ETHEL FREDERICKSEN GREEN:

An Inventory of Her Grace Margaret Lealtad Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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


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Creator:Green, Ethel Fredericksen, creator.
Title:Grace Margaret Lealtad collection.
Dates:1915-1980.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Materials related to Grace Margaret Lealtad and Ethel Fredericksen Green, who attended Mechanic Arts High School and Saint Paul Normal School together. Lealtad was the only African American in her graduating class. She was dismissed from Hill school in St. Paul shortly after graduating because of a petitition by parents objecting to a woman of color teaching their children. She was able to continue teaching under different appointments and retired to California in the 1960s. Collection includes Green's Mechanic Arts High School scrapbook, the M literary magazine dedicated to the senior class of 1915, commencement programs, photograph of class at St. Paul Normal College, portrait of Grace Lealtad, and yearly correspondence (1962-1980) after Lealtad moved to California from Lealtad to Green and her sons.
Quantity:0.5 cubic feet (3 folders in 1 partial box, 2 photographs, and 1 volume).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Access Restrictions:

Original School-girl days: a memory book and photographs are closed. Access and use requires the curator’s permission.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Grace Margaret Lealtad Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2019.34

Processing Information:

Processed by: Karen Obermeyer-Kolb, April 2019

Catalog ID number: 9989766440204294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
Shelf S.1.FSchool-girl days: a memory book, approximately 1915.
RESTRICTED.
Belonged to Ethel Fredericksen Green.
Contains Grace Lealtad's signature.
School-girl days: a memory book, approximately 1915. Digital version
Location
P3262M, June 1915.
Published by the Mechanic Arts Literary Society, Saint Paul.
Dedicated to 1915 senior class.
Commencement excercises programs:
Mechanic Arts High School, June 15, 1915.
St. Paul Normal School, June 12, 1917.
Location
Shelf S.1.FPhotographs.
RESTRICTED.
Women on steps of St. Paul Normal School, 1917.
Women on steps of St. Paul Normal School, 1917. Digital version
Grace Margaret Lealtad, approximately 1917.
Grace Margaret Lealtad, approximately 1917. Digital version
Location
P3262Correspondence, 1962-1980.

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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:
African American teachers -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
African Americans -- Minnesota.
Commencement ceremonies -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
Teachers -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Lealtad, Grace Margaret.
Organizations:
Mechanic Arts High School (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Saint Paul Normal School (Saint Paul, Minn.)
Document Types:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Titles:
M (Saint Paul, Minn. : Annual)

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