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Junior Auxiliary of the American Legion David Wisted Post records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S2309
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks and music scores.

Dates: 1936-1941

Jussi K. and Olga S. Kangas papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6064
Abstract The Kangas papers provide a look at individuals enrolled and employed at the Work People's College located in a neighborhood of Duluth called Smithville. The collection consists of photographs (1921-1942) of the Work People's College buildings, students, classrooms, dining hall, a friend of the Kangases, a picnic at Fairmount park (1926, Cliff Studios), a 1920’s photograph and a postcard (mailed March 22, 1926) of the Duluth Central high school building, and two undated photos of the...
Dates: 1921-1942

Lakeside Elementary School PTA records

 Collection
Identifier: S6028
Abstract

The collection consists of two volumes of PTA minutes for both general membership meetings and board meetings (vol. 1 March 12, 1929 to March 6, 1933; vol. 2 March 14, 1933 to May 21, 1940), one volume of the executive board’s monthly meeting minutes (Sept. 2, 1935 to May 8, 1940) and scrapbooks for the academic years 1955-1956 and 1956-1957.

Dates: 1917-1991

League of Women Voters of Duluth records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2201
Abstract

Contains the business records of the organization including minutes, annual reports, and correspondence, information on local study items, selected newspaper clippings scrapbooks, and audiocassettes and films on various topics.

Dates: 1924-2009

Eudora V. Marshall Commemoration Celebration collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4402
Abstract

Eudora V. Marshall was born in Aitkin, Minnesota in 1906, and moved to Duluth in 1924. A poet, Marshall was published in newspapers and magazines, and was one of the few black writers in the U.S. who continued to be published during the Great Depression. The collection includes materials that were generated as a result of the decision to present locally as much of Marshall’s extant work as possible.

Dates: 1986

Michael and Diane Gallagher family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S6148
Abstract

The collection contains a family photograph album/scrapbook, 1912-1988, 2002; a file of biographical information and 8x10 photographs about Annabelle Freeman Gallagher Thompson's career in marketing, service on the Duluth Arena-Auditorium Board, Woman of the Year award in 1969; Perry Gallagher's career until his retirement from photography in 1978.

Dates: 1911-1988; 2002-2005

Morgan Park School PTA records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4498
Abstract

The collection consists of the records of the Morgan Park School PTA.

Dates: 1916-1982

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis: South St. Louis County Chapter records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S4530
Abstract

The collection consists of the records of the South St. Louis County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The records contain minutes from 1941-1961 and a manual for chapters from January 1, 1961.

Dates: 1941-1961

National Organization for Women (Minnesota) records

 Collection — Box: Oversize
Identifier: S2326
Abstract

The collection contains minutes, annual/chapter reports, membership list, correspondence, news releases, by-laws, legislative platforms, resolutions, committee proposals and minutes, state conference information, bus trips to the capitol, photographs, information from related organizations, miscellaneous, newspaper clippings, and oversized posters. Materials from both the Duluth, Minnesota chapter and the statewide, Minnesota, organization are represented in the collection.

Dates: 1977-1984

Northwood Children's Home records

 Collection
Identifier: S2292
Abstract

The collection includes 12 journals of expenditures or bills paid to local suppliers of goods and services, receipts, and monthly payroll records. The ledgers also include some years of payroll, naming the employee and giving their job title. The collection also contains a history of Northwood Children’s Home, by-laws, 1907 annual report, brochure, and news clippings.

Dates: 1907-1981

Barb Olsen papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6067
Abstract

The collection consists of typescript, uncut OUT OF ORDER columns from August 12, 2002 to September 2004 that were published in the Duluth alternative newspaper/publication Reader Weekly.

Dates: 2002-2004

Outlook Club (Duluth, Minn.) records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2333
Abstract

The collection consists of programs, membership lists and correspondence. Programs list members and officers and all the events for each year.

Dates: 1900-1948

Penelope Turle papers

 Collection
Identifier: U6218
Abstract

Personal letters, invoices, and banknotes addressed to Penelope Turle of 2216 East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota.

Dates: 1917-1926; 1929; undated

Mary Clara Post papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3128
Abstract

The collection contains: copies of letters to newspapers, 1854–1859; two news clippings about Mary Clara Post, 1934–1941; and one scrapbook consisting of newspaper clippings of Post's articles as a correspondent and poems written by her and by others, 1853–1891.

