CHAPTER I
In trying to give a brief overview of the events which led up to the settlement of Hennepin County and St. Louis Park one has to eliminate many events which might seem important to some writers and readers but space forbids such extensive treatment. For more detailed studies of background material one should consult:
Folwell, W.W., History of Minnesota. 4 vols., (St. Paul)1921-1930). This is the best historical treatment of Minnesota and its history.
Christianson, T.C., Minnesota: The Land of Sky-Tinted Waters. (Chicago, 1935). This is a commendable work though not as scholarly as the Folwell studies.
Minnesota in Three Centuries. 4 vols., (New York, 1908).
Neill, E.D., The History of Minnesota. 4th ed. (Minneapolis, 1882).
Minnesota Under Four Flags. (St. Paul, 1946).
CHAPTER II
Minnesota in Three Centuries, Vol. II.
Christianson, T.C., Minnesota: The Land of Sky-Tinted Waters. Vol. I.
Grand List of Taxable Property, Hennepin County.
Annual Reports of Surveyor General, in Reports of General Land Office.
Atwater-Stevens, History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County. 2 vols., (Chicago, 1895).
On the Laycocks, a granddaughter, Mrs. E.H. Wickman (Florence Earle) has an interesting short manuscript reminiscence by her mother Emma T. Laycock.
Ruth Waddell and Mrs. Art Anderson (Martha Rixon) gave valuable information about their grandparents, the Bastons.
Warner, G.E., History of Hennepin County. (Minneapolis, 1881).
Stevens, J.H., Personal Recollections …
Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Vol. 14. Biographies.
Chatelain, V.E., “The Federal Land Policy and Minnesota Politics, 1954-1860”, Minnesota History, 22:227.
Evadene A. Burris has several articles in Minnesota History about Keeping House on the Frontier, Frontier Food, etc., which describes what would be a typical frontier.
CHAPTER III
Atwater-Stevens, History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County.
Stevens. J.H., Personal Recollections …
Folwell, W.W., A History of Minnesota. Vol. II.
Hubbard, L.F., Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars.
Christianson, T.C., Minnesota: Land of Sky-Tinted Waters. Vol. I.
Hicks, J.H, “The Organization of the Volunteer Army – 1861 with Special Reference to Minnesota,” Minnesota History Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 5.
Shippee, L.B., “Social and Economic Effects of the Civil War with Special Reference to Minnesota”, Minnesota History Bulletin, 2:289.
Donovan, Frank P., Mileposts on the Prairie: The Story of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. (New York, 1950). I also had an interview with the author.
Derleth, A., The Milwaukee Road. (New York, 1948).
Ray Severson and W.G. Gordenier of the Great Northern gave valuable aid in describing the routes of the Great Northern Railway and its parent companies.
Christianson, T.C., Minnesota: The Land of Sky-Tinted Waters.
Minnesota in Three Centuries. Vol. 4.
Grand List of Taxable Property, Hennepin County.
Autobiography and Reminiscences of Henry T. Welles, 2 vols. (1899).
CHAPTER IV
For information and background materials:
Folwell, W.W., History of Minnesota. Vol. III.
Andreas Map of 1874 of Hennepin County.
Donovan, F.L., Mileposts on the Prairie.
The drafting department of the Great Northern Railroad.
Grand List of Taxable Property, Hennepin County.
Atwater-Stevens, History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County.
CHAPTER V
Plat of St. Louis Park and its Additions, in the Plat Books of the Register of Deeds Office, Hennepin County.
Book of Miscellaneous, 280391, Register of Deeds Office.
The Evening Journal, Minneapolis, 10-4-8886, 11-9-18886.
Minutes of the Village Council, Vol. I.
Ordinance Book of St. Louis Park, Vol. I.
Birth and Death Records of Minneapolis Township, which can be found in the St. Louis Park Village Hall.
Sketch of Oliver K. Earle was secured from his daughter, Mrs. Florence Earle Wichman, and from Atwater-Stevens, History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County.
CHAPTER VI
Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deed office, Hennepin County: 48-34, 51-179, 64-610, 51-168, 49-446, 55-615, 64-608, 51-173, 58-280, 53-510, 53-633.
Plat Books, Register of Deeds Office, Hennepin County.
Interviews with Edward M. Conant, who was T.B. Walker’s secretary, 1890-98.
Conversation with Clara Nelson, who is preparing a biography of T.B. Walker
Map of St. Louis Park, 1893, which hangs in the Fire Barn.
Sketch of S.E. Davis: Hudson, Half Century of Minneapolis, P. 40; Freeman and Bussewitz, History of Horicon.
On the Esterly family: L. Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Vol. IV, P. 570; Atwater-Stevens, History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, II, p. 1056; Stewart, The Reaper, p. 324, 296; Hudson, Half Century of Minneapolis, p. 224.
Minutes of the Village Council, Book I.
Ordinance of the Village of St. Louis Park, Book I.
Letter from Scott Hunter of Billings, Montana. Hunter was a resident of St. Louis Park in the 1890 and helped with the construction and operation of the factories.
Biographies of the incorporators of the corporations and some of the village founders can be found in Minnesota Historical Collections, Vol. 14.
CHAPTER VII
Conditions in the Park in the 1890s:
Interview with Joe Williams
See also any good history of the United States for the Depression of 1893.
Monitor Works:
Atwater-Stevens, History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County.
Interview with Joe Williams
Minneapolis Land and Investment Company:
Interview with E.M. Conant
Conversation with Clara nelson
Minneapolis Journal, 11-2-13
Schussler Mill:
Interview with Rose Schussler
Minneapolis Chair Company:
Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office.
Esterly Harvester:
Interview with E.M. Conant
Conversation with Clara Nelson
Minneapolis Specialty Company:
Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office
Minnesota Sugar Company
Council Minutes, 1-24-1898
Commercial Minneapolis, 4-14-1900
Minneapolis Journal, 2-25-1903, 9-5-1899, 11-4-1899.
For biographies see Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Vol. 14.
Elevators:
Jack Roberts of McKenzie-Hague-Simons
Harold Whalen of Commander Larrabee
Spanish Civil War: Interview with Joe Williams and others.
Voting: Election record in the County Auditors Office, Hennepin County.
Civic Affairs: Council Minutes, 6-3-1897, 9-2-92, 7-11-1899, 7-6-1889, 2-8-1898, 10-7-1892, 8-12-1892, 3-7-1893, 12-6-1895, 3-14-1893, 3-13-1894, 3-12-1895. Interview with Joe Williams.
Amusements: Various interviews; Mrs. Arthur Anderson, Joe Williams, Letter from Scott Hunter, Billings, Montana.
The Band:
Interview with Joe Williams who played in it.
Council Minutes, 1-5-1894.
Difficulties in the depression: T.B. Walker biographical sketches, a collection volume of them can be found in the Public Library.
Schools: Minutes of the Board of Education.
Population Changes: U.S. Census, 1890 and 1900.
CHAPTER VIII
Monitor Works:
Joe Williams, who was their engineer.
Hudson: Half Century of Minneapolis, p. 400,
Minneapolis Journal, 10-11-1908, 10-19-1904, 4-4-1913. (The latter is the obituary notice of S.E. Davis.)
Minnesota Sugar Company:
Minneapolis Journal, 1-16-1900, 1-9-1900, 2-2-1900, 1-11-1902, 4-15-1902, 2-16-1903, 2-25-1903
Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office gives the notice of dissolution of the company.
Malleable Iron Works: Interview with E.M. Conant.
Jarless Carriage Company: Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office, 95-46, 203-527.
Fosston Wind Stacker Company: Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deed Office, 90-46, 102-29 and a photograph in the files of the Hennepin County Review in Hopkins.
Shaft-Pierce Shoe Company:
Commercial Minneapolis, 4-18-1900.
Minneapolis Journal, 11-13-1902, 12-16-1902, 12-22-1902, 12-19-1902-4-4-1902.
