Chronological Correspondence (1889-1946) Click on Year to View Correspondence or Hit "Ctrl and F" to search for a particular subject
BOX 3359A
Folder #1: Correspondence, 1889-1898
March 8, 1889 from W.T. La Follette. Seeking endorsement for his candidacy for U.S. Marshal.
May 28,1891 to Wilfred Patterson. News release.
July 16,1891 from Wm. H. Busbey. "Graphic Study in National Economy, "by Robinson.
Feb.16,1892 from American Economist. "Graphic Study in National Economy."
March 5, 1892 from U.S. Senator R.F. Pettigrew. "Graphic Study in National Economy."
Feb. 25,1898 from N.G. Ordway. Capital fight of 1883.
July 1, 1899 from C.H. Goddard. Goddard's poem "Grinnell."
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Folder #2: Correspondence, 1901
Jan. 22 from Pierre Chouteau. South Dakota State Historical Society.
Feb. 2 from Pierre Chouteau. Honorary membership in South Dakota State Historical Society.
Feb. 3 from Mrs. A.G. Sharp. Her capture by Indians in 1857 at Lake Okoboji.
Feb. 4 from Nathaniel P. Langford. His book Vigilante Days and Ways.
Feb. 5 from unknown past governor of Dakota. Relics.
Feb. 5 from William Jayne. Experiences in Dakota.
Feb. 9 from Mrs. William B. Sterling. Husband's effects.
March 4 from Garrett Droppers, University of South Dakota. Life membership in Historical Society
March 5 from T.M. Loomis. Offering books and papers.
March 9 from Mrs. William B. Sterling. Husband's effects.
March 22 from John A. Burbank. Razor fro museum.
March 30 from Mrs. William B. Sterling. Husband's effects.
July 17 from C.M. Young. First school house at Bon Homme.
Aug. 15 from George E. Foster, Department of the Interior. Mahlon Gore's homestead, 1863.
Dec. 15 from Moses K. Armstrong. Early Empire Builders of the West.
Dec. 25 from Moses K. Armstrong. Early Empire Builders of the West. Return to Correspondence Index Folder #3: Correspondence, 1902 Aug. 23 from Thomas A. Bouck. Portion of Minnesota, which became Dakota in 1858-1861 and Indian citizenship therein.
Oct. 7 from Mrs. John Q. Anderson. Donating pipe belonging to White Ghost.
Oct. 10 from Hayden Carruth. The Dakotan and other papers.
Oct. 23 from Joseph Mills Hanson. Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Oct. 28 from Lewis McLouth. Poetry.
Nov. 8 from J. S. McLain. Eleanor Gates' "Biography of a Prairie Girl."
Nov. 14 from Eleanor Gates Tully. Reminiscences of her Early Life in Dakota Territory.
Nov. 18 from N.W. Ellsworth. Biographical Information on Eleanor Gates Tully.
Nov. 20 from Mrs. John Q. Anderson. Donating tobacco sack belonging to Drifting Goose.
Nov. 21 from Eleanor Gates Tully. The Setting for "Biography of Prairie Girl."
Dec. 12 from Gov. Charles N. Herreid. Enclosing letter from George H. Bingenheimer, U.S. Indian Agent at Standing Rock Agency, which gives account of the murder of Captain George Pfauts Belden in the 1870s. Account based on a statement by H.A. Archambault.
Dec. 18 from Laura Comstock. Winter count, 1787-1900.
Dec. 20 from Eleanor Gates Tully. Further details on the setting for "Biography of a Prairie Girl" (clippings follow)
Dec. 27 from Gov. Charles N. Herreid. The Dakotan.
Return to Correspondence Index Folder #4: Correspondence, 1903 1903? from A.M. English. Autobiographical sketch.
Jan. 17 from H.V. Jones, Commercial West. Government wheat acreage figures.
Jan . 22 from Oliver Gibbs (?). Exhibit methods for the 1884-1885 Cotton Centennial Exposition.
Jan. 30 from D.P. Burnette. Personal.
Feb. 4 from U.S. Senator John C. Spooner (Wisconsin). Acknowledging congratulations. Feb. 6 from D.P. Burette. Personal. Feb. 18 from Mrs. Annie Collins. Offering Document.
Feb. 20 from Captain M.M. Maxon, University of South Dakota. Funding for military department.
March 17 from T.H. Conniff. Job application.
March 21 from J.C. Eager. Check book.
March 26 from Frank W. Lyon. Asking return of Indian collection.
March 30 from News Printing Company. Statement.
April 2 from Frances Halley. Personal writing.
April 4 from Elbridge B. Healy. High school study of South Dakota.
April 6 from Gov. Charles N. Herreid. Acknowledging his dedication in the Dakotan.
April 9 from Eva Emery Dye. "The Conquest."
April 11 from Kansas State Historical Society. Copies of papers.
