CHARLES W. AND MARY LESLEY AMES:
An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Ames, Charles W. (Charles Wilberforce), 1855-1921, creator. | |
| Title: | Charles W. and Mary Lesley Ames family papers. | |
| Dates: | 1803-1986 (Bulk 1880-1945). | |
| Abstract: | Personal papers and organizational records of St. Paul (Minn.) businessman Charles W. Ames and several other members of his family, documenting their lives and involvements in a number of civic, cultural, religious, charitable, and war relief organizations through correspondence, subject files, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, printed materials, legal papers, scrapbooks, card files, and newsletters. | |
| Quantity: | 22.25 cubic feet (22 boxes) and 1 oversize folder, unboxed, 2 master audio files: WAV (455 MB), and 2 user audio files: MP3 (78.4 MB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Charles Wilberforce Ames was born in Minneapolis, June 30, 1855, the son of Charles Gordon Ames and Sarah Daniels Ames. He was educated at Albany Academy (Albany, New York) and public schools in California. He graduated from Cornell University in 1878. After working in San Jose, California as an apprentice printer, he returned to Minnesota where he worked as a railroad surveyor. He later assisted his father in editing and publishing the Christian Register in Boston. In 1880 he became associated with the George H. Ellis Publishing Company in Boston. In 1882 he returned to St. Paul and purchased an interest in the West Publishing Company, a publisher of law books. This association continued until his death in 1921. Under his guidance the company grew to be one of the largest publishers of law books in the U.S.
Ames became very active in the educational, civic, religious, and cultural life of St. Paul and Minnesota. Among his many projects were the founding of the St. Paul Institute, Loomis School, St. Paul Academy, and the Informal Club.
Ames married Mary Lesley in 1883. She was the daughter of Peter (J. Peter) and Susan Lyman Lesley. Mary Lesley Ames became active in many social welfare projects concerning women and children. In May 1915 the St. Paul Branch of the Fatherless Children of France was started and its headquarters were in the Ames house. Later, the American Fund for French Wounded was likewise headquartered there. Charles W., his daughters Elizabeth, Alice, and Margaret, and his son Theodore all worked in France with the organization.
During World War II, Elizabeth Ames Jackson and Margaret Ames Wright carried on the tradition of extending help with money and clothes to the people of France and England through the American Friends of France and the British War Relief Society, Incorporated These organizations were again headquartered in the Ames home. Over 72,000 garments were made or refurbished and sent to England.
Charles and Mary Ames had six children: Charles Lesley, Margaret, Catharine, Alice, Elizabeth, and Theodore Gordon.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Records of several international war relief organizations are also included, especially the American Fund for French Wounded (1915-1919), British War Relief Society (1939-1949), and Fatherless Children of France (1917-1940). Records of local organizations in which Ames family members participated include the Informal Club, National Nonpartisan League (1917-1920), Minnesota Commission of Public Safety (1917-1919), Saint Paul Institute (1907-1981), Unity Church (Saint Paul, Minn., 1881-1984), West Publishing Company (1882-1920), as well as other smaller organizations.
Subjects documented in the papers include education (adult, art, and technical); children and war; refugees and war relief; mines and ranching; law book publishing; communism in the United States; amateur theatricals; civic, cultural, and religious activities in St. Paul; and the Ames family.
Principal correspondents include Charles Gordon Ames, Charles W. Ames, Mary Lesley Ames, Peyton Boyle, Homer Clark, C. O. Erbaugh, Alice Gardiner, Norris D. Jackson, Isabel Lathrop, Elizabeth McGregor, Anne Morgan, Elizabeth Scarborough, Horatio D. West, and Eliza Orme White.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
| Family papers | ||
| Organizational records |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Charles W. and Mary Lesley Ames Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 14,515; 14,644; 16;546
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the audiocassettes are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audiocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav files.
Processing Information:
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: Bonnie Beatson Palmquist, August 1992; Shelby Edwards, January 2012
Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, September 5, 2023.
Digital audio transferred from the master audiocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (September 2023).
Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, August-September 2021.
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 990017303260104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
FAMILY PAPERS
The correspondence files (1861-1986) concern several generations of the Ames and Lesley families. Principal correspondents include Charles Gordon Ames, Charles Lesley Ames, Samuel McCord Crothers, Archibald Howe, John Norris Jackson, Norris Dean Jackson, Joseph Lesley, Susan Lyman Lesley, and Bronson Murray. The correspondence relates to family and religious activities, the publishing of Susan Lyman Lesley's book, and to the civic, cultural, and charitable organizations actively supported by Ames family members.
