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Melissa R. Smith, State Librarian 1867-1873

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Melissa Smith Minnesota State Librarian

Major DeWitt C. Smith, a soldier in the Civil War : some of his ancestors, descendants and related families by Leon Gordon Smith
Call Number: Special Collections Room CT 275 .S55

Royal Brunson Way, The Rock River Valley; it's history, traditions, legends and charms, v.3, 1926
Section on Bradley dentists and mentions L.B. Bradley's move to Beloit.
Approved Pension Application File for Melissa R Shepherd Smith, Widow of Dewitt C Smith - National Archives
Stephen E. Osman, A moment in time, 59 Minn. History 340 (issue 8, Winter 2005-2006)

Newspaper articles

Two Civil War widows became pioneering librarians, Star Tribune, March 30, 2019
State News - Glad of it, Freeborn County Standard, March 28, 1867, p. 2, column 3
Appointed State Librarian
Mrs. M. R. Smith...Mower County Register, March 18, 1869, p.3, column 1
Re-appointed State Librarian
Minnesota Legislature Fifteenth Annual Session, Minneapolis Daily Tribune, March 6, 1873, p.2, column 3
Section Introduced on Leave mentions an appropriation to Mrs. M.R. Smith as back pay
State News: Gov. Austin has appointed... Dodge County Republican, April 11, 1873, p.1, column 4
Librarian M. R. Smith resigned
Good Templars, Minneapolis Daily Tribune, April 28, 1875, p.4, column 5
Mrs. M.R. Smith installed as an officer in the Osseo lodge of Good Templars.
The Grand Lodge in Session in This City Yesterday - Proceedings, Minneapolis Daily Tribune, June 3, 1875, p.4, column 5
Mrs. M. R. Smith attended as a delegate from Osseo Union
Marriage Licenses Granted, St. Paul Sunday Globe, Feb. 3, 1884, p.4, column 2
Good Templars, Minneapolis Tribune, Jan. 25, 1877, p.4, column 3
Mrs. M.R. Smith spoke at a meeting of the Good Templars
Social World, St. Paul Sunday Globe, Jan. 6, 1884, p.3, column 3
Mrs. M.R. Smith married Dr. L.B. Bradley of Roscoe, Ill. Moved to Roscoe.