April 17 from A.N. Marquis & Co. Personal sketch in Who's Who in America.,
April 21 from Thomas M. Goddard. Soldier's Home.
May 3 from D.P. Burnette. Personal.
May 17 from M.S. Greeley. Poetry.
May 18 to M. Townsend. State motto.
May 19 from A.W. Barber. Use of potter's wheel by Native Americans.
May 25 from R.F. Pettigrew. Geological specimens.
May 26 from Annie Collins. Offering documents for sale.
May 28 from W.S. Bentley. Soldiers' Home.
May 29 from Harry Bras. Sale of Monthly Dakotan.
May 30 from Edward D. Shurtlef. . Altitudes in South Dakota.
June 5 from Harry L. Bras. Sale of Monthly Dakotan.
June 8 from Charles B. McCoy. Average yearly rainfall.
June 9 from Harry L. Bras. Sale of Monthly Dakotan.
June 11 from Harry L. Bras. Sale of Monthly Dakotan.
June 16 from Chicago and North-Western Railway Co. The company's role in South Dakota history.
June 20 from H.C. Shober, Department of Insurance. Thanks for help while in office.
June 20 from J.L. Kehm. Personal.
July 1 from M. Hughitt. Chicago and North-Western Railway lines in eastern Dakota.
July 6 from Joseph Mills Hanson. World's Fair Exposition.
July 13 from George V. Ayers. C.C. Crory's old Bismarck coach.
July 13 from M.L. Fox. Governor Lee and oil painting.
July 16 from Eben W. Martin. Life sized portrait.
July 17 from Henry S. Volkmar. Historical writing.
July 17 from J.E. Kelley. Life sized portrait.
July 18 from M.K. Armstrong. Life sized portrait.
July 19 from S.B. Sheldon. Reminiscences concerning Francis Murphy, a famous temperance lecturer.
July 20 from John Scribner. Dr. William M. Blackburn.
July 21 from W.L. Meinzer. Thanks for unstated act.
July 22 from Augustine Davis. Historical Society.
July 22 from Major E.R. Hills (?), War Department. Flags of Leavenworth expedition of 1823 and First Dakota Cavalry of 1862-1866.
July 22 from G.H. Hoffman. Blue Blanket Valley and Cree Indian named Blue Blanket.
July 24 from Sam T. Clover. Items to donate.
July 26 from Gideon C. Moody. Life sized portrait.
July 31 from H.L. Bras. Monthly Dakotan and Robinson's attitude toward Mitchell.
July 31 from Joseph Mills Hanson. Pierre Chouteau relics.
July 31 from J.L. Turner. Bone steel collection.
Aug. 3 from G.H. Hoffman. Blue Blanket.
Aug. 5 from J.M. Robinson. Autobiographical.
Aug. 6 to Ellison G. Smith. Arkansaw Bill.
Aug. 8 from Ellison G. Smith. Arkansaw Bill.
Aug. 10 from Treasury Department. Dakota Territory.
Aug. 10 from B.C. Woolley. General Campbell's books.
Aug. 10 from Kansas State Historical Society. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 10 from A. Mordecai, U.S. Army. Field piece.
Aug. 10 from G.M. Livingstone. Old Settlers' meeting.
Aug. 11 from Kentucky State Historical Society. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 11 from Samuel S. Hatt. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 11 from Illinois State Historical Library. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 12 from New Jersey Historical Society. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 12 from M.W. Miller, Department of the Interior. Annual reports of governor of Dakota
Aug. 13 from Historical Society of New Mexico. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 14 from Joseph R. Hanson. J.M. Allen and early settler of Sioux Falls.
Aug. 14 from Michigan State Library. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 16 from Joseph Mills Hanson. Personal writings and World's Fair.
Aug. 17 from John H. Charles. Photographs of Capt. Todd and Gen. Harney.
Aug. 17 from Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 18 from Ida R. Johnson. Photograph of Mrs. Robinson.
Aug. 19 from New Jersey Historical Society. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 24 to C.J. Fox. First Methodist pulpit chair in Elk Point.
Aug. 24 from Kentucky State Historical Society. Exchange of publications.
Aug. 24 from Joseph H. Taylor. Personal papers.
Aug. 27 from John H. Charles. Photograph of Mrs. Harney.
Aug. 31 from O.J. Roe. Old soldier grave near McPherson-Brown county line on farm of James Hurst.
Sept. 4 from A.M. English. Two-story block house in Yankton, built by A.G. Fuller in 1860s.
Sept. 11 from Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Exchange of publications.
Sept. 12 from A.M. English. Two-story block house in Yankton and First Dakota Cavalry.
Sept. 14 from E.C. Ericson. Flag and cannon at Elk Point.
Sept. 15 from A.M. English. Two-story block house in Yankton and First Dakota Cavalry.
Sept. 16 from St. Boniface Historical Society. Maps and exchange of publications.
Sept. 22 from John H. Charles. Capt. Todd's descendants.
Sept. 28 from Samuel H. Elrod. Past Business.
Sept. 28 from Eben W. Martin. Life sized portrait.
Sept. 30 from John A. Burbank. Photograph.
Sept. 30 from Mrs. J.H. Kyle. Life sized Portrait.
Oct. 1 from A.J. Dahl & Co. Book purchase.
Oct. 8 from O.S. Gifford, Indian Insane Asylum. Life sized portrait.
Oct. 8 from Thomas A Shepard. Cavour and Miner newspapers.
Oct. 12 from Rhode Island Historical Society. Exchange of publications.
Oct. 13 from J.M. Guinn. Exchange of publications.
Oct. 14 from Thomas A. Shepherd. Cavour and Miner newspapers and 1886 G.A.R. papers.
Oct. 17 from William Jayne. Life sized portrait.
Oct. 17 to I.H. Bradley. Yankton Press and Dakotan files.
Oct. 19 from Helene T. George. Personal publications.
Oct. 20 from Robert Dollard. Attorney General's reports.
Oct. 20 from W.S. Bowen. Yankton Press and Dakotan files.
Oct. 24 from Rett Dean. Donation of petrified bones of dinosaur.
Oct. 28 from H.E. McNutt. Board of Medical Examiners reports or governor.
Nov. 2 from Edw. T. Murphy. Questions about a rock.
Nov. 2 from E.E. Hudson. Carl Schurz purge of Interior Department and Indian Bureau in 1878.
Nov. 4 from Jane E. Waldron. Reports of Women's Committee of Investigation to governor.
Nov. 4 from E.B. Wixson. First school in Elk Point.
Nov. 5 from John A. Burbank. Portrait.
Nov. 6 from State Historical Society of Iowa. Exchange of publications.
Nov. 7 from S.F. Folsom. Enos Stutsman.
Nov. 8 from Carrie Turner Jensen. Enos Stutsman.
Nov. 9 from New York Public Library. Exchange of publications.
Nov. 9 from C.M. Daley. Stephen R. Riggs.
Nov. 13 from Mrs. Elizabeth Denton. Augustas S. Denton.
Nov. 20 from State Historical Society of Iowa. Exchange of publications.
Nov. 23 from J.W. Heston. Bibliography on South Dakota.
Nov. 30 from J.W. Heston. Bibliography on South Dakota.
Dec. 15 from New York Public Library. Exchange of publications.
Dec. 16 from State Historical Society of Iowa. Exchange of publications.
Dec. 17 from New York State Library. Exchange of publications.
Dec. 23 from E.J. Warner (?). Teepee made by Hump's band for Historical Society.
Dec. 28 from State Historical Society of Iowa. Exchange of Publications.
Dec. 29 from Henry S. Volkmar. Questions about publications.
Return to Correspondence Index Folder #5: Correspondence, 1904 Jan. 5 from New York State Library. Exchange of publications.
Jan. 7 from Michigan State Library. Exchange of publications.
Jan. 12 from New York Public Library. Exchange of publications.
Jan. 13 from Eben W. Martin. Gold output of South Dakota in 1903.
Jan. 21 from New York Public Library. Exchange of publications.
Jan. 23 from Thomas Nicholson, Dakota University. Personal publications.
Jan. 26 from New York State Library. Exchange of publications.
Jan. 30 from H.E. Mayhew. Annual Review.
Feb. 1 from Eben W. Martin. Support for H.R. 9879.
Feb. 2 from Sam T. Clover. First publication in South Dakota-Zephyrs.
Feb. 3 from Carrie Turner Jensen. Photograph of "Father Turner,"
Feb. 6 from Ira A. Hatch, U.S. Indian Agent, Cheyenne River Agency. Edward Miner family; widow. Kate was married to Mike Martin.
Feb. 10 from J.W. Heston. Personal publications.
Feb. 10 from M.E. Logan. Muster roll of Capt. Samuel Mansfield's company.
Feb. 12 from G.H. Hoffman. Life sized portrait.
Feb. 18 from Ira. A. Hatch, U.S. Indian Agent, Cheyenne River Agency. Widow of Edward Miner (Mrs. Mike Martin).
Feb. 19 to Granville C. Bennett. Life sized portrait.
Feb. 19 from C.E. Johnston, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Experiment Station records.
Feb. 20 from Coe I. Crawford. Campaign for Governor. (Form letter).
Feb. 21 from Mrs. J.H. Kyle. Photograph of husband.
Feb. 23 from John R. Brennan, U.S. Indian Agent, Pine Ridge Agency. Red Cloud's hostile actions on the reservation, and the role of Sitting Bull.
Feb. 23 from Eben W. Martin. Historical Society.
Feb. 23 from James Mooney. Criticism of Red Cloud and Sitting Bull.
Feb. 24 from New York Public Library. Exchange of publications.
Feb. 29 from Caroline F. Burleigh. Life sized portrait.
March 1 from James C. Moody. Life sized portrait. |