WILLIAM GATES LE DUC:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Le Duc, William Gates, 1823-1917, creator. | |
| Title: | William G. Le Duc and family papers. | |
| Dates: | 1760-1967 (bulk 1858-1976). | |
| Language: | Materials in English and German. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence (1760-1967), Civil War material (1862-1865), United States Commissioner of Agriculture material (1877-1881), financial and business records (1848-1920), literary papers, diaries (1852-1961), letterbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, notebooks, and other miscellaneous material relating to William Le Duc and his family (Hastings, Minn.) and to the Gardner family of St. Paul (Minn.). | |
| Quantity: | 61.5 cubic feet (62 boxes, 1 box in Reserve, and 3 oversize folders). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
William Gates
Le Duc was born March 29, 1823, in Wilkesville, Vinton County, Ohio, the son of
Henry Savery (1797-1862) and Mary Stowell (1803-1887) Le Duc. He was graduated from
Kenyon College in 1848 and studied law in the office of Columbus Delano. After his
admission to the bar in 1850 he settled in St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, where he
worked in railroad and bridge development. In 1857, he removed to Hastings,
Minnesota, where he again was involved in numerous development enterprises,
including the manufacturing of flour from Minnesota spring wheat. In 1862 he entered
the army as a captain, served as assistant quartermaster of volunteers, and attained
the rank of brevet brigadier general. He returned to Hastings after the war, was
involved in numerous (generally unsuccessful) business ventures, and then turned to
farming. He was appointed the fifth commissioner of the United States Department of
Agriculture by President Rutherford B. Hayes, serving from July 1, 1877, to June 30,
1881. He promoted the growing and use of tea in America and argued for the
manufacture of sugar from sorghum, beets, corn, and other products. He was appointed
receiver of the First National Bank of Fayetteville, North Carolina. He returned to
Hastings where he died October 30, 1917.
Mary Elizabeth Bronson Le Duc was born August 4, 1829 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, the daughter of Charles P. and Elizabeth (Banning) Bronson. She married William Gates Le Duc in Mount Vernon March 25, 1851. She died in Hastings May 23, 1904.
Mary (Minnie) Elizabeth Le Duc Gardner was born September 4, 1852 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, the daughter of William Gates and Mary Elizabeth (Bronson) Le Duc. She attended Wells College in New York. She was married to Augustine V. Gardner in Hastings, Minnesota, April 17, 1873. She died in Hennepin County, Minnesota, September 22, 1937.
Florence Gray Le Duc was born April 25, 1855 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, the daughter of Williams Gates and Mary Elizabeth (Bronson) Le Duc. She attended Wells College. She never married and died March 29, 1929, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
William Bronson Le Duc was born July 1, 1857 in Hastings, Minnesota, the son of William Gates and Mary Elizabeth (Bronson) Le Duc. On February 20, 1888, he was married to Anna Chase in Washington, D.C. He resided in Haddonfield, New Jersey, until his death August 18, 1940.
Alice Sumner Le Duc was born February 18, 1868 in Hastings, Minnesota, the daughter of William Gates and Mary Elizabeth (Bronson) Le Duc. She resided in Hastings and Minneapolis until her death in Hennepin County on December 27, 1962. She studied history, wrote monographs, and was an accomplished artist. She never married.
Augustine V. Gardner was born June 18, 1847 in Columbia, Illinois, the eldest son of Augustine Washington Gardner. He was sales agent in New York City for the Gardner Mill. He served on the Hastings school board for thirty years, and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was married to Mary (Minnie) Elizabeth Le Duc April 17, 1873. He died May 15, 1939, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County.
Mabel Mary Gardner was born March 12, 1875 in Hastings, Minnesota, the daughter of Augustine V. and Mary (Minnie) Elizabeth Gardner. She lived in the Le Duc House in Hastings, was involved in World War I relief efforts, and ran a tea shop and antique store in the 1920s. From 1930 to 1966 she lived in St. Paul. She never married. She died in Hastings November 16, 1967.
Edith Le Duc Gardner, daughter of Augustine V. and Mary (Minnie) Elizabeth Gardner, was born July 11, 1877. She was an instructor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Architecture. She never married and died in St. Paul February 7, 1966.
Augustine Vincent Gardner, son of Augustine V. and Mary (Minnie) Elizabeth Gardner, was born April 15, 1880 in New York City. He attended Shattuck School. In 1918 he married Kathryn May Schwable. He served in World War I. From 1930 until his death he maintained a law office in St. Paul. He died in Hastings, Minnesota, December 25, 1967.
Kathryn May Schwable Gardner was born February 18, 1889 in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, the daughter of John Schwable. She was married to Augustine Vincent Gardner in 1918. She lived in Winona and St. Paul until her death March 21, 1966.
Carroll Bradford Simmons was born in Hastings, Minnesota, July 23, 1903, the son of Frank Anthony and Nellie (Pringle) Simmons. He was graduated from Hastings High School in 1923 and began an antique shop. He purchased the Le Duc House in 1941 and in 1957 deeded the house to the Minnesota Historical Society. He died April 29, 1992.
Mary Clarissa Le Duc, daughter of Henry Savery and Mary (Stowell) Le Duc, was born October 5, 1834 in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. She died in Hennepin County, Minnesota, August 28, 1926.
James McAvoy Le Duc, son of Henry Savery and Mary (Stowell) Le Duc, was born in Wilkesville, Vinton County, Ohio, February 2, 1832. He died in Northfield, Minnesota, August 25, 1857.
Minnesota Neill, daughter of Rev. Edward Duffield and Nancy (Hall) Neill, was born in St. Paul, March 28, 1850. She was a friend of Alice Sumner Le Duc and lived the last 12 years in the Le Duc house at 2512 Humboldt Avenue South, Minneapolis. She died January 5, 1932, in Minneapolis.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The papers document Le Duc's business associations, his service as a quartermaster in the Civil War, his appointment as United States Commissioner of Agriculture, his work with the United States Treasury as administrator of a bank in receivership (Fayetteville, North Carolina), and his family's life in Hastings through several generations.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
| Biographical and Background Data | ||
| Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers | ||
| Civil War Materials | ||
| United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Testimony | ||
| Agricultural Materials | ||
| Letterpress Books | ||
| Diaries and Accounts | ||
| Financial and Miscellaneous Volumes | ||
| William G. Le Duc and Family Miscellaneous Volumes | ||
| Literary Materials | ||
| Miscellany | ||
| Miscellaneous Volumes | ||
| William G. Le Duc and Family Miscellaneous Volumes | ||
| William G. Le Duc and Family Miscellaneous Materials | ||
| Family Correspondence | ||
| Photographs | ||
| Miscellaneous Material | ||
| William G. Le Duc Correspondence as Commissioner of the United States Department of Agriculture | ||
| Miscellany Transferred from the Le Duc House | ||
| Certificates and Diplomas | ||
| Maps | ||
| Sketches, Drawings, and Watercolor Paintings | ||
| Reserve Materials | ||
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 G. Le Duc and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 1778M; 1780G5b; 1809B; 1823; 1895A; 1903A; 2398; 3105; 3307; 3565A; 3682; 4346; 4536; 4942; 5554; 5921; 6015; 6023; 6600; 6886; 7006; 7080; 7214; 7499; 7543; 7693; 7852; 7897; 8203; 8922; 8983; 9036; 9129; 9134; 9238; 9354; 9450; 9489; 9511; 10,079; 10,779; 10,825; 10,779; 10,825; 12,985; 13,019; 13,150; 13,319; 13,689; 13,752; 14,179; 14,536; 16,939; 17,112
Processing Information:
The William G. Le Duc and Family Papers were consolidated from a number of transfers received over many years from members of the Le Duc family and from the Le Duc House in Hastings, Minnesota. Many of the papers were previously cataloged under call number A/.L475.
In 1969, Claudia Engel sorted and organized the collection. Her work included a complete review and renumbering of all of the volumes then present in the collection and she inserted paper slips into each volume that identifies their current volume number. However, many of the volumes constituted part of the collection originally cataloged as A/.L475 and still retain labels that identify their original number. In order to retain our ability to trace volumes that may have been cited by researchers using one or another of these numbers, this inventory lists both the original and current volume numbers. Volumes added to the collection in later transfers were not numbered.
Processed by: Claudia Engel, 1969; John M. Wickre, May 1986. Additions by John M. Wickre, July 1986 and December 1986; Bonnie Beatson Palmquist, August 1990; and David B. Peterson, November 2014.
Catalog ID number: 990017316880104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
BIOGRAPHICAL AND BACKGROUND DATA
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| 144.G.1.5B | 1 | Data sheets for 1760-1859 correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Biographical and miscellaneous background data and genealogical charts. | |||||||||||||
| Genealogical data and memorabilia of Le Duc and Gardner families. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
| Wedding announcements, Le Duc and Gardner families. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc House notes and clippings. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc House article by Jean A. Brookins and related correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| Draft; annotated by Alice Le Duc. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly portraits of Le Duc and Gardner family members. | |||||||||||||
| Historical and biographical notes by Helen M. White and others. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 172. Miscellaneous volume of family letters and records, compiled by William G. Le Duc, 1876-1901. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Typed recollections of William G. Le Duc, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 44. Autobiography of William G. Le Duc, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 50. | |||||||||||||
| Family calling cards. | |||||||||||||
CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
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| 144.G.1.6F | 2 | Undated. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.1.7B | 3 | Undated. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.1.8F | 4 | 1760-April 1858. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.1.9B | 5 | May 1858-1863. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.1.10F | 6 | 1864-1869. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.1B | 7 | 1870-1873. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.2F | 8 | 1874-1877. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.3B | 9 | 1878-1881. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.4F | 10 | 1882-June 1884. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.5B | 11 | July 1884-1889. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.6F | 12 | 1890-May 23, 1892. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.7B | 13 | May 24, 1892-May 10, 1895. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.8F | 14 | May 12, 1895-April 10, 1898. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.9B | 15 | April 11, 1898-April 27, 1901. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.2.10F | 16 | May 1901-1903. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.1B | 17 | 1904-1906. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.2F | 18 | 1907-1910. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.3B | 19 | 1911-September 1914. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.4F | 20 | October 1914-September 1918. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.5B | 21 | October 1918-December 1929. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.6F | 22 | 1930-August 1942. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.7B | 23 | September 1942-November 1967. | |||||||||||
CIVIL WAR MATERIALS
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| 144.G.5.3B | 39 | Quartermaster financial reports, 1860s. | |||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.8F | 24 | Army of the Potomac circulars and orders, 1862-1863. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Department of the Cumberland general orders, 1862-1864. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 176. Department of the Cumberland general orders, 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 179. Department of the Cumberland general orders, 1864. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 173. Department of the Cumberland Quartermaster general orders and circulars, 1864. | |||||||||||||
| Division of the Mississippi general orders, 1863-1864. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes volume 182. | |||||||||||||
| Army of Tennessee general orders, 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Quartermaster General general orders, 1863-1864. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes volume 174. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 33. Quartermaster Office circulars, 1862-1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| War Department general orders, 1863-1864. | |||||||||||||
| Return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, 1862-1865. | |||||||||||||
| Receipt roll of hired men, May-July 1863, May-July 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 177. 20th Corps, Department of the Cumberland, daily wagon and ambulance reports, August-September 1864. | |||||||||||||
| Form no. 1, summary statement, 1863, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Form no. 12, goods purchased, 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Form no. 22, receipts for service, 1863, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Form no. 27, list of Quartermaster stores received, 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Form no. 40, special requisition, 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Receipts, May, July 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and other papers, 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 274. Diary, movement of 11th and 12th Corps, Virginia to Tennessee, 1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 268. Hired man payroll and animals, 1862-1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 178. Army account book, 1862-1865. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 175. Military telegraphs, 1862-1864. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Le Duc letter books: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 187. Letter book, November 1862-January 1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 169. Letter book, January-December 1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 170. Letter book, 1863-1865. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 171. Letter book, January-October 1864. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 236. Letter book, December 1863-December 1870. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volumes 45-47, 53-54. Notebooks, 1862-1864. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volumes 34-38. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 191. Time book during construction of bridge, 1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous handwritten copies of 1863 items. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Civil War items: Newspaper tear sheets. | |||||||||||||
UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TESTIMONY
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| 144.G.3.9B | 25 | William G. Le Duc, January 28, 1881. | |||||||||||
| B.F. Fuller, January 3, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| William Saunders, December 31, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| William R. Smith, December 28, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Ainsworth R. Spoffard, December 29, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous testimonies, 1878, 1881. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
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| 144.G.3.9B | 25 | Tea garden, United States Department of Agriculture. | |||||||||||
| Sorghum controversy and miscellany. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes materials relating to Le Duc's experiments to ascertain whether sugar could be profitably manufactured from sorghum. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
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| 144.G.3.10F | 26 | Volume 32. Statistical correspondents, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 15. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 41. Scrapbook regarding Chinese sugar cane, 1857-1858. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 23. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 42. Scrapbook regarding sugar cane, 1879-1887. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 24. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 48. William G. Le Duc address book, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 33. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 50. Department of Agriculture statement of seeds purchased, Fiscal Year 1978. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 31. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 184. Committee on Agriculture testimony, 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 218. Memorandum book: Recommendation of Le Duc as Commissioner of Agriculture, March 10-April 13, 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 232. Sugar scrapbook, 1878-1879. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 238. Political scrapbook, 1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 239. Agriculture scrapbook, 1877-1879. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 240. Agriculture scrapbook, 1871-1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 241. Agriculture scrapbook, 1878-1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Testimonial book: Typed copies of letters recommending Le Duc's appointment as Commissioner of Agriculture, 1865, 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Pamphlets: | |||||||||||||
| Analysis of the sugar question, Henry A. Brown, 1879. | |||||||||||||
| Extracts of letters received at the Department of Agriculture regarding Le Duc's appointment, circa 1878. | |||||||||||||
LETTERPRESS BOOKS
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| 144.G.4.1B | 27 | Volume 34. Le Duc & Rohner general store, May 1852-June 1854. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 12. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 282. January 1853-October 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Letterpress book from 11th Corps, Stafford, Virginia, April 8-25, 1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 270. August 1863-September 1864. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 158. 1864-1868. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 291. April 1867-June 1869. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 281. April 1879-June 1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 296. July 1880-June 1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 242. 1880-1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 233. 1890-1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Contains a narrative by Edward D. Neill about his war experience. | |||||||||||||
DIARIES AND ACCOUNTS
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| 144.G.4.2F | 28 | William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Volume 14. Diary, 1853. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 5. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 196. Diary, 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 198. Diary, 1858. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 193. Diary, 1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 64. Diary, 1860. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 45. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 243. Diary, 1862. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 235. Diary, 1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 6. Diary, 1864. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 210. Diary, 1865. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1865. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 332. Diary, 1866. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 195. Diary, 1869. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 194. Diary, 1870. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 190. Diary, 1871. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 200. Diary, 1872. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 214. Diary, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 283. Diary, 1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 234. Diary, 1876. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 284. Diary, 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 286. Diary. 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Details a trip to a copper mine in California. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 202. Diary, 1887. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 192. Diary, 1889. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 322. Diary, 1900-1905. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 199. Diary, April 1903-September 1911. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Contains some transcribed entries from 1896 to 1902. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 267. Day book, September 1863-June 1866. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 272. Miscellaneous account book, July 1871-May 1903. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 21. Household accounts apparently for William G. Le Duc, 1863-1866. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 1. | |||||||||||||
FINANCIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES
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| 144.G.4.3B | 29 | Le Duc & Rohner: | |||||||||||
| There is some question as to the connection of these volumes with Le Duc & Rohner. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger kept at St. Paul, June 1, 1853-September 22, 1855. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Journal, April 8, 1853-October 22, 1855. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Vermillion Mills: | |||||||||||||
| Ledger, January 1, 1858-June 28, 1867. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger, September 1, 1859-January 28, 1861. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Identification tentative. | |||||||||||||
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| 144.G.4.4F | 30 | William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Volume 109. Financial memorandum book, September 1848-November 1850. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 306. Financial memorandum book, 1849-1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 225. Financial memorandum book, 1850-1851. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 63. Financial memorandum book, June 1850-September 1851. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 48. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 203. Financial memorandum book, 1851. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 3. Receipt book, 1851-1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 245. Financial memorandum book, 1852. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes list of members of Art Union. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 66. Financial memorandum book, 1853. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 42. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 79. Financial memorandum book, 1853-1858. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 237. Financial memorandum book, 1854. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 67. Financial memorandum book, 1855. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 46. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 65. Financial memorandum book, 1856. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 42a. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 246. Financial memorandum book, 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 220. Financial memorandum book: Follett & Renick in account with M.E. Le Duc, 1861-1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 309. Financial memorandum book, 1862-1865. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 122. Financial memorandum book, 1870. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 49. Financial memorandum book, 1872-1875. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 321. Financial memorandum book, 1873-1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 217. Financial memorandum book, 1881-1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 229. Financial memorandum book, 1883-1890. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 206. Financial memorandum book, 1886. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 197. Financial memorandum book kept at Fayetteville, North Carolina, April 1891-May 1895. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 110. Financial memorandum book, January 1896-October 1900. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 287. Financial memorandum book, 1910-1915. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 288. Bank book: First National Bank, Hastings, 1915-1920. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 204. Bank book: First National 1868-1875. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 285. Notebook: Trip through California and Mexico, circa 1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 289. Notebook: Mexico, 1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 290. Notebook: Mexico, 1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 219. Land notebook, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 280. Land book: Holdings in Hastings, St. Paul and elsewhere, 1855-1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 123. Tax list, 1858. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 208. Scrapbook: Newspaper clippings, 1849-1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 212. Scrapbook: Miscellaneous receipts and prescriptions, 1894. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 271. Farm account book, 1875, 1886. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 181. Record of cases in Justice Court and garden book, 1850-1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes Le Duc's cases in court (1850-1854) and seeds ordered and garden notes (1859-1874) | |||||||||||||
| Volume 227. Notebook: Notes about life after death, circa 1905. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 76. Notebook: Notes about life after death, circa 1912. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Account book: People's National Bank, Fayetteville, North Carolina. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 269. W.G. Le Duc, receiver, 1890-1893. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 259. Northern Pacific Manufacturing Company, 1872-1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc was a partner in this firm. | |||||||||||||
WILLIAM G. LE DUC AND FAMILY MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.4.5B | 31 | William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Volume 215. Address book, 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 209. Letters sent, 1908-1912. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 57. School Books & Co., 1849. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc was an agent. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 41. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 327. Record of stock issued, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Company not specified. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 59. Big Sioux Company memorandum book: Expedition expenses, 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 43. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 61. Kenyon Literary and Scientific Journal subscription list, circa 1848. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 40. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc & Rohner (St. Paul), 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| There is some question as to the connection of this volume with Le Duc & Rohner. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 29. Ledger, 1852. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 18. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger, April 12, 1852-March 1853. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 31. Journal, January-March 1852. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 16. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 339. Cashbook, April 13, 1852-December 31, 1853. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Hastings Ferry Company: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 49. Memorandum of cash received, August-November 1856. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 26. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 52. Memorandum of cash received, July-November 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 27. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 58. Receipt book, July-November 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 28. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 51. Employees wage book, August-October 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 29. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 60. North Star Company, September-October 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes charges for wood. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 30. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 55. Memorandum book, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 25. | |||||||||||||
| Vermillion Mills: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 247. Memorandum book, 1855-1856. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 56. Memorandum book, December 1857-June 1858. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 39. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 28. Journal, 1860. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 19. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Elizabeth (Bronson) Le Duc (Mrs. William G.): | |||||||||||||
| Volume 223. Follett & Renick, 1863-1867. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 224. Howes Brothers (Hastings, Minn.), 1875. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 38. Visiting book (Washington, D.C.), 1879-1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 54. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 39. Visiting book (Washington, D.C.), 1880-1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 55. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 265. Elizabeth Bronson notebook: Mount Vernon (Ohio), 1853-1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mainly concerns land holdings. | |||||||||||||
| Henri Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 168. Journal and account book, 1831-1845. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| This book appears to have been kept in Ohio. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 30. Day book, 1834-1839. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 17. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 185. General store: Miscellaneous account book, 1839-1861. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Clarissa Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 43. Autograph book, 1834-1848, 1860. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes dress samples for her dresses (1860-1862) with price and location in Minnesota where purchased; also her expenses on her journey from Poland, Ohio, to Hastings, March 1860. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 49. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 25. Album, 1857-1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mary or Mollie Le Duc was at two schools in Ohio: O.W.F. College and Poland Female College. Includes notes from her mother and father, brothers, Harry and Charles, as well as classmates. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 22. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 26. Album, 1860-1867. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mary taught at Poland Female College, 1859-1860. Includes lecture notes (1866-1867) heard in Columbus, Ohio. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 21. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 27. Journal, August 1862-January 1863. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 20. | |||||||||||||
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| 144.G.4.6F | 32 | Volume 70. James McAvoy Le Duc diary, 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 44. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Sumner Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 213. Diary, 1877-1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 9. Diary, March 11-October 16, 1881. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 12. Diary, May-August 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 276. Diary, December 27, 1883-September 1, 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes two photographs of the Le Duc home interior. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 211. Diary, January 5, 1885-October 1, 1886. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Seems to be extracts from Alice Le Duc's diary, made into a fictional form. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 300. Diary, September 2, 1928-March 5, 1931. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 298. Diary, 1954. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 8. Scrapbook: Decoration, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 84. Notebook: Words, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 314. Notebook: Mainly genealogical information, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebooks, undated. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Containing Alice Le Duc's first novel, In the Town of La Raine. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 264. Collection of poems and illustrations for Edith Gardner, July 11, 1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 308. Notebook, circa 1893-1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook: Story material, circa 1936-1939. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 78. Notebook, 1947-1954. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 90. Notebook, October 1953-January 1955. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 188. Inventory, house at Hastings, 1923. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 167. Inventory, house at Hastings, 1931. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 154. Account book, 1926-1939. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of Christmas cards; includes an expense record of A.V. Gardner (1877). | |||||||||||||
| Volume 74. Address book, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Florence Gray Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 88. Diary, 1872. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 13. Diary, June 1878-December 1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 7. Diary: Typed excerpts, June 18, 1878-February 9, 1879. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 266. Diary, February 1881-October 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.4.7B | 33 | Notebook: Poems, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Volume 11. Stories for Alice, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 75. Extracts and quotations, 1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 164. William Bronson Le Duc diary, 1870. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Elizabeth (Minnie) Le Duc Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 311. Diary, 1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 134. Journal, April 11-October 31, 1886. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 313. Journal, June 1, 1926-June 12, 1927. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 317. Journal, June 13, 1927-August 31, 1928. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 315. Journal, March 9, 1931-January 2, 1933. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 156. Expense book, 1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Augustine V. Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 335. Notebook as agent for buying grains, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 2. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 68. Expense book, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1. Housekeeping expenses, 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 33a. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 293. Grocery account book: H.W. Krumwiede (New York), February-September 1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 150. Grocery account book: H.W. Krumwiede (New York), September 1883-January 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Household expense book, 1883-1887. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 151. Shattuck School (Faribault, Minn.) account book: A.V. Gardner, Jr., 1896-1897. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 155. Shattuck School (Faribault, Minn.) account book, 1897-1898. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mabel Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 128. Diary, 1904. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 337. Diary, 1927-1929. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 303. Expense book, 1902-1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 83. Expense book, April 1947-December 1948. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Edith Le Duc Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 305. Diary, March 1933-September 1936. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 310. Diary, October 1, 1936-July 5, 1937. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 73. Address book, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Augustine V. Gardner, Jr.: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 117. Diary kept while a student at Shattuck School, January-June 1896. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 157. Diary, 1905. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Kathryn May Schwable Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 138. Diary, 1907. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 334. Diary, 1908. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 142. Diary, 1909. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 143. Diary, 1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 140. Diary, 1912. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 137. Diary, 1913. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 141. Diary, 1914-1918. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 139. Diary, 1919-1923. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 333. Diary, 1924-1926. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 146. Diary, 1952-1956. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 144. Diary, 1957-1961. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 258. Financial memorandum book, 1928-1949. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous volumes: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 37. Ledger: Sewing Society, 1870-1875, 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 53. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 260. Diary of unknown authorship, 1890. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 328. Diary of unknown authorship, 1943. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 216. Account book: A. Buckley & Co., undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
LITERARY MATERIALS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.4.8F | 34 | William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Annual report (diary), circa 1862. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Railroad reminiscences. | |||||||||||||
| Reminiscences. | |||||||||||||
| Western trip, California and Mexico. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Spiritualistic manuscript. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Fifteen. | |||||||||||||
| Ilma. | |||||||||||||
| The Garden. | |||||||||||||
| Reminiscences. | |||||||||||||
| I Listened In. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Country Cat. | |||||||||||||
| Those Early Years. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| From an Old Padlocked Box. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.4.9B | 35 | Through the Gap. | |||||||||||
| Pauline's Own Story. | |||||||||||||
| The Carrier. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous fragments. | |||||||||||||
| Florence Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Reminiscences. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc family miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
| A.V. Gardner. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.4.10F | 36 | Drake family. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Mrs. Jackson's Story. | |||||||||||||
| Reminiscences of Minnesota Neill. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
MISCELLANY
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.4.10F | 36 | K.F.R. Society printed materials, undated and 1873-1874, 1879. | |||||||||||
| Ancestors and descendants. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings, undated and 1879-1967. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| List of Northern Pacific Railroad stockholders, circa March 1874. | |||||||||||||
| Hastings and Dakota Railway land surveys. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul and Pacific Railway land surveys. | |||||||||||||
| Field notes, T115N, R17W. | |||||||||||||
| Gardner family estate matters and miscellany. | |||||||||||||
| Hand drawn greeting cards. | |||||||||||||
| Family artwork. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous materials. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous post cards. | |||||||||||||
MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.1B | 37 | Ledger (unidentified), 1877-1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Account book (unidentified), 1890-1896. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Vermillion Mills, 1858-1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Hastings needle work account books apparently of Mary and Edith Le Duc, 1901-1914. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Recipe book. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
WILLIAM G. LE DUC AND FAMILY MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.D.5.4F | 40 | Alice Sumner Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Volume 10. Diary, October 16, 1881-April 19, 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 340. Diary, 1900-1902. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Vermillion Mills: | |||||||||||||
| Volume 19. Day book, March-September 1855. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 10. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 273. Day book, December 1856-December 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 17. Day book, 1857-1859. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 8. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 23. Day book, 1857-1860. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 3. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 71. Day book, October 11, 1859-July 6, 1860. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 18. Ledger, March-September 1855. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 9. | |||||||||||||
| Journal, 1855-1856. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc & Rohner (?) (St. Paul): | |||||||||||||
| Volume 15. Day book, 1850-1852. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 6. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 22. Day book, 1852-July 1853. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 2. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 135. Day book, July 1853-May 1854. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 16. Ledger, January-March 1857. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 20. Hastings, Minnesota River and Red River of the North Railroad Company: Minute book, 1862-1866. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Originally numbered as volume 11. | |||||||||||||
WILLIAM G. LE DUC AND FAMILY MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.4F | 41 | Correspondence found loose in volumes, 1852-1861. | |||||||||||
| Mainly fragments and copies. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Autobiography and genealogical information. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Recollections of a Quartermaster. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Recollection of a Quartermaster, edited by Charles C. Knapp. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters and writings typed by Alice Le Duc. | |||||||||||||
| Writings. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Chippewa Raid in St. Paul, 1853. | |||||||||||||
| Lease and inventory of Le Duc's house, 1328 Corcoran Street, Washington, D.C., 1877. | |||||||||||||
| General Hooker on Chancellorsville campaign. | |||||||||||||
| Genesis of the typewriter. | |||||||||||||
| Invitations and calling cards, Washington, D.C., 1880s. | |||||||||||||
| Hastings and Dakota Railway Company: | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers, 1869-1880. | |||||||||||||
| History, 1903. | |||||||||||||
| Kettle River Falls Company: Bylaws and minutes, 1888-1916. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Northwestern Waterways Convention: Invitation and Le Duc's appointment as delegate, 1885. | |||||||||||||
| Notes. | |||||||||||||
| Reminiscences from 1848 to 1871, circa 1872. | |||||||||||||
| Excerpts from a letter. | |||||||||||||
| Spirit communication. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Elizabeth (Bronson) Le Duc: Letters, November 1863-March 1864. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Le Duc transcribed her mother's letters in March 1939 and sent them to her brother, William B. Le Duc in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Included are letters Alice wrote to him explaining parts of the letters. Apparently, the ink had faded on these Civil War-era letters. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Sumner Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Autograph book, 1874-1878. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Many of the autographs were obtained at a reunion of Kenyon College graduates at the Le Duc house in Washington, D.C. Includes autographs of President Rutherford B. Hayes and others. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1931-1936. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Typed pages of early years and notes. | |||||||||||||
| From Eleven to Thirteen: Alice's diary. | |||||||||||||
| Reminiscence at age 15: Notes. | |||||||||||||
| Writings. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.5B | 42 | The Diary of Charlotte. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Based on Alice's diary. | |||||||||||||
| Short stories. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes White House Memories. | |||||||||||||
| Poetry. | |||||||||||||
| Lists, 1927-1947. | |||||||||||||
| Inventories of books and personal property, undated and 1958. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous notes. | |||||||||||||
| William Bronson Le Duc Story and poetry. | |||||||||||||
| Florence Gray Le Duc: Recollections of a Civil War Child, and final account (worksheet) of her estate. | |||||||||||||
| Augustine V. Gardner, Jr.: | |||||||||||||
| Copies of letters, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Marriage certificate to Kathryn M. Schwable, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Neill: Will, 1932-1944. | |||||||||||||
| Family miscellany: | |||||||||||||
| Sketches. | |||||||||||||
| Lamp shade business correspondence and order book, 1920-1926. | |||||||||||||
| This business was operated by the Le Duc sisters. | |||||||||||||
| Granville Smith essays and interview, 1934-1935, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Recipes. | |||||||||||||
| Millie Porter correspondence, 1928-1929. | |||||||||||||
| Agreement between Le Duc heirs and city of Hastings, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||
| Palmer Institute of Authorship: Mail order course work of Alice Le Duc, 1953. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.6F | 43 | William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Diary, 1867. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1868. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1875. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1884. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1914. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Letter book, 1894. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Letters: Letters of William and Mary Le Duc excerpted by Alice Le Duc, 1852-1901. | |||||||||||||
| Record of clothing distributed by William Le Duc as quartermaster, circa 1864. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Tax list, 1857-1858. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Expense book, 1878. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Bank book, 1913-1919. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook, 1895-1896. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Address book, circa 1890s. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Poetry written by Le Duc children, 1870s-1880s. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Florence Gray Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook: Wells College, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook: Wells College, 1873, 1880. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook, 1877. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook, 1885. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook, 1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Scrapbook: Wells College, 1873-1874. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Expense book, 1888-1891. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Memo book, 1913. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Knitting book (order book?), 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Hastings needlework: Two account books and an order book, circa 1891-1922. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.7B | 44 | Alice Sumner Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Diary, 1882-1883. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1887-1889. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Reminiscences. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Scrapbook: Cartoons from the New Yorker and elsewhere. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook: M. N[eill] family, 1931. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Expense book: Food, 1938-1942. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Expense book, 1953-1955. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Record of where manuscripts have been sent. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Elizabeth Le Duc Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1873. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Expense book, 1874-1875. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Expense book, 1876-1878. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Augustine V. Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1870. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1872. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Account book: Shattuck School, 1895-1896. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Household accounts and inventory, 1919-1946. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Mabel Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1935-1942. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Diary, 1943. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Record of her war work at Hastings, 1917. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Bret Harte poems, 1892. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Edith Le Duc Gardner, Diary, 1915. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Kathryn Schwable Gardner, Notebook, 1919. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous volumes: | |||||||||||||
| Diary of unknown authorship, 1903. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook of unknown authorship, 1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Human Sacrifice, W.H. Gardner. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Washington stories about Lincoln and others, circa 1890. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| Book inventory. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.8F | 45 | William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1853-1857. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Ennis & Plant vs. William G. Le Duc, 1858-1860. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1858-1918. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
| To Le Duc from various dignitaries. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Four letters and note regarding photographs, 1909. Photocopies. | |||||||||||||
| Original letters are in the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. | |||||||||||||
| Mary (Mrs. William G.) Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1862-1880, 1893-1902. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Deeds and miscellany, 1878-1894. | |||||||||||||
| Ashland, Wisconsin property: Deeds and correspondence. | |||||||||||||
| Mary Le Duc geometry examination, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.9B | 46 | Mary Elizabeth (Minnie) Le Duc Gardner: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, undated. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1862-1871. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie to various family members, 1867-1872. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie to A.V. Gardner, undated and 1871. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1872. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie to A.V. Gardner, 1872. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1873. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie to various family members, 1873. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie to A.V. Gardner, 1874-1875. | |||||||||||||
| A.V. Gardner to Minnie, November 1874-October 1875. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie to various family members, 1874-1876. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters received, 1876-1877. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.5.10F | 47 | Minnie to various family members, 1877-1879. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Letters received, 1878-1879. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie to A.V. Gardner, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Teddy (A.V. Gardner, Jr.), while at Shattuck School, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1896-1899. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Bo (Teddy, A.V Gardner, Jr.), 1900-1901. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1900-1934. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.1B | 48 | Correspondence, 1917-1934. 11 folders. | |||||||||||
