BURTON M. JOSEPH:

An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For details, please see restrictions.

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Joseph, Burton M., 1921-2013, creator.
	Title:	Burton M. Joseph papers.
	Dates:	1921-1994.
	Language:	Materials in English, Croatian, Serbian.
	Abstract:	Papers of Minneapolis businessman and philanthropist Burton M. Joseph, including biographical information, military service-related materials, subject files, scrapbooks, and records of the I.S. Joseph Company (Minneapolis).
	Quantity:	5.1 cubic feet (5 boxes and 1 volume in 1 partial box), 1 master audio file: WAV (62.3 MB), 1 user audio file: MP3 (11.2 MB), 1 master film reel: 16mm., 1 user video files: MP4 (279 MB), 1 master video file: MOV (1.3 GB), and 3 user video files: MP4 (56.5 MB).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Burton Joseph was born April 2, 1921 in Minneapolis. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in agricultural biochemistry, served in the United States Air Force during World War II and the Korean War, and was CEO of the I. S. Joseph Company, a Minneapolis agribusiness firm. In 1953 he married Geri M. Hoffner, who was a staff writer for the Minneapolis Tribune and served as a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party committee member and as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands. Joseph died on March 14, 2013.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions

The video recordings in copyright in this collection are not available online, but can be accessed upon request for use in the Gale Family Library reading room. Please consult reference staff for more information.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Joseph, Burton M. Burton M. Joseph papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 17,000

Location of Master Files:

Digital masters of the audiovisual materials are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

The original audio reel and videocassette were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav and mov files.

Processing Information:

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Processed by: David B. Peterson, July 2015

Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, June 2, 2023.

Digital audiovisual transferred from the master audio reel, film, and videocassette by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (June 2023).

Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 990083439520104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
153.I.19.11B	1	Ephemera, undated.


		Biographical material, 1921-1966.


		Family photographs, undated, circa 1942.


		Passports, 1966-1991.


		Speeches and writings, 1960, 1971-1977.


		White House photographs, 1978.


		60th birthday photographs and related miscellany, 1981. 2 folders.


		Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 1967-1969, 1987-1994. 6 folders.


		Correspondence, undated, 1953-1993. 5 folders.


		Youth and education, 1938-1942. 3 folders.


		Military service-related materials:
			Correspondence, 1941-1943, 1951.
			Photographs, circa 1942.
			Air Force-related certificates, termination, and service record, 1942-1958.
			Special orders, correspondence, pay, and related records, 1944-1952.
			Special orders and appointment to First Lieutenant, Air Corps, 1945, 1951.
			Flight logbooks, 1947.
			Flight record and certifications, 1951.
			Service record, correspondence, and related miscellany, 1951-1952.
			Distinguished service award, 1969.


		Personal: D, 1954-1959.


		Personal: Ethics Committee, 1960.


		Export Expansion Council, 1960-1963.


		United States Department of Commerce: Field service trip, 1960-1961.


		Dakota Development Company, 1955.


		Contributions and donations, 1962.


		Cruiser, 1955.


		Personal: C, 1963-1965.


		Politics, 1960.


		Regional Export Expansion Council, 1963.


		Uranium project, 1951-1954.


		Veterans affairs, 1948-1952.


		Personal: Taxes, etc., 1950-1955.


		European trip, 1955.


		Real estate, 1954-1956.


		Airplane claims, 1950-1957.


		Invoices, 1953.


		Personal: Magnolia Park, 1958.


		Max Kampelman, 1950-1961.


		M Club, 1955-1958.


		Sam Maslon correspondence, 1949-1955.


		Miscellaneous correspondence, 1947-1955.


		Mount Sinai Hospital Association (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1957.


		Oak Ridge Country Club (Hopkins, Minn.), 1950-1960.


Location	Box
153.I.19.12F	2	Fallout shelters, 1961.


		Advisory Committee-Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-1962.


		I. S. Joseph Company:
			Miscellaneous clippings and articles related to I.S. Joseph Company, 1962-1968.
			Trademark registration, articles of incorporation, and by-laws, 1916-1967.
			Articles of incorporation and by-laws: Joseph Companies Incorporated, 1990.
			Stocks and bonds, 1953-1983.
			Family shareholders, 1960-1971.
Location
Internet			Serbo-Croatian dubbing of Burton Joseph interview, 1961. 1 master audio file (12 minutes, 20 seconds): WAV (62.3 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (11.2 MB).
				In English, Croatian, Serbian.
				Digital audio
Location	Box
153.I.19.12F	2		Russian wheat deal, 1963. 3 folders.
			Products and activities, 1965-1971.
			President's "E" award, 1966. 3 folders.
			Clippings and publicity, 1966-1974.
			Cuba, 1966-1983.
			Citrus pulp Tampa, 1966-1967. 2 folders and 1 volume.
				Includes photograph album showing the I.S. Joseph Company citrus pulp facility in Florida.
			Voting trust and stock certificate, 1967-1983. 2 folders.
Location
Shelf Q-10-D (Room B-105.7)			The Business Scene program featuring Burton Joseph, January 16, 1972. 1 master film reel (3 minutes, 53 seconds): magnetic sound track, color; 16mm. reversal positive print camera original and 1 user video file: MP4 (292.8 MB).
				In copyright.
				Raw footage from an interview of Burton Joseph.
				Container note: National City Bank of Minneapolis.
			The Business Scene program interview of Burton Joseph, July 7, 1983. 1 master video file (5 minutes, 49 seconds): MOV (1.3 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (56.5 MB).
				In copyright.
				Container note: National City Bank.
Location	Box
153.I.19.13B	3		Israel Trade Mission, 1993.


		Scrapbooks:
			Scrapbooks typically include photographs, correspondence, clippings, published articles, and ephemera. Some scrapbooks have been disassembled and their contents placed in file folders.
			1922-1955.
			Mrs. Geri Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1954-1991. 2 folders.
			1977-1978.
			1963-1980.
			1988-1989. Includes 1 sound cassette.
			Jerusalem Foundation, undated. 1 volume.
			Celebration 75 souvenir album, 1977. 1 volume.
				[0.4 cubic feet empty, legal size]
Location	Box
153.I.19.14F	4		Geri M. Joseph, 1960-1978. 3 volumes.
Location	Box
142.C.4.8	5		Burton M. Joseph Family, 1954-1981. 2 volumes.
Location	Box
138.E.4.8			I.S. Joseph Company, 1946-1986. 1 volume.

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:: Agricultural industries -- Minnesota.; Family corporations -- Minnesota.; Grain trade -- Minnesota.; Jewish businesspeople -- Minnesota.; Korean War, 1950-1953.; World War, 1939-1945.

Persons:: Joseph, Geri M., 1923.

Organizations:: B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League, author.; I.S. Joseph Company (Minneapolis, Minn.), author.; Joseph Companies Incorporated (Minneapolis, Minn.), author.; United States. Air Force.

Document Types:: Digital moving image formats.; Motion pictures (visual works).; Photographs.; Sound recordings.; Video recordings (physical artifacts).

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BURTON M. JOSEPH:

OVERVIEW

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS