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Duluth (Minn.)--Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Architectural Advisory Committee records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3781
Abstract

The collection consists of minutes from the first meeting, June 6, 1966, to meeting twenty-five, June 12, 1973; bits of correspondence; memos; copies of the standards used; and a list of committee members.

Dates: 1965-1973

Commissioner of Finance, City of Duluth, scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: S4416
Abstract

Scrapbooks of the commissioner of finance, E.W. Lund, during Lund’s term of office in the administration of Duluth mayor Edward H. Hatch. Newspaper clippings pertain to the office of the commissioner of finance, or finance department, which reflects the financial health of the city of Duluth.

Dates: 1941-1951

Congdon Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: U6192
Abstract

The collection contains materials related to the Congdon family, including personal and business papers. The papers include: photographs; materials related to the Glensheen estate house, grounds, and staff; Chester Congdon's business, financial, and political papers; materials related to Chester Congdon's 1914 trip around the Pacific; personal correspondence; diaries; and publications and ephemera.

Dates: 1843 - 1993

Gary Doty papers

 Collection
Identifier: S2223
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, subject files, and legislative files from Gary Doty's term in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Dates: 1974-1976

Duluth Charter Commission records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3670
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, meeting notices, judges' appointments, commission resolution and minutes for one meeting.

Dates: 1897-1904

Duluth city budget appropriations

 Collection
Identifier: S2389
Abstract

Contains printed budget appropriations for the City of Duluth, Minnesota.

Dates: 1920-1977

Duluth City Council meeting and candidate forum videos

 Collection
Identifier: U6221
Abstract

7 VHS tapes of Duluth City Council meetings, Duluth School Board candidate forums, and Duluth Public Policy Alliance candidate forum.

Dates: 2000 - 2003

Duluth Common Council records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2432
Abstract This collection consists of the report of the committee appointed by the Duluth, Minnesota Common Council to investigate on the construction of the Lakewood pumping station, resolutions passed by the Common Council relative to such construction, and a draft of a letter addressed to the Common Council in which the Council is asked to pass a resolution authorizing the Duluth Canal Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Canal at Lake Avenue. Also included in the collection is a...
Dates: 1860-1897; Majority of material found in 1860, 1897

Duluth Comptroller's Office records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2431
Abstract

This collection contains two bonds,1870, paid 1890; a comparative table of assessed valuation, tax rate and tax levy from 1894-1907; analysis of receipts and disbursements for the years 1903, 1904, 1907; extract from the Comptroller's report for the years 1903 and 1904; and a report on Duluth's bonded debt, 1904-1905.

Dates: 1870-1907; Majority of material found in 1870, 1894-1907

Duluth Department of Parks and Recreation records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3689
Abstract

The collection consists of annual reports, minutes for a few board meetings, a WPA certificate marking completion of Wheeler Field and Field House in 1937, and a report done on Duluth recreation by the National Recreation Association, 1946.

Dates: 1896-1980; Majority of material found in 1896, 1928–1969, 1979-1980

Duluth Department of Public Service annual reports

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2378
Abstract

This collection contains the annual reports for the city of Duluth, Minnesota Department of Public Service and its divisions.

Dates: 1915-1970

Duluth election returns and poll list

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3675
Abstract

The collection consists of election returns for the April, 1870, election, listing candidates with the number of votes they received, and a list of people who were voting in the November 2, 1886, election and a poll list for 1886 for the village of Duluth.

Dates: 1870-1886; Majority of material found in 1870, 1886

Duluth Health Department records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3690
Abstract

The collection contains minutes of the Duluth Board of Health (4/18/1873-1908) with no index, correspondence, a scrapbook containing sample forms used by the department, quarantine signs, an analysis of vital statistics (1900-1937), infant mortality report (1948-1957), a report on a compulsory submission tuberculosis report (1938), and distribution of death reports (1948-1953).

Dates: 1873-1957

Duluth Manpower Planning Council records

 Collection
Identifier: S4415
Abstract

The collection consists of the files of a council member and include agendas, minutes and plans concerning the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program.

Dates: 1978-1981

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 Planning Commission records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2311
Abstract

The collection consists of selected department records, records and maps from special projects, and minutes of special commissions and advisory councils.

Dates: 1956-2000; Majority of material found in 1956

Duluth Police Department records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2272
Abstract

The collection contains administrative and crime records including Duluth, West Duluth, West End, and New Duluth offices/stations.

Dates: 1889-1974

Duluth Water and Light Board records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S2408
Abstract

The collection contains minutes, regulations and by-laws, Manager Reports, correspondence, contracts and proposed contracts, reports to the Duluth City Council, news clippings, circulars, and a history of the Duluth, Minnesota Gas and Water Plants, 1892-1904.

Dates: 1898-1904

Elections memorabilia

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2406
Abstract

This collection consists of campaign bumper stickers, posters, circulars, advertisements, and pamphlets used in Minnesota for local, state, and national elections. The collection also includes news clippings and informational sheets containing the results of elections.

Dates: circa 1896-1970

Bert Fesler papers

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: S2232
Abstract

The collection consists of one volume which contains notes taken by Bert Fesler while serving as Judge of the District Court for the 11th Judicial District of Minnesota. The volume also contains an index of cases.

Dates: 1937-1943

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

Alfred and Mary Jaques family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2388
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, 1876 - circa 1930; news clippings; pamphlets; elections ephemera; and programs, invitations and announcements for social and personal events.

Dates: 1876-1934

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

Merritt family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3120
Abstract

The collection contains personal and financial correspondence, letterpress books, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, manuscripts written about local and family history, financial records, legal papers, maps, photographs, one audio cassette of an interview, and reference materials.

Dates: 1823-1992

Henry Truelsen papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3151
Abstract

The collection contains letters to Truelsen's daughter and business letters, 1816–1932 and two scrapbooks containing news clippings covering Truelsen's term as mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, 1896–1902.

Dates: 1896-1932

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District records

 Collection
Identifier: S2287
Abstract

The collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, and policy and planning documents generated by WLSSD.

Dates: 1971-1981

Bert N. Wheeler scrapbook

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3153
Abstract

The collection contains newspaper clippings concerning police department appointments, the liquor issue, burglaries, traffic accidents, the hospital unit, fire prevention and the death of Leonidas Merritt.

Dates: 1923-1927

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