MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
An Inventory of the Northfield (Minnesota) Bank Robbery of 1876: Selected Manuscript Collections at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota Historical Society, compiler. | |
| Title: | Northfield (Minnesota) Bank Robbery of 1876 Selected Manuscript Collections. | |
| Dates: | [circa 1880]-1962. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Photocopied use copies and original materials about the 1876 robbery of Northfield, Minnesota's First National Bank. | |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (1 box and 2 folders in reserve). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection contains letters, reminiscences, and related materials about the robbery and subsequent manhunt, primarily from southern Minnesota residents. It also includes correspondence from Cole Younger and copies of correspondence from W. C. Bronaugh, who was instrumental in securing Jim and Cole Younger's parole from prison. This collection was originally collated to facilitate microfilming.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Access to and use of reserve materials requires the curator's permission.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Northfield (Minnesota) Bank Robbery of 1876 Selected Manuscripts Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Location of Originals:
Bronaugh-Younger papers, Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri; 920 South College Avenue, Columbia, MO 65201-7298.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 1805A1; 5985; 6930; 7559; 7808; 8901; 9337; 9490; 10,799; 13;645
Processing Information:
Digitized by: Christopher G. Welter, April 2011
Digitization of reserve material was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 7366268
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| P1416 | Use copies. Photocopy. | ||||||||||
| Reserve 110 | Armstrong, Charles: Recollections of a nine year old boy concerning events following the Northfield Bank Robbery, circa June 1945. | ||||||||||
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| Armstong's essay conveys his fear prior to the bandits' capture and their subsequent arrival in Madelia. Salient points include a woman bringing a handkerchief to the wounded Jim Younger and Cole Younger's praise for the capturing posse—yet threatens posse member Willis Bundy, who supposedly inflicted Jim Younger's jaw wound. | |||||||||||
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| Bronaugh-Younger papers: | |||||||||||
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| Letters reflecting efforts made by Missouri and Minnesota citizens to obtain pardons for the Younger brothers. Addressed mainly to Bronaugh, the movement’s leader and author of The Youngers Fight for Freedom. | |||||||||||
Digital version, undated-September 23, 1891.
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Digital version, March 19, 1893-January 20, 1925.
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| Eva to Bronaugh, June 4 [no year]. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| W. H. Harrington [to Bronaugh?], circa 1880s. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| B. G. Yates to Bronaugh, February 27, [189-]. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| B. G. Yates to G. H. Bronaugh, August 28, [189-]. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Peter [Freligh] to Rietta [Henrietta Younger], November 11, 1890. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Cole Younger to Bronaugh, November 23, 1890. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Peter Freligh to Bronaugh, November 24, 1890. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| [Henrietta] Younger to Bronaugh, September 22, 1891. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Peter [Freligh] to [Henrietta] Younger, September 23, 1891. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Cole Younger to Bronaugh, March 19, 1893. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Cole Younger to Fannie Twyman, April 26, 1895[?]. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Fannie is Cole's aunt, Frances Fristoe Twyman. | |||||||||||
| Petition, Members of the 39th General Assembly, House of Representatives, State of Missouri to Minnesota Board of Pardons, circa 1897. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| F. L. Pitts to Minnesota Board of Pardons, February 10, 1897. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| B. G. Yates to Bronaugh, April 2, 1897. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Shepard Barclay to Minnesota Board of Pardons, June 5, 1897. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| E. G. Williams to Bronaugh, July 8, 1897. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| William C. McNeil Denning to Bronaugh, October 9, 1897. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| C. Denning to Bronaugh, November 1, 1897. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| R. H. Gray to Bronaugh, February 11, 1901. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Horace to mother, October 25, 1902. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| William Watts Folwell to Bronaugh, July 1, 1921. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Cora Bronaugh to American Library Service Company, January 20, 1925. Photostat. | |||||||||||
