Title: Nathaniel and Harriet Harmon Dexter Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1890-1977

Creators:

• Dexter, Nathanial Beach, 1892-1973
• Dexter, Harriet Harmon, 1897-1980

Call Number: Northland Mss H; PH 4005; PH 4006

Quantity: 3.6 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 1 package); plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (2 folders)

Repository:

This collection is managed jointly by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Ashland Area Research Center. Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1914-1977, and photographs, 1890-1977, related to the careers, civic interests, and families of Nathaniel and Harriet Harmon Dexter, faculty members at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin and leaders in the Presbyterian-Congregational Church and other community activities. Papers contain information on missionary teaching in China in 1923, settlement work in Ashland with Eastern European refugees in the 1950s, college teaching in Lebanon in 1961-1962, Northland College, small business development work in the Ashland area, efforts to develop local products, community activities, religious talks and manuscripts, the Dexter family genealogy, and other topics. Included is correspondence, diaries, subject files, manuscripts, and clippings. The photographs include portraits of Dexter and Harmon family members, snapshots recording family activities over many decades, and pictures of several events in the Chequamegon region of Wisconsin, 1900-1955.

Language: English

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Born in 1892 in Indianapolis, NATHANIEL BEACH DEXTER was the son of Frank and Emily Dexter and is best known as a Northland College faculty member and Ashland community leader. The family moved to Ashland, Wisconsin, in 1910, after Frank Dexter became Home Missionary for the Northern Wisconsin Congregational churches. Nathaniel Dexter attended Northland College, Ripon College, and the University of Wisconsin, from which he received a master's degree in English, and later studied at the University of Chicago. He taught for one year at Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota, and held a pastorate at Marmath, North Dakota, near the Montana and South Dakota borders. During World War I, Dexter did YMCA work with the Navy. After contracting spinal meningitis, he was unable to work for two years. He spent part of the recuperation period on the Dexter farm at Seeley, Wisconsin, where he developed the interest in farming and the community which motivated much of his later work in community development.

In 1921, Dexter returned to work, first as business manager for Northland College, and then as its publications editor. He also became a member of its English Department. In 1928, he married his colleague, Harriet Harmon.

When Northland, a Congregational Church-affiliated four-year college, faced severe financial difficulties after the 1929 stock market crash, Dexter began to develop a student self-help program which employed students in food production as well as in craft shop production for the local and regional giftware trade. A copper and wood workshop began in 1930 and the college printshop became part of the program. With Northland's need for economic austerity in mind, Dexter resigned in 1933, leaving the program in charge of a student foreman. The Dexters moved to Chicago with their two recently adopted children, Beatrice and Raymond. Nathaniel Dexter earned a master's degree at the University of Chicago, and then served as an educational advisor at two Illinois Civilian Conservation Corps camps.

In 1942, the Dexter family returned to Ashland. Nathaniel returned to Northland College, where he continued to work out his ideas about community development through handcrafts and small businesses. He began a pottery workshop at the college to promote the use of native clays. In 1950, he became involved in regional community development efforts through a University Extension five-county conference. During 1956-1959, he implemented a community development program partially funded through the federal Board of Fundamental Education. The project extended Northland's industrial and arts departments with Dexter in charge of the fieldwork to bring about regional economic growth through small business development.

After his retirement in 1961, Dexter began an official history of Northland College. The project was interrupted when the Dexters accepted a one-year appointment at Haigazian College in Beirut, Lebanon, but resumed after their return. The History of Northland College was published in 1968.

Nathaniel Dexter died on October 2, 1973 after a long illness.

HARRIET HARMON DEXTER, educator and civic leader, born December 21, 1897 in St. Paul, also came of a family long active in the Congregational Church ministry. She graduated from high school in Cable, Wisconsin, where her father, Andrew Harmon, was a highly respected clergyman and local leader. She then attended Cotner College in Lincoln, Nebraska, and earned a Master of Religious Education degree at the College of the Bible of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.

