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Mankato (Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

Busch, Victoria. "Genealogical Record of the Scheurer Family, 1899 - 1976". Booklet, ca. 1976

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1361
Abstract

This collection consists of a genealogy compiled by Victoria Busch of Mankato, Minnesota. The booklet outlines the history of the Scheurer family, and focuses especially on the family of John Benedict and Seraphine May Scheurer. The family’s history is traced back to the 1860s when Simon and Katherine Scheurer, parents of John, moved to rural Mankato from Germany.

Dates: 1976
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Busch, Victoria. "Genealogical Record of the Scheurer Family, 1899 - 1976". Booklet, ca. 1976

Career Development and Placement Office. Placement Center Student Records, c. 1911-1931

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSU Archives Collection 168
Abstract The Placement Center Student Records collection consists of approximately 3,000 information cards about students who attended Mankato State Normal School and Mankato State Teachers College. These cards are restricted for general use but some information is available upon request. Information contained on these cards varies but generally contains the individual’s name, age, birthplace, religion, comments about the student’s appearance by school staff, the courses the person is capable of...
Dates: 1911-1931
Found in: Minnesota State University, Mankato University Archives / Career Development and Placement Office. Placement Center Student Records, c. 1911-1931

Clare, Inez, 1860-1940, and Family. Collection, 1885-1940

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0120
Abstract

The Inez Clare and Family collection consists of a diary kept by Inez Clare between 1901-1908. The diary includes information on herself, the weather, and her family. There are newspaper clippings about her father Ezra B. Eddy, her family’s time in different cities, and an obituary for Peter Clare.

Dates: 1885-1940
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Clare, Inez, 1860-1940, and Family. Collection, 1885-1940

"Democracy Triumphant". Program, 1919. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1379.

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1379
Abstract This collection consists of a program from the 1919 Fourth of July celebration in Mankato, Minnesota. The program is from a pageant presented, which included live actors and floats. The pageant traced the history of democracy from its roots in Europe to its involvement in the history of the United States. Events portrayed in the pageant include the landing of the pilgrims, the signing of the Magna Carta, Lincoln freeing the slaves, and the battle of San Juan Hill. The history of service...
Dates: 1919
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / "Democracy Triumphant". Program, 1919. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1379.

Execution of the Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians: At Mankato, Minnesota, December 26, 1862.

 Collection — Folder 01
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0181
Abstract

This collection contains one lithograph image of the execution of thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minnesota in December of 1862. The hanging occurred after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

Dates: Other: December 26, 1862
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Execution of the Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians: At Mankato, Minnesota, December 26, 1862.

Extended Campus/Continuing Education. Collection, 1957-Ongoing

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSU Archives Collection 099
Abstract The Extended Campus/Continuing Education collection contains class schedules, brochures, correspondence, memoranda, a history of the office, and information about the Center for Continuous Learning. The bulk of these documents are schedules and enrollment reports that have been arranged chronologically. The Prairie Lakes Campus Series contains documents relating to the establishment and day to day affairs of the campus. The Extended Campus office began during 1942, but materials in this...
Dates: 1957-Ongoing
Found in: Minnesota State University, Mankato University Archives / Extended Campus/Continuing Education. Collection, 1957-Ongoing

Faust, Claire E., 1920-2010. Oral History Interview, 2008

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1792
Abstract The Claire E. Faust collection consists of an audio recording, biographical form, and interview outline of an oral history interview conducted between Faust and Mark Sheehy in February 2008. Faust was principal of Wilson Campus School from 1962-1966. In this interview, Faust talks about the changes he observed at Wilson Campus School from 1962-1977, different students that went through Wilson, and what he did after his time at Wilson.This oral history interview was conducted as...
Dates: 2008
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Faust, Claire E., 1920-2010. Oral History Interview, 2008

Fletcher, Gilbert M., 1883-1933. Collection, 1904-1967

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0170
Abstract This collection is made up of items made by or relating to Gilbert M. Fletcher, an artist originally from Mankato, Minnesota. He was the son of Lafayette G. M. Fletcher, a prominent Mankato businessman and Susan Dyer Fletcher, who was one of the first teachers at the Mankato State Normal School. Included in this collection are pieces of art created by Fletcher, using crayons, pencil, and block printing, which was his specialty. Also included are photographs of Fletcher, his personal...
Dates: 1904-1967
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Fletcher, Gilbert M., 1883-1933. Collection, 1904-1967

Four Traction Auto Co. Mankato, MN. Drawings, 1908 - 1913

 Collection — Folder 01
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0161
Abstract This collection is made up of thirteen photocopies of engineering drawings of cars and trucks designed by Mr. Ernest Rosenberger of the Four Traction Auto Company. The drawings contain views of both entire vehicles and parts of the chassis and drive gear, but are not to scale. Included in these drawings are depictions of a twelve-passenger automobile, a 1 1/2 ton truck, two fire engines, and car and light truck chassis and axles. The original drawings are in the collections of the Minnesota...
Dates: 1908-1913
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Four Traction Auto Co. Mankato, MN. Drawings, 1908 - 1913

Hakes, Gordon Lewis, 1927-2008. Oral History Interview, 20 and 21 November 1990.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1416
Abstract The Gordon Lewis Hakes collection consists of an audiocassette tape, CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Hakes and David A. Thomas during the fall of 1990. Hakes worked as a public school teacher from 1950 to 1989. During his career as a teacher, coach, and administrator, he taught in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Brownton, Minnesota, and Mankato, Minnesota. In the interview, he discussed the changes and continuities that he believes...
Dates: 1990-11-20; 1990-11-21
Found in: Southern Minnesota Historical Center / Hakes, Gordon Lewis, 1927-2008. Oral History Interview, 20 and 21 November 1990.

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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