T. W. INGERSOLL:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward),
1862-1922, creator.
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| Title: | T W Ingersoll papers. |
| Dates: | 1889-1959 (bulk 1889-1922). |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Papers of T. W. Ingersoll, primarily from the period he
lived in Buffalo, Minnesota after selling his St. Paul photography
business. |
| Quantity: | 1.0 cubic feet (1 box). |
| Location: | 147.G.4.9B: See Detailed Description
for shelf locations. |
Includes genealogical information regarding the Association of Descendants of Andrew
Ward; miscellaneous Ingersoll and Hess family papers; correspondence with Oliver
Crosby and W. O. Washburn; correspondence related to the Hayes Shock Absorber
(manufactured by Ingersoll in Buffalo for the Hayes Shock Absorber Sales Co. in
Minneapolis); patents related to stereoscopes and other photographic equipment;
three notebooks; a diary of a trip abroad; business records concerning Ingersoll's
horticultural business; a weather diary; volumes of the Brule Chronicles; and
photocopied news clippings.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. T. W.
Ingersoll Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 12,853; 16,796
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017374250104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Box |
| 147.G.4.9B | 1 | Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward, 1904-1909. |
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| | Ingersoll family, 1905-1935. 2 folders. |
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| | Hess family, 1894, 1925, 1929, 1931. |
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| | Sarah L. Beeson estate, 1912, 1929. |
| | | Sarah L. Beeson was Bessie Hess Ingersoll's aunt. The file also includes a
copy of Elizabeth Howe's will (1912) which named Bessie Ingersoll as her
god-child. |
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| | Patents: |
| | | Stereoscope, 1901-1904. |
| | | Miscellaneous photogaphic equipment, 1902-1906. 6 folders. |
| | | | This file does not contain patents awarded to Ingersoll but patents he
collected. |
| | | Miscellaneous, 1900-1903. |
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| | T.W. Ingersoll, photographer: Account, 1899-1905. |
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| | Notebooks and diary, 1897-1898, 1900. 4 volumes in 1 folder. |
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| | Miscellaneous drawings, undated and 1904. |
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| | Correspondence: Oliver Crosby and O.W. Washburn, American Hoist and
Derrick, 1910-1916. |
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| | Hayes Shock Absorber Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1919-1920. 3 folders. |
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| | Copper Butte Mines, 1904-1920. |
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| | Brule Chronicles, 1889-1891. 3 volumes. |
| | | Fanciful tales of annual outings taken by members of the Winneboujou Club, a
hunting and fishing club associated with the Brule River, Wisconsin. |
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| | Inventory: Photographic supplies and Indian goods, 1903-1909. |
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| | Ledger, 1909-1920. 1 volume. |
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| | Weather diary, 1911-1924, 1936, 1939. 1951-1959. 1 volume. |
| | | Includes water records for the Ingersoll property on Buffalo Lake known as
the Wah-wah-taysee Lodge (1913-1920), a mailing list for honey sales
(1912-1917), a list of bee keepers (1913), and a crop and seeding record
(1915-1917). Also includes later entries written in another hand (1936,
1939, 1951-1959). |
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| | Order book, 1917-1923. 1 volume. |
| | | Primarily related to Ingersoll's horticltural business. |
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| | Cash journal, 1920-1924 1 volume. |
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| | Newspaper clippings, 1892-1909. Photocopy. |
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| | Ward H. Ingersoll family: Gunflint Lodge correspondence, 1936-1938. |
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:
- Nurseries (Horticulture) -- Minnesota.
- Photography -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Crosby, Oliver, 1856-1922.
- Hess family.
- Ingersoll family.
- Ward family.
- Washburn, W. O.
- Organizations:
- Copper Butte Mines.
- Hayes Shock Absorber Co. (Minneapolis,
Minn.)
- Places:
- Buffalo (Minn.)
- Document Types:
- Genealogies.
- Patents.
- Titles:
- Brule chronicles.
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