What's New
This month's spotlight includes two new and closely related collections: the papers of Edward S. Crozier and records related to the establishment of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Edward S. Crozier served as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge manager and area supervisor, and helped establish multiple refuges to protect migratory waterfowl, wildlife, and fish habitat.
Crozier's papers highlight his refuge management work and include digitized field notes from numerous Midwestern refuges, awards, and career background information.
The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge collection provides a history of the successful grass roots lobbying effort led by Crozier, local environmentalist Elaine Mellot, numerous local groups, and politicians to establish the Refuge in 1976. The collection also details planning, lobbying, volunteer support, and programming initiatives for developing the 14,000 acre refuge.
Minnesota River Valley, approximately 1975.
A Plan for Recreational Trails in the Minnesota River Valley, Land Use Map, 1969.
New and Updated Finding Aids - December 2018
| Name/Abstract | File No. |
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| Edward S. Crozier: An Inventory of His Papers | 01293 |
 Includes the field diaries (1955-1981), resume (undated), awards and certificates (1965-2014), and retirement scrapbook (1994) of Minnesota-born environmental activist and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manager Edward Crozier.
Includes digital content. |
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| Edward S. Crozier: An Inventory of Records related to the establishment of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | 01287 |
 The collection consists of background information and administrative records of environmental non-profit organizations and governmental agencies that helped found the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (MVNWR). This includes records of the Bloomington Natural Resource Commission (1970), the Burnsville Environmental Council (1973-1981), the Lower Minnesota River Valley Citizen's Committee (1973-1997), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (1966-2011), and the Friends of the Minnesota Valley (1973-2003). The collection also includes materials of MVNWR cofounders, includiing Minnesota-born and U.S. Fish and longtime Wildlife Service Manager Edward Crozier and the Kansas-born Elaine Mellot.
Includes digital content. |
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| Wayne Jorgenson: An Inventory of His Civil War Photograph Collection | sv000279 |
 Collection compiled by Wayne Jorgenson documents members of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry including views of soldiers and their family members in portraits and postcards. Albums included are James Breakey's First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry cartes de visite, the St. Paul Association of First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and Early Photographs of Minneapolis and Vicinity 1849-1885 from Edward Bromley's collection.
Includes digital content. |
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| HARRINGTON AND MERRILL FAMILIES: An Inventory of Their Papers | 00406 |
| Family papers collected by Martha A. Merrill that document the Harrington, Merrill, and Pendergast families since their arrival in Hutchinson (Minn.) during the mid-1800s through 1946. | |
| Legislature: House of Representatives: An Inventory of Its House Bills | gr00119 |
| The original house file of bills acted upon in the house; also includes bills for special sessions, resolutions, and concurrent resolutions. The bill files include any successive versions and engrossments. | |
| Tosha O'Neal: An Inventory of the Minnesota Emergency Employment Development Program Slide Collection | sv000278 |
| Collection documents the Minnesota Emergency Employment Development (MEED) Program, a partnership of business and government that helped create permanent jobs during the recession in the early 1980s. Images were produced for the Urban Coalition of Minneapolis by Tosha O'Neal with funds provided by the Dayton Hudson Foundation and includes views of downtown Minneapolis, Duluth, buildings and highways, mining businesses, as well as various people and organizations in cities around the state. | |
| Ramsey County: Saint Paul: Mayor: An Inventory of Its Records Relating to Police | gr01525 |
| Includes applications for police force, complaints against police, applications for promotion and special appointment, correspondence and reports. | |
| STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL COMMISSION: An Inventory of Its Audio-Visual Materials | mscc9 |
Phonograph records, a filmstrip, and audio files documenting the Centennial.
Includes digital content. |
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| Stearns County, Minnesota: An Inventory of Telephone Directories | lb00114 |
| A collection of telephone directories for cities in Stearns County, Minnesota. Telephone directories are published by telephone companies and include alphabetical listings of residential and business phone numbers and street addresses in the white pages, and a listing of businesses arranged by subject in the yellow pages. Each entry on the inventory lists the city name, year of coverage, and the shelf number of the printed volume or microfiche set which includes that city. | |
| Washington County, Minnesota: An Inventory of Telephone Directories | lb00113 |
| A collection of telephone directories for cities in Washington County, Minnesota. Telephone directories are published by telephone companies and include alphabetical listings of residential and business phone numbers and street addresses in the white pages, and a listing of businesses arranged by subject in the yellow pages. Each entry on the inventory lists the city name, year of coverage, and the shelf number of the printed volume or microfiche set which includes that city. | |
New and Updated Catalog Records
| Baker, Peter H. Peter H. Baker letters, 1856-1859. |
| Nineteen letters and accompanying envelopes from Peter Baker to his parents in Leyden, Massachusetts, describing his journey to Minnesota Territory in 1856, his settlement in Waterville (LeSueur County), and his farming and work activities. |
| Cleveland, Edna M. Edna M. Cleveland papers, 1939-2015. |
| Letters and papers of a Becker County, Minnesota farm wife and mother. The letters were written by Edna M. Cleveland to her son Curtis and typically include family news and details of life on the farm. |
| Hanson, Alice M. Alice M. Hanson scrapbooks, 1965-1967. |
| Scrapbooks kept by Alice Marie Hanson, who later became a professor of music history at Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, during her sophomore and junior years at Cooper High School (Robbinsdale, Minnesota). |
| Pierce, Ephraim. Ephraim Pierce papers, 1854-1882 (bulk 1854-1866). |
| Correspondence of Ephraim Pierce with his family detailing his activities in Saint Paul and Saint Peter, his service in the first Minnesota legislature (1857-1858), and with Company B of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry during the Civil War. |
