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McPherson Union Cemetery Association. Ledgers, 1861 - 1955.
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1378
Abstract
This collection consists of items pertaining to the McPherson Union Cemetery Association. The association oversaw the McPherson Union Cemetery, which is located in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, just north of St. Clair. The collection consists of two ledgers. The first volume is entitled “Actuary Book for McPherson Union Cemetery Association”, and includes a list of those interred in the cemetery. This volume lists the date of death, age at time of death, county of origin, and cause of...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1861 - 1955
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
McVay, Genevieve A. (Mrs. Leo McVay), 1908-1999. Oral History Interview, 16 November and 8 December 1985.
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1490
Abstract
The Genevieve (Mrs. Leo) McVay collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an interview conducted between McVay and Michael McVay during the autumn of 1985. In the interview, Genevieve McVay, a school teacher at Waterville, Minnesota from 1928 through 1941, discussed her experiences as an educator and her remembrances of living in Waterville during the Great Depression. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for a course entitled History of...
Dates:
1985-11-16; 1985-12-08
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Meisel, Patsy A., 1933-. Oral History Interview, 15 May 1990.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1427
Abstract
The Patsy A. Meisel collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript for an oral history interview conducted between Meisel and Michelle L. Zeig during the spring of 1990. In the interview, Meisel, a professor of speech communication at Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota, discussed the changes that have occurred during her teaching career between 1965 and 1990. Meisel noted that the roles of administrators, faculty, and students...
Dates:
1990-05-15
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Meskan, Larry. Oral History Interview, 11 and 17 November 1987
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1446
Abstract
The Larry Meskan collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Meskan and Raymond Arsenault during the fall of 1987. At the time of the interview, Meskan was working as a secondary English teacher at Waterville-Elysian High School in Waterville, Minnesota. He had been at the school since 1954. In the interview, Meskan focused on the areas of change and continuity during his teaching career. For instance, he mentioned textbooks,...
Dates:
1987-11-11; 1987-11-17
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
MHS (Minnesota Historical Society). Scrapbooks, 1861-1922
Collection — Container: 27 Microfilm
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1444
Abstract
Scrapbooks of clippings compiled from Minnesota newspapers by Minnesota Historical Society staff on a variety of topics relating to Minnesota history, biography, and geographical locations. There appear to be numerous clippings on some topics, including the Dakota Conflict of 1862, the Civil War, Governor John A. Johnson and other prominent Minnesotans, the Minnesota Historical Society, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Mankato and other areas of Minnesota beyond the Twin Cities. Volumes 1-74, 76-83,...
Dates:
1861-1922
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Miller, Lloyd W., 1925-2000. Oral History Interview, 31 October and 21 November 1990.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1428
Abstract
The Lloyd W. Miller collection consists of an audiocassette, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Miller and James R. Hedberg during the fall of 1990. Miller taught social studies in the Minnetonka School District between 1956 and 1985. In the interview, he discussed the changes that have occurred in public education among administrators, counselors, students, and the community. Miller focused his attention on the 1950s, 1960s,...
Dates:
1990-10-31; 1990-11-21
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Mills, Lucius Denning, 1848 - 1936 and Others. "Reminiscences of Pioneer Life [1848 - 1933]." Reminiscences, 1933
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0119
Abstract
The Lucius Denning Mills collection holds a typed copy of an unpublished manuscript entitled “Reminiscences of Pioneer Life” compiled by Mills. Mills recalled his family living in Illinois before migrating to the area around Garden City, Minnesota. Also, he discussed living conditions in Mankato, Minnesota for the year 1854, the Dakota Conflict and subsequent mass hanging in Mankato, and the hardships and joys experienced by pioneers on the Minnesota frontier during the...
Dates:
1933
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Moore, Roy B., 1908-1993. Oral history interview, 7,8,12 March 1980
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1666
Abstract
The Roy B. Moore collection consists of three audiocassettes and CD duplicates of the audiocassettes of an oral history interview conducted between Moore and Thomas Dahlen on 7, 8, and 12 March 1980. This interview covers Moore’s recollections of the roles and responsibilities of the teacher during the 1930s and 1940s and the effects of the Depression and World War II on the teacher and the community.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-03-07 - 1980-03-12
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Moultrie, C. M., 1974-. Oral History Interview and Collection, 2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1781
Abstract
The C. Maxille Moultrie collection consists of an audio recording, biographical form, and interview outline of an oral history interview conducted between Moultrie and Zeara Alvarez in November 2010. Moultrie began as a graduate student in 1999 at Minnesota State University, Mankato. In 2002 he became employed by MSU, and he currently works in the department of Institutional Diversity as the Director of Diversity Recruitment. In this interview, Moultrie talks about his decision to attend...
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Mulford, Oliver J., 1925-. Oral History Interview and Collection, undated - 2003.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1715
Abstract
This collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Oliver J. Mulford and Kellian Clink in October 2003. Mulford served in the United States Army Air Corp during World War II. He served in the Pacific in Radar Countermeasures. He was part of the 680th Bomb Squadron-504 Bomb Group (VH). Mulford discusses his training, life on Tinian, as well as the B-29, B-29 super-fortress and flight operations. The collection also includes...
Dates:
2003-10-30
Found in:
Southern Minnesota Historical Center
