Archival Collections

Material consists of correspondence, photographs, family papers, general documents, and land documents. Family members include: Mary Steele, Henry H. Sibley, Thomas Potts, Mary and Crawford Livingston, Mary and Theodore Griggs, and Mary Griggs Burke.

5 boxes.

Material consists of business records and handwritten notes pertaining to his career work in numerous government, civic, and service organizations in Ramsey County.

5 boxes.

This collection contains two clipping scrapbooks for September 1934 – May 1935 from the St. Paul Daily News, the St. Paul Dispatch, The Progress and the East Side Tribune, the Saint Paul Parent-Teacher Council Bulletin, The Saint Paul Pioneer Press, and the Minnesota Parent-Teacher and the St. Paul Daily News including news on PTA leadership, membership, health and dental programs, educational programs, awards, certificates, talks, bridge “500” bunco games, and singing programs.  Also included are a 75^th anniversary of the school (2 years late in 1964) article, an 8-page program for the “Farewell Open House (June 1, 1975), and 2 pages of handwritten PTA leader names and terms (1922-1952).

Material consists of four ledgers (1885-1889, 1889-1892, 1892-1896, 1900-1905) of general merchandise/general store/department store sales organized by customer name.

4 ledgers.

Material contains biographical information on Max Metzger, long-time director of the St. Paul Como Park Pops Orchestra, and his parents, Mady Metzger-Ziegler, mezzo-soprano and Ludwig Metzger, Shakespearian actor. Much of the collection consists of photographs of Max Metzger, his mother, and various other singers and musicians. Also included are photocopied newspaper clippings, programs, and correspondence, which document the careers of both mother and son, and a reflective street sign in his name.

2 boxes.

Materials includes minutes, membership rosters and directories, bulletins and newsletters, luncheon notices, scrapbooks, subject files, and photographs of Midway Chamber of Commerce (1992-2009) and its predecessors the Midway Club (1919-1952), The Midway Civic Club (1952-1972), and The Midway Civic & Commerce Association (1972-1992).

8 boxes.

This collection includes a brief history of the Minnesota Boychoir (1962-present) and grant project descriptions and paperwork with 15 interview transcripts: Philip Brunelle, Hug family, Mark S. Johnson, Jon Kietzer, Langason family, Mayer family, Tanya Mayer, Robert Meyerson, Mulrooney family (2016, 2021), Nilsen family, and Virginia Pfeiffer (2016, 2021).

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.

Material consists of ledgers and other materials related to the history, development, membership, and function of the Club.

19 boxes.

Material consists of 2 ledger books of meeting minutes and scrapbook entries about the yearly history of the club, which was organized to “make special efforts to enlist private enterprise and public officials in improvement of the river banks.”

1 box.

This collection includes a brief history of the project with copies of transcripts and project documents along with six reports from those involved in the project as part of the “Learning from HIV-AIDS and Other Diseases Research Papers Project”. Eleven interviews were conducted by Portal Research’s Emil Angelica, Barbara W. Sommer, Adam Negri and transcribed by Lois Glewwe.  Interviewees include: Andrew Badley,  Mayo Clinic;  Nathan T. Chomilo, Minnesota Department of Health; Kathleen ‘Katie’ Clark, Director of the Augsburg Central Health Commons; Debra DeBruin, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota; Jacqueline Ann “Jackie” Dionne, Director of American Indian Health, Minnesota Department of Health; Kristen Ehresmann, Minnesota Department of Health; Jonathan Hanft, Hennepin County Public Health Department; Jack Martin and Nicholas Henderson, Southside Harm Reduction Services; Kristie Rathmanner, Wright County Public Health Nurse; Kelly V. Robinson, Black Nurses Rock;  Mary C. Turner, North Memorial Medical Center and president of the Minnesota Nurses Association.

The accompanying “Learning from HIV-AIDS and Other Diseases Research Papers Project” reports include: HIV/AIDS Caregiver’s Oral History Project, An Archivist’s Perspective by Nancy MacKay; Bodies of Experience: Parallels and Lessons Learned in HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 Oral History Interviews by Adam Negri; A Discussion of Options for Framing and Presenting Oral History Findings to Maximize the Chances of Access and Use in Furthering Care and Scholarship and Oral History and Project Replicability: An HIV-AIDS Model both by Barbara W. Sommer; and Connecting the Dots: A Systemic Review of Significant Themes Found in the HIV/AIDS Caregivers Oral History Project and in Related Research and Original Participants’ Suggestions and Strategies for the HIV/AIDS Caregivers Oral History Project both by MaryKate Wolken.

SEE ALSO: HIV/AIDS Healthcare Worker Oral History Collection, 1993-2016 [2016.55]

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.