Minnesota -- History

Collection contains correspondence and land dealings of John Sargent Pillsbury, governor of the state of Minnesota and regent of the University of Minnesota. The materials deal primarily with Governor Pillsbury's involvement with the University of Minnesota.

Contains an unedited typewritten manuscript of Loyce Houlton's biography, A Dancer's Twilight Tales.

This collection consists of manuscript materials and miscellaneous materials related to the works of Maud Hart Lovelace.

This collection consists of research materials collected by Marilyn J. Chiat and Chester Proshan on Jews who lived in small communities around Minnesota in an effor to document the lives of the earliest Jewish settlers in the area.

This collection consists of materials from local historian Rhoda Lewin detailing her research on Jewish history in Minnesota.

The collection contains the papers of William Watts Folwell, first president of the University of Minnesota.