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Archives box 02

 Container

Contains 32 Results:

Petterson, Gustav S., 1889-1965, and Family. Collection, 1916 - 1979

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier:  SMHC Collection 0245
Abstract

The Gustav S. Petterson and Family collection consists primarily of the scripts of “The College Hour” radio program, which Petterson hosted once a week at the KYSM Radio station in Mankato, Minnesota. The collection also contains personal items from the Petterson family, including photo albums, Gustav’s sermon book, a signed copy of Sinclair Lewis's book, The Job, and materials related to things happening in Mankato in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dates: 1916 - 1979
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Petterson, Gustav S., 1889-1965, and Family. Collection, 1916 - 1979

The Job, Sinclair Lewis, 1917

 Item — archives box: 02, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Signed copy of Sinclair Lewis's novel, The Job. Signed while Lewis was living in Mankato in 1919. The signature also contains a note Lewis wrote to Petterson.

Dates: 1917
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / SMHC Collection 0245 , Petterson, Gustav S., 1889-1965, and Family. Collection, 1916 - 1979 / Personal Items

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Memorial Library
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Mankato, MN 56002-8419
Phone: 507-389-1029
Email: archives@mnsu.edu

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