William E. Culkin papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, awards and certificates, lawyers' case records, news clippings, photographs, and manuscripts on local history. The collection also includes one photograph alubm of snap shots and post card photographs, 1909-1927 and not dated. Identified photographs in the album include Cass and Nett Lake Indian Reservations, logging scenes, log cabins, Big Falls, Little Fork, Indian Schools, Innes Lake, Star Island, Cass Lake Public School. It has been suggested that William Culkin took the pictures.
Dates
- 1908-1942
Creator
- Culkin, William E., 1860-1949 (Person)
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
William Edgar Culkin was a Duluth, Minnesota attorney and the first president of the St. Louis County Historical Society. He served as County Attorney of Wright County, Minnesota in 1886, as a Minnesota State Senator in 1894, and Register of the United States Land Office at Duluth in 1897. Culkin also served as director of the Minnesota War Records Commission, St. Louis County Branch, after World War I, and as president of the St. Louis County Historical Society in 1922. He was an avid local historian and also associate editor of the Duluth Herald newspaper.
Extent
1.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, awards and certificates, lawyers' case records, news clippings, photographs, and manuscripts on local history. The collection also includes one photograph alubm of snap shots and post card photographs.
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.
Other Finding Aids
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.
- Academic papers Subject Source: Local sources
- Awards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cass Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.)
- Certificates Subject Source: Local sources
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Court records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elected officials Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawsuits Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawyers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Loggers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nett Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- Ojibwe Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Albums Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Photographs--1900-1910 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- St. Louis County (Minn.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- St. Louis County (Minn.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- St. Louis County Historical Society (Saint Louis County, Minn.)
- Title
- Guide to the William E. Culkin papers
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: B.H. Bruemmer, P. Maus.
- 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