Harriet Harmon began teaching in 1923 at the Normal School for Men in Hofeihsein Anhwei Province, China. She was then employed as Supervisor of Children's Work for the Council of Religious Education in Columbus, Ohio. In 1927 she joined the Northland College faculty as Dean of Women and French instructor. After her marriage to Dexter in 1928, her faculty position was terminated.

After the Dexters moved to Chicago in 1933, Harriet Dexter returned to work as the first editor of Churchwoman, the interdenominational journal of the United Church Women. During 1937, she worked in New York City for the Council for Social Action of the Congregational and Christian Churches. When the Dexters returned to Ashland, Harriet served as admissions counselor at Northland. She became a professor of English in 1944, and later became Dean of Women. At her retirement in 1967, the College awarded her an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. In 1971, she served as Acting President during a six-month interim between administrations. Later that year, she became Director of Alumni Relations. In 1976, she again retired.

Harriet Dexter was also very active in community cultural and church activities. She directed the Ashland Presbyterian Congregational Church choir, and served on the congregation's worship, library, social action, and Christian education committees. She wrote radio broadcasts on religious matters, and imbued her public speaking activities and writing with her concern for Christian fellowship. Two books written with her sister Margueritte Bro discuss religious thought in modern life. A third book, What's Right with Race Relations, 1958, drew widespread praise as a well-researched moderate view of national progress in race relations.

Mrs. Dexter's community service included leadership in several organizations, among them the Northland College Dames, the American Association of University Women, the local arts council, the Northwest Wisconsin Library System, and the Wisconsin Humanities Committee. In 1976, her contributions received community-wide recognition at a Veterans of Foreign Wars program honoring her as Outstanding Citizen of the Year. At that time, Northland College announced a scholarship fund bearing her name. Harriet Dexter died on February 12, 1980.

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, subject files, and manuscripts. The documentation is varied and informative. Described in letters, diaries and clippings are important family events and daily concerns from the Dexters' early adulthood through the 1970s. Subject files begin in the 1930s and pertain to many aspects of the Dexters' academic and community interests through the 1970s. Manuscripts representing a wide range of topics and literary forms also begin with work from the 1930s. Several are closely related to correspondence and subject files. Among the manuscripts are drafts and notes for Nathaniel Dexter's History of Northland College.

Snapshots recording the Dexter and Harmon families' summer activities, trips and family gatherings from the turn of the century through the 1950s make up most of the photograph collection. It also includes portraits of Nathaniel and Harriet Dexter taken at many points in their careers, and a number of publicity photographs of Harriet Dexter's public honors during the 1970s. Several small groups of photographs picture several community events in the Chequamegon region before 1930.

The DEXTER FAMILY PAPERS series combines correspondence, clippings, diaries and household financial records. The Correspondence and Clippings are arranged chronologically. This subseries, some packets of which were found among the photographs and subject file folders, describes events before the Dexters' marriage, including Harriet Harmon's year in China; her two years in Columbus, Ohio; and the Dexters' betrothal. Correspondence also describes their adoption of Beatrice and Raymond Dexter. Two files of letters partially document the period 1937-1942. The Dexters' later years are described in Harriet Dexter's letters to her family, which include letters written following Nathaniel Dexter's last lengthy illness and death, and Margueritte Harmon Bro's final illness. Other correspondence traces the Dexter family genealogy from colonial times through recent years.

The Diaries illustrate some of the Dexters' personal observations and concerns early in their careers. Included are Nathaniel Dexter's diary during his year of study at the University of Wisconsin; Harriet Dexter's diary during her year of teaching and travelling in China; a travel diary from a 1931 trip to Yellowstone Park, and a home-made collection of recipes received from friends in Carlinville, Illinois.

The Property and Finances subseries includes Nathaniel Dexter's research and correspondence for a barn construction project at Seeley; some personal property records; and the Dexters' long correspondence with the Social Security Administration concerning payment of benefits.

The Displaced Persons subseries follows the Dexters' negotiations with church relief agencies to bring an immigrating Eastern European family to the Seeley farm in the early 1950s. There is an exchange of letters with each family who considered the placement, and finally correspondence continuing for several years with the families who did reside together on the farm for a year. An article by Nathaniel Dexter describes the Dexters' experience with this last group.

