Correspondence in this folder includes letters addressed to the Board of Regents generally, to John S. Pillsbury specifically, or sent to other University of Minnesota Regents such as John Nicols. There are Regents meeting notes, including ones about William W. Folwell’s election to and acceptance of the presidency of the university. Much of the...
Creator:
Pillsbury, J.S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901
Created:
1867/1869
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.;
Documents in this folder include reports to the Board of Regents from Versal J. Walker, Gabriel Campbell, Edwin J. Thompson, Jabez Brooks, A.A. Harwood, Edward H. Twining, Arthur Beardsley, and A.B. Donaldson. Other materials are related to university lands and land grants, and correspondence with individuals including Henry Beard, William Clagu...
Creator:
Pillsbury, J.S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901
Created:
1870/1872
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.;
Many of the documents in this folder relate to university buildings, such as plans for the Main Building, specifications and bids for steam heating, agreements about a building addition, and minutes of the July 11, 1874 meeting of the Building Committee of the Board of Regents. Correspondents with Pillsbury include (but aren’t limited to): Thoma...
Creator:
Pillsbury, J.S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901
Created:
1873/1874
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.;
Much of the correspondence in this folder has to do with land: university lands, salt spring lands, land affidavits, etc. Individuals represented in these documents include (but are not limited to): Henry Beard, E.A. West, Charles J. Wright, Ole P. Backe, John Nelson, G.G. Springer, Elling Bottolfson, Osten Aslagsen, and Peter Harsted. Other mat...
Creator:
Pillsbury, J.S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901
Created:
1875/1879
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.;
A majority of correspondence and documents in this folder relate either to land or to teaching positions and appointments at the university. The former includes documents and letters about property, lots of land, condemned property, lumber, and bonds, with individuals including: B.F. Pillsbury, Charles J. Wright, Isaac A. Atwater, Silas Burnurd,...
Creator:
Pillsbury, J.S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901
Created:
1880/1882
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.;
Correspondence related to presidential candidates to succeed President William W. Folwell, inquiries about faculty and teaching positions, and Board of Regents business includes: O.J. Breda; Frank O. Carpenter; Joel N. Childs; Hannah A. Davidson (Mrs. Charles Davidson); A.K. Finseth; William W. Folwell; O.E. Hagen; H. Haupt; M. Haupt; Fred P. Jo...
Creator:
Pillsbury, J.S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901
Created:
1883/1884
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.;
Documents in this folder include: an 1888 subscription to The Ariel Association (for The Ariel, the campus newspaper predating The Minnesota Daily); invoices and financial statements from D.W. Sprague related to the University Farm or the Experimental Farm; thank you letters to John S. Pillsbury regarding his funding for the building of Pillsbur...
Creator:
Pillsbury, J.S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901
Created:
1885/1892
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.;
Bruce Bredeson and Bill Hilgedick, University YMCA student presidents 1951-1952, standing in front of the University YMCA building at 1425 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Created:
1951
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Creator:
Wigington, Clarence Wesley, 1883-1967
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
