BOECKMANN FAMILY:
An Inventory of Its Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Boeckmann (Family : Boeckmann, Eduard, 1849-1927), creator. | |
| Title: | Boeckmann and Ffolliott families papers. | |
| Dates: | 1856-2003 (bulk 1880s-1960s). | |
| Language: | Materials in English, Norwegian. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and papers, photographs, and other materials of members of the Boeckmann and Ffolliott families, including Saint Paul physician Eduard Boeckmann and his son, Dr. Egil Boeckmann; correspondence and other papers of Rachel Hill Boeckmann, a daughter of James J. Hill who married Egil Boeckmann; Mary Boeckmann; and Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott. The collection includes photograph collections of members of the Boeckmann, Ffolliott, Gavin, and related families; records of family securities and trusts, land companies, the Jekyll Island Club, and the James J. Hill Reference Library; some papers of James J. and Mary T. Hill, Michael and Gertrude Hill Gavin, and Clara Hill Lindley; medical writings in Norwegian of Eduard Boeckmann; and information about the James J. Hill estate and the United Securities Corporation. | |
| Quantity: | 14.55 cubic feet (17 boxes, 2 folders in a partial box, 1 film reel, 1 oversize folder) and 1 video file: MP4, black and white, silent; 87,636 KB. | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
| Genealogical materials | ||
| Boeckmann family papers | ||
| Gertrude Hill and Michael Gavin papers | ||
| Clara Hill Lindley papers | ||
| James J. Hill papers | ||
| Mary T. Hill papers | ||
| Photographs | ||
| Business records | ||
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
A motion picture, a bound handwritten treatise by Eduard Boeckmann, and a related volume of notes and drawings are closed to general use. A digital version of the motion picture and photocopies of the volumes are available for research use.
Location of Master Files:
Digital master of the MP4 file is maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage server and is managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Boeckmann and Ffolliott families Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,569, 16,807, 16,963
Processing Information:
Processed by: David B. Peterson, March 2014
Catalog ID number: 990017338390104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS
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| 153.I.8.4F | 1 | Eduard Boeckmann genealogical materials, 1984-2000. | |||||||||||
| Hill family: | |||||||||||||
| Speeches about James J. Hill and related, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Dunbar branch, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Riggs and Hill branch, undated. | |||||||||||||
| James J. Hill; Mehegan family; Boeckmann family branches, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Hill family wedding invitations and genealogical materials, 1888-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Commemorative silver and celebrations, 1893-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Talk to the children of Crookston, September 1908. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper articles, 1916-1993. | |||||||||||||
| Art collection articles, 1949-circa 1980s. | |||||||||||||
| James J. Hill Fortune magazine, January 1976. | |||||||||||||
| Homecoming art exhibit at 240 Summit, 1991. | |||||||||||||
| Albro Martin, James J. Hill biographer, 1969-1978. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| James J. Hill philanthropy, October 2003. | |||||||||||||
| Georgianna Slade Reny memoirs, 1989. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
BOECKMANN FAMILY PAPERS
| Shelf S.1.F (Room B105.7) | Boeckmann family film: Foundation party; Track mach[ine], circa 1929. 1 master film reel: silent, b&w; 16mm, and 1 user video file: MP4. | ||||||||||||
| Compilation of silent black and white film clips. Clips include ships, people on board ships, a snake handler wih snakes, men on a street and in a car, cowboys on horseback, people talking, and a polo match. | |||||||||||||
| Access restricted. Film closed to general use, researchers are directed to use the digital version. | |||||||||||||
![Boeckmann family film: Foundation party; Track mach[ine]](https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-finding-aids-public/library/findaids/01145/images/Boeckmann-Ffolliott001_thumb.jpg)
Digital version
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| 153.I.8.4F | 1 | Egil Boeckmann memorial, resolutions, and related miscellany, 1955. 1 volume and 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Rachel Hill Boeckmann obituary and related, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Jekyll Island, January 9, 1925-January 5, 1928. | |||||||||||||
| St. John River salmon fishing, 1939-1988. | |||||||||||||
| Includes incomplete record of fishing tabulations for Hill, Boeckmann, and Ffolliott family members. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P2210 | 18 | Eduard Boeckmann: | |||||||||||
