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Personal Files, 1938 - 1998

 Series

Scope and Contents

The first two Personal File subseries were created by G.A. Dotson and J. Dennis Dotson. This subseries includes correspondence, notes, and other items regarding the operation of the company and community involvement. The G.A. Dotson, Sr. personal files include correspondence related to Alcoholics Anonymous during the 1960s and early 1970s.

The Personal Records collection also includes items kept by Mary Katherine (Fazendin) Dotson. There are greeting cards and family photographs dating to the 1930s that have some interest, including color photographs of their first child who died at the age of three, during early development and availability of colored photography for commercial use. The bulk of the personal papers, however, include correspondence between Mary Katherine (Teke) and her husband Gerald, Jr. (Jerry), the bulk of it dated from 1931 through 1936, when they were married. Other items are dated into the 1940s and a few items as late at the 1990s. Other personal correspondence includes communication between “Teke” and her parents during the 1930s, and various letters from the Boyle family in Stillwater. Teke’s mother was a Boyle.

Mary K. Dotson remained involved in the company and conducting family affairs until the 1990s. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in Business Administration in 1931, with Jerry earning the same degree in 1932. She worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company until her marriage in 1936 and worked briefly for Hughes Aircraft and Boeing in California and Oregon until she became pregnant in 1939. She maintained family records, diaries, and correspondence that date as early as 1882.

Dates

  • 1938 - 1998

Conditions Governing Access

There are some restrictions on access and use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply.

Extent

From the Collection: 84 Cubic Feet (121 Hollinger Boxes 3 Half-Hollinger Boxes 7 Legal Hollinger Boxes 12 Oversize Boxes 2 Negative Boxes 3 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Southern Minnesota Historical Center Repository

Contact:
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Memorial Library
PO Box 8419
Mankato MN 56002-8419 US
507-389-1029