Half hollinger box 0106-0115
Container
Contains 14 Collections and/or Records:
Griffin, George, 1867 - 1947. Reminiscences, 1867 - 1941
Collection — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 01-03
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0115
Overview
The collection contains a typed copy of reminiscences by George Griffin written in the
fall of 1941. Griffm focused on his numerous jobs. He recalled his youthful occupations
and reminisced about working on a threshing crew, being a carpenter, running steam
engines, and working in boiler rooms at various factories and mills located in Minnesota,
South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Griffin's activity with the Baptist Church, membership on
the Board of Trustees for Pillsbury Academy, and his positions...
Dates:
1867-1941
Thye, Edward John, 1896-1969. Collection, 1945-1959
Collection — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 01-05
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0111
Overview
The Edward John Thye collection consists primarily of twenty-six photographs used for
news releases and other events when Thye served as the U.S. Senator from Minnesota. A
few of the photographs are accompanied by typescript news releases. Several other
photographs show Thye in different settings. Included are photographs, typescript news
reports, and a typescript speech along with a phonograph record of Thye speaking on the
radio to endorse the candidacy of Harold Stassen for United States...
Dates:
1945-1959
Political Portraits, Thye, primarily twelve group portraits
File — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 05
Dates:
1945-1959
News releases with accompanying photographs, 1956 - 1958
File — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 01
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1956 - 1958
Photographs, 1956
File — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 03
Record, phonograph and typescript, 1952
File — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 04
Portraits, Thye, individual, 1947 - 1954
File — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 02
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1947 - 1954
Gregerson, George A. (1845-1914) and Family. Papers, 1880-1904
Collection — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 01
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0109
Overview
This collection consists of items pertaining to George August Gregerson and family
encompassing the years 1880 - 1904. The papers, arranged chronologically, include
patent specifications and diagrams, correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous items
including the Omaha Platform, tanning of hides, and items related to Gregerson as a
harness manufacturer and inventor in Rochester, Minnesota.
Dates:
1880-1904
Parry, Edward Randolph, 1832-1874. Collection, 1857-1867
Collection — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 01-03
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0110
Overview
The Edward Randolph Parry collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings,
land deeds, and information related to his life in Mankato, Minnesota. The Pennsylvania
newspaper chppings titled "Minne-inne-opa" and "P" appeared in the Chester County
Times and the Philadelphia Press. The articles described Mankato, Minneopa Falls, land
prices, American Indians, and the vicinity around Mankato for promotional purposes.
Furthermore, the collection contains letters from Parry to his relatives...
Dates:
1857-1867
Newspaper Clippings, 1858 - 1860
File — Half Hollinger box: 0106-0115, Folder: 01
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1858 - 1860