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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

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

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

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

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

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

David H. Costello papers

 Collection
Identifier: S3039
Abstract

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

Dates: 1892-1965

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

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 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

Duluth Children's Museum records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6170
Abstract

The collection contains articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, annual reports, budgets, policies, newsletters, newspaper clippings scrapbooks, photographs, Chisholm family genealogy and photographs, museum programming materials and photographs, American Alliance of Museums museum assessment, strategic plan.

Dates: 1901-2007; Majority of material found in 1930-2007

Duluth Civilian Defense Council records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3007
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, bulletins, publications, news clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, posters, personnel lists, and other reference materials from the war activities of the organization. The records were collected from a variety of sources, such as the Duluth Public Library, the War History Division of the Duluth Civilian Defense Council, and individuals. Parts of the collection, therefore, are sporadic and incomplete.

Dates: 1941-1946

Duluth Day Luncheon Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: S2362
Abstract

Contains financial records, minutes, committee records, reports, Annual Duluth Day materials, and other records.

Dates: 1927-2013

Duluth Downtown Restoration Proposal report

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3764
Abstract

The collection consists of a four page report and one page cover letter, both dated April 1, 1966, and 26 black and white silver gelatin, 8x10, photographs. The photographs are of blocks and buildings between Michigan Street and Second Street, Mesabi Avenue to Third Ave. East.

Dates: 1966

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 Historic Resources Survey records

 Collection
Identifier: S3774
Abstract

The collection consists of the field data gathered to constitute a survey and organized into the Final Report. This data consists of detailed information on buildings, sites and other cultural resources in the Duluth community.

Dates: 1983-1984

Duluth Minnesota Lynchings of 1920: Selected Materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6037
Abstract

The collection consists of selected materials, all but one from the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minnesota), documenting the lynchings, press coverage, and court records of subsequent trials.

Dates: 1920-1976; Majority of material found in 1920-1925, circa 1939, 1971, 1976

Duluth Photographers' Studios photograph collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4409
Abstract

The collection consists of 21 photographs from Duluth photographers' studios.

Dates: 1895-1910

Duluth Planning and Development Department news clippings and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: S2302-2
Abstract

The collection consists of news clipping files pertaining to various city problems and concerns. These files were compiled by the Duluth, Minnesota Planning and Development Department.

Dates: 1964-1976

Duluth-Superior Transit Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3020
Abstract

The collection contains minutes, financial books, annual reports, publications, maps, miscellaneous correspondence, news clippings, photographs, timetables, and microfilmed scrapbooks. Financial records represent the largest portion of records, and there is a significant lack of executive records.

Dates: 1882-1970

Duluth Winter Frolic

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S3157
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, press releases, newspaper clippings, programs, ephemera, and photographs from the annual Winter Frolic event. Some of the photographs were taken by photographer Hugh McKenzie.

Dates: 1926-1928

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

Paul B. Gaylord photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2395
Abstract

The collection contains photographs and glass plate negatives of Duluth, Minnesota taken by photographer Paul Gaylord.

Dates: 1869-1875

General Historical Photograph Album collection

 Collection — Volume: 42
Identifier: S2396
Abstract

The collection consists of photograph albums from various photographers and collectors.

Dates: 1867-1972

George A. Newton photographs

 Collection
Identifier: S2381
Abstract

The collection consists of cabinet cards and unmounted, primarily, albumen prints stamped with Newton's name or his advertisement.  It is assumed he made the photographs.

Dates: circa 1880-1900

Malcolm Gillespie photograph collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S2419
Abstract

This collection contains glass plate negatives and photographic prints collected by Dr. Gillespie. Images include doctors, clinics, hospitals, nurses, the St. Louis County Medical Society, and early scenes of Duluth, Minnesota.

Dates: 1880-1935; Majority of material found in 1880-1935, not dated

Harvey L. Bohannon photograph collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2234
Abstract

The collection includes photographs of views from the Duluth, Minnesota area.

Dates: circa 1902-circa 1914