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North Shore (Lake Superior)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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 County Historical Society oral history recordings

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2318
Abstract

The collection consists of copies of interviews and conversations recorded by the Cook County Historical Society.

Dates: 1978

John Fritzen papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S3002
Abstract

The collection contains handwritten notes on logging and the lumber business, a small amount of correspondence, manuscripts and biographical materials.

Dates: 1932-1977

General Postcard collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2282
Abstract

All postcards donated to the archives are added to this collection. The cards are arranged by the subjects used in the general historical photograph collection; the subjects are filed alphabetically.

Dates: circa 1900-

Daniel Lind account book [microfilm]

 Collection — Box microfilm
Identifier: S2202
Abstract

Consists of one reel of microfilm containing images of an account book kept by fisherman Daniel Lind, working near Castle Danger, Minnesota on Lake Superior.

Dates: 1917

Sverre Mathisen papers [microfilm]

 Collection — Box microfilm
Identifier: S2204
Abstract

Consists of one reel of microfilmed copies of Sverre Mathisen's papers. The papers consist of correspondence and miscellaneous papers and financial records of two Lutsen, Minnesota residents, Sverre Mathisen and Sevold Rise, who were partners in a commercial fishing operation along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Dates: 1940-1958

North Shore Commercial Fishing oral history interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2207
Abstract

Contains interviews with ten participants, documenting the history of commercial fishing on Lake Superior's North Shore. The interviewees are individuals who themselves, or whose families, engaged in commercial fishing in this region. The interviewer is Barbara Sommer.

Dates: 1977

North Shore Historical Assembly records

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3617
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence between member historical societies, meeting programs, 6 photographs taken in meetings, resolutions, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1929-1967

Thomas Peck photograph collection

 Collection — Box Oversize
Identifier: S3721
Abstract

The collection consists of Thomas Peck’s prints of the Duluth area and scenes of winter, smelt fishing, and Split Rock Lighthouse, the shore of Lake Superior and other unidentified “nature” scenes.

Dates: circa 1960s

Superior Hiking Trail Association records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: S4510
Abstract

The collection consists of Superior Hiking Trail Association minutes from Nov. 26, 1990 and mailings, publicity, and events items.

Dates: 1990

Agnes Lind Thorngren scrapbooks [microfilm]

 Collection — Box microfilm
Identifier: S2206
Abstract

Consists of one reel of microfilm containing images of two volumes of scrapbooks compiled by Agnes Lind Thorngren. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings relating to the fishing communities along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota.

Dates: 1920-1968; Majority of material found in 1920-1950, 1968

Frank M. and Alice Rockwell Warren family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S6108
Abstract

The collection contains Frank M. Warren's records from the Isle Royale Citizens’ Committee 1926-1929.

Dates: 1840-1962; Majority of material found in 1909-1948

Otto E. Wieland papers

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3130
Abstract

The collection contains news clippings concerning Wieland's work in history and his life, 1932–1972; business and personal letters, 1939-1946; typed copies of papers written by Wieland, 1935–1942; and a published pamphlet by Wieland, Americanism and World Peace,1925.

Dates: 1925-1972