3rd Infantry Regiment, Minnesota National Guard scrapbook
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and Program of Instruction of a Minnesota National Guard unit’s annual encampments. Camp Lakeview at Lake City, Minnesota, (two miles below Lake City on Lake Pepin) was the site of “an encampment in 1908 for Duluth contingent, Companies A, C, E and the band, which has been swelled by the addition of Company F of Eveleth and Company M of Hibbing…The regiment is in command of Col. F. E. Johnson of Mankato, with Lieut. Col. F. E. Resche of Duluth second in rank.”
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1916
Creator
- 3rd Infantry Regiment, Minnesota National Guard (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Minnesota Reserve National Guard was organized on April 15, 1887, and became the 3rd Infantry Regiment (IR) headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. At this time, their State Active Duty consisted of responding to civil disturbances, small riots and other law enforcement duties. The 3rd Infantry Regiment was reorganized in 1898 as the 14th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and Minnesota was the first state to mobilize for the Spanish American War and the Phillipine Insurrection.
Extent
1.00 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and Program of Instruction of a Minnesota National Guard unit’s annual encampments.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.
Subject
- Minnesota. National Guard (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Minnesota National Guard scrapbook
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
