JAMES TAYLOR DUNN AND FAMILY:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Dunn, James Taylor, creator.
	Title:	James Taylor Dunn and family papers,
	Dates:	1813-2000 (bulk 1860-2000).
	Abstract:	Personal and family papers created and collected by librarian and local historian James Taylor Dunn, his family, and the following collateral families: Curran, Grigg, Langford, Monfort, Sweeting, Taylor, and Bach.
	Quantity:	39.0 cubic feet (37 boxes and 1 folder).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

James Taylor Dunn was born in St. Paul in 1912, the third and youngest son of Alice Monfort and John Warner Grigg Dunn. He attended Saint Paul Academy from 1921 to 1930 and graduated from the Milford School (Milford, Conn.) in 1932. He pursued his college education at Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y., 1932-1936).

In 1936, Dunn and his two brothers started Globe, a magazine devoted to "travel, romance, adventure, and world interest." Despite contributions from such well-known authors as Ludwig Bemelmans, Vardis Fisher, Langston Hughes, Harrison Salisbury, William Saroyan, Jesse Stuart, William Carlos Williams, and Ezra Pound, Globe folded in 1938 due to editorial and financial difficulties.

After the demise of Globe, Dunn continued his education, earning a degree in library science from Syracuse University (N.Y.) in 1939. After a brief stint at the University of California at Berkeley, he took positions in the public libraries of Chemung County and Olean, New York.

Dunn's library career was temporarily interrupted by World War II. In 1942, Dunn was inducted into the U.S. Army and served as second and first lieutenant with an antiaircraft battalion in the United States. He went overseas in February 1944 and saw action in England, France, and Germany before returning to the United States in December 1945.

During his military service in Europe, Dunn met Marie-Catherine Bach, a native of Luxembourg. The couple were married in 1946 and settled in Cooperstown, where Dunn resumed his work as head librarian of Olean Public Library and later moved on to the New York State Historical Association. Dunn moved back to Minnesota in 1955, when he became chief librarian at the Minnesota Historical Society, where he worked until his retirement in 1972.

Throughout his life Dunn sustained a deep love for the St. Croix River Valley, inspired, perhaps, by the many happy days spent at the family summer home in Marine on St. Croix (donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota in 1999) during his youth. Like his father, he became dedicated to the protection and preservation of the St. Croix River area, and he served on a number of committees devoted to that purpose. In 1965 he published The St. Croix: Midwest Border River and later published several histories of the town of Marine on St. Croix, along with numerous articles and booklets about the region.

Dunn was an avid genealogist and conducted thorough research on his family history. He took a particular interest in his great aunt, Elizabeth Taylor, an artist and writer who traveled extensively, living for ten years in the remote Faroe Islands. Dunn collected and edited her writings, which he compiled in a volume he titled "Elizabeth and the Far Islands: Ten Years on the Faroes." After a 17-year search for a publisher, the book, now titled The Far Islands and Other Cold Places: Travel Essays of a Victorian Lady, was published by Pogo Press in 1997. Dunn's tenacity was rewarded in 1998 when he received the Minnesota Book Award for Personal Papers.

John Grigg

John Grigg, born in Cornwall, England, joined the Benjamin Johnson Book Sellers firm in 1816, eight years after its founding by Johnson and Benjamin Warner. When Warner died in 1823, Grigg expanded the firm to include publication of medical texts and it became one of the largest publishing firms in Philadelphia. In 1850 Grigg sold the firm to J. B. Lippincott.

Nathaniel Pitt Langford

Nathaniel Pitt Langford was born in New York state (1832) and came to St. Paul in 1854, entering the banking field. He lived in Montana (1864-1868), and was on the expedition that discovered the Yellowstone Park area (1870). Langford authored two books on the Yellowstone and died in St. Paul in 1911.

Chloe Sweeting Langford

Chloe Sweeting Langford was born in New York state (1794); married George Langford (1814), another member of the Langford family; and died in St. Paul (1888). Their daughter Chloe (b. 1821) married James Wickes Taylor.

James Wickes Taylor

James Wickes Taylor was born in New York state (1918); graduated from Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.); and was a lawyer by profession. He came to St. Paul in 1856 and was appointed U.S. Consul at Winnipeg, Canada (1870), remaining in that position until his death in 1893.

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of James Wickes Taylor, was born in 1853. She never married, but traveled extensively in Canada and Europe. In the 1880s and the 1890s she made two journeys on the Nipigon and MacKenzie rivers in Canada and visited a number of European countries, residing for a while in England. She also visited Iceland and lived for more than ten years on the Faroe Islands, where she was interned during World War I, finally returning to the U.S. in the 1920s. From that time until her death in 1932, Taylor lived at "Wake Robin," a cabin she had built near Rochester, Vermont. She was an artist and writer, and a number of her descriptive writings were published in outdoor and nature magazines as well as in Atlantic Monthly and Forum.

Charles Junius Monfort

Charles Junius Monfort was born in 1841 in New York state and came to Minnesota in the early 1860s. After serving as clerk to the paymaster, Department of Dakota, during the Civil War, he operated a grocery business (1867 to the 1880s) and later became the proprietor of the Windsor Hotel in St. Paul. He married Alice Taylor (daughter of James Wickes Taylor and sister of Elizabeth Taylor) in 1871.

Alice Monfort

Alice Monfort, daughter of Charles and Alice Monfort, was born in St. Paul in 1872. She married John Warner Grigg Dunn in 1902 and the couple had three sons. Alice Monfort died in 1954.

John Warner Grigg Dunn

John Warner Grigg Dunn was born in Pennsylvania (1869) and came to Minnesota in the early 1890s. He was a sportsman and authored numerous articles on outdoor life. He was also interested in horticulture and maintained extensive gardens in his homes in St. Paul and Marine on St. Croix. His interest in the St. Croix River Valley prompted him to build a home in Marine. "Pine Needles" became the family summer home and was maintained by family members until 1998, when the property was donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota. Dunn married Alice Monfort in 1902 and had three sons: John Warner Grigg, Jr., Montfort (baptized Monfort), and James Taylor. Dunn died in St. Paul in 1941.

John Warner Grigg Dunn, Jr.

John Warner Grigg Dunn, Jr. ("Jack") was born in St. Paul (1903). He graduated from Stanford University (1929), where he studied journalism, and for three years served in the Merchant Marines. From 1931 to 1933 he traveled extensively in Europe, visiting almost every country. In 1937 he and his two brothers started at travel magazine, Globe, which lasted until 1941. Dunn served in the U.S. Naval Intelligence during World War II and then resumed his travels, mainly in Mexico and other Latin American countries. He authored a number of travel guides to those countries, wrote newspaper articles on them, and lived a part of each year in Mexico. He died in St. Paul in 1975.

