What's New
New to the Minnesota Historical Society's collections this month are the photographs of Rochester native Katie Kleeberger documenting her military service during the Iraq War. Primarily responsible for driving military vehicles, Kleeberger served two tours in Iraq between January 2004 and September 2006 as a Private E-2 and later as a Specialist E-4. The photographs in this collection include images of Kleeberger and fellow military personnel, bases, and vehicles, and landscape views in both Iraq and Kuwait. Pictured: Private 2 (PV2) Katie Kleeberger, Specialist (SPC) Travis, Private First Class Harris, Iraq, 2004.
New and Updated Finding Aids - August 2015
| Name/Abstract | File No. |
|---|---|
| Augustine B. Hawley and Family Papers: An Inventory of Their Papers | 01220 |
| Papers of the family of
Augustine B. Hawley, pioneer physician of Red Wing
(Minn.). They consist of family correspondence and
genealogical data; deeds, wills, receipts, legal
documents, letters from a few prominent persons, and
other family memorabilia; and typed copies of
Augustine's journals while a student at the University
of Edinburgh (Scotland) Medical School (1855-1856).
Includes digital content. |
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| Builders Association of the Twin Cities: An Inventory of Its Parade of Homes Photographs | sv000185 |
 Photographs associated with the
Parade of Homes. Images include showcase model homes,
promotion for the Parade of Homes, visitors to the
Parade, royalty associated with the events, and the
Minneapolis Home Builders Association Reggie Award
presentation. Includes digital content. |
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| DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL. TAU STATE (MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records | 00171 |
| Executive board minutes; correspondence; biographical sketches; membership directories and yearbooks; committee files; conventions; historical materials; newsletters; reports; scrapbooks; local chapter files; and photographs documenting Tau State, the Minnesota chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma international honor society for women educators. | |
| ELOISE BUTLER WILDFLOWER GARDEN AND BIRD SANCTUARY: An Inventory of Its Records | 00384 |
 Records
documenting the history of the garden; its volunteer
support organization, Friends of the Wild Flower Garden;
its founder, Eloise Butler; and her successor, Martha
Crone. |
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| THEO. HAMM BREWING COMPANY: An Inventory of Its Records | 01221 |
 Advertising and marketing files (1947-1976) and a
ledger (1900-1902) of a prominent Saint Paul brewing
firm established in 1865 by German immigrant Theodore
Hamm. |
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| Katie Kleeberger: An Inventory of Her Iraq War Photographs | sv000182 |
 Photographs documenting
Rochester, Minnesota native Specialist Katie
Kleeberger's two tours of duty in the Iraq War.
Includes digital content. |
|
| Lyon County: Lincoln, Lyon & Murray Human Services Board: An Inventory of Its Minutes | gr00615 |
| Minutes of the Lincoln, Lyon & Murray Human Services Board and its predecessors, the Lyon County Welfare Board (1937-1974) and Region VIII North Welfare Board (1975-1998). They cover administrative, policy, and financial decisions; personal matters; and miscellaneous administration matters or information of general interest to the board. | |
| Mark L. Arend: An Inventory of His Family Papers | 01222 |
 Business and
family papers of a Saint Paul business executive and his
son, including correspondence, photographs, annual
reports of Rayette, Inc., files pertaining to the Panama
Flats row house in Saint Paul, some genealogical
information and other papers pertaining to the related
Hoenck family, and information about early Saint Paul
brewer Christopher Stahlmann and his Cave Brewery. |
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| MARTIN MCLEOD: An Inventory of His Papers | 01224 |
 Correspondence, papers, traders’ and Indian
credit accounts, and diaries of McLeod, a Minnesota fur
trader during the period 1836-1858. |
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| Merle Peterson: An Inventory of His Korean War Photographs | sv000183 |
 Snapshots of Merle Peterson and
other service men who served in the Korean War. Images
also include views of the Korean landscape.
