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Farmfest '76, Lake Crystal, Minnesota. Papers, July - October 1975. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1339

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1339
Abstract

This collection consists of promotional materials relating to Farmfest ’76, an agricultural festival that was held in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. Included in the collection are: a flyer containing information on Farmfest activities, three issues of Forward to Farmfest, a map of the exhibit area at Farmfest, and two posters for the event, which show the bicentennial theme. Forward to Farmfest was a newspaper devoted to the events and displays that were occurring at Farmfest in 1976.

Dates: 1975-07 -1975-10

FitzSimmons, Lucille A., 1912-1995. Oral History Interview, 30 October and 16 November 1990.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1413
Abstract The Lucille A. FitzSimmons collection contains an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between FitzSimmons and Christopher Walchuk during the fall of 1990. FitzSimmons worked as an educator from 1936 to 1978 in Montgomery, Good Thunder, St. Clair, and Mankato, Minnesota. In the interview, she discussed the changes and areas of continuity that she believes occurred during her career in public education. She focused...
Dates: 1990-10-30; 1990-11-16

Friend, Andrew, 1835 - 1916. "The Life of Mr. Friend." Autobiography, 1916

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1353
Abstract

This collection consists of a typescript of the autobiography of Andrew Friend, of Garden City, Minnesota. The item is entitled “The Life of Mr. Friend”, and was compiled in 1916. In his autobiography, Friend discusses his involvement in building sawmills and gristmills in southern Minnesota, the defense of New Ulm during the Dakota Conflict, and the operation of his flourmill at Garden City.

Dates: 1916

Gail, Emma (Emily). Journal, May 1855 - February 1881.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0186
Abstract The Emma Gail collection contains a typed copy of a journal written during the Gail family's move from Waupan, Wisconsin to Mankato, Minnesota in 1855. The first section of the journal contains Gail's accounts concerning the family's trip to Mankato. The second half of the collection contains her description of Mankato and her life in 1881. By this time, she had married Benjamin T. Town in 1860, and by 1874, the couple were raising three sons: Benjamin, Warren, and Ray. The journal is not...
Dates: 1855-05 - 1881-02

Geschwind, Peter, 1852 - 1938. Papers, 1868 - 1922

 Collection — Half Hollinger box: 01
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0132
Abstract The Peter Geschwind collection consists of items pertaining to his work in the Sleepy Eye, Minnesota as well as some personal items. The collection contains The Charter of the City of Sleepy Eye with appended ordinances through 1907, manuscripts written by Geschwind about his views concerning the Ku Klux Klan and more specifically the Klan in southern Texas, and an undated photograph of Geschwind. Additionally, the collection contains numerous documents ranging from land deeds, to the will...
Dates: 1868-1922

Gibbons, George P. Oral History Interview, 30 October 1986.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1499
Abstract The George Gibbons collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Gibbons and Jean Benda during October 1986. In the interview, Gibbons discussed his twenty-nine year career as a social studies teacher in Jackson, Minnesota. He talked about his educational career and his goals as a teacher along with his observations concerning administrators, teacher organizations, the community, parental involvement, and his students. ...
Dates: 1986-10-30

Gilbert, James R., 1940-. Oral History Interview, 24 and 30 October 1990.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1414
Abstract The James R. Gilbert collection contains an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted with Gilbert during the fall of 1990. Gilbert worked as a public school science teacher, and in the interview, he discussed the changes that he believed occurred in education between 1962 and 1990. He noted the increasing sophistication of students and the subsequent demands upon to teachers to stay current. The majority of Gilbert’s...
Dates: 1990-10-24; 1990-10-30

Gilmore, Mark Anthony, 1839 - 1921. Reminiscences, 1907

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1352
Abstract This collection consists of a handwritten copy of the reminiscences of Mark Anthony Gilmore, of Mapleton, Minnesota. These reminiscences were dictated to Harriet and Paul Barney in 1907. Gilmore discusses his life before moving to Minnesota, moving to Colorado as part of the gold rush, and working on the Union Pacific Railroad. Also included in the collection are three pages of the Gilmore genealogy copied from Alvin Nichols, Utah Pioneer. The original copy of these reminiscences is...
Dates: 1907

Goertzen, Ellen Jahnke, 1931-2007. Oral History Interview, 9 February and 2 March 1991.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1415
Abstract The Ellen Jahnke Goertzen collection consists of an audiocassette tape, CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an interview conducted between Goertzen and Lois A. Jahnke during the winter of 1991. Goertzen worked as a home economics teacher at the middle school level in both Faribault and North Mankato, Minnesota. In the interview, she discussed the change and continuities that have occurred between 1953 and 1991. Goertzen focused on the name change her particular field of...
Dates: 2002-10; 2017-07

Gramling, Earl T., 1929-2018. Oral History Interview, 6 and 11 November 1985.

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1473
Abstract The Earl T. Gramling collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript for an oral history interview conducted between Gramling and Ralph Brose during November 1985. Gramling, the Principal at Le Center, Minnesota and former teacher/principal in Alden, Minnesota, discussed his experiences in education between 1956 and 1985. In the interview, Gramling noted how his role changed because of evolving social mores. Furthermore, he spoke about the impact of organized labor, state...
Dates: 1985-11-06; 1985-11-11

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Alcorn, Wallace, 1930- 1
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American Legion 1
American Legion. Post 55 (Le Sueur, Minn.) 1
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Andersen, Elmer L., 1909-2004 1
Anderson, Clifford L 1
Anderson, Leilah A 1
Antonelli, Monika 1
Arsenault, Raymond R. 1
Baird, Mary , 1923- 1
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Barnard, Hiram R., 1846 -1896 1
Barnes, Franklin H., 1860 -1918 1
Barney 1
Barney, Asa, 1835- 1
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Bartscher, Robert M. 1
Bartusek, Patricia A. 1
Beck, Karla E. 1
Becker, Mechthild 1
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Berg, Mary Marcella, 1931- 1
Beuch, Ethel M. 1
Bigalk, Kris 1
Blume, Ilene, 1949- 1
Bly, Frankie C 1
Bohnsack, Mary K. 1
Boothroyd, Catherine Josephine , 1906-1991 1
Botten, Joel, Jr., 1940- 1
Boyer, Tony Grant 1
Brose, Ralph L. 1
Brown, James, 1821- 1
Brown, Willetta M., 1923-2006 1
Buck, Daniel, 1829-1905 1
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Buschkowsky, Dennis F. 1
Carlson, Walter W., 1902 - 1975 1
Carpenter, Josephine 1
Central High School (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
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Chalgren, James Eric, 1951-2000 1
Chrest, John Arthur, 1932- 1
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Christensen, Thomas H., 1937 1
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Church of the Nativity (Wells, Minn.) 1
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Clare, Peter, 1851-1940 1
Colwell, Raymond Oren, 1926- 1
Compart, Mabel E., 1911-1991 1
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Creamette Company 1
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