| Augustine V. Gardner, Sr.: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, undated and 1861-1877. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.2F | 49 | Correspondence, 1878-1896. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Augustine V. Gardner, Jr.: Correspondence, undated and 1895-1966. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.3B | 50 | Augustine V. Gardner, Jr., and Kathryn Schwable Gardner: | |||||||||||
| Letters to Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Gardner, Sr., undated and 1918-1957. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Kathryn Schwable from Charles "Louis" Foutz, 1906-1910. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Kathryn Schwable from Bob Anderson, undated and 1908-1912. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Kathryn Schwable from Will M. Ross, undated and 1913-1914. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Will Ross from Kathryn Schwable, 1912. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Kathryn Schwable from Harris, undated and June-September 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Kathryn Schwable from other boyfriends, undated and 1904-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to A.V. Gardner from Kathryn, undated and 1918-1919. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from A.V. Gardner to Kathryn before their marriage, undated and 1917-June 1918. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from A.V. Gardner to Kathryn, undated and September-November 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from A.V. Gardner to Kathryn, March-May 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Kathryn Schwable from others, undated and 1889-1915. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.4F | 51 | Letters to Kathryn from others, undated and 1914-1965. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| The Kay Em Ess Key to Karakter, by Kathryn Schwable, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Schwable family members: | |||||||||||||
| Bertha Schwable correspondence, including exchanges between Kathryn and Bertha, undated and circa 1900-1946. 12 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Bertha and Kathryn Schwable concerning Nan's death, 1904-1905. | |||||||||||||
| Letters regarding death of Bertha Schwable, 1949-1950. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| A.V. Gardner and Louise C. Sutherland (executrix) regarding estate of Bertha Schwable, undated and 1949-1951. | |||||||||||||
| Frank B. Schwable correspondence, undated and 1903-1954. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.5B | 52 | Arthur G. Schwable correspondence with Schwable and Gardner families, undated and 1906-1934. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| John H. Schwable deeds, stocks, obituary, and miscellany, undated and 1875-1928. | |||||||||||||
| Henry C. Schwable/Lorraine Schwable correspondence, undated and 1909-1936. | |||||||||||||
| H.C. Schwable, Turpen house deed, circa 1912-1916. | |||||||||||||
| Gardner and Schwable family miscellany, undated and 1893-1962. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Edith Le Duc Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Letters to various family members, undated and September 1916-July 1917. 4 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.6F | 53 | Letters to Edith Gardner, undated and 1880-1965. 19 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes some letters addressed to both Edith and Alice. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Edith and Mabel Gardner, undated and 1900-1955. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.7B | 54 | Mabel Gardner: | |||||||||||
| Letters to Mabel Gardner, undated and 1877-1960. 20 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes many letters addressed to both Edith and Mabel and to the Gardner children as a group. Correspondence with the Minnesota Historical Society (1955) itemizes many of the family's holdings. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs found with Mabel Gardner letters. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.8F | 55 | Florence Gray Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, undated and 1871-1919, 1928. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes some letters addressed to both Florence and Alice. | |||||||||||||
| Fatherless Children of France, 1908-1926. | |||||||||||||
| Alice Sumner Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and information on family property, undated and circa1880-1964. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Notebook about house on 2512 Humboldt Avenue South (Minneapolis), 1919-1920. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence regarding literary manuscripts, 1887-1953. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Nannie concerning court case, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.9B | 56 | Minnesota Neill: | |||||||||||
| Letters to, 1917-1919. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to, 1874-1889, 1914, 1931, circa 1937. | |||||||||||||
| Letters to Mrs. Edward D. Neill, 1893, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs of Mrs. Edward D. Neill and Minnesota Neill. | |||||||||||||
PHOTOGRAPHS
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.G.6.10F | 57 | Photographs: | |||||||||||
| Very few identifications of the individuals pictured, very few dates. Folder titles supplied by the cataloger. | |||||||||||||
| Apartment on Humboldt Avenue (Minneapolis), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Ayre family, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Bronson family, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Caldwell family, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Children, 1892-1919. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Christmas cards, 1950s. | |||||||||||||
| Churches, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Couples, undated. | |||||||||||||
| G.A.R. parade, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Gardner: | |||||||||||||
| Agnes, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Edith, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Gus, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Mabel, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Mary (Minnie), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Gardner family, undated, 1898-1937. | |||||||||||||
| Groups, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc: | |||||||||||||
| Individuals at the Le Duc house (Hastings, Minn.), undated, 1918. | |||||||||||||
| Dorothy, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Florence, undated. | |||||||||||||
| William G., undated. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc family, 1880-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Men, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Merriam family, 1889-1890. | |||||||||||||
| Mothers and babies, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Motor speedway and car racing, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Mount Vernon, Ohio house, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Outdoor activities, undated, 1898-1914. | |||||||||||||
| Schwable family, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Squires children, undated. | |||||||||||||
| State insane asylum (Hastings, Minn.), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified family, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Winona (Minn.): Scenes and individuals, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Women: | |||||||||||||
| Formal portraits, undated, 1892-1917. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Groups, undated, 1874, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| Informal poses, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Women in wedding dresses, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Yonkers, New York house, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellany, undated, 1941. | |||||||||||||
| Stereopticon cards, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Includes Glen Park Hotel and Tourist's Home/Magnetic and Sulphur Springs House (Watkins Glen, New York); Bonaventure; and Agricultural Grounds (Washington, D.C.?). | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.J.5.6F | 58 | Photograph albums: | |||||||||||
| Very few captions or identifications of the individuals pictured, very few dates. | |||||||||||||
| Ideal souvenir postcard album, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes "Camp Herring" (Peoria, Illinois); scenes at Peoria, Illinois, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Albany, New York, Madison, Wisconsin, Trinidad, and Lake Louise (Canada). | |||||||||||||
| Loose photographs removed from an untitled, empty album, undated, 1896-1910, 1943. | |||||||||||||
| Includes picnics, boating, Chimney Rock (south of Hastings, Minn.), children and young adults, and two pencil sketches. | |||||||||||||
| Kathryn Schwabel scrapbook and photograph album, approximately 1911-1912. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Includes scenes at Chicago, Stevens Point and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Greenville, Ohio; calling cards; picture postcards; outdoor scenes; photographs of Kathryn Schwabel; newspaper clippings; information about River Pines Sanitarium (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) and the state sanitarium at Wales, Wisconsin; and tuberculosis survivor Will M. Ross | |||||||||||||
| Kathryn Schwabel: Loose items removed from album, approximately 1911-1912. | |||||||||||||
| Summer of 1903: B.O., 1903. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Young adults, mainly at the Le Duc house in Hastings. | |||||||||||||
| Summer of 1903: M.M.G., 1903. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Rose League picnic; excursion to Lake Pepin on a river steamer; Pine Coulee picnic; corn roast on the bottoms. All young people's activities. | |||||||||||||
| Untitled album (disassembled), 1860s? | |||||||||||||
| Photographs of William G. Le Duc, General William Rosecrans, and General Adolph von Steinwehr. Some photographs of young girls and of rock formations. | |||||||||||||
| Untitled album, 1867. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Minnie Le Duc, Edith, Mabel, Augustine. | |||||||||||||
| Untitled album, 1890s? 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Groups of people, women, ladies with big hats, and a soldier in uniform. | |||||||||||||
| Untitled album (disassembled), 1891-1893. | |||||||||||||
| Mabel, Edith, Bobo, Minnie; the Le Duc house (Hastings); mixed group of young adults at the Ramsey Mill on the Vermillion River (Hastings); other mixed groups of young adults; cats; young women at Chimney Rock (Hastings); one image of William G. Le Duc. | |||||||||||||
| Untitled album, approximately 1910. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Young adults swimming at a lake; groups of young women; mixed groups at an unidentified college or university; groups of children. | |||||||||||||
| Untitled album, 1914-1915. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Picnics on the St. Croix River; Adams family members; Edith; Bo; Mable; Harriet Adams; boating; Adams house (Hastings?). | |||||||||||||
| Untitled album, 1915-1935. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs taken at the Le Duc house (Hastings); William G. Le Duc, Edith, Alice Sumner Le Duc, Louis, Dorothy, Willis, Georgie; boating scenes; Vermillion Falls; soldiers in uniform; St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Hastings); groups of young adults; large houses in an unidentified city; toddlers; picture postcards. | |||||||||||||