The Dexters spent the academic year 1961-1962 teaching at Haigazian College in Beirut and then travelled through the Mideast and Europe. The subseries includes correspondence with Haigazian's president, John Markarian, exploring common interests and arranging their appointment as visiting faculty, as well as Margueritte Bro's letters to the Dexters from Beirut before their arrival there, and the Dexters' letters-to American friends throughout the year. Itineraries and travel: diaries are also included.

NATHANIEL DEXTER'S SUBJECT FILES are organized in four subseries. The General Subject Files include clippings, notes from Northland College discussions on academic standards, and miscellaneous correspondence. The Civilian Conservation Corps material consists of workshop ideas and plans, and evaluation materials that express Dexter's philosophy of education during the 1930s.

The Community Development and Adult Fundamental Education subseries is largely correspondence from the years 1956-1959, while Dexter headed a Northland College sponsored, federally-funded, regional development project. He corresponded with state and federal agencies, and with other northern Wisconsin residents interested in local economic development through small business enterprises. There is also information on fundamental education programs at denominational colleges in other parts of the country, and correspondence with E. L. Kirkpatrick, founder of the national Rural Life Association. Conference papers and programs, and research reports constitute the rest of the subseries.

The Development of Local Products subseries also originated as part of the Fundamental Education project. It includes information requests, replies, brochures, and research reports concerning local resources that might contribute to local economic growth through small business development. The products most extensively researched are peat moss and local clays. Food processing and packaging enterprises related to local agriculture are also discussed.

Much of the NATHANIEL DEXTER MANUSCRIPTS series consists of a carbon copy of The History of Northland College, Dexter's initial proposal for the project, typed drafts, notes and discarded anecdotes. Two articles based on Dexter's CCC Camp work describe his educational philosophy. There are also two later articles, “Rebuilding the Small Community” and “Valley Folk,” and some Philosophic Comments which Harriet Dexter valued and saved. “Tania Mania” is a musical comedy script and score. “Hymn to the Rising Sun” is a song written jointly by the Dexters. The folder of Poems includes drafts as well as final copy.

HARRIET DEXTER'S SUBJECT FILES also have been organized topically. They describe her professional interests and community involvements. Course Syllabi and Teaching Materials include outlines of courses on the Old and New Testaments, American literature and world literature. There are also lecture notes and selections to be used as readings.

Northland College Administrative Activities include clippings and programs for the Northland College Dames, for the dedication of Dexter Library, and for alumni activities. Clippings and congratulatory letters, many recalling past associations with the college, commemorate Harriet Dexter's honorary degree and her appointment as Acting President.

The Community Activities subseries gives particularly good documentation of the work of the Wisconsin Humanities Committee Northwest Regional Advisory Panel and its 1974 Conference on Human Values and Taxation. Also well represented is the Ashland branch of the American Association of University Women. Other materials pertain to the Ashland-Bayfield Counties Arts Council, and the Northwest Wisconsin Library System. A file of clippings and Mrs. Dexter's letter of thanks describe her receipt of the VFW Outstanding Citizen of the Year award.

The Church Activities and Religious Talks segment represents Harriet Dexter's involvement in these pursuits by minutes and reports from various church committees, as well as annotated programs from many Sunday worship services. Notes for public talks on religious themes explore the role of the church in social action and world peace concerns, the individual Christian's mission in the modern world, and the changing role of women in a Christian society.

Among Mrs. Dexter's Manuscripts are the texts and illustrations for two children's stories, eight short articles and fictional pieces, the outline of a book on daily social responsibilities, and background material for a proposed biography of a longtime Madeleine Island resident. There are also some letters from Margueritte Bro, and stories of missionaries related to their joint creative interests.

The Publishing subseries consists of royalty statements received in 1963 for Harriet Dexter's four books, and many reviews of What's Right with Race Relations. The Clippings include reflective nature columns by Lois Nestel, which appeared in the Cable Commentator, and a variety of news clippings.

