Program for the 55th Minnesota Library Association (MLA) annual conference, held October 1, 1949 at the Hotel Lowry in St. Paul, Minnesota. Topics include public libraries, rural trends, trustees, extension service, and section meetings. Closing address titled "Behind the Iron Curtain" by Martin Hall.
Program for the 70th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), held September 23-24, 1965 at Lowry Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. The theme was "International Cooperation Year" General session topics include "What is Poverty," "Libraries, Librarians and the Poor," "Whither the Western Alliance?," and "A World of Information."
Program for the 74th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA), held October 1-3, 1969 at St. Paul Hilton, St. Paul, Minnesota. The theme was "The Here and Now." General session topics include "Our Quiet World," "Friends of Libraries," and "The Role of Libraries and Librarians in America's Changing Society." The banquet included speaker George Rice on the topic "The Impact of the Here and Now."
Program for the 83nd annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association held May 24-26, 1978 at the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota. The theme was "Progress Through Involvement." General session topics included "The Impact of the Library on Social Change," "The Role of MLA in the Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services," "You Asked for It, You Got It - Responsibilities to the Governor's Conference," and "Library Organizations in Minnesota."
Program for the 66th Minnesota Library Association (MLA) annual conference, held September 28-29, 1961 at Hotel Lowry in St. Paul, Minnesota. The theme was "Unfinished Tasks!" General session topics include "Adult Education in Libraries: A Working Program," "Never Underestimate the Power of a Trustee," "Books for Today," "Library Use and Facilities for Children and Young People in Asia and Australia," and "Permanent Peace as an Unexplored Frontier."
Program for the 91st annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on April 16-18, 1986 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The theme for the conference was "Business is Our Business." General session topics include business information resources, "Personality Type and Job Satisfaction," library resource preservation, government secrecy, government budget cuts and library budgets, the information needs of business students, and grant writing. A musical parody "Inforama!" was performed by MLA members on the evening of April 17 and the program for the musical performance is inserted in the conference program.
Program for the 88th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held on May 12-13, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The theme for the conference was "We Have Seen the Future...and it Works!" General session topics include "The Future of the Free Library in a Televideo World," research in the library profession, legal information in reference service, mobile library services, "Dynamics of Self- Esteem in Providing Library Service," "Microcomputer Use in Librarie,"and "Surviving Management Mistakes."
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.
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.
Schedule for the 80th annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association held November 13- 14 at the Thunderbird Hotel, Bloominton, Minnesota. The theme was "Plan Your Future or Live in a World Designed by Others." General session topics included "MLA Legislation: An Open Discussion," "Planning for Statewide Library Services," and "MIDLNET and Statewide Library Services." Also included are notes from the "MLA Legislation: An Open Discussion" general session, a proposed amendment to the MLA Bylaws, Media Round Table and Government Documents Roundtable conference activities, a MLA Technical Services Section business meeting agenda, and conference promotional letters.
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 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 regional conference held at Stearns County Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota, on November 3, 1945. Topics included: ALA standards for libraries, library work with the disabled, county and regional libraries, a layman's view of county libraries, the place of libraries in home planning, and an afternoon session on Norwegian folklore and folkways.
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 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 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 for the 1st Governor's Conference on Library Service, held April 22, 1968 at the Hilton Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota, in recognition of 1968 National Library Week. Presided over by State Representative Rod Searle of Waseca, Minnesota. Presentations made on school, academic, special, and public libraries, and trustees, with John C. Frantz, Director of the Brooklyn, New York, Public Library speaking on "Library Needs in a Changing World."
Program for the Tri-State Regional Library Conference held on October 2-4, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference gathered library professionals from Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Program for the Upper Midwest Regional Library Conference held on October 3-7, 1947 at the Hotel Nicollet in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference gathered library professionals from Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin. General session topics included audio visual materials as resources in public libraries, "American Foreign Policy as Seen From Washington" presented by Eric Sevareid, "Inter-Cultural Relations Through the Library," library services in Australia, salaries for library employees, challenges for libraries in the Upper Midwest states, and Upper Midwest books.
Program for the Upper Midwest Regional Library Conference, which took place at Hotel Nicollet in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 3rd-7th, 1947. States participating included Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Governor Luther W. Youngdahl provided the welcome. General session topics included: forgotten children's books, inter-cultural relations through the library, library service for children and young people, library service in Australia, state aid to libraries, a panel on salaries, a panel on library issues in each state, and upper midwest books.
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.