What's New -- November 2025
Newly added accessions this month include the Metropolitan Council Oral History Transcript of John H. Kari; the Minnesota Film and Television Board Records; the Natural Resources Department Tribal Relations Files; and the Olmsted County School District No. 7, New Haven Township, Clerk's Book.
Collections with additions or added digital content this month include the Attorney General: Minnesota Voters Alliance et al. v Joe Mansky et al. Litigation Files; the Munsingwear Records; the Return I. Holcombe Papers; the International Multifoods Corporation Corporate Records; the Minnesota Historical Society Institutional Archives; and the George E. Senkler and Family Papers.
In addition there are many newly encoded finding aids that are now available online for the first time.
New and Updated Finding Aids
| Name/Abstract | File No. |
|---|---|
| Attorney General: An Inventory of Its Minnesota Voters Alliance et al. v Joe Mansky et al. Litigation Files | gr03549 |
| Includes pleadings and briefs of the petitioners, respondents and amicus curiae (friends of the court) of the Minnesota Voters Alliance et al. v Joe Mansky (Ramsey County elections manager) et al. case. | |
| Return I. Holcombe: An Inventory of His Papers | 00711 |
 Correspondence, manuscript histories, background
materials, and related miscellany of this St. Paul (Minn.) author, editor, librarian, and historian.Includes digital content. |
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| International Multifoods Corporation: An Inventory of Its Corporate Records | 00236 |
| Materials within the collection provide historical, biographical, administative, aural, and pictorial information about the company's growth from the small New Prague Flouring Mill, founded in 1892, into a public conglomerate with international offices, operations, and markets. Information covers the corporation's executive officers; its manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution facilities; its subsidiaries and product lines; promotional programs; and advertising campaigns. | |
| Minnesota Film and TV Board: An Inventory of Its Records | gr03551 |
| Minnesota Film and Television Board (Minnesota Motion Picture & Television Board/Minnesota Film Board) records including files on Minnesota made films (including a variety of cast and crew lists, newspaper clippings, scripts, press kits, promotional materials, and funding requests), board files, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. | |
| Minnesota Historical Society: An Inventory of Its Institutional Records | 00513 |
The archives of the Minnesota Historical Society contains historically valuable
records from all of its administrative and program units. They reflect and
document the history of the organization from its 1849 beginning as the first
private corporation chartered by the territorial legislature. Includes digital content. |
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| Munsingwear: An Inventory of Its Records | 00206 |
| Articles of incorporation and minutes (1887-1971), correspondence, financial records (1936-1964), legal agreements, patent and trademark information, product catalogs, and scrapbooks ([193-]-1990) documenting a Minneapolis-based clothing manufacturer, its predecessor, Northwestern Knitting Company, and several clothing subsidiaries. | |
| Natural Resources Department: An Inventory of Its Tribal Relations Files | gr03550 |
| Documents gathered from several Natural Resources Department offices concerning a wide variety of interactions between the Department and Minnesota's tribal bands (primarily Ojibwe and Dakota). The documents include legal documents, memos, correspondence, news releases, meeting minutes, reports; and copies of news clippings, case law, treaties, and U.S. House and Senate proceedings. The copies of case law, treaties, and U.S. House and Senate proceedings may be dated earlier than 1978, with some documents dating from 1842. | |
| Ramsey County: Saint Paul: An Inventory of Its Election Records | gr03548 |
| Assorted St. Paul election records. | |
| Ramsey County: Saint Paul: An Inventory of Its Maps of Election Precincts | gr03547 |
| Four portfolios of mounted and bound maps (1924, 1927, 1932, 1939), and six unbound maps (1934, 1950, 1958, 1976, 1982). The 1934 map is in poor condition. | |
| Ramsey County: Saint Paul: City Market: An Inventory of Its Records | gr03546 |
| Records documenting the history and operation of the St. Paul City Market (also known as the public market and the farmer's market). | |
| George Easton Senkler and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers | 01289 |
| Correspondence, diaries, genealogical data, and other papers of this St. Paul (Minn.) physician. There are letters from Dr. William Osler (1898-1901); letters and a diary of Senkler and his wife Abigail during a trip to Europe (1902); letters from their son, Albert E., while working for the Somers Lumber Company in Montana (1920s); letters from Canadian relatives giving genealogical data and family news (1938-1965); and Senkler's diaries (1892-1918) with notes on his medical cases. | |
New and Updated Catalog Records
| Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area. Oral history transcript of John H. Kari, 2022. |
| Entitled "Reflections on Regional Planning: The Twin Cities Experience." Conducted by Brian Ohm. The conversation with Mr. Kari coveres the early years of the Council and the original development framework, the work of the Council from the 1980s and beyond, the impact of the Council's investment on the region, and Prospect Park as an example of how neighborhood planning can relate to city and regional policies. Includes a brief biography of Mr. Kari and color images. |
| Olmsted County (Minn.). School District No. 7 (New Haven : Township). Clerk's book, 1927-1933. |
| Buck School. The school was established January 9, 1856 and consolidated with Independent School District No. 255 (Pine Island) May 13, 1954. |
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