JOHN DELAITTRE AND FAMILY PAPERS:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: DeLaittre, John.
Title:John DeLaittre and family papers.
Dates:1823-2009 (bulk 1913-1991).
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Papers of a Minneapolis bank president relating to his career as a banker, government official, and corporate director; his involvement in banking industry groups; his management of family finances and trusts; iron mining on Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company lands in northern Minnesota; to Tettegouche, DeLaittre's wilderness retreat; and genealogical information and family histories, including: information regarding DeLaittre's father, banker and politician Karl DeLaittre; his grandfather, lumberman John DeLaittre; and extended family.
Quantity:18.0 cubic feet (19 boxes) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (26.4 MB).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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John DeLaittre was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 1907. He was the son of Karl (1874-1957) and Rosamond (Little) DeLaittre, and a grandson of lumberman John DeLaittre (1832-1912). John DeLaittre's siblings included Karl Jr. (1909-1939), Eleanor (1911-1998), and Rosamond (1918-1993). The elder DeLaittre was a partner in the Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company, and a trustee and president of Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank (Minneapolis). Karl DeLaittre was a lumberman, state legislator, first chairman of the Hennepin County Red Cross, and president of the Minneapolis City Council.

DeLaittre attended Blake School (Minneapolis) until 1923, and graduated from Milton Academy (Milton, Mass.) in 1925. He earned a bachelor's degree (1929) and a law degree (1933) from Harvard University, and worked as an attorney with the Minneapolis law firm of Kingham, Cross, Morley, Cant & Taylor (1933-1940).

DeLaittre spent many years with Farmers & Mechanics, serving as assistant treasurer (1940-1942), treasurer (1942-1947), vice president (1946-1956), executive vice president (1956-1957), and president (1957-1962). He was president of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks (1959-1960). In 1962 DeLaittre was appointed to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, serving until 1966. He was executive vice president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (1966-1968), a director of Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association of Minneapolis (1974-1989), and a director and officer of some other mortgage and banking organizations.

For many years DeLaittre was involved with the Bovey and the DeLaittre lumber and iron ore interests in such capacities as counsel, officer, director, agent, trustee, and partner. He retired from these activities in 1984.

John DeLaittre married Carolyn Erminger (1911-1982) on April 30, 1934. The DeLaittres had three children: Corinne, Carolyn, and Lila.

John DeLaittre married Lee Stillman Anderson on November 2, 1974, in Santa Barbara, California. They were divorced in 1980 and he married Delores O'Brien on December 17, 1981.

DeLaittre died of heart failure in Minneapolis on February 4, 1992.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection consists of correspondence and subject files, corporate records and minute books, unpublished annual reports, personal financial records and information, speeches, maps, photographs, and clippings scrapbooks. There are records of several DeLaittre lumber and real estate investment companies, and other family-owned companies.

There is also information regarding a 1927 expedition to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies in which DeLaittre participated as a college student, and a return visit he and others made fifty years later; the failure of Minneapolis-based Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association, of which DeLaittre was a director; and family mining investments in northern Minnesota. Much of the material relates to Tettegouche, a family-owned wilderness retreat and preserve near Silver Bay, Minnesota, and the process by which it became a state park. There are files pertaining to the Environmental Learning Center, which for a time was apparently based at Tettegouche. Trip files relate to trips and vacations DeLaittre and his family made to various parts of the United States, Europe, and the Far East. There is also information about several DeLaittre family trusts, which John DeLaittre began managing in 1934.

Additionally, there are materials related to the Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis, Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board; an expedition to the Canadian Rockies (1927); the dumping of taconite tailings into Lake Superior by Reserve Mining Company; and trips to Europe and East Asia. There is some information about DeLaittre's father, banker and politician Karl DeLaittre, and his grandfather, lumberman John DeLaittre. Correspondents include family members and friends, business associates, bankers, government officials, attorneys, iron mining companies, and staff of the Environmental Learning Center.

