CHARLES AUGUST LINDBERGH AND FAMILY:
An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles August), 1859-1924, creator. | |
| Title: | Charles August Lindbergh and family papers. | |
| Dates: | 1808-1987. | |
| Language: | Materials in English and Swedish. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence (1871-1979); genealogical records (1808-1905); legal and financial papers (1836-1927); reminiscences, interviews, family histories, and speeches (1911-1981); newspaper clippings (1861-1987); diaries (1913-1921); and other papers documenting the career of progressive Minnesota politician, Charles August Lindbergh and other members of the Lindbergh family of Little Falls, Minnesota. The papers of Charles Augustus Lindbergh document his high school, university, and aeronautical education; his early career in aviation (1925-1927); the 1927 transatlantic solo flight; his advocacy of neutrality in the years preceding United States' entry into World War II; his recollections (1969) of his childhood; and remarks (1968-1969) about his biographies. | |
| Quantity: | 8.9 cubic feet (22 boxes and 1 oversize folder, unboxed); 1 microfilm reel. | |
| Location: | P1675: See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
AUGUST LINDBERGH
Ola Månsson was born in Sweden on May 12, 1808. His first wife was Ingar [or Ingred] Jonsdottir, with whom he had seven children: Jons, Mons, Pehr [Perry], August, Nels, Ingred, and Hannah. Månsson was the farmer-landowner of Gardlosa, a farm outside the parish of Smedstorp, Sweden. Månsson was also a prominent member of the Farmer's Estate of the Swedish Parliament, a loan officer of a regional bank, and secretary (1847-1858) to King Carl XV of Sweden. In 1858 Månsson was tried in the Swedish court on accusations of embezzlement of money from the bank at which he was a loan officer. After the trial, Ola Månsson, Lovisa Galen [transcribed variously as Louisa or Louise and Carlin, Carleen, or Carline], and her infant son, Carl, immigrated to the United States. When they immigrated, Ola Månsson changed his name to August Lindbergh and changed the family surname to Lindbergh as well. The infant's name was changed to Charles August Lindbergh. Two of Månsson's sons by his first marriage, Mons and Pehr, who stayed in Sweden attending the University of Lund, also changed their surname to Lindbergh. About 1862 sons Mons, Pehr, and August immigrated to the United States. Ingar Jonsdottir remained in Smedstorp; she died in 1864. August and Louise came to the Sauk Valley (Stearns County, Minnesota) in 1859, settling in Melrose, and were married in St. Cloud on September 15, 1885. August and Louise had seven children: Charles August,Victor Eugene, Louisa Ellen, Lillian May, Juno [later recorded as June], Pauline, Linda, and Frank Albert; all except Charles were born in Minnesota. August Lindbergh died in Little Falls, Minnesota on October 14, 1893; Louise Lindbergh died on April 22, 1921.
CHARLES AUGUST LINDBERGH
Charles August Lindbergh was born in Stockholm, Sweden on January 20, 1859, the eldest of the seven children of August and Louise Lindbergh. Charles Lindbergh graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1883. Following his graduation he practiced law in Little Falls, Minnesota until 1909 when he was elected to Congress from the sixth congressional district. He held this seat through 1916. Lindbergh was elected on the Republican ticket and soon became one of the leaders of the progressive Republicans in Congress. His activities as a member of this group included the attempt to unseat Joseph Cannon as Speaker of the House; the investigation of the "money trust"; opposition to the reciprocal trade policies of the Taft administration; and opposition to the Wilson administration’s attempts to aid the allies during the first years of World War I. Lindbergh's main concern, however, was the monetary policies of both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Lindbergh ran, and was defeated, in several subsequent elections: 1916 (United States Senate), 1918 (governor of Minnesota), 1920 (Congress), 1923 (special United States Senate election), and 1924 (governor of Minnesota) during which campaign he died. In the 1910s and 1920s, Lindbergh began a number of political magazines and newspapers, all of which failed. One paper of note was called the Lindbergh National Farmer. Books and pamphlets written by Lindbergh, which were widely distributed, include Why Is Your Country at War?, The Economic Pinch, and Who and What Caused the Panic? His anti-war writings and speeches during World War I caused him to be branded as a traitor and affected the outcome of the 1918 gubernatorial election. At the time, Lindbergh was prevented from speaking in many parts of the state and was opposed by many powerful public opinion forming agencies in the state.
Following his congressional career, Lindbergh maintained law offices in Little Falls and Minneapolis, Minnesota but much of his time was devoted to politics, to writing, and to real estate ventures in Florida and Minnesota. Lindbergh represented a number of individuals living in the eastern United States who owned real estate in Minnesota. He made real estate investments of his own in Florida.
