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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

Alpha Delta Kappa, Fidelis Beta Chapter scrapbook

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4599
Abstract

The collection consists of a historian’s scrapbook which includes: color photographs, achievement awards, programs, conventions, newspaper clippings, and memorials all dating from 1988-1997.

Dates: 1988-1997

Alpha Delta Kappa, Iota and Epsilon Chapters records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4479
Abstract

The collection includes two historian's books of Alpha Delta Kappa, Iota Chapter.

Dates: 1952-1984; Majority of material found in 1952-1974, 1978-1984

American Association of University Women, Duluth Branch records

 Collection
Identifier: S3003
Abstract

The collection contains annual reports, legal records, correspondence, committee materials, financial records, publications, photographs and ten scrapbooks.

Dates: 1908-2011

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 517, 125th Field Artillery Auxiliary records

 Collection
Identifier: S2383
Abstract This  collection includes:  unit constitution, newsletters, applications for membership, Emergency Service Questionnaire, citations, Unit History, minutes, newspaper clippings, blue books, financial records, correspondence, manual of ceremonies, annual reports, poppy booklet, unit plays, historical pageant poster, two early photographs of the bugle corps, and membership records.  It also contains finance records, membership records, minutes, correspondence and newspaper clippings for MOM's...
Dates: 1920-1978

American Red Cross, Northland Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: S3006
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, reference materials, photographs, and Red Cross publications. Most of the material originated from the chapter's World War I activities, and reflects the relief programs in effect during that war.

Dates: 1915-1963

Floyd R. Anderson photograph collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4540
Abstract

The collection consists of black and white and color photographs of county commissioner groups from 1961-1976 when Floyd Anderson served on the county board.

Dates: 1961-1976

Aurora Northland Lesbian Center records

 Collection
Identifier: S6167
Abstract

The collection contains articles of incorporation; by-laws; updated mission statements; organizational policies and procedures; board minutes and accompanying materials including some financial statements, 1990-2009; newsletters, 1989-1994; letters; news clippings; and phone/drop-in logs.

Dates: 1988-2012

Elizabeth Ann Bartlett Making Waves papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1415
Abstract

Consists of Bartlett’s written histories of feminist organizations in Duluth and Superior that were not included in her book Making Waves (2016) and recorded interviews with women who played key roles in organizations that are included in the book.

Dates: 2016

Marguerite Belanger photograph album

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3741
Abstract

The collection consists of seven photographs of Marguerite Belanger, her husband, and the all-women bands she led. A biographical sketch by her son Adrian Belanger accompanies the photographs.

Dates: 1918-1946; Majority of material found in 1918-1926

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

Joyce M. Benson papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S6171
Abstract

The collection contains delegate and information materials from the 1985 United Nations Women’s Conference in Nairobi, Kenya; a list of 1985-1986 talks and presentations given by Benson about the conference experience to named Duluth organizations; congratulations and thank you letters for speaking; and letters from Kenyan women. The collection also includes documents and newspaper clippings related to Benson's work as a women's rights activist.

Dates: 1978-1991; Majority of material found in 1978-1986, 1991

Albert and Alfreda Berg family papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6087
Abstract

The collection consists of family photographs that document women workers in the U. S. Steel plant in Morgan Park, and one work identification badge.

Dates: 1926-1949

Bertha Youmans papers

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S2452
Abstract

The collection consists of letters regarding Youman’s resignation from the position of teacher for Duluth Public Schools.

Dates: 1880

Bishop's Literary Club records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3623
Abstract

The collection contains four pamphlets with information on club officers, meeting dates, members, programs, and bibliographies.

Dates: 1899-1909

Bryant Elementary School PTA records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S6124
Abstract

The collection consists of two record books for the years 1954-1967 and 1968-1973. The volumes contain handwritten minutes of P.T.A. meetings, budgets, and tables which include teachers' names, room numbers, and grades taught.

Dates: 1954-1973; Majority of material found in 1954-1967, 1968-1973

Building for Women records

 Collection
Identifier: U6219
Abstract

Ephemera, correspondence, planning documents, and other materials related to the Building for Women in downtown Duluth.

Dates: 1993 - 2007

Cabinet card and postcard photograph collection

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4405
Abstract

Cabinet and photographic post cards donated because there is evidence in most of the images that they were taken or in some way connected to Duluth.

Dates: circa 1906

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

Judith Nelson Carlson Rural Vermilion Lake School photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S4468
Abstract

The collection contains nine snapshots of Miss Nelson, the Vermilion Lake School, and her eight or nine pupils who are unidentified, and appear to be five to twelve years of age.

Dates: 1923-1924

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

Charles A. Curtis photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6076
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of black and white and color photographs by a photojournalist employed by a Duluth newspaper. The photographs are of the city of Duluth, events, people, as well as the northeast Minnesota area primarily from 1971, 1982-1990s; many are not dated and unidentified.

Dates: 1957-1999

Chester Park Elementary School PTA  scrapbooks

 Collection — Box: Oversize
Identifier: S6122
Abstract

The collection consists of two scrapbooks (1931-1933 and 1945-1946) from the Chester Park School Parent-Teacher Association.

Dates: 1931-1974; Majority of material found in 1931-1933, 1945-1946, 1974

Craggencroft School records

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S3639
Abstract

The collection contains two photographs of the school and one of five students; calendars with descriptions, photographs, cost, and classes offered; invitations to parents; two report cards; financing contract; and account of presentation of Julia Ward Howe.

Dates: 1891-1902

Daughters of Norway Nora Lodge No. 4 records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S2368
Abstract

The collection includes the 1903 charter; correspondence; constitution for the Sons of Norway; 1950 merger papers; records of payments to about 30 sick members; minutes from meetings, 1903-1955; ledgers, 1903-1963; supplemental ledgers, 1903-1959; and the membership roster for 1949.

Dates: 1903-1959

Daughters of Norway Stadheim Lodge Number 48 records

 Collection
Identifier: U6223
Abstract

Contains materials related to Daughters of Norway Standheim Lodge No. 48 and its members. Some materials are from other Lodges.

Dates: 1908-2010

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

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Duluth Chapters records

 Collection — Box: 1 IP
Identifier: S3710
Abstract

The collection consists of Kappa chapter minutes (1950-1986); Beta chapter minutes (1992, 2004-2011), state convention reports (1971-2003); membership directories for Tau State (1952-1986), Beta (1944, 1957-2004) and Kappa (1950-1982); Kappa scrapbooks (1950-1981).

Dates: 1939-2011

May A. Dennis scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: S3152
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence (civic organizations business letters, thank you notes, telegram, greeting and post cards), photographs, and newspaper clippings (articles about her activity in civic organizations, Bruen’s millinery advertisements, profile of other people involved in the same civic organizations, weddings and miscellaneous poems), in one scrapbook.

Dates: circa 1916-1946