NORTH COUNTRY ANVIL, INC. (WINONA, MINN.):

The North Country Anvil was a literary-political magazine founded and published in southern Minnesota by Jack Miller as an alternative journalistic venture opposed to the establishment press. North Country Alternatives, Inc., the magazine's publishing house, was organized in Millville in 1971. The first issue of the magazine appeared in June 1972. In 1980 the enterprise reorganized under the name North Country Anvil, Inc., and in the mid-1980s the publishing venture moved to Winona. The magazine attracted a number of prominent Minnesota political activists and writers, among them Meridel Le Sueur, James M. Youngdale, Patricia Hampl, John T. Bernard, Sigurd Olson, Ellery Foster, and Kenneth Tilsen. Publication continued until 1989.

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The records include correspondence, minutes, financial information, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, magazine articles. literary manuscripts, and related materials. The correspondence contains information on the press's operation, its writers, and disagreements over submissions (often reflecting ideological differences). Fairly complete financial and subscription records reveal the extent of the magazine's influence.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. North Country Anvil Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,360; 15,442

Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, August 1991; Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, July 1999.

Catalog ID number: 990017150580104294

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North Country Anvil is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection.

Ringing in the Wilderness: Selections from the North Country Anvil, by Rhoda R. Gilman, is separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society book 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:

Criticism -- Minnesota.

Journalism -- Minnesota -- Editing.

Literature -- Periodicals.

Periodicals -- Minnesota -- Marketing.

Periodicals, Publishing of -- Minnesota.

Poetry.

Politics and literature -- Minnesota.

Radicalism -- Minnesota.

Underground press publications -- Minnesota.

Places:

Millville (Minn.).

Winona (Minn.)

Persons:

Bernard, John T.

Foster, Ellery A.

Hampl, Patricia, 1946-

Le Sueur, Meridel.

Miller, Jack.

Olson, Sigurd F., 1899-

Tilsen, Kenneth E.

Youngdale, James M.

Organizations:

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

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