Alfred and Mary Jaques family papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, 1876 - circa 1940; news clippings; pamphlets; elections ephemera; and programs, invitations and announcements for social and personal events.
Topics in the collection include family life, temperance and prohibition, the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Duluth, Minnesota, crime in Duluth, political issues and elections, and some law cases.
Initially the collection included five scrapbooks.Four were dismantled for preservation reasons. One album of news clippings from St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth newspapers on prohibition, and prohibition law enforcement is intact, 1925-1926.
Much of the correspondence is between family members. Names mentioned in the correspondence include W. G. Calderwood, W. G.; Theodore Christianson; Alexander Cameron; W. L. Carss; J. Adam Bede, 1903; Burt Wheeler, 1920; Hugh Wakefield.
Dates
- 1876-1934
Creator
- Jaques, Alfred and Mary (Family)
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
Alfred Jacques was born in Geneseo, Illinois and came to Duluth, Minnesota in 1883. Jaques was a municipal judge from 1888-1889, was the Unived States attroney for Minnesota from 1914-1923 and practiced law in Duluth. He ran for the Distict 8 Minnesota Senate seat in 1910, mayor of Duluth in 1925 and for the Minnesota Governor's office in 1926. Jaques was active in Democratic, and later in Republican, politics. Jacques and his wife were both involved in the temperance movement. Alfred Jacques died at age 80 in Duluth on July 2, 1937.
Mrs. Mary J. Jacques was born Mary Josephine Shaw in Geneseo, Illinois and joined her husband Alfred in Duluth, Minnesota in about 1885. She was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Duluth Women's Council, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary Jaques died at age 91 in Denver in 1951.
Mr. and Mrs. Jaques were members of the Unitarian church. They had four sons: Robert, Wilfred, Randal, and Lawrence.
Extent
4.00 Linear Inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, 1876 - circa 1930; news clippings; pamphlets; elections ephemera; and programs, invitations and announcements for social and personal events.
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.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.)--Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Electoral politics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ephemera Subject Source: Local sources
- Families Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minnesota
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- Politics Subject Source: Local sources
- Programs Subject Source: Local sources
- Prohibition Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Local sources
- Temperance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
- Title
- Guide to the Alfred and Mary Jaques family papers
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: 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
