WILLIAM WATTS FOLWELL AND FAMILY:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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	Creator:	Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929, creator.
	Title:	William Watts Folwell and family papers.
	Dates:	1769-1950.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Folwell's papers document his career as a philologist; a lieutenant colonel in the Fiftieth New York Volunteer Engineers in the Civil War; a business man of Venice, Ohio (late 1860s); professor of mathematics and civil engineering at Kenyon College in Ohio (1868-1869); president (1869-1884), professor of political economy (1884-1907), and president emeritus (1907-1929) of the University of Minnesota; a member and president of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; a member of the State Board of Corrections and Charities; a Minnesota lawyer (1884-); the author of two histories of Minnesota; a leader in the development of Minnesota's public high school system; and president of the Minnesota Historical Society (1924-1927).
	Quantity:	50 cubic feet (123 boxes, including 134 volumes; 2 items in reserve; and 2 oversize folders) and 1 microfilm reel.
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

William Watts Folwell The family papers also provide information on life and education in western New York (1840s-1850s); genealogies of the Folwell, Bainbridge, Colby, Cole, and Heywood families; Hobart College, from which Folwell was graduated (1857); travel and study in Europe (1860-1861); life in Wisconsin and Minnesota as reported by Folwell's wife Sarah and members of her family (1860s); the public health activities of Dr. Charles Hewitt, who was instrumental in establishing the Minnesota State Board of Health; a sister's education at Mount Holyoke Seminary (1860s); the 1876 national exposition at Philadelphia; frontier life at Fort Benton (1870s-1880s); the practice of medicine in Buffalo, New York (circa 1865-1895); life on a western Minnesota farm; library problems and usages in Minnesota; the Minneapolis Board of Trade; St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis; and the Grand Army of the Republic.

Many of Folwell's correspondents were men and women of distinction, including Matthew Arnold, Arthur Beardsley, James H. Canfield (University of Kansas), John B. Clark, Horace W. S. Cleveland, John R. Commons, Mark Dunnell, Charles W. Eliot (President of Harvard University), Richard T. Ely, Jakob Fjelde, John B. Gilfillan, Albert Bushnell Hart, James K. Hosmer, J. Franklin Jameson, John Lamb, Thomas R. Lounsbury (Folwell's brother-in-law), George H. Morgan, Justin S. Morrill, Cyrus Northrop, Theophilus Parsons, Le Grand Powers, Herbert Putnam, William B. Rising, Maria Sanford, Albert Shaw, Douglas Volk, Thomas B. Walker, Bishop Henry B. Whipple, Andrew D. White (President of Cornell University), and J. Fletcher Williams.

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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]. William Watts Folwell and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Microfilm Production:

Civil War letters (M36): St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm.

Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 1800; 1903B; 1977B; 2017A; 2041A; 2169; 2271; 2316; 2400; 2407; 2410; 2419; 2501; 2512; 2591; 2681; 2740; 2755; 2950; 3051; 3065; 3071; 3334; 3349; 3353; 3394; 3422; 3522; 5108; 5491; 5559; 5774; 5829; 5844; 6081; 7418; 7523; 8108; 10923; 11212; 11362; 11496; 16496

Processing Information:

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Digitized by: Christopher G. Welter, April 2011, and Minnesota Historical Society, June 2024.

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: 990017333090104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


