Printed program for the Minnesota Library Association fifth annual meeting held December 29, 1896 in St. Paul at the State Library Association offices and in Minneapolis at the Public Library. Cited topics and agenda items include school and college libraries, recent A.L.A. meeting, public library patrons, children in libraries, fund raising for town libraries, reports from the libraries in Anoka, Red Wing, Mankato, Stillwater, and St. Cloud, responsibilities of the library trustee, and the business meeting with election of officers, plus statement of persons eligible to join the association and persons invited to attend the annual meeting, the program of events, place of meeting, railroad rates, statement of value of attending the meeting, and a call for questions to be discussed.
Program for the 6th annual meeting of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on December 14-16, 1898 at the Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota. Welcome addresses were presented by Burt W. Eaton, Mayor of Rochester and Dr. William W. Folwell of the University of Minnesota. Discussion topics cited include developing interest in the library, the relationship between the librarian and the community, library services for children, the state of libraries in Minnesota, book buying for small libraries, and the best new books of 1898.
Program for the 7th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held on October 17-18, 1899 in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Welcome address was presented by C. F. MacDonald, president of the St. Cloud Library Board. Discussion topics cited include technical training and cataloging, care and use of periodicals, best reference books, and the role of trustees.
Program for the 8th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on October 1-2, 1900 in Winona, Minnesota. The welcome address was given by F. S. Bell, President of the Winona Library Board. Discussion topics include the development of the State Library Commission, youth reading, Napoleon and the Louisiana Purchase, book binding, and the librarian and the farmer.
Program for the 9th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on October 14-15, 1901 in Stillwater, Minnesota. Discussion topics cited include state publications, reference work, libraries aiding agriculture, development of an art library, library services for children, history and literature, book selection and library architecture.
Program for the 10th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on July 10-12, 1902 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Discussion topics include school libraries, library legislation, popular books, publishers and the library, and printed finding lists. A report of the newly created Special Committee on State Documents was presented. Gratia Countryman of the Minneapolis Public Library led a round table discussion.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association Tenth annual meeting held July 10-12, 1902 in reading room of the University Library. Includes a welcome address by Dr. W. W. Folwell, Librarian, University of Minnesota. Cited topics include the library profession, Minnesota library legislation, publishers, school libraries, and a Round Table conducted by Gratia Countryman, Assistant Librarian, Minneapolis Public Library.
Program for the 11th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on October 15-17, 1903 in Owatonna, Minnesota. Discussion topics cited include history and literature in Minnesota, cooperative cataloging, state documents, reports and statistics, library buildings, and exhibits and special days.
Program for the 12th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on October 27-18, 1904 in Mankato, Minnesota. Discussion topics cited include reference service in small libraries, county extension services, reading for children, managing a library on limited funds, and literature and librarians.
Program for the 13th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on October 12-14, 1905 in Red Wing, Minnesota. Souvenir program was provided by the Red Wing Library Board. Presentations cited include the library as social center, book selection, county extension services, popular advertising for library services, and children's story hours. Lists of Minnesota Library Association officers, Minnesota State Public Library Commission officers, and Red Wing Library Board officers and directors are included.
Program for the 14th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on October 25-27, 1906 in Austin, Minnesota. Presentations cited include the organization, training and duties of library trustees, daily operational issues such as circulation and fine policies, a travelling library round table, and public schools and the public library. Lists of officers and local and program committee members are included.
Printed program for the 15th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held September 25-28, 1907 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Governor John A. Johnson gave the welcome address. Outside conference activities included a drive around St. Paul and a trolley ride through Minneapolis.
Printed program for the 17th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which took place on September 15-18, 1909 in Duluth Minnesota. Eugene V. Bohannon of the Duluth Library Board presented the welcome, followed by the President's address by Warren Upham of the Minnesota Historical Society. In addition to a full program, excursions to Hibbing and Iron Range via railroad were provided. Wisconsin held their library association annual conference in Superior, Wisconsin at the same time.
Program for the Wisconsin-Minnesota Library Meeting and the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Library Association held in Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota, September 15-18, 1909. Includes list of Wisconsin Library Association officers, and meeting agenda. Topics include Northern Libraries, book symposium, and roundtable.
Printed program for the 18th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which took place on October 4-6, 1910 at the Fairmont Public Library in Fairmont, Minnesota. W.L. Lamb (President, Fairmont Library Board) presented the welcome, followed by an address by Chalmers Hadley, Secreatary of the American Library Association. In addition to a full program, a boat ride through the lakes and an automobile ride was offered.
Printed program for the Minnesota Library Association 19th annual meeting held September 20, 21, and 22, 1911 at the St. Alban's Beach hotel in Minnetonka, Minnesota,. Includes a list of the MLA Officers and a welcome address by Gratia Countryman, Librarian, Minneapolis Public Library. Cited topics include book selection and trustee's round tables, business meeting with reports of committees and election of officers, use of pictures in libraries, and a story hour symposium; plus notes on transportation and lodging.
Printed program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 20th annual meeting held October 2, 3, and 4, 1912 at the Guild House in Faribault, Minnesota. Activities include the business meeting, trustees section, addresses of welcome by Mayor Alson Blodgett, Jr., topics cited include library extension in Minnesota, reference services, and the value of special libraries.
Report of the 21st annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), held October 21-23, 1913, at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, written by Secretary pro tem, Ruth Ely, Duluth. Includes discussion of Library and Educational Extension, libraries and civic work, community study, the library and the student, aids and methods in reference work, and expectations of school libraries.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association 22nd annual meeting held September 15-17, 1914 in Little Falls, Minnesota. Includes a list of officers and program of events. Cited topics include welcome address by L.D. Bron, Vice-President, Little Falls Library Board, moving pictures and the victrola in the library, story telling, library and local clubs, public meeting, business meeting with committee reports and election of officers.
Printed program for the 23rd annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held September 15-17, 1915 at Hotel Keewaydin, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. The conference began with dinner and included an address by Dr. Dawson Johnston (librarian of St. Paul) and by Miss L.E. Stearns from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Outside conference activities included a boat trip around Lake Minnetonka. At street railway time table is included in the program.
Printed program for the 24th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held September 6-8, 1916 at the public library in Virginia, Minnesota. In addition to a full program, a banquet was given by the Library Board of Virginia. Songs by Miss Inez Davey of Eveleth and music by Anhalt's orchestra were enjoyed. Guests were later taken to the Lyric Theater. An automobile trip to Eveleth, Mountain Iron, Chisholm, and Hibbing was offered, and a visit to Hull-Rust, Mahoning mines, the largest open pit mines in the world.
Printed program for the 25th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held October 8-10, 1917 at the St. Paul public library in St. Paul, Minnesota. The conference began with a twenth-figth anniversary dinner, followed by a joint session with the Twin City Library Club. Outside conference activities included an automobile ride for visiting librarians.
Printed program for the 26th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held September 26-28, 1918 at the Mankato public library in Mankato, Minnesota. The conference main theme was library war service. Outside conference activities included an automobile ride and picnic supper at Sibley Park.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 27th annual conference held November 6-7, 1919 at the fourth floor of the Minneapolis Public Library . The meeting was a joint meeting with the Minnesota Education Association (MEA) Division of Public School Libraries. Of note is the ""Impressions of Library War Service"" session, including talks regarding the Library War Council, camp libraries, and hospital libraries.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 28th annual conference held September 15-18, 1920 at Hibbing Public Library. E.A. Bergeron, President of the Hibbing Public Library, gave the welcome address. Conference topics included ""Getting to the people the books they do not want"" and ""Problem of leisure time in a small town"".
Lunch Program for 1920 Minnesota Library Association meeting in Hibbing, Minnesota, September 16, 1920. Includes menu and agenda. Speaker discussed the educational value of the library. Program in the shape of the Hibbing Public Library Service bookmobile (1920s style bus).
Program for Minnesota Library Association members given by Hibbing Concert Band on September 17, 1920. Includes list of musical selections played, and information and statistics about the city of Hibbing, Minnesota, the Mahoning and Hull-Rust mines, and the Hibbing Public Library with a list of the library board members and library staff.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 30th annual conference held October 2-4, 1922 at Spalding Hotel in Duluth, MN. The address was given by Mary Eileen Ahern, editor of "Public Libraries."
Program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 31st annual conference held September 3-5, 1923 at the State School for the Deaf in Faribault, MN. Mayor Thomas Quinn of Faribault and others gave the welcome address.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 32nd annual conference held September 24-26, 1924 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN.
Program for the Official Regional Meeting of the American Library Association held in Sioux City, Iowa, October 13-16, 1925, conducted by the State Library Associations of Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Topics include adult education, county libraries, small libraries, and lending department problems. Speakers included Frank Walters, University of Minnesota Librarian and Executive Board Member of the American Library Association.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 34th annual conference held June 10-12, 1926 at Itasca State Park in Minnesota. The welcome address was given by Mary Ellen Chase of the University of Minnesota.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) 35th annual conference held November 8-10, 1927 at Lowry Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. The welcome address was given by Mary Ellen Chase of the University of Minnesota. Sessions were primarily related to public library and cataloging topics.
Dinner Program for 1928 Minnesota and North Dakota Library Associations. Agenda includes dinner, community singing, library limericks, and library conundrums. Includes partial list of conundrums about authors.
Printed program for the 36th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held October 9-11, 1928 in Moorhead, Minnesota and Fargo, North Dakota. This conference was a joint meeting of the Minnesota and North Dakota Library Associations. Sessions took place at the First Methodist Church in Fargo, North Dakota, the First Congregational Church in Moorhead, Minnesota, and at the Masonic Temple library in Fargo, North Dakota. Outside conference activities included an automobile ride through Moorhead and Fargo to the North Dakota State College of Agriculture.
