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John H. Peterson papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6157
Abstract

The collection contains biographical information, WWII records and medal, certificates of birth, baptism and marriage, court document of John Harry Peterson’s name change in 1940 to John Hartley Peterson, photographs of John and Barbara Peterson, and a copy of John Peterson’s 1948 University of Minnesota Thesis for Master of Science in Ophthalmology The Effect of Glare on the Accommodation Near Point.

Dates: 1911-2012

Peter J. Peterson papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3194
Abstract

The collection contains warranty deeds and quit claims, a negative of Peterson’s house in Fond du Lac and a list of the current addresses of some of the lots, tax receipts, a land patent for property in Bayfield, Wisconsin, and a letter from the Department of the Interior concerning land for settlement.

Dates: 1854-1873

Plat maps, northeast Minnesota

 Collection — Box: Oversize
Identifier: S2225
Abstract

Contains residential and highway plat maps of Duluth and Northeastern Minnesota. The majority of the maps are of St. Louis County, but some also cover Lake, Carlton, Koochiching, and Cook counties.

Dates: circa 1899-1941; Majority of material found in circa 1899-1918, circa 1935-1941

Plat Showing Property of Alger Smith and Company in Altered Plat of West Duluth Third Division and Auditor's Plat Map of West Duluth Outlots

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: U6260
Abstract

The collection contains one folded plat map by Duluth Engineering Company.

Dates: undated

Point of Rocks Removal collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4564
Abstract

The collection contains printed materials issued "for" (Greater Duluth Committee, Emil S. Gustafson, chair and William McEwen, campaign manager) and "against" (The Committee of Two Thousand, W. B. Getchell, chair) a proposal to make traffic improvements at the Point of Rocks.

Dates: 1925-1928

Ed Poirier ski jump drawings

 Collection
Identifier: S6152
Abstract

The collection contains 23 sets of design drawings for ski jumps at Chester Park, Fond du Lac, Hartley Field, and New Duluth retained by Ed Poirier, who is named as the designer on some of the drawings.

Dates: 1947-1975; Majority of material found in 1961-1967

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

Postcard From a Lynching, radio broadcast

 Collection — Box: CD
Identifier: S6027
Abstract “Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future” is a Minnesota Public Radio broadcast which was produced and written by Ms. Stephanie Hemphill and Mr. Chris Julin of Duluth’s MPR affiliate station. It was aired June 7, 2001 as part of a week of events in Duluth, Minnesota planned by the MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. The Committee sought to commemorate the deaths of three African-American circus workers in Duluth on June 15, 1920. The victims, lynched by a mob, were Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac...
Dates: 2001 June 7

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

James N. Prior papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3786
Abstract

The collection consists of: certificate of discharge (1871); letter (1872); Declaration paper, Marquette, Michigan, 1878; marriage certificate; Jessie Sparrow’s genealogy; Certificate of Citizenship, 1888; Nobles of the Mystic Shrine certificate; Dept. of Commerce & Labor, Washington letters; and one carte-de-visite of Jessie (?).

Dates: 1871-1910

"Proposed Suspended Car Transfer Over Ship Canal at Duluth, Minnesota" engineering drawing

 Item
Identifier: U6264
Abstract

The collection contains a sigle engineering drawing of the Duluth Aerial Transfer Bridge.

Dates: February 6, 1903

Railroad Location and Growth Characteristics of the Twin Ports transcript

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2336
Abstract

The collection contains a transcript of a talk by Donald Shank, presented to Lutheran Brotherhood in Superior, Wisconsin on January 29, 1980.

Dates: 1980

John G. Rakowsky papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3093
Abstract

The collection contains a plat of the area John Rakowsky settled in Duluth, circa 1855, a portrait photo and photo of Rakowsky's funeral bier, and biographical information.

Dates: circa 1855-1914

Arthur E. Ramberg collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2217
Abstract

The collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1906-1961

Real Estate Companies collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4580
Abstract

Collection contains letters on letterhead stationery, marketing materials, and certificates.

Dates: 1888-1962

Red Cliff Lumber Company photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: S4516
Abstract

The album is a nearly day-by-day visual log of new construction of a mill at the Duluth waterfront, presumably at 39th Avenue West.

Dates: 1913 April 10-1913 December 2

Henry H. Reed postcard collecton

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4421
Abstract

The collection is made up of a variety of postcards from Duluth, Minnesota, the United States and miscellaneous places.

Dates: 1900-1918

Referees' Plat Map of Minnesota Point

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: U6288
Abstract

This collection contains one blueprint map measuring 9 x 57 inches. The map is undated.

Dates: undated

A Rendezvous with History conference proceedings

 Collection
Identifier: S2349
Abstract

The collections consists of four audiocassettes. The recordings contain addresses delivered at the conference.

Dates: 1979

Rendstrom Grocery order book

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3778
Abstract

The collection consists of one food order book dated August 21 to November 7, 1900. The content shows purchases on a daily basis.

Dates: 1900; Majority of material found in 1900 August 21 – November 7

Resort Discrimination records

 Collection
Identifier: umja0029
Abstract

This collection consists of letters and pamphlets relating to the discrimination of guests; specifically of the Jewish religion, to resorts, hotels, and lodges in northern Minnesota, Ontario, Canada, and north western Wisconsin.

Dates: 1940-1949

T.J. Richardson sketchbook

 Collection
Identifier: S3181
Abstract

The collection contains one small sketchbook of Duluth scenes and citizens.

Dates: 1881

Robert J. Jansen Pride Collection

 Box — Multiple Containers
Identifier: U6201
Abstract

This collection consists of family papers and photographs, organization records, business records, and personal papers and photographs. They span Jansen’s life from grade school through the late 2010s.

Dates: 1957-2018

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

Eustache Roussain papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3195
Abstract

The collection contains a letter book with 35 letters by many people.

Dates: 1859-1870

Francois Roussain letters

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3669
Abstract

The collection contains a letter in French with English translation to Francois Roussain from a missionary concerning land at Fond du Lac and a note to Roussain from John Caddotte.

Dates: 1852-1856; Majority of material found in 1852, 1856

Royal and Select Masters, Duluth Council Number 6 records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3074
Abstract

Collection contains by-laws, 1883, and officers and membership list, 1892, of the Duluth Council Number 6, Royal and Select Masters (Masonic order).

Dates: 1883-1892; Majority of material found in 1883, 1892

Royal Arch Masons, Keystone Chapter Number 20, Duluth (Minn.) records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3072
Abstract

Collection contains a bylaws guidebook, 1869, from the Minnesota Royal Arch Masons, and officers and membership list,1892, of the Keystone Chapter Number 20, chartered on January 10, 1872.

Dates: 1869-1892; Majority of material found in 1869, 1892

Mark Ryan video documentary, Snively’s Road

 Collection — Box: VHS
Identifier: S6025
Abstract

This popular 2000 documentary video is also titled “Snively’s Road: The History of Skyline Parkway”, and was available for sale through Ryan. Mark Ryan has presented the video as a program and lectured on the subject of the development and history of Skyline Drive.

Dates: 2000

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

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