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West End (Duluth, Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Manley Patrick Burns papers

 Collection
Identifier: S2421
Abstract The collection contains photographs of Duluth, primarily West Duluth, gathered from a variety of sources.
Dates: 1880-1967
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / Manley Patrick Burns papers

Duluth Garden Flower Society records

 Collection
Identifier: S2295
Abstract The collection contain Duluth Garden Flower Society bylaws, minutes, 1932-1970; executive board minutes, 1927-1975; lists of executive board members and roll calls, 1933-1939; Society finances, 1953-1975; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, programs, activities, club parties, Flower Show Schedules (booklets)1928-1990s; minimal correspondence, newspaper clippings, meeting agendas, brochures, photographs 1957-1990s, and dozens of scrapbooks for the Duluth Garden Flower Society and all of the...
Dates: 1927-2003; Majority of material found in 1930-1990
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / Duluth Garden Flower Society records

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
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / George A. Newton photographs

Interstate 35 oral history interviews

 Collection
Identifier: S6172
Scope and Contents The collection consists of audio and/or video recordings of individuals who were involved with planning, opposition, or design and construction of Interstate 35 (I-35) through Duluth in the 1960s through the 1990s. Interviews included discussion of associated features of the project such as the lakewalk and the rose garden.The collection also includes brief biographical information and photographs of the narrators and transcripts of the interviews. All materials are in digital format....
Dates: 2014
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / Interstate 35 oral history interviews

Joint Committee of Civic Organizations for Steel Base records

 Collection
Identifier: S3016
Abstract The collection contains correspondence,1906–1923; legal materials; news clippings, 1918–1924; and pamphlets. Legal materials include petitions and complaints to the Federal Trade Commission and miscellaneous resolutions.
Dates: 1906-1924
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / Joint Committee of Civic Organizations for Steel Base records

Lyman E. Nylander photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: S2420
Abstract The Collection consists of 5x7" and 8x10" black and white silver gelatin prints exposed and printed by Mr. Nylander. The images are primarily of Duluth street scenes, buildings, churches on the Iron Range, as well as military monuments and markers in Duluth and out East.
Dates: 1950-1972
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / Lyman E. Nylander photograph collection

C.M. Thurston photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: S3748
Scope and Contents The photographs of this collection were apparently the property of Mr. C. M. Thurston. Subjects shown in the snapshots are: family life, home interiors, Christmas with children, Lincoln Park, buildings – mostly family dwellings, children with pets, mothers and children on the porch, Seattle, Washington, boats in water, C.A. Nichols, Jr. , Adams School, Oneota Cemetery, 21st Ave. W., Oreck’s Wholesale. Dr. Theodora Bahr is in some of the photographs. Dr. Bahr is found in the Duluth...
Dates: circa 1890-1935
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / C.M. Thurston photograph collection

United West End - Citizens' Organizations Acting Together records

 Collection
Identifier: S2273
Abstract The collection contains agendas and minutes, an audit covering the years 1975 and 1976, a National Commission on Neighborhoods case study of UWE-COACT, correspondence and reports pertaining to a funding controversy between UWE-COACT and United Way of Greater Duluth in 1977, news clippings, circulars, and newsletters.
Dates: 1975-1979
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / United West End - Citizens' Organizations Acting Together records

West End Bachelor Club minutes

 Collection
Identifier: S3053
Abstract Minutes of a Duluth social club formerly located at 1909 1/2 West Superior Street.
Dates: 1951-1954
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / West End Bachelor Club minutes

Women in Politics oral history interviews

 Collection
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
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / Women in Politics oral history interviews

Young Old Timers of the West End albums

 Collection
Identifier: S2450
Abstract Contains photograph albums from The Young Old Timers of the West End.
Dates: 1911-1926; Majority of material found in 1911, 1926, not dated
Found in: University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections / Young Old Timers of the West End albums

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