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| 143.C.1.1B | 1 | Family biographical information. | |||||||||||
| Biographical sketches of Charles W. Ames and miscellaneous material on members of the Ames family. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.2.9B | 19 | Charles G. and Sarah Jane Ames Papers: | |||||||||||
| Sermons and writings. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings and obituaries. | |||||||||||||
| Daniel family information, circa 1901. | |||||||||||||
| Information about the family of Sarah Jane Daniels (1826-1861), mother of Charles W. Ames. Many of the letters are from Ames' uncle, Rev. J. H. Daniels. | |||||||||||||
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| 142.F.5.1B | 20 | Daniels, Mary Ann. Diary, August 14, 1847-April 9, 1848. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Mary Ann was the sister-in-law of Charles G. Ames. The diary records the death of her sister, Maria Daniels Gerhard, in August 1847. | |||||||||||||
| Charles G. Ames sermons, 1892-1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
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| 142.F.5.2F | 21 | Photographs: | |||||||||||
| Photographs of members of the Ames, Jackson, Lesley, and Turner families; three large photographs of a children's play; and a large portrait of Mary Leslie Ames. | |||||||||||||
| Photograph albums, 4 volumes: | |||||||||||||
| Norris Dean Jackson Album. | |||||||||||||
| Reflects his years at Princeton, his WWI service, and his early fatherhood. Includes a few photographs of F. Scott Fitzgerald. | |||||||||||||
| Ames family albums. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly photographs of the Ames children and 501 Grand Ave. residence. | |||||||||||||
| 142.J.2.1-3. | Panorama photograph of the West Publishing Company Employees Club during the St. Paul Winter Carnival, undated. 1 oversize folder, unboxed. | ||||||||||||
| Photograph taken near Rice Park sometime after 1910. | |||||||||||||
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| 123.E.17.10F | 22 | Wright family, undated, 1922-1928, 1936. | |||||||||||
| Snapshots taken at 511 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, in New England, and possibly overseas. | |||||||||||||
| Trip to England, 1927. | |||||||||||||
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| 142.F.5.2F | 21 | Daguerreotypes: 3 items. | |||||||||||
| Mary Ann Daniels (sister-in-law of Charles Gordon Ames). | |||||||||||||
| Charles Gordon Ames, Sarah Jane (Daniels) Ames, and adopted daughter Serena, 1853. | |||||||||||||
| Sarah Jane and Charles W. Ames, 1857-1858. | |||||||||||||
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| Joseph or J. Peter Lesley. | |||||||||||||
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| 123.E.17.10F | 22 | Miscellaneous: | |||||||||||
| Margaret and Alice Ames and family, 1880s-1920s. | |||||||||||||
| Includes photographs of the St. Paul Camion that delivered aid to French citizens in World War I (1916) and the Womens Overseas Service League (1920). | |||||||||||||
| Charles Wilberforce Ames and family, undated, 1860s-1891. | |||||||||||||
| Cushing F. Wright and family, undated, 1916, 1950. | |||||||||||||
| Includes a portrait of Colonel Fred P. Wright. | |||||||||||||
| Turner family, undated, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Ames family unidentified, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Includes photographs of rowing team. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.1B | 1 | Correspondence, undated and 1861-1907. | |||||||||||
| Originally identified as "Letters to be destroyed a little later, by Mary Lesley Ames, Feb. 12, 1929." Most are letters of the Lesley family. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1863-1919. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Organized chronologically; subjects include routine family matters; Charles W. Ames' illness (1875); West Publishing Company stock held in family members' names; civic matters; the state capitol (1906); a roster of the Minnesota Club (1907); a reminiscence of Charles Gordon Ames (1908); a letter (1909) from Charles G. Ames about his speech in Cincinnati (1863): "Stand by the President"; hours of work by female employees (1911); support of Piney Woods Country Life School (1915); and dedication of a song to Ames by Leopold Bruenner (1916). | |||||||||||||
| Family-related Subject Files: | |||||||||||||
| Ames, Charles Gordon, 1898. | |||||||||||||
| Hidden Life and Who Knoweth Life but Questions Death. | |||||||||||||
| Ames, Charles Gordon, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence about Ames' book, A Spiritual Autobiography, including a letter about his early life in Minneapolis. | |||||||||||||
| Ames, Charles Lesley, 1907-1909, 1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to his father, Charles W. Ames. | |||||||||||||
| Ames, Charles Lesley, 1947, 1949. | |||||||||||||
| A memoir (69 pp.) written in 1947 and 1949 in which he describes his childhood, education, military service before and during World War I, his association with West Publishing Company, and his travels in India. | |||||||||||||
| Ames, Fanny B., 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence relating to her 90th birthday. | |||||||||||||
| Bangs, Susie B., undated and 1906-1907. | |||||||||||||
| Bangs was a cousin. | |||||||||||||
| Clark, Clarence M. and Martha, undated and 1889-1891, 1900. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Crothers, Samuel McCord and Louise Bronson McCord, undated and 1886, 1892-1907. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly letters to Mary Lesley Ames from a relative and clergyman. | |||||||||||||
| Howe, Archibald M., undated and 1884-1907. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly letters to Susan Lyman (Mrs. J. Peter) Lesley and later to Mary and Charles Ames. | |||||||||||||
| Jackson, Elizabeth Ames, 1926, 1940-1945. | |||||||||||||
| A letter from her brother Ted (1926) and letters found loose in the British War Relief Society records. | |||||||||||||
| Jackson, John Norris, 1858, 1888-1921. | |||||||||||||
| A marriage certificate (1858) between John W. Jackson and Lucy M. Norris, marriage certificate between John N. Jackson and Alice M. Dean (1888), and letters to Jackson from Charles Lempriere (from England) and his mother, Mrs. Frederick Driscoll. | |||||||||||||
| Jackson, Norris Dean, 1930-1986. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Contracts, labor relations notes (1939-1942), retail clerks union material (1936-1939), family material (undated and 1930, 1986), and business-related photographs of a labor negotiator and, later, an executive with Northwest Airlines, Incorporated Includes some family material, record of wedding gifts, letters from Betty Ames Jackson, a speech at the Informal Club (1950) and materials from a family reunion (1986). | |||||||||||||
| Reserve 22 | Ralph Waldo Emerson Letters: | ||||||||||||
| Letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family to Joseph Lesley and, later, to Susan Lyman Lesley. | |||||||||||||
| Emerson to Rev. J. Peter Lesley, September 3, 1850. A.L.S. | |||||||||||||
| Emerson to Rev. J. Peter Lesley, November 25, 1850. A.L.S. | |||||||||||||
| Emerson to Rev. J. Peter Lesley, September 22, 1863. A.L.S. | |||||||||||||
| Emerson to Susan Lesley, September 24, 1871. A.L.S. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.2F | 2 | Ralph Waldo Emerson letters, 1828-1879. | |||||||||||
| General use photocopies of letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family to Joseph Lesley and, later, to Susan Lyman Lesley. The originals are filed in Res. 22 (see fuller description above). | |||||||||||||
| Lesley, Susan Lyman, 1894-1903. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Family correspondence and correspondence about publication of her book, James Murray, Loyalist. Includes James Murray's letter of Sept. 6, 1779. Other letters from Annie and Alfred White are also included. | |||||||||||||
| Murray, Bronson, 1888-1902. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Susan Lesley. | |||||||||||||
| White, Eliza Orme, 1920-1926. | |||||||||||||
| A writer and friend of Mary Lesley Ames. | |||||||||||||
| Wright, Margaret Ames: | |||||||||||||
| Loose correspondence found in the British War Relief Society records [q.v.]. 1941-1944. | |||||||||||||
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| 123.E.17.10F | 22 | Miscellaneous ephemera, 1916-1917, 1946, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Includes passport (1916) and safe conduct pass (in French, 1916), marriage announcement and newspaper clipping (1917), announcement of her appointment as Honorary Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1946), application for membership in the Colonial Dames of America (1946), and poetry (1964). | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.2F | 2 | Correspondence, O-Z, 1904-1919. 20 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fragment of a file kept by C. W. Ames that contains both incoming and outgoing letters on civic, cultural, and personal subjects of local and national significance. Includes separate files for Herbert Putnam (Library of Congress), Salvation Army, C. R. Rockwell (Rockwell rented a Lesley house in Milton, Massachusetts), and Congressman Frederick C. Stevens. Other files concern James Brown Scott of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Tuskegee Institute (Ames visited it in 1898), 1908-1916; University Club, 1911-1916; Thomas Wann of the Northwestern Trust Company, 1911; Alfred T. White, builder of low income housing, 1911-1918; and the White Bear Yacht Club, 1912-1916. | |||||||||||||
| O-P, 1907-1918. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Putman, Herbert, 1907-1917. | |||||||||||||
| R, 1909-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Rockwell, C. R., 1904-1917. | |||||||||||||
| Sa, 1909-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Saint Paul, 1908-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Salvation Army, 1907-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Sc-Sw, 1907-1919. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Stevens, Frederick C., 1904-1918. | |||||||||||||
| T-Z, 1907-1919. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.3B | 3 | Numbered Subject Files: | |||||||||||
| Includes an alphabetical index to the files. The researcher should consult other sections of the inventory for additional material on these topics. | |||||||||||||
| Index. | |||||||||||||
| N. 1. Association for Constitutional Government, 1914-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 2. French High Commission, 1917-1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 3. French decoration, Legion of Honor, to C. W. Ames, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 4. DeValera & Markievicz (Irish Republic question), 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 5. Lt. Vincent de Wierzbicki, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 6. Summit School, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| N. 7. Southern Colonization Company, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 9. Verdun medals, 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 10. Bastile Day, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| N. 11. Public and parochial schools, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| N. 12a. American Fund for French Wounded, 1917-1918. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| N. 12b. American Memorial Hospital at Rheims, 1919-1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| N. 13. Second Liberty Loan Campaign, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| N. 14. As You Like It, August 14, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Benefit for American Fund for French Wounded. | |||||||||||||
| N. 15. Montana mines, 1917-1920. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| N. 17. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 18. The Review, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 19. American Legion, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 20. American Federation of the Arts, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 21. National Parks Association, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 22. Society of American Fellowships in French Universities, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 22b. American Field Service, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 23. Cornell University, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 24. National Security League, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 25. Minnesota Commission of Public Safety, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 26. St. Paul Association, 1916-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 28. St. Paul Academy, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 29. Unity Church, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 30. Unitarian Layman's League, 1920. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| N. 31. Jefferson Highway, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 32. Bush-Brown Affairs (Herman Gashe). | |||||||||||||
| N. 33. Pettibone-Mullikin Company, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 34. Burkhard Company (The Minnesota Sporting Goods Company), 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 35. Madame Guerin, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.4F | 4 | N. 36. American Law Book Company, 1919. | |||||||||||
| N. 37. Mme. Marguerite Clements, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 38. Diamond Ranche Incorporated, 1919-1920. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and court briefs relating to a ranch in Wyoming owned by Ames, Warren Delano, and C. O. Erbaugh. | |||||||||||||
| N. 39. Mrs. Fiske Warren, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| N. 40. C. L. Ames letters: Milling situation, Duplex House, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Includes letters to his father, C. W. Ames. | |||||||||||||
| N. 41. Vigilantes, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| N. 42. English Speaking Union, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 43. Athletic club, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 44. Devastated France (Anne Morgan), 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 45. Own Your Home Financing Corporation, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 46. National Information Bureau, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 47. French letters, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Maurice Boyer. | |||||||||||||
| N. 48. Personal correspondence, A-Z, 1912-1921 (bulk 1919-1921). 11 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mostly indexed. | |||||||||||||
| N. 49. German loyalty, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| N. 50. Community service, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 51. St. Paul municipal organ, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 52. City Christmas (St. Paul), 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 53. War memorial meeting, West Publishing Company, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 54. Foreign trips. | |||||||||||||
| N. 55. Southern schools, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| N. 57. Constitution day, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| N. 58. Citizens Alliance, 1920. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.5B | 5 | N. 60. National Nonpartisan League, 1917-1920. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, files on "special cases," essays and reports, expenses and lists, legislative bills in North Dakota, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating to the Nonpartisan League. Charles W. Ames was a member of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety, which opposed the League. He believed the League to be a "nefarious conspiracy against the welfare and the unity of the American people." | |||||||||||||
| Articles of association of the National Nonpartisan League. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, A-Y: | |||||||||||||
| Erbaugh, Charles O., 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Doherty, H. L., 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Murphy, Francis and E. B. McCutcheon, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Nichols, E. H., 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Patterson, Charles, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Quigley, W. E., 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Smith, Joe and Frances, 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| Walsh, F. R., 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Local correspondence, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous correspondence, 1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Special cases: | |||||||||||||
| Bentall, Jacob O., 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Doyle, Stephen J., 1918. | |||||||||||||
| F-L, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Gilbert, Joseph, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Le Sueur, Arthur, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| McConnell, Paul H., 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Townley, A. C., 1917-1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous matters. | |||||||||||||
| New York Committee, March 1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Eastern press, 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Essays, speeches, and reports, 1917-1918. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Notes by C. W. Ames. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.6F | 6 | Expenses and lists, 1918. | |||||||||||
| Elections. | |||||||||||||
| Exhibits and letters, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Bills in the North Dakota Legislature. | |||||||||||||
| Twin City Street Car strike, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Printed material. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.2.9B | 19 | Charles W. Ames Miscellaneous Papers: | |||||||||||
| Speeches and articles. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 501 Grand Avenue (Saint Paul, Minn.), 1899-1902. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs, correspondence, and invoices relating to an addition to the Ames house. | |||||||||||||
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| 142.F.5.1B | 20 | Cornell University scrapbook, 1874-1878. | |||||||||||
| Letters, programs, printed material, and photographs collected while a student at Cornell. | |||||||||||||
| Memorial resolutions, 1921: | |||||||||||||
| First National Bank of St. Paul. | |||||||||||||
| Employees of the West Publishing Company. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Association of Public and Business Affairs. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Lesley Ames Family Papers: | |||||||||||||
| Mary Lesley Ames cash book, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| J. P. Lesley letters, 1866-1867. | |||||||||||||
| Uncorrected copies of letters from Europe, later edited by Mary Lesley Ames. | |||||||||||||
| Peter Lesley, Jr. account book, 1816-1821. | |||||||||||||
| Ann Jean Robbins school book, 1803. | |||||||||||||
| Junior League Convalescent Home: Patient registration book, 1923-1932. | |||||||||||||
ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS
Organizational records and subject files include minutes, correspondence and memoranda, newspaper clippings, newsletters, printed material, and miscellaneous papers relating to the Ames family's special interests. These organizations include: American Fund for French Wounded (1915-1919), British War Relief Society, Incorporated (1939-1949), Fatherless Children of France (1917-1940), Informal Club (1903-1921), Minnesota Commission of Public Safety (1917-1919), Miss Loomis School (1903-1915), Northern Blau Gas Company (1913-1919), St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters (1907-1981), Unity Church (1881-1984), West Publishing Company (1882-1920), and Winter and Ames Company (1899-1911). Other miscellaneous subject files complete this section.
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| 143.C.1.6F | 6 | American Fund for French Wounded, 1915-1919: | |||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation, minutes, weekly and monthly bulletins, treasurer's reports, subject files, membership information, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, printed material, card files, and circulars relating to a national organization that sent medical supplies, volunteer help, and money to French civilians and military personnel. The St. Paul branch was started in May 1915, with its headquarters in the Ames house at 501 Grand Avenue. Several St. Paul Branch people worked in France, including Charles W. Ames; his daughters Margaret, Alice, and Elizabeth; and his son Theodore. Included is a history of the St. Paul Branch by Mary Lesley Ames. | |||||||||||||
| The correspondence includes letters of national committee members Isabel Lathrop, Anne Paul Nevin, Elizabeth Scarborough, and others, as well as letters of Elizabeth McGregor (St. Paul) describing her work as a doctor in France. The volumes include financial and work records (1915-1918), record book for circles doing war work, and Alice Ames' recipe book (1916-1918) and box content record book. The photographs depict work in the hospitals, women mechanics, and informal scenes. The card files list money and material received from individuals and circles. | |||||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1915-1919. | |||||||||||||
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| Contribution statements, May 1917-June 1918. | |||||||||||||
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| Reports and balance sheet of Paris depot, December 31, 1916. | |||||||||||||
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| Treasurer's reports, 1915-1919. | |||||||||||||
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| Receipts and disbursements, 1915-1918. | |||||||||||||
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| French Wounded Emergency Fund report, 1915. | |||||||||||||
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| French Wounded Emergency Fund membership. | |||||||||||||
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| Correspondence, 1915. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| Correspondence, A-B. | |||||||||||||
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| Chapin, Edith, 1915-1919. | |||||||||||||
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| Hannah, Mary Elizabeth, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Fergus Falls branch. | |||||||||||||
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| Lathrop, Isabel Stevens, 1915-1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| McGregor, Elizabeth, 1918-1919, 1950. | |||||||||||||
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| Nevin, Anne Paul, 1915-1916. | |||||||||||||
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| Perkins, Elizabeth, 1916-1918. | |||||||||||||
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| Scarborough, Elizabeth, 1915-1918. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes minutes. | |||||||||||||
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| Spencer, Carita, 1915. | |||||||||||||
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| Vail, Anna Murray, 1916-1919. | |||||||||||||
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| Van Rensselaer, M. G., 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.7B | 7 | Miscellaneous letters and reports. | |||||||||||