Includes digital content. |
|
| Nancy Osborn Brataas: An Inventory of Her Papers | 01219 |
 Personal, family, and legislative papers,
business records, and files relating to the activism and
involvement of Nancy Osborn Brataas, a Republican
politician living in Rochester, Minnesota, who was the
second female state senator to serve in the Minnesota
legislature and who owned a management and data
processing business. |
|
| Skage Brothers: An Inventory of Their National 17th of May centennial celebration photographs | sv000186 |
 Photographs documenting the
three-day centennial celebration of Norwegian
Constitution Day (Syttende mai) at the Minnesota state
faairgrounds and around St. Paul and Minneapolis. Views
include photographs of parade floats, traditional
costumes, and group portraits of Norwegian clubs. Many
of the photographs were taken in the state fairgrounds,
including views of the grandstand and other
pavilions.Includes digital content. |
|
| St. Cloud State Reformatory for Men: Medical Office: An Inventory of Its Inmate Medical Records | gr01023 |
| Records of each inmate's physical and mental condition upon entering the reformatory and subsequent medical history. Information includes name and case file number, results of initial physical examination and mental evaluation, family mental history, hospital record (date, diagnosis, treatment, date discharged), pharmacy prescription record (date, diagnosis, drug or other prescription), and brief periodic assessments of physical and mental status. The records cover admission through 1923, although individual record entries may continue into the 1930s. | |
| United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration: An Inventory of Its George Nelson NASA Photographs | sv000184 |
 Official photographs of George
"Pinky" Nelson's career with NASA. Collection includes
formal portraits, crew portraits, and candid photographs
from space missions. Photographs primarily document
Nelson's service in space flight missions STS-41C
Challenger (1984), STS-61C Columbia (1986), and STS-26
Discovery (1988). Includes digital content. |
|
| Wilkin County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Civil and Criminal Registers of Actions | gr00030 |
| Registers of action for criminal (1884-1896) and civil (1884-1949) cases. Each entry may include the calendar (case file) number, names of the parties in the case, papers filed, names of persons subpoenaed, date files, fees, and remarks. | |
| Wilkin County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Coroner's Records | gr01038 |
| Register of coroner's inquests (1887-1972) and coroner's inquest reports (1889-1976). | |
| Wilkin County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Plaintiff's and Defendant's Indexes | gr01039 |
| 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. | |
| Wilkin County: Probate Court: An Inventory of Its Registers of Probate Actions | gr01040 |
| 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). Each volume is indexed. | |
| William B. Mitchell and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers | 01223 |
 Correspondence, news clippings,
land records, and other papers documenting the
activities of Mitchell, editor of the St. Cloud (Minn.)
Journal-Press, and members of his family.
Includes digital content. |
|
| WILLIAM D. HALE AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers | 00871 |
 The
collection includes correspondence and miscellaneous
papers, business records, blueprints, and William D.
Hale's diaries. Correspondence covers a range of topics
from the milling, lumbering, banking, and railway
interests of William D. Hale and William D. Washburn to
William Hale's career with the Third Minnesota Volunteer
Regiment and the Fourth United States Colored Artillery.
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| William P. Kenney and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers | 01217 |
 Correspondence, biographical and financial
materials, clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers of
Great Northern Railway president William P. Kenney and
his family. Much of the material concerns Kenney's
philanthropic support of institutions and organizations.
A panoramic Student Army Training Corps photograph taken
at the University of Wisconsin (1918) includes Kenney's
two sons among the assembled soldiers. |
|
| WILLIAM WATTS FOLWELL AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers | 00880 |
 Folwell's papers document his career as a
philologist; a lieutenant colonel in the Fiftieth New
York Volunteer Engineers in the Civil War; a business
man of Venice, Ohio (late 1860s); professor of
mathematics and civil engineering at Kenyon College in
Ohio (1868-1869); president (1869-1884), professor of
political economy (1884-1907), and president emeritus
(1907-1929) of the University of Minnesota; a member and
president of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners
and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; a member of
the State Board of Corrections and Charities; a
Minnesota lawyer (1884-); the author of two histories of
Minnesota; a leader in the development of Minnesota's
public high school system; and president of the
Minnesota Historical Society (1924-1927).
Includes digital content. |
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| Wright County: School District No. 63, Victor Township: An Inventory of Its Records | gr00603 |
| Records of this Wright County school, including annual reports, attendance registers, school census, clerk's and treasurer's books, combination reports, teacher's reports, and library book record. | |
New and Updated Catalog Records
| Clark, Charles A. (Charles Asa), 1865-1929. Charles A. Clark and family papers, 1887-1968. |
| Correspondence, printed materials, genealogical materials, diaries, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Charles A. Clark, a Spanish-American War veteran and resident of the Far East, to his niece Cleora Clark Wheeler, to his sons Harold M. and Charles P., and to other family members. |
| Cotton, Richard, 1879-1965. Richard E. Cotton Military Papers, 1883-1943 (bulk 1911-1943). |
| Correspondence, special orders, certificates, military commissions, appointments, discharge certificates, and related materials reflecting the military career of Richard Edwin Cotton, a Saint Paul man who served in the United States Army during World War I, in the Officers' Reserve Corps, and in the Minnesota National Guard. An 1883 document signed at Fort Missoula, Montana Territory, by Lieutenant Commander Geo. Gibson, pertains to the taking of forage and straw by the quartermaster of the Third Infantry for the third quarter of 1883. |
| National Council of Jewish Women (U.S.). St. Paul Section. St. Paul Section Records, 1935-1941, 1995-2003. |
| Minutes of board meetings and general meetings of the St. Paul Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (1935-1941), files of Marilyn Horowitz as president of the section (1995-2000),and project files for Race for Action and Stuff for School school supplies drives. |
| Minnesota. District Court (Wilkin County). Court commissioner's record, 1927-1965. |
| A record of actions filed and documents issued by the court commisisoner. |
| Wilkin County (Minn.). Probate Court. Index to probate case files. |
| Volume A. Indexes cases 1-2889. |
| Wright County (Minn.). School District No. 100 (Middlevale : Township). Treasurer's books, 1893-1944. |