Printed program for the 37th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), which was held September 4-7, 1929 at the Radisson Inn, Christmas Lake, Minnesota. Dorothy Hurlbert (Librarian, Hibbing Public Library) gave the President's Address, followed with the Welcome by Gratia A. Countryman (Librarian, Minneapolis Public Library). An evening reception followed, hosted by the Twin City Library Club.
Program for the North Central Library Conference conducted by the State Library Associations of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin held October 14-17, 1930 in St. Paul, Minnesota, includes schedule of events, general activities include addresses, round tables, and state business sessions. Lists individual state association officers.
Program for the Minnesota Library Association Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting held at Buckham Memorial Library in Faribault, Minnesota, October 8-10, 1931. Includes list of officers and local committees heads. Topics include the library profession, school libraries, reference service, hospital libraries, and periodicals for the blind.
Announcement of American Library Association Regional Conference for Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska, scheduled October 12-15, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa. Includes information on meetings, activities, honored guests, and speakers including Gratia Countryman of the Minneapolis Public Library and Frank K. Walter of the University of Minnesota.
Detailed program of the 1932 Five State Conference of the American Library Association (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska) held in Des Moines, Iowa, October 12-15, 1932. Includes daily meeting programs and activities, lists names of Conference Committee members, Round Table and Selection Chairmen, Local Committee members, and exhibitors. Copy held by Clara F. Baldwin, including several pages of handwritten notes taken at the conference.
Program of the 41st annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on June 14-17, 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bound souvenir program with attached pencil includes lists of officers and committee members, agenda and a list of exhibitors. Cited presentations include the topics of foreign libraries, managing libraries in times of austerity, the future of libraries, library budgets, book purchasing, Minnesota books, essential library services, and the clash of Eastern and Western cultures.
Program of the 42nd annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on August 30-Setember 1, 1934 in Glenwood, Minnesota. Cited presentation topics include trends in education, Minnesota books, books on economic and social problems, recent publications, adult education, the outlook for library service in Minnesota, committee progress reports, legislative objectives, and puppet plays. Names of officers and committee members are included.
Program description of the MLA (Minnesota Library Association) school and children's librarians luncheon at the Women's City Club, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 12, 1935. The guest speaker for the event was Mrs. Caroline Dale Snedeker
Program description for the 46th annual meeting of the Minnesota Library Association, which took place on September 29th - October 1, 1938 at the Hotel Curtis, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to general sessions, the conference included a presentation by Mr. Walter J. Breckenridge (Curator, Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota), a tea hosted by the University of Minnesota Press, a banquet with a presentation by Mr. Frederick G. Melcher (Editor, Publishers' Weekly and Publisher of the Library Journal), a reception held at the Minneapolis Public Library Staff Association with dancing and music by the Hotel Curtis Orchestra, and a Minnesota vs. Nebraska football game.
Program for the Joint Conference of the Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Library Associations, held October 18-21, 1939 at the Hotel Schroeder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme is "Rural Social Problems: Their Implications for Librarians." Program includes general sessions and meetings of the catalog, lending, reference, children's and school librarian's sections, and the public , hospital, college and university, and special libraries sections. Includes member lists of the executive board, committee chairmen, and section and round table chairmen for each state association, along with exhibitors. Includes insert for "Daze Without End," a marionette program presented to the conference by staff of the Minneapolis Public Library.
Program description for the joint conference of the Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin Library Associations. The program took place on October 18-21st, 1939 at the Hotel Schroeder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme was "Rural Social Problems: Their Implications for Libraries." In addition to general sessions, the conference included a presentation on rural social problems and implications for libraries by Lowry Nelson (Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota), a presentation by Essae M. Culver (President-Elect, American Library Association) and Charles H. Brown (Chairman, Third Activities Committee, A.L.A.), a gallery tour of American Humor at the Milwaukee-Downer College Library, banquet speaker Howard Y. McClusky (Assistant to Vice-President in charge of Adult Education, University of Michigan) on the topic of capitalizing a community's resources, and closing session speaker Dr. Max Lerner (Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.).
Program description for the 48th annual meeting of the Minnesota Library Association, which took place on October 20th - 23rd, 1940 at the Hotel Saint Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota. Notable speakers included: St. Paul Mayor John J. McDonough, Mabel Seeley (author), Dr. Harold C. Deutsch (Professor of History, University of Minnesota), and Professor Roy C. Jones (Head, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota) with Professor Miles A. Tinker (Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota) on the topic of modernizing the library building. There was an open house at the Hill Reference Library.
Program for the 49th Annual Conference of the Minnesota Library Association held in St. Cloud, Minnesota on October 2-4, 1941. The program includes a list of the Minnesota Library Association officers, a conference schedule of events and a list of exhibitors.