JOHN F. RAYNOLDS, III:
An Inventory of His Family Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Raynolds, John F., III, 1929-2005, creator. | |
| Title: | John F. Raynolds III and family papers. | |
| Dates: | 1797-2006. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Family papers of John F. Raynolds III, his father John F. Raynolds (1887-1941), and grandfather John F. Raynolds (1817-1911). Materials include photographs, correspondence, awards and certificates, a Massachusetts land grant (1797), materials relating to Raynolds' grandfather's service in the United States Army on the northern plains (1881), in memoriam booklets, and genealogical materials containing information about the related Blunt, Mullett, Bennett, Voss, and Adams families. | |
| Quantity: | 1.05 cubic feet (2 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
John Fiske
Raynolds III was born September 25, 1929 in Minneapolis. He served as a Navy diver
during the Korean War, and as a CIA operative stationed in Ghana in the 1960s. He
later worked as an investment banker, and was the CEO of Outward Bound USA from
1981-1991. His father, John F. Raynolds (1887-1941), was an air service mechanic
during World War I. Raynolds' grandfather, John F. Raynolds (1817-1889), had a dry
goods business in Canton, Ohio and later worked in the milling industry. Raynolds'
first marriage resulted in three children: William Raynolds, Virginia Raynolds
Stark, and Helen Raynolds Griffith. He married Eileen Blaker in Connecticut on May
24, 1998. Raynolds died on November 11, 2011 in Vero Beach, Florida.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Raynolds, John F., III. John F Raynolds and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,983
Processing Information:
Processed by: David B. Peterson, May 2015
Catalog ID number: 990082843710104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 144.C.13.2F-1 | 1 | John Fisk Raynolds III (1929-2005): | |||||||||
| Awards and certificates, 1947-1999. | |||||||||||
| Youth and childhood, 1929-1948. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, 1950-2005. | |||||||||||
| John Fisk Raynolds (1887-1941): | |||||||||||
| Photographs and First Lieutenants commission in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the United States, 1908-1918. | |||||||||||
| Youth and childhood photographs, 1887-circa 1904. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, circa 1915-1918. | |||||||||||
| Includes letters and telegrams from the Dayton Wright Airplane Company and the Washington Draft Board and War Department, and requests for recommendations for a commission to the Motor Transport Service in the U.S. Ordnance Department. | |||||||||||
| Air Service Mechanic School, circa 1915-1918. | |||||||||||
| John Fisk Raynolds (1817-1889): | |||||||||||
| Photographs, 1878-1889. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes photographs of Raynolds and his parents, William F. and Betsy Raynolds, as well as the Raynolds family home. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and papers, 1817-1911. | |||||||||||
| Includes letters written by William Raynolds (1817), information about marine insurance claims and losses (1830s), copies of military orders and letters sent between officers of the 18th Infantry and the 2nd Cavalry operating in Montana during the Indian Wars (1881), and probate and estate documents (1911) of George F. Raynolds. | |||||||||||
| [0.1 cubic feet empty, half-oversize] | |||||||||||
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| 144.C.13.2F-2 | 2 | Genealogical materials: | |||||||||
| Blunt and Mullett family: | |||||||||||
| John Fisk Raynolds III's maternal family. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, 1880-circa 1910. | |||||||||||
| Land grant in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to David Piper, 1797. | |||||||||||
| Piper was a great, great, great, great grandfather to John Fisk Raynolds III. | |||||||||||
| Bennett family: | |||||||||||
| John Fisk Raynolds III's paternal family. | |||||||||||
| Family tree, 1971, 1995. | |||||||||||
| Photograph of Russell H. Bennett, undated. 1 framed photograph. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, 1877-circa 1905. | |||||||||||
| Voss and Adams families: Photographs, circa 1880-1968. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous genealogical data, 1981-2006. | |||||||||||
| [0.35 cubic feet empty, half-oversize] | |||||||||||
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:
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- Montana.
- Persons:
- Adams family.
- Bennett family.
- Blunt family.
- Mallett family.
- Raynolds, John F., 1817-1911, author.
- Raynolds, John F., 1887-1941, author.
- Voss family.
- Organizations:
- United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 2nd.
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 18th.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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