In 1887 Charles A. Lindbergh married Mary LaFond, daughter of Moses LaFond, a prominent man in Little Falls. Together they had two daughters, Lillian and Eva. Mary LaFond Lindbergh died in 1898. In 1901 Charles married Evangeline Lodge Land, daughter of C.H. Land of Detroit, Michigan. Charles Augustus Lindbergh was their only child. Charles August Lindbergh died in Crookston, Minnesota on May 24, 1924; Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh died in 1954.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS LINDBERGH
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1902 to Charles August and Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh. He grew up in Little Falls, Minnesota where he graduated from high school in 1918. Lindbergh attended the University of Wisconsin's school of mechanical engineering (1920-1922) and the Lincoln, Nebraska flying school (1922). He enlisted in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) (1921) and served as a cadet in the United States Army Air Service (1924-1925). During the period preceding his historic 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean, he was an airmail pilot flying the route between St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois.
On May 20-21, 1927 he made the historic nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris, France. Following that event he was a recipient of many honors from the United States and many foreign governments and was hailed worldwide as a hero. He was made a director of Pan American World Airways and would become a colonel in the Missouri National Guard. During one of his many goodwill tours to popularize air travel he met Anne Spencer Morrow, the daughter of industrialist and United States ambassador to Mexico, Dwight Morrow. Charles and Anne were married in 1929. Together they had six children: Charles Augustus, Jon, Land, Anne, Scott, and Reeve. Their first child, Charles, was kidnapped and murdered in 1932. In 1935 Charles and Anne Lindbergh left the United States; living in England, France, and Switzerland. The family returned in 1939, moving first to Michigan, then New York, and eventually settling in Connecticut.
While living abroad, Lindbergh made trips to Germany to study German rearmament and received honors from the Nazi government. He was also involved with the French scientist Dr. Alexis Carrel, inventor of an artificial heart. Lindbergh returned to America deeply involved in the conflict between isolationist and interventionist forces. Lindbergh became a spokesman for America First, an organization dedicated to keeping America out of World War II. Following America's entry into the conflict, however, he participated in the war effort by helping to develop aircraft engines and flying Pacific theater combat missions as a civilian consultant.
In the 1960s and 1970s Lindbergh's interests turned to national and global environmental problems, and he traveled extensively in an effort to publicize them. He died of cancer on the island of Maui, Hawaii on August 26, 1974. Anne Morrow Lindbergh published several volumes of memoirs and poems. She died on February 7, 2001 in Vermont.
EVA LINDBERGH CHRISTIE SPAETH
Eva Lindbergh, daughter of Mary LaFond and Charles August Lindbergh, was born in Little Falls in 1892. She graduated from Carleton College in 1914, after which she taught school in Akeley, Minnesota. From 1914 to 1916 she worked in her father's congressional office. In 1916 she married George West Christie and the couple moved to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota where they edited and published the Red Lake Falls Gazette. Together they had two children: George Christie and Lillian Christie Johnson. George Christie, Sr. died in 1956. After his death and until 1968, Eva continued to publish the paper. On June 6, 1970 she married G. Howard Spaeth, who had been the Minnesota commissioner of taxation. Eva died on January 28, 1985.
Biographical information was taken from the papers; from Who Was Who In America, volume VI (1974-1976); from Bruce L. Larson's Lindbergh of Minnesota: A Political Biography (1973); and from research notes taken by Grace Lee Nute and Deborah L. Miller.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The papers are organized into four series that contain : Lindbergh Family Papers, 1808-1983. August Lindbergh Papers, 1848-1879, 1972-1978. Charles August Lindbergh Papers, 1881-1967. Charles Augustus Lindbergh Papers, 1913-1987.
Lindbergh Family papers are a mix of original papers and compiled research materials that primarily focus on Charles August Lindbergh's career as a politician in Minnesota but that pertain to other family members as well. They include family correspondence, a small number of photographs, and family histories and interviews compiled by researchers Grace Lee Nute and Bruce L. Larson. A few materials related to the Lindbergh State Park and Lindbergh House Historic Site are also present, including photographs of Charles Augusts Lindbergh visiting the house in 1971 and 1973.
Papers regarding August Lindbergh (Ola Månsson) were primarily gathered by researchers Grace Lee Nute and Deborah L. Miller. They include photostats of the proceedings (1848-1858) of the Farmers' Estate of the Swedish Parliament and Swedish courts (1859) documenting charges of embezzlement against Månsson while a parliament member. The court records are in Swedish, most of which have not been translated.
The papers of Charles Augustus Lindbergh document his high school, university, and aeronautical education; his early career in aviation (1925-1927); the 1927 transatlantic solo flight; his advocacy of neutrality in the years preceding United States' entry into World War II; his recollections (1969) of his childhood; and remarks (1968-1969) about his biographies.
The collection also includes copies of selected papers from Lindbergh collections at Yale University and the Missouri Historical Society.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following sections:
| Lindbergh Family Papers, 1808-1983 | ||
| August Lindbergh Papers, 1848-1879, 1972-1978 | ||
| Charles August Lindbergh Papers, 1881-1967 | ||
| Charles Augustus Lindbergh Papers, 1913-1987 |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Original diaries and cancelled checks are filed in the reserve collection (Reserve 50) and are closed to use. Transcripts or photocopies of these materials are filed within the main body of the collection and are open for use.
