REPUBLICAN PARTY (MINN.). STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Republican Party (Minn.). State Central Committee, creator. | |
| Title: | Miscellaneous party papers. | |
| Dates: | 1857-1956. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | An assemblage of miscellany pertaining to party conventions, campaigns, and political activities. They consist of: letters from several prominent politicians regarding campaign speeches and funds (1857-1859); a broadside for a Republican rally (1882); minutes and credentials reports for the 7th district convention (1912); proceedings and miscellany from state conventions (1936, 1940, 1946, 1950, 1956); delegate lists for Republican national conventions (1936-1952); and miscellaneous correspondence (1914-1923). | |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Republican Party (Minn.). State Central Committee. Miscellaneous Party Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Provenance:
See Minnesota History, 10:340 (Sept. 1929).
Accession Information:
Accession number: 3015; 3184; 4910; 5041; 7914; 12,660; 12,927
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017326800104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| BN1.1.R425 | 1 | Letters concerning campaign speeches and funds, 1857-1859. | |||||||||
| Written to party chairmen Charles D. Gilfillan and Daniel Rohrer by prominent politicians such as Stephen Miller, Ignatius Donnelly (September 12, 1859), Francis Preston Blair, William Pitt Fessenden, Henry Wilson, Zachariah Chandler, Jane Grey Swisshelm (September 21, 1859), James Wilson Grimes, John Parker Hale, Salmon P. Chase (May 11, 1857), and Alexander Ramsey (September 29, 1859). | |||||||||||
| A broadside for a "Grand Republican Rally," November 6, 1882. | |||||||||||
| Seventh District convention materials, 1912. | |||||||||||
| "One packet of reports to the credentials committee of the 7th District Republican convention from the individual county committees, and two packets of rough minutes and notes of the district convention, held May 15, 1912, in Willmar. The credentials reports give results of the presidential preference votes in the various counties and list the delegates and alternates to the district convention. Counties represented include Big Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, and Yellow Medicine." | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous correspondence, 1914-1923. | |||||||||||
| Correspondents include Alice B. Nicols and Carl C. Van Dyke. Also included are letters received by Nettie Bancroft from the Republican party. | |||||||||||
| State convention minutes and miscellany, 1936, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Includes a copy of the platform adopted in 1940. | |||||||||||
| Convention proceedings, 1946, 1950, 1956. | |||||||||||
| Typed transcripts. | |||||||||||
| Delegate and alternate lists for Republican National Conventions, 1936-1952. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIAL
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.
- Persons:
- Bancroft, Nettie.
- Blair, Frank P., Jr. (Francis Preston), 1821-1875, author.
- Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879, author.
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873, author.
- Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901, author.
- Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869, author.
- Gilfillan, Charles Duncan, 1831-1902, author.
- Grimes, James W. (James Wilson), 1816-1872, author.
- Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873, author.
- Miller, Stephen, 1816-1881, author.
- Nicols, Alice B.
- Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903, author.
- Rohrer, Daniel, 1828-1902, author.
- Swisshelm, Jane Grey, 1815-1884, author.
- Van Dyke, Carl C. (Carl Chester), 1881-1919.
- Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875, author.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Politics and government.
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