What's New -- October 2026

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Newly added collections this month include the Cokato Finnish Mutual Fire Insurance Company Records; several new additions to the Faribault County District, Juvenile, and Probate Court record series (see below); the Elza Lloyd Gardener World War II Papers; the Health Department: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Records; the Adolph Leonard and Adeline Florence (Brink) Holt and Family Papers; the International Transport, Inc Records; the Elisha Morse and Family Papers; the Read's Landing Trading Post Daybook; the Louis A. Reed Business Records; the John Edmund Roach Papers; the Sletta Family Papers; the State Emblem Redesign Commission [SERC] Records; the Russell Alfred Young World War I Papers; and the Barbara Zugschwert Diary of Train Trip. These collections are all in catalog records; many are in xml/html finding aids; and now there are also finding aids being created in our new beta version of ArchivesSpace!

Collections with additions or added digital content include various series of the Faribault County District and Probate Courts; and the Stillwater State Prison: Prison Industries: Farm Machinery Department: Records.

In addition there are many newly encoded finding aids that are now available online for the first time. This month we are also including a list of new and legacy manuscript finding aids published in the beta version of our public ArchivesSpace public instance. The legacy finding aids were converted from typescript, Word, and PDF versions by our hardworking and innovative interns Ellie Heebsh and Christina Szitta! The converted legacy finding aids include the Mel Frederick papers, the Betty Hayenga papers, the Mary Leola Josefson and family papers, the Minnesota Adult Literacy Campaign organization records, the Minnesota Federation of Teachers, the Henry Winkels files, the George Patton and family papers, the Pranke family genealogical and related papers, the Donald F. Raihle papers, the Martha Refsland papers, the Henry Savelkoul papers, the Andrew Schoch and family papers, the Marvin J. Sonosky Indian Claims Commission report and related materials, the Saint Paul Athletic Club records, the Helen M. White Historic Taylors Falls jail records, the Frank Hopkins papers, the Crystal Lake United Church of Christ records, the Roger A. Laufenburger papers, the George E. Dizard and family papers, the J. Russell Smith and family papers, the Warner Hardware Company records, the Violet Johnson and Allen N. Sollie papers, the Gene Waldorf papers, the Marth and Edmund Bray research files, the Pokegama Grange records, and the Rudolph Lehmicke papers.

The work of converting legacy finding aids and cleaning up finding aids for publication in ArchivesSpace is ongoing, as well as development and refinement of the public user interface.

The A-Z index lists all of our current digital finding aids and included digital content.