| Eduard Boeckmann was a Norwegian-born physician who practiced in St. Paul and was associated with the Luther Hospital (later known as St. Paul Hospital). | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmann was born in Totn, Norway, in 1849. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Christiana in 1874, and married Anna Sofie Dorothea Gill in 1875. He moved to the United States in 1887 and located in St. Paul, where he helped to found Luther Hospital and was a member of the staff of the Charles T. Miller Hospital. Dr. Boeckmann died August 8, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Papers of Eduard Boeckmann include correspondence, photographs, biographical and genealogical information, diplomas, certificates, military commissions, and information about Luther and St. Paul hospitals. Much of this material is in Norwegian. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmann, Eduard. Om Tonsillerne i anatomisk, physiologisk og patologisk Henseende. 1872. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Access restricted. Closed to general use, researchers are directed to use the photocopy. | |||||||||||||
| A bound, handwritten treatise on tonsils written while Boeckmann was a student at the Royal Frederick University, Oslo, Norway; in Norwegian. | |||||||||||||
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| 153.I.8.4F | 1 | Boeckmann, Eduard. Om Tonsillerne i anatomisk, physiologisk og patologisk Henseende: Photocopy, 1872. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P2210 | 18 | Notes and drawings accompanying Om Tonsillerne…, circa 1872. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Access restricted. Closed to general use, researchers are directed to use the photocopy. | |||||||||||||
| Bound, illustrated, handwritten volume in Norwegian; includes index. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.4F | 1 | Notes and drawings accompanying Om Tonsillerne…: Photocopy, circa 1872. | |||||||||||
| Biographical and genealogical information, undated and 1927-1931. | |||||||||||||
| Includes a memorial biographical sketch prepared by the Ramsey County Medical Society (1927), and a similar article in the Norwegian medical journal Medicinisk Revue (July 1927). | |||||||||||||
| Clippings, undated and 1919-1938. | |||||||||||||
| Includes obituaries of Eduard Boeckmann. | |||||||||||||
| Diplomas and certificates, 1874-1887. | |||||||||||||
| Includes certificates from the states of Minnesota and Illinois, and from Dakota Territory, allowing Boeckmann to practice medicine in those places. | |||||||||||||
| Luther-St. Paul Hospital, 1914-1931. | |||||||||||||
| Includes The Luther-St. Paul Hospital, a historical sketch published in 1939 by the Norwegian Hospital Society. | |||||||||||||
| Military commissions, 1887-1898. | |||||||||||||
| Received from the United States government and the State of Minnesota appointing him a military surgeon. | |||||||||||||
| Order of St. Olav, 1906-1911. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellany, 1863-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Includes Om de Spedalskes Oienlidelser, a paper by Boeckmann published in Bergen, Norway in 1886; a paper on wine making; and a citizenship document (1894). | |||||||||||||
| Photographs, undated and 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Egil Boeckmann: | |||||||||||||
| Egil Boeckmann, one of Eduard Boeckmann's sons, married Rachel Hill, the daughter of James J. Hill, on January 30, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Sketch of Ramsey County Medical Center, undated. | |||||||||||||
| University of Minnesota varsity football award, circa 1903. | |||||||||||||
| Ephemera, undated and 1930. | |||||||||||||
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| 144.C.13.8F-2 | 7 | Appointments, awards, and certificates, 1914-1927. | |||||||||||
| 138.E.4.8 | Certificates, 1905-1927. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.13.8F-2 | 7 | Rachel Hill Boeckmann: | |||||||||||
| Rachel Hill Boeckmann was the wife of Egil Boeckmann. | |||||||||||||
| Baptism certificate, 1894. | |||||||||||||
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| 153.I.8.4F | 1 | Addresses, diets, and miscellaneous notes and writings, undated. | |||||||||||
| Watercolor of North Oaks, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Birthday book, 1899. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| My books, 1913. | |||||||||||||
| List of wedding presents. | |||||||||||||
| Indenture relating to Summit Avenue property, 1926. | |||||||||||||
| Dellwood home, 1956-1969. | |||||||||||||
| Estate and property distribution: | |||||||||||||
| James J. Hill estate, 1917. | |||||||||||||
| James J. and Mary T. Hill grave markers, 1918-1922. | |||||||||||||
| St. Mary's Church and Mary T. Hill memorial, 1920s. | |||||||||||||
| Mary T. Hill death and estate, 1921-1964. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Property distribution, circa 1923. | |||||||||||||
| Property and business dissolutions and distributions, 1925-1927. | |||||||||||||
| James N. Hill will and related, 1927-1932. | |||||||||||||
| North Oaks Cemetery, 1930-1934. | |||||||||||||
| Resurrection Cemetery, 1942-1951. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence: | |||||||||||||
| General correspondence, cards, and notes, 1964-1967. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Mary T. Hill, 1892-1898. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.5B | 2 | Letters from Mary T. Hill, 1899-1920. 9 folders. | |||||||||||
| Letters from Gertrude Hill Gavin, 1889-1961. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes letters from Michael Gavin. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Rachel Hill Boeckmann, circa 1916-1967. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Clara Hill Lindley, 1918-1947. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Mamie, Walter, Dorothy Hill, Eduard Boeckmann, Captain Carl Fisher, and Katy Abbott, 1896-1930. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Charlotte, Ruth, and Maude Hill, 1900-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Louis Hill family, 1937-1960. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Ruth Hill, the Beards, and the Hauermeyers, 1928-1952. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Dorothy Lord McWilliams, 1938-1944. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Dorothy Upham and Jean Paton, 1929-1960. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from miscellaneous friends, 1937-1949. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Mary Boeckmann, 1929-1942. 20 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott, October 1930-November 1931. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.6F | 3 | Letters from Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott, November 1931-1945. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
| Letters from Ffolliott children, 1945-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from George Norman Slade, 1926-1934. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Betty Carr Slade (Mrs. George Norman Slade), 1930-1935. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Georgianna Slade (Peet Reny), 1926-1942. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Norman Slade family, 1936-1962. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Egil Boeckmann, 1913-1938. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Boeckmann family, 1936-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Mowinckel, Norwegian royalty visit, 1938-1958. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from the Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and other charity organizations, 1940-1962. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from house employees, 1930-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Father Prout and Sopolio, 1866-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Jekyll Island, 1927-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Boeckmann: | |||||||||||||
| Address books, undated. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Signature book, 1922. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes signatures of many Hill and Boeckmann family members. | |||||||||||||
| Letters and cards to Mary Hill Boeckmann, 1923-1978. 18 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed in the first folder. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.7B | 4 | Shakespeare birthday book, 1924. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Ephemera, undated and 1927-2003. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed in the first folder. | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott: | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude was the wife of Peter Harvie Ffolliott. The couple had five children: Gertrude, Sheila, Mary, Peter, Jr., and Ann. | |||||||||||||
| Boca Grande house, 1960-1966. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes writings and correspondence, mainly from housekeepers and workers. | |||||||||||||
| Postcards, circa 1927-1934. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and related miscellany, 1919-1942. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Wedding correspondence and ephemera, 1942. | |||||||||||||
GERTRUDE HILL AND MICHAEL GAVIN PAPERS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.7B | 4 | Miscellaneous ephemera, notes, and writings, undated. | |||||||||||
| Michael Gavin diary of days at Yale, 1892. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence: | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Gertrude Gavin: | |||||||||||||
| Letters from miscellaneous parties, 1906-1954. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from John Lafarge, 1909-1910. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from J. C. Isdahl, 1940-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Gaspard Farrer, 1906-1945. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Jerome Hill, 1944-1946. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from George Norman Slade, 1944-1945. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Mary T. Hill, 1892-1921. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from James J. and James N. Hill, 1897-1902. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Michael Gavin, undated and 1917-1960. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Michael Gavin from Gertrude Gavin, 1913-1936. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
CLARA HILL LINDLEY PAPERS
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| 153.I.8.8F | 5 | Scrapbook, circa 1891. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Birthday book, 1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence: | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Charlotte, Ruth, and Gertrude Hill, 1893-1909. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Rachel and Egil Boeckmann, Ruth Hill, Gertrude Hill Gavin, 1899-1917. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Michael Gavin, 1906-1907. | |||||||||||||
JAMES J. HILL PAPERS
The main body of James J. Hill Papers is in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collection.
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| 153.I.8.8F | 5 | Letters from Rachel and Gertrude Hill, circa 1880s-1890s. | |||||||||||
| Letters from Clara, Ruth, and Rachel Hill; John Upham, 1892-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Clara Hill, 1901-1916. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Michael Gavin, 1907. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to and from R. B. Galusha; from Louis W. Hill regarding estate, 1894-1917. | |||||||||||||
MARY T. HILL PAPERS
The main body of Mary T. Hill Papers is in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collection.
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| 153.I.8.8F | 5 | Business papers, undated and 1917-1921. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes correspondence with Louis W. Hill and John J. Toomey regarding business affairs and settling of estate of James J. Hill, sundry financial statements, lists of bills paid, children's' trust agreements, and materials relating to the United Securities Corporation. Includes an inventory of Hill's St. Paul city garage vehicles and equipment (June 21, 1917), inventories of securities (1918), a financial status report on the James Jerome Hill Reference Library (January 13, 1919), and a jewelry inventory (March 28, 1919). | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Rachel Hill, 1892-1906. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Michael Gavin, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Louis W. Hill, Sarah Trott, Gertrude Hill Gavin, and other miscellaneous family and friends, 1917-1921. | |||||||||||||
| Headstone and cemetery plot plans, 1919. | |||||||||||||
PHOTOGRAPHS
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| 153.I.8.8F | 5 | Hill and related families: | |||||||||||
| Unidentified or unknown, undated. | |||||||||||||
| James J. Hill, 1856-1916. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Mehegan Hill, 1864-1918. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mehegan family, 1860s-1920s. | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Hill and Mary Hill Brooks families, 1870s-1910s. | |||||||||||||
| Siblings of James J. Hill. | |||||||||||||
| Hill family miscellaneous groups and individuals, 1870s-1960s. | |||||||||||||
| Clara Hill Lindley album, undated and circa 1880-1900s. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes photographs or likenesses of Hill and related family members born between 1780-1885. | |||||||||||||
| North Oaks and North Dakota hunting, 1880s-1910s. | |||||||||||||
| John Ireland and Louis Caillet, circa 1880s. | |||||||||||||
| James N. Hill, 1881-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Includes an image with Louis Hill and Mr. Chelminski. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.9B | 6 | Rachel Hill, 1881-1910. | |||||||||||
| Includes images with Egil Boeckmann. | |||||||||||||
| Rachel and Gertrude Hill, 1891. | |||||||||||||
| Chelminski's painting (negative): The Hill Family at North Oaks, 1886. | |||||||||||||
| Hill homes in St. Paul and elsewhere; Charlotte E. Hill, 1886-1891. | |||||||||||||
| Includes both exterior and interior photographs, the later focuses on art, such as paintings, statues, and general décor. | |||||||||||||
| First Minnesota Regiment reunion, 1888. | |||||||||||||
| Mary T. Hill, Mary McGowan Mehegan Mulligan, Mary Frances Hill, Mary Mendenhall Hill, 1889. | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte E. Hill, North Oaks, and Montreal, 1889-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Clara Hill Lindley photo album, 1890. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Hill family friends: Upham, Schurmeier, Gotzian, Abbott, Emmet, Reny, and others, 1890s-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Rachel and Gertrude Hill, 1891-1910. | |||||||||||||
| Yacht, Wacouta, 1894. | |||||||||||||
| Jekyll Island and Aiken, circa 1903. | |||||||||||||
| North Oaks, circa 1903. | |||||||||||||
| 138.E.4.8 | Minnesota Boat Club, undated and circa 1910. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.9B | 6 | Louis W. Hill and family, includes Slade family, 1909-circa 1940. | |||||||||||
| Cardinal Vannutelli St. Paul visit, 1910. | |||||||||||||
| Mary T. Hill and Archbishop Erdahl at the funeral of James J. Hill, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous friends and relations, undated and circa 1910s-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Jerome Hill with Albert Schweitzer and Bridgette Bardot, 1957-1960s. | |||||||||||||
| Dellwood, 1967. | |||||||||||||
| Echo Lake, 1994. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.13.8F-2 | 7 | Hill family photograph album, 1890s-1900s. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Boeckmann and Ffolliott families: | |||||||||||||
| Egil, Rachel, and Boeckmann children, circa 1910s. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmanns, Hills, Ffolliotts, and others, 1910s-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmann-Ffolliott family photo album, 1930s-1950s. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Peter and Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott, 1940s. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.9B | 6 | Family and miscellaneous friends, circa 1800s-1900s. | |||||||||||
| Boeckmann family photo album, 1880s-1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Egil Boeckmann and family, 1880s-1940s. | |||||||||||||
| Eduard Boeckmann, circa 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Boeckmann; Gertrude and Mary Ffolliott, circa 1900-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Egil Boeckmann: Minnesota Gophers, 1903. | |||||||||||||
| Egil played as a fullback for the Gophers while in school at the University of Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmann family photo album, circa 1910s. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmanns and Ffolliotts, undated and circa 1910s-1920s. | |||||||||||||
| Rachel Hill and Egil Boeckmann family, 1914-1920s. | |||||||||||||
| Egil, Rachel, Mary, and Gertrude, 1915-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmann family and Gertrude Hill: Echo Lake, 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude, Eduard, Rachel, Mrs. Boeckmann, Mary, Egil, and Rachel Hill Boeckmann, circa 1920. | |||||||||||||
| Vacations, zoo and wildlife refuge, and miscellaneous scenery, undated and circa 1920s-1970s. | |||||||||||||
| Peter and Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott, circa 1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Memory book, circa 1930s. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.10F | 8 | Terri and Sheila Ffolliott, 1930s-1950s. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous photographs, 1930-1980s. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Egil and Rachel Boeckmann, circa 1940s. | |||||||||||||
| Ffolliott family miscellany, 1940s-1950s. | |||||||||||||
| Ffolliott family and friends, 1940s-1960s. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs of animals: Cows, horses, chickens, and dogs, 1940s-1960s. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmann-Ffolliott residence: Dellwood and Echo Lake, 1940s-1960s. | |||||||||||||
| Ffolliott children school photographs, 1950s-1960s. | |||||||||||||
| Gavin/Ffolliott residence: Boca Raton home, 1950s-1970s. | |||||||||||||
| Ffolliott family and school photographs, 1958-1962. | |||||||||||||
| Ffolliott family, friends, and employees, 1964-1968. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous scenery, animals, and vegetable garden, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Ffolliott children, animals, gatherings, and cemetery, 1969-1977. | |||||||||||||
| Boeckmanns, Hills, Ffolliotts, and others, circa 1910s-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| St. John River, Quebec, September 1972. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Boeckmann collection: | |||||||||||||
| Photograph album, undated and circa 1920s. | |||||||||||||
| Hill and Boeckmann families: | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed in the first folder. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Hill family members, Mary Boeckmann, 1870s-1960s. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mary and Gertrude Boeckmann at 505 Summit, Jekyll Island scenery and buildings, 1915-2000s. 14 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Friends and family, undated and 1920s-1995. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed in the first folder. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.11B | 9 | Friends and family, undated and 1920s-1995. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Boeckmanns and related families, undated and circa 1900-1960s. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed in the first folder. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Boeckmann photo proofs, circa 1930s-1940s. 1 slide box. | |||||||||||||
