EPISCOPAL CHURCH. DIOCESE OF MINNESOTA:

An Inventory of Bishop Coadjutor Mahlon N. Gilbert Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota, creator.
Title:Bishop Coadjutor Mahlon N. Gilbert records.
Dates:1886-1900.
Abstract:Diaries, visitation book, and autograph book of the bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota from 1886 to 1900.
Quantity:0.3 cubic feet (1 box).

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Mahlon N. Gilbert was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota in 1886. As bishop coadjutor, he aided Bishop Whipple in his work around the diocese. In 1895 the northern two thirds of the diocese became the Missionary Diocese of Duluth and was supervised by Gilbert until it elected its own bishop in 1896. Gilbert died in 1900.


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See the inventory for the Episcopal Church Diocese of Minnesota for information on other diocesan records in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota. Bishop Coadjutor Mahlon N. Gilbert records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: See 1773B for accession numbers

Processing Information:

Processed by: Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, 1998; Leif Kopietz, April 2025

Catalog ID number: 990017351530104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
P103544Diaries, 1887-1900. Volumes 18-31. 14 volumes.
Daily notations of his appointments, visitations, sermons, confirmations, and other official duties, and some cash accounts. Volume 22 entries mainly cover a vacation not entered in his official diary.
Visitation book, November 1886-January 1887. Volume 32.
Brief notes on his visitations in Minnesota. Undated lists of appointments.
Autograph book, October 1889. 1 volume in 1 folder.
Contains autographs of some five dozen Episcopalian bishops kept while Gilbert was attending a House of Bishops Conference in New York.

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A small group of Bishop Mahlon N. Gilbert's personal papers are separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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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:
Church administration.
Persons:
Gilbert, M. N. (Mahlon Norris), 1848-1900.
Organizations:
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Duluth.
Episcopal Church -- Clergy.
Types of Documents:
Diaries.
Occupations:
Bishops -- Minnesota.

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