The photograph series are selections made from a collection of prints about five times their number. Although organized in subject-defined groups, most of the prints are not individually identified. Only the subseries “Family Pictures” and the regional interest series represent original groupings as received with the collection; all other groups were compiled from smaller packets in the collection from which many duplicates were removed. Negatives, most on nitrate-base film, are stored at the State Historical Society's Visual Materials Archive. Some photographs of more general thematic interest have been copied and/or added to the Visual Archives collection. The photographs not retained with the collection have been returned to the Dexter family.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HARMON AND DEXTER FAMILIES are organized in six subseries, numbering about 230 prints altogether. Many of the prints are fragile or beginning to deteriorate. The subseries “Family Pictures” contains prints gathered and labeled by Harriet Dexter. It shows family members, family homes, and friends.

Harmon Family photographs include snapshots and informal portraits taken during summer activities, and at such events as graduations and weddings. The photographs document recreation, dress, and family relationships during the 1890s through 1920s. The Dexter Family photographs, portraying Nathaniel Dexter's immediate family, span the 1930s through 1950s.

The Portraits subseries consists of studio portraits and publicity photographs, informal portrait groups, and snapshots of the Dexters in professional and recreational activity. Nathaniel Dexter is shown as a student, a young minister, and a CCC camp officer. His community work, teaching, and pottery workshop activities are also pictured. Harriet Dexter is shown as a student, teacher, and administrator, and in community activities. The subseries includes a wedding-day snapshot, and a Northland College faculty portrait. The time period represented is the 1920s through 1970s. Newsclippings in various manuscript and subject files contain related images.

The Immediate Family group pictures Beatrice Dexter Massey and Raymond Dexter from childhood through young adulthood in informal and studio portraits. Beatrice Massey's children, their grandparents and parents are shown in individual and group portraits taken during the 1950s. The variety and continuity are comparable to the Harmon Family subseries.

The Displaced Persons subseries includes individual and family portrait photographs of Eastern European immigrant families, which were provided to prospective sponsors by church relief agencies. It also includes photographs from refugee artist Nora Drapce's visit to Northland College which show her paintings in the background, and group portraits taken at the Seeley farm with the Kojevny, Kousmenko, and Kazacionok families. The Dexter Family Papers series contains related material.

Some photographs of more general thematic interest have been copied and/or added to the Visual Archives collection, including photographs related to Nathaniel Beach Dexter and Harriet Harmon Dexter, their family, friends, colleagues, and displaced persons from World War II, circa 1890-1960, including Seeley, Wisconsin schoolchildren; and the Kousmenko, Kojevny, and Kazacionok families, immigrants to the United States under the Displaced Persons act of 1948.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CHEQUAMEGON REGION include the mortgage-burning ceremony at the Cable Congregational Church; logging operations on Outer Island, claimed to be the last large operation there, 1930; a large Homecoming celebration in Seeley, 1926; an album recording young people's activities on Madeleine Island, 1901-1910; and participants in the 20th annual Superior Convention of Congregational Churches, held in 1916. The album and the logging photographs are in fragile condition.

Photographs of student activities at Northland College, circa 1930-1955, include craft shops and products, the college kitchen and dining halls, physical training, and other scenes related to college involvement in World War II home front activities.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Beatrice Dexter Massey, Altoona, Wisconsin and Raymond Dexter, Fort Bragg, California, 1980. Accession Number: M80-58, M80-267

Processing Information

Processed by Judith Felsten and Joanne Hohler, September 1980.

