Frontier and pioneer life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Davis, LeRoy G., 1859 - 1957. Reminiscences (1865 - 1893), undated
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0133
Overview
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 him...
Dates:
Undated
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
Ingraham, Eliza M., 1883 - 1957. "Reminiscences of Eliza M. Ingraham (July 29, 1883 - January 20, 1957.)" undated
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0134
Overview
The collection consists of a typed copy of Eliza M. Ingraham’s reminiscences of life in rural Leavenworth Township, Brown County, Minnesota during the Nineteenth Century. The majority of the paper consists of Ingraham recalling a log cabin near her home called the “old Hoff place.” In another section, she retold a tale about lost treasure buried near the cabin by American Indians escaping from soldiers. The paper ended abruptly after she recounted the cabin’s demise during her childhood.
Dates:
Undated
Jackson, Donald Force. "Jackson-Cahill, Force-Moen: A Narrative Genealogy". Booklet, 1980
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1360
Overview
This collection consists of a family history compiled by Donald Force Jackson. The narrative focuses on the author’s parents, Raymond Jackson and Della Anne Force Jackson. Information on pioneer life in Mankato and River Falls, Minnesota, the Mankato Teachers College, Army life during World War II, and the Mankato Tire Company are all part of the booklet.
Dates:
1980
Mills, Lucius Denning, 1848 - 1936 and Others. "Reminiscences of Pioneer Life [1848 - 1933]." Reminiscences, 1933
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0119
Overview
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 nineteenth-century....
Dates:
1933
Willard, William Dodsworth, 1867 - 1952. Reminiscences, 1856 - 1952
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0121
Overview
The William Dodsworth Willard reminiscences concern the Willard family, frontier life in southern Minnesota, and the early years of Mankato, Minnesota. The memoir includes a brief family history as well as details concerning his life. Willard concluded his musings by describing his participation in business and community endeavors within Mankato.
Dates:
1856-1952
Winter, August Edward, 1838 - 1927. Reminiscences, 1861 - 1865
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0112
Overview
This collection consists of a transcribed photocopy, jfrom German to English, of the
reminiscences of August Edward Winter. Winter served as a German Lutheran minister
on the Minnesota frontier, and he detailed his experience in the paper. In the document.
Winter described of living conditions, wages, Minnesota communities, the Dakota
Conflict, a grasshopper invasion, and Minnesota's pioneers.
Dates:
1861-1865
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Memorial Library
Minnesota State University, Mankato
P.O. Box 8419
Mankato, MN 56002-8419
Phone: 507-389-1029
Email: archives@mnsu.edu
Minnesota State Univerity, Mankato Home | Library Services Home | Archives Home | Email Us | Staff Interface