Martin Manufacturing Company:
Myron R. Martin: Grind Builder, by D.C. Martin, October 1917.
Streetcar Line:
E.M. Conant, interview.
Annual Report, 1907, of Twin City Rapid Transit Company.
Joe Williams, interview.
Minutes of the Village Council.
Fire and Police, Personnel and Roads, Sidewalks: Minutes of the Village Council 1893-1913.
Automobiles:
Interview with Mrs. John J. Watson
Interview with Ruth Waddell
Interview with Verne Langdon
Electricity:
Ordinance Book, Vol. I.
Minutes of Village Council, 5-6-1910, 1-6-1911, 1-12-1911, 2-23-1911, 2-6-1913, 4-3-1913.
Minneapolis Journal, 2-7-1911.
Interview with Joe Williams.
Schools:
Interview with E.S. Hatch.
Census of the United States, 1910.
Minneapolis Journal, 12-2-1912, 1-17-1913, 3-2-1913, 11-2-1913.
Liquor:
Minutes of the Village Council, 6-6-1902, 3-10-1903, 5-1-1903, 4-1-1903, 7-3-1903, 3-14-1905, 4-23-1906, 4-5-1907, 4-27-1909, 5-7-1909, 4-23-1910, 7-16-1913.
Minneapolis Journal, 3-15-1905, 3-14-0906, 4-13-1907, 3-10-1909, 3-9-1909.
Conversation with Clara Nelson.
Tornado:
Minneapolis Journal, 8-22-1904.
Interview with S. Earl Ainsworth.
Minnesota in Three Centuries, Vol. 3, p. 221.
Gardeners:
Interview with Ruth Waddell.
Interview with Margaret Fletcher.
Interview with Joe Williams.
Platting: Minutes of the Village Council, 1907-1913.
Booming the Village:
Minneapolis Journal, 11-2-1913.
St. Louis Park Herald, 5-6-1915.
CHAPTER IX
Population: United States Census 1910 and 1920
School: Minneapolis Journal, 1-4-1914, 1-8-1914, 5-28-1914, 3-19-1914
Retail Stores:
See St. Louis Park Herald, May 1915.
Council Minutes
State Bank:
St. Louis Park Herald, 5-20-1915, 6-17-1915, 10-7-1915, 4-10-1919, 8-6-1920
See Articles of Incorporation in Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office.
Martin Manufacturing Company: See Articles of Incorporation in Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office.
Republic Creosote: See Articles of Incorporation in Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office.
Pres-O-Lite: See filing of foreign corporation in Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office.
Dan Patch:
Book of Miscellaneous, Register of Deeds Office.
St. Louis Park Council Minutes, 9-30-1913, 3-25-1914, 6-3-1915, 7-1-1915, 7-22-1915, 3-11-1916, 4-18-1916, 6-15-1916, 5-29-1918, 8-1-1918, 2-6-1919, 5-15-1920, 6-2-1921, 7-7-1921, 9-13-1922.
Minneapolis Journal, 11-2-1913.
Government:
Personnel-compiled from election returns
Labor-St. Louis Park Village Council Minutes
Poor-St. Louis Park Village Council Minutes
License-St. Louis Park Village Council Minutes
Fire:
St. Louis Park Village Council Minutes
Valuable is a list of actions of the council compiled by A.L. Lundberg in 1938.
Platting: Minutes of Village Council
Park Board: Minutes of Village Council
Library:
Interview with Margaret Fletcher.
Minutes of Village Council
Newspaper:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council
St. Louis Park Herald, 1915
No files of Hennepin County Rural Messenger are known to exist.
Church: St. Louis Park Herald
Economic Condition: Ruth Waddell, Margaret Fletcher, Mrs. Arthur Anderson
Amusement:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council
St. Louis Park Herald
Interviews with C.M. “Pete” Williams, George Gibson, Mrs. A. Anderson, Ruth Waddell
World War I:
General History texts
Plaque in Junior High School Building
Interview with Verne Langdon and J.A. Werner
CHAPTER X
General suburban attitudes can be found discussed in any recent text or study in Urban Sociology. See Gist and Halbert: Urban Sociology; Von Rhode: The Suburban Mind in Harpers, 1946. No newspaper files were available for the period.
City Affairs: Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council
Plats and Zoning: Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council
Liquors:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council
Interviews with J.A. Werner, George Gibson, Pete Williams
Personnel: Election returns
Police: Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 4-17-29, pp. 238 and 249.
On Band and City Buildings: Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 8-7-1929, 7-2-1929.
Park:
Minneapolis Journal, 10-8-1930, 10-10-1926.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 9-30-1929, 10-4-1923, 7-17-1929.
Secession:
Interviews with J.A. Werner, Howard Perkins
Minneapolis Journal, 10-10-1928 – Real Estate Section
Monitor:
Scrapbook of Minneapolis Moline Company.
Fire Department records
Elevators:
Interviews with Van McKusick of Hales-Hunter.
Interview with Harold Whalen of Commander.
Interview with Jack Roberts of McKenzie-Hague-Simmons.
Gas:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 7-3-1891, 6-15-1927.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 12-26-1947.
Social Groups: Interviews with H. Perkins, J.A. Werner.
Politics: Election Records in Hennepin County Courthouse.
CHAPTER XI
Relief:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 2-1931, 11-2-1931, 12-11-1931, 9-7-1932, 8-17-1932, 1-4-1933, 2-10-1933, 8-16-1933.
See any history book on recent U.S. on FERA.
Interview with Mrs. Gertrude Renner.
C.W.A.:
Interview with Mrs. G. Renner and general history books.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 5-16-1934.
St. Louis Park Workers Protective:
Book of Miscellaneous, 326: p. 313, Register of Deeds Office.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 8-15-1934, 10-17-1934, 2-4-1935.
Private Relief: Interview with E.H. Shurson on trees given for fuel.
Federal Surplus Program: Interview with Mrs. G. Renner.
C.C.C.:
General U.S. History
Interview with Mrs. G. Renner.
W.P.A.: Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 3-25-1935, 11-18-1935, 3-2-1936, 3-16-1936, 12-8-1937.
Water:
Interview with J.A. Werner.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 6-20-1934, 7-18-1934, election returns in Book 7, p. 52.
Minneapolis Tribune, 3-10-1940.
Sewer:
Interview with Claude Rossman, October 2, 1952.
Ordinance Book, 3-23-1931 on Plumbing Ordinances.
Minneapolis Tribune, 2-14-1940, 8-15-1939.
Recreation and Parks:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 11-18-1931, and Vo. 8, p. 129, 9-3-1935, elections in 12-7-1937.
Minneapolis Times, October 16, 1940.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 8-3-1936, 6-2-1937.
Interviews with Dorothea Nelson and Russ Connery.
Finance:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 2-15-1933, 3-1-1933, 4-7-1933, 11-22-1933, 3-8-1934, 8-15-1934, 9-16-1935.
Minneapolis Tribune, 2-23-1936.
Government Reform:
Interviews with J. Justad, E. Shursen.
Minneapolis Tribune, 11-28-1939.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 2-17-1936, 1-2-1937, 1-31-1938.
Fire:
Minneapolis Tribune, 3-10-1940, 11-9-1938.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 12-27-1932, 6-6-1934.
Interview with C.W. “Pete” Williams.
Police: Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 1-21-1931, 10-8-1933, 5-4-1936, 2-4-1935, 4-1-1935, 5-22-1936.
Transportation:
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 8-4-1937, 7-21-1937, 5-2-1934, 3-21-1938.
Annual Report TCRT, 1938, 1937.
Various Interviews.
Walker Properties: Interviews with J. Justad, J. Linn Nash, Howard Perkins, C.L. Hurd, E. Shursen.
Liquor: Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, 1-17-1934, 3-31-1933, 3-7-1934, 11-7-1934, 12-4-1934, 12-12-1934, 1-2-1935, 12-8-1939.