New and Updated Finding Aids

Name/Abstract	File No.
Aitkin County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Final Decrees of Distribution	gr03838
Final decrees, 1886-1982 (reels 1-7) and miscellaneous orders, 1878-1975 (reels 8-9), containing data on decedents' estates and their distribution to heirs and/or legatees.
Becker County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Court Orders and Findings	gr03839
Includes volumes A-F.
Martha and Edmund Bray: An Inventory of Their Research Papers	00139
Correspondence, research notes, published materials, and related files gathered by Martha C. and Edmund C. Bray relating to French explorer and scientist Joseph N. Nicollet, whose explorations (1836-1839) of the Upper Mississippi and St. Croix river regions revealed much information on the geographical, topographical, geological, and botanical features of the region and on Indian life in the area. His journals were edited and translated by the Brays and published by the Minnesota Historical Society (1970 and 1976).
Conservation Department: Waters Division: An Inventory of Its State Ditch Files	gr03822
Divisional files documenting the establishment, improvement, and maintenance of state ditches. Includes digital content.
Cook County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Real Estate Tax Judgment Records	gr03840
Records for 1882-1893 and 1907-1977.
Crystal Lake United Church of Christ (Lakeville, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Church Records	00111
Parish records documenting the brief and fractious existence of a small UCC congregation in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
George E. Dizard and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	00117
Correspondence, speech transcripts, newspaper clippings, printed political materials, and related files documenting the activities of a Duluth labor leader and his wife (Rhoda Levine Dizard) in many peace, labor, and third party movements from the 1930s through the 1990s, with information on the Farmer-Labor Association, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, the Progressive and Communist parties, and various peace groups, especially the American Peace Mobilization (1940-1941) and SANE (1965-1991).
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil and Criminal Registers of Actions	gr03832
Registers of actions for civil (1858-1989) and criminal (1859-1989) cases. Each entry gives the names of the parties in the case, frequently the attorneys representing each party, when the case was opened, the case file number, and a record of each document that was filed by the contesting parties or by the court in the case.
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Case Files, Miscellaneous	gr03027
Primarily or entirely civil cases.
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Criminal Case Files	gr03029
Criminal case files for the years 1871-1891 and 1904-1960. Some pre-1904 files are included among the civil case files.
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Records	gr03835
Includes coroner's inquest registers volume A (1887-1948) and volume B (1948-1966); and coroner's records (1887-1966) that include certificates (nos. 1-346), inquest hearing transcripts, verdicts and related documents.
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Naturalization Records and Index	gr03033
Personal name index, declarations of intention, final papers, petitions, and related records.
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Plaintiffs and Defendants Indexes	gr03831
Plaintiffs and defendants indexes to District Court civil and criminal case files. Entries include case file number, parties to the case, type of action, date and amount of judgment, and citation to the register of action volume and page number indexed.
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Real Estate Tax Judgment Books	gr02606
Record of real estate found to be tax delinquent.
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Register of Justices' Criminal Convictions	gr03833
Includes Volume 1 (1903-1941), Volume 2 (1941-1966), and Index No. 3 (1966-approximately 1987).
Faribault County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Registration and Certificate Records	gr03834
Registration and certificate records for physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, optometrists, osteopaths, massage therapists, veterinarians, and dentists, and for certificates in the basic sciences.
Faribault County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Indexes to Probate Case Files	gr03836
A two-volume alphabetical index to the probate case files. Researchers are directed to use the microfilm copy.
Faribault County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Registers of Probate Actions	gr03837
Registers of documents filed and actions taken in individual probate, guardianship, and insanity cases. Includes title of case, case number, list of documents filed, and citations to volume and page where selected documents are recorded (transcribed).
Mel Frederick: An Inventory of His Papers	00035
Correspondence, legislative subject files, speeches, newsletters, and news releases relating to an Independent-Republican senator (1971-1990) in the Minnesota Legislature from District 32 (Dodge, Olmsted, and Steele counties).
Beth Hayenga: An Inventory of Her Papers	00046
Correspondence, minutes, worker lists, schedules, news releases, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and related files created by Minnesota Women for Humphrey, a statewide organization organized to further the 1954 re-election of Hubert H. Humphrey to the United States Senate.
Health Department: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03826
Administrative Uniformity Committee meeting records, immunization guidelines and registries, surveys, information about campaigns against various diseases, and related records of this administrative division of the Health Department.
Adolph Leonard and Adeline Florence (Brink) Holt and Family: An Inventory of Their Family Papers	01600
These papers include, biographical materials (circa 1898-1924), financial daybooks (1909-1943), and diaries (1894-1898) of Adolph Holt; autograph book (1886-1894), diaries (1921-1926, 1960) and account books (1942-1960) of his wife Adeline Florence (Brink) Holt; birthday book (1913) and diary (1914, 1916) of their daughter Lyla Holt; diaries (1916-1949) of their daughter Evelyn Holt Klein; an autograph book (1891-1892) of Adeline's sister Esther Brink; and handwritten musical score books (undated) for Lisher's Bugle Band. The diaries discuss business and family activities.
Frank Hopkins: An Inventory of His Papers	00096
Biographical information; newspaper clippings; research notes; essays, lectures, and scripts; programs; brochures, leaflets, and fliers; posters; photographs and picture postcards; and correspondence reflecting the interests and related activities of a Fairfax (Minn.) attorney, especially those relating to Fort Ridgely and the Dakota Conflict of 1862, the history and culture of American Indians, politics, music, and religion.
Indian Claims Commission Report and Related Materials: An Inventory of the Report and Related Materials compiled by Marvin J. Sonosky	00088
Reports, exhibits, and other trial documents relating to a legal claim filed with the United States Indian Claims Commission by the Lower Sioux Indian Community (Minn.), concerning the 1851 Treaty of Mendota (Minn.). The Dakota plaintiffs argued that the 1857 treaty was unfair, and that it was neither competently nor honestly administered. The material includes three reports by historians Michael F. Foley, Tom Jackson, Alan R. Woolworth, and Nancy L. Woolworth. There are exhibits supporting the report (17 vols.), photocopies of several journals and account books of Lawrence Taliaferro (1819-1839), and John Tanner's narrative of his captivity (1830) among Dakota Indians. One box contains microfilm documents from the Library of Congress and a few other repositories, all of which further document related Dakota Indian claims.
Violet Johnson and Allen N. Sollie: An Inventory of Their Papers	00128
Reminiscences, correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, essays, ledgers, statistical tables, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, speeches, rosters, press releases (1934), legal documents, directories, questionnaires (1958, 1966), maps (1929, 1933), and manuscripts documenting the lives of two Minnesota social, political, and labor activists.
Mary Leola Josefson: An Inventory of Her Papers	00055
Correspondence (1965-1966), class notes (1957-1979), assignments, examination papers, and research notes of Mary L. Josefson, who was educated in Hopkins (Minn.) public schools and at the University of Minnesota, as well as those of her parents.
Roger A. Laufenburger: An Inventory of His Papers	00116
Constituent correspondence, legislative files, and some campaign materials (1976) documenting the activities of a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Minnesota state senator who represented (1963-1982) Wabasha, Winona, and Olmsted counties.
Ralph Lehmicke Papers: An Inventory of His Papers	00158
Correspondence, deeds, articles of agreement, receipts, cancelled checks, and similar materials documenting Lehmicke's work managing real estate interests in Washington and Pine counties, for owners in Minnesota and elsewhere. Much of it relates to the sale of, and revenues from, timber lands.
Minnesota Adult Literacy Campaign: An Inventory of Its Records	00067
Minutes, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and program evaluations of a committee appointed by the governor to advise on literacy issues and develop a long range plan to facilitate the development of a coordinated statewide effort to substantially increase the number of literate adults.
Minnesota Federation of Teachers: An Inventory of Henry Winkels Files	00068
Correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters, subject files, and other records created by Henry Winkels as executive secretary and legislative director of the Minnesota Federation of Teachers (organized in 1935), a teachers' union affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
Nicollet County: Courtland Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03819
Includes minutes of town meetings, poll lists and summary statements of votes, treasurer's annual reports, board of audit's annual report, board of supervisors' annual report, real and personal property assessment rolls (1875-1911), lists of persons liable to work catching grasshoppers (1877) and to work on roads and highways (1862-1880, 1857), and poll tax and land tax road lists and road warrants (1862-1897).
George Patton and Family: An Inventory of Their Family Papers and Business Records	00077