The collection also includes genealogical materials and histories (1823-1991) of the DeLaittre, Bertram, Des Isles, Jordan, Little, Mason, Ropes, and Wieland families; correspondence, scrapbooks, and subject files (1895-1976) of Karl and Rosamond (Little) DeLaittre; and correspondence, subject files, photographs, and scrapbooks (1924-1997) of John DeLaittre.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These papers are organized into the following sections:

Subject files A-Z
Oversize materials
Genealogical materials, family histories, and miscellany


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. John DeLaittre papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Location of Master files:

Digital master of audio reel is maintained on the Society’s secure digital collections storage servers and is managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.”

Accession Information:

Accession number: 8,264; 15,343; 16,519; 17,298; 17,603

Processing Information:

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Processed by: David B. Peterson, November 1998; Shelby Edwards, November 2011; and Leif Kopietz, July 2019.

Digital audio transferred from the master audio reel by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (May 2024).

Catalog ID number: 990017349960104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseSUBJECT FILES A-Z

Mixture of personal correspondence, corporate records, travel files, trust information, estate information, biographical information, and miscellaneous materials arranged alphabetically.


LocationBox
144.E.3.5B1Alaska: Norman Vaughn, 1987-1988.
Aldrich, Betty and Bailey, 1988-1991.
American Red Cross, 1984-1991. 6 folders.
Bay Area Historical Society (Silver Bay, Minnesota), 1990-1991.
Beaver Bay Club:
1967-1970.
Includes information about Reserve Mining Company taconite tailings dumping issue.
DeLaittre cabin, 1985-1989.
Guest house, 1983. 2 folders.
Minutes, 1969-1970, 1978.
Beaver Bay Inn (Beaver Bay, Minnesota), 1990.
Bertram, John, 1985-1988.
Biographical information, 1958-1992, circa 2009. 2 folders.
Bodel Corporation:
A real estate and mineral rights holding company.
1971-1979. 4 folders.
Annual meetings, 1975-1977. 3 folders.
Directors meeting, March 19, 1976.
Minute book, 1955-1961.
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144.E.3.6F2Minute books, 1962-1977. 3 volumes.
Turtle Lake (Itasca County, Minnesota), 1970-1972.
Bovey, Martin K., undated.
Includes biographical information.
Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company:
1911, 1950-1952.
Canisteo Mine: Exploration maps, 1952-1955.
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company:
1953-1962.
Canisteo Commingling Agreement, 1950-1960.
Dump No. 32, 1954-1955.
Purchase of surface for dumping:
55-25, 1954-1959.
SW _ NE _ Sec. 28 T56 R24, 1955-1960.
Stockpile for Hemmens Cretaceous Ore, 1952-1959.
Stockpiles No. 10, No. 22, and No. 23, 1954-1962.
Tailings Basin No. 1, 1955.
Tailings Basin No. 2, 1954-1960.
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Company: Right-of-way, 1955-1956.
General file, 1954-1958.
History, 1954.
Iron Ore Lessors Association, Incorporated, 1953-1961.
Land conveyances to stockholders, 1951.
Land maps, 1954.
M. A. Hanna easement on Lot 3 Sec. 31 T56 R24, 1955-1957.
Mill site property (Minneapolis), 1951-1958.
Includes an undated photograph of Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company sawmill and lumber yards on the Minneapolis river front.
Mining maps, undated and 1964-1966.
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144.E.3.7B3Minnesota Power and Light Company easement, 1954-1956.
Minnesota income tax (1951), 1954.
Power of attorney, 1953-1956.
Prairie River lease, 1945-1958.
Sally Mine commingling agreement, 1957-1959.
Sugar Lake forties, 1955.
Taconite royalties, 1954.
Trip to Grand Rapids, September 1954.
Trout Lake iron tailings, 1932, 1951-1962. 3 folders.
Bradley, Dora, 1987-1991.
Brown, G. Helen, 1988-1991.
Brown, Ian, 1990.
Burling, Eddie, 1989.
Butt, Dr. Hugh, 1988-1989.
Mayo Clinic.
Canada: Ostheimer Expedition (1927):
Papers relate to a 1927 expedition DeLaittre participated in as a member of the Harvard Mountaineering Club to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies, and a return visit made in 1977.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1927-1929.
Journal and notes, 1927. 2 folders.
Photocopies.
Maps, 1927.
Newspaper stories, 1927.
Photographs, circa 1927.
Return trip (1977):
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1977-1979.