Montfort Dunn

Montfort Dunn was born in St. Paul in 1907 and graduated from Yale University in 1930. After studying art in Paris under Amédée-Julien Ozenfant and Louis Marcoussi during the early 1930s, he returned to St. Paul to become art director of Globe magazine. In the 1940s and 1950s, he served as gallery director for the St. Paul Gallery and School of Art and the University Gallery in Minneapolis.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

An extensive collection of family papers consisting of correspondence, genealogical data and family histories, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and related materials documenting the activities of James Taylor Dunn, his family, and collateral families, including the Langford, Sweeting, Grigg, Taylor, Monfort, and Dunn families. The papers detail the activities of nineteenth and twentieth century upper middle class families, well educated and traveled, and aware of their various family origins. Correspondence and diaries contain detailed information on family life, their many travels in the United States and abroad, and the lives and careers of earlier generations in Philadelphia and New York state.

Of particular interest are the papers of Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of U.S. Consul (Winnipeg) James Wickes Taylor. Taylor, who traveled extensively in the northern parts of Canada and Europe, as well as the Faroe Islands, and left many detailed letters and diaries and art work describing her life in those countries.

The papers of John Warner Grigg Dunn, his wife Alice Monfort Dunn, and their three sons, John, Jr. ("Jack"), Montfort, and James Taylor ("Jim"), constitute the major component of the collection. There are diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and correspondence detailing the family's European travels; hunting, fishing, and outdoor life in Pennsylvania and Minnesota; Jack's and Jim's World War II service; and the family's lifelong interest in the preservation of the St. Croix River Valley (Minn. and Wis.) area. Also included are literary manuscripts, correspondence, artwork, and other papers relating to Globe magazine, which was edited and published by Jack and his two brothers (1937-1941).

In addition to documenting the lives of the respective families and individuals, the materials reflect the genealogical research activities of James Taylor Dunn, who collected and donated the materials. Throughout the collection are notations by Dunn that further identify individuals and events.

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ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:


	James Taylor Dunn Papers
		Dunn and Bach Family Genealogy.
		Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Photographs.
		Correspondence.
		World War II Materials.
		Globe Magazine Materials.
		Writings and Speeches.
		Research Files.
	Family Papers
		Langford-Sweeting-Curran Families.
		Grigg-Dunn Families.
		Dunn-Garrett Families.
		James Wickes Taylor.
		Elizabeth Taylor.
		Charles Junius Monfort Family.
		Alice Monfort Dunn.
		John Warner Grigg Dunn.
		John Warner Grigg Dunn, Jr.
		Montfort Dunn.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. James Taylor Dunn and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 7926; 9076; 12,538; 12,580; 13,421; 14,003; 14,621; 14,658; 14,912; 15,053; 15,105; 15,291; 15,318; 15,415; 15,610; 15,650; 15,781; 16,703

Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn Johnson, 1994; Lara Friedman~Shedlov, December 1996 and January 2002.

Catalog ID number: 990017336350104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

JAMES TAYLOR DUNN PAPERS

Dunn's papers document his career as a librarian (1940-1972); his service as a second and first lieutenant in an antiaircraft battalion, European Theater of Operations (1942-1945); and his lifelong interest in the St. Croix River and valley, as well as several other areas of historical research.

Genealogical and Biographical Material

Location

Box

143.A.2.3B

Dunn and Bach family genealogy. 1 volume.

Miscellaneous biographical and genealogical material.

Maria Bach Dunn: Biographical information, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers, 1946-1995.

Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Photographs

Dunn kept diaries for much of his life, particularly when he travelled. In addition to entries describing his thoughts and activities, the volumes frequently include annotated photographs and clippings, and occasionally maps and drawings.

Dunn's early diaries (1925-1939) contain much information on his many activities as a youth in Marine on St. Croix (Minn.) and his student days at Milford Academy (Milford, Conn.), and Hamilton College (N.Y.), with assessments of friends, books read, plays and concerts attended, and quotations from books and poetry, all reflecting his interests and philosophy as a young man.

The bulk of the volumes (1961-1992) focuses primarily on foreign travel, detailing the many trips made by Dunn and his wife Maria. The couple's frequent travels to Luxembourg (where Maria was born) are documented in long narrative entries containing information on the Bach family life in Luxembourg and descriptions of areas visited, as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed items. Other trips described in the diaries include journeys to London, Portugal, Madeira, Senegal, the Faroe Islands, and Cornwall.

The latest volumes (1993-1999) are more reflective, containing primarily musings on current events and annotated clippings and photographs, as well as material documenting the Dunns' philanthropic and research activities.

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143.A.2.3B

Diary, autograph album, 1922-1923; 1925-1930. 1 folder, containing 2 volumes.

Miscellany: Northland Gateway Camp (Eva Lake, Kawane, Ontario), 1926-1928.

Includes newsletters, song sheets, and other memorabilia.

Photo album: Camp O-Wa-Kon-Ze (Baril Lake, Ontario), 1925.

Photo album: Northland Gateway Camp (Eva Lake, Kawane, Ontario), 1926-[1928?].

Location

Box

143.B.15.9B

Diary-photograph album, 1932-1936.

Details Dunn's trip to Europe in 1932 to visit his brother Montfort in Paris and his tours of Cornwall, Spain, Italy, and Germany. Photographs and other memorabilia accompany the text. The rest of the volume contains photographs and information on his trip to Colorado (1933), as well as documenting his life in Marine and at Hamilton College.

Diary fragment, June 1931.

Diary, July-November 1931.

Diaries, November 1931-December 1939. 3 volumes.

Scrapbook pages: Dunn's library career, 1940-1947. 2 folders.

Includes correspondence, certificates, and newspaper clippings documenting Dunn's career as a librarian in Chemung County, Olean, and Cooperstown, New York.

Photo album: James and Maria Dunn in Cooperstown (N.Y.) and Marine on St. Croix, 1946-1952.

Location

Box

142.F.4.4F

Scrapbooks: Dunn's library career, 1948-1962. 2 volumes.

Documents Dunn's career as a librarian in Olean and Cooperstown, New York and at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Location

Box

143.B.15.9B

Diary/scrapbook: Luxembourg, 1961.

Diary: "Down the Upper St. Croix Valley: Solon Springs to Taylor's Falls," May 19-22, 1964.

Diary/scrapbook: Luxembourg, 1965-1966.

Diary: Senegal, 1971.

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142.F.18.6F

Diary/scrapbook: Luxembourg and Zeppelin family estate, Biberach/Riss, Germany, 1966.

Includes detailed information on the Dunns' trip to the von Brandenstein-Zeppelin estate in Biberach/Riss, Germany to study the family papers relating to Zeppelin's visit to Minnesota in 1863. Interesting observations of the estate and the Zeppelin family are included, as well as a visit to Daniel Greysolon Sieur Du Lhut's birthplace in St. Germain-Laval entitled, "On the Trail of Daniel Greysolon."

Location

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143.A.2.7B

Diary/scrapbook: Luxembourg, London, Madeira, Portugal, 1970-1973.

Diary/scrapbook: Faroe Islands, Luxembourg, Cornwall, England, 1978-1981.

The first part of this volume concerns the visit made by Dunn to the Faroe Islands (1978) to learn more about Elizabeth Taylor's life there. The narrative contains information and photographs of families visited, scenes in the islands, and related information. (See also photo album.)

Location

Box

142.F.4.4F

Photo album: Faroe Islands, 1978.

Photo album: Cornwall, England, 1980.

Illustrates Dunn's trip with information on the Dunn ancestral home and family cemeteries.

Location

Box

143.A.2.7B

Diary/scrapbook: Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Hamilton College, Texas, and Minnesota, 1983-1992.

Diary/scrapbook: Texas, Minnesota New York, 1993-1997.

Diary/scrapbook: Minnesota, 1997-1999.

This volume mainly documents the publication, after over 20 years of effort, of The Far Islands and Other Cold Places: Travel Essays of A Victorian Lady. The essays, which were compiled and edited by Dunn, were written by his great aunt, Elizabeth Taylor.

Daily diaries, 1974, 1986-1990, 1992, 1996. 2 folders, containing 8 volumes.

Pocket diaries containing brief entries on daily activities, appointments, weather, expenses, etc.

Photographs:

Photos and sketches of James Taylor Dunn, John W. G. Dunn, Jr., and Charles B. Dunn, 1916-1938. 11 items.

Summers in Marine, 1934-1936. 5 items.

Items appear to have been clipped from a scrapbook.

Interior of James and Maria Dunn home in Cooperstown (N.Y.), 1949-1955. 15 items.

Portraits; on the St. Croix; dedication of Pine Needles Land Preserve, 1946, 1982, 1992, 1999. 9 items.

Correspondence

Extensive correspondence files contain information on Dunn's travels, family matters, work, research, and philanthropic activities. Major correspondents include college friends, John Gagwood Linn of American University in Beirut, Lebanon (1939-1941); members of his wife's family, the Bachs of Luxembourg (after 1946); Minnesota Historical Society staff, his brother Montfort Dunn, Walter Mondale, and others on a variety of subjects including the preservation of the St. Croix River region, family matters, and visits to Luxembourg by Dunn and his wife Mária. Other topics include life as a student at Hamilton College (1932-1936); his visit to a ranch in Wyoming (1938); and his gifts of Ezra Pound volumes and financial support to Hamilton College.

While the bulk of the correspondence is arranged chronologically, there are several series of correspondence with particular individuals or on particular subjects, most notably his long effort to collect and publish the letters, articles, drawings, and other work of his great aunt, Elizabeth Taylor, and his many donations of art works and money to museums and galleries around the country.

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143.B.20.14F

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1912, 1916, 1929-1972. 23 folders.

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Box

143.A.2.6F

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1973-1992. 19 folders.

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143.J.7.3B

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1992-1999. 17 folders.

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143.B.20.15B

Wallace and Margaret Thexton annual letters, 1976-1983.

"The Wayfarer" (John W. G. Dunn, Jr. home in Marine), 1968-1970.

Correspondence primarily between James Taylor Dunn and his brothers, Montfort and John ("Jack"). Includes 15 photographs.

"Pine Needles" (Dunn property in Marine), 1949-1992. 2 folders.

Includes deeds and correspondence.

Elizabeth Taylor papers, collection and publication of, 1932-1993. 7 folders.

American Association for State and Local History, 1990-1991.

Concerning the Certificate of Commendation for dedication to state and local history awarded to Dunn by the association in 1990 for his work relating to the history of the St. Croix Valley.

Milford Academy alumni, 1991.

Includes a transcription of diary entries from Dunn's year (1931-1932) at Milford Academy (known then as Milford School) in Milford, Connecticut as well as correspondence concerning efforts to locate fellow alumni.

Royal Institute of Cornwall (Parson Robert Stephen Hawker book donation), 1992-1994.

Donations, 1994-1998.

Art donations, 1946-1992, 1995-1998. 3 folders.

World War II Materials

Correspondence, service records, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, and printed material document Dunn's military career during World War II. Long narrative letters written to his mother describe Dunn's army training activities in the midwestern and southern United States, and after February 1944, his army life in England, France, Luxembourg, and Germany. Artwork includes watercolor sketches by René Gailland and by German school children.

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143.A.2.4F

Service records, 1942-1953. 3 folders.

Includes 1 volume, "My Service Record," as well as special orders, certificates of service, and other records.

Correspondence, January 1942- December 1945. 21 folders.

Location

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143.A.2.5B

Diaries, 1944-1945. 2 folders, including 2 volumes.

Annotated Photo Albums/Scrapbooks:

Army camps, maneuvers, and related activities, United States, 1942-1943.

Normandy, July-September 1944.

Laval, France, August-September 1944.

Troyes, St. Dizier, September-December 1944.

Reims, 1945.

Metz and other cities, 1945.

Photographs and Artwork:

Location

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142.F.4.4F

Group photographs of Officers Candidate School, Camp Davis; Battery "B" Antiaircraft Training Battalion, 1942; 1944. 1 folder, including 3 items.

Watercolors of liberation of Paris by René Gailland and by German school children, undated and 1944. 9 items.

Location

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143.A.2.5B

Studio portraits of Dunn and group photographs of the 456th AAA Battalion, Elgin Field, Florida, 1942. 15 items.

Printed Material:

Nazi publications, undated and 1937-1944. 2 folders.

"Johnson Journal" (ship's newsletter), undated and December 1-12, 1945.

French and American newspapers (Stars and Stripes), 1944-1945.

Guidebooks by country: Belgium, Luxembourg, Britain, France, and Germany. 4 folders.

Maps.

Globe Magazine Materials:

See also the John Warner Grigg Dunn, Jr. papers for additional Globe materials.

Location

Box

143.B.20.16F

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1942-1993. 3 folders.

Correspondence: Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1947-1958, 1985.

Index cards. 1 folder, including 2 packets.

Note cards indexing Globe artists and authors published in the magazine. A second set of cards includes miscellaneous notes on topics covered, advertisers, the printing schedule, and other data.

Ezra Pound:

In the 1990s Dunn collaborated with Cameron McWhirter in an an effort to publish a book about Ezra Pound based on his articles for and correspondence with Globe.

Ezra Pound and Globe: Photographs and articles.

Unpublished articles by Ezra Pound for Globe, compiled by Cam McWhirter.

Correspondence with Cam McWhirter regarding "Pounding the Globe" (proposed book), 1991-1994.

Forward for "Pounding the Globe" by James Taylor Dunn.

Book proposal, 2000.

Writings and Speeches

See also the series of research files for additional material written by Dunn.

Location

Box

143.A.2.8F

"The Pine Chronicle," 1923-1930. 9 folders.

A youthful journalistic endeavor by Dunn and other summer residents of Marine on St. Croix. The 38 hand prepared issues contain essays, poems, pictures cut from magazines, advertisements, and similar materials.

Miscellaneous poetry, 1930, 1932.

"Fallen Leaves" (original poetry), 1932-1942. 1 volume.

Published articles, 1932-1989. 3 folders.

Newspaper, magazine, and journal articles by Dunn, mainly on historical topics.

Unpublished articles, essays, and drafts, 1930-1987. 2 folders.

Speeches, 1936-1967.

Research Files

The largest portion of the James Taylor Dunn papers consist of his research files, especially the extensive files documenting his interest in the St. Croix River and Valley. Other research interests documented in the series include the Struwwelpeter ("Slovenly Peter") stories and the travels and work of his great aunt, Elizabeth Taylor, whose papers he edited and published in 1998.

Also included are a group of research files relating to St. Paul. Of particular interest are Dunn's notes and drafts of his history of the St. Paul Schubert Club. There are also files of material compiled by Dunn on hotels (particularly the Windsor), homes, Irvine Park, yacht clubs, the Ordway Music Theater, Rice Park, and Summit Avenue.

Location

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143.B.15.12F

St. Paul:

Carpenter Hotel, 1889-1960.

Grand Avenue, 1921-1980.

Hotels and homes, 1890s.

Irvine Park, 1862-1873.

Musical societies, 1856-1979.

Schubert Club book by Dunn: Notes and drafts. 4 folders.

Research materials for a book published in 1983.

Windsor and St. Paul Hotel, 1897-1987.

Yacht Club, 1913-1987.

Miscellaneous organizations: Minnesota Boat Club; Ordway Music Theater; Rice Park; Summit Avenue; Theater St. Paul; White Bear Yacht Club.

Struwwelpeter:

The Struwwelpeter ("Slovenly Peter") stories, written by Heinrich Hoffman for his three-year-old son in 1844, were a personal interest of Dunn, who began collecting them after taking a class on children's literature while a student of librarianship. The files document his research on the stories and their translations; his collecting efforts; the donation of the collection to the Kerlan Research Collection of Children's Literature at the University of Minnesota in 1992; and the planning of an international symposium at the Kerlan on the stories and the many parodies and political satires based on them. Also included is an English edition of the stories, published and inscribed to Dunn by the translator, Seanair, in 1995.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1945-1992.

Orders and lists, 1947-1992.

Bibliography by Dunn, 1991.

Struwwelpeter Tales of Hoffman, American-English translations by Seanair, 1995.

Elizabeth Taylor:

See also the correspondence series for correspondence relating efforts to publish the Elizabeth Taylor papers. See also the diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs series for journals documenting Dunn's 1978 trip to the Faroe islands to conduct additional research. See also the Elizabeth Taylor papers for additional writings of Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth and the Far Islands: Ten Years on the Faroes, by Elizabeth Taylor, edited by James Taylor Dunn (unpublished, bound manuscript). 1979.

A revised version of this volume was published as The Far Islands and Other Cold Places: Travel Essays of A Victorian Lady in 1997.

Alaska articles.

Scandinavia articles.

Minnesota Book Award, 1998.

The Far Islands and Other Cold Places: Travel Essays of A Victorian Lady received the 1998 Minnesota Book Award for personal papers.

Duluth, Daniel Greysolon Sieur du Lhut, and St. Germain-Laval, 1954, 1963-1968, 1977-1979. 2

Location

Box

143.B.15.10F

Luxembourg:

Articles by Dunn, undated.

Luxembourgers: Correspondence, 1950-1984.

Medical quacks, 1904-1963.

Minnesota Historical Society, 1989-1992.

Minnesota popular music, undated and 1954-1979. 5 folders.

"Our Northstar State," newsletter by Dunn, 1949.

Includes one printed copy and typewritten transcripts.

Panoramas:

Dakota Conflict, 1955-1986.

Von Ness murders, New York State, 1954-1955.

Paris libraries research, fur trade, 1954-1955.

St. Croix River and Valley:

These files include historical materials on Marine on St. Croix, other towns, and individual families; correspondence, drafts, sketches, reprint information, and similar material relating to Dunn's book, The St. Croix: Midwest Border River; and 28 indexed scrapbooks (1951-1989) containing newspaper clippings and other materials on all aspects of life in the area, and especially the controversy over the construction of a steam power plant by Northern States Power near Stillwater. (In spite of area-wide opposition to the plant, it was built.) Dunn was active in the "Save the St. Croix" organization which led the opposition.

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143.B.15.10F

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1953-1985. 2 folders.

Primary materials, undated and 1830-1882.

Miscellaneous materials and notes, undated and 1906-1987.

Newspaper articles and books, 1840s-1987.

Marine on St. Croix:

Histories: research materials and correspondence, 1858-1988.

Historic district and Highway 95: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1952-1987.

Businessmen's associations, 1956-1969.

"Marine: You've Seen it All, " play script by Dale Connelly, 1989-1990.

Marine on St. Croix: 150 Years of Village Life, by James Taylor Dunn: Correspondence, financial supporters, and miscellany, 1985-1989. 3 folders.

Paintings of Marine by George Bannarn and Carolyn Lodge. The Bannarn painting was purchased in 1968; the Lodge painting in 1964.

Soo Line railroad and depot: Legal case papers, 1969-1979. 2 folders.

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143.B.15.11B

Marine Mills: "So Many Memories," by John Gabel, [1968?].

Marine Mills historic site, 1969-1975. 2 folders.

Marine, Illinois: Judd Family information, 1954-1977. 2 folders.

"Ella Cinders" comic strip, 1956, 1970.

Save the St. Croix, Inc.:

"Organizations Sharing Concern for the Future of the St. Croix River and Valley," 1964.

U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution hearings, Stillwater, December 11, 1964.

St. Croix Falls: Wisconsin Land Office materials, 1846-1962.

"State Parks of the St. Croix Valley," Department of Natural Resources booklet by Dunn, 1978-1982.

Teachers' guide, Washington County, 1971.

Washington County Court House presentation, 1962-1974.

Washington County Court House Capital Fund Drive advisory committee, 1985-1986.

Two manuscripts by Dunn: Stillwater prison and steamboats, undated.

The St. Croix: Midwest Border River:

Correspondence with publishers, 1963-1965. 2 folders.

Correspondence with Carl Carmer (editor of the Rivers of America series), 1956-1976.

Correspondence concerning publication, 1961-1969.

Final draft, 1964. 4 folders.

Chapter research notes, undated.

Reprints, 1978-1984.

Sketches for the book by Evan Hart, undated.

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142.F.18.6F

Scrapbook on publication of the book, 1964-1970.

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143.J.7.4F

Osceola Bridge controversy (public hearing), 1952.

St. Croix Valley railroad depots: Notes, 1993.

Notes for Country Messenger Articles:

Charles F. Ekdahl (1868-1934), 1994.

Henry Fuller Otis (1844-1937), 1944.

John George Ward (1838-1922), 1996.

"A St. Croix Miscellany: Articles Originally Published in The Country Messenger (Marine), The Dalles Visitor (Taylors Falls), The St. Croix Valley Press (Stillwater)" by James Taylor Dunn, 1980s-1990s.

Transcripts of St. Croix County Board of Commissioners minutes and treasurer's book, 1840-1849.

Individual families and towns, 1854-1992. 2 folders.