Newspaper: Interview with J. Linn Nash.
Population Characteristics and Housing: U.S. Census II:3, p. 707; XI:4, p. 156.
CHAPTER XII
The War:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 11-12-1943, 11-19-1943, 5-26-1944.
Roger’s Directory, 1942, 1945.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 11-20-1942, 10-1-1943, 6-2-1944, 3-12-1943, 1-9-1943, 7-30-1943, 10-1-1943, 1-11-1946, 3-12-1943, 1-9-1943, 7-30-1943, 10-1-1943, 1-11-1946, 1-25-1946.
American Legion: Interviews with Verne Langdon, C.E. Christy.
Veterans of Foreign Wars: Book of Miscellaneous, 482-189, Register of Deeds Office.
Population: St. Louis Park Dispatch, 6-28-1950, 7-31-1952.
Charter:
1940 Charter:
Proposed 1940 charter – copy of document.
Minneapolis Star, 2-16-1929.
1949 Charter:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 4-1-1949, 3-8-1949, 3-25-1949, 1-24-1952.
Minneapolis Daily Times, 2-7-1947.
Minneapolis Star, 2-16-1949.
Minneapolis Tribune, 11-30-1951.
Name Change:
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, 7014-1946.
Minneapolis Star, 7-31-1946, 4-8-1948.
Water:
1947 Bond Prospectus.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 12-28-1949, 10-23-1951.
Minneapolis Star, 1-3-1950.
Minneapolis Tribune, 11-12-1950, 11-21-1950, 11-11-1951.
Sewer:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 7-4-1951, 11-8-1951, 4-11-1951.
Minneapolis Tribune, 11-11-1951.
Garbage:
Minneapolis Star, 5-16-1951.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 5-16-1951, 7-11-1951, 7-18-1951, 8-30-1951.
Fire and Police Departments:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 1-9-1948, 4-4-1951, 11-8-1951.
Minneapolis Tribune, 3-10-1940, 11-11-1951.
Minneapolis Star, 3-6-1952.
Recreational Activities:
Interviews with Dorothea Nelson.
Various reports from Recreation Department.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 7-16-1948, 12-10-1948, 8-19-1949, 4-1-1949, 6-10-1949.
Minneapolis Star Journal, 7-24-1943, 7-16-1952.
Minneapolis Tribune, 7-16-1951.
Taxes:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 10-8-1948, 8-18-1944, 4-18-1951.
Minneapolis Times, 9-15-1942.
Village Ordinances, Sec. 202.
Business:
Minneapolis Star, 1-12-1950, 9-11-1952.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 1-11-1950, 6-7-1950, 7-19-1950.
Chamber of Commerce files.
Directory of Minnesota Manufacturers, 1949.
Minneapolis Times, 11-5-1945.
Minnesota State Commercial Directory, 1937-1938.
Platting:
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, 3-30-1952.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 1-8-1943, 1-18-1950, 7-12-1950, 10-18-1951, 10-11-1951, 11-1-1951, 11-8-1951, 9-13-1951, 9-27-1951, 9-20-1951, 3-7-1951.
Post Office:
Interviews with Verne Langdon, Joe Williams.
Atwater-Stevens: History of Hennepin County, Vol. II, p. 1257.
Minutes of St. Louis Park Village Council, Vol. 8, p. 151, 7-15-1931.
Politics:
Compilation from election records in Hennepin County.
Auditor’s files.
Newspapers: Interviews with J.L. Nash, Barney Gross.
Lodges and Clubs:
Interviews with J.A. Werner, Fr. Wilkins, E. Shursen, Russell Dietrick, C.L. Hurd.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 9-18-1952
Chamber of Commerce.
Roger’s Directories, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1951.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 3-12-1948, 2-4-1944.
CHAPTER XIII
Union Congregational Church:
Congregational Work in Minnesota, p. 521.
Neill: History of Hennepin County, 1921, p. 344, 442.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 6-21-1950, 8-11-1944, 3-22-1950.
