Abstract This collection is made up of mostly photocopies of items that belonged to Mrs. Elvina Lewis, of Mapleton. Her family was among the first to settle in Medo Township, and most of this collection deals with the history of Medo Township and Pemberton, Minnesota. Among the items included in the collection are: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about people from the Pemberton area (assembled by Mrs. Ruth Severson, Mrs. Lewis' mother), unpublished items about the history of Pemberton and of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains items dealing with the history of Medo Township and Pemberton, Minnesota. Much of the collection consists of copies of materials in the possession of the Elvina Lewis family, of Mapleton. A large portion of the collection consists of newspaper clippings about life in Pemberton, or people who grew up in Pemberton. Included in the collection is a photocopy of a scrapbook assembled by Mrs. Ruth Severson, who was Elvina Lewis' mother. The scrapbook contains...