These materials are miscellanous manuscripts acquired by the Upper Midwest Literary Archives. This document is an "ironclad oath." In the Reconstruction period following the Civil War, Republican politicians sought to disenfranchise former Confederates, to keep them from rising to political power once again. The "ironclad oath" was required of a...
Created:
1868
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
These materials are miscellanous manuscripts acquired by the Upper Midwest Literary Archives. These documents are a muster roll and payroll for a unit of the Confederate army during the Civil War.
Created:
1862
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
These materials are miscellanous manuscripts acquired by the Upper Midwest Literary Archives. These documents are an account book from a contractor who supplied rations to Union troops stationed in New York during the Civil War.
Created:
1863-07-16 - 1864-01-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
These materials are miscellanous manuscripts acquired by the Upper Midwest Literary Archives. These documents report on "social evil" in New York state. "Social Evil" refers, in this case, to crimes such as gambling or crimes related to drunkenness and sex work. This report specifically goes into detail on African American sex workers.
Created:
1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Quetta is the capital and largest city of what is now Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. In 1935 it was a major British cantonment city with 12,000 troops and a total population of around 70,000. At 3:03 AM on May 31st, an earthquake struck Quetta, reducing the city to rubble, destroying towns and villages to the south and leaving 30 to 60 thousa...
Created:
1935
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Photograph of a United States Treasury check for $2,400.00. The envelope in which the check was sent is also in the photograph. This check was sent to a resident of Duluth, Minnesota.
Created:
2020-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