| General material relating to AFFFW. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Subject files: | |||||||||||||
| Ames, Charles W.: Articles. | |||||||||||||
| Bandage Making Circles (St. Paul). 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Bulletins sent by Mary Lesley Ames, 1915-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Committee, 1916-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Conditions in France. | |||||||||||||
| Film on surgical dressings, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence related to its showings. | |||||||||||||
| Fuller benefit concert, January 29, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Grand Forks (N.D.) Chapter. | |||||||||||||
| Printed reports and bulletins, 1916-1917. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Reports of the St. Paul branch, 1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes final report. | |||||||||||||
| National reports, 1915-1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Monthly reports, January 1916-July 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Numbers 1-24; missing 10, 11, 13, and 15. | |||||||||||||
| Weekly bulletins, 1917-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Numbers 1-34, 67-82; missing issues in both segments. | |||||||||||||
| Bulletin of the National Council, January, March 1919. | |||||||||||||
| Numbers 3, 5. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||||
| Printed circulars. | |||||||||||||
| Aid for the Destitute Babies of France, circa 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Volumes: | |||||||||||||
| Cash and work books, 1915-1918. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Receipts and expenditures, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Record book: circles. | |||||||||||||
| Box contents book. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Ames receipts, 1916-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.C.1.8F | 8 | Card files. 2 file drawers. | |||||||||||
| Membership and contributions. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs. 1 folder and several rolled photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Refugees of England, Incorporated: | |||||||||||||
| This organization was a continuation of the American Fund for French Wounded's efforts on behalf of French refugees. Edith Bangs was the principal correspondent. | |||||||||||||
| Records, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| British War Relief Society, Incorporated: | |||||||||||||
| The local committee of the British War Relief Society started May 1940, with headquarters at 501 and 511 Grand Avenue in St. Paul. Summer activities were held at Summit School in St. Paul. Activities included cutting, sewing, knitting, refurbishing used clothing, and packing for shipment to England. Other groups were started in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth. The men's committee operated for two years raising money for materials and for contributions to the fund for overseas projects, including relief in blitz areas, mobile canteens, ambulances, hospitals, rest homes, homes for the aged and children, vegetable seeds, aid to prisoners of war, and European refugees in England. A downtown shop which sold BWRS merchandise also contributed income. Local dry cleaners cleaned, without charge, several thousand used garments and a local box manufacturer supplied boxes wholesale. A total of 72,000 garments were sent to England. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.9B | 9 | History. | |||||||||||
| Minutes, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Annual reports, 1941, 1943. | |||||||||||||
| Treasurer's reports, 1941-1942. | |||||||||||||
| W. W. Skinner. | |||||||||||||
| Treasurer's reports, 1942-1943. | |||||||||||||
| A. W. McNee. | |||||||||||||
| Financial contributions, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| List of groups and contributors. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul branch, 1940-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1939-1945. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence with A. B. Grant of the national headquarters, with local participants, with committee members, and two first-hand descriptions of the fall of Paris. | |||||||||||||
| Thank-you letters, 1941-1949. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Several unopened letters, mainly from England and Scotland; later letters are primarily from Holland, but also from other countries. They were written in response to the identification tags attached to clothing and the comfort bags that included toilet articles. Detailed accounts of the recipients' experiences in bombed-out areas, the distribution of gifts to children of prisoners of war, and distribution centers in England and Scotland. | |||||||||||||
| List of members and garments made, A-Z, 1940-1941. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Revised master list, June 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Main file of members. | |||||||||||||
| Nelson regular and special file names, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Neighborhood groups. | |||||||||||||
| Articles shipped, 1940-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Invoices, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Box contents list, Boxes 1-21, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Service wool records, 1940-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Civilian wool records, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Garments needed and shipped, 1940-1943. | |||||||||||||
| Reid unit production, 1941-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Autumn 1942 sewing data. | |||||||||||||
| Production notes, 1943. | |||||||||||||
| Valuation chart of garments. | |||||||||||||
| Patterns, Directions for. | |||||||||||||
| Special events: | |||||||||||||
| Rev. Michael Coleman speech, March 9, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Gracie Fields appearance, September 8, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Lord and Lady Halifax's visit, May 9, 1941. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.1.10F | 10 | Minnesota State Fair, 1943-1944. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes correspondence, photographs used in exhibits, and list of volunteers and sales. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Gardiner's reports, 1943-1944. | |||||||||||||
| Reports from London sent to Mr. Delander and Margaret Wright of the St. Paul office. The letters detail the activities and support for projects sponsored by the BWRS and contain many descriptions of people and places. | |||||||||||||
| Young America Wants to Help, 1940-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence with, and printed material of, a junior division of the BWRS. | |||||||||||||
| Mrs. Norris Jackson (Elizabeth Ames): Woman of the Day, December 15, 1943. | |||||||||||||
| Merit badge List. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1941-1945. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Printed material: | |||||||||||||
| News bulletins, 1941-1945. | |||||||||||||
| Incomplete series. | |||||||||||||
| Memoranda, 1940-1944. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Incomplete series. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||||
| News releases, undated. | |||||||||||||
| From the New York office. | |||||||||||||
| Printed material. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| War posters. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Interior view of workshop at 501 Grand Ave.; Gracie Fields with 2 girls; Mrs. Cole (?) with British sailor; and four small unidentified photographs showing two women with articles made at workshop. | |||||||||||||
| Card files. 3 packages. | |||||||||||||
| Includes names and articles made. | |||||||||||||
| Volumes: | |||||||||||||
| Service record, 1943-1945. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Articles completed; alphabetical by unit. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.2.1B | 11 | Ledger (Casidy Unit), 1941-1942. | |||||||||||
| Cash book, 1941-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Contributions of articles knitted, 1941-1942. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Donations, 1945. | |||||||||||||
| Unit books. 18 volumes. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.2.2F | 12 | Record of items sent with names and articles listed. | |||||||||||
| [BWRS Shop?]. | |||||||||||||
| Register, 1940-1941. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Goods received, 1940-1941. | |||||||||||||
| BWRS at Summit School, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Sponsors for British and French children's bags. | |||||||||||||
| Scrapbook, 1940-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Inventory of boxes, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.F.5.1B | 20 | Commission for Relief in Belgium in Minnesota, 1915. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Mary Lesley Ames was chairperson; contains minutes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence of the organization. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.2.3B | 13 | Fatherless Children of France: | |||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation, correspondence, photographs, reports, and printed material relating to an organization dedicated to the relief of French soldiers' children. Charles W. and Mary Lesley Ames provided monetary support for 30 children, and other St. Paul families did the same. The series contain correspondence, printed material, and individual children's files. Most of the children's files contain note cards with dates of children's letters and the Ames replies, photographs, and reports of field agents. Most letters are from 1920-1932. Whereabouts of the earlier letters is unknown. Margaret Ames Wright recorded later additions. Many of the letters are in French. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous material. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Children's files. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters: Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
| Informal Club: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and printed material relating to a civic club formed to foster "good fellowship and tolerant discussion." Speakers discussed a wide range of issues and interests. | |||||||||||||
| Records, 1903-1921, 1947, 1963. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| N. 56. Informal Club. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Commission of Public Safety: | |||||||||||||
| Organized after U.S. entry into WWI to protect Minnesota people and property,especially from un-Americanized aliens, and to otherwise support the war effort on the home front. Charles W. Ames was appointed a member of the commission and served from April to December 1917. Ames resigned from the commission after a dispute involving arbitration during the strike against the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. He was later appointed a special investigator for the commission. Mainly correspondence and/or newspaper clippings from 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Minutes, April 23-December 11, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| 1.1. "Business as Usual:" war cost, etc. | |||||||||||||
| 1.2. Circular letters: County directors. | |||||||||||||
| 1.3. County directors' meeting, June 13, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| 1.4. County organizations. | |||||||||||||
| 1.5. Farm labor. | |||||||||||||
| 1.6. Food production and conservation. | |||||||||||||
| 2.7. German papers. | |||||||||||||
| Also includes the foreign language press in U.S. | |||||||||||||
| 2.8. Home guards. | |||||||||||||
| 2.9. Inventions and research committee. | |||||||||||||
| 2.10. Lawsuit: Cook case. | |||||||||||||
| 2.11. Labor. | |||||||||||||
| 2.12. Minutes of meetings. | |||||||||||||
| 3.13. Orders and manifestos. | |||||||||||||
| 3.14. Interior administration. | |||||||||||||
| 3.15. Quartermaster reserve corps. | |||||||||||||
| 3.16. Secret Service. | |||||||||||||
| 3.17. Women's Auxiliary Committee. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 3.18. Appointments and Beginnings. | |||||||||||||
| 3.19. Statutes (state and federal); Tighe's letter regarding policies of MCPS. | |||||||||||||
| 4.20. Organization of business, Liberty Loan, etc. | |||||||||||||
| 4.21. Social problems. | |||||||||||||
| 4.22. Suppression of disloyal newspapers and magazines. | |||||||||||||
| 4.23. Speeches and speech material. | |||||||||||||
| 4.24. Correspondence: General. | |||||||||||||
| 4.26. Universal military training league. | |||||||||||||
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| 143.C.2.4F | 14 | 5.26. Council of National Defense. | |||||||||||
| 5.27. National Defense Conference. | |||||||||||||
| 5.28. Official bulletins. | |||||||||||||
| 5.30. American Protective League. | |||||||||||||
| 5.31. Coal situation. | |||||||||||||
| 6.32. Meetings and expressions of loyalty. | |||||||||||||
| 6.33. Bentall, Bergmeier, Sugarman, et al.; Beyer, Broms, etc.; Lenhart, Lundeen; Dr. William Schaper; Kittinghans. | |||||||||||||
| 6.34. Minnesota Motor Reserve. | |||||||||||||
| 6.35. Company funds. | |||||||||||||
| 6.36. Dedication Day. | |||||||||||||
| 6.37. 4th Minnesota Infantry. | |||||||||||||
| 6.38. Exemption boards. | |||||||||||||
| 7.39. Germans in the United States (general topic). | |||||||||||||
| 7.40. Huns: German frightfulness, breaches of honour, etc. | |||||||||||||
| 7.41. Industrial Workers of the World (general file). | |||||||||||||
| 7.42. Labor's Loyal Legions. | |||||||||||||
| 7.43. Aliens, drafting of. | |||||||||||||
| 7.44. Nonpartisan League. | |||||||||||||
| 8.45. Socialists. | |||||||||||||
| 8.46. Sheriffs. | |||||||||||||
| 8.47. Pacifism. | |||||||||||||
| 8.48. Draft army, mobilization of (clippings). | |||||||||||||
| 8.49. Mobilization of industries. | |||||||||||||
| 8.50. State policies. | |||||||||||||
| 8.51. German propaganda in schools and universities. | |||||||||||||
| 8.52. War situation and terms of peace. | |||||||||||||
| 8.53. American Alliance for Labor and Democracy. | |||||||||||||
| 9.54. Chaplain's Field Service Fund. | |||||||||||||
| 9.55. Bread shops. | |||||||||||||
| 9.56. War profits, bank clearings, income tax in general. | |||||||||||||
| 9.57. Marketing. | |||||||||||||
| 9.58. Food prices, Control of. | |||||||||||||
| 9.59. People's Council. | |||||||||||||
| 10.60. Vice conditions in St. Paul and Minneapolis. | |||||||||||||
| 10.61. Minneapolis Board of Education | |||||||||||||
| "IWW Row." | |||||||||||||
| 10.62. Relating to Mayor Van Lear. | |||||||||||||
| 10.63. LaFollette. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.C.2.5B | 15 | 11.64. New Ulm (part II). | |||||||||||
| CWA or Tighe has Parts I & III. | |||||||||||||
| 11.65. Labor and CWA. | |||||||||||||
| 11.66. Unemployed. | |||||||||||||
| 11.67. Davis, William Stearns, et al. | |||||||||||||
| Patriotic handbook. | |||||||||||||
| 11.68. Cotton, Donald R. | |||||||||||||
| 11.69. Four Minute Men. | |||||||||||||
| 12.70. School patriotic handbook. | |||||||||||||
| 12.71. Commercial economy: Economy Board. | |||||||||||||
| 12.72. Street railway strike. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul and Minneapolis. | |||||||||||||
| 12.73. Hygiene, State Commission of. | |||||||||||||
| 13.74. Resignation of Pardee as safety commissioner. | |||||||||||||
| 13.75. Saloons, Closing of in parts of the state: Law enforcement. | |||||||||||||
| 13.76. War advertising (Canadian). | |||||||||||||
| 13.77. "Perils of Prussianism." | |||||||||||||
| 13.78. Care of dependents of enlisted men. | |||||||||||||