Use Restrictions:
The Lindbergh Flight Logs, 1922-1929, in this collection are copies made from originals owned by the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri.
The Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1900-1967, sub-series (boxes 12-14) within the Charles August Lindbergh Papers series is composed of copies made from originals owned by Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Copyrights in the papers are reserved for life of the author(s), plus 70 years.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Charles A. Lindbergh and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 3546; 4044; 4044a; 4050; 4054; 4066; 4147; 4162; 4343; 4361; 4371; 4382; 4407; 4408; 4412; 4428; 4468; 4480; 4481; 4489; 4490; 4492; 4493; 4494; 4497; 4522; 4525; 4532; 4555; 4556; 4567; 4568; 4617; 4620; 4648; 4701; 4763a; 4787; 4893; 4923; 4923a; 4972; 5052; 5055; 5125; 5129; 5182; 5260; 5358; 5823; 6975; 7352; 8218; 8778; 9059; 9565; 9691; 9947; 9963; 10,063; 10,113; 10,133; 10,254; 10,269; 10,379; 10,448; 11,303; 11,393; 11,440; 11,717; 12,995; 13,585; 14,132; 14,315; 14,734; 15,837; 16,420; 17,042; 17,174; 17,365; 17,424; 17,570; 17,632
Processing Information:
Processed by: Kathryn Johnson, 1985-1990; Lynn Leitte, February 2002. Additions by: David B. Peterson, November 2015 and December 2020.
Catalog ID number: 990017351740104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
LINDBERGH FAMILY PAPERS, 1808-1983
The Lindbergh family papers have a very mixed provenance. Some were donated by Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Others were donated by individuals who knew the Lindbergh family. The Lindbergh family papers focus on Charles August Lindbergh and his career as a politician in Minnesota, though they touch on the lives of his parents, his wives, and his children.
Family correspondence is concentrated in the years 1900-1923. Charles August Lindbergh's letters to his children, particularly Eva and Charles, do contain family information but, for the most part, they relate to his political activities. There is some information on the deaths of his daughter Lillian (1916), and his mother Louisa (1921).
Correspondence written by Charles Augustus Lindbergh begins in 1920. The letters describe his activities managing the Lindbergh family farm in Little Falls and family properties in Florida. Correspondence is thin for the 1928-1971 period. Matters discussed include the condition and future status of the Lindbergh home in Little Falls (1928-1932), the establishment of the Lindbergh State Park (1932), and the Minnesota Historical Society's interests in the Lindbergh family papers and the Lindbergh home (1957-1971).
In addition, the collection incorporates correspondence exchanged with Lindbergh family members and research notes compiled by three researchers on Charles August Lindbergh: Grace Lee Nute, Bruce Llewellyn Larson, and Deborah L. Miller. The papers from Nute include interviews with family and community members, voluminous correspondence files, genealogical research, and other materials. Miller's files contain correspondence and research notes which reflect further efforts to locate information on the legal difficulties and family background of Ola Månsson in Sweden and the immigration of the Lindbergh family to Minnesota. The papers from Larson include copies of newspaper clippings (1893-1941) pertaining to the Lindbergh family and Lindbergh's political career; a typed copy of a 1964 interview between Bruce Larson and Frank A. Lindbergh (a sibling of Charles August) which contains information on Charles' political activities; and a copy of a 1966 letter from Charles Augustus Lindbergh to Larson containing comments on the elder Lindbergh's temperament.
Family histories containing interview notes and other materials compiled by Grace Lee Nute are included in the family papers because correspondence by and about family members is intermixed with Nute's notes and papers. Interviews conducted by Bruce L. Larson include a typed copy of a 1964 interview with Frank A. Lindbergh and a copy of a 1966 interview with both Charles Augustus Lindbergh and Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth.
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| P1675 | 1 | Genealogical information, 1808-1905. | |||||||||||
| This file consists of photocopies made from family and church vital statistics records. The excerpted pages indicate birth, marriage, and death dates of a number of Lindbergh ancestors. These papers do not contain a compilation of the genealogical data. Some records are in Swedish. | |||||||||||||
| Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh, undated, 1895-1927. | |||||||||||||
| Includes two Washington, D.C. Public Library cards (1909); calling cards for Evangeline and Mrs. Charles Henry Land, Evangeline's mother; a commencement program for Edna Lodge; and the second impression from the die for the Lindbergh-Air Mail stamp (1927) which was presented to Evangeline by the office of the United States Postmaster General. The stamp and a letter from the Postmaster General are bound in a commemorative volume printed on the front cover with Mrs. Lindbergh's name in gold ink. | |||||||||||||
| Certificate of scholarship for Genevieve L. Seal to Hamline University [St. Paul, Minn.], 1915. | |||||||||||||
| Family histories: | |||||||||||||
| Interviews with family members: undated, 1916-1977: | |||||||||||||
| Ola Månsson compilation by Grace Lee Nute, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh notebook [transcription], undated. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Eva Lindbergh Christie by Grace Lee Nute, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Some Recollections of My Daughter, Lillian by Charles A. Lindbergh, 1916. | |||||||||||||
| [Notes from discussion with] June [Juno] Lindbergh Butler by Grace Lee Nute, April 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Juno [June] Lindbergh Butler by Grace Lee Nute, June 4, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Frank A. Lindbergh by Grace Lee Nute, June 9, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Perry [Pehr] Lindbergh by Grace Lee Nute, June 16-19, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Biography of Mrs. Ellen LaFond Herron recorded by Minnie M. Cochrane for the Morrison County Historical Society, April 1937. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Mrs. Robert Herron [Ellen LaFond Herron] by Grace Lee Nute, September 9, 1937. | |||||||||||||
| Personal Interview with Frank A. Lindbergh by Bruce L. Larson, June 26, 1964. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Charles A. Lindbergh and Eva Lindbergh Christie by Bruce L. Larson, April 16, 1966. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth, May 11, 1977. 2 sound cassettes. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Lindbergh Family [Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth] by Russell W. Fridley, October 23, 1977. | |||||||||||||
| Interviews with non-family, undated, 1928-1981: | |||||||||||||
| Events at Time of Death of Charles A. Lindbergh as related by David Marciel, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Opsahl on Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. compilation by Grace Lee Nute, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh data from George I. Wilson, 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Charles Augustus [sic] Lindbergh, Sr. as I Knew Him by Thomas Pederson, Mildred, Minnesota, 1936? | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Anderson Jacobson [Mrs. J.J. Jacobson] recorded by Sarah Heald and Marie Benson, August 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Victor N. Johnson by Grace Lee Nute, September 22, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Report of Interviews with Mr. G.A. Raymond on September 22 and September 24, 1936 Regarding Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. by Jesse S. Douglas, September 22 and 24, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Myron D. Taylor by Grace Lee Nute, October 7 and 15, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Pederson on Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., November 7, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Notes on Interviews with Mr. P.P. Ornberg by Grace Lee Nute, December 10 and 15, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| E.S. Holman on Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., January 6, 1936. | |||||||||||||
| Interview wit George R. Smith by I. Persons or Grace Lee Nute, June 18, 1937. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Mr. Julius Reiter by Grace Lee Nute, October 1, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Mr. S.O. Sanderson by Grace Lee Nute, October 1, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Interviews with Harry Hasegawa, Maui merchant, and Henry Kahula, Hawaiian lay minister, December 1980. 1 sound cassette. | |||||||||||||
| From cassette cover: Two Maui people recall their friendships with the Lindberghs. | |||||||||||||
| Interviews with Ed and Jeannie Pechin, Hana [Maui, Hawaii], and Samuel F. Pryor, Kipahulu [Maui, Hawaii] by T. Willard Hunter, December 1980. 1 sound cassette. | |||||||||||||
| From cassette cover: Lindbergh spent his last week in the Pechins' guest house, and there he died. Samuel F. Pryor, Executive Vice President to Pan Am for 28 years, was the cause of Lindbergh's coming to Maui. Pryor gave Lindbergh 5 acres to build his home. Interviewed by T. Willard Hunter, aided by Samuel F. Pryor's son, Lawrence Pryor, Irvine, California. | |||||||||||||
| Faith of the Lone Eagle / He Comes With Guidance, Hana, Maui, [Hawaii] December 14, 1980. 1 sound cassette. | |||||||||||||
| From cassette cover: Samuel F. Pryor and James D. Newton, longtime friends of Charles Lindbergh, tell the children about Lindbergh's faith. | |||||||||||||
| Interviews with John Hanchett, manager Hana Ranch, and Mrs. Milton (Roselle) Howell, Hana, Maui (Hawaii), January 1981. 1 sound cassette. | |||||||||||||
| From cassette cover: Lindbergh and Maui. John Hanchett, manager Hana Ranch and Mrs. Milton (Roselle) Howell, wife of the physician who attended Lindbergh in Maui. | |||||||||||||
| Reeve Lindbergh speech [about Charles Augustus Lindbergh] at St. Cloud State University, June 17, 1981. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 15 | Family correspondence, | |||||||||||
| undated, 1871-1914. 11 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 16 | 1915-1921. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
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| P1675 | 17 | 1921-1923. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
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| P1675 | 18 | 1924-1941, 1957-1979 [scattered]. 11 folders. | |||||||||||
