McGee, John Franklin (1861–1925)
Bibliography
Chrislock, Carl. Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991.
Folwell, William Watts. A History of Minnesota, Vol. III. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1926.
Hilton, O. A. “The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety in World War I, 1917–1919.” Bulletin of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College 48, no. 14 (May 15, 1951): 1–44.
Jenson, Carol E. “Loyalty as a Political Weapon: the 1918 Campaign in Minnesota.” Minnesota History 43, no. 2 (Summer 1972): 42–57.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/43/v43i02p042-057.pdf
Shutter, Marion D.D. and J.S. Mclain, M.A., eds. “John Franklin McGee.” In Progressive Men of Minnesota, 500–501. Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Journal, 1897.
https://www.loc.gov/item/03019129/
“Judge J. F. McGee is Found Dead in Office Vault.” St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 16, 1925.
“Judge McGee Had Lost Mind by Hard Work.” Minneapolis Tribune, February 17, 1925.
“Judge McGee, Warned to Give Up Work of Collapse, Ends His Life.” Minneapolis Journal, February 16, 1925.
“Throng Attends Last Rites for Judge McGee.” Minneapolis Tribune, February 19, 1925.
Knute Nelson Papers, 1861–1924
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml
Description: Papers mostly concerned with political aspects of Nelson’s life, including correspondence with John McGee. Box 69 (144.I.17.6F) contains an 18-page autobiographical statement that McGee wrote while seeking the federal judgeship.
Main Files, 1917–1919
Minnesota Commission on Public Safety
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00954.xml
Description: The general correspondence files of the commission, organized by subject, including many letters to and from John McGee.
Minutes, 1917–1920
Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00957.xml
Description: The minutes of the commission meetings, including full text of resolutions and orders.
Chronology
1861
1882
1883
1887
1897
1902
1917
1917
1917
1918
1918
1918
1919
1923
1925
Bibliography
Chrislock, Carl. Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991.
Folwell, William Watts. A History of Minnesota, Vol. III. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1926.
Hilton, O. A. “The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety in World War I, 1917–1919.” Bulletin of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College 48, no. 14 (May 15, 1951): 1–44.
Jenson, Carol E. “Loyalty as a Political Weapon: the 1918 Campaign in Minnesota.” Minnesota History 43, no. 2 (Summer 1972): 42–57.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/43/v43i02p042-057.pdf
Shutter, Marion D.D. and J.S. Mclain, M.A., eds. “John Franklin McGee.” In Progressive Men of Minnesota, 500–501. Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Journal, 1897.
https://www.loc.gov/item/03019129/
“Judge J. F. McGee is Found Dead in Office Vault.” St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 16, 1925.
“Judge McGee Had Lost Mind by Hard Work.” Minneapolis Tribune, February 17, 1925.
“Judge McGee, Warned to Give Up Work of Collapse, Ends His Life.” Minneapolis Journal, February 16, 1925.
“Throng Attends Last Rites for Judge McGee.” Minneapolis Tribune, February 19, 1925.
Knute Nelson Papers, 1861–1924
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml
Description: Papers mostly concerned with political aspects of Nelson’s life, including correspondence with John McGee. Box 69 (144.I.17.6F) contains an 18-page autobiographical statement that McGee wrote while seeking the federal judgeship.
Main Files, 1917–1919
Minnesota Commission on Public Safety
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00954.xml
Description: The general correspondence files of the commission, organized by subject, including many letters to and from John McGee.
Minutes, 1917–1920
Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00957.xml
Description: The minutes of the commission meetings, including full text of resolutions and orders.