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143.B.15.13B

St. Croix Valley scrapbooks, 1951-1961. 5 volumes.

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143.B.15.14F

St. Croix Valley scrapbooks, 1962-1966. 5 volumes.

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143.B.15.15B

St. Croix Valley scrapbooks, 1967-1971. 5 volumes.

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143.B.15.16F

St. Croix Valley scrapbooks, 1973, 1975, 1980-1983. 3 volumes.

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142.F.18.6F

St. Croix Valley scrapbook, 1974. 1 volume.

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143.F.4.3B

St. Croix Valley scrapbooks, 1975-1980, 1983-1989. 4 volumes.

The St. Croix and Northern States Power, 1965. 1 volume.

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142.F.18.6F

The St. Croix and Northern States Power, 1964. 1 volume.

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142.F.9.4F

The St. Croix and Northern States Power, 1965-1974. 2 volumes.

Index cards to St. Croix Valley scrapbooks, volumes 1-15. 1 file box.

Index cards to St. Croix Valley research, A-L. 1 card file drawer.

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142.F.9.5B

Index cards to St. Croix Valley research, M-Z. 1 card file drawer.

Personal and Business Papers Collected by Dunn:

Dunn collected papers and records for a number of St. Croix valley area families and businesses as part of his research.

Location

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143.J.7.4F

Biegler, C. A.: Letter, St. Paul, April 9, 1887.

Contains information on his wife and children with their ages and ambitions and on economic conditions in St. Paul, mainly real estate.

Draper, Nelson Cutler: Selected diary entries, Marine Mills, 1857-1859.

Photocopies of selected diary entries dealing with events in Marine, weather, trips to Taylors Falls and Stillwater, and social events.

Elwell, Tallmadge and Margaret (Miller): Elwell diaries (photocopies), St. Anthony, 1852, 1854. 2 folders.

Diaries of an early Minnesota daguerreotypist and his wife with brief entries concerning life and activities in St. Anthony Falls, Stillwater, and Cottage Grove. Includes correspondence and notes. The diary was edited by James Taylor Dunn and published in The Daguerrean Annual, 1992, under the title "The Diary of Tallmadge Elwell: Pioneer Daguerreotypist, 1852." Original diaries are stored in the Minnesota Historical Society Reserve Collections.

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Tallmadge Elwell diary, 1852. 1 volume.

Not Available: On Exhibit, July 28, 2025.

Margaret Miller diary, 1854. 1 volume.

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Lindquist, C. G.: Invoice book, Marine Mills, 1881-1889.

Book of invoices received by Lindquist from saddlers, hardware, leather goods, and similar items for horses. The following firms are represented: E.J. Barthel, Sheffer and Rossum, Schmidt and Miller of St. Paul, and Harrison and Knight and John D. Kaestner of Minneapolis.

Gaskill, James R. M.:

Correspondence and business papers and two day books kept by Gaskill, a physician who settled in Marine in 1855 and was a representative in the first Minnesota Legislature (1855) and also in 1872-1873. The daybooks list medical and other services rendered by him. The folder of materials contain information on his death in Danvill, Illinois in 1894.

Correspondence and miscellany, Marine, 1856-1882.

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Daybooks, Marine, 1869-1882. 2 volumes.

Marine Cornet Band: Minute book and financial reports, 1911-1915. 1 folder and 1 volume.

Volume contains minutes, treasurer's reports, and attendance records. Also included are a folder of treasurer's reports and miscellaneous bills and receipts.

Rydquist, Ludwig: Notebook, Marine, 1911-1916. 1 volume.

Volume contains a few brief entries, information on dairy plants and work, poetry, and similar material.

Wickman family papers, Marine, 1883-1906.

An autograph album and a letter written by John Wickman, Merced California, to Pauline, describing the California earthquake.

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FAMILY PAPERS

Correspondence, genealogical data, diaries, photographs, and other papers of the Dunn and related families, collected by James Taylor Dunn and organized by family group or individual.

Langford-Sweeting-Curran Families

Genealogical and historical notes and charts containing details on the Langford and allied families were compiled by George Langford and James Taylor Dunn. There is considerable information on Nathaniel Pitt Langford and the Yellowstone expedition and the first ascent of the Grand Teton Mountains. There are also studio portraits of Nathaniel P. Langford, Jr., George Langford, and a snapshot of the Langford monument in Utica, New York.

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143.A.1.1B

Alden family genealogical charts.

Genealogies and correspondence from George Langford and others and miscellaneous papers, 1919-1948.

Studio portraits and photographs.

Genealogies, bible records, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1821-1984. 2 folders.

Scrapbook kept by Mary Langford Taylor Alden and James Taylor Dunn with information on the Langford and Taylor families, [circa 1800]-1916.

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142.F.4.2F

Scrapbook kept by Mary Langford Taylor Alden and James Taylor Dunn, [circa 1800]-1916. 1 volume.

Grigg-Dunn Families

These papers include James Taylor Dunn's correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning the family's origins in Cornwall, England and its immigration to Philadelphia; wills; correspondence relating to family portraits; and a packet of cards: "John Grigg Imprints, 1824-1949," compiled by James Taylor Dunn.

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143.A.1.1B

Genealogical and other family biographical information.

James Taylor Dunn correspondence concerning the Grigg-Dunn families, 1950-1981.

James Taylor Dunn's notebook with Grigg family data.

Family wills, 1860-1932. 2 folders.

John Grigg and family correspondence with miscellany, 1813-1908. 3 folders.

Correspondence concerning family portraits, 1950-1959.

Studio portraits and photographs.

Includes portraits, cartes de visite, copies of portraits of John Grigg and his children, and snapshots of the Grigg home and monument in Philadelphia.

Memoranda of John Grigg's relations in England and America with donations, 1823-1860. 1 volume.

Contains details on funds lent by Grigg to his relatives.

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142.F.18.7B

Biographies of Successful Philadelphia Merchants, undated. 1 volume.

"John Grigg Imprints, 1824-1949," compiled by James Taylor Dunn, undated. 1 packet of index cards, in folder.

Dunn-Garrett Families

Correspondence from English relatives, diaries, wills, and other papers relating to the family of Charles Bullen Dunn. There are correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Dunn's grandson, George Garrett Dunn, an air force colonel who participated in both world wars and another grandson, Robert Rowe Dunn, Jr., who was a childhood friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Other notable items include a copy of the booklet (1952) by James Taylor Dunn: "Robert Dunn (1806-1877) and Mary Ann Rowe (1806-1885): Their Antecedents and Descendents Through Eight Generations;" five fine watercolor caricature sketches by Charles Bullen Dunn (1854); and a photograph of Charles Bullen Dunn and his uncle, Roger Rowe (1913).

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143.A.1.1B

Genealogical charts, information, and correspondence concerning family history, 1950-1967.

Charles B. Dunn correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1854-1980.

Charles B. Dunn and Margaret Hall Dunn photographs, undated and 1881, 1914, 1926. 23 items.

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143.A.1.2F

George G. Garrett Dunn, Jr. correspondence, miscellany, and photographs, 1920-1975.

Robert R. Dunn, Jr. correspondence, miscellany, and photographs of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1962-1982.

Includes informal snapshots of F. Scott Fitzgerald and St. Paul friends, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and a photocopy of a letter written by Fitzgerald to Dunn shortly before his death (original in the Minnesota Historical Society Reserve Collections).

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Handwritten letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Robert R. Dunn, Jr., late 1930s.

Digital version

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142.F.18.7B

Margaret Hall Garret commonplace and letterbook, 1820-1821. 1 volume.

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143.A.1.2F

Margaret Hall Garret commonplace book, 1820s.

Margaret Hall Garret Dunn (Mrs. Charles B.) correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1856-1904.

Diaries, 1860, 1872-1873, 1897. 1 folder, including 3 volumes.

The 1860 volume is entitled "Wedding Journal."

Garret family fortune: Newspaper clippings, magazine articles (1941, 1948) and an annotated book, The Garrett Family Fortune (1965). 1 folder, including 1 volume.

Garret Nicholas Hanson (St. Paul) letter to M. E. Hanson (Otsego, New York), August 30, 1853.

James Wickes Taylor

Correspondence, articles, speeches, photographs, and diary extracts relating to the family of James Wickes Taylor. There is information on Taylor's parents, his career as a teacher, librarian, newspaper editor, and lawyer in New York state, Ohio, and Minnesota, and as a U.S. Consul in Winnipeg.

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143.A.1.2F

Correspondence, miscellaneous information, and family photographs, 1836-1987.

James Wickes Taylor correspondence, 1847-1885.

Typed extracts from Taylor's diaries, 1842-1844.

Elizabeth Taylor

Extensive correspondence files contain many letters written by Taylor to her friends and family, as well as letters to her. The letters were sent from Quebec (1888), the Nipigon and MacKenzie River areas (Canada), England, Scotland, France, Iceland Norway, Denmark, Italy, and Montenegro. This files also include her many pencil and pen sketches of places and people. The letters contain a wealth of information on people and places, historic sites, her art studies, and the publication of her articles. The letters written from the Faroe Islands, where she was interned (1914-1919) during World War I, describe British and German naval actions in the area and hardships endured by the Faroese during the war. Forty volumes of diaries, notes, and sketches cover the same subject matter found in the letters. There are also copies of some of her articles and publications; photographs, including interesting views of scenes along the Canadian Pacific Railroad; and reprints of her articles for the Atlantic Monthly, Forum, and other publications.

Correspondence and other materials concerning James Taylor Dunn's research on Taylor and efforts to collect and publish her writings may be found in the James Taylor Dunn files in this collection (see the following series: correspondence; diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs; and research files).

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143.A.1.2F

James Taylor Dunn's notes on Elizabeth Taylor's letters, 1884-1893.

Correspondence to and from Taylor, her sketches, photographs, and small diaries, 1881-1899. 14 folders.

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Correspondence to and from Taylor, her sketches, and photographs, 1900-1931. 20 folders.

Other Correspondence Files:

Letters from Faroe Island friends, including Hans Kristoffer Joensen, with typed translations, undated and 1905-1924. 4 folders.

Letters from W. P. Ker, undated and 1899-1924.

Atlantic Monthly and other publications, 1902-1928.

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143.A.1.4F

Diaries:

Volume list.

Volumes 1, 2, 5, and 6: Notes, Quebec, 1888; Diary, Sitka, Alaska, 1889; Notes, MacKenzie River, 1892; Diary and notes, MacKenzie River, Norway, and England, 1892.

Volume 3: Diary, MacKenzie River, March 20-October 11, 1892.

Volume 4: Diary, MacKenzie River, May 10-July 25, 1892.

Volume 7: Notes and fragments of diary, MacKenzie River, 1892. 3 folders.

Includes original manuscripts and typed copy.

Volumes 8-10: Diary and notes, England, undated; Notes on flora, England, undated; Diary and notes, England, 1890.

Volume 11: Diary, England and Norway, 1890.

Volume 13: Notes, Italy, 1893.

Volumes 14-15: Diary, Vidda, Norway, 1893; Diary, Seaterdahl, Norway, 1893.

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Volume 12: Sketchbook, Norway and Germany, 1890.

Volumes 16-18: Drafts of articles, Norway, 1893; Diary, notes and letters written, France, 1895; Diary and notes, Scotland and France, 1895.

Volumes 19-22: Notes, Faroe Islands and London, undated; Notes, books, addresses, Iceland, undated; Diary, Faroe Islands and Iceland, June 5-11, 1895; Letters written and received, Faroe Islands, undated.

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Volumes 23-24: Notes, Faroe Islands folklore, undated; Notebook (unidentified, but probably Faroe Islands), undated.

Volumes 25-28: Diary and notes, Faroe Islands, 1901[?]; Diary and notes, Faroe Islands, 1901; Notebooks in Faroese, 1905.

Volumes 29-33: Addresses, undated; Address book [circa 1911]; Address book and memos of letters written, undated; Address book and memos of letters sent, undated; Letters written and sent, 1907-1908.

Volumes 34-38 and 40: Clothing and equipment for travel, undated; Notes on maple sugar making, Dorset, Vermont, and a few Ostero sketches; Notes on American history, colonial and revolutionary periods, undated; Recipes, undated; Sketchbook, Minnesota flowers, 1871; Painting notes, 1906-1907.

Volume 39: "My Dance" (descriptions of dance steps), October 1902.

Newspaper and magazine articles by and about Taylor: Alaska, Canada, England, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Montenegro, and Norway, 1890-1897. 8 folders.

Articles (unpublished drafts and notes), undated and 1893-1922.

Fragments and notes on articles: Faroe Islands, undated and 1901-1918[?].

Notes for articles, Faroe Islands, undated.

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143.A.1.5B

Notes and sketches for unidentified articles: England, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland, undated and 1890-1897.

Miscellaneous papers, undated and 1909-1932.

Printed materials from Faroe Island publications, 1895-1925. 2 folders.

Photographs, undated and 1860-1948. 6 folders.

Includes portraits of Elizabeth Taylor alone and with others as well as photographs taken or collected by Taylor of Manitoba and the Canadian Pacific Railroad; Rochester, Vermont; and the Faroe Islands.

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142.F.4.2F

Paintings and drawings of Faroe Islands and wildflowers, undated. 16 items.

Mounted photographs, sketches, and notes: Alaska, Canada, and other places, 1892.

Charles Junius Monfort Family

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143.A.1.5B

Genealogical and biographical information.

Giorgi, Claire Monfort: Correspondence and miscellany, 1928-1957.

Claire Monfort Giorgi, granddaughter of Delos A. Monfort (a brother of Charles J. Monfort), who married an Italian citizen, Ottavio Giorgi. She wrote one letter to Alice Monfort Dunn and two to Montfort Dunn describing her life in Italy during that period, with brief references to World War II. Biographical information on Claire Monfort's family, prepared by the cataloger, is also in the folder.