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P335	1	Correspondence and miscellaneous papers:
			Undated.
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P335	2		Undated.
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P335	3		Undated.
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P335	4		March 30, 1704-July 1848.
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P335	5		August 1848-May 1860.
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P335	6		June 1860-November 1861.
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P335	7		December 1861-February 1862.
			Civil War letters:
				Original typescript, January 1862-October 4, 1865. 6 folders (810 pages).
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M36	1			Microfilm, January 1862-October 4, 1865.
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P335	7			G.G. Brooks, September 1862-June 1868.
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P335	8		March 1862-March 1863.
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P335	9		April 1863-June 1864.
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P335	10		July 1864-June 1868.
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P335	11		July 1868-April 1872.
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P335	12		May 1872-November 1875.
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P335	13		December 1875-February 1880.
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P335	14		March 1880-February 1883.
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P335	15		March 1883-June 1885.
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P335	16		July 1885-August 1887.
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P335	17		September 1887-December 1889.
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P335	18		Board of Park Commissioners and American Outdoor Art Association, undated, 1889-1928.
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P335	19		January 1890-April 1891.
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P335	20		May 1891-February 1893.
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P335	21		March 1893-March 1894.
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P335	22		April 1894-April 1895.
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P335	23		May-December 1895.
			Board of Corrections, undated, April 1895-July 1902.
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P335	24		1896.
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P335	25		1897-March 1898.
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P335	26		April-November 1898.
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P335	27		December 1898-October 1899.
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P335	28		November 1899-June 7, 1900.
				Includes carbon copies of typed transcripts of Mary Folwell's Cuban letters.
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P335	29		June 8-October 31, 1900.
				Includes carbon copies of typed transcripts of Cuban letters.
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P335	30		November 1, 1900-May 11, 1901.
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P335	31		May 12-December 8, 1901.
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P335	32		December 9, 1901-May 24, 1902.
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P335	33		May 25, 1902-January 31, 1903.
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P335	34		February 1903-April 8, 1904.
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P335	35		April 9, 1904-February 8, 1906.
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P335	36		February 9, 1906-March 1907.
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P335	37		April 1907-June 1908.
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P335	38		July 1908-January 1910.
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P335	39		February-June 1910.
				Includes original typed transcripts of Mary Folwell's Cuban letters.
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P335	40		July 1910-April 1911.
				Includes original typed transcripts of Cuban letters.
			Folwell, Mary Heywood: Cuban letters. May-June 1900, March-July 1910. 3 folders.
				Duplicate, incomplete carbon copies of typed transcripts.
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P335	41		May 1911-February 1912.
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P335	42		March 1912-January 1913.
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P335	43		February 1913-January 1915.
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P335	44		February 1915-March 1916.
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P335	45		April 1916-February 1917.
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P335	46		March-December 1917.
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P335	47		1918-August 1919.
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P335	48		September 1919-May 1921.
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P335	49		June 1921-December 1922.
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P335	50		1923-February 1924.
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P335	51		March 1924-May 1925.
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P335	52		June 1925-June 17, 1926.
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P335	53		June 18, 1926-July 1927.
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P335	54		August 1927-October 1928.
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P335	55		November 1928-November 1929.
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P335	56		December 1929-March 1931.
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P335	57		April 1931-1935.
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P335	58		1936-January 1945.


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P335	59	Genealogical correspondence and miscellaneous papers:
			Bainbridge family.
			Coan family.
			Dungan family.
			Folwell family.
			Hart family.
			Hemphill family.
			Heywood family.
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Reserve 111				Commission issued to Jonas Hubbard by John Hancock, July 1, 1775.
					Access Restricted.
					Hubbard was Sarah Hubbard Heywood's paternal great grandfather.
					Digital version
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P335	59		Jones family.
			McMath family.
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P335	60		Potts family.
			Purdy family.
			Watts family.
			Wilkinson family.
			Miscellaneous notes (Mary H. Folwell).


		Family reminiscences:
			Recollection Diary (drafts).
			Miscellaneous Recollection material.


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P335	61	Manuscripts of articles, essays, lecture notes, and related material (W. W. Folwell and others):
			Undated, 1869-1895.
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P335	62		1896-1929.


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P335	63	Manuscripts of books by William W. Folwell:
			Critical History of Minnesota.
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P335	64		A History of Minnesota:
				Includes appendices, notes, and footnotes.
				Volume 1, chapters 1-14.
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P335	65			Volume 1, chapters 15-16.
				Volume 2, chapters 1-3 and preliminary matter.
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P335	66			Volume 2, chapters 4-11.
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P335	67			Volume 2, chapter 12, appendices 1-17, and miscellaneous fragments.
				Volume 3, chapters 1-2.
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P335	68			Volume 3, chapters 3-15.
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P335	69			Volume 3, appendices 1-19.
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P335	70			Volume 4, chapters 1-3.
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P335	71			Volume 4, chapter 4.
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P335	72			Volume 4, chapters 5-6.
					Original draft and copies (Andrews - Hart).
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P335	73			Volume 4, chapter 6.
					Copies (Hewitt - Winchell).
				Material not in final manuscript.
			Story of Minnesota, chapter 1.