| [0.3 cubic feet empty, legal size] | |||||||||||||
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.J.5.7B | 59 | Christmas and greeting cards. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.J.5.8F | 60 | Correspondence, 1882-1908, 1941-1962. | |||||||||||
| Promissory notes, 1867-1868. | |||||||||||||
| Recipes, undated, 1894-1926. | |||||||||||||
| Stamp collecting, undated, 1893-1954. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellany, undated, 1863-1877. | |||||||||||||
| Includes notes about growing flowers, some receipts, two checks drawn on the Farmers & Traders Bank (Hastings) and the First National Bank (Hastings), miscellaneous accounts, and a "List of stolen things." | |||||||||||||
| [0.75 cubic feet empty, letter size] | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 144.J.5.9B | 61 | Miscellaneous material for possible future use in the Le Duc House. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence of A.V. Gardner, Jr., 1895-1911, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified volume connected with Mabel, Edith, and Alice's business, 1904-1906. | |||||||||||||
WILLIAM G. LE DUC CORRESPONDENCE AS COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 149.B.19.8F | 62 | Routine correspondence, undated. | |||||||||||
| Includes a letter from Dr. Thomas Williamson (St. Peter, Minn.). | |||||||||||||
| Letters of support for Le Duc's appointment as Commissioner of Agriculture, 1877. | |||||||||||||
| Authors include notable Minnesota supporters (Alexander Ramsey, Henry H. Sibley, Governor John S. Pillsbury, the Minnesota State Grange Minnesota State Association, and William Windom); former Army comrades (generals Robert Anderson, John Pope, M.C. Meigs, W.T. Sherman, R.W. Johnson, J. Hooker and Thomas Vincent); and the Minnesota congressional delegation (E.A. Carlin, William King, John B. Sanborn, and many more). Also included are three miscellaneous items, including furniture invoices for Le Duc's residence in Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Includes recommendations for job applicants (many were women) and requests for seeds. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota State Fair trip correspondence, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Le Duc was able to plan and execute a trip by U.S. leaders to the Minnesota State Fair to showcase the agricultural abundance of the Midwest. This folder includes a guest list and acceptance letters. The list of guests includes President Hayes and family, cabinet members, members of Congress, and foreign diplomats. In addition to the acceptance letters is one from James Smith, in Duluth, urging Le Duc to include Duluth in his itinerary. There are letters from H.H. Sibley, including a comment that Le Duc's request for him to invite the President to the State Fair has resulted in a "hornet's nest" (April 13), included with a letter from members of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society; a letter urging him to discuss with Governor Marshall arrangements for the president's visit (July 12); a letter discussing itinerary of trip; copy of Sibley's letter to Mayor Rand of Minneapolis stating that if President Hayes wished to visit Minneapolis they would accommodate his wishes (August 15); a confidential letter relating events that precipitated the letter to Mayor Rand (August 15); draft of a letter to Sibley about Hayes' response to the invitation (August 19); and a reply to that letter giving planning details (August 22). The folder also includes a letter from Alexander Ramsey about trip arrangements (August 23); handbills about President Hayes' visit to Hastings (September 9); and a letter to Mrs. Le Duc about the visit and about Le Duc's involvement in getting Hayes to come (September 16). | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota State Fair trip: Declined invitations, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| List of people declining and their reasons. | |||||||||||||
| Routine requests, recommendations for positions, and complimentary letters. 1879. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes E. Cutter's acceptance of a position offered, an article about Frisian Mulch sheep, and a letter from the Co‑operative Aid Association. | |||||||||||||
| Routine correspondence as Commissioner, 1880. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes requests for seeds, for favors, and for support of various agricultural interests and programs. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1881. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes a draft letter to President Garfield (not sent) about the Grange's support of Le Duc, the lack of action and support from Congress, and the department's inability to provide seeds for farmers (April 10); a letter relating to C.V. Riley's removal of specimen bugs used in a cotton insect study (May 18); letter from James Edward Calhoun with suggestions for a Panama Canal (February 14); a report about reservoirs needed in the Southwest United States (June 19); and newspaper clippings about George B. Loring for the commissioner of agriculture. There are many letters in support of Le Duc's reappointment as Commissioner of Agriculture and a newspaper clipping containing an interview with Le Duc about the coming harvest (New York Produce Exchange Reporter, July 23, 1881). | |||||||||||||
| Carman, Elbert S., 1878-1881. | |||||||||||||
| Carman was the editor of The Rural New Yorker, a paper which supported Le Duc. He had an experimental farm and reported his progress. A letter from Le Duc to Carman gives his reaction to the shooting of Garfield (March 7, 1881). | |||||||||||||
| Garfield, James A., 1879-1880. Photocopies. | |||||||||||||
| Six letters to Le Duc while Garfield was in the House of Representatives. The letters request grass seed (April 14, 1879); request information to be sent to a friend March 30, 1880); recommend the employment of Thomas Liday (April 6, 1880); recommend the appointment of Captain Blackford (May 24, 1880); recommend B.F. Packard in Le Duc's office (May 25, 1880); and a letter of thanks for sugar cane (November 30, 1880). | |||||||||||||
| Originals in Reserve 19. | |||||||||||||
| Hayes, Rutherford B., 1878, 1881, 1883. Photocopies. | |||||||||||||
| Six letters and a card. Hayes replies to Le Duc's invitation to the Minnesota State fair (August 14, 1878); expresses his enjoyment of his trip (September 27, 1878); requests that plants be sent to a professor of botany in Ithaca, New York (November 20, 1878); endorses a letter to Le Duc from Morris Keim (November 26, 1878); and expresses his interest in Miss Sue Meredith obtaining a position. A letter to Mrs. Le Duc (December 12, 1883) is also included. | |||||||||||||
| Originals in Reserve 19. | |||||||||||||
| Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1878, 1880-1882. Photocopies. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from Holmes to Le Duc and one original letter from Le Duc to Holmes. Holmes writes mostly about his family's reaction to the American-grown tea specimens Le Duc has sent him and his thoughts about American tea and wines. Holmes also thanks Le Duc for his kind words on Holmes' writing and comments on the news from Washington (July 2, 1881) and on (December 11, 1882) on a telegram sent by Le Duc after the Battle of Antietam. | |||||||||||||
| Originals in Reserve 19. | |||||||||||||
| Lyman, Charles, 1879-1881. | |||||||||||||
| Charles Lyman (Springfield, Mass.) was a veterinarian working for the Department of Agriculture in communicable animal diseases, who writes extensively on his travels and observations. He writes about Great Britain's embargo on American cattle because of a supposed disease (June 12, 1880) and gives a report on notable bovine diseases (March 7, 1881). | |||||||||||||
| Piollet, Victor E., 1880-1881. | |||||||||||||
| Piollet (Wysox, Pa.) was a Grange member and a supporter of Le Duc. | |||||||||||||
| Sherman, William T. and Emily Ewing Sherman, 1877-1881. Photocopies. | |||||||||||||
| Seven Sherman letters, two letters with Sherman's endorsements, and five original letters of Emily Ewing Sherman (Mrs. W.T.). Sherman's letters begin with an endorsement to President Hayes (on the back of General Hooker's letter) in support of Le Duc's appointment as Commissioner of Agriculture (April 2, 1877); Sherman's requests for seeds for his daughter (February 12, 1880); his requests for shrubs (March 22, 1880); a letter of support for a position for Marion de Lion Adams (April 14, 1880); Sherman's signature on a letter of Col. Rockwell (July 6, 1880); a request that cuttings be sent to a friend in California, especially Spanish olives, (January 15, 1881); his appraisal of agriculture in California, as against Florida or Texas (January 17, 1881); his appreciation of Le Duc's "efforts to enlarge the sphere of our farming class" and his advice to ignore what the newspapers are writing about him (January 20, 1881); and his daughter's requests for seeds and a wandering jew (May 19, 1881). Emily Ewing Sherman's letters are social in nature and reflect the friendship felt for Mrs. Le Duc and the general. | |||||||||||||
| Originals in Reserve 19. | |||||||||||||
| Texas agriculture, 1879-1881. | |||||||||||||
| Includes letters from farmers requesting information and seeds. Many are complimentary and report on their experiences with various crops. | |||||||||||||
| Sugar cultivation, 1878-1881. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from farmers relating their experience and experiments in sugar growing, machinery, and refineries. There are many letters from Congressmen congratulating Le Duc with his success. Includes a report on sugar beet culture (June 22 1880) and letters from sugar refineries, as well as a bill to regulate the customs duty on sugar. | |||||||||||||
| Tea culture and manufacturing, 1878-1881. | |||||||||||||
| There are a series of letters in 1880 from John Jackson, Georgia Tea Plantation (McIntosh, Georgia) and, later, Summerfield, South Carolina. He writes of the planning, planting of fruit trees for "benefit of the Coolies," weather, lack of resources other than the Department, Jackson's living arrangements, appraisal of Dr. Foster's plantation in South Carolina, his appointment as an agent of the Department, and the search for a suitable location for another plantation. There are also letters about tea growing from farmers in Virginia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, and South Carolina. There is a letter from Martin Gillet and Company with information on tea and tea preparation for market. Tea reports and evaluations (May 5, June 24, 1880) are included. | |||||||||||||
| Other crops, 1878-1881. | |||||||||||||
| There is correspondence relating to the cultivation of cotton, oats and wheat, tobacco, silk, ramie, figs, peaches, coffee, grapes, cinchona, bamboo, and corn. A series of letters from an agent in Japan discusses various orders from Le Duc, the quality of seeds and cuttings, and when orders will be shipped. | |||||||||||||
| Cattle and swine diseases, 1878-1880. | |||||||||||||
| Letters from various parts of the country relating to contagious diseases. | |||||||||||||
| Grange, college, and farmers' support for Le Duc, 1878-1881. | |||||||||||||
| Complimentary letters from throughout the country regarding Le Duc's service as Commissioner of Agriculture. | |||||||||||||
| Petitions, circa 1881. | |||||||||||||
| Petitions from Pennsylvania Granges to President Garfield urging him to retain Le Duc as Commissioner of Agriculture. Contain hundreds of signatures. | |||||||||||||
| Reports and statements, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Includes statement by Le Duc before the House Committee on Agriculture relating to an article in National Livestock Journal by T.C. Jones. | |||||||||||||
| Congressmen, 1878-1881. | |||||||||||||
| Includes letters from S.S. Cox and T.J. Kirkwood. | |||||||||||||
