BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CRIPPEN:

An Inventory of His Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Portrait Albums at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Crippen, Benjamin Franklin, compiler.
	Title:	Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry portrait albums.
	Dates:	1898.
	Abstract:	Cartes-de-visite portraits, mostly individuals, of the 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, compiled by Benjamin Franklin Crippen who volunteered for the Spanish-American War on July 2, 1898 as a Private in Company I. The regiment was sent to Camp McKenzie, Georgia and mustered out on March 27, 1899, having been there the entire time. Most images are identified.
	Quantity:	2 albums (46 photographs): black and white ; 10.5 x 8.5 inches.
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Crippen, Benjamin Franklin, Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Portrait Albums. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2017.136

Processing Information:

Processed by: Karen Obermeyer-Kolb, June 2018

Catalog ID number: 8944715

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Identification is derived from handwritten notes in albums.


Location
Album 340	1 album (25 photographs): black and white; 10.5 x 8.5 inches.
		Contents by page:
		(No portrait)
		Charles A. Benton, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, (Not positively identified).
		Unknown.
		William A. Baker, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Northfield, Minnesota, (Not positively identified).
		William F. Friedrich, Corporal, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Winthrop, Minnesota.
		"Chas" Hagberg, Corporal, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. (Edward Hagberg - only listing)
		Frederick D. Keenan, Corporal, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Winthrop, Minnesota, Disability discharge February 17, 1899.
		Edward Larsen, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Monticello, Minnesota.
		Albert F. H. Daleski, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Le Sueur, Minnesota.
		Charles H. LeBlond, Corporal, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Farmington, Minnesota.
		Andrew Lindberg, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
		Unknown.
		George F. Huffert, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
		Henry Doeltz, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
		August Peterson, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Maple Plain, Minnesota.
		August Burk, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Dawson, Minnesota.
		Joseph E. Jones, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Luverne, Minnesota.
		Eugene M. Baylen, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Louis J. Schnitski, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Disability discharge.
		Unidentified soldiers.
		Unidentified nurses and soldiers.
		Unidentified soldier under arch.
		"89 years old" man with ox cart.
		Cannon at the arsenal.
		Unidentified soldiers playing music.
		Unidentified soldier.
		Unidentified soldiers.
		Digital version


Location
Album 341	1 album (21 photographs): black and white; 10.5 x 8.5 inches.
		Contents by page:
		Benjamin Frank Crippen, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
		Benjamin F. Lockerby, Private, Northfield, Minnesota.
		Unknown.
		W. A. Edwards, First Lieutenant, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
		Edward H. Hauck, First Sergeant, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Le Sueur, Minnesota,.
		R. C. Rooke, Hesperia, Michigan.
		Walter Geer, Private, Royalton, Minnesota.
		George H. Coe, Private, Rice, Minnesota.
		William A. Thornberry, Private, Royalton, Minnesota.
		J. G. Morrison, Corporal, Company C, 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and Jesse L Doan, Private, Company I, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Royalton, Minnesota.
		Tom Brown, Private, Royalton, Minnesota.
		Unknown.
		William O'Keefe, Corporal, Northfield, Minnesota.
		Harry Johnson, Private, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
		W. E. Black, Private, Pipestone, Minnesota.
		Carl E. Holm, Private, Winthrop, Minnesota.
		Bernt Kristianson, Private, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
		Christian C. Copp, Private, Owatonna, Minnesota.
		Anthony Ethan, Private, Cold Springs, Minnesota.
		Reuben F. Westenbach, Private, Dodge Center, Minnesota, (Not positively identified).
		Frank McFarland, Private, St. Paul, Minnesota, (Not positively identified).
		(No portraits)
		(No portraits)
		(No portraits)
		(No portraits)
		Digital version

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:: Soldiers -- Photographs.; Soldiers -- Portraits.; Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Photographs.

Organizations:: United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 15th (1898-1899) -- Photographs.

Document Types:: Photograph albums.; Portraits.; Cartes-de-visite (card photographs).

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CRIPPEN:

OVERVIEW

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS