Ozora P. Stearns papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains personal letters, including a letter to his wife Sarah Burger Stearns, a speech, his will, an 1893 list of his property, military appointment certificates, documents relating to the practice of law, and certificates relating to the U.S. Supreme Court and the regents of Michigan State University.
Dates
- 1862-1896
Creator
- Stearns, Ozora Pierson, 1831-1896 (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
Stearns held a law degree from the University of Michigan, served in the Union Army, 1862-1865, and was a state senator from Olmsted County in Minnesota in 1871. He came to Duluth in 1872 and held the eleventh district judgeship for twenty years.
During his military service he was a 2nd lieutenant in Company F, 9th Minnesota Infantry Volunteers. He led the 39th US Colored Infantry of the 9th Minnesota Volunteers. The 9th Minnesota was a strongly abolitionist unit.
Stearns and his wife, Sarah Burger Stearns, had four children. He moved to California late in life, for his health, and died shortly after relocating there.
Extent
0.50 Linear Inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains personal letters, including a letter to his wife Sarah Burger Stearns, a speech, his will, an 1893 list of his property, military appointment certificates, documents relating to the practice of law, and certificates relating to the U.S. Supreme Court and the regents of Michigan State University.
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.
- Certificates Subject Source: Local sources
- Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Courts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawyers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stearns, Sarah Burger
- Title
- Guide to the Ozora P. Stearns papers
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- 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