| [0.25 cubic feet empty, legal size.] | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.1B-1 | 10 | 240 Summit Avenue interiors, 1922. | |||||||||||
| Rachel Hill Boeckmann, Mary Boeckmann, Gertrude Boeckmann, Mary Mehegan Mulligan, and others, undated and 1888-circa 1930. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed. | |||||||||||||
| Wedding of Peter and Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott, 1942. | |||||||||||||
| Hill family weddings, 1901-1932. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed. | |||||||||||||
| James J. and Mary T. Hill, 1860s-1916. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed. | |||||||||||||
| Hill and Boeckmann-Ffolliott family and friends, 1880s-1971. | |||||||||||||
| Donor-provided index enclosed. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.11B | 9 | Michael and Gertrude Hill Gavin and related family photographs: | |||||||||||
| Gavin residence, 1930s-1960s. | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude Hill youth, 1883-1899. | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude was born March 4, 1883. | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude Hill Gavin: signed photographs of President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland and related miscellany, 1892-circa 1910. | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude Hill and Michael Gavin: Trips and miscellany, 1900-1950s. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Gavin hunting trip: Yoho National Park, Churchill, and fishing trip to St. John's River in Quebec, circa 1910-1930. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.1B-1 | 10 | Michael and Gertrude Hill Gavin, 1905-1930s. | |||||||||||
| Hunting and fishing trips, 1910-1930s. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 121.J.1.6 | 11 | Hill and Gavin family, 1864-circa 1900. 26 glass plate negatives. | |||||||||||
| Images include unidentified man with two children; Hill babies; Clara Hill; Ruth Hill; Gertrude Hill; Gertrude and Walter Hill; Michael Gavin; and Mary T. Hill. | |||||||||||||
BUSINESS RECORDS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.1B-2 | 12 | Contra account ledgers 1 and 2, 1917-1938. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Includes expenditures for taxes and assessments for Hill family owned companies and corporations, including Humboldt and other land companies and Gopher Mining Company. Also reflects expenditures related to New York and Vancouver real estate, as well as paid estate dividends, general office expenditures, and related financial transactions. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.2F-1 | 13 | Constance Mining Company: | |||||||||||
| Minute book, 1899-1937. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificate book, 1899. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Chatham Land Company minute book, 1917-1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| +123 | 1 | Echo Land/North Oaks Farm: | |||||||||||
| Auction poster, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Advertises the auction of livestock, feed, and farm equipment at Echoland Farm, owned by Dr. Egil Boeckmann and located between White Bear Lake and Stillwater, Minnesota, on January 25 of an unknown year. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.12F | 14 | Ayrshire herd record, No. 3, circa 1897-1918. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.2F-1 | 13 | Gopher Mining Company meeting minutes, 1918-1937. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.2F-2 | 15 | Hampden Land Company: | |||||||||||
| Minute book, 1917-1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificate book, 1916-1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.12F | 14 | Hill Reference Library: | |||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation, bylaws, and planning materials, undated and 1948-1963. | |||||||||||||
| Old administrative and board correspondence and documents, 1916-1934. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Librarian's annual report, 1930. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence: | |||||||||||||
| Rachel Hill Boeckmann, Gertrude Hill Gavin, and Ffolliott family, 1921, 1943-1968. 11 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Gertrude Boeckmann Ffolliott, 1970-1994. 9 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Ffolliott materials covering the years 1967-1970 are interfiled with Rachel Hill Boeckmann, Gertrude Hill Gavin, and Ffolliott family correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| Survey, 1949. | |||||||||||||
