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Minnesota

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:

Wiecking, Anna M., 1887-1973 and Family. Collection, 1907-1970

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0116
Abstract The Anna M. Wiecking and Family collection consists of documents, pictures, and articles written by Anna Wiecking. In addition, this collection contains information on Gilbert Fletcher and Maud Hart Lovelace both famous Mankatoans. The family histories of both Anna Wiecking’s parents are included with various other items related to the Wiecking family. Furthermore, items related to Mankato State College address the retirements of two faculty members, various miscellaneous documents, and...
Dates: 1887
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Wiecking, Anna M., 1887-1973 and Family. Collection, 1907-1970

Wiecking, Anna Margaret, 1887-1973. "A History of the Blue Earth County Chapter, American National Red Cross, 1917 - 1967." Manuscript, 1967.

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0185
Abstract

The Anna Margaret Wiecking collection contains a typed draft of "A History of the Blue Earth County Chapter, American National Red Cross, 1917 - 1967." This manuscript is a draft of Wiecking's printed booklet with the same title. This document includes six pages of historical events 1968 - 1974 that are not included in the published booklet.

Dates: 1917-1967
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Wiecking, Anna Margaret, 1887-1973. "A History of the Blue Earth County Chapter, American National Red Cross, 1917 - 1967." Manuscript, 1967.

Winter, August Edward, 1838 - 1927. Reminiscences, 1861 - 1865

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0112
Abstract

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
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Winter, August Edward, 1838 - 1927. Reminiscences, 1861 - 1865

Winter, Mark R. Papers, 1977.

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1372
Abstract

This collection consists of research notes and a paper written by Mark R. Winter. The paper is entitled “A Study of a Big Woods Township: Le Ray Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.” The paper was written in 1977 as part of the requirements for Historical Geography, an undergraduate course at Mankato State University. Handwritten research notes, maps, photocopies of newspaper articles, and the twenty-three-page research paper are all included in the collection.

Dates: 1977
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Winter, Mark R. Papers, 1977.

Wood Family. Papers, 1976 - 1977

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1350
Abstract This collection consists of items related to the children of William C. and Inez Goff Wood, formerly of Mankato. They had five sons and one daughter, and all excelled in their fields. This collection focuses on Harland and Earl Wood. Newspaper clippings about and magazine articles written by these two men make up part of the collection. A small amount of correspondence from Earl Wood is also included. Programs from two lectures and a symposium conducted by Harland and Earl Wood are part of...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1976-1977
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Wood Family. Papers, 1976 - 1977

Yaeger, Selma I., 1903 - 1993. Oral History Interview, 1980.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0193
Abstract

The Selma I. Yaeger collection contains an audiocassette recording, CD duplicates of the audiocassettes, and a transcript of an interview conducted at Yaeger's home in 1980. The interview deals with Yaeger's recollections of her roles and responsibilities while working as a rural schoolteacher during the 1920s. Patrice L. Johnson conducted the interview.

Dates: 1980
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Yaeger, Selma I., 1903 - 1993. Oral History Interview, 1980.

Ziesmer Motor Company, Mankato, Minnesota. Papers, 1933 - 1975.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1383
Abstract

This collection consists of items pertaining to the Ziesmer Motor Company of Northfield and Mankato, Minnesota. Included in the collection are the various records compiled by the company over a forty-two year period, beginning with the company’s establishment. Financial records, meeting minutes, correspondence, building plans, photographs, and sales journals are all included in the collection.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1933 - 1975
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Ziesmer Motor Company, Mankato, Minnesota. Papers, 1933 - 1975.

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

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