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| P3285 | 22 | Letters received by Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth, 1916-1974. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| 60 letters (1916-1974) received by Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth, including 55 (1924-1969) from Charles Augustus Lindbergh and one (1935) from Anne Morrow Lindbergh, regarding family matters, recollections of the Lindbergh family home in Little Falls, and preservation of the family papers. Included is a transcript/program of Charles Augustus Lindbergh's memorial service (1974) and a letter (1929) from Jack Carney (Acting General Secretary, Workers' Union of Ireland) describing the London reaction to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 18 | Photographs, approximately 1971-1975. | |||||||||||
| Includes: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth, and the airplane "Jennie." | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 1 | Grace Lee Nute correspondence and notes, 1932-1944: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence to and from Grace Lee Nute, who researched the Lindbergh family and Charles August Lindbergh's political career for a biography of him that was never completed. Ms. Nute corresponded with Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth, friends of the family, and others. She also did genealogical research on Ola Månsson and other Lindbergh ancestors in Sweden. Grace Lee Nute was Curator of Manuscripts at the Minnesota Historical Society (1920-1946). | |||||||||||||
| Notes, undated, 1936-1940. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence: | |||||||||||||
| American Library Service and Gustavus Adolphus College, 1936-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Fjelde, Paul, 1939-1941. | |||||||||||||
| Haines - Johnson, 1932-1940. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 2 | Kalkman - Lundeen, 1936-1939. | |||||||||||
| Meyer - Root, 1936-1942. | |||||||||||||
| Schilplin - Villard, 1935-1939. | |||||||||||||
| Westin - Zaczkowski, 1935-1943. | |||||||||||||
| Christie, Eva Lindbergh, 1936-1940. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh, Charles A., June 1933- February 1944. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh home (Little Falls, Minnesota), 1936. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 3 | Lindbergh State Park and Lindbergh House Historic Site: | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1931. | |||||||||||||
| Address at the dedication of Lindbergh State Park, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Excerpts from a speech by State Treasurer Val Bjornson at the Lindbergh Home, May 21, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| Dedication of Lindbergh Museum, 25th anniversary of the Lindbergh transatlantic flight. | |||||||||||||
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| P3285 | 22 | Visitors logs, June 1952-July 1958. 5 volumes. | |||||||||||
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| P1675 | 3 | Charles A. Lindbergh visit to the Lindbergh House Historic Site, March 21-22, 1971. 12 photographs. | |||||||||||
| Charles A. Lindbergh visit to the Lindbergh House Historic Site, June 1973. 13 photographs. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh: The Man and the Legend, speech by Bruce Larson at the 1st Lindbergh Air Fair, Little Falls, June 18, 1983. | |||||||||||||
AUGUST LINDBERGH PAPERS, 1848-1879, 1972-1978
Papers pertaining to August Lindbergh, formerly Ola Månsson. By and large, these papers are copies made from Swedish records on charges of embezzlement against Ola Månsson. The Swedish court records were acquired by Grace Lee Nute during her genealogical research. This series contains a few items pertaining to Lindbergh's arrival and establishment in Minnesota. Correspondence and research notes about Ola Månsson's political career, collected by Deborah L. Miller, are also included in this series.
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| P1675 | 3 | Hederavrda Bonde-Standets Protokoller vid Lagtima Riksdagen i Stockholm, 1848-1958: | |||||||||||
| Proceedings of parliament, December 2, 1847-May 10, 1848. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 4 | Proceedings of parliament, May 10, 1848-October 24, 1848. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 5 | Proceedings of parliament, January 4, 1851-June 14, 1851. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 6 | Proceedings of parliament, June 18, 1851-December 24, 1853. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 7 | Proceedings of parliament, December 28, 1853-March 29, 1854. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 8 | Proceedings of the Swedish court, 1859. | |||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||||
| Proceedings of the Swedish court, 1859. | |||||||||||||
| English translation. Charles John LaVine, translator. | |||||||||||||
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| Legal and financial papers, 1836-1867. | |||||||||||||
| In Swedish. | |||||||||||||
| Homestead documents [photostats], 1864-1870. | |||||||||||||
| United States citizenship (Stearns County, Minnesota) document, December 23, 1870. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and research notes on Ola Månsson's political career, 1972, 1977-1978. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
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| 142.G.10.5.B-2 | 21 | Certificate of appointment as Postmaster in Melrose, Minnesota, November 17, 1879. | |||||||||||
CHARLES AUGUST LINDBERGH PAPERS, 1881-1967
The Charles August Lindbergh papers contain information on Lindbergh's political career, particularly his 1906 campaign for Congress and his stand on political issues such as the reciprocal trade agreement with Canada (1911), the Indian liquor tariff (1912), the Progressive Party's campaign in Minnesota (1912), neutrality and preparations for war (1917), the Federal Reserve System (1917), and his postwar political campaigns (1920-1924). Of particular interest in this section are a number of letters from Theodore Roosevelt: November 15, 1908 regarding the Panama Canal; January 15, 1909; and March 11 and April 16, 1912 regarding the Progressive Party's 1912 presidential campaign.
Lindbergh's business correspondence details his interests in Howard P. Bell's investments in Minnesota (1900-1906), the Bell Estate (1921-1928), William Agard's real estate investments in Minnesota (1922-1924), and the Saskatchewan Valley and Alberta Land Company, Ltd. (1903, 1906). It also documents Lindbergh's collaboration with Joseph Seal (1906), William Hatten (1908), M.M. Williams (1908-1909), and Carl Bolander (1906, 1916). There are exchanges with Dorrance and Company, Philadelphia (1921-1924) and other correspondence concerning the publication of Lindbergh's book The Economic Pinch.