General store records (1839-1927) and personal papers (1858-1968) of a family of early settlers in Lake City (Minn.); Letterpress copybooks, cash books, journals, ledgers, and other business records created by George Patton (who came to Lake City in 1855) and his son Hiram T., and grandson George W., detail the family's dry goods business and real estate ventures in Minnesota, Dakota Territory, and Pennsylvania.
Pokegama Grange No. 750 (Pine City, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records	00144
Minute book (1941-1954), cash receipts and disbursements record (1941-1967), reports (1945-1965), scrapbooks (1941-1961), and miscellaneous materials (1939-1966) documenting the activities of a Grange chapter organized in 1941 and which disbanded around 1967. The records contain detailed information on grange meetings, financial affairs, membership gains and losses, social events and programs, and on some committee work. Magazine articles and pictures in scrapbooks extol rural life and emphasize the grange's commitment to rural youth.
Polk County: Brandsvold Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03820
Clerk's books (1884-1929, 1940-1980), chattel mortgage record book (1884-1892), annual town meeting minutes (1889-1964) and poll lists (1900-1963), annual reports of the superintendent (1886-1890, 1897) and audit board (1886-1984), treasurer's annual statements (1887-1981), wolf bounties (1891-1928), election registers (1888-1972) and returns/summary vote statements (1898-1956), and road records (1885-1942). The latter include record books (1885-1901), petitions (1885-1942), overseer's annual reports/ lists (1885-1912), and poll and land tax road warrants and lists (1885-1913).
Polk County: School District No. 282, Brandsvold Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03821
Clerk's books (1929-1951), complete school record books (1933-1950), attendance registers (1932-1935, 1949-1950), census (1924-1949, incomplete), textbook and equipment record books (1920-1950), librarian's records (1915-1950), and class photographs (1943-1944).
Richard N. Pranke and Family: An Inventory of Their Genealogical Papers and Business Records	00078
Correspondence, birth and death records, legal documents, maps, greeting cards, photographs, newspaper clippings, and motion picture film (8mm) compiled by Pranke (1957-1990), and documenting his family and that of his wife, Marie Tschida Pranke (1914-1991). The compiled documentation extends from the 1700s. Also included are his diaries (1934-1979) and autobiography (1911-1990). His service with the St. Paul Police Department (1931-1934) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1934-1961) is also documented.
Ramsey County: St. Paul: Comptroller: An Inventory of Its Scrapbooks of City Forms	gr03823
Scrapbooks of forms used by various city departments and boards prior to June, 1914. Many are annotated with explanations of their use and/or of the information to be recorded.
Donald F. Raihle: An Inventory of His Papers and Business Records	00080
Personal (1927, 1948-1967) and business (1938-1966) correspondence, newspaper columns (1951-1966), subject files, speeches (1942-1965), pamphlets, and miscellaneous material relating to this Minneapolis insurance man who wrote for the "The Wanderer" and the "Northwest Industrial News."
Martha Refsland: An Inventory of Her Personal Papers	00081
Topics include Martha Refsland's education in Houston and at the University of Minnesota (1905-1914); her brothers' service during World War I (1918); her work as a rural school supervisor in Maryland and Montana (1923-1929); her work as a field education supervisor with the Office of Indian Affairs in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico (1929-1933, 1938-1945) and Alaska (1934-1937); her marriage; and her relationship with former students and colleagues. Correspondence (1900-1978), including a group of letters written in Norwegian (1817, 1889, 1906-1915, 1926-1934, 1974, 1977), notes, a diary (1932-1933), administrative reports, rosters, newsletters (1938, 1945-1949, 1963-1964), photographs, drawings, and certificates related to the life and career of a woman from Houston (Minn.) who became a rural education specialist and supervisor.
Saint Paul Athletic Club: An Inventory of Its Records	00091
Articles of incorporation and bylaws, minutes (1913-1975), ledgers and journals (1915-1921), financial statements, mortgage information (1917-1972), files on bondholders (1917-1946), committee files (mainly 1963-1966), subject files, contractor correspondence and bids, photographs, scrapbooks (1913-1948), marketing material, and menus relating to a private athletic and social club organized in 1913 for business and professional men and their families. It later opened to women members and operated until 1991.
Henry Savelkoul: An Inventory of His Papers	00082
Correspondence (1969-1978), legislative subject files, and speeches of an Independent-Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from Albert Lea. He was elected in 1968 from District 31A (Freeborn County) and served until 1978. In 1974 he was elected Minority Leader. Legislative subject files, comprising most of the collection, reflect his service on the Criminal Justice, General Legislative and Veterans Affairs, Judiciary, Local and Urban Affairs, Taxes, and Rules and Legislative Administration committees.
Andrew Schoch and Family Papers: An Inventory of His Papers	00083
Correspondence (1899-1943), newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbook (1908-1932), and two volumes of accounting records (1890-1897) relating to the Andrew Schoch family of St. Paul (Minn.) and the Andrew Schoch Grocery Company.