East Chaba Glacier recession report (1927-1977), 1977.
"Half a Century Later," 1979-1980.
September 1979 issue of the Harvard Mountaineering Club journal containing an article by Alfred J. Ostheimer III and John DeLaittre concerning the 1977 return trip to East Chaba Glacier.
China: Urban development and planning issues, undated and 1973-1979.
Chucker, Harold, 1987-1988.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers:
Undated and 1931, 1940-1943.
1950-1968. 6 folders.
1971-1972. 3 folders.
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144.E.3.8F41973-1991. 13 folders.
Crosscountry Mortgage Corporation (Newport Beach, California):
Wholly-owned by Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association. John DeLaittre was a member of the board of directors.
1976-1977. 2 folders.
Directors meetings, 1977-1979. 12 folders.
Touche Ross audit, 1979.
Culligan, Mary, 1987-1990.
DeLaittre, Carolyn E., 1979-1982.
DeLaittre, Corinne, undated.
DeLaittre, John (1832-1912):
Estate, 1913.
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144.E.3.9B5Reminiscences of John DeLaittre, 1910.
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144.A.18.7B18DeLaittre, John (1907-1992):
Reminiscences of John DeLaittre, 1910. 1 volume.
Pressbound typescript of DeLaittre grandfather's reminiscences, possibly an original, 181 pp., with illustrations and comments interleaved. May have been the copy for which publication arrangements were made in 1987-1988 by DeLaittre, Jr.
Reminiscences of John DeLaittre, correspondence, 1947-1988. 2 folders.
Correspondence commenting on the reminiscences and recommending publication; with Bolger Publications, Minneapolis, arranging for the printing and illustrating of 500 copies; and arranging for copyright notices.
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144.E.3.9B5DeLaittre, Karl:
Awards, 1949-1952.
Estate:
Appraisal of Itasca County mineral interests, 1957.
Miscellany, 1958.
Karl DeLaittre Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1962-1970.
Letters received, 1906, 1921.
DeLaittre, Rosamond (Mrs. Karl):
1943.
Dermy's employment, 1976-1982.
"Dermy" refers to Carolyn DeLaittre Hawley.
GID-DAP letters, 1967-1969.
Household expenses, 1976-1977.
Largilliere Painting, 1962-1983.
Ninetieth birthday, 1976.
Travel, 1952-1960.
Trusts:
Eleanor Alexander ("Nuffy"), 1970-1983.
Harold R. Ward III ("Wardy"), 1977-1978.
DeLaittre Company:
A personal holding company. The DeLaittre Company was merged into Massachusetts Investors Trust in 1966.
Annual reports, 1959, 1965.
General file, 1959-1962. 4 folders.
Includes meeting minutes.
Lamoine Company, 1957-1959.
Legal bills and miscellany, 1987.
Liquidation, 1967-1968.
Massachusetts Investors Trust merger, 1966-1967. 2 folders.
Meetings, 1960, 1963-1966. 10 folders.
Meetings of directors, stockholders, executive committee.
Merger file, 1958.
Merger of Lamoine Company and Mutual Securities Company into the DeLaittre Company.
Operating report, 1990-1991.
Partnership agreement, 1978-1979.
Uranium, 1976-1979.
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144.E.3.10F6Delsprings Corporation, 1970-1978.
Diary, 1961.
Possibly kept by Corrine DeLaittre; not Dermy and not Lila.
Driscoll, Bill, 1989.
Environmental Learning Center: Directors meetings, 1983.
Essex Institute, 1983-1990.
Evans-Novak political forum, 1990.
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis:
1957-1982.
Annual Report for trustees, 1962, 1965. 2 folders.
Final Years luncheon, Sept. 23, 1988.
Final Years 1974-1982 is the title of a book by Harold Chucker, a retired Minneapolis Star Tribune financial writer, detailing the process which led up to the 1982 acquisition of Farmers and Mechanics by Carl Pohlad's Marquette Bank, Minneapolis. The newly-published book was evidently presented to the final trustees of F & M at this luncheon, which was given by DeLaittre and his wife Delores.
Twenty Year Club, 1974-1991.
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144.A.18.7B18"The House that Thrift Built," presentation binder, February 16, 1962. 1 volume.
Contains photographs, news clippings, news releases, and memorabilia documenting the time capsule ceremony for the new Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis. Appended to the binder's binding is commemorative key chain and fob. The binder is inscribed to John DeLaittre.
[0.3 cubic feet empty, legal]
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144.E.3.10F6Federal Home Loan Bank Board:
1962-1966.
Appointment file, 1962-1966. 2 folders.
Includes photographs.
Retirement, 1966.
Speeches, 1962-1965. 2 folders.
Swearing in ceremony for the Federal Home Bank Board at the National Archives in Washington D.C., September 17, 1962. 1 master sound tape reel (39 minutes, 17 seconds); 7 inches and 1 user audio file: MP3 (26.4 MB).
Swearing in ceremony for the Federal Home Bank Board at the National Archives in Washington D.C., September 17, 1962Digital version
Swearing-in photographs, 1962.
Financial records and information (personal):
Ledger accounts and journal, 1929-1957. 4 folders.
Includes some biographical information.
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144.E.4.1B7Personal accounts, 1958-1961.
Personal ledger, 1938-1960. 4 folders.
Tax returns, 1933-1962. 16 folders.
Trial balance, 1943-1957.
Friends of Grand Portage, 1986-1991.
Gilbertson, Lloyd, undated and 1989.
Hall, Ted, 1986-1991.
Harvard Club of Minnesota:
1988-1991.
Centennial, 1984.
Harvard University: Capital campaign, 1978-1979.
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144.E.4.2F8Hawley, Carolyn DeLaittre:
General file, 1962-1963.
Includes information about marriage to and divorce from Michael Hawley.
Guardianship: Final account, probate court, 1948-1964.
Hennepin County Historical Society, 1987-1991.
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, California): New Year, 1980-1981.
Humphrey, Hubert H.: Testimonial dinner, March 16, 1977.
Iditarod Trail sled dog race: Anchorage-Nome, 1985-1988.
International Language Villages (Moorhead, Minnesota), 1986-1991.
Itasca County Historical Society, 1989-1990.
John DeLaittre Company:
Personal investment company formed to buy, hold, manage, and sell real estate, securities, and other investment property. Incorporated in 1913; name changed to Lamoine Company in 1950.
Accounts, 1914-1958.
Profit and loss, dividends paid.
Corporate record books, 1913-1958. 2 volumes.
Financial record book No. 1, 1914-1936.
Includes journal (1914-1928) and ledger (1914-1936).
Financial record book No. 2, 1914-1943.
Includes journal (1940-1942) and ledger (1914-1943).
Financial reports, 1919.
Stock certificate books, 1914-1958. 3 volumes.
Kavanaugh, Sue: Canoe trip to northern Minnesota, August 1987.
Leland N. Lien, Bookseller (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1987-1990.
Lenfestey, Jim and Susan, 1988-1990.
Linn, Rosemary, 1984.
Little, Luther: Memoir (1842), 1975.
Father of Philip and descendant of William the Conqueror. Includes DeLaittre family genealogical information.
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144.E.4.3B9Little, Philip: Random Reminiscences of an Impulsive Person, circa 1940s.
Livingston, Kip, 1990.
Loonwatch, 1985-1990.
Lowry, Goodrich, 1985-1991.
Mayo Foundation, 1971-1990.
McCord, David, 1985-1991.
Meisel, Donald, 1988.
Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association:
John DeLaittre was on the Midwest board of directors.
1981-1985. 2 folders.
1988-1989. 2 folders.
Airfleet expenses, 1987-1989.
Directors meetings, 1978, 1981-1983. 16 folders
Merger with First Federal, 1985.
Midwest Federal v Green Tree Acceptance, Incorporated, 1989-1992.
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144.E.4.2F10Milton Academy (Milton, Massachussetts), 1988-1991.
John DeLaittre was a member of the Class of 1925.
Mining:
Bovey-DeLaittre:
1969-1974. 2 folders.
Cleveland Cliffs, 1976.
Cleveland Cliffs/Liberian Iron Ore Limited/M.A. Hanna, 1964-1966.
H. H. DeLaittre, 1962-1964. 2 folders.
Iron ore, 1964-1966.
Iron ore, 1967-1968.
Canisteo Mine lease: Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company.
Meriden Engineering Division Map, 1983.
Severed mineral rights, 1973-1976. 2 folders.
Minnesota Council of Parks, 1983-1988.
Minnesota Historical Society, 1960-1990.
Monahan, Gene Ritchie, 1991.
Montana Historical Society Foundation, 1990-1991.
Morgan, Sam, 1988.
Mortgage Bankers Association of America, 1966-1969.
Mutual Securities Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota):
A personal holding company incorporated in 1913. Mutual Securities Company and the Lamoine Company merged into the DeLaittre Company in 1958.
Accounts, 1913-1958.
Corporate record books, 1913-1958. 2 volumes.
Ledger, 1951-1956.
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144.E.4.5B11Stock certificate books, 1913-1958. 2 volumes.
Miscellaneous reports, 1919-1932.
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks:
1958-1960.
Annual conference (Atlanta, Georgia), May 16-19, 1982.
Speeches, 1959-1960.
John DeLaittre was president.
North Central Airlines, 1968.
Plant, Frank, 1986-1990.
Plant, Michael: Yacht race around the world, 1986.
Quetico-Superior Foundation, 1947-1953, 1971-1982. 3 folders.
