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Alworth family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3635
Abstract

The collection consists of two series: correspondence and photographs. This collection shows only a small segment of the Alworth family business.

Dates: 1895-1967

Julius H. Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: S3025
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, financial materials, articles, pamphlets, photographs, news clippings, sketchbooks, a tape recording, and miscellaneous reference materials. Most of the records originate from the period between 1940-1958 and document Barnes' financial interests and his involvement in the St. Lawrence Seaway project. Some personal correspondence is also included.

Dates: 1877-1959; Majority of material found in 1940-1958

Coolerator Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2371
Abstract

The collection contains product advertisements with descriptions, National Electrical Manufacturers Association Standards, specifications and parts drawings, correspondence with James E. Frykdahl, Head of Coolerator's Engineering Department, and a copy of the firm's public auction.

Dates: 1921-1954

Duluth Chamber of Commerce records

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: S3065
Abstract

The collection contains two minute books; news clippings, 1933-1971; correspondence, 1890-1986; articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1902; pamphlets; and photographs. 

Dates: 1889-2000

Fitger Brewing Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3720
Abstract

The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, accounting and sales ledgers, payroll cards, real estate, one film circa 1939 (WDSE video copy), and brewing records spanning the operation from near its beginning to its close.

Dates: 1898-1972

Hudson's Bay Company records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2433
Scope and Contents This collection consists of originals and typed transcripts of the following records: correspondence, receipts, lists of Hudson's Bay Company property loaded, transported, and unloaded, inventory records, record of Indian annuity - Long Lake District 1864, and a record indicating that the heads of families of different Indian tribes along the North Shore of Lake Superior have received interest from the provincial government for the year 1866. The records in this collection largely deal with...
Dates: 1858-1887

Insurance Service Agency records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S3777
Abstract

This collection consists of a fragment of items which merely name some of the principle people and changes within the Insurance Service Agency over fifty years and a chronological sketch of the company’s history.

Dates: 1904-1978

Kelley-How-Thomson Company records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S4440
Abstract

The collection consists of certificates of incorporation and by-laws and a history of the company; minutes 1908-1910; titles, leases, deeds 1887-1959; contracts, correspondence and minutes; stock ledgers 1902-1913; financial statements and balance sheets 1919-1944, 1945-1957; personnel 1956; appraisal 1917; and one black and white photograph of the buildings.

Dates: 1887-1957

Austin Lathers papers

 Collection
Identifier: S2444
Abstract

The collection contains record of personal investments and businesses, correspondence and law practice papers, journals from his rental properties.

Dates: 1907-1961

Edward Lee Jr. papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4458
Abstract

The collection consists of papers and photographs of Edward Lee, Jr.

Dates: 1960-1980

Marshall-Wells Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3614
Abstract

The collection consists of articles of incorporation, bylaws, annual reports (1940, 1946, 1948, 1954), titles, leases, deeds, stock certificates, financial statements; a list of salesmen (1953); annual roundup program; photograph of George Hill, John Howe, Sig Soberg (1957), and John Hutman; business letters; promotional material; product advertisements; John Patterson correspondence; a company history; and newspaper articles about the company.

Dates: 1892-1961; Majority of material found in 1940s-1950s

Merritt family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3120
Abstract

The collection contains personal and financial correspondence, letterpress books, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, manuscripts written about local and family history, financial records, legal papers, maps, photographs, one audio cassette of an interview, and reference materials.

Dates: 1823-1992

Frederic W. Paine papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3078
Abstract

The collection contains contracts, statements, correspondence, and biographical material. Most of the records concern Paine's interest in the Bay View Land Co. from 1894 through 1921, and a lawsuit against the Security Bank by the Mercantile Bank of New York in 1896.

Dates: 1893-1940; Majority of material found in 1894-1921, 1929-1931

Peterson Monument Company records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S4459
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence files and invoices; 15 photographs; accounting records including 1928-1929 comparative balance sheet and January 1930 to August 1931 trial balance sheets, IRS tax records of 1927 to 1930 plus the invoices which include everything from newspaper advertising costs to stone cutting supplies.

Dates: 1914-1931

William Spalding family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3607
Abstract This collection contains family photographs, letters between family members, also a letter from William Spalding to the President, business documents, The Zenith City Star newspapers, biographical information, mainly from newspaper articles. It also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to William Spalding, a prayer cloth belonging to William, personal journals and address books and a series of maps of  the Crow Wing County area including Fox and Eagle...
Dates: 1844-1929

Stone-Ordean-Wells Company records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3612
Abstract

The collection contains business letters to and from the company, a bank note, and a bond.

Dates: 1889-1919

W. T. Bailey Lumber Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3010
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, contracts, land deeds and abstracts, legal and financial records, income and property tax records, and financial ledgers.

Dates: 1889-1964; Majority of material found in 1930-1964

Walter Butler Shipbuilder’s Basketball Team scrapbook

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3752
Abstract

The collection consists of one scrapbook of clippings, correspondence and member lists.

Dates: 1944-1945

Charles C. Wieland letterpress book

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3115
Abstract

The collection contains a letterpress book of handwritten, outgoing, business correspondence that is not indexed.

Dates: 1882-1914