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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

Rosalie Alstadt oral history interview

 Collection
Identifier: S4560
Abstract

The collection consists of one 60 minute audiocassette tape. Subjects include Morgan Park.

Dates: 1994 October 8

American Historical Association Endowment Fund, Minnesota Committee records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3643
Abstract

The collection contains promotional materials, pamphlets, correspondence and lists from the Minnesota Committee of the American Historical Association Endowment.

Dates: 1926

Architectural Advisory Committee records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3781
Abstract

The collection consists of minutes from the first meeting, June 6, 1966, to meeting twenty-five, June 12, 1973; bits of correspondence; memos; copies of the standards used; and a list of committee members.

Dates: 1965-1973

Baldwin Flats photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3756
Abstract

The Baldwin Flats are located at 711 – 715 West Second Street, Duluth, Minnesota, built in 1891 – 92. The thirteen prints comprising this collection were copied from a photograph album loaned to the St. Louis County Historical Society, the copy prints and negatives were then transferred to the NEMHC. The prints show the exterior and interior of the building.

Dates: circa 1899

Bayview Heights Community Club records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S6021
Abstract

The collection contains minutes, constitution and by-laws, financial records, membership lists, and correspondence from 1930-1980. Club concerns and focuses include: utility problems, local celebrations, health issues, other community clubs, schools, and combating communism.

Dates: 1930-1980

Michael S. Bright, Sr. record book

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3112
Abstract

The collection contains a record book of court cases of this Superior, Wisconsin, attorney who was a partner in the firm of Bright and Hayes.

Dates: 1859-1871

Joseph Addison Bullen letter

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3686
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by Bullen to J. Bardon.

Dates: 1890

Manley Patrick Burns papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2421
Abstract

The collection contains photographs of Duluth, primarily West Duluth, gathered from a variety of sources.

Dates: 1880-1967

Business Advertising Cards, Duluth (Minn.)

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2415
Abstract

The collection consists of business advertising cards of firms which either conducted business, or were located, in the Duluth, Minnesota area.

Dates: circa 1880

Cabinet Card portraits

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3728
Abstract

The collection consists of seven cabinet cards, all but one of which is albumen.

Dates: circa 1890s

Margaret Carroll oral history interview

 Collection — Box: OH
Identifier: S4558
Abstract

The collection consists of one audiocassette tape of an oral history interview about life in Morgan Park.

Dates: 1994

Caswell & Davy photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4492
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs by Caswell & Davy. The photographs are of Superior Street from 1st or 2nd Avenue West, looking east up the hill and down toward the water; also, there is a photograph of the steamer "Arizona" from 1868.

Dates: 1870-1875

Census Schedules

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3105
Abstract

The collection contains census counts of Carlton and Lake Counties, Minnesota; the towns of Duluth, Fond du Lac and Grand Portage, Minnesota; and the township of Oneota, Minnesota for June 1, 1865. The census schedules include names. These materials are copies typed from the original in 1924 by the St. Louis County Historical Society.

Dates: 1865 June

Chief Buffalo land claims

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3642
Abstract

The materials in this collection concern disputed claims regarding land in present day downtown Duluth, Minnesota that was initially granted to the Ojibwe Chief Buffalo.

Dates: 1883-1953

Clyde Iron Works records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2365
Abstract

The collection contains records of Clyde Iron Company (1889), Northwestern Supply Company (1899), Northwestern Manufacturing Company (1899), Clyde Iron Works, Cleveland Duluth Company, Inc. (1920), Willamette Clyde Company (Oregon, 1923), Cleveland Duluth Holding Company of Minnesota (1926) and Clyde Iron Works Sales Company (renamed Clyde Sales Company) the sole distributor for Clyde Iron Works. There are no records of the Clyde Equipment Company.

Dates: 1889-1970

Commissioner of Finance, City of Duluth, scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: S4416
Abstract

Scrapbooks of the commissioner of finance, E.W. Lund, during Lund’s term of office in the administration of Duluth mayor Edward H. Hatch. Newspaper clippings pertain to the office of the commissioner of finance, or finance department, which reflects the financial health of the city of Duluth.

Dates: 1941-1951

Cook Home’s Closing video

 Collection — Box: VHS
Identifier: S4593
Abstract

A newscast video of the Cook Home the day it was closed.

Dates: 1984

Mary P. Cory letters

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2286
Abstract

The collection consists of two letters to Mary P. Cory. One, dated June 1, 1893 is from Harry Cruikshank. The other, dated May 28, 1903 is written on City of Duluth, comptroller office stationary, it is most likely from George Cruikshank, then Assistant City Comptroller for Duluth, Minnesota.

Dates: 1893-1903; Majority of material found in 1893, 1903

David H. Costello papers

 Collection
Identifier: S3039
Abstract

The collection contains a typed diary, scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellany.

Dates: 1892-1965

William D. Coventry research files

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4431
Abstract

The collection consists of information gathered by William Coventry for his book Duluth's Age of Brownstone.

Dates: 1984-1986

William G. Cowell diary transciption

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3186
Abstract

The collection consists of a typed transcription of a diary compiled by William Cowell. It includes a description of a trip from Quebec to Duluth-Superior.

Dates: 1849-1856

Crandall & Fletcher photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4451
Abstract

The collection consists of 8x10 and oversized (on linen rolled) original prints of photographs by Crandall and Fletcher of Duluth, Minnesota.

Dates: 1901-1902; Majority of material found in some not dated

William E. Culkin papers

 Collection
Identifier: S3048
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.

Dates: 1908-1942

John H. Darling papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3030
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, diaries, articles and addresses written by Darling, a subject file, personal financial materials, news clippings, photographs, and engineering plans.

Dates: 1813-1965

George Franklin Davis, Sr. papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S3042
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence pertaining to Davis' business, investments and personal interests.

Dates: 1891-1910

Deterred but not Defeated grave marker dedication

 Collection — Box: VHS
Identifier: S4513
Abstract

The collection consists of one videotape. Bob Baldwin of the local chapter of the NAACP officiated at the dedication and arranged for the proceedings to be taped. The video, entitled Deterred but not Defeated, contains a documentary filmed at Park Hill Cemetery where stones were placed to acknowledge the victims of the 1920 lynchings in Duluth.

Dates: 1991

District Court exhibit photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4561
Abstract

Photographs taken in various Duluth locations for use as court exhibits. Some of the copies have case file numbers and most have names of Clerk of Court and photographers.

Dates: 1896-1907, 1951; Majority of material found in 1896-1907, 1951

Duluth Automobile Club records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3630
Abstract

The collection contains the articles of incorporation of the Minnesota State Automobile Association, by-laws of the Duluth Club, safety information, meeting programs and newsletters.

Dates: 1922-1946

Duluth Bicentennial Commission records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2358
Abstract

The collection consists of the Commission's files incuding: application to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission to become a bicentennial city, articles of incorporation and by-laws, financial records, correspondence, manuscripts on local history that were published in the book Duluth: Sketches of the Past, project files by month, Voyageurs Canoe Trip reenactment files, news clippings, brochures and programs, photographs, and proposals.

Dates: 1974-1980

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