| Butler, Francis David: | |||||||||||
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| Butler to Walter Trenerry, November 20, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Contains data on the robbery, particularly the removal of Bill Chadwell’s body to the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, as a study cadaver. | |||||||||||
| Butler to Walter Trenerry, November 20, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Anecdotes of pioneer days in Northfield, and reminiscences of the Butler family, especially his grandfather, Patrick, who emigrated from Ireland in the late 1840s, settled in Illinois, and in 1863 homesteaded near Waterford, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Glispin, James M.: Watonwan County (Minnesota) sheriff's statement of expenses for the Northfield bank robbers, January 21, 1878. | |||||||||||
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| Itemizes each expense, including board, clothing, and medical and surgical accommodations. | |||||||||||
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| Hall, Eunice Eleanor Rowell: Letter to editor, Minnesota History magazine, October 31, 1954. | |||||||||||
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| Brief account of the burning of fourteen Rice County mills shortly after the Northfield robbery, all believed to have been ignited by members of the James gang. The author, then three years old, recalls seeing two of the mills—the Beans and Grange mills in Faribault—burning. | |||||||||||
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| Henkle, A. W.: Letter to cousin William, September 29, 1876. | |||||||||||
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| Describes the experiences of Henkle, a Faribault resident, as a member of one of the many volunteer groups organized to aid in the pursuit and capture of the Northfield robbers. Also details a visit to Madelia to view the captives. | |||||||||||
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| LeVesconte, Lillie Gibbs: Letter to Jacob Hodnefield, February 19, 1945. | |||||||||||
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| LeVesconte (Prior Lake, Minnesota) to Jacob Hodnefield (St. Paul) relating her recollections, as a ten-year-old St. Paul girl, of the robbery and the transfer of Charlie Pitts’ body to a St. Paul doctor. | |||||||||||
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| McKenzie, George A.: Reminiscences of the Younger brothers' capture, undated. | |||||||||||
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| A card containing illustrations of the seven men who captured the Younger brothers on front, with McKenzie’s account of the capture on back. McKenzie unknowingly played pool with Bob Younger in Owatonna shortly before the robbery and visited the Youngers in the Faribault jail following their capture. | |||||||||||
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| Thomforde, Bertha Germann: An Incident in the Career of the James Brothers, as told to Mrs. Herbert W. Meyer, circa 1962. | |||||||||||
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| Thomforde's reminiscence of a stop made by the Northfield robbers the evening prior to the daytime robbery, as related to her niece. The robbers occupied the nearby schoolhouse in Featherstone Township, Goodhue County. Includes a hand-drawn map of the area. | |||||||||||
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| Younger, Cole: Letters to Dr. G. A. Newman: | |||||||||||
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| Newman, serving his medical internship, befriended Cole Younger, who worked as an orderly at Stillwater's Minnesota State Prison. Newman was practicing in Wells (1896-1897) and New London (1898-1900), Minnesota, during this friendly correspondence. | |||||||||||
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| September 27, 1896. | |||||||||||
| December 20, 1896. | |||||||||||
| April 4, 1897. | |||||||||||
| September 12, 1897. | |||||||||||
| May 1, 1898. | |||||||||||
| January 5, 1899. | |||||||||||
| November 19, 1899. | |||||||||||
| May 14, 1900. | |||||||||||
| September 9, 1900. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
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:
- Armstrong, Charles.
- Bronaugh, W. C. (Warren Carter), b. 1839.
- Butler, Francis D. (Francis David), 1899-1986.
- Chadwell, Bill.
- Glispin, James M.
- Hall, Eunice Eleanor Rowell, 1872-
- Henkle, A. W.
- LeVesconte, Lillie Gibbs, 1865-
- McKenzie, George A.
- Pitts, Charlie, -1876.
- Thomforde, Bertha Germann, 1871-
- Younger, Cole, 1844-1916.
- Topics:
- Bank robberies -- Minnesota -- Northfield.
- Prisoners -- Minnesota -- Watonwan County.
- Places:
- Madelia (Minn.) -- History.
- Northfield (Minn.) -- Bank robbery, 1876.
- Document Types:
- Reminiscences.
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