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| 142.G.10.5B-2 | 21 | Personal papers, undated, 1881-1942: | |||||||||||
| These files are arranged in chronological order. | |||||||||||||
| Pen and ink portrait, undated. | |||||||||||||
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| P1675 | 8 | University of Michigan School of Law student rosters, 1881-1884. | |||||||||||
| University of Michigan School of Law commencement program, March 28, 1883. | |||||||||||||
| +169 | University of Michigan diploma, March 28, 1883. 1 certificate. | ||||||||||||
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| 142.G.10.5B-2 | 21 | Circuit Court of the United States, District of Minnesota, October 4, 1886. 1 certificate. | |||||||||||
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| P1675 | 8 | District Court certification document, October 4, 1886. | |||||||||||
| Marriage announcement of Charles A. Lindbergh and Evangeline Lodge Land, March 27, 1901. | |||||||||||||
| Invitations [social and family events], 1903-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1906-1909. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Membership cards, undated, 1908-1913. 4 items. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.G.10.5B-2 | 21 | Membership in the American Academy of Immortals, November 29, 1913. 1 certificate. | |||||||||||
| Supreme Court of the United States, January 19, 1914. 1 certificate. | |||||||||||||
| Designation as a notary public, February 21, 1917. 1 certificate. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 8 | Tributes to Charles A. Lindbergh, 1928-1942. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 9 | Legal and financial papers, 1867-1927: | |||||||||||
| Estate of Charles A. Lindbergh, 1924-1926. | |||||||||||||
| Land and business agreements, 1867-1923. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous legal papers and licenses, undated, 1910-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous financial records, 1901-1924. | |||||||||||||
| Promissory notes, 1901-1924. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger sheets, 1903-1908. 1 packet of loose sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger book, 1898-1900. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| 142.G.10.5.B-2 | 21 | Petty ledger, 1906-1908. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Tax judgment book, forfeited real estate records, and inventory of Lindbergh household goods, 1900. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 9 | Howard and Mary Bell estate, 1908-1927. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Originals and photocopies of probate court documents, most of them filed in Hudson County, New Jersey. In addition to copies of relevant legal agreements, the documents include itemizations of charges against the estate for which Charles August Lindbergh served as an executor. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 10 | Congressional and political papers, 1906-1924: | |||||||||||
| Progressive and Farmer-Labor parties, 1923-1924. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh campaign opposition literature, 1914-1918. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh campaign ephemera, 1907-1924. | |||||||||||||
| Printed political statements, 1906-1924. | |||||||||||||
| Most statements are printed as small pamphlets advertising him as a candidate for Congress on the front cover. They address farming, banking, party politics, business, and other issues. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh's National Farmer 1:8 (January 1919). 1 pamphlet. | |||||||||||||
| Volume 1, numbers 1 and 2 are available on microfilm, cataloged separately. | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript speeches and articles, undated, 1909. | |||||||||||||
| All speeches are typed and a few are annotated in pencil. The pages are fragile. | |||||||||||||
| Bills introduced, 1912-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Congressional correspondence and other papers, 1911-1913. | |||||||||||||
| Includes correspondence with George I. Wilson, a membership roster for the National Citizen's Committee, and a list of bills introduced to the 60th Congress. | |||||||||||||
| Congressional passes, 1907-1911. 12 items. | |||||||||||||
| Invitations (congressional), 1907-1917. | |||||||||||||
| M616 | Petitions for nomination of Charles A. Lindbergh as Congressional Representative from District 6, filed August- September 1920. 1 microfilm reel. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 10 | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1931. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 11 | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1931. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| +169 | Newspaper articles, 1907-1928. | ||||||||||||
| Includes articles on Lindbergh's visit to Panama, political articles, and other items. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 12 | Lindbergh Papers at Yale University, 1900-1953: | |||||||||||
| Made from originals in the Charles A. Lindbergh Papers, Yale University Library. Photocopies of correspondence, legal documents, and newspaper clippings covering the period from 1900 to 1936. A few documents date to 1951 and 1953. Much of the correspondence is between Charles August Lindbergh, his wife Evangeline, and his son Charles concerning family matters and Lindbergh's personal finances. Other letters, memoranda, and legal papers relate to Lindbergh's numerous real estate transactions and mortgage holdings in Minnesota and Florida. | |||||||||||||
| Letters and articles from the period of Lindbergh's service in the United States House of Representatives (1907-1917) discuss such current issues as the money and banking trusts, progressive Republican philosophy, and World War I. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh died intestate in 1924, leaving an entangled estate and a dispute over its administration, which resulted in a lawsuit between Lindbergh's heirs and the Wells-Dickey Trust Company of Minneapolis. Most of the correspondence and legal papers after 1924 pertain to the dispute over his estate. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated, September 1900-1923. 11 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 13 | Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1924-1925, 1927-1936, July 1951-November 1953, 1966-1967. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Charles A. Lindbergh Estate: | |||||||||||||
| Transcript of hearing, April 13, 1925. | |||||||||||||
| Briefs, 1925. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers, 1925-1928. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 14 | Miscellaneous papers, 1925-1928. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Notes for Charles Augustus Lindbergh from Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh, undated. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Other family papers, 1907-1954. | |||||||||||||
CHARLES AUGUSTUS LINDBERGH PAPERS, 1913-1987
The bulk of the Charles Augustus Lindbergh papers focus on his boyhood, his life as a student at the University of Wisconsin (1921-1922), and his early interest in aviation (1921).
The papers of Charles Augustus Lindbergh begin in 1913 with a few items from grammar school. The correspondence begins in 1920 and describes his activities in managing the Lindbergh family farm in Little Falls and property in Florida. Included also are a few letters from aviation associates (1922-1925), and ephemera and memorabilia commemorating his flight across the Atlantic, much of it from fans and admirers and addressed to his mother.
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 11 | Reminiscences, 1969. | |||||||||||
| A series of letters from Charles A. Lindbergh to Russell Fridley, Director of the Minnesota Historical Society, providing information on his boyhood and the Little Falls farm. The series of letters comprises a single 85-page sequence written as five separate letters while Lindbergh was on a trip around the world. | |||||||||||||
| Remarks on his biography by Walter S. Ross, August 1, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Remarks on his biography by Dale Van Every and Morris De Haven Tracy, November 29, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Remarks on his biography by George Buchanan Fife, December 11, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Remarks on his biographical article by the Associated Press (April 1, 1954), May 6, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Remarks on his biography by Kenneth S. Davis, August 4, 1969. | |||||||||||||
| Grammar school report cards and other items, 1913-1918. | |||||||||||||
| +169 | Little Falls High School diploma, June 5, 1918. 1 certificate. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 11 | War savings certificates and thrift cards, 1918-1923. | |||||||||||
| Diaries (transcripts), 1913-1921. | |||||||||||||
| Originals are in reserve collection, filed as Res. 50 and are closed to general use. | |||||||||||||
| Reserve 50 | Diaries (originals), 1913-1923. Originals: 9 volumes and 2 envelopes. | ||||||||||||
| Closed to general use. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 11 | Canceled checks, 1927. | |||||||||||
| Photographic copies of checks written in 1927 by aviator Charles A. Lindbergh to Ryan Air Lines in partial payment for the construction of the "Spirit of St. Louis," the airplane in which he made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The checks are drawn on the United States National Bank of San Diego. The checks were a part of the Otto Kallir Collection of Aviation History until 1993. Original checks are in the reserve collection, filed as Res. 50, and are closed to general use. | |||||||||||||
| Reserve 50 | Cancelled checks (originals), 1927. | ||||||||||||
| Closed to general use. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 11 | Education and flight training: | |||||||||||
| University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) basic training, Fort Knox, Tennessee, June 16-July 20, 1921. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 19 | United States Army Air Service, 1924-1925. | |||||||||||
| Report of the Northbound Mail Flight, November 3, 1926. | |||||||||||||
| Flight school, flying clubs, and aircraft literature: | |||||||||||||
| Curtiss Flying Schools pamphlet, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Flying Club flyer, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Curtiss Aviation Meets official souvenir book and daily program, 1911? | |||||||||||||
| Flying exhibitions broadsides, undated, 1920s. | |||||||||||||
| Aeroplane literature and advertisements, 1922-1924. | |||||||||||||
| Aerial Age magazine 15:16; 15:20; 16:1; 16:2 (August 1922-February 1923). | |||||||||||||
| Your Opportunity to Learn Aviation, Lincoln Standard Aircraft Corporation brochure, approximately 1923. | |||||||||||||
| U.S. Air Services magazine 10:4 (April 1925). | |||||||||||||
| Aero Digest magazine 6:6 (June 1925). | |||||||||||||
| +169 | Advertisement for the United States Air Mail and Express Service, St. Louis Star (April 26, 1926). | ||||||||||||
| Map of the state of Minnesota, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| The printed map is marked in pencil charting a flight across Minnesota. "Lindbergh 1927" is written in pen and ink on the lower right corner. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 19 | The Raymond Orteig $25,000 Prize Paris-New York -- New York-Paris Trans-Atlantic Flight entry form, February 15, 1927. 3 photostatic copies. | |||||||||||
| Transatlantic flight memorabilia: | |||||||||||||
| Speech about Charles A. Lindbergh by Reverend E. Cameron, United Baptist Church, North Head, New Brunswick, Canada, May 22, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Allentown newspaper announcement reprint, May 23, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| The cover of the reprint bears a water color of the "Spirit of St. Louis" and a dedication of the booklet "To the Mother of Charles A. Lindbergh." | |||||||||||||
| Veteran's Service Magazine, June 1927? | |||||||||||||
| The Flight of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh from New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927 as compiled from the official records of the Department of State, June 11, 1927. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| The cover is imprinted with "presented by the Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg, June 11, 1927 to Captain Lindbergh in commemoration of his epochal achievement (facsimile of presentation copy)." | |||||||||||||
| Chester Longley: Lindbergh Welcoming Committee and presidential reception, Washington, D.C., June 11, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Photographs and correspondence (1927) of the Minnesota Welcoming Committee for Lindbergh, and tickets (1927) to Lindbergh's presidential reception belonging to Dr. Chester H. Longley, a dentist living in Little Falls, Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| Longley was one of six members of the Welcoming Committee appointed by Governor Theodore Christianson to travel to Washington D.C. and New York City to interview Lindbergh after his successful nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Other members of the delegation included fellow Little Falls residents state Senator Chris Rosenmeier, Mayor Austin L. Grimes, John S. Levis, Kenneth T. Martin, and Richard D. Musser. Longley and three of the six delegates rode in a Nash automobile they called the "Spirit of Little Falls." Longley's group was too late to meet with Lindbergh in Washington D.C. but successfully caught up and met with him in New York City in early June 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Banquet program, New York, New York, June 14, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Wilfred's Restaurant menu, Wall Street, New York, New York, June 15, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Banquet program, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Welcome broadside, Boston, Massachusetts, July 22, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| The Grand Rapids Spectator 16:14 (July 30, 1927). | |||||||||||||
| Banquet program, Louisville Board of Trade, Louisville, Kentucky, August 8, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Banquet program, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, August 23, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Banquet program, Butte, Montana, September 5, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Banquet program, Fort Worth, Texas, September 26, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| Contains transcript of a speech by Honorable Fritz G. Lanham. | |||||||||||||
| Souvenir aircraft log book, 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Lindbergh: The Flier of Little Falls, Little Falls High School, Little Falls, Minnesota, 1928. | |||||||||||||
| Commemorative booklet on the first airplane flight at Kittyhawk, 1929. | |||||||||||||
| Charles A. Lindbergh is cited on page 19: "History-Making Flights." | |||||||||||||
| Reproduction of stamps and graphics for the 50th anniversary of the transatlantic flight, May 1977. 1 photograph. | |||||||||||||
| Program and invitation for Lindbergh Heritage Week (Minnesota), May 20-26, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| World War II: | |||||||||||||
| Notes, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Reprint of America and European Wars and Neutrality and War radio broadcast speeches by Charles A. Lindbergh, September 15, 1939 and October 15, 1939. 1 pamphlet. | |||||||||||||
| Transcript of The Air Defense of America, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) broadcast speech by Charles A. Lindbergh, May 19, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Transcript of Our Drift Toward War, ABC broadcast speech by Charles A. Lindbergh, June 15, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Transcript of an untitled speech by Charles A. Lindbergh, given at Soldiers' Field, Arlington, Virginia, August 4, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Transcript of A Plea for American Independence, MBS/WOL broadcast speech by Charles A. Lindbergh, October 14, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 14 | Newspaper clippings, 1924-1984. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| +169 | Newspaper issues on the transatlantic flight, 1927 and 1987. | ||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| P1675 | 20 | Lindbergh Flight Logs at Missouri Historical Society, 1922-1929. 593 pp. in 9 folders. | |||||||||||
| Photocopies of handwritten logs made during Charles A. Lindbergh's training, experimental, and commercial airplane flights, including the log of his transatlantic flight (1927). Made from originals in the Charles Augustus Lindbergh Papers at the Missouri Historical Society. | |||||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
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:
- Aeronautics -- Flights.
- Air mail service.
- Airplanes.
- Banks and banking -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
- Electioneering -- Minnesota.
- Farms -- Minnesota -- Morrison County.
- Flight training.
- Neutrality -- United States.
- Real estate investment -- Minnesota.
- Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane) -- Finance.
- Swedish Americans -- Minnesota -- Morrison County.
- Transatlantic flights.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion.
- Places:
- Lindbergh State Park (Minn.).
- Little Falls (Minn.).
- Melrose (Minn.).
- Morrison County (Minn.).
- Sweden -- Politics and government -- 1814-1905.
- United States -- Economic policy -- To 1933.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
- Persons:
- Butler, June Lindbergh, 1867- , author.
- Larson, Bruce L. (Bruce Llewellyn), 1936- , author.
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001, author.
- Lindbergh, August, 1808-1893.
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974, author.
- Lindbergh, Evangeline Lodge Land, author.
- Lindbergh, Frank A., 1870-1966, author.
- Lindbergh, Louise Carline, 1838-1921.
- Lindbergh, Mary LaFond, 1867-1898.
- Miller, Deborah L., 1948- , author.
- Nute, Grace Lee, 1895-1990, author.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, author.
- Spaeth, Eva Lindbergh Christie, 1892-1985, author.
- Organizations:
- National Nonpartisan League.
- Progressive Party (1912)
- United States. Congress. House.
- United States. War Industries Board.
- Document Types:
- Diaries.
- Interviews.
- Microfilms.
- Photographs.
- Sound recordings.
- Occupations:
- Air pilots.
- Legislators.
- Politicians.
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