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Charles Edwin Mayo
1827–1899
A 19th-century Minnesota writer and historian, he helped preserve the stories and records of an early frontier state. His work is especially valuable for readers curious about how Minnesota’s institutions and identity were taking shape.
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Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society for the Year 1867
by Charles Edwin Mayo, Henry M. (Henry Mower) Rice, A. J. (Alfred James) Hill, Gideon H. (Gideon Hollister) Pond
About the author
Born in 1827 and dying in 1899, he is remembered chiefly for writing about Minnesota history and for his connection to the Minnesota Historical Society.
His best-known work, Homes and Habitations of the Minnesota Historical Society, reflects a deep interest in how historical memory is collected, housed, and passed on. He is also credited among the contributors to Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society for the Year 1867, placing him among the writers who helped document the region’s early development.
Though not widely known today, his surviving publications offer a useful window into nineteenth-century Minnesota and the people building its cultural institutions.