| 13.79. Tighe's letter to Lyndon A. Smith, Attorney General relating to removal of public officials, August 13, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| 13.80. T. G. Winter's reports. | |||||||||||||
| 13.81. Enemy aliens. | |||||||||||||
| 13.82. German spies. | |||||||||||||
| 13.83. C. W. Ames removal from Public Safety Commission. | |||||||||||||
| 15.85. Colored soldiers at Camp Dodge, Morale of. | |||||||||||||
| 15.86. World's War Monument Association ("Fake?"). | |||||||||||||
| 15.87. MCPS. | |||||||||||||
| General newspaper comments on activites. | |||||||||||||
| 15.88. Disloyalty. | |||||||||||||
| 15.89. Pope's peace appeal, August 1, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| 15.90. Makeup of the MCPS. | |||||||||||||
| 15.91. Children in public entertainments in war time; Regulations of child labor. | |||||||||||||
| 15.92. Secretary Lane's speech of June 5, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| Translated into German. | |||||||||||||
| 15.93. Base hospitals at Fort Snelling. | |||||||||||||
| 15.94. The Stars and Stripes League. | |||||||||||||
| 15.95. U.S. Public Service Reserve. | |||||||||||||
| 15.96. State councils of defense. | |||||||||||||
| Reports and activities in other states. | |||||||||||||
| 15.97. Central Council of Welfare Agencies. | |||||||||||||
| 15.98. Delivery service. | |||||||||||||
| 15.99. Sabotage. | |||||||||||||
| 15.100. War Library Fund. | |||||||||||||
| 15.101. Labor, Conscription of. | |||||||||||||
| 15.102. Soldiers' votes. | |||||||||||||
| 15.103. Russia. | |||||||||||||
| 15.104. Tuberculosis, Care of. | |||||||||||||
| 15.105. Congress. | |||||||||||||
| 15.106. Trading with the enemy act. | |||||||||||||
| 15.107. Ships. | |||||||||||||
| 15.108. Officers' training camps. | |||||||||||||
| 15.109. American Defense Society. | |||||||||||||
| 15.110. Campbell, D. E., Correspondence with. | |||||||||||||
| 15.111. Educational campaign, August 1917. | |||||||||||||
| 15.112. Lind, John. | |||||||||||||
| 15.113. Royal Arcanum's use of U.S. flag in advertising. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| Investigative reports. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Investigative reports made for the Commission on subversive activities and speeches. | |||||||||||||
| Miss Loomis School: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, legal papers, contracts, and list of subscribers for a new school for boys on Holly Avenue in St. Paul. The school was operated by Annie and Elizabeth Loomis. The school later became the St. Paul Academy and Summit School. | |||||||||||||
| Records, 1903-1915. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Northern Blau Gas Company (St. Paul, Minn.): | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence (1914-1919), monthly operating statements (1914-1917), and ledger statements (1913-1917) relating to a light oils and tar business of which Ames was a director. | |||||||||||||
| Records, 1913-1919. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters: | |||||||||||||
| The St. Paul Institute was the forerunner of the Science Museum of Minnesota. Charles W. Ames was a founder and first president of what he called "the people's university." It offered courses and lectures on hygiene and sanitation, an elementary and graded night school, a technical school, a teachers' professional school, and fine arts and industrial arts classes. The name was changed to St. Paul Institute of Arts and Science in 1908 and, in 1910, to the St. Paul Institute. By 1932, the Institute added "of General and Applied Sciences" to its name to reflect the growing emphasis on its scientific collections. In 1935 it became the St. Paul Institute; in 1965 the name "The Science Museum" was made official. | |||||||||||||
| The records include articles of incorporation, correspondence, course offerings, newspaper clippings, audio cassettes, and printed material. The bulk (1907-1919) concern Charles Ames' efforts in support of, and involvement with, the institution. There is correspondence with director Jessie W. Seymour (1912-1919), as well as correspondence with board members and supporters. | |||||||||||||
| A more detailed history can be found in Inez Roach, A History of the Science Museum of Minnesota: 1907-1975 (1981). | |||||||||||||
| Internet | Elizabeth Ames Jackson, 1981. | ||||||||||||
| History of the Science Museum. | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Ames Jackson interview by Betty Cowlie, June 26, 1981. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 3 minutes): WAV (319 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (54.6 MB). | |||||||||||||
 Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Ames Jackson interview by Betty Cowlie, July 17, 1981. 1 master audio file (26 minutes, 49 seconds): WAV (135 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (23.7 MB). | |||||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.C.2.6F | 16 | Major historical figures. | |||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation and courses, 1907-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Undated. | |||||||||||||
| Courses offered. | |||||||||||||
| Art. | |||||||||||||
| Fine and industrial arts section. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Institute, 1912-1978. 11 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the museum. Includes some minutes from the 1940s and the opening of the new building in 1978. | |||||||||||||
| Seymour, Jessie W. correspondence, undated and 1912-1919. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Printed material. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul School of Fine Arts and Minnesota State Art Society, 1904-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Theatrical Events: | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.C.2.7B | 17 | Miscellaneous materials, 1878-1917. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, flyers, and scripts (printed and holograph) of various plays and musicals Ames both wrote and was otherwise associated with. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.F.5.1B | 20 | Playbills, 1890-1916. 4 items. | |||||||||||
| Charles W. Ames was interested in presenting entertainments, and wrote and directed several "Wax Shows." | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.C.2.7B | 17 | Unity Church (St. Paul, Minn.): | |||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation, treasurer's reports (1892-1971, incomplete series), membership lists (1891-1912), correspondence with Rev. Richard Boynton and Rev. William Lord, a speech of Rev. Samuel M. Crothers (1902), ground breaking and dedication of the new church (1905), Layman's League (1902, 1919), Unity study club and musical offerings (1885-1904), photographs, and miscellaneous material of Unity Church (Unitarian) of St. Paul. The bulk of the material is from 1890s-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Records, 1881-1984. 15 folders. | |||||||||||||
| West Publishing Company: | |||||||||||||
| Histories, annual statements (1886-1904), employees' club (1888-1919), financial information for capitalization (1886, 1898), correspondence with West officials (Peyton Boyle, Arthur Bradley, Homer P. Clark, Samuel Hill, William Strong, Horatio and John West), advertising samples, and printed material of a St. Paul law book publishing company. | |||||||||||||
| Historical material and statements, 1887-1889. | |||||||||||||
| Annual reports, 1886-1891. | |||||||||||||
| Prospectus (1891) and annual statements, 1892-1894. | |||||||||||||
| Annual statements, 1894-1896. | |||||||||||||
| Capitalization material (1898) and annual statements, 1897-1904. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Statement for Germania Bank of St. Paul, (1886). | |||||||||||||
| Notes about employee relations and unions, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| Boyle, Peyton, 1883-1900. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.C.2.8F | 18 | Bradley, Arthur, 1887-1891. | |||||||||||
