Ignatius Donnelly (1831-1901) papers 1836-1943 [microform]

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

167 reels.

Other Title:

Donnelly, Ignatius (1831-1901) papers

Place of Publication:

1836-1943

Summary:

Donnelly was born in Philadelphia, the son of an immigrant from Fintona, County Tyrone, Ireland and a second generation Irish-American mother. He was admitted to the bar in 1853 and entered politics in 1855. In 1857 he and his wife, Katharine McCaffrey, moved to Nininger, Minnesota. Donnelly had helped locate the townsite, which would remain his home, and organize an immigrant aid association to settle it. He joined the Republican Party in Minnesota and was elected lieutenant governor (1859-1863) and then to the U.S. Congress (1863-1868). Beginning in the 1870s he became involved in the agrarian reform movement, affiliating with the Grange and a succession of political parties, including the Anti-Monopoly, Greenback Labor, Alliance-Labor, and People's parties, and served several terms in the state legislature. A writer of both fiction and non-fiction, he published two short-lived reform-oriented newspapers. The collection includes correspondence and miscellaneous papers, literary materials, volumes and pamphlets, and scrapbook materials. The original documents are in the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Register available.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Mf number 042?

"Reels 1-22 are in Drawer 290, reels 23-102 are in 291, and reels 103-167 are in 292. This collection needs to be cleaned and reboxed.

OCLC:

732886316