John D. Scofield and Family Papers: An Inventory of Their Papers	00084
Includes correspondence (undated and 1882-1920, 1945); diaries (1881-1886); ledgers (1877, 1881-1956); minutes (1882-1887, 1895-1904); Sunday school lessons (1903); a property appraisal (1962); a land contract and deeds (1855, 1857, 1912); photographs; newspaper clippings (undated and 1898-1935, 1965-1968); family register; and miscellaneous papers (undated and 1875-1882, 1904, 1912-1918, 1966) related to John D. Scofield, an early settler of Bloomington (Minn.); his farm and family; the Bloomington Woman's Club; and the prominent role Scofield and his wife Caroline played in the Minnesota Grange and the founding of the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture.
Sletta Family: An Inventory of Their Family Papers	01599
The collection contains personal papers of brothers Lloyd "Pete" Sletta (1917-2005) and Lawrence "Benay" Sletta (1919-1988), their family members, and materials compiled by family member, Joanell Drystrad. Both brothers were residents of LaSalle, Minnesota, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The collection documents aspects of their military and personal lives through correspondence, dairies, reminiscences, and travel materials relating to their experiences and service in Wyoming, Hawaii, and Saipan.
J. Russell Smith and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers	00120
The papers begin with correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to various members of J. Russell Smith's family, including files for his mother, Anna, brother and sister-in-law Edgar and Helen, and his two children Jerome and Gloria. The latter contain separate folders on their schools: Shattuck, Lake Forest Academy, Mount Vernon Seminary, and Wabash Colege. There are also materials on the family cemetery plot and monument in Lakewood Cemetery.
St. Louis County: Herman Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03824
Town record books (1875-1956), board of supervisors, with building and zoning commission, minutes (1956-1970), annual town meeting minutes (1914-1975, incomplete), treasurer's books (1921-1960) and annual statements (1945-1975), board of audit reports (1946-1974, incomplete), sewer commission (1971-1974) and water (1962-1968) receipts/disbursements, road records (1875-1933, 1966), constable accident reports (1958-1959, 1962, 1964), and a township profile (approximately 1968).
St. Louis County: Herman Township: Justice of the Peace: An Inventory of Its Docket Books	gr03825
Dockets of justices R. W. Riker, Russell Westberg, William F. Yax, Thomas McDonald, Robert Kreidler, Herbert Psick, R. Eugene Ryer, and Isabell M. Yax. Also includes a marriage license register (1938-1974).
State Emblems Redesign Commission: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03830
Includes meeting files, member files, reports, correspondence, and submissions.
Stillwater State Prison: Prison Industries: Farm Machinery Department: An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports	gr00689
Catalogs (1911-1925), parts catalogs, price lists, and operator's manuals (1918-1970s); and advertising brochures (circa 1920-1930, 1941, 1988); documenting the prison manufactured Minnesota Line farm machinery and binder twine, and office furniture.
Todd County: Burnhamville Township: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03827
Clerk's books (1903-1986), treasurer's books (1895-1920, 1938-1984), various other financial records, minutes of annual town meetings (1946-1979), election registers (1944-1973), wolf bounties (1921, 1929, 1933-1945), justice of the peace docket (1922), burial permits (1907-1933) and health officers' record of dangerous diseases.
Gene Waldorf: An Inventory of His Papers	00133
Correspondence, legislative bill files, newspaper clippings, and background materials contain information on five issues of special interest to Waldorf: abortion, medically-aided suicides, living wills, the merger of community colleges and vocational-technical schools, and the school voucher program.
Warner Hardware Company: An Inventory of Its Records	00121
The collection includes information on the Warner and allied families; an extensive and detailed history of the company (1875-1989); correspondence and miscellaneous papers (1874-1979); the company employees' newsletter (1919-1921); hardware catalogs and price lists (undated and 1947); and photographs (1875-1979).
Washington County: Bayport: An Inventory of Its Records	gr03828
Lock-up register, with register of tramps lodged (1932-1976), and register of receipts and disbursements (1929-1953).
Washington County: Bayport: Justice of the Peace: An Inventory of Its Dockets	gr03829
Dockets of justices of the peace William Hening, Jr., Cyril R. Sanford, E. M. Rowland, and Marvin Moen.
Helen M. White: An Inventory of Her Historic Taylors Falls Jail Records	00092
Historical background information; correspondence and miscellaneous papers; financial and legal records; newspaper clippings and magazine articles; sample stationery, note paper, and souvenir packet; guest registers and appointment calendars; photographs; architectural plans; and other papers relating to Helen M. White's conversion of the historic Taylors Falls (Minn.) jail to a bed and breakfast inn (1980) and subsequent operation (1981-1989). The jail was constructed in 1884.

