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Archives related to: Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928
| title | Elmer E. Adams and family papers, 1861-1979 | repository | Minnesota Historical society |
| description | Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, financial records, campaign literature, clippings, and printed material documenting the career of Adams, a political and business leader of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Adams’ correspondence (1880s-1940s) with Republican political figures documents Minnesota and presidential election campaigns; the work of the state legislature; local party organization and political patronage; Republican opposition to the National Nonpartisan League (1917-1923) and the Farmer-Labor Party (1930s); women’s political organizations and participation in state politics; activities of Prohibition and women’s suffrage organizations (early 1900s); Adams’ support of legislator Hannah J. Kempfer (1923-1941); and tax laws and other public issues. Banking practices, regulation, consolidations, and failures (especially 1930s) and the activities of the First Bank Stock Corp.(1930s) are heavily documented. There is considerable information on the University of Minnesota’s administration, finances, faculty, staff, and agricultural experiment stations; affairs of James J. Hill and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways; the history and development of Fergus Falls and Otter Tail County; Fergus Falls business, civil, and political affairs; Adams’ real estate holdings; his work as census supervisor (1900); World War I civilian relief organizations; the work of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. (1932-1935); and the activities of Adams’ children, Samuel P., Dorothy, and Marjorie. Also included are letters, diaries, notebooks, and memorabilia of Adams’ brother-in-law Reginald Reynolds, the first physician in Fergus Falls (1860-1898). Biog / Hist Note Adams was president of the First National Bank of Fergus Falls (1912-1950); associated with numerous other regional banks and banking organizations; editor (1885-1912) of the Fergus Falls Journal; Minnesota state representative (1905-1909, 1915, 1919) and senator (1931-1933, 1939-1941); and a regent of the University of Minnesota (1897-1905). He owned or was associated with a number of regional milling, land and timber, development, and other businesses. Location: Minnesota Historical Society Manuscript Collection Microfilm Call #: M541 |
| extent | 84 microfilm reels. |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Diaries Financial Records Scrapbooks |
| access | Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society. |
| record source | http://mnhs.mnpals.net |
| finding aid | An inventory that provides additional information about this collection is available in the repository; filed as M541. |
| acquisition information | Following microfilming filmed newspaper clippings and clipping scrapbooks and unfilmed printed materials unrelated to Adams and Minnesota (0.5 cu. ft.) were returned to the donor; unfilmed duplicates (0.5 cu. ft.) were disposed of. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:59 |
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| title | John A. Johnson and family papers, 1876-1926 | repository | Minnesota Historical society |
| description | Correspondence, clippings, letterbooks, financial records, notebooks, photographs, and other papers documenting the varied career of Johnson, a lawyer, businessman, and mayor (1885-1886, 1896-1902, 1906-1907) of Fargo, North Dakota. There are data on hiring city officials, licensing businesses, controlling gambling and prostitution, the police department, public health, public utilities, and other civic affairs during his mayoral years; letters and notes on a trip to Scandinavia (1901) as an immigration agent for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, and on two trips to Caracas, Venezuela (1890-1891) as a representative of Dwight Sabin, who was setting up telephone and electrical utilities there; letters by his son Clarence F., a Fargo representative of St. Paul newspapers (1901-1902); financial records concerning various business interests (1880s-1917); and genealogical materials (1842-1924). Location: Minnesota Historical Society Manuscript Collection Microfilm Call #: M491 |
| extent | 3 microfilm reels. |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Clippings Financial Records Photographs |
| access | Available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society. |
| record source | http://mnhs.mnpals.net |
| finding aid | An inventory that provides additional information about these materials is available in the repository; filed as M491. |
| acquisition information | Originals in the Minnesota Historical Society (closed to general use). Quantity of originals: 3 cu. ft. , incl. 14 volumes. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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| title | Knute Nelson papers, 1861-1924 (bulk 1916-1923). | repository | Minnesota Historical society |
| description | Correspondence and miscellany documenting Nelson’s career as a soldier with the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry (1861-1864), as a country lawyer and politician at Alexandria, Minnesota (1871-1892), as governor of Minnesota (1893-1895), and particularly as United States senator (1895-1923). The majority of the papers focus on political and legislative affairs, either in Minnesota or reflecting Minnesota interests. During his Senate terms, Nelson was chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Committee on Public Lands, and was active on the Commerce and Indian Affairs committees. His more notable legislative measures included the Nelson Bankruptcy Act (1898) and the act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor (1902). He was active in the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and he supported a low tariff, a federal income tax, prohibition, the Sherman Antitrust Act, and the League of Nations. Other topics during his Senate service include child welfare, women’s suffrage, water power, rural postal service, banking and currency, shipping and navigation, railroads, labor issues, grain and its marketing, natural resource conservation, foreign relations especially with Mexico and Scandinavia, pensions, and World War I. As a Norwegian immigrant, Nelson had close relations with Scandinavians and the Scandinavian-language press in the United States, and these are documented throughout his papers. There is also considerable material on Minnesota politics and elections, especially the Republican Party, on public opinion and public pressure, and on the Nonpartisan League. In his earlier years, many of Nelson’s legal activities related to land, including homestead entries, pre-emption rights, mortgage foreclosures, claim jumping, and conflicts between settlers and railroad companies. His papers as collection agent for farm equipment firms afford data on debtor-creditor relations between the East and the West. Location: Minnesota Historical Society See Manuscripts Notebooks Call #: ALPHA |
| extent | 82.0 cu. ft. (82 boxes, including 23 volumes; 18 oversize items). |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
| record source | http://mnhs.mnpals.net |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the repository (under Nelson, Knute) and on the Internet http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
| acquisition information | See Minnesota History Bulletin, 5:107n, 145, 223, 307, 348-352; Minnesota History, 6:205; 7:286, 288; 10:203; 14:437. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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| title | William Blake Dean and family papers, undated and 1813, 1851-1937. | repository | Minnesota Historical society |
| description | Correspondence, biographical and genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, reminiscences, organizational papers, family memorabilia, and miscellany documenting the career of this St. Paul (Minn.) hardware dealer and the lives of members of his family. The papers reflect Dean’s activities as one of the founders of the wholesale hardware firm of Nicols, Dean and Gregg; a member of the Minnesota state senate (1891-1895); member of the National Monetary Commission (1897); director of several railroad and insurance companies; member of the St. Paul city charter commission (1897); and an active participant in St. Paul social, cultural, and Presbyterian church organizations. There is also information on various Minnesota legislative and political matters, authorization for a new Minnesota state capitol (1891-1893), the House of Hope Presbyterian church and general church affairs, Cushman K. Davis, James J. Hill, and Archbishop John Ireland. The papers include Dean’s brother George W.’s reminiscences of the Civil War (1905, 1910); a number of letters from William Dean Howells (Dean’s cousin) and his family; information on Dean’s grandson William W. Dean’s World War I service in France (1917-1919) and his daughter-in-law Laura Winter Dean’s work with Fatherless Children of France (1916-1922) and other wartime service organizations; and treasurer’s records of the St. Paul branch of the American McAll Association, a religious and social work organization (1903-1919). Location: Minnesota Historical Society Manuscript Collection Oversized Call #: +117 Minnesota Historical Society See Manuscripts Notebooks Call #: P1444 |
| extent | 1.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 8 oversize items). |
| formats | Personal Papers Business Papers Correspondence Ephemera Clippings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/P1444.xml |
| record source | http://mnhs.mnpals.net |
| finding aid | Inventories that provide additional information about these materials are available in the repository; filed as P1444 and +117. |
| acquisition information | Accession number: 5256; 5757; 7647; 11,010 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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| title | Herschel Vespasian Jones Collection, 1886-1965. Mss 54 | repository | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| description | The collection primarily contains correspondence to Herschel Jones (1861-1928), editor of the Minneapolis Journal and collector of Americana. Correspondents include Charles Evans Hughes, Charles H. Mayo, Thomas Nast, Robert E. Peary, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lillian Russell. UCSB Special Collections also has related printed works, including: Jones, Herschel V. Adventures in Americana, 1492-1897... Being a Selection of Books from the Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota (New York, W. E. Rudge, 1928). Jones, Herschel V. Americana Collection of Herschel V. Jones: A Check-list (1473-1926), compiled by Wilberforce Eames (New York: Privately printed by William E. Rudge's sons, 1938). Jones, Herschel V. The Later Library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minn. ... (New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1923). Preferred Citation Herschel Vespasian Jones Collection. Mss 54. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. |
| extent | .2 linear feet (1 half-size box) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | None. |
| record link | http://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030/83/ft1q2n9983/files/ft1q2n9983.pdf |
| record source | http://oac4.cdlib.org |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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