MISCELLANY TRANSFERRED FROM THE LE DUC HOUSE
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 149.D.5.4F | 63 | Photographs. | |||||||||||
| Framed images. 7 items. | |||||||||||||
| Photograph albums. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||||
| Artworks: Small watercolors and sketches. 4 items. | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript items and clippings. | |||||||||||||
CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS
| Folder | |||||||||||||
| ++12 | 1 | Genealogical chart of the Gardner family, undated. | |||||||||||
| Edith Le Duc Gardner graduation diploma from St. Mary's Hall (Faribault), undated. | |||||||||||||
| Signed by Bishop Henry B. Whipple. | |||||||||||||
| Testimonial from the University of Minnesota to William Gates Le Duc for his pioneer work in agricultural research and education, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Royal Moravian and Schlessian Society for the Development of Agriculture's certificate of correspondence membership issued to William Gates Le Duc, October 1, 1879. | |||||||||||||
| In German. | |||||||||||||
| Baptism certificate of Catherine Mai Schäble (Kathryn Schwable) by the Evangelical Church of St. Paul (Greenville, Ohio), May 5, 1889. | |||||||||||||
| Document is in German. | |||||||||||||
| Mabel M. Gardner's certificate of honorable mention issued by the World's Columbian Exhibition for her exhibit of embroidery work, June 1, 1894. | |||||||||||||
| Kathryn Schwable's certificate of graduation from Greenville (Ohio) High School, May 25, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Includes a listing of Kathryn’s grades. | |||||||||||||
| Kathryn Schwable's diploma from Greenville (Ohio) High School, May 25, 1906. | |||||||||||||
| Bertha Barbara Schwable's diploma from Teachers College (New York City), kindergarten supervision, June 2, 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Bertha Barbara Schwable's B.S. diploma from Columbia University (New York City), June 2, 1905. | |||||||||||||
| William Gates Le Duc certificate as a companion of the first class issued by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, February 29, 1916. | |||||||||||||
MAPS
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| ++12 | 2 | Freeborn's land near Hastings, undated. | |||||||||||
| Map of Hastings, Minnesota, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Published by Thomas Howe. Contains some penciled notations. | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript map of Hastings, Minnesota, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Hastings, Minnesota, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Contains penciled notations on land holdings. | |||||||||||||
| Hastings and Dakota Railroad: Map of line through the city of Hastings, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Map of Fort Abercrombie, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Plat of Township 30, Range 34, undated. | |||||||||||||
| May have been prepared by Le Duc. | |||||||||||||
| Plats of Townships 27 and 28, Range 22 and Township 29, Range 24, undated. 4 items. | |||||||||||||
| Published map of Dakota Territory, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Printed by James S. Foster, C.J.B. Harris, and J. Parker Hayward. | |||||||||||||
| Plats of Townships 113, ranges 15, 16, and 17; Township 114, ranges 15, 16, and 17, and Township 115, ranges 15, 16, 17, and 18. undated. 10 items. | |||||||||||||
| Published by the U.S. Survey of Public Lands. Contain penciled notations. | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript map of Township 48, Range 16 and Township 50, Range 14, showing the St. Louis River and the Duluth-Superior harbor, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Contains penciled notations of land ownership in Duluth. | |||||||||||||
| Lithographed map of Hastings, Minnesota Territory, showing Township 115, Range 17 (Inver Grove) and Hastings and surrounding territory, 1850s. | |||||||||||||
| Printed by Holmes, Payte, and Buchner, St. Paul. Indicates owners of land and location of churches, schools, and industries. | |||||||||||||
| Plats of Township 22 and 23, Range 51, showing location of the Fort Lyon Military reservation, Colorado Territory, January 20, 1870; December 30, 1871. 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| Prepared by George H. Hill and William Ashley for the Surveyor's Office, Colorado Territory. | |||||||||||||
| Blueprint of the Lookout Mountain area, Hamilton County, Tennessee, showing proposed sites for Central Memorial and for Green's New York Brigade Monument, January 12, 1895. | |||||||||||||
| Prepared for the State of New York Chattanooga Monument Commissioners. | |||||||||||||
| Plats of Townships 98 and 99, Ranges 46 and 48, and Township 100, Range 46, 1896-1897. | |||||||||||||
| Shows the sections which were sold, to whom they were sold, and the price paid. | |||||||||||||
SKETCHES, DRAWINGS, AND WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS
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| ++12 | 3 | A monumental colonnade, by Edith Le Duc Gardner, undated. | |||||||||||
| An elevator door, by Cargill, undated. Watercolor painting. | |||||||||||||
| Sketch for book cover by Esther E. Hargrave, April 1927. Watercolor painting. | |||||||||||||
| Medieval garden scene by Alice S. Le Duc, April 1927. Pastel drawing. | |||||||||||||
| Still-life of flowers in a vase by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. Pastel drawing. | |||||||||||||
| "Then ye Wicked Hangman sought that fair Layde/ even in her garden; but he wist no that young/ Floziel was hard by; armed with his good sword" by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. Watercolor painting. | |||||||||||||
| Scene from nursery rhyme "Mistress Mary" by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. Watercolor painting with laminated finish. | |||||||||||||
| Cuenca, Spain, by S. Chatwood Burton, undated. Pen and ink drawing. | |||||||||||||
| Upper Town, Cuenca, Spain, by S. Chatwood Burton, undated. Pen and ink drawing. | |||||||||||||
| Medieval tapestry design showing birds, animals, and trees by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. Pastel drawing. | |||||||||||||
| May have been designed for a bookplate. | |||||||||||||
| Scene of boy with a bird by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. Watercolor painting. | |||||||||||||
| Scene of boy and woman flying a kite by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. Watercolor painting. | |||||||||||||
| Seascape scene and mother and child by Alice S. Le Duc, 1911. Watercolor painting and pastel drawing. | |||||||||||||
| Two designs for bookplates by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| Scene of park and church tower apparently drawn by Alice S. Le Duc, undated. Pastel drawing. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous sketches of figures and objects, apparently drawn by Alice S. Le Duc. 17 sketches. | |||||||||||||
| Sketches of the Le Duc house: Floor plan of basement, north elevation, doorway, bay window and windows, undated. 5 sketches. | |||||||||||||
RESERVE MATERIALS
Restricted. Access to and use of reserve materials requires the curator's permission.
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| Reserve 19 | 38 | Letters to William G. Le Duc: | |||||||||||
| Garfield, James A.: | |||||||||||||
| Asking for grass seed for his yard, April 14, 1879. | |||||||||||||
| Seeking assistance for a farmer, March 30, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Seeking employment for Thomas Liday, April 6, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Referencing appointment for Captain Blackford, May 24, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Recommending B.F. Packard in Le Duc's office, May 25, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Includes envelope. | |||||||||||||
| Thanking Le Duc for sugar sample, November 30, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Hayes, Rutherford B.: | |||||||||||||
| Replying to Le Duc's invitation to attend the Minnesota State Fair, August 14, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Relating his enjoyment of trip to Minnesota State Fair, September 27, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Includes envelope. | |||||||||||||
| Requesting materials for a botany professor, November 20, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Letter from Morris Keine (?) to Le Duc with Hayes' endorsement on reverse, November 26, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Requesting a position for Miss Sue Meredith; on Executive Mansion stationery, February 9, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| To Mrs. Le Duc from Fremont, Ohio, thanking her for her letter and news of the general and relating his life and travels, December 13, 1883. | |||||||||||||
| Concerning an unidentified major not being a citizen, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Holmes, Oliver Wendell: | |||||||||||||
| Concerning tea and women's suffrage, July 21, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Concerning tea raising in the United States, August 11, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Concerning tea and declining an invitation, August 15, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Regarding wine tasting, October 6, 1878. | |||||||||||||
| Includes envelope. | |||||||||||||
| Regarding tea, August 8, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Regarding tea tasting, August 3, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| Envelopes, undated. 3 items. | |||||||||||||
| Sherman, William T.: | |||||||||||||
| Endorsement to President Hayes (on the reverse of General Hooker's letter) in support of Le Duc's appointment as Commissioner of Agriculture, April 2, 1877. | |||||||||||||
| Sherman requests seeds for his daughter, February 12, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Sherman requests shrubs, March 22, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Letter of support for a position for Marion de Lion Adams, April 14, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Sherman's signature on a letter of Colonel Rockwell, July 6, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| Requesting cuttings be sent to a friend in California, especially Spanish olives, January 15, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| Containing Sherman's appraisal of agriculture in California, as against Florida or Texas, January 17, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| Noting Sherman's appreciation of Le Duc's "efforts to enlarge the sphere of our farming class" and advising Le Duc to ignore what the newspapers are saying about him, January 20, 1881. | |||||||||||||
| Concerning his daughter's request for seeds and a wandering jew, May 19, 1881. | |||||||||||||
RELATED MATERIAL
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:
- Agriculture -- Experimentation.
- Railroads -- Minnesota.
- Sugar -- Manufacture and refining.
- Sugar growing.
- Tea -- United States.
- Persons:
- Crosby, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1830-1910.
- Gardner family.
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881, author.
- Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893, author.
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935, author.
- Le Duc family.
- Neill, Minnesota, 1850-1932, author.
- Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903, author.
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, author.
- Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891, author.
- Organizations:
- United States. Department of Agriculture -- Officials and employees.
- Meetings:
- Minnesota State Fair.
- Places:
- Fayetteville (N.C.).
- Hastings (Minn.).
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Document Types:
- Diaries.
- Photographs.
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