Book I - Parish Register 1887-1912; Book II - Church book 1887-1906; Loose papers (16 documents) 1883-1916

A manuscript copy of the 75th anniversary history of Coteau Lodge 1244 A.~. and A. M. of Russell, Minnesota (1902-1977) prepared by Mrs. Walter Olson. The history lists officers and charter members, with yearly historical notes on growth of the lodge.

One typewriten sheet listing W.W. II veterans from Russell, MN.

Accounts, receipts, correspondence, and an inventory of a general blacksmith, wagon repair, and farm equipment business in Amiret, Lyon County.

This collection contains the papers of John Aronson of Lincoln County. John Aronson was a farmer, and his papers include a land advertisement written in Swedish for immigrants by the Winona and St. Peter Railroad in 1879, a series of bound maps indicating the parcels of land that are available along the proposed railroad route and which ones have already been purchased. Also included in this collection are miscellaneous receipts, statements, and bills, with some correspondence.

John Busch was a 19 year old private in Company K, 8th Minnesota Regiment, from 1862-1865. Most of his activity was frontier duty in Minnesota during the Civil War and Indian Wars. The collection contains copies of two letters written by Busch to his parents, dated December 23, 1862 at Fort Ripley, and May 30, 1864 at Fort Ridgely. The letters are written in German . A typed English translation is included.

Johannes Olsen was a Danish immigrant who settled in Dagmar, Montana, and later settled in Tyler, Lyon County (1948). The collection contains papers dealing with his farm in Montana, and operation of a coal mine and co-operative store in Dagmar, Montana from about 1906 to 1949. Also contained in the collection is correspondence on settlement of three relatives' estates in Denmark and California. The papers cover the period 1906 to 1950, with some papers dated 1885.

James L. King was an enlisted man in Company D. , Eleventh Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers, from August 1864 to June 1865. The collection consists of five letters written by King to his aunt Miss J. Sheppard, New York City, NY. The letters contain comments on life in the Army, and on activities at home and with relatives. The collection consists of copies of these letters plus tax receipts from Steel County for 1866-67, and also from Cass County, Dakota for 1886.

Letters written to Edwin Ingham by his wife and mother who lived in. Saybrook, Massachusetts. Letters relate to the Civil War and general family matters.