Charles J. Monfort: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1860-1964. 2 folders.

Information on family matters, friends, and a trip made to Europe by Monfort in 1880.

Patents and Inventions by Charles J. Monfort, 1903-1923. 2 folders.

Includes information on Monfort's various inventions, including furnace improvements, coat and umbrella racks, and commercial roll warmers.

Civil War diary, 1865.

Describes Charles J. Monfort's trip down the Mississippi River and contains detailed descriptions of towns and plantations as well as pencil sketches, diagrams, and maps of regions observed.

European diary, February 13-July 3, 1880.

Diary of an 1880 trip to Europe by Charles J. Monfort.

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142.F.4.2F

Francis Monfort Summers: Scrapbook, [circa 1863]-1954.

Contains family information and obituaries of Charles J. Monfort.

Charles J. Monfort Appointment to the St. Paul Workhouse (1894) and as Aide-de-Camp, Minnesota National Guard (1897).

Alice Monfort Dunn

The papers of the daughter of Charles J. Monfort include correspondence, literary works, wills and other estate documents, and photographs.

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143.A.1.5B

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1872-1956. 8 folders.

Contains much information on her many trips to Europe and Mexico. There are descriptions of historic sites, travel arrangements, food, weather, and meetings with friends and relatives. Other letters are related to family matters.

Autograph album, 1887-1889.

Album kept while she was a student at Hardy School (Eau Claire, Wis.).

Poems and other writings, 1894-1930s.

Photographs, 1873-1953. 23 items.

Includes photographs of her and her apartment in Marlborough, St. Paul.

"A Kindly Community: People and Places in Old St. Paul: Reminiscences (1936-1950), " 1970.

Reminiscences written by Alice Monfort Dunn between 1936 and 1950 and edited by James Taylor Dunn in 1970. They contain information on early St. Paul families, including the Taylors, Monforts, and especially Henry L. and Amanda H. Moss, as well as accounts of streets, shops, the Windsor Hotel, Christ Episcopal Church, musical societies (including the Schubert Club), theatrical groups, Hardy School, Delwood, White Bear Lake, and the Garrard family of Frontenac.

John Warner Grigg Dunn

A small collection of correspondence and photographs contain information on Dunn's scholastic career at Germantown Academy (1884-1888) and the University of Pennsylvania (1889-1892), the publication of his articles in sporting journals (1890s), his marriage to Alice Monfort, the birth of her children, and the family property at Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. Diaries, account books, and real estate volumes give information on Dunn's many hunting and fishing trips in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the construction of the family home in Marine on St. Croix, and a brief trip to Europe in 1900.

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143.A.1.6F

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1883-1988. 4 folders.

Correspondence relating to Dunn diaries and photographs in the Pennsylvania and Maine historical societies, 1979-1993.

Canoe trips on the upper St. Croix River and tributaries, taken by Dunn, 1932-1934.

Photographs, undated and 1878-1919. 2 folders, including 37 items.

Diaries:

September 1, 1891-December 23, 1919. 7 volumes.

Boy Scouts of America filed book with annotations and diary, November 11, 1926[?]-January 21, 1927[?].

Canoe trips, Marine, Pine County, and Wisconsin, January 1-September 2, 1933.

Marine and Solon Springs, September 23, 1933-July 6, 1934.

July 6, 1934-September 30, 1935.

Account Books:

October 1, 1900-January 1938. 11 volumes.

Sale of lead soldiers, November 4, 1920-November 10, 1926.

Investments and real estate matters, 1912-1924.

Journal, real estate transactions, May 20, 1929-December 1936.

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142.F.18.7B

Garden book, 1033 Lincoln Avenue, 1903-1927. 2 volumes.

Archery scrapbooks, nos. 1 and 2, 1923-1932. 2 volumes.

Includes printed materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and catalogs.

Log of the boats "Peggy" and "Jimmie Boy," May 30, 1914-November 14, 1936.

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143.A.1.7B

Articles by John W. G. Dunn published in Shooting and Fishing Magazine, 1893-1898. 2 volumes.

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142.F.18.7B

Articles by John W. G. Dunn published in Shooting and Fishing Magazine, 1899. 1 volume.

John Warner Grigg Dunn, Jr.

Correspondence files, diaries, scrapbooks, and other papers document Dunn's career as a traveler, author, and editor; his naval service in World War II; and his life and activities in Mexico from the 1950s until his death in 1975.

From 1931 to 1933 Dunn traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa, including the Mediterranean islands, Palestine, and Turkey. In long, narrative letters to his parents, Dunn comments on many facets of life including travel arrangements, food, clothing, customs, historic sites, ethnic characteristics, and, in the case of North Africa, colonial control of the region, as well as on economic, social, and political aspects of the countries visited. Complementing the correspondence files are nine volumes of diaries kept while he attended Stanford University (1926) and while in service (1943). Dunn's literary and travel interests are also reflected in a series of manuscripts and articles arranged by country and including Latin America, the United States, and Canada.

Official memoranda, vouchers, and similar items detail Dunn's career as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1944, though there are no personal letters relating to the war.

Dunn's papers also include a large group of materials relating to Globe, a literary travel magazine which he started in 1936 with his two brothers.

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143.A.1.7B

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1903-1975. 22 folders.

Wills and related papers, 1975-1977.

The road to Taxco, undated.

Pen-and-ink drawing by John Warner Grigg, Jr., published in his guidebook of the same name.

Diaries and Notebooks:

Diaries, 1926, 1930-1931. 3 volumes.

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142.F18.7B

Diary, 1932. 1 volume.

Notebook/sketchbooks, 1931. 2 volumes.

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143.A.1.8F

Notebook/sketchbooks, [1930s?]. 3 volumes.

Directory, class of 1942 Naval Training School, U.S. Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.

Diary, March 1-15, 1943.

Photographs, undated and 1917-1945. 3 folders, including 35 items.

Includes studio portraits and miscellaneous snapshots.

Scrapbooks:

Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, printed materials, and similar items, some of which may have been used for Globe magazine. Much of the material is undated and/or out of chronological order.

Articles by Dunn: "Tour of the Week" (Minnesota), Soldier's Guide to Mexico and other articles on Mexico, 1937-1940s.

Articles about Mexico and an article about Dunn and Globe magazine, 1937-1971.

Soldier's guide to Mexico (1944), articles on Texas (1945), and some correspondence (1946).

Articles on Latin America; Dunn's articles: "Nite Life in and Around St. Paul," 1939-1941.

Dunn's articles written for and published by the McAllen Monitor (Texas newspaper), 1944-1945; Correspondence and other articles, 1948.

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143.A.2.1B

Manuscripts and Related Papers:

Drafts of articles, photographs, hand-drawn maps, and related materials arranged by country. Also included are materials for Dunn's servicemen's guide books (1944), The Continental Wayfarer, and a manuscript, "The Two Laredo's," written by him in 1944 and edited by James Taylor Dunn in 1986.