Atwater-Stevens: History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Vol. II, p. 1255, written by Rev. Wm. Jones.
Box of Documents, Minnesota Historical Society.
Interviews: Ruth Waddell, E.M. Conant, Rev. Martinson, Mrs. Stewart.
Calendar of the Union Congregational Church, 1935.
Minneapolis Tribune, 3-17-1933.
Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Vol. 14, on Biographies.
Dedication Program of the Church, 1942.
Brownlow, Brookside, Meeting House and Aldersgate:
Interviews with Rev. Brudevold, E.R. Ludwig, Mrs. A.M. Engel, J.A. Werner, Mrs. J.W. Knoble.
Minneapolis Star, 9-29-1951.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 7-10-1952, 4-26-1950, 11-8-1951, 11-27-1942, 2-4-1944, 5-7-1943, 6-18-1943.
Atwater-Stevens: History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, p. 1256.
Conference Minutes of Northern Minnesota Conference, 1893, 1898, 1924.
Presbyterian:
Atwater-Stevens, ibid., p. 1256.
Interviews: J.A. Werner, Joe Williams.
Fire Department Records.
Lutheranism: General: Rev. J. Lyle Halvorsen, interview. He has drawn up a brief account of the earlier Lutheran groups in St. Louis Park. See also St. Louis Park Dispatch, 5-20-1915. (sic)
First English Lutheran Church:
Rev. J.L. Halvorsen, interview.
S.W. Shopper, October 13, 1948.
Dedication Progam, 10-1401928.
History (typescript) by Rev. Halvorsen.
Wooddale Evangelical Lutheran:
Questionnaire from Rev. Obenauf.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 2-1-1950.
Prince of Peace Lutheran:
Questionnaire from Rev. G. Lundquist.
Minneapolis Star, 12-30-1950.
St. Luke’s Lutheran:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 3-9-1945, 5-31-1950.
Questionnaire from Rev. O.A. Dressel.
Timothy Lutheran: Interview with Rev. R. Schumann.
Westwood Lutheran:
Questionnaire from Rev. N. Nielsen.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 3-28-1947.
Cross of Christ Lutheran: Interview with Pastor Milo Gerbering.
Park Baptist:
Questionnaire from Rev. Lloyd Nordstrom.
Interview: Mrs. Carl Anderson, 10-10-1952.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 11-10-1944, 6-21-1950, 10-8-1943.
Oak Hill Baptist:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 8-30-1950.
Interview: Rev. Orval Peterson.
Evangelical Free Church:
Minneapolis Star, 5-28-1951.
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 8-23-1950.
Questionnaire from Rev. Lester Nelson.
St. George Episcopal:
Mr. Coppage of Dioceses Office.
Interview: Mrs. H.O. Westerdahl.
Roger’s Directory.
Holy Family Church:
Interviews: Father Wilkins, Mrs. J. LeDuc, G. Gibson, Mrs. J. Whelan.
Most Holy Trinity Church: Interview with Sr. Albertine, who keeps a daily chronicle of church and school events.
St. John the Evangelist Church: St. Louis Park Dispatch, 6-21-1950, 6-28-1950.
Church of the Good Shepherd: Interview with Rev. Thomas J. McNamara.
Miscellaneous:
St. Louis Park Dispatch, 9-18-1952.
Minneapolis Star, 9-13-1952.
CHAPTER XIV
Pratt School:
Atwater-Stevens: History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County.
Mrs. Fred Eustis had compiled a large amount of material about the school.
Schools:
Material was secured from the Minute Books of the Board of Education from 1888 to date.
Interviews: Harold Enesvedt, E.S. Hatch, Otto Domian, Bertha Bates and several others.
The St. Louis Park Dispatch and the Minneapolis papers gave further information.
Three papers written by N.H. McKay in courses at the University of Minnesota also added information.
Material on the parochial schools was secured from Sister Albertine of Most Holy Trinity School and from Father Francis Wilkins of Holy Family. Newspapers also gave some information.
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