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P335	74	Historical notes:
			Adams - Bogess.
			Boundaries, Minnesota.
			Bowler - Brott.
			Brown, Joseph R. 2 folders.
				Attributed to Cassie Mix while visiting the Joseph R. Brown family, these letters were written by William Watts Folwell. See "A Visit to Farther-and-Gay Castle" in Minnesota History (volume 12, number 2).
			Brown - Brunton.
			Buffington. 3 folders.
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P335	75		"Bursum" bills - Cheney.
			Chesley - Chute.
			Chronology of Minnesota, 1497-1914.
			Civil War:
				Minnesota at Gettysburg.
				Minnesota, troops in.
				New York, 50th Regiment.
			Clark - Conservation.
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P335	76		Constitutional matters - Corrections.
			Courts of conciliation - Davis, C.K.
			Densmore - Donahower.
			Donnelly - Eden Prairie.
			Education. 2 folders.
			Elections. 2 folders.
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P335	77		Ely - "Friendlies."
			Faribault plan and claims.
			Finances: Minnesota - Folwell's History.
			Forestry. 2 folders.
			Fort Ridgely - Foster.
			French explorations.
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P335	78		Game and fish - Gorman.
			Governor's messages - Guizat.
			Haecker, T.L. - Hill, J.J.
			Hitchcock, E.A. - Hubbard.
			Indians:
				Abercrombie - Chippewa.
				Chippewa.
				Congressional reports - Birch Coulee.
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P335	79			Donahower - Half-breed scrip.
					Digital version
				Inkpaduta massacre - Miscellaneous Indian affairs.
					Digital version
				New Ulm battle.
					Digital version
				Northwest Indian Commission - Red Lake.
					Digital version
				Red Lake Falls - Rum River Battle.
					Digital version
				Sioux outbreak/Marion P. Satterlee. 2 folders.
					Folder 1
					Folder 2
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P335	80			Sioux outbreak/Marion P. Satterlee. 4 folders.
					Folder 1
					Folder 2
					Folder 3
					Folder 4
				Sugar Point - Sully expedition.
					Digital version
				Treaties. 2 folders.
					Folder 1
					Folder 2
				Trials. 2 folders.
					Includes copies of The Tomahawk.
					Folder 1
					Folder 2
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P335	81			White Earth Reservation.
				Winnebago notes - Wood Lake Battle.
			Iron mining. 4 folders.
			Ives, Ashley - Kingsbury/Fuller case.
			Labor.
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P335	82		Laccoan Oak tale - Knott.
			Laws of Minnesota.
			Leach - Lincoln assassination.
			Literary, miscellany.
			Loring - Martin.
			Maryland notes - Mill.
			Minneapolis - Minnesota Valley.
			Mississippi River - New Ulm.
				New Ulm includes anti-draft rally (1917).
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P335	83		Newspapers notes (1851-1884) - Nicollet.
				Digital version
			Nonpartisan League.
				Digital version
			Northfield robbery. 2 folders.
				Includes photocopy of Cole Younger's account of the Northfield bank robbery.
				Folder 1
				Folder 2
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Reserve 17				Cole Younger's account of the Northfield bank robbery, [1897] and June 7, 1921.
					Access Restricted.
					Includes cover letter by Dr. A. E. Hedback explaining how he gained possession of the original.
					Digital version
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P335	83		Northern securities - Peace council.
				Digital version
			Pensions - Pioneer Chronicle and Register (1849-1950).
				Digital version
			Politics, Minnesota.
				Digital version
			Pond papers.
				Digital version
			Pond's narrative - Prison notes.
				Digital version
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P335	84		Public Safety Commission - Railroad and Warehouse Commission.
				Digital version
			Railroads. 2 folders.
				Folder 1
				Folder 2
			Ramsey - St. Anthony, Hennepin County.
				Digital version
			St. Barnabas Hospital - Schools, public.
				Digital version
			Seal, state and territorial - Sibley papers (1830-1850).
				Digital version
			Sibley papers (circa 1850-1863). 2 folders.
				Folder 1
				Folder 2
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P335	85		Sibley papers, letterbooks.
				Digital version
			Sibley papers, letters to Mrs. Sibley.
				Digital version
			Sisters of St. Francis - Spanish-American War.
				Digital version
			Stanchfield, Statelar.
				Digital version
			Steam engine.
				Digital version
			Steele, Franklin.
				Digital version
			Stevens, Colonel J.H.
				Digital version
			Stillwater -Swisshelm, Jane G.
				Digital version
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P335	86		Taliaferro journal.
			Taxation.
			Telegraph - University of Minnesota.
			Van Cleve - Voting machines.
			Vervais, Joseph O.
			Walker - Welles.
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P335	87		Whipple - Wildes.
			Wilkinson - Winston.
			World War I - Yellow Medicine agency.
			Miscellaneous notes.


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P335	88	Historical notecards:
			Addresses - Constitutional amendments.
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P335	89		Convention and state admission - Grasshoppers.
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P335	90		Hart - Income tax.
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P335	91		Indian affairs:
				Blueberry war - Sioux.
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P335	92			Sioux half-breed scrip - Sioux war.
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P335	93			Trade.
			Literature.
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P335	94		Loan ($5,000,000) - Passes.
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P335	95		Passes - Public examiner.
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P335	96		Railroads - Swamp lands.
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P335	97		Swisshelm - Wright County war.
			Miscellaneous.
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P335	98		Miscellaneous.
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P335	99		Lecture notes for economics classes at University of Minnesota.
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P335	100		Civil War: correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated, 1862-1865.
			Civil War: notes on diaries, maps and drawings, pictures.