By country: Africa, Central America, Cuba, Europe, Mexico, Panama Canal, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, undated and 1933-1973. 16 folders.

By Country: United States and Canada: Miami, Florida; Minnesota; Laredo, Texas; Tacoma, Washington; Vancouver, B.C.; and Winnipeg, Manitoba, undated and 1940s. 6 folders.

Servicemen's guide books, 1944.

Miscellaneous maps, undated.

Manuscripts, notes, and articles for The Continental Wayfarer, undated. 2 folders.

"Ambling Through Africa," [1970?].

Unpublished articles, undated.

Roads to Romance Association, Long Beach, California, 1941-1942.

The Research Foundation for World Peace Through Tourism, undated and 1975-1993. 2 folders.

Globe Magazine Materials:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts submitted by many notable writers of the 1930s, including Ludwig Bemelmans, Stephen Leacock, Sinclair Lewis, Ezra Pound, Henry Miller, William Saroyan, and Upton Sinclair. Other records include manuscripts used in publication and those not used, a subscription list, calling cards of authors, editors, and publishers, a scrapbook, artist sketches, and ledger sheets.

See also the Globe materials in the James Taylor Dunn papers within the collection.

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Correspondence, miscellaneous materials, and some manuscripts, 1936-1946. 5 folders.

Correspondence, Manuscripts, Photographs, and Sketches By Individual:

Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1937-1967. 2 folders.

Montfort Dunn

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, diaries, and a scrapbook contain information on Dunn's artistic career, including his studies in Paris under French artists Amédée-Julien Ozenfant (1932) and Louis Marcoussi, and his career as director of the St. Paul Gallery (1940-1947) and the University Gallery. Letters to his parents describe in detail his art studies in Paris, containing floor plans of his apartment, sketches of its furnishings, and references to current events and life in Paris at the time. Other correspondence is devoted to family matters and his life and activities in Mexico and Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota.

Also of interest are essays written by Dunn and his introduction to Shoyeka Bajara Niponga, a grammar by Peter Dülberg, with an introduction by Dunn.

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143.A.2.3B

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1915-1986. 11 folders.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers: Ozenfant, Amédée-Julien, 1936-1961.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers: St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, 1940-1949.

Shoyeka Bajara Niponga grammar by Peter Dülberg, introduction by Montfort Dunn, 1933. 2 folders.

Includes edited manuscript and published edition.

Diaries, New York to Paris and Tunis, January-March 1932. 2 folders, including 2 volumes.

Diaries kept by Dunn detailing his ocean voyage to Paris and a tour of Tunis and the surrounding North African area. These diaries are illustrated by Dunn with sketches of persons and scenes of areas visited and also contain newspaper clippings, programs, tickets, and similar memorabilia.

Sketches of Portugal by Dunn, 1930s.

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Scrapbook, St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, 1940-1947.

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RELATED MATERIALS

Related materials separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society collection include the following:

Numerous books, pamphlets, and articles by James Taylor Dunn, including Marine on St. Croix: From Lumber Village to Summer Haven, Marine on St. Croix: 150 Years of Village Life, The St. Croix: Midwest Border River, and Saint Paul's Schubert Club: A Century of Music 1882-1982 (all cataloged in the library collections). See the library catalog under the heading: Dunn, James Taylor.

Bowsfield, Hartfield. The James Wickes Taylor Correspondence, 1859-1870. (Cataloged in the library collections under the heading: Taylor, James W.)

Globe. (Cataloged in the serials collection.)

James W. Taylor Papers Research Note Cards. (Cataloged in the manuscript collection under the heading: Taylor, James W.)

Kadrmas, Constance J. Guide to a Microfilm Edition of the James Wickes Taylor Papers. (Cataloged in the library collections.)

Langford, Nathaniel Pitt and Family Papers, 1707-1942. (Cataloged in the manuscript collections under the heading: Langford, Nathaniel Pitt.)

Taylor, Elizabeth. The Far Islands and Other Cold Places: Travel Essays of a Victorian Lady. Edited by James Taylor Dunn. (Cataloged in the library collections.)

Taylor, James W. Papers, 1834-1957. (Cataloged in the manuscript collections under the heading: Taylor, James W.)

J. W. G. Dunn Photograph Album Collection (1893-1936) and the J. W. G. Dunn Photonegative Collection (1903-1938). (Cataloged in the sound and visual collections under the heading: J. W. G. D.) Additional photographs by J. W. G. Dunn can be found in the photograph collection.

Additional family photos, including several daguerreotypes, of the Dunn family, Alice Taylor Monfort, George and Chloe (Sweeting) Langford, and James Wickes Taylor are cataloged in the photograph collection.

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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:: Air defenses -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Antiaircraft artillery operations.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Normandy.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; Women travelers.; Women authors.; Steam power plants -- Minnesota -- Saint Croix River.; Outdoor life.; National socialism and literature.; Maple syrup.; Manuscript preparation (Authorship).; Music -- Minnesota.; Universities and colleges -- New York -- Clinton.; Students -- New York -- Conduct of life.; Libraries -- New York.; Libraries -- Minnesota.; Literature publishing -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Journalism -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Inventions -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Hunting -- United States.; Gardening -- Minnesota.; Fishing -- United States.; Environmental protection -- Minnesota -- Saint Croix River.; Book industries and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.; Art schools -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Periodicals -- Publishing -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Tourism.; Exiles' writings.

Persons:: Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958.; Biegler, C. A.; Draper, Nelson Cutler, 1835-1883.; Gaskill, James R. M.; Lindquist, C. G.; Rydquist, Ludwig.; Wickman, Bertram.; Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.; Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894. Struwwelpeter.; Dunn, Alice Monfort, 1872-1954.; Dunn, John W. G. (John Warner Grigg), 1869-1941.; Dunn, J. W. G. (John Warner Grigg), 1903-1975.; Dunn, Montfort.; Grigg, John, 1792-1864.; Taylor, James W. (James Wickes), 1819-1893.; Taylor, Elizabeth, 1856-1932.; Curran family.; Dunn family.; Elwell, Tallmadge, 1828-1903.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.; Garrett family.; Grigg family.; Hall family.; Langford family.; Monfort family.; Sweeting family.; Taylor family.; Zeppelin family.

Organizations:: Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.). Emerson Literary Society.; Henry Miller Literary Society (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Marine Cornet Band.; Milford Academy (Milford, Conn.).; Minnesota Historical Society.; Northern States Power Company.; Research Foundation for World Peace Through Tourism (Saint Paul, Minn.).; Saint Paul Gallery and School of Art.; Schubert Club (Saint Paul, Minn.)

Places:: Canada -- Description and travel.; Alaska -- Description and travel.; Africa, North -- Description and travel.; Faroe Islands -- Description and travel.; Luxembourg -- Description and travel.; Irvine Park (Saint Paul, Minn.).

Occupations:: Editors -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Art school directors -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Inventors -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Journalists -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.; Librarians -- Minnesota.; Librarians -- New York (State).

Types of Documents:: Drawings.; Photographs.; Diaries.

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