| Includes history of West Publishing Company. | |||||||||||||
| Clark, Homer P., 1894-1906, 1920. | |||||||||||||
| Hill, Samuel, 1897-1898. | |||||||||||||
| Strong, William L., 1907-1913. | |||||||||||||
| West, Horatio and John B., 1882-1908, 1918-1920. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Employees Club, 1888-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Includes newsletters for traveling salesmen, The Whisper for West employees, programs and entertainments for employees, and secretaries' reports. | |||||||||||||
| Advertising samples, 1899-1908. | |||||||||||||
| Controversial advertising, 1889-1898. | |||||||||||||
| Printed material. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
| Winter and Ames Company: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and some financial information of a Minneapolis grain company. T. G. Winter was Charles Ames' brother-in-law. | |||||||||||||
| Records, 1899-1911. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 143.C.2.9B | 19 | Miscellaneous Subject Files: | |||||||||||
| Amalgamated Association of Old Albany Academy Boys, 1905-1907, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| American Committee for Devastated France, 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Annual report. | |||||||||||||
| American Geographical Society of New York, August 29, 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Ames was a member of the reception committee when the organization came to St. Paul. | |||||||||||||
| American Red Cross. St. Paul Chapter, 1918, 1937-1940. | |||||||||||||
| Cornell Alumni Association, 1885-1908. | |||||||||||||
| Banquets, 1910-1921. | |||||||||||||
| J. J. Hill dinner, December 14, 1904. | |||||||||||||
| Emergency Aid of St. Paul, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation. | |||||||||||||
| English Speaking Union, 1946-1947. | |||||||||||||
| Includes list of English and Scottish war brides in St. Paul area. | |||||||||||||
| National Security League, Incorporated Women's Section, St. Paul Branch, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, 1908. | |||||||||||||
| Needlework Guild, 1939. | |||||||||||||
| New Century Club, 1912-1913, 1940, 1944. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Lesley Ames was president. Includes minutes and programs, 1912-1913. | |||||||||||||
| North Star Athletic Club, 1910-1913. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Theodore Ames was a member of the club, which included boys from the Crocus Hill area. Includes minutes and rosters. | |||||||||||||
| Patriot Day meeting, June 27, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Academy, 1906-1913, 1920, [194-], 1980. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence with C. N. B. Wheeler and one letter (1920) from John DeQ. Briggs; miscellaneous material and one photograph from 1940s; and information from a dinner honoring donors, 1980. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Anti-Tuberculosis Committee, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and printed material relating to Mary Lesley Ames' membership on the committee. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Garden Club, 1931-1952. | |||||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation, membership lists, programs, and miscellaneous papers. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Symphony Orchestra, 1906-1907, 1913-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Includes a prospectus for the 1906-1907 season, seating chart for the St. Paul Auditorium, and miscellaneous papers. | |||||||||||||
| Service Men's Center (Saint Paul, Minn.), 1942-1943. | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Ames Jackson was a member of the committee that operated the center. The folder includes minutes, chaperons list, correspondence, hostess lists, and miscellaneous papers. | |||||||||||||
| Slave Traders (Richmond, Va.), 1842, 1856-1864. | |||||||||||||
| Court of Hustings directive (1842), correspondence (1856, 1860-1864), and ledger sheets (1862, 1863) relating to two slave markets (E. H. Stokes, and Dickinson and Hill) in Richmond. The papers were given to Charles W. Ames by Maria Cary. | |||||||||||||
| Summit School (Saint Paul, Minn.), 1941. | |||||||||||||
| The Flame, yearbook belonging to Leila Jackson, with inscriptions. | |||||||||||||
| Town Criers Club, 1911. | |||||||||||||
| Typothetae, 1895, 1905-1906. | |||||||||||||
| Annual convention material, newspaper clippings, and speech notes of Charles W. Ames who was toastmaster in 1906 of this organization of printers. | |||||||||||||
| United States Committee for the Care of European Children, Incorporated St. Paul Committee. Records, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| The St. Paul committee had headquarters in the International Institute. Elizabeth Ames Jackson and Margaret Ames Wright volunteered to have Charles Morrison, an English refugee, live with them for the duration of the war. Includes a photograph of Morrison. | |||||||||||||
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:
- Adult education -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Amateur theater -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Arbitration, Industrial -- Minnesota.
- Art -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Charities -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Communism -- United States -- 1917-.
- Education -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- German Americans -- Minnesota.
- Internal security -- Minnesota.
- International relief -- France.
- Manual training -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Mines and mining -- Montana.
- Museums -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Educational aspects.
- Nursing home patients -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Publishers and publishing -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Ranch managers -- Wyoming.
- Slave bills of sale -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Slave traders -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Strikes and lockouts -- Street railroads -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Subversive activities -- Minnesota.
- War brides -- Minnesota.
- Women in charitable work -- Minnesota.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Children -- France.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- France.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Minnesota.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- France.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- England.
- Persons:
- Ames family.
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
- Jackson family.
- Lesley family.
- Townley, A. C. (Arthur Charles), 1880-1959.
- Organizations:
- American Fund for French Wounded.
- Cornell University.
- Diamond Ranche, Incorporated (Chugwater, Wyo.).
- Minnesota State Art Society.
- Miss Loomis' School (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Northern Blau Gas Company (Minneapolis, Minn.).
- Northwest Airlines, Incorporated
- Princeton University.
- Saint Paul Institute.
- Science Museum of Minnesota.
- Service Men's Center (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- St. Paul Academy and Summit School (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- St. Paul School of Fine Art (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Tuskegee Institute.
- Unity Church (Saint Paul, Minn.). Unitarian Laymen's League.
- Unity Church (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- West Publishing Company.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Civil defense.
- Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Social life and customs.
- Document Types:
- Playbills--Minnesota--St. Paul.
- Audio recordings.
- Photographs.
- Sermons.
- Speeches.
- Occupations:
- Arbitrators.
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