Dates: 1853-1941

William M. and Mina N. Prindle family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4526
Abstract The Prindle papers are very incomplete for a family who lived in Duluth from the 1880’s to the 1970s. They consists of color lantern slides, family photographs and portraits, a guest book (scrapbook) of visitors to the Duluth house at 2211 Greysolon Road, photographs of Vassar College, 16 mm films and transfers of film to VHS format in 1993; 56 35mm color negatives of the 2211 Greysolon house rooms and grounds shot by family friend and architect Thomas Shefchik, decades after the Prindle...
Dates: 1883-1972; Majority of material found in 1906-1972

Safe Haven/Women’s Coalition Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: S6174
Abstract

The collection consists of ten interviews conducted in early 2015 with women who had been involved with the original organization of the Northeastern Minnesota Coalition of Battered Women, a group dedicated to opening a shelter and offering resources to assist battered women in Duluth, MN. Founded in 1978 as a collective and later known simply as the Women’s Coalition, this group evolved into the Safe Haven Shelter and Resource Center in 2001.

Dates: 2015

This is My Country sung by the Carillon Chorale

 Collection — Item: 1
Identifier: S6150
Abstract

The collection consists of one 12 in. 33 1/3 rpm monographic LP sound recording of the Carillon Chorale, directed by Muriel Lindor.

Dates: circa 1969

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

Twelve Squares Homemakers records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S4551
Abstract

The collection contains secretary’s journals.

Dates: 1969-1988

Twentieth Century Club of Duluth records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2301
Abstract

The collection contains constitution and by-laws; minutes, 1898-1930; scrapbooks, 1898-1982; yearbooks, 1910-1912; pamphlets and serials; membership directories; conference programs; and organizational histories. Some of the scrapbooks include photographs.

Dates: 1898-1988

Twin Ports Women's Growth Center records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2290
Abstract

The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership files, personnel records, records documenting the development of special programs and classes, survey of social service agencies and membership, publicity, news paper clippings, newsletters, and essays.

Dates: 1973-1977

Volunteer Center of Greater Duluth records

 Collection
Identifier: S6026
Abstract

The collection contains minutes, annual reports, summary financial information, tax records, audits, program and grants files, photographs and videos.

Dates: 1970-2000

West Duluth Women's Club records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6007
Abstract

The collection contains six scrapbooks. The scrapbooks hold lists of past presidents and members, newspaper clippings, announcements, programs, and a few snapshots.

Dates: 1934-1997

Wise Women Radio records

 Collection
Identifier: 1419
Abstract

Contains records related to KUMD's Wise Women Radio.

Dates: 1981-2000

Women in Business and the Professions oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2320
Abstract In 1979 historian Barbara Sommer interviewed nine Duluth, Minnesota area women who worked in business or the professions. The women discussed their reasons for entering the various professions they represent, including doctor, lawyer, arts administrator, library director, banker, small business owner and business employees. They also described their reasons for entering their field, their reactions to it, the reactions of colleagues and commented generally on the impact their careers have...
Dates: 1979

Women in Politics oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2291
Abstract In 1978 and 1979 historian Barbara Sommer interviewed fifteen women form the Duluth, Minnesota area who were involved in politics as elected officials or activists. In the interviews the women discussed their reasons for entering politics, their involvements past and present, and their own and their families' reactions to their involvement in politics. The collection consists of audio recordings of the interviews, typed indexes to the topics covered in the recordings, copies of the question...
Dates: 1978-1979

The Women of Morgan Park oral history project records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4504
Abstract

The collection consists of two interviews that cover topics and recollections spanning 1919-1960s. The narrators are Sally E. Solomon (approximately 75 minutes) and Pearl Barker (85 minutes).

Dates: 1991 January 1-1991 June 15

Women's Institute of Duluth records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2374
Abstract

The collection consists of records on artists and performers the Institute brought or attempted to bring to Duluth.

Dates: 1941-1995

Writing for the Social Sciences course records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4491
Abstract

The collection is the product of classroom assignments by undergraduate students in the Writing for the Social Sciences courses from 1990-1993.

Dates: 1990-1993