| Annual reports, 1955, 1993. | |||||||||||||
| Statements of accounts, 1964-1965. | |||||||||||||
| Library pamphlets, 1972-1993. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.2F-2 | 15 | Humboldt Land Company minute book, 1916-1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 153.I.8.12F | 14 | Jekyll Island Club: Officers, members, bylaws, and charter; Executive Committee reports, 1930-1931. | |||||||||||
| [0.3 cubic feet empty, legal size] | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.2F-2 | 15 | Norman Land Company: | |||||||||||
| Minute book, 1917-1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Balance sheet and memos regarding property rental, 1934-1936. | |||||||||||||
| Northcote Land Company: | |||||||||||||
| Minute book, 1917-1922. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificate book and probate court miscellany, 1916-1922. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| +123 | 1 | Plat of Buffalo Lake Game Preserve, Vernon Township, Kidder County, North Dakota, December 1920. | |||||||||||
| Other game preserve materials are in the George T. Slade Papers in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscripts collection. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.3B-1 | 16 | St. Vincent Land Company: | |||||||||||
| Minute book, 1916-1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificates, 1916-1937. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| United Securities Corporation: | |||||||||||||
| Organized in Minnesota in 1916 by the heirs at law of James J. Hill to acquire the interest of the heirs in such property belonging to the estate as could not be conveniently divided or which it was considered desirable to handle through such a corporation. | |||||||||||||
| Stock certificates Nos. 1-55, 1916-1937. | |||||||||||||
| Stock and bond ledger, 1917-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Bills receivable record, 1887-1938. | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts of title: Lot 19, block 45, Denny & Hoyt's addition to Seattle, Washington, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts of title: Lots 1-2, block 58, Maynard's plat of Seattle, Washington, 1888, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| Includes statement of taxes (1871-1888). | |||||||||||||
| Abstracts of title: Lots 1-2, block 86, Lidgerwood Park addition of Spokane Falls, Washington, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous business papers, 1916-1938. | |||||||||||||
| Includes stock certificate for 100 shares of The Sovereign Fire Assurance Company of Canada (1917). | |||||||||||||
| Promissory notes, 1887-1925. | |||||||||||||
| Northwestern Trust Company stocks and bonds materials, 1913-1922. | |||||||||||||
| Minute books, 1916-1938. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Journal 1, 1917-1937. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.C.14.3B-2 | 17 | Ledger 1, 1917-1938. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Cash 3, 1935-1937. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| +123 | 1 | Plat map of lots 4-11, block 70, Dayton and Irvine's addition to St. Paul, August 1925. | |||||||||||
| Depicts the area bounded by Summit and Pleasant avenues and Walnut and Chestnut streets, which includes the Hill mansion at 240 Summit Avenue. | |||||||||||||
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:
- Norwegian Americans -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Persons:
- Boeckmann, Eduard, 1849-1927, author.
- Boeckmann, Egil, author.
- Boeckmann, Mary, author.
- Boeckmann, Rachel Hill, 1881-1967, author.
- Ffolliott family.
- Ffolliott, Gertrude Boeckmann, author.
- Gavin, Gertrude Hill, 1883-1961, author.
- Gavin family.
- Givens family.
- Hill family.
- Hill, James J. (James Jerome), 1838-1916, author.
- Hill, Mary Theresa Mehegan, 1846-1921, author.
- Lindley, Clara Hill, 1873-1947, author.
- Organizations:
- James Jerome Hill Reference Library, author.
- Jekyll Island Club (Jekyll Island, Ga.), author.
- Luther Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
- St. Paul Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.)
- United Securities Corporation (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
- Document Types:
- DVDs.
- Motion pictures (visual works).
- Photographs.
- Video recordings.
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