Northland Mss H	Series: Dexter Family Papers
	Subseries: Correspondence and clippings
Box   1 Folder   1	Harriet Dexter (HHD): personal
Box   1 Folder   2	Alice Gadd Harmon
Box   1 Folder   3	HHD: Miscellaneous correspondence and other items, childhood and young adulthood
Box   1 Folder   4-5	HHD: letters from China, 1923-1924
Box   1 Folder   6	HHD: letters from Columbus, Ohio, 1926-1927
Box   1 Folder   7	HHD: letters, circa 1920s
Box   1 Folder   8	Letters announcing engagement, 1927
Box   1 Folder   9	Correspondence concerning Beatrice and Raymond's adoption, 1933-1944
Box   1 Folder   10-11	HHD: letters to Nathaniel Dexter (NBD) from New York City, 1937
Box   1 Folder   12	NBD: letters to HHD from CCC Camp, 1941
Box   1 Folder   13	Andrew D. Harmon, obituaries, 1952
Box   1 Folder   14	HHD: letters to sister, Margueritte Harmon Bro, 1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   15	HHD: letters to family and friends, 1973
Box   1 Folder   16	HHD: Margueritte Harmon Bro, “Obituary and my letter to family,” 1977
Box   1 Folder   17	HHD: genealogical correspondence, 1976
	Subseries: Diaries	⇧
Box   9 Folder   1	NBD: “A year in Wisconsin U.,” 1914
Box   9 Folder   1	HBD: China, 1923-1924
Box   9 Folder   1	NBD: trip to Yellowstone Park, 1931 June
Box   9 Folder   2	Prometheans Club recipe book, 1938
	Subseries: Property and finances	⇧
Box   1 Folder   18	Dexter Barn, 1949-1951
Box   1 Folder   19	Furnace, 1970
Box   1 Folder   20	Insurance list, 1976
Box   1 Folder   21	Personal property, 1958-1959
Box   1 Folder   22	TIAA, 1958-1976 Note: Insurance policies.
	Social Security
Box   2 Folder   1	NBD, 1961-1962
Box   2 Folder   2	HHD, 1962-1975
	Subseries: Displaced persons	⇧
Box   2 Folder   3	NBD: “We Discover America”
Box   2 Folder   4	General correspondence, 1949-1951
Box   2 Folder   5	Nora Drapce, 1949-1953
Box   2 Folder   6	Ritins family, 1947-1949
Box   2 Folder   7	Bogdanovs family, 1949-1950
Box   2 Folder   8	Pelnis family, 1949-1955
Box   2 Folder   9	Batrukov and Abromova family, 1950
Box   2 Folder   10	Garins family, 1950
Box   2 Folder   11	Kazacionok and Kojevny family, 1951-1954
Box   2 Folder   12	Kousmenko family, 1951-1955
	Subseries: Hagazian College year	⇧
Box   2 Folder   13	Margueritte Bro: letters from Near East, 1959-1960
Box   2 Folder   14	Hagazian-Markarian correspondence, 1959-1962
Box   2 Folder   15	Travel plans, 1960-1961
Box   2 Folder   16	Hagazian College, 1960-1963
Box   2 Folder   17	Jordan, 1961
Box   2 Folder   18	Istanbul, 1961
Box   2 Folder   19	Turkey - general, 1961
Box   2 Folder   20	Israel, 1961
	Series: Nathaniel Beach Dexter Subject Files	⇧
	Subseries: General files
Box   2 Folder   21	Betterment of teaching, 1944-1953
Box   2 Folder   22	Eldon Marple historical vignettes
Box   2 Folder   23	Fenenga, 1913
Box   2 Folder   24	Miscellaneous correspondence, 1945-1963
Box   3 Folder   1	Publishing a book, 1948-1957
Box   3 Folder   2	Retirement home, 1959
Box   3 Folder   3	Speaking appointments, 1956-1958
Box   3 Folder   4	Summer resort, 1947
	Subseries: Civilian Conservation Corps work	⇧
Box   3 Folder   5	Co. 3677, Carlinville, Illinois, 1937
Box   3 Folder   6	Mental tests
Box   3 Folder   7	Co. 2607, La Grange, Illinois, 1940
	Subseries: Community development and adult fundamental education	⇧
Box   3 Folder   8	Community development, 1934-1956
Box   3 Folder   9	Community development, Jarvis College Conference, 1959
