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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

Arc Northland records

 Collection — Box: 10
Identifier: S2398
Abstract

The collection contains the charter, board minutes, by-laws, administrative records, correspondence, financial statements, and membership lists.

Dates: 1951-1984; Majority of material found in 1951-1979, 1984

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

Charles and Anna Sandberg Benson family papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4533
Abstract

The collection consists of family photographs and two items related to the 1933-1934 city of Chicago 100 anniversary event called A Century of Progress.

Dates: 1909-1940

Blood Donors, Inc. Duluth, Minnesota records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S6040
Abstract

The collection contains: Articles of Incorporation, minutes of board meetings (1980-1985), names of directors (1956-1973), annual meetings, Reports on Examination (1959-1977), audits, National Blood Policy (1974), financial report (1991), publicity.

Dates: 1956-1991

Clinton and Julia E. Brooke family papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4581
Abstract

This collection consists of photocopied family papers of Clinton and Julia Brooke who lived in the Lester Park neighborhood of Duluth. The copies include photographs, letters, some newspaper articles, and a Lester Park cookbook for time period of 1901-1912.

Dates: 1901-1917

Archie Brown papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6038
Abstract

The collection consists of a diary written from Friday, February 28, 1919 to May 18, 1919. Brown was in France from June 27, 1918, but the diary only covers his time in France from February 28, 1919 to April 19, 1919. He left France April 19, 1919.

Dates: 1917 December 12-1919 May 23

Gayle Thoreson Carlson and Carl E. Carlson family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6019
Abstract

The collection consists of family photographs, papers, and a scrapbook primarily documenting the life of Gayle Thoreson Carlson (d. 2000), and her husband Carl E. Carlson (d. 1992), as well as information on Proctor, Minnesota and the Cozy Café.

Dates: about 1900-1973

Gust and Hanna Carlson family home photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6163
Abstract

The collection contains one bound volume of 53 exterior and interior black and white silver gelatin 8x10 photographs by L. P. Gallagher from 1941 of the Carlson house and furnishings at 202 North 24th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota, small hand-drawn floor plans of the basement and three floors, one 5x7 photograph of the house under construction with the workmen in 1910, and a detail of an undated photograph identified as architect Robert Lobecke.

Dates: 1910-1941; Majority of material found in 1910, 1941

Matthew Carroll letter to Agnes Kinnisch

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6138
Abstract

The collection consists of a single letter, dated May 2nd, 1883, to Agnes Kinnisch from Matthew Carroll or Mrs. Carroll. The letter concerns allegations made against Miss Kinnisch's character and confirms the Carrolls' positive experiences with Miss Kinnisch while she was employed as their domestic servant.

Dates: May 2, 1883

E. R. Cobb Elementary School memorabilia

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2259
Abstract

The collection consists of the program issued on the occasion of the formal re-opening of E.R. Cobb School, May 29, 1919, and a photo of the school.

Dates: 1919

Concerned Citizens for Central Hillside Community Center records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4523
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, minutes from 1977, 1978, articles of incorporation, articles of incorporation for Institute of Afro-American Awareness, constitution and by-laws; an abstract from about 1972 “to marshal the resources of the black community; Urban Renewal Plan for Central Hillside Area, November 1972.

Dates: 1972-1978

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

Eloise Marie Decker College Days album

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6003
Abstract

Contains one photograph album titled College Days, compiled and lettered by Eloise Marie Decker during 1901-1902 while a student at Craggencroft school in Duluth, Minnesota. There are two copy negatives, one of Eloise at the time of her marriage in 1903, and one of her as a elderly woman.  There are photocopies of the two photographs which were lent by the family for copying.

Dates: 1901-1902

Duluth Central High School PTA records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: U6248
Abstract

The collection consists of two items: one scrapbook dated 1971-1972, which contains newspaper clippings, reports, correspondence, and ephemera; one book of meeting minutes, dated 1940-1949.

Dates: 1940 - 1972

Duluth Heights Winter Frolic records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4547
Abstract

The collection consists of 1 photograph and 140 color slides of the Duluth Heights Winter Frolic.

Dates: 1954-1970

Duluth Junior College scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S6017
Abstract

The collection consists of one 84 page fragile scrapbook with primarily unidentified and undated local news clippings and 6 photos and 1 photocopied photo.

Dates: 1938-1941

Duluth Living History Project videotapes

 Collection
Identifier: S3035
Abstract

The collection contains 13 videotapes holding 29 interviews, and 8 topic videotapes. Most interviews are indexed.

Dates: 1986-1990

Ely-West Junior School PTA scrapbook

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: U6247
Abstract

The collection consists of one scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, and ephemera. The scrapbook does not include photographs.

Dates: 1952 - 1953

Erwin L. Goldfine papers

 Collection
Identifier: U6220
Abstract

The collection contains two WWII scrapbooks titled "Service Record of Erwin L. Goldfine, U.S. Army, Vols. 1 and 2," which were compiled by Erwin's brother Monnie. Scrapbooks contain correspondence, photographs, articles from Jewish Fellowship News, and ephemera. Also included are loose photographs of the Goldfine family.

Dates: 1942-1969

Family Life and Children research resources collection

 Collection
Identifier: S6048
Abstract

The materials comprising this collection are secondary resources Dr. Carlson gathered over time to support her research, including the publication A Childhood in Minnesota : Exploring the Lives of Ojibwe and Immigrant Families, 1880s-1920s.

Dates: 1890-1990

James A. Ferguson family papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4427
Abstract

The collection consists of the papers of the James A. Ferguson family.

Dates: circa 1900-1925

Thomas Foster family papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2343
Abstract

The collection contains family correspondence and photographs of the family.

Dates: 1852-1874

Goldfine family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2317
Abstract

The collection contains family and business papers, photographs, slides, one film, scrapbooks and photograph albums. The collection includes correspondence, legal documents, publications, minutes, photographs, financial reports, and news clippings for Goldfine's, Miller Furniture Company, Spirit Mountain Authority, Temple Israel, and the Goldfine family.

Dates: 1920-1977

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

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

Homecroft Community residents scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4556
Abstract

The scrapbooks are comprised of newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1912-1947; Majority of material found in 1912-1940s, 1947

Richard H. Hudelson labor history research collection

 Collection
Identifier: S6143
Abstract

The collections contains research materials compiled to write Dr. Hudelson's book published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2006 titled By the Ore Docks: A Working People’s History of Duluth.

Dates: 1880-2006; Majority of material found in 1883-1978

Mary Hugo reminiscence 75 Years Later

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2285
Abstract

The collection consists of a manuscript titled "75 Years Later." It describes Ms. Hugo's final months in the Hugo family home in 1957 and her attempt to clear the house of 75 years of family possessions. The essay uses these possessions to recount a family history.

Dates: 1957-1970