Riddell, Sheila, 1984-1985.
Ropes, Horace, circa 1944.
Ropes Estate: Probate, 1948-1952.
Rostvold, Rusty, 1986-1992.
Schurke, Paul and Susan, 1987-1990.
Shepard, Clarence, 1986-1988.
Sister cities (USSR and USA), 1987-1988.
Snowberg, John, 1990.
Sommer, Larry and Barb, 1990-1991.
St. Louis County Historical Society, 1988-1989.
Tettegouche:
1978-1980. 2 folders.
Accounts, 1972-1976.
Appraisal, 1971-1975.
Appraisal, 1975. 1 volume.
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144.E.4.6F12Bear Lake, 1975-1976.
Beaver Bay Members: Correspondence, 1976-1977.
Electric power, 1971-1975.
Environmental Learning Center at Tettegouche:
1977, 1979-1982. 4 folders.
Campaign: Directors, 1980-1982.
Directors meeting, March 21, 1981.
New location, 1980-1981.
Summer, 1980.
Financing, 1975.
Fish management, undated and 1972-1976.
Inventory, 1979.
Inventory of furnishings and other items.
Legislation, 1979.
Minnesota Council of State Parks, 1978.
National Geographic, 1976-1978.
Nature Conservancy correspondence and legal documents, 1975-1979.
Operations, 1971-1973.
Option to Nature Conservancy, 1976-1979.
Previews, Incorporated, 1975.
Real estate marketing firm.
Quinn contract, 1968-1974.
Sale of lands to south, 1972-1974.
Sierra Club/Project Environment Foundation, 1975-1976.
Concerns controversy over the disposal of taconite tailings by Reserve Mining Company.
Snowmobile trail, 1973-1977.
Timber appraisal, 1974.
Tettegouche planning, 1981, 1990.
Management Plan for Tettegouche State Park (1981); letter and map regarding Tettegouche Camp (1990).
Trip files:
Alaska, 1971-1972.
Alaska, 1975.
China:
Peking Fortnight - 1929, 1971-1972.
Published account of DeLaittre's 1929 trip to China.
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144.E.4.7B13Peking Fortnight - 1929, 1971-1972.
Narrative of travels in the Far East, undated.
Pages 45-150 of an unattributed narrative. It is written on very poor quality paper, probably dating from the 1920s or 1930s. It may be the typescript of Peking Fortnight - 1929.
Eastern United States, May 1975.
Eastern United States, December 1-3, 1975.
England, 1974.
Wedding trip.
England, 1978-1979.
American Museum (Bath, England).
Europe, 1968.
Europe, 1971.
Far East, 1929-1930.
216-page typescript account of a trip to such places as China, the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia, and India.
Florida, 1969-1971.
Germany, 1966.
Japan, April 13-May 5, 1962.
Maine: Tenants Harbor, 1974-1978.
St. Moritz/London, 1975-1975.
United Kingdom: Les Dames, 1977.
Trusts:
Family trusts managed by John DeLaittre.
Corinne DeLaittre Ropes Trust, 1956-1957, 1968. 2 folders.
DeLaittre agency agreement, 1955-1959. 2 folders.
DeLaittre Family Trusteeships, 1987.
DeLaittre Trusts:
Asset analysis, July 1969.
John DeLaittre statement at court, 1991.
Trustees meeting minutes, 1984-1985.
DeLaittre-Jones agency agreement, 1952-1955.
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144.A.18.7B18Eleanor DeLaittre Lienau trust, 1979-1990.
Family trusts miscellany, 1956-1991.
Statements of accounts; list of land holdings (1956).
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144.E.4.8F14Iron ore trust, 1967.
John DeLaittre Trust, 1945.
Karl DeLaittre Trust (1934):
1934-1968. 2 folders.
Kusmaul, Beth, 1956-1967.
Karl DeLaittre Trust (under will):
1961-1963.
Eleanor DeLaittre Lienau Fund, 1959-1961.
John DeLaittre Fund, 1959-1961.
Rosemond DeLaittre Ward Fund, 1959-1961.
Kimball, 1968-1977.
Kimball trusts, 1976-1979.
Lamoine Foundation, 1967-1981.
Melhado, Flynn and Associates, 1984-1989. 5 folders.
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144.A.18.7B18Portfolio appraisals, family trusts, 1989-1990.
Power of attorney actions, Rosamond and John DeLaittre, regarding various ore lands, 1954.
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144.E.4.8F14Rosamond DeLaittre Trust (1958):
1963-1968, 1975-1979. 2 folders.
Appraisal, 1955, 1982.
Drawings of personal property by children, 1958, 1972-1983.
General file, 1958-1962. 3 folders.
Statements, 1959-1960.
Termination, 1978-1979. 2 folders.
Trusts 3, 1985, 1987-1989. 4 folders.
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144.E.4.9B15Trusts 3:
1989-1991. 2 folders.
Annual reports, 1980-1984.
Hearings, 1990-1991. 2 folders.
Vaughan, Norman and Carolyn, 1986-1992.
Norman Vaughan was a polar explorer and classmate from Milton Academy.
Voyageurs National Park, 1968-1970.
Walker Art Center, 1986-1988.
WCCO Radio Good Neighbor award, 1990-1991.
Wiggins, J. Russell, 1977, 1986-1987.
Woodhill Country Club, 1969-1970.

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144.E.4.10F16Journal (unidentified), 1955-1958.
Probably Lamoine Company or Mutual Securities Company. A personal holding company formerly known as the John DeLaittre Company. The Lamoine Company and Mutual Securities Company merged into the DeLaittre Company in 1958.
Scrapbooks:
DeLaittre Family clippings, 1911-1926. 2 volumes.
Flax prices and market analysis clippings, 1914-1917.
DeLaittre, Karl: DeLaittre and Anderson Company (Calderwood, Michigan) stock certificate, 1922.
Photographs:
DeLaittre, John, undated [circa 1960s]
DeLaittre, Karl [?], undated.

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Expand/CollapseGENEALOGICAL MATERIALS, FAMILY HISTORIES, AND MISCELLANY

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144.A.18.6F17Bertram family:
John Bertram of Salem, Massachusetts, by Rosamond DeLaittre, 1964. 1 volume.
Bertram, John, undated and 1973-1990.
Biographical and genealogical miscellany, items regarding Friends of John Bertram, photographs.
DeLaittre family history miscellany.
Information on the DeLaittre and Eastman families.
Des Isles family, 1823-1894.
Typed translations of letters of and about the Des Isles family (1823-1840); typed "Records and Early History of the Ancestry of the Family of Louis Depare Des Isles," by John DeLaittre (June 15, 1894); typed genealogical data, probably also by DeLaittre; and three photographs of portraits of Michel de Launay des Isles.
The Jordan Family, Historical Sketches, by Frank Greely Jordan, 1927.
Photocopies of the published work, and of typescript extracts or drafts. Jordan's mother was the daughter of Charles DeLaittre and Rosalie des Isles, and his work provides data on her ancestors and on the relationship of the Des Isles family to Joan of Arc.
Little family:
Rosamond Kimball Little, daughter of David Mason Little, was the wife of Karl DeLaittre.
"Blythswood" and Little's Point, Swampscott, Massachusetts, circa 1984. 1 volume.
Compiled by Bertram K. Little and his daughter Selina F. Little. Photocopies of letters, clippings, photographs, reminiscences, and genealogical data on the Little and Bertram families.
"A Wall-Eyed Journal of 'Seven Pines,' New Hampshire 1912-1919," by David Mason Little, annotated by Bertram K. Little, transcribed and edited by Selina F. Little, 1978. 1 volume.
Philip Little 1857-1942, 1976. 1 volume.
Catalog for an exhibition of his art works, Arvest Galleries, Boston.
John DeLaittre: Little family correspondence, 1956-1979.
John DeLaittre: Correspondence with Selma Little regarding Bertram and Little families, 1984-1991.
Little family miscellany.
Including family trust information, will of Clara B. Little, information about Philip Little and his art works.
Little family photographs.
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144.A.18.8F19Waves and Ripples: Marine Studies taken by David Mason Little. Boston: Cupples, Upham and Company, 1883. 1 volume.
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144.A.18.6F17Biographical Sketch of Col. David Mason of Salem, Mass., 1962. 1 volume.
Ropes family.
Genealogical notes; photographs of two Ropes family members.
Wieland family.
Biographical and genealogical data on this northern Minnesota lumbering and mining family, contemporaries of John DeLaittre, Sr.
Genealogical miscellany.
Will of Clara B. Kimball (1920), will of Katharine Kimball Baker (1939); copies of Island of Jersey records of the Bertram family (1773-1807).
Karl DeLaittre and family:
Karl DeLaittre family miscellany, 1906-1990.
Wedding announcement and clipping, Karl DeLaittre and Rosamond Kimball Little (November 22, 1906); First National Bank letter of credit to the DeLaittres (1924); a few letters and memorabilia; two poems to Karl on his 80th birthday; and clippings regarding their Ward family grandchildren.
Rosamond DeLaittre letters received, 1906, 1908. 6 folders.
Mainly from Karl prior to their marriage; several congratulating her on their marriage; several from Karl when he or she was away from home (1908).
Karl DeLaittre correspondence, 1912-1925.
A few letters, some regarding family history.
Karl DeLaittre and family clippings, circa 1905-1946.
Karl DeLaittre, Jr., August 1939.
Program and order of service for his funeral.
Eleanor DeLaittre, 1943-1958.
Clippings and two exhibit announcements for the artwork of Karl's daughter Eleanor ("Oney"), first Mrs. Merrill Shepard, then Mrs. Edwin Anthony Brown.
Ward family clippings.
Clippings regarding Karl's daughter Rosamond, her husband Harold R. Ward, and their children.
Karl DeLaittre obituaries and condolence letters, 1957.
Karl DeLaittre Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1984-1991.
Rosamond DeLaittre [reminiscences?], 1969-1972.
Rosamond DeLaittre's nurses, 1982-1983.
Instructions to them from John DeLaittre, and his letters of recommendation following Rosamond's death.
Karl DeLaittre and family photographs.
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144.A.18.8F19Harvard College scrapbook, Karl DeLaittre, 1895-1897. 1 volume.
Printed assignments, test questions, grade cards, event programs, clippings, and photographs, with some annotations by DeLaittre.
Karl DeLaittre clippings scrapbook, 1908-1911. 1 volume.
Clippings regarding his Minneapolis city council service, the Minneapolis Taft Club (1908), and other political matters of interest to him.
Minneapolis Camera Club scrapbook, Karl DeLaittre, Jr., 1937-1939.
Letters and clippings, mainly regarding his photography exhibitions; and two photographs of flowers, presumably taken by him.
"My Vademecum," Rosamond DeLaittre. 1 volume.
A "ready reference"/memorandum notebook containing references, notes, and the like, some regarding DeLaittre family and friends, and others of interest to her.
Rosamond Little DeLaittre 90th Birthday, 1976. 1 volume.
Scrapbook of family photographs, accompanied by commentary (mainly by John DeLaittre) and drawings by her great-grandchildren.
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144.A.18.6F17John DeLaittre and family:
File list, DeLaittre files, circa 1980s.
John DeLaittre correspondence and miscellany, undated and 1924-1966. 3 folders.
Business, personal, and family.
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144.A.18.7B18John DeLaittre correspondence and miscellany, 1944, 1973-1991. 2 folders.
John DeLaittre speeches and presentations, 1940s-1960s.
John DeLaittre and Lee Anderson, marriage and divorce, 1974-1980.
John DeLaittre family miscellany.
Includes an inventory of family jewelry; an account of a trip to Cloud Factory by Happy Ward, Dermy and John DeLaittre (1950); membership cards and miscellany; humorous collectanea; two Beaver Bay Club items; and a quarterly report of the Bear Paw Mining Company (1989).
John DeLaittre clippings, undated and 1942-1970.
Bovey-DeLaittre, 1986-1989.
Miscellany regarding mineral taxes and mineral rights, including a map (1987) showing Bovey-DeLaittre lands.
Minnesota Historical Society, 1991-1997.
Memorial resolution to John DeLaittre, and correspondence with John and Delores DeLaittre.
Red Cross, 1934-1990.
Miscellany regarding John DeLaittre's work with the Minnesota and national Red Cross.
Lila DeLaittre Walton, undated and 1956-1990.
Letters to and from John and Delores DeLaittre (1983-1990) and a few memorabilia. John DeLaittre's daughter Lila married Michael Walton and they resided in England.
Corinne DeLaittre, circa 1930s-1988.
Several baby pictures; narrative diary of a sojourn in Paris (1957); news release and clippings regarding her marriage to Henry Adams Pillsbury (1958); an admonitory letter from her father (undated); and miscellany.
Clippings, Edmund Pillsbury and Alfred D. Lindley deaths, March 1951.
They, and Dexter L. Andrews, died in a private plane crash.
John DeLaittre and family photographs.
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144.A.18.8F19Clippings scrapbook, John DeLaittre, 1949-1959. 1 volume.
Formal portrait, John DeLaittre.
Photograph album [Minneapolis law firm?]. 1 volume.
Photographs of men in office settings, a woman switchboard operator, a group of women (stenographers?), and a group of men on a fishing trip. Many of the individual photographs are signed. The album itself is unidentified, and the connection to DeLaittre unknown. Most of the signatories are Minneapolis lawyers, including Norton M. Cross, Harold T. Cant, John H. Farley, Alfred Lindley, A. Lyman Beardsley, Franklin D. Gray, Alfred A. Stoll, and Frank W. Plant.
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144.A.18.7B18Photographs, miscellaneous DeLaittre and related family members.
Includes Board of State Capitol Commissioners, including John DeLaittre, Sr.
Photographs, DeLaittre homes.
Miscellaneous photographs.
People and buildings, unidentified or connection to DeLaittre family unknown.

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Records of the Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collection.

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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:
Banks and banking -- Minnesota.
Fishing lodges -- Minnesota -- Lake County.
Iron mines and mining -- Minnesota.
Lumber trade -- Minnesota.
Mountaineering -- Alberta.
Savings and loan associations -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Savings banks -- Minnesota -- Officials and employees.
Scientific expeditions -- Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.).
Taconite.
Trusts and trustees.
Persons:
Wieland family.
Ropes family.
Mason family.
Little family.
Jordan family.
Des Isles family.
Bertram family.
DeLaittre family.
DeLaittre, Karl, 1874-1957.
DeLaittre, Rosamond, 1886-.
DeLaittre, John, 1832-1912.
Organizations:
Bodel Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company.
Crosscountry Mortgage Corporation (Newport Beach, Calif.).
DeLaittre Company.
Environmental Learning Center, Inc. (Isabella, Minn.).
Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis.
John DeLaittre Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Lamoine Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Midwest Federal (Firm : Minneapolis, Minn.).
Mutual Securities Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).
National Association of Mutual Savings Banks.
Reserve Mining Company.
United States. Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
Places:
China -- Description and travel.
East Asia -- Description and travel.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Tettegouche Camp (Lake County, Minn.).
Document Types:
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories).
Photographs.
Reminiscences.
Sound recordings.
Speeches.
Occupations:
Bankers -- Minnesota.

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