Box   3 Folder   10	Conferences, 1957
Box   3 Folder   11	Continuing education, 1956
Box   3 Folder   12	Department of Agriculture, 51 County Rural Development, 1956-1957
Box   3 Folder   13	Drummond, Glidden, Hurley, Medford, Mellen, Odanah, 1957-1958
Box   3 Folder   14	Educational problems, 1955
Box   3 Folder   15	Extension, 1946-1952
Box   3 Folder   16	February 23 Conference, 1956-1957
Box   3 Folder   17	Foreign contacts, 1956
Box   3 Folder   18	Four County Group, 1958
Box   3 Folder   19	Hayward, 1956-1957
Box   3 Folder   20	Hawkins, 1957
Box   3 Folder   21	Herbster, 1957-1959
Box   3 Folder   22	Indian Project, 1957 Note: Original statement.
Box   3 Folder   23	Indian Project, 1957
Box   3 Folder   24	Industrial Commission, 1957
Box   3 Folder   25	Jarvis College, 1958
Box   3 Folder   26	Kirkpatrick, 1956-1959
Box   3 Folder   27	Ladysmith, 1957
Box   3 Folder   28	Madeline Island, 1954-1955
Box   3 Folder   29	Madison College, 1957
Box   3 Folder   30	Michigan - continuing education
Box   3 Folder   31	Mississippi Vocational College, Itta Bena, 1959
Box   4 Folder   1	Rural Life [conference], 1944-1946
Box   4 Folder   2	Ogema, 1957-1959
Box   4 Folder   3	Port Wing, 1956-1958
Box   4 Folder   4	Price County studies, 1956
Box   4 Folder   5	Reports, 1958-1959, Board for Fundamental Education
Box   4 Folder   6	Seeley, 1957
Box   4 Folder   7	South Shore, 1957
	Subseries: Development of local products	⇧
Box   4 Folder   8	Cornucopia
Box   4 Folder   9	Decals, 1957
Box   4 Folder   10	Driftwood, 1962
Box   4 Folder   11	Eckels, 1956-1957
Box   4 Folder   12	Elbert Hubbard, 1957
Box   4 Folder   13	Food processing, 1956-1957
Box   4 Folder   14	Handcrafts and centers, 1946-1959
Box   4 Folder   15	Hoosier Soil Service, 1957-1958
Box   4 Folder   16	Kilns, 1958
Box   4 Folder   17	Land leveling
Box   4 Folder   18	Maple syrup and sugar, 1958
Box   4 Folder   19	Marketing, 1956-1957
Box   4 Folder   20	Mason (peat), 1957
Box   4 Folder   21	Paul Bunyan products, 1943, 1957
Box   4 Folder   22	Peat projects, 1955-1959
Box   4 Folder   23	Plastic polyethelene, 1957
Box   4 Folder   24	Pottery orders and sales, 1954-1955
Box   4 Folder   25	Steel banding, 1950-1957
	Subseries: Manuscripts	⇧
Box   4 Folder   26	“Education in the C.C.C.,” 1937
Box   4 Folder   27	“Educators' Paradise”
Box   5 Folder   1	Feasibility study, organization plan, 1959 Note: History of Northland College.
Box   5 Folder   2-5	History of Northland College, vols. 1-4
Box   5 Folder   6	“Items to be added...”
Box   5 Folder   7	“Notes for later part...”
Box   5 Folder   8-9	Rough typed draft
Box   5 Folder   10-12	“Leftovers”
Box   6 Folder   1	Rebuilding the Small Community, 1956
Box   6 Folder   2	“Valley Folk”
Box   6 Folder   3	“Philosophical Comments,” 1934
Box   6 Folder   4	“Tania Mania”
Box   6 Folder   5	“Hymn to the Rising Sun”
Box   6 Folder   6	Poems
	Series: Harriet Harmon Dexter Files	⇧
	Subseries: Course syllabi and teaching materials
Box   6 Folder   7	Ballads
Box   6 Folder   8	New Testament
Box   6 Folder   9	Old Testament
Box   6 Folder   10	Poetry
Box   6 Folder   11	Songs (old)
Box   6 Folder   12	Syllabi
	Subseries: Northland College (NC), administrative activities	⇧
Box   6 Folder   13	Alumni, past faculty reunions, 1977
Box   6 Folder   14	Dames, 1976
Box   6 Folder   15	Honorary degree, 1967
Box   6 Folder   16	Library for division, 1970
Box   6 Folder   17	Miscellaneous from office, 1973