New and Updated Catalog Records

Cokato Finnish Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Cokato Finnish Mutual Fire Insurance Company records, 1906-1944.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers (1935-1940), secretary's books (1906-1918, 1922-1940), and treasurer's customer account books (1906-1924,1940-1944) of a Finnish fire insurance company headquartered in Cokato, Minnesota. Many of the records are in Finnish. Also included are policy registers of (principally) Finnish mutual fire insurance company headquartered in Wright County and a noting contract coverage for real and personal property.

Faribault County. Juvenile Court. Adoption record books, 1959-1982.

File nos. 1-160, August 1959-1970 (1 volume) and file nos. 161-320, 1971-April 1982 (1 volume). Indexed. Access to juvenile records, adoption records less than 100 years old, and paternity data (except for the final court judgments which are public) are available only with a court order. Please consult library staff for more information.

Faribault County (Minn.). Probate Court. Day book, 1857-1899.

Includes letters of administration, guardianship and testamentary. Indexed.

Gardner, Elza Lloyd. Elza Lloyd Gardener World War II papers, 1943-1945.

This collection contains two diaries (January 15-September 8, 1943) and (September 10, 1943-August 2, 1945) of Gardner's service in the United States Navy, principally in the South Pacific (especially New Caledonia). The diaries include photographs, notes, correspondence, tickets, and programs. This collection also includes miscellaneous papers (1942-1943, 1945), including identity cards, orders, instructions, and correspondence of Gardner.

International Transport, Inc. International Transport, Inc records, 1934-1988.

The records include history and growth brochures (1952-1963); International Transport News (1969-1973, 1977); IT newsletters (1970, 1978); magazine articles about (1968-1977); miscellaneous (undated, 1940-1988), including Theel family business documents (1940, 1942), general advertising, security clearances (1964), annual report of International Transport Industries (1972), letters regarding Robert Theel's retirement (1979-1980) and his receipt of the Founders Award from the American Trucking Historical Society (1988); newspapers articles about (1934-1988) and a specialized carriers directory (1981) of and relating to a long haul heavy duty trucking firm headquartered in Rochester and the Theel family who founded it. Also included in the records are photographs and photographic reprints relating to predecessors of International Transport, Inc.: Theel family dray teams in Rolla, North Dakota; Theel Bros. Transfer (Rolla, ND); and Theel Bros. Rapid Transit (Rolla and Devils Lake, ND). Most images show vehicles operated by the companies.

Minnesota. District Court (Faribault County). Court orders, 1906-1913.

Volume A. Indexed.

Minnesota. District Court (Faribault County). Land registration records, 1970, 1973.

Includes file no. 1: In the matter of the application of Atlantic Richfield Company for registration of title (1970); and file no. 2: In the matter of the application of Gordon Wolle and Hazel Wolle to register title for certain lands (1973).

Minnesota. District Court (Faribault County). Miscellaneous record, 1906-1940.

Includes ministers' certificates of ordination, and oaths and bonds for the county register of deeds.

Morse, Elisha. Elisha Morse and family papers, 1810-1957 (bulk 1859-1901).

