (1911), roads, immigration, reclamation policy (1913), and the GreatLakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association (1920). A diary of a trip describes Cass Lake and its | |||||||||||
| Northern Minnesota Development Association, 1906-1934. 23 folders | |||||||||||
| vicinity, and the Indians who lived there (March 25-27, 1926). Frequent correspondents include: C. A. Lindbergh, W. R. MacKenzie, Hugh J. Hughes, George D. McCarthy, and Fred T. Lincoln. Includes lists of people who were interested in northern Minnesota lands. | |||||||||||
| Northern Minnesota Historical Association, 1932-1934. | |||||||||||
| Minutes, financial information, and correspondence, especially with Earle A. Barker. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 149.G.16.6F | 10 | Subject Files-Associations and organizations. N-W. | |||||||||
| Northern Minnesota Sheep Growers' Association, 1917-1919. 7 folders | |||||||||||
| Minutes, correspondence, and printed material. A frequent correspondent is J. J. Opsahl. | |||||||||||
| Olwell & Brady, 1927-1929. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence with a law firm in Milwaukee about real estate transactions. | |||||||||||
| Taylor Lumber and Lath Company (Cass Lake), 1906-1907, 1912. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence of a company for which J. L. Koll was president and M. N. Koll was secretary-treasurer. | |||||||||||
| Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association, undated and 1918-1933. 7 folders | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating to an organization operating under the direction of the Minnesota Land and Lake Attraction Board which was created by the 41st Minnesota legislature to promote tourism. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 149.G.16.6F | 10 | Theodore Roosevelt International Highway Association, 1919-1927. 6 folders | |||||||||
| Constitution, bylaws, annual statements, correspondence, and printed material relating to an organization formed to improve and maintain a highway from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. | |||||||||||
| J. T. Welsh Company, 1926-1927. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence concerning a real estate transaction. | |||||||||||
| Tilden, J. H. Correspondence, 1907-1908. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence of a Denver (Colo.) physician with Dorothy Koll relating to the diet and exercise regimen he prescribed for her. He was a practitioner of holistic medicine. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 147.D.14.5B | 11 | Miscellaneous Papers: | |||||||||
| Letters to the Editor from M. N. Koll, newspaper clippings, account book, and photographs of Koll family and Cass Lake High School. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 1. Diary, 1919. M. N. Koll. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 2. Account Book, 1880-1884. (in German) Lorenz Koll? | |||||||||||
| Vol. 3. Account Book, 1892-1893. M. N. Koll, Cold Spring, Minn. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 4. Account Book, 1909-1910. M. N. Koll, Cass Lake. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 5. Minute Book, 1911-1918. Cass Lake Commercial Club | |||||||||||
| Vol. 6. Minute Book, 1920-1930. Cass Lake Commercial Club. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 7. Journal, 1911-1916. Cass Lake Commercial Club. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 147.D.14.5B | 11 | Vol. 8. Stock Book, 1914. Cass Lake Commercial Club. | |||||||||
| Vol. 9. Assessment Book, 1923-1924. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 10 Collection Book, 1922-1923. Theodore Roosevelt International Highway Association. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 11. Time Book, July 1916. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 12. Newspaper Clippings, 1912. M. N. Koll. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 13. Newspaper Clippings, 1913. M. N. Koll. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 14. Newspaper Clippings, 1918. M. N. Koll. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 15. Account Book, 1917. Vogue Hat Shop? (Cass Lake, owned by Dorothy Koll). | |||||||||||
| Vol. 16. Account Book, 1918. Vogue Hat Shop? | |||||||||||
| Vol. 17. Account Book, 1919-1920. Vogue Hat Shop? | |||||||||||
| Vol. 18. Election Notebook. | |||||||||||
| Vol. 19. Minute Book, Dec. 16, 1923-May 12, 1924. Catholic Order of Foresters. St. Reinhart Court, No. 483. (Cass Lake, Minn.) | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 147.C.15.3B | 12 | Miscellaneous Photographs. 15 folders | |||||||||
| Many photographs depicting members of the Koll and Kapphahn families, Cass Lake High School graduates, members of Catholic religious orders, vews of Cass Lake, and other topics relating to Koll, his life, and his family. Twelve folders are grouped by subject; three folders are completely unsorted. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Boating industry -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake.
- Camps -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Canning and preserving -- Minnesota -- Industry and trade.
- Cass Lake (Minn.) -- Commerce.
- Cass Lake (Minn.) -- Social life and customs.
- Creameries -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake.
- Cutover lands -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Dams -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake.
- Diet -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake.
- Fathers and daughters -- Minnesota -- Correspondence.
- Forest fires -- Minnesota.
- Fur farming -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Holistic medicine -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake.
- Insurance -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake -- Agents.
- Land settlement -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Minnesota National Forest.
- Minnesota, North Central -- Description and travel -- 1918-1945.
- Minnesota, North Central -- Economic development.
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1898-1918.
- Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.
- Ojibwa Indians -- Minnesota -- Government.
- Ojibwa Indians -- Minnesota -- Reservations -- Land tenure.
- Ojibwa women -- Societies and clubs.
- Railroad lands -- Minnesota.
- Real estate development -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Resorts -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake.
- Roads -- Minnesota, North Central -- Design and construction.
- Roads -- Minnesota, North Central -- Location.
- Roads -- Minnesota -- Societies, etc.
- Sheep -- Minnesota -- Breeding -- Societies, etc.
- Taxation -- Minnesota -- Public opinion.
- Tourist trade -- Minnesota, North Central.
- Vacation homes -- Minnesota -- Cass Lake.
- Persons:
- Babcock, Charles M. (Charles Merritt), 1871-1936.
- Barker, Earle.
- Brennen, Irene Koll, 1910-.
- Buckman, Clarence Bennett, 1851-1917.
- Buckman, Mark Martin, 1888-1964.
- Koll family.
- Organizations:
- America First Association.
- Cass County Development Association (Minn.).
- Catholic Order of Foresters. St. Reinhart Court, No. 483 (Cass Lake, Minn.).
- Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.).
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).
- Minnesota Automobile Association.
- Vermillion Iron Development Company (Minn.).
- Types of Documentation:
- Business records.
- Minutes (administrative records).
- Photographs.
- Occupations:
- Salesmen, Insurance.
- Salesmen, Real estate.
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