Box   6 Folder   18	NC congratulation replies, 1971 Note: While acting president.
Box   6 Folder   19	NC encyclopedia
Box   6 Folder   20	NC material, 1971-1979
	Subseries: Community activities	⇧
Box   7 Folder   1	American Association of University Women (AAUW), 1964-1980
Box   7 Folder   2	Arts Council, Ashland-Bayfield Counties, 1973, 1979
Box   7 Folder   3	Award-Citizen, 1976
Box   7 Folder   4	Community projects, 1976
Box   7 Folder   5	Indian, 1977
Box   7 Folder   6	Institute [Collecting Ethnic and Native American Music], 1979
Box   7 Folder   7	Library, Northwest Wisconsin Library System, 1977-1979
Box   7 Folder   8-9	Wisconsin Humanities Committee, 1974-1976
	Subseries: Church activities and religious talks	⇧
Box   7 Folder   10	Bible
Box   7 Folder   11	Bible study notes
Box   7 Folder   12	Christian Education Committee, 1978
Box   7 Folder   13-14	Church, 1975-1978
Box   7 Folder   15	Library Committee/Worship Committee, 1978
Box   7 Folder   16	“Missions, Meditations,” 1979
Box   7 Folder   17	Poems - recent Note: Includes Alice Gadd Harmon poem.
Box   7 Folder   18	Quotes
Box   7 Folder   19	Replies, 1978-1979
Box   7 Folder   20	Social Action Committee, 1976-1978
Box   8 Folder   1-5	Talks, 1942-1977
Box   8 Folder   6	Near East
Box   8 Folder   7	Worship materials
	Subseries: Manuscripts	⇧
Box   8 Folder   8	Gram Johnson, 1954
Box   8 Folder   9	Ideas for book Making the World You Live In, 1956
Box   8 Folder   10	“Marg's Book, Miss. Stories, Wind” Note: Poems.
Box   8 Folder   11	“Tag-a-long”
Box   8 Folder   12	“The Wheelbarrow That Wanted to be an Airplane”
Box   8 Folder   13	Short articles, and fictional pieces
	Subseries: Publishing	⇧
Box   8 Folder   14	Publishing royalties, 1963
Box   8 Folder   15	Reviews of What's Right with Race Relations, 1958-1959
	Subseries: Clippings	⇧
Box   8 Folder   16	“Nestle [Nestel] Wayside”
Box   8 Folder   17	Newspaper and magazine clippings
	Series: Photographs of Harmon and Dexter Families	⇧
Box   9 Folder   3	“Family Pictures,” 1920s-1970s Physical Description: 34 photoprints
Box   9 Folder   4	Harmon family, 1890s-1920s, 1950s Physical Description: approximately 65 photoprints
Box   9 Folder   5	Dexter family, 1930s-1950s Physical Description: 21 photoprints
Box   9 Folder   6-7	Portraits, 1920s-1970s Physical Description: approximately 60 photoprints and postcards
Box   9 Folder   8	Immediate family, 1930s-1950s Physical Description: approximately 30 photoprints
Box   9 Folder   9	Displaced persons, 1950s Physical Description: 21 photoprints
PH 4005	Copies and additions, circa 1890-1960 Physical Description: approximately 79 photographs
	Series: Photographs of Chequamegon Region	⇧
Northland Mss H Box   9 Folder   10	Congregational Church, Cable, Wisconsin, mortgage burning ceremony Physical Description: 3 postcards
Box   9 Folder   10	Logging operation, Outer Island, Wisconsin, 1930, F.B. Nelson, photographer Physical Description: 3 photoprints, descriptive letter
Box   9 Folder   10	Homecoming celebration, Seeley, Wisconsin, 1926 Physical Description: 3 photoprints
Box   9 Folder   11	Madeline Island album, 1901-1910 Physical Description: approximately 40 photoprints, postcards, maps
Package   1	Superior Convention of Congregational Churches, Mellen, Wisconsin, 1916 Physical Description: 1 photoprint, 8×36-inches
PH 4006	Northland College student activities, circa 1930-1955 Physical Description: approximately 25 photographs