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Archives related to: Bell, James Ford, 1879-1961
| title | James Ford Bell and family papers, 1861-1961. | repository | Minnesota Historical society |
| description | Business and personal correspondence (1861-1961), newspaper clippings (1920-1961), print materials, scrapbooks, and miscellany of Bell, a Minneapolis flour-milling executive who was an active participant in public affairs, and other Bell family members. The business papers document his career as salesman, vice president, and president of the Washburn Crosby Company (1901-1928) and as president and board chairman of General Mills (1928-1947); transportation (particularly rail) and food-processing industries; agriculture and the grain trade in Canada, England, and France; economic conditions in various parts of the world; the Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1930s New Deal legislation and relief programs, especially in agriculture, transportation, and economic and monetary policy; relief activities and reconstruction in Europe during and after World War I; military operations, diplomacy, and the wartime economy during World War II, and postwar reconstruction in Europe and Japan; the Korean War; other aspects of U.S. foreign policy; state and national politics and presidential campaigns; Sister Elizabeth Kenny’s treatment of polio (1940s); the Minnesota Resources Commission (1940s-1950s); and conservation of wildlife and natural resources. The personal papers (correspondence, scrapbooks, and biographical material) principally cover Bell; his wife, Ann "Louise" (Heffelfinger); and their friends and family. The letters mostly discuss day-to-day activities and trips taken by James Ford Bell (to Egypt) and Louise Heffelfinger Bell (to New York, Georgia, Montana, and Chicago). Location: Minnesota Historical Society See Manuscripts Notebooks Call #: ALPHA |
| extent | 7.33 cu. ft. (8 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 1 oversize folder in Reserve). |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Clippings Scrapbooks |
| access | Access to reserve items required the curator’s permission. |
| record link | http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00749.xml |
| record source | http://mnhs.mnpals.net |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in repository (filed under Bell, James Ford) and on the web http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00749.xml |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:01 |
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| title | William C. Edgar and family papers, 1832-1949. | repository | Minnesota Historical society |
| description | Correspondence, clippings, articles, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the activities of Edgar, a Minneapolis editor, and his daughter Marjorie. There is information on his editorship of the Bellman, a literary magazine (1906-1919) and of the Northwestern Miller, a grain trade journal (1882-1924); and the publication of his history of the Washburn-Crosby Co., entitled The Medal of Gold: A Story of Industrial Achievement (Minneapolis, 1925). Present too is information on his association with such projects as an excursion of American millers to London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam (1891); shipment of flour to Russia during a wheat famine (1891-1893); his work with Herbert C. Hoover in shipping flour to Belgium during World War I (1914-1915); and his speeches in England on the American war effort (1918). Included also are data on construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad (1894); Bates Label Company (Minneapolis), in which Edgar was a stockholder (1904-1907); reasons for the omission of the sixth verse from Julia Ward Howe’s "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1921-1922); economic conditions in Germany (1922-1923); Marjorie Edgar’s experiences in Great Britain while studying the Girl Guide program (1920); her work in collecting Finnish folk songs; and family history. The papers also contain many autograph items from American and European notables. Location: Minnesota Historical Society Manuscript Collection Oversized Call #: A/+E23 See Manuscripts Notebooks Call #: A/.E23 |
| extent | .5 cu. ft. (6 boxes and 13 oversize items). |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Scrapbooks Ephemera Writings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://mnhs.mnpals.net |
| finding aid | An inventory and box list that provide additional information about these materials are available in repository; filed as A/.E23. |
| acquisition information | See Minnesota History: 19:213; 20:82 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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| title | James Ford Bell Papers, 1917-1930 | repository | Hoover Institution |
| description | Correspondence, diaries, reports, financial statements, and photographs, relating to the U.S. Food Administration and the 1928 Herbert Hoover political campaign in Minnesota. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover and Rudolph Lee. Biography American business executive; chairman, Milling Division, U.S. Food Administration,. |
| extent | 3 ms. boxes. |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Financial Records Photographs Ephemera |
| access | Collection open for research. |
| record link | http://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030/k1/tf809nb2k1/files/tf809nb2k1.pdf |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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| title | James Ford Bell papers, 1917-1960 | repository |
| description | The collection contains clippings and correspondence regarding the building the Natural History Museum and its exhibits, memos detailing the rare books and items that should be housed in the Treasure Room at Walter Library, reports, photographs and a scrapbook of the dedication of the Museum of Natural History. Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives Collection Number: 685 |
| extent | 1 oversize box |
| formats | Clippings Correspondence |
| record source | http://discover.lib.umn.edu/findaid/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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