Dairy farms

This 90 minute history of Carl A. Carlson was taped in January 1972. No one is heard asking questions. Carlson chronicles development and changes in the dairy business in Duluth.

The collection contains Report of Examination and Statement of Operations for the period 1932-1935; Report of Audit, 1936 – 1945; Board of Director Reports of Stockholders, 1938; Annual Reports, 1931, 1932; Ballot upon Amendments of Articles of Incorporation, n.d.; Merger Facts, ca 1954; and miscellaneous financial papers.

The collection contains an oral history project conducted by Mari Trine in 2003 and 2006, in which she interviewed sixteen women living and working in rural Minnesota. Also included is correspondence related to Trine's grievance process after being denied tenure at the College of St. Scholastica, presentations by Trine, and Duluth ephemera.

The collection contains 2 folders of news clippings regarding his work and personal life, 1918-1962; a booklet on the forest fires of 1918; correspondence, 1923–1962; one report entitled “A Grazing Adventure in Northern Minnesota”;  one photograph of Thompson; and 8 scrapbooks.