Archival Collections

Materials includes newsletters and magazine articles describing the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies at the University of Minnesota, and the purpose and scope of the Minnesota HIV/AIDS Healthcare Worker Oral History Project. The bulk of the collection consists of oral history transcripts of healthcare workers who cared for Minnesota patients during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Two books are included: one is a compilation of other health care worker oral histories from around the country while the other is a history of the various Gay-Lesbian-Transgender-Bisexual communities in Minnesota.

This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.

1 box.

Material related to the overall history, growth, and functioning of the church.

37 boxes.

Material consists of several documents relating to Hunt’s diary and the diary itself. Also included are a few photographs and negatives, including houses where the family resided, and holiday cards.

1 box.

Material consists of documents related to the activities of the Missionary Society of Bethany, Sunday School teachers, Moundsview Ladies Aid, and the Evangelical Lutheran Bethania Church of North Oaks. Some minute books and notes are in Swedish.

2 boxes.

Material consists of photographs, invitations, and newsletters documenting the dinner/dances and card parties of this St. Paul Social Club from its inception.

4 boxes.

Material consists of meeting minutes, financial account books and ledgers, correspondence, by laws, relevant city ordinances and resolutions, community development plans, and grant applications.

1 box.

This collection contains materials related to Lt. John Greenman’s time as a pilot in World War II. On April 25, 1945, his plane was shot down over Austria. Greenman’s plane crew consisted of ten men, eight of whom were taken prisoner. One evaded capture, and another was hospitalized. All ten men survived. Items are organized into twelve folders by subject. The majority of the box is filled with testimonies and letters of the time Greenman and his crew were shot down, some written by the crew years later, and others written by the parents of the crew, which included: Cleo Anderson, Donald Bechen, Erskine Blankesnship, Fred Funk, George Bruyere, John Dominey, John Greenman, Theodore Tronoff, and William Przybysz.

Material consists of business documents related to the Johnson Well Screen Company (1905–1970) and family genealogy.

1 box.

Material consists of applications to the organization, business records, and board meeting minutes.

7 boxes.

Collection contains slides, black and white photographs, meeting minutes, event programs, schedules of events [meetings, lectures, flower shows, etc – 1950s], member lists, bylaws, Treasurer’s book [financial records – 1950s-1970s], occasional handwritten annotations.

1 box.