Correspondence (1859-1882, 3 folders) to Morse (1801-1892); correspondence (1859-1886) to his wife Nancy Elizabeth (""Lizzie"") (Pillsbury) Morse (1838-1886); miscellaneous family letters (1862-1899); correspondence (1881-1901) to his daughter Mary L. (""Minnie"") Morse (Mrs. Walter C.) Leach (1866-1940); genealogical data (undated, 1896) of his mother-in-law Caroline Elizabeth (Pillsbury) Miller (1818-1896). Also includes genealogical and family documents (1885-1957) of several members of the family of Bernhardt Ludwig Graper (1915-1993) who married a descendant of Elisha Morse; correspondence (1836, 1855) of Nancy (Pillsbury) Morse's brother Joshua Pillsbury and father Ithamar Pillsbury; and shipping accounts (1810-1816) of Captain John Richards, presumably a Pillsbury ancestor, principally with Archibald Gracie & Sons of New York. The correspondence concerns family matters (Maine, Illinois, Minnesota) and Elisha Morse's service with the 78th Illinois Regiment during the Civil War.

Read's Landing trading post daybook, May 17, 1849 - June 06, 1850.

These records include a financial daybook containing records of purchases at an unidentified trading post at Read's Landing, Wabasha County. The daybook shows the cost of the purchases, by whom, and may note payment data. Purchases ranged from building supplies (pitch, timber, oakum, nails), foodstuffs (flour, peaches, pepper, pork, crab apples, sardines), fabric (calico, hides), and clothing (moccasins, shirts, hats), as well as tobacco and liquor. Customers of the post included members of the Rocque (Rock, Locke) family, Alexis Bailly and family, farmers John and William Campbell, trader Charles Reed, tailor Edward Morse, blacksmiths Olivier Crotte and Olivier Racicot, voyageur Louis Pillow, and carpenters Joseph Trueman and George Cotrelle.

Reed, Louis A. Louis A. Reed business records, 1888-1893.

These records include a lawyer's docket book (January 3, 1888-August 4, 1890) of the Minneapolis law firm of Russell & Reed; Russell Emery & Reed; and Russell, Calhoun & Reed containing data on cases 801-1253. Entries include the parties to each case, counsel representing them, and lists of documents filed in each case. Also, articles of incorporation (March 1892) and minutes (April 1893-August 1893) of the Gun Flint Lake Iron Company, incorporated in Minnesota to mine and process minerals and stone in the Ely area (Reed participated in this firm).

Roach, John Edmund

Original discharge paper with carrying case (1919) and annotated photocopies (February 1918-August 1919) of the service diary of John Edmund Roach. Also includes photocopies of photographs of Roach, a photocopy of a newspaper article (1928) about and letterhead of the Electric Fixture Mart in downtown St. Paul, owned by Roach. The annotations and a brief biographical sketch (2017) were made by Julia A. Laas, Roach's granddaughter.

Young, Russell Alfred. Russell Alfred Young World War I papers, 1917-1920.

The papers include correspondence (1917-1920, 2 folders) and photographs (circa 1918-1919) of Russell Alfred Young, a coxswain on the U.S.S. Winslow and the U.S.S. Clemson during World War I. The letters (mainly 1917) are written from the Great Lakes Naval Station (Illinois) and on board the U.S.S. Winslow primarily to his sister Ethel (Mrs. R.G. Dice) of Duluth with a few to his mother and several from service mates. The photographs (mainly undated, but circa 1918 and 1919) are originals and picture postcards of scenes at sea, on board the U.S.S. Winslow, and in France, Haiti, and Cuba. The photographs include some battle scenes at sea and on land.

Zughschwert, Barbara M. Diary of train trip, June 1925.

This collection contains a diary, with photographs, of a train trip with two friends on the Northern Pacific Railway from St. Paul, Minnesota to Yellowstone National Park, then to Denver, Colorado on the Burlington, and returning to St. Paul on the Chicago Great Western. She describes sights, activities, people, nature, and shopping in this 90 page handwritten diary.

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