Account books and correspondence collected by John A. Bardon relating to the following fur traders and missionaries: Friedrich Baraga, Clement H. Beaulieu, Stephen Bonga, Joseph Cadotte, Paul Morrison, Francis Pierz, and Francois Roussain. The nine account books (1852-1864), written in Ojibwe, French, and English, record trade with the Indians.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Department of American Indian Studies.
Account books and correspondence collected by John A. Bardon relating to the following fur traders and missionaries: Friedrich Baraga, Clement H. Beaulieu, Stephen Bonga, Joseph Cadotte, Paul Morrison, Francis Pierz, and Francois Roussain. The nine account books (1852-1864), written in Ojibwe, French, and English, record trade with the Indians.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Department of American Indian Studies.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1826-04-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1824-08-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1767-06-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1828-05-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1757-01-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1824-05-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1820-08-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Letter to Vasil Germenji, Chairman, Assembly of Captive European Nations, written by President Richard M. Nixon, Washington, D.C. on safety for refugees.
Creator:
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Created:
1970-12-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The author states: “As I understand there intends… an undivided two thirds of the Allegany lands, subject to improvement, which I fear will involve the purchaser in some difficulty. The settler being entitled to one fourth, Campbell, Buchannon one third… As Anthony Crothers sets off at 10 O’Clock if those will furnish a line to the Marshall requ...
Creator:
Buckley, William
Created:
1802-01-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1782-03-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Letter to the American Committee for the Resettlement of Polish D.P.s (Dispalced Persons) from Henry W. Heine requesting information on the procedures for sponsoring two families to live and work on his farm in Maryland.
Creator:
Heine, Henry W.
Created:
1955-05-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Taisto Elo from Harry Gordon, Immigration and Naturalization Service, informing Elo of his deportation and the Immigration and Nationality Act for which it is based, Duluth, Minnesota, June 25, 1953.
Creator:
Gordon, Harry
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Stefan Korbonski, Assembly of Captive European Nations, written by Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, Washington, D.C. discussing his upcoming trip to Russia.
Creator:
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Created:
1959-07-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
In this letter, Ida Kaplan thanks Ruth and Bertha for visiting her mother, asks for updates about Ruth's baby, Suzon, and congratulates her on buying a house, and shares other news and greetings.
Created:
1938-07-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This handwritten letter from Kenneth (unidentified) to Ruth Edelstein appears to have been written before Ruth went on a trip. Kenneth offers advice for the trip, mostly concerning dos and don'ts of flirting and dating. He also asks her not to forget her friends back home.
Created:
1931-06-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This letter was written to Ruth while she was at school in Madison, Wisconsin. In it, Roy Edelstein responds to inquiries from Ruth about how the family business is doing and whether Ruth will be able to continue going to school. He aslo denies Ruth's request to travel to California during the summer, saying instead that she should return home a...
Created:
1926-07-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This handwritten letter from Bertha Edelstein (Bert) to Ruth Edelstein was written shortly before the sisters traveled together to Europe in 1931. The letter includes travel details, such as times of train departures, advice about where to sit on the train, routes to take, and details about packing. Bertha also mentions a gift of a whisk broom a...
Creator:
Edelstein, Bertha
Created:
1931
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This short letter to Ruth Edelstein was written from the Hotel Waukegan in Waukegan, Illinois. It is signed "Bab," though the spelling of the name and the identity of this person are uncertain. There is a recipe for caramel frosting written on the back of the envelope.
Created:
1935-03-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This handwritten letter from Ida Zalk Edelstein to her daughters, Ruth and Bertha, was written upon Ruth and Bertha departing on a trip to Europe. It expresses happiness that they are able to take the trip, and talks about how excited everyone is for them. Ida discusses some details of their departure, including pictures that were taken and sent...
Creator:
Edelstein, Ida Zalk
Created:
1931-07-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This handwritten letter from Ida Zalk Edelstein to her daughters, Ruth and Bertha, was written as the young women traveled to Europe. Ida states that she received a letter that Ruth and Bertha sent her from the S.S. Leviathan, and asks if they got the letter and candy that she sent. She shares family news, including a Fourth of July trip to Chip...
Creator:
Edelstein, Ida Zalk
Created:
1931-07-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this letter, Ida describes Madison, Wisconsin, where she has recently moved to go to college. She describes the University of Wisconsin Madison campus positively and in great detail. She also describes the house where she rooms and her living conditions, including her landlady who is very intrusive -- reading the boarders' mail and looking in...
Creator:
Kaplan, Ida
Created:
1924-07-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This file folder is from the collection of records of La Raza Student Cultural Center (name changed to Mi Gente Latinx Student Cultural Center as of 2021), which includes administrative documents, newsletters, news clippings and flyers, correspondence, minutes, etc. that document the beginnings of La Raza on campus, including its founding as the...
Creator:
La Raza Student Cultural Organization
Created:
1994
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Copy of a letter written by Peter Lejins, American Latvian Association President, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, conveying ALA's support of the administration's current position on events in the Middle East.
Creator:
Lejins, Peter P. (Peter Pierre), 1909-
Contributor:
American Latvian Association (ALA) in the United States
Created:
1958-07-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter from W. R. Smith, Director of Intramural Athletics, to President L.D. Coffman regarding the new faculty card used to gain entrance into the University of Minnesota Recreation Field, in 1928.
Created:
1928
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Letter to Philip Hitti (residing in Princeton, New Jersey) from his brother (Joseph) Yusuf K. Hitti (residing in Beirut, Lebanon) written on January 20th, 1977.
Creator:
Hitti, Yusuf
Contributor:
Hitti, Philip (recipient); Barakat, Sarah (transcription, translation)
Created:
1977-01-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Philip Hitti (residing in Princeton, New Jersey) written by his brother (Joseph) Yusuf K. Hitti (residing in Beirut, Lebanon) written in 1940.
Creator:
Hitti, Yusuf
Contributor:
Hitti, Philip (recipient); Barakat, Sarah (transcription, translation)
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
