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Davis, LeRoy G., 1859 - 1957. Reminiscences (1865 - 1893), undated

 Collection — Folder: 01
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0133
Abstract The reminiscences proved within the LeRoy G. Davis collection pertain to his family’s migration from Wisconsin to Minnesota and the food they ate. He reminisced about his childhood on a farm near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and his occupations in Redwood County teaching second grade and his time at the law office of J. M. Thompson in Sleepy Eye. He discussed his education at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and at Hamline University in St. Paul before a shortage of economic funds forced...
Dates: Undated
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center

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
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center

Scobie, Elizabeth, 1903-1995. Papers, 1896-1972.

 Collection — Hollinger box: 01
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0129
Abstract

The Elizabeth Scobie papers consist of positive photographic copies of her five volume (441L) unpublished history of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Included are copies of some research material, five plat maps of Evan, Minnesota dated 1896-1904, and information about politics, life, and religion in Sleepy Eye.

Dates: 1896-1972
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center

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