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St. Louis County (Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Durant Barclay, Jr. industrial photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4528
Abstract

The collection consists of industrial photographs taken by the donor during the duration of his studio's operation in Virginia, Minnesota which closed in 1956. Mr. Barclay continued shooting for industrial clients through 1963.

Dates: 1910, 1951-1963; Majority of material found in 1951-1963

Beukema mining collection

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4595
Abstract

Collection contains: August 4, 1892, letter from Henry W. Oliver to Leonidas Merritt, president of Mt. Iron Company; $100,000 United States Steel Corporation Gold Bond (paid) to Andrew Carnegie; A September 16, 1904, canceled and paid check to Oliver Iron Mining Co. for $835,892.94.

Dates: 1892-1904; Majority of material found in 1892, 1904

Blue Ore Mining Company minutes

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2346
Abstract

The collections consists of of corporate minutes of the Blue Ore Mining Company, a Duluth, Minnesota based firm, which owned and leased land in St. Louis and Itasca Counties.

Dates: 1903-1914

Breitung Township records

 Collection — Box Oversize
Identifier: S2314
Abstract

The collections contains financial records, minutes, Town Clerk's records, and legal dockets with related judicial orders and papers.

Dates: 1884-1975

Emil Carlson papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3114
Abstract

The collection consists of a notebook of various St. Louis County range grids for townships 58–68  with physical features sketched in pencil, 1913, and correspondence concerning a fire claim, 1921–1925.

Dates: 1913-1925

Clover Valley Telephone Company minute book

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3050
Abstract

The collection is comprised of one volume including minutes from 1913-1916, records of dues paid by members and bills paid by the organization.

Dates: 1894-1916; Majority of material found in 1894, 1913-1916

Cook Home records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3746
Abstract

The collection is comprised of 4 boxes and 39 volumes. It contains a small amount of  material relating to administration and facilities, and register volumes. The volumes’ descriptive titles reflect the language of the time and have been retained in this finding aid. Many of the volumes are indexed. List of volumes is not complete.

Dates: 1889-1996

Cook Home’s Closing video

 Collection — Box VHS
Identifier: S4593
Abstract

A newscast video of the Cook Home the day it was closed.

Dates: 1984

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

Duluth Steam Cooperative Association records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S4584
Abstract

The collection holds: Articles of Incorporation with amendments June 1933, September 1947; By-laws 1943, September 4, 1947, December 31, 1957; purchase agreement by General Waterworks Corporation of Delaware, 1962; Financial records 1932-1958; Reincorporation under Minnesota Laws; Stockholders 1933, 1956, 1962; Reports to city of Duluth 1942-1979; Minutes volume 1929-1933 and 1942-1957

Dates: 1929-1979; Majority of material found in 1929-1962

Walter and Goldie Eldot papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S4527
Abstract

The collection consists of 1956 articles of incorporation for Duluth Community Chest; a 90 minute interview on cassette tape with 89-year old Glen Merritt on October 26, 1983, about Merritt’s recollections of YMCA’s Camp Miller; and black and white photographs collected by Eldot that may have illustrated his articles in Outlook and Cosmopolitan sections of the newspaper when he was editor.

Dates: 1956-1984; Majority of material found in 1967-1983

Ely Lake land litigation papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2417
Abstract

The collection consists of papers which document the disputed land claims of settlers in the vicinity of Ely Lake (formerly known as Cedar Island Lake), which is located in Fayal Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota. The dispute was based on an allegedly inaccurate survey by the U.S. Surveyor General's office and on the U.S. Homestead Law.

Dates: 1893-1913

Forest Fire Investigations, St. Louis County, Minnesota

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3735
Abstract

This group of documents relate to forest fire claims and were filed with St. Louis County District Court. They are incomplete groups of records and their relationship is unclear.

Dates: 1919-1923

French Township records

 Collection
Identifier: S2299
Abstract

The collection contains election registers; treasurer's annual statements and accounts; auditor's annual reports; records of wolf bounties paid; road petitions; a road record book; birth and death registers; justice of the peace docket; and telephone system custom ledger.

Dates: 1905-1976

John Fritzen logging railroads map collection

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2269
Abstract

The collection consists of hand drawn plat maps indicating locations of rail lines in Lake, Cook, St. Louis and Carlton counties, Minnesota.

Dates: not dated

Minnesota Department of Transportation general highway maps, northeast Minnesota

 Collection — Box Oversize
Identifier: S2226
Abstract

Maps issued by the Minnesota Department of Highways and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Dates: circa 1965-1987; Majority of material found in circa 1965, 1987

General Historical Photographs collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2386
Abstract

This collection consists of visual images arranged by subject, name, or format.

Dates: circa 1860-

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

A History in Stones: The Cemeteries of St. Louis County, Minnesota

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S6008
Abstract

The collection contains a final project report based upon cemetery survey forms including color snapshots, photographs, description of field method, survey form, project resources and limitations, networks consulted, project evaluation, and field work files.

Dates: 1998-1999

Independent Republican Party, Minnesota, Eighth Congressional District and St. Louis County Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: S2289
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of papers dealing with the 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd, and 63rd legislative districts of the state of Minnesota, the 9th state senate district, St. Louis County, plus a small amount of material dealing with state and national politics.  It contains administrative records, campaign material, subject files, publications and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1938-1978

IRRRB 50th Anniversary video

 Collection — Box VHS
Identifier: S4519
Abstract

The collection consists of one videocassette from the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) entitled Building a Brighter Future.

Dates: 1991

John P. Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3126
Abstract

The collection contains business correspondence, 1908–1932; news clippings of personal life and friends, 1911–1935; photographs of John P. Johnson, 1929–1931; miscellaneous, 1901–1935; and one scrapbook with news clippings of bank statements of condition, political articles, stock market conditions, census figures, and personal items, 1888–1914.

Dates: 1901-1935

William H. Magie, M.D. case books

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4548
Abstract

The collection consists of five case books by William H. Magie, M.D. They date from 1903 to 1908. Each book contains approximately 50 cases.

Dates: 1903-1908

Map collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3150
Abstract

The map collection contains maps of the United States and Canada, the Midwest Area, Great Lakes, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and more detailed maps of the counties, towns, mines, etc.

Dates: 1670-

Menu collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S4524
Abstract

The collection consists of postcards images and menus from restaurants in Duluth and the Arrowhead region of Northeastern Minnesota.

Dates: 1912-2008; Majority of material found in 1912-1958, 1970s, 2000-2008

Minnesota Arrowhead Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3158
Abstract

The collection contains annual reports, correspondence, programs, publications, and photographs.

Dates: 1926-1983

Minnesota War Records Commission, St. Louis County Branch records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3005
Abstract

The collection contains draft and service records, correspondence, news clippings, scrapbooks, prepared written histories, minutes, reports, photographs, publications, and war posters.

Dates: 1908-1928

Kenneth J. Moran photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6060
Abstract

The collection consists of images and negatives made by or collected by Kenneth Moran.

Dates: 1900-1996; Majority of material found in 1958-1966