Politics
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Michael S. Berman political collection
Contains materials related to Michael S. Berman's extensive involvement in the U.S. political arena. The collection consists of photographs, convention publications, campaign buttons and bumper stickers, posters, jewelry, hats and t-shirts, news clippings and papers, and various types of memorabilia and political ephemera collected by or given to Berman.
Patrick A. Burke papers
The collection contains Burke’s political correspondence, and material on the Truman-Barkley Club, especially concerning arrangements for President Truman’s visit to Duluth in 1948.
Candidate Election Cards
The collection consists of 2 labor dues books, approximately 65 alphabetical city election cards from 1909, 1913, and a few that are not dated, and a written list of the cards in alphabetical order.
Communist Party, Duluth Section flyer
The collection consists of a flyer urging workers to stop work and demonstrate at the Court House on March 6, 1930 in an effort to improve working conditions and get relief for the unemployed.
Elections memorabilia
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.
Alfred and Mary Jaques family papers
The collection contains correspondence, 1876 - circa 1930; news clippings; pamphlets; elections ephemera; and programs, invitations and announcements for social and personal events.
Labor Relations and Union Development in Duluth oral history interviews
The interviews in this project document the history of Duluth, Minnesota area businesses and labor unions. Barbara Sommer conducted the interviews in 1980-1981.
Arlene Lehto papers
The collection contains documents from the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission, the Great Lakes Basin Commission, and the Save Lake Superior Association. Also included are Lehto’s legislative papers, subject files, and publications.
Minnesota Election research data
The collection contains Duluth election data of all candidates of all parties down to the ward level from the years 1896, 1912, 1920, and 1924 compiled from returns published in newspapers and other political and labor history sources. The collection also holds Minnesota governor election results from Duluth for 1896-1934.
National Organization for Women (Minnesota) records
The collection contains minutes, annual/chapter reports, membership list, correspondence, news releases, by-laws, legislative platforms, resolutions, committee proposals and minutes, state conference information, bus trips to the capitol, photographs, information from related organizations, miscellaneous, newspaper clippings, and oversized posters. Materials from both the Duluth, Minnesota chapter and the statewide, Minnesota, organization are represented in the collection.
Railroad Location and Growth Characteristics of the Twin Ports transcript
The collection contains a transcript of a talk by Donald Shank, presented to Lutheran Brotherhood in Superior, Wisconsin on January 29, 1980.
Barbra Sweeney-Lamont legislative committee papers
The collection contains files from Sweeney-Lamonts tenure as an administrative assistant for the Minnesota House of Representatives. Materials include correspondence, research papers, materials collected relative to proposed legislation, press releases, memos, campaign materials, and information on governmental processes.
Timber contract bill scrapbook
The collection consists of newsclippings from Ely, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Cook, Aitkin, Deer River papers and the Carlton County Vidette.
Henry Truelsen papers
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.
Twin Ports and Regional Labor History Conference proceedings
Contains three tapes of Twin Ports and Regional Labor History Conference proceedings.
William E. Wickstrom papers
The collection consists of 14 photographs of Dr. William WIckstrom’s family and John and Maria Wickstrom’s friends, as well as a written transcript of an interview by Dr. Richard Hudelson narrated by Dr. William Wickstrom about local labor history and the Carneys.
