ST. CROIX VALLEY OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION:

An Inventory of Their Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	St. Croix Valley Old Settlers' Association, creator.
	Title:	Association records.
	Dates:	1877-1922.
	Abstract:	Correspondence, reports, and miscellany concerning the founding, annual reunions, and other meetings of an organization established in 1875 by pioneers who settled in the Minnesota portion of the St. Croix River valley before 1860. Also included are biographical sketches, membership lists, obituaries, letters, and questionnaires containing information on early settlers and on members of the First Minnesota Infantry, Company B, collected by association secretary Adam Marty.
	Quantity:	0.7 cubic feet (2 boxes, including 4 v.).
	Location:	P2358: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The association got its start at an informal meeting (October 20, 1875) held in Stillwater, Minnesota, at which it was decided to form an organization for people who had settled in the St. Croix River Valley prior to 1860. A November 5 meeting in the Stillwater law offices of Durant and Wheeler established the association, which was initially chaired by Charles E. Leonard, with David B. Loomis serving as its secretary. A November 17 meeting established its purposes as maintaining friendly acquainceships among old settlers, and preserving history and reminiscences of the valley. A second meeting in 1876 established a committee to locate and list settlers who had died or moved away.

The information above was taken from the collection.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. St. Croix Valley Old Settlers' Association Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 1773C1; 2140

Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, November 1999.

Catalog ID number: 990017309500104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
P2358	1	Correspondence and related materials, 1877-1922. 7 folders.
			Letters, a few financial papers, reports, and similar materials, much of it relating to annual meetings of the association. Included among them are reports of the Obituary Committee (1886-1890, 1896-1898, 1900), a printed and annotated roster of the First Minnesota Infantry Regiment (1910), a letter from pioneer riverboat captain Stephen B. Hanks (1911), and a list of attendees at a 70th anniversary celebration (1916) commemorating David P. Lyman's arrival in Stillwater.


		Questionnaires returned by members of Company B, First Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1886-1920. 2 folders.
			An alphabetically arranged set of questionnaires returned by members of Company B. Each form contains the following information elements: birth date, birth place, education, residence previous to the war, date of arrival in Minnesota, enlistment date, battles participated in, discharge date, rank at discharge, current occupation, public offices held, organizational memberships, marriage status, number of children.


		Questionnaires returned by early settlers of the St. Croix Valley, 1903-1922. 2 folders.
			An alphabetically arranged set of questionnaires returned by members of the association, very similar to the questionnaire sent to Company B veterans. Each form contains the following information elements: birth date, birth place, education, residence previous to coming to Minnesota, date of arrival in Minnesota, whether a Civil War veteran, current occupation, public offices held, organizational memberships, marriage status, number of children.


		Newspaper clippings, 1900-1922. 2 folders.
			The first folder includes annual meeting reports (1905-1910) and reminiscences of early settlers including one describing an old settlers' meeting in Osceola, Wisconsin. The second folder contains alphabetically arranged obituaries of early St. Croix Valley settlers.


		Photographs, undated.
			Steel engravings, which may have been removed from a volume, of Alexander Ramsey, Nathan Myrick, and Henry M. Rice, all of them autographed. There is also an autographed studio portrait of John D. Ludden.


		Volume 1. "Roster of Muller Post, No. 1, Department of Minnesota, Grand Army of the Republic," kept by Adam Marty, 1901. 1 volume.
			Gives name and residence, and contains lists of active members, honorary members, living members, and widows.


		Volume 2. "Reports of the Obituary Committee of the Association, from 1885 to 1920." 1 volume.
			Kept by William H. C. Folsom and Adam Marty, listing by year the deaths of members and their place of residence.


		Volume 3. "List of Members of the Association, Deceased and Reported to the Association at their annual meetings, 1885-1921." 1 volume.


Location	Box
P2358	2	Volume 4. Obituaries of association members and other early settlers, undated, 1875-1900. 1 volume.
			The handwritten volume opens with summaries of organizational meetings of 1875 including attendees and the officers elected, a report on the second annual meeting (1876), and a list of past presidents (1875-1900). The remainder of the volume (pp. 9-300) contains the obituaries.

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:: Pioneers -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Marty, Adam, 1837-1923.

Organizations:: Grand Army of the Republic. Muller Post No. 1 (Stillwater, Minn.).; United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1864). Company B.

Places:: Minnesota -- Biography.; Saint Croix River Valley (Wis. and Minn.).; Stillwater (Minn.).; Wisconsin--History, 1848- .

Photographs.

Questionnaires.

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ST. CROIX VALLEY OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION:

OVERVIEW

HISTORICAL NOTE

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS