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1918 Fire, Remembered by Dagmar Westin Michler

 Collection — Item: tapes
Identifier: S6030
Abstract

One brief tape, recorded when Dagmar Westin Michler was 78 years old.

Dates: 1918

1918 Forest Fire documents

 Collection
Identifier: S6057
Abstract

This collection is intended to accommodate miscellaneous, primary documents related to the October 12, 13, 1918 Cloquet-Moose Lake forest fire and its aftermath when provenance or donor information about the material is unclear or not known.

Dates: 1918-1920s

Charles A. Curtis photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6076
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of black and white and color photographs by a photojournalist employed by a Duluth newspaper. The photographs are of the city of Duluth, events, people, as well as the northeast Minnesota area primarily from 1971, 1982-1990s; many are not dated and unidentified.

Dates: 1957-1999

Franklin L. Cowen family photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6149
Abstract

The collection contains 8 photographs and the certificate of marriage for Frank L Cowen and Susan Bagley.

Dates: 1892-1916

Elizabeth J. Goodsell slides

 Collection
Identifier: S4532
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 1,240 black and white and color slides of Duluth sites, views, events, and activities from 1955-1973.

Dates: 1955-1973

Patricia Gregory reminiscence of 1918 Fire

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6072
Abstract

Reminiscence related to two families victimized by the Moose Lake-Cloquet Forest Fire of 1918 when it burned Hermantown, near Duluth. The families were Oscar and Rosa Fichtner and Anton and Emilie Klosowsky.

Dates: 2003

Gustav A. Hedman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6031
Abstract

The collection contains two folders of papers, one of personal papers (1905-1964), and one of employment records, local and state health department reports, and correspondence (1904-1941). Folder two holds December 30, 1927 letters about "disposal of dairy products from the Louis Jacobson farm in Cotton Township where a typhoid fever case developed."

Dates: 1904-1964; Majority of material found in 1904-1955

Ray Hinnenkamp CCC Camp photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6093
Abstract

The collection consists of black and white and hand colored snapshots of the camp in summer and winter, camp buildings, men working and recreating at the camp, scenic views of Lake Superior, and animals – fawn, moose, ruffed grouse, wolf, black bear, and a pet dog. The men are not identified, and the scenes are not described.

Dates: 1938

North Star Sled Dog Club, Inc. records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S6018
Abstract

The collection contains: rules and regulations; membership and mushers; contracts; board meeting minutes; financial information; correspondence; 1978 St. Paul Winter Carnival finances; races and race schedules; essays on ISDRA sanctioning, Timing, The History of Racing, Winter is for the Dogs, Trails in the Future, Interval Training, Mush (Rolling Stone article March 1984); newspaper clippings 1973–1983; and publications.

Dates: circa 1960-1990

Father Richard Partika photograph collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6011
Abstract

Contains photographs of various Duluth scenes.

Dates: 1925-1944; Majority of material found in 1939-1944

Ross family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: S6110
Abstract

The collection consists of two photograph albums. The first contains family photos with some descriptive information in the first section of the album. The second contains photos of Minnesota Power and Light installations with dates and descriptions.

Dates: 1919-1937

Hjalmer C. Rykken photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4525
Abstract

The collection consists of black and white photographs by Hjalmer C. Rykken amateur but experienced photographer, that were made between October 1958 and July 1962. Content of the photographs includes: streets, views of Lake Superior, Central High School, Fire Hall, the Hibbard Plant, Lakefront, the First Presbyterian Church, Elliott Packing Co., Park Point, and Rail Road tracks.

Dates: 1958-1962; Majority of material found in 1962

St. Louis County Humane Society records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3064
Abstract

The collection contains articles of incorporation; news clippings, 1914-1965; and executive minutes, 1903-1916. The second volume of executive minutes contains a play written by the Society.

Dates: 1892-1965

C.M. Thurston photograph collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3748
Abstract

The photographs of this collection were apparently the property of Mr. C. M. Thurston. Subjects shown in the snapshots are: family life, home interiors, Christmas with children, Lincoln Park, buildings – mostly family dwellings, children with pets, mothers and children on the porch, Seattle, Washington, boats in water, C.A. Nichols, Jr. , Adams School, Oneota Cemetery, 21st Ave. W., Oreck’s Wholesale.

Dates: circa 1890-1935

Charles Trezona family movies

 Collection — Box: VHS
Identifier: S4537
Abstract

The collection consists of one videocassette of family movies shot in Houghton, Michigan, and includes Minnesota iron range footage shot by and about the Trezona Family dating between 1925-1929, narrated by Richard J. Trezona.

Dates: 1925-1929

United Northern Sportsmen records

 Collection
Identifier: S2222
Abstract

The collection contains newsletters, club historian's files and scrapbook, and subject files.

Dates: 1950-1975

Frank M. and Alice Rockwell Warren family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6108
Abstract

The collection contains Frank M. Warren's records from the Isle Royale Citizens’ Committee 1926-1929.

Dates: 1840-1962; Majority of material found in 1909-1948