Archival Collections

Material consists of handwritten diary entries in an oversized ledger book.

1 box.

This collection contains four hand-written ledgers; meeting minutes; family and business correspondence; financial accounting records; informational and narrative pamphlets and booklets about St. Paul statistics, health and safety, Church of St. Mark, and University of St. Thomas; medical office ephemera; charitable organization materials, and St. Paul visitors guides, along with Merriam Park Post office ephemera and some associated photographs.

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.