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P335	101	Newspaper clippings:
			Alumni Weekly extracts. 3 folders.
			Economic and political questions.
			Education, undated, 1857-1928. 4 folders.
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P335	102		Financial questions. 2 folders.
			Folwell: personal, undated, 1857-1930. 5 folders.
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P335	103		Genealogical material.
			Heraldry - Historical Sketch.
			History of Minnesota: volume 4.
			Hobart College - Indian Affairs (Sioux).
			Indian affairs, undated, 1872-1929. 3 folders.
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P335	104		Industry and science.
			Literature, poems, humor, etc.
			Lounsbury - Mayo Foundation.
			Military.
			Minnesota, undated, 1891-1923. 3 folders.
			New York people and projects.
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P335	105		Prominent people. 2 folders.
			Religious news. 3 folders.
			United States and its dependencies. 2 folders.
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P335	106		University of Minnesota. 1872-1929. 5 folders.
			World history.
			Clippings by chronology:
				Undated. 2 folders.
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P335	107			Undated, 1859-1914. 7 folders.
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P335	108			1915-1943. 8 folders.


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P335	109	Miscellaneous papers by subject:
			Folwell family gardening.
			William Watts Folwell health charts.
			Oakshade News.
			Victory Memorial Drive, Minneapolis.
			Miscellaneous.
			Postcards: foreign.
			Postcards: United States.
			Folwell family bank books.


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P335	110	Typewritten copies of and notes on diaries:
			Joanna Bainbridge Folwell diary, 1883-1889.
			Sarah Heywood Folwell diary (typescript of volume 2), 1850.
			William Watts Folwell European diary (typescript of volume 7), August 9, 1860-October 10, 1861.
			William Watts Folwell last diary (typescript of volume 27), 1929.
			Notes for Lieutenant William Watts Folwell diaries, 1862-1864.
			Notes from Captain M.B. Folwell diary, 1862-1864.


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P335	111	Diaries:
			Volume 1. Dr. Samuel Dungan, 1797-1798.
				Copy.
			Volume 2. Sarah Heywood Folwell, May 8-[July 1850?].
				Written at age 12.
			Volume 3. John Wicks Heywood, September 1850-[April 1851?].
			Volume 4. Unidentified, 1851.
			Volume 5. Unidentified, 1858.
			Volume 6. Unidentified, 1860.
			Volume 7. William Watts Folwell European trip, August 9, 1860-October 10, 1861.
			Volume 8. William Watts Folwell, August 21, 1861.
			Volume 9. William Watts Folwell, 1862.
			Volume 10. William Watts Folwell, 1863.
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P335	121		Volume 11. Diary/letters from William Watts Folwell to Sarah H. Heywood, March 1863.
			Volume 12. Diary/letters from William Watts Folwell to Sarah H. Heywood, March 1863.
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P335	112		Volume 13. William Watts Folwell, 1864.
			Volume 14. Unidentified, 1883.
			Volume 15. Mary H. Folwell, 1888.
			Volume 16. Russell H. Folwell, 1895.
			Volume 17. Russell H. Folwell, September 17, 1898-May 17, 1899.
			Volume 18. Russell H. Folwell, May 18-December 1, 1899.
			Volume 19. Unidentified, October 28, 1906-November 25, 1911.
			Volume 20. Mary H. Folwell, 1907.
			Volume 21. Mary H. Folwell, March 1908.
			Volume 22. William Watts Folwell, November 1911-July 1921.
			Volume 23. William Watts Folwell, 1913-December 21, 1917.
			Volume 24. William Watts Folwell, 1918-1922.
			Volume 25. William Watts Folwell, 1923-1927.
			Volume 26. William Watts Folwell, 1928.
			Volume 27. William Watts Folwell, 1929.


		Memo books:
			Volume 28. Sarah H. Folwell, undated.
			Volume 29. William Watts Folwell, 1865.
			Volume 30. William Watts Folwell, 1866-1867.
			Volume 31. William Watts Folwell, 1867.
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P335	113		Volume 32. William Watts Folwell, 1868.
			Volume 33. William Watts Folwell, [1868?].
			Volume 34. William Watts Folwell, 1868.
			Volume 35. William Watts Folwell, 1869.
			Volume 36. William Watts Folwell, 1869.
			Volume 37. William Watts Folwell, 1870.
			Volume 38. William Watts Folwell, 1872.
			Volume 39. Unidentified, March 31-September 3, 1875.
			Volume 40. William Watts Folwell, September 3-December 10, 1875.
			Volume 41. William Watts Folwell, December 10, 1875-April 14, 1876.
			Volume 42. William Watts Folwell, April 14-October 23, 1876.
			Volume 43. William Watts Folwell, October 23, 1876-February 20, 1877.
			Volume 44. William Watts Folwell, February 20-June 23, 1877.
			Volume 45. William Watts Folwell, June 23-December 3, 1877.
			Volume 46. William Watts Folwell, December 3, 1877-July 21, 1878.
			Volume 47. William Watts Folwell, July 21, 1878.
			Volume 48. William Watts Folwell, April-September 1879.
			Volume 49. William Watts Folwell, September 1879-July 3, 1880.
			Volume 50. William Watts Folwell, September 7, 1880.
			Volume 51. William Watts Folwell, September 7, 1880.
			Volume 52. William Watts Folwell, September 1881-March 1882.
			Volume 53. William Watts Folwell, March-July 1882.
			Volume 54. William Watts Folwell, August 27, 1882.
			Volume 55. Joanna Bainbridge Folwell, 1883-1889.
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P335	114		Volume 56. Unidentified, 1883-[1884?].
			Volume 57. William Watts Folwell, August 11, 1892-April 4, 1893.
			Volume 58. William Watts Folwell, April 4, 1893-October 27, 1894.
			Volume 59. William Watts Folwell, October 27, 1894-November 19, 1895.
			Volume 60. William Watts Folwell, November 19, 1895-May 9, 1896.
			Volume 61. William Watts Folwell, May 9, 1896-August 17, 1897.
			Volume 62. William Watts Folwell, August 17, 1897-August 3, 1898.
			Volume 63. Russell H. Folwell, 1898.
			Volume 64. William Watts Folwell, August 3, 1898-September 30, 1899.
			Volume 65. William Watts Folwell, September 30, 1899-1900.
			Volume 66. Unidentified, 1899-[1901?].
			Volume 67. Unidentified, July 1, 1905-1906.
			Volume 68. William Watts Folwell, 1911-1912.
			Volume 69. William Watts Folwell, June 1, 1912-1913.
			Volume 70. William Watts Folwell, May 1913-1914.
			Volume 71. William Watts Folwell, April 1915-1916.
			Volume 72. William Watts Folwell, August 6, 1917-April 24, 1919.
			Volume 73. Unidentified, [1920?].
			Volume 74. William Watts Folwell, 1920-1922.
			Volume 75. William Watts Folwell, 1922-1923.
			Volume 76. William Watts Folwell, 1924.
			Volume 77. William Watts Folwell, 1925-1926.
			Volume 78. William Watts Folwell, 1926-1928.
			Volume 79. William Watts Folwell, November-December 1926.
			Volume 80. William Watts Folwell, 1927-1929.
			Volume 81. William Watts Folwell, 1928.


		Notes on Minnesota history, William Watts Folwell:
			These volumes are cited as "Author's Notebook" in Folwell's A History of Minnesota.
			Volume 82. Notebook 1, September 1903-March 1905.
			Volume 83. Notebook 2, April 1905-January 1906.
			Volume 84. Notebook 3, January 1906-January 1907.
			Volume 85. Notebook 4, January-November 1907.
			Volume 86. Notebook 5, January 1908-February 1910.
			Volume 87. Notebook 6, February 1910-July 1913.
			Volume 88. Notebook 7, July 1913-February 1916.
			Volume 89. Notebook 8, April 1916-February 1922.
			Volume 90. Notebook 9, September 1920-July 1926.
			Volume 91. Noteobok 10, September 1926-July 1927.


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P335	115	Miscellaneous volumes:
			Volume 92. Shorthand book of Frank O'Keefe, 1918-1920.
			Volume 93. William Watts Folwell's genealogy notebook, undated.
			Volume 94. William B. Folwell letterbook, April 7, 1898-January 24, 1899.
				Contains original letters.
			Volume 95. William B. Folwell letterbook, February 10, 1899-July 1, 1910.
				Contains original letters.
			Volume 96. William B. Folwell letterbook, April 7, 1898-October 15, 1899.
				Contains copies.
			Volume 97. William B. Folwell letterbook, October 16, 1898-June 20, 1899.
				Contains copies.
			Volume 98. William B. Folwell letterbook, June 27, 1899-July 1, 1910.
				Contains copies.
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P335	116		Volume 99. The General Flight, January 8, 1850.
				Dictated to William Watts Folwell by Mrs. Mary MacMath Bainbridge.
			Volume 100. William Watts Folwell's reminiscences of William B. Folwell's departure for the Spanish-American War, [1898?].
			Volume 101. Sarah H. Folwell reminiscences, circa 1900.
			Volume 102. Sarah H. Folwell reminiscences, 1924.
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P335	121		Volume 103. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1852-1869.
			Volume 104. Scrapbook of newspapers clippings, 1870-1920.
			Volume 105. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, John B. Gilfillan, 1904.
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P335	116		Volume 106. Scrapbook of coats-of-arms, crests, etc., 1907.
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P335	122		Volume 107. William Watts Folwell scrapbook, 1909.
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P335	117		Volume 108. Scrapbook of Minnesota Historical Society dinner honoring Folwell's completion of A History of Minnesota (volume 1). 1921.
			Volume 109. Folwell family Bible, undated.
			Volume 110. Joanna B. Folwell psalm/hymn book, undated.
			Volume 111. Manual of family devotions, undated.
			Volume 112. Poor Richard's Almanac, undated.
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P335	122		Volume 113. Mary S. Heywood (Mrs. George L. Chase) drawing book, 1859.
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P335	117		Volume 114. Sarah H. Folwell cook book, 1865.
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P335	122		Volume 115. An Alumni Tribute to William Watts Folwell, 1867-1907, 1907.
Location	Box
P335	118		Volume 116. University Addresses, William Watts Folwell. 1909.
			Volume 117. Folwell's personal copy of A History of Minnesota (volume 1). 1921.
			Volume 118. Folwell's personal copy of A History of Minnesota (volume 2). 1924.
Location	Box
P335	119		Volume 119. Folwell's personal copy of A History of Minnesota (volume 3). 1926.
			Volume 120. Index to Minnesota alumni of American colleges, undated.
			Volume 121. Mary E. Folwell grade school lesson book, undated.
			Volume 122. Russell H. Folwell physiology notebook and drawings, undated.
				From Winthrop School.
			Volume 123. Russell H. Folwell drawing book, undated.
			Volume 124. Mary H. Folwell address book, undated.
			Volume 125. Address book, unidentified, undated.
			Volume 126. Russell H. Folwell dances notebook, undated.
			Volume 127. William B. Folwell botany experiments notebook, undated.
Location	Box
P335	120		Volume 128. Index Rerum, 1846.
				Owned by John Wicks Heywood.
			Volume 129. Collection of verses, 1851.
				Author unknown.
			Volume 130. Ordnance book, New York Engineers, 50th Regiment, 1863.
			Volume 131. William B. Folwell household account book, undated.
				Kept in Trinidad, Cuba.
			Volume 132. Account book, unidentified, 1915-1929.
			Volume 133. Check stubs, unidentified, 1929.
			Volume 134. Sarah H. Folwell clinical record book, 1930-1931.


Location	Box
P335	123	Photographs:
			Photographs of Cuban scenes, some taken by Mary Folwell, including city, village, military, and sugar plantation scenes.
			Snapshots, undated, 1899-1902.
			Album, undated, 1899-1902.
			Album, undated.
			Miscellaneous 8x10 photographs, undated. 2 folders.


Location	Folder
+347	1	Oversize material:
			Genealogical information and ancestral documents:
				College diploma, Brown University, William Watts Folwell, 1792.
					Parchment in Latin, signed by Richard Stiles. William Watts Folwell (1768-1858) was William Watts Folwell's paternal grandfather. Also includes a note by his descendants explaining history of document.
				Promissory note, Peter Bainbridge to Philip Van Cortlandt, September 7, 1795.
					Peter Bainbridge was William Watts Folwell's paternal grandmother's uncle.
				Indenture, Peter Bainbridge to Philip Van Cortlandt for lands in Onondaga County, New York, September 7, 1795.
					Includes explanatory note by William Watts Folwell dated July 27, 1931.
				Roll of the company of infantry in the 128th regiment, 38th brigade, 21st division under command of Thomas Folwell, September 1825.
				Genealogical chart, Bainbridge family, circa 1900.
					The chart traces the line of descent from Sir Arthur Bainbridge of Durham, England. Four of his sons came to America possibly around 1700. The chart includes the marriage of Joanna Bainbridge to Thos. J. Folwell in 1828. Also includes positive and negative photographic copies.
			William Watts Folwell documents:
				Certificate of appointment, Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, March 20, 1866.
					Signed by President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
				Certificate of award as Commissioner Alternate, Minnesota United States Centennial Commission, September 27, 1876.
				Commission as aide de camp in charge of military instruction in public schools, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Minnesota, June 1, 1895.
				Commission as aide on military instruction, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Minnesota, February 28, 1896.
				Certificate of appointment, member of Minnesota State Board of Corrections and Charities, January 8, 1897.
					Signed by Governor David M. Clough and Albert Berg.
				Certificate of appointment, member of Minnesota State Board of Corrections and Charities, February 1, 1899. 2 items.
					Signed by Governor John Lind and Albert Berg. Includes letter of transmittal signed by John Lind.
				Commemorative diploma as chairman of International Group Jury of Awards on Higher Education, St. Louis Exposition, 1904.
				Commemorative diploma as chairman of Section of "Economic" Theory International Congress of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis Exposition, 1904.
				Commission of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William Watts Folwell as companion of the first class, Military Order of the Loyal Legion in the United States, October 31, 1907.
Location	Folder
+347	2			William Watts Folwell properties:
					Diagram of Folwell properties, undated. 2 items.
					Premises of Folwell property, 1020 5th Street SE, Minneapolis, undated.
					Rearrangement of south part of Block 27, Regent's Addition to city of Minneapolis, 1894. 2 items.
					University of Minnesota, undated. 1 blueprint.
Location	Folder
+347	1			Published sheet music: To Minnesota, 1925.
					Words by D.C. Jordahl, music by Gunnar S. Malmin. Signed by D.C. Jordahl and inscribed to "President Emeritus Folwell".
				Honorary doctor of laws certificate, University of Minnesota, June 15, 1925. 2 items.
					In presentation case; includes transcript of speech awarding diploma.
				Manuscript sheet music: The Alpine Herdsman, undated.
			William B. Folwell documents:
				Commission as first lieutenant, 14th regiment of infantry, May 5, 1898.
					Signed by Governor David M. Clough and Adjutant General Hermann Muehlberg.
				Commission as first lieutenant, 14th regiment of infantry, May 6, 1898.
					Signed by Governor David M. Clough and Adjutant General Hermann Muehlberg. Appears to be the same document as May 5, 1898, but with later date.
				Commission as second lieutenant of infantry, July 16, 1898.
					Signed by President William McKinley and Secretary of War R.A. Alger.
				Commission as second lieutenant of infantry, December 24, 1898.
					Signed by President William McKinley and Secretary of War R.A. Alger.
				Commission as first lieutenant, April 17, 1899.
					Signed by President William McKinley and Secretary of War R.A. Alger.
				Commission as first lieutenant of infantry, December 26, 1899.
					Signed by President William McKinley and Secretary of War Elihu Root.
			Sarah Hubbard Heywood Folwell documents:
				Membership certificate, National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists, March 5, 1923.
				Membership certificate, Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Chapter, March 1, 1929.
			Mary Heywood Folwell documents:
				Membership certificate, Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Chapter, February 3, 1896.
				Membership certificate, National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists, March 5, 1923.
Location	Folder
+347	2		Maps, drawings, and charts, used or considered for use in William Watts Folwell's History of Minnesota:
				Relating to American Indians:
					Indians in Minnesota, showing villages, agencies, posts, etc., undated. Ink on linen.
					Indian cessions and reservations, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 1.
					Vicinity of massacre by Inkpaduka near Spirit Lake, Iowa and Springfield (now Jackson), Minnesota in March 1857, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2. From sketch published by Mrs. Abbie Gardner Sharp, Thomas Teakle, and Arthur P. Rose.
					Map of the Battle of Shakopee, as attacked by about 150 Chippewa from Mille Lacs, May 27, 1858, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Indian cessions and reservations to 1858, undated. Ink on linen.
					Chippewa land cessions in Minnesota, 1837-1866 and original reservations, undated.
					Reservations for the Chippewa of the Mississippi, 1863-1867, undated.
					Upper Mississippi reservations, undated.
					White Earth Indian Reservation, undated.
					Red Lake Indian Reservation, 1863-1930, undated.
				Relating to the U.S.-Dakota War:
					Sioux Villages and Chiefs of Southwestern Minnesota in 1862 before the Outbreak, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Fortified posts south of the Minnesota River, 1862, undated.
						For volume 2.
					Vicinity of Acton and Hutchinson, 1862-1863, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Vicinity of Mankato, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Vicinity of New Ulm, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Fort Ridgely, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2. From a sketch map by Benjamin H. Randall.
					Vicinity of Upper Sioux Agency, 1862. undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Location of buildings at Upper [Sioux] Agency, 1862, undated. 2 items; ink on linen.
						For volume 2. From a sketch map by George E. Olds; includes a separate explanation also on linen.
					Vicinity of Lower Sioux Agency, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Location of buildings at Lower Sioux Agency, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2. From sketch map by Marion P. Satterlee.
					Map of the Sioux Outbreak and War in Southwestern Minnesota, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Defense of New Ulm, August 19 and 23, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Sites of murders by Sioux in Acton, August 17, and the Battle of Acton, September 3, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Raid by Little Crow to the Big Woods, September 1-5, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Fortified part of New Ulm, undated. 2 items.
						From a sketch and letter of Charles Roos to Governor Ramsey of September 15, 1862.
					Battle of Wood Lake and Camp Release, September 23, 26, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Localities and numbers of victims in the Sioux Massacre and War, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2. Based mainly on Marion P. Satterlee.
					Route of the expedition by General Sibley against the Sioux in 1863, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					General Sully's expedition against the Sioux in 1864, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Map of Minnesota and Dakota showing route of the Northwestern Indian Expedition of 1864, 1898.
						Drawn by D.L. Kingsbury.
					Battle Field of Wood Lake, 1910. Ink on linen.
						Drawn by L.F. Collins, under the direction of L.W. Collins.
				Relating to the Civil War:
					Vicinity of Corinth, Mississippi, where the Fifth Minnesota Regiment participated in battle, October 4, 1862, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, showing sites of charge by First Minnesota Regiment, July 2, 1863, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Part of Battlefield of Chickamauga, George, Second Minnesota Regiment, September 20, 1863, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Battle Field of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863, where the Second Minnesota Regiment gained distinguished service, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
					Battle Fields in Front of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15-16, 1864, showing General A.J. Smith's Corps in which were the Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Minnesota Regiments, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 2.
				Relating to general political and economic conditions:
					Physical features of Minnesota, undated. Ink on linen.
					Map of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation as surveyed by Lieutenant James L. Thompson in October and November 1839, by order of Major Plympton, undated. Ink on linen.
					The Railroad Situation, 1857-1862, undated. Ink on linen.
					Minnesota in 1870, showing county lines and railroads, undated. 2 items.
						For volume 3. Two variant maps showing similar information.
					Boundaries proposed before the admission of Minnesota to the union as a state, undated. Ink on linen.
					Relating to grasshopper plagues:
						Grasshopper ravages in Minnesota, 1873-1877, showing eastern and northern limits, undated.
						Draft of Grasshopper ravages in Minnesota, 1873-1877, showing eastern and northern limits, undated.
						Draft of invasion and breeding grounds of Rocky Mountain locusts, 1873-1877. undated.
						Outline map of Minnesota showing county boundaries in 1880 annotated with acres of wheat ravages by county, 1873-1877, undated. 5 items.
							Annual map for each year.
						Rand McNally's map of Minnesota, annotated showing boundaries where eggs were deposited by Rocky Mountain locusts, 1873-1876, by Allen Whitman, 1877, July 1908.
						Outline map showing county boundaries in 1880 coded by extent and years of grasshopper raids, undated. 2 items.
							Two maps with separate explanation sheet.
					Minnesota in 1875, showing county boundaries, railroads, and distribution of population, undated.
						For volume 3.
					Minnesota in 1875, showing county boundaries, annotated with typed explanations, August 28, 1925.
					Improvements at the Mississippi at the Falls of St. Anthony, 1856-1876, undated. 2 items.
						Includes linen and paper copies. For volume 3.
					Diagram of rainfall and temperature for Minneapolis from 1865 to 1893, 1900.
					Minnesota in 1920 showing county lines and distribution of population, undated.
						For volume 3.
					Map of the iron mining region of Minnesota, undated. Ink on linen.
						For volume 4.

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The Northfield bank robbery material is also available on the microfilm edition of the Northfield (Minnesota) bank robbery of 1876: Selected manuscript collections and government records (M468).

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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:: Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865.; Education -- Minnesota.; Grasshopper plague -- Minnesota -- 1873-1877.; Historians -- Minnesota.; Indians of North America -- Minnesota.; Lawyers -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Bainbridge family.; Colby family.; Cole family.; Folwell, Sarah Hubbard Heywood, 1838-1930, author.; Heywood family.; Hewitt, Charles N. (Charles Nathaniel), 1835-1910.; Younger, Cole, 1844-1916, author.

Organizations:: Grand Army of the Republic.; Hobart College.; Kenyon College.; Minneapolis (Minn.). Board of Park Commissioners.; Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.; Minnesota Historical Society.; Minnesota. State Board of Corrections and Charities.; Minnesota. State Board of Health.; Mount Holyoke Seminary and College.; St. Barnabas Hospital (Minneapolis, Minn.); United States. Army. New York Engineer Regiment, 50th (1861-1865).; University of Minnesota.

Places:: Europe -- Description and travel.; Minnesota -- Social life and customs.; New York (State) -- Social life and customs.; Northfield (Minn.) -- Bank robbery, 1876.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Venice (Ohio); Wisconsin -- Social life and customs.

Document Types:: Diaries.; Genealogies.; Maps.

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WILLIAM WATTS FOLWELL AND FAMILY:

OVERVIEW

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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