GENE RITCHIE MONAHAN:
An Inventory of Her Family Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Monahan, Gene Ritchie, creator. | |
| Title: | Gene Ritchie Monahan and family papers. | |
| Dates: | 1884-2014. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and related papers of Gene Ritchie Monahan, her husband George Monahan, and their family. The Monahans were descendants of the James Christie family through George's grandmother Sarah Christie Stevens and were friends of conservationist Ernest C. Oberholtzer. The bulk of the collections is family correspondence. Smaller portions include letters from Vietnam written by George's brother Robert Hugh Monahan that were sent to the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Opthalmology and papers regarding Ernest Oberholtzer's estate, Mallard Island, and the Oberholtzer Foundation. A binder of Gene Ritchie Monahan's oral history and autobiographical tape transcripts are also included. | |
| Quantity: | 4.9 cubic feet (5 boxes). | |
| 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]. Monahan, Gene Ritchie. Gene Ritchie Monahan and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,186; 16,418
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).
Catalog ID number: 990074371090104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 129.E.3.8F | Birth certificates, 1884, 1887, 1907, 1937. | ||||||||||
| Correspondence: | |||||||||||
| The correspondence is primarily family-related. George was in the army and was often stationed in different parts of the country; Gene was an artist and art teacher and wrote many family missives about herself, her children, and where George was and what he was doing. There is some early correspondence from the Ritchie side of the family, and extended family correspondence. There are also letters to and from and about Ernest Oberholtzer. | |||||||||||
| 1904-1944. 36 folders. | |||||||||||
| 129.E.3.9B | 1945-1959. 15 folders. | ||||||||||
| 129.E.3.10F | 1960-1973. 14 folders. | ||||||||||
| 129.E.4.1B | Correspondence, 1974-1993. 20 folders. | ||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous, undated and 1906-1955. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Robert Hugh Monahan (1914-1980) correspondence, March-May 1968. | |||||||||||
| Includes details of his experiences as a volunteer medical doctor in Vietnam. | |||||||||||
| Oberholtzer correspondence, 1936, 1956. | |||||||||||
| Warry Winters and other friends correspondence, undated and 1966-1986. | |||||||||||
| George Monahan Army certificate, 1952. | |||||||||||
| Gene R. Monahan handicraft course, undated. | |||||||||||
| Calendars, 1987-1988. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| 129.E.4.2F | Gene R. Monahan papers pertaining to the Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation: | ||||||||||
| Ernest Oberholtzer miscellaneous, 1895, 1913, 1939, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Oberholtzer estate papers and will, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Foundation charter and court hearing, 1982-1983. | |||||||||||
| Annual meeting minutes and newsletters, 1985-1992. | |||||||||||
| Foundation drawings and miscellaneous, undated. | |||||||||||
| Mallard Island log book, 1982-1983. | |||||||||||
| Mallard Island Study Center scrapbooks, 1975-1983. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Mallard Island, undated and 1982-1988. | |||||||||||
| Newsclippings and articles, 1968-1991. | |||||||||||
| Ernest Oberholtzer, The lakes of Verendrye: a university of the wilderness, 1929. | |||||||||||
| Oberholtzer library, circa 1984. | |||||||||||
| Quetico-Superior Council, 1937-1970. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1981-1991. | |||||||||||
| Oberholtzer papers correspondence, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Bob Cockburn correspondence, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Gene Richie Monahan binder of transcribed oral history and autobiographical tapes, undated, 1908-1924, 1928, 1940-1960, 2014. 2 folders: | |||||||||||
| Disassmbled binder of fourteen transcribed oral history interviews and autobiographical tape recordings of Gene Richie Monahan. The binder is subdivided into by transcripts listed below. An exhibition catalog is also included titled, "Gene Richie Monahan: A Duluth master comes home: An artist from Duluth, Minnesota exhibits paintings and prints, Septemeber 12-November 12, 2014." | |||||||||||
| Transcript 1. 1928 - Now, Scrapbook Paintings, GRM. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 2. GRM Fall '41. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 3. Tape # 14, Gerri Michelli and GRM, May 24, 1989. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 4. Gene Ritchie Monahan - # 17. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 5. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 3, Side A. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 6. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 4, Side A. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 7. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 5, Side A. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 8. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 6, Side A, 1940-1946. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 9. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 7, Side A, 1946-1950. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 9. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 8, Side A, 1950-1955. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 10. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 9, Side A, 1954-1956. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 11. Gene Ritchie Monahan, 1956-1960. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 12. Jan. 89 G.R.M oral history - Europe 1961. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 13. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history tape # 1, Early years in Duluth, 1908-1924. | |||||||||||
| Transcript 14. Gene Ritchie Monahan -- oral history and autobiography # 2, Side A. | |||||||||||
| Exhibition catalog, 2014. | |||||||||||
| [0.10 cubic feet empty, legal] | |||||||||||
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.
- Topics:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Persons:
- Christie family.
- Monahan, George, author.
- Monahan, Robert Hugh, author.
- Monahan family.
- Oberholtzer, Ernest C. (Ernest Carl), 1884-1977, author.
- Organizations:
- Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation, author.
- Document Types:
- Transcripts.
- Places:
- Mallard Island (Minn.).
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