Topic: Communication / Type: Text / Subject Headings: Libraries / Contributor: Winona Public Library

1. Proposition to build a new free public library in Winona, Minnesota by William Harris Laird and adopted Board of Directors resolution

Creator:: Laird, William H. (William Harris), 1833-1910
Date Created:: 1897-02-06
Description:: The original hand-written letter from William Harris Laird to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library to build a new library. Laird estimates the new building will cost $40,000, which he will provide. Actual costs exceeded that by approximately $10,000 and Laird covered the additional expense. The resolution by the Board of Directors accepting Laird's gift is also included, along with a transcribed version of the original proposition.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

2. Check from Winona Library Association to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1898-10-03
Description:: The original check transferring the remaining funds from the Winona Library Association to the newly formed Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. The check is signed by Fred S. Bell, president, and Edward Lees, secretary, of the Board of Directors of the library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text

3. Notice of special meeting of the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1886-03-24
Description:: A notice of a special meeting of the Winona Library Association to consider and vote upon the transfer of all property of the Association to the City of Winona, as contemplated in the ordinance creating a Free Public Library, passed by the City Council on March 8, 1886.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Postal cards

4. Letter to Winona Free Public Library Board of Directors, Winona, Minnesota, from the Furniture Committee

Creator:: Furniture Committee, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1898-08-26
Description:: A letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library from the Furniture Committee outlining the articles of furniture recommended for purchase for new library building.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

5. Warren P. Laird letter to Winona Free Public Library Board, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Laird, Warren Powers, 1861-1948
Date Created:: 1907-08-10
Description:: A letter from Warren Powers Laird, University of Pennsylvania, to Elmer E. Shephard, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library. Laird redirects the library's inquiry regarding an addition to the book stacks to his colleague, Edgar V. Seeler.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

6. Letter from the Boston Public Library to the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Putnam, Herbert; Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Date Created:: 1898-04-02
Description:: A letter from Herbert Putnam, librarian, Boston Public Library, to Fred S. Bell, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. The letter acknowledges Boston Public Library's receipt of a blue print of the Winona Free Public Library's floor plan and two photographs of the building's exterior as a gift to the library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

7. Statistical report of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1904
Description:: The annual statistical report for the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota, for the year ending 1904.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

8. Winona Library Association proposition to Winona, Minnesota, Mayor and City Council

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1886-02-15
Description:: The Winona Library Association's proposition to Winona Mayor and City Council to form a free public library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

9. Jansen, McClurg and Company receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Jansen, McClurg & Company, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:: 1877-05-07
Description:: A receipt issued by Jansen, McClurg and Company to the Winona Library Association for the purchase of books.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

10. Young Men's Library Association lease, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bennett, Thomas E.
Date Created:: 1869-04-20
Description:: The original signed lease to the Young Men's Library Association in contract with Thomas E. Bennett, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Contracts

11. Clark T. Morris elected as Treasurer of the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Morris, Clark T.; Lamberton, W. H.; Sprague, J. W.
Date Created:: 1869-05-15
Description:: A document that notes the election of Clark T. Morris as the new treasurer of the Young Men's Library Association.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Documents (other)

12. Subscriber agreement and list, Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1876-01-29
Description:: The agreement hand-signed by individual subscribers to the Winona Library Association, promising a contribution of at least ten dollars each year for the next five years.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Membership lists

13. Subscriber agreement and list, Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1876-01-29
Description:: The agreement hand-signed by individual subscribers to the Winona Library Association, promising a contribution of at least five dollars each year for the next five years.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Membership lists

14. Member list, Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1873 - 1875
Description:: A list of the names and expiration dates of the members of the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Membership lists

15. Winona Public Library Annual Report, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1901 - 1902
Description:: The annual statistical report of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

16. Letter to the Commissioners of Winona County from Winona Public Library Board Committee, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Blair, Burr D.; McConnon, Joseph; Whipple, William J.; Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1907-11-21
Description:: A letter to the Commissioners of Winona County, Minnesota, from a special committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library. The letter requests additional funding for the library from Winona County at a rate of $3.00 per year, per county patron.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

17. Letter from Fred S. Bell to Jeannette A. Clark, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bell, Frederick Somers, 1859-1938
Date Created:: 1910-05-09
Description:: A letter to Jeannette A. Clark, librarian, from Fred S. Bell, Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, regarding Winona Library Association funds usage toward library book purchases.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

18. Letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library , Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bell, Frederick Somers, 1859-1938; Lees, Edward
Date Created:: 1904-06-17
Description:: A letter from Fred S. Bell and Edward Lees, Executive Committee, to the Directors of the Winona Free Public Library regarding library staff examinations, positions, and compensation.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

19. Secretary's annual financial report to the Winona Free Public Library Board of Directors, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Lees, Edward
Date Created:: 1898-03-05
Description:: The annual financial report as prepared by Edward Lees, the secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

20. Bookplate design letter, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Snow, Martha W.; Hubbell Margaret J.; Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1904-07-14
Description:: A letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library from the special committee regarding the library's new bookplate design.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

21. Winona Free Public Library, Librarian's Report, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1899-01 - 1899-12
Description:: The monthly Librarian's Reports of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota, for the year of 1899.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

22. Y.M.L.A. Course of Lectures from January 1, to May 1, 1867. Season ticket

Creator:: Keyes, D. W.; Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1867-01 - 1867-05
Description:: A season ticket to the Young Men's Library Association Course of Lectures, from January 1 to May 1, 1867, in Winona, Minnesota. The ticket admits one lady and gentleman. Featured speakers include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Professor Edward Youmans, Theodore Tilton, General Henry H. Sibley, Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, and Petroleum V. Nasby.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Tickets

23. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company letter to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Gay, J. F.; Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1899-01-17
Description:: A letter from the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company to Fred S. Bell, Winona Free Public Library, regarding the offer of free telephone service for the new library building.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

24. Newspaper clippings, Young Men's Library Association, Fred. Douglass, and, A Course for Lectures for 1867, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Keyes, D. W.; Mitchell, William B., 1832-1900; Benson, Charles; Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1867
Description:: Newspaper clippings that advertise the Young Men's Library Association Course of Lectures for 1867 in Winona, Minnesota. Scheduled to appear were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Professor Edward Youmans, Theodore Tilton, General Henry Sibley, Frederick Douglass, and Wendell Phillips.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

25. Light of Learning, Painted by Kenyon Cox, Presented to The Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1910
Description:: A leaflet describing The Light of Learning mural painting by Kenyon Cox in the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. The mural was donated by William Hayes in memory of his wife, Charlotte Prentiss Hayes.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Leaflets (printed works)

26. Letter from William Hayes to the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Hayes, William
Date Created:: 1910-02-26
Description:: A letter from William Hayes to Edward Lees, President of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, regarding the donation of a Kenyon Cox "Light of Learning" mural painting to the library in memory of his wife, Charlotte Prentiss Hayes. Cox's copyright statement regarding his work is included.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

27. Letter from the Wenonah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Morrison, Mrs. D. B.; Wenonah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1912-04-13
Description:: A letter from Mrs. D. B. Morrison, secretary of the Wenonah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, to Burr D. Blair, President of the Laird Library Board, Winona, Minnesota. The letter notes the gift of a flag to the Winona Free Public Library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

28. Winona Free Public Library, Librarian's Report, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1890-01 - 1890-12
Description:: The monthly Librarian's Reports of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota, for the year of 1890.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

29. Come Read, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1955 - 1956
Description:: An informational leaflet about the materials and services available at the Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. A monthly calendar of exhibits, titled "College Art in Minnesota," is included.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Leaflets (printed works)

30. Fred S. Bell resignation letter, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bell, Frederick Somers, 1859-1938
Date Created:: 1906-03-02
Description:: A letter from Fred S. Bell to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library. Bell tenders his resignation as President of the Board of Directors after 20 years of service.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

31. Questions in the Library Examination, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1905-06-24
Description:: The librarian examination for applicants at the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Examinations (documents)

32. "A. W. L. S." (Associated Western Literary Societies), Circular number 12

Creator:: Associated Western Literary Societies, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:: 1867-02-15
Description:: The Associated Western Literary Societies circular noting Wendell Phillips' lecture schedule. Phillips was scheduled to speak in Winona, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Faribault in April of 1867.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Bulletins

33. Thomas J. Green heating estimate and sketch to Winona Public Library Board of Directors, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Green, Thomas J.
Date Created:: 1913-05-19
Description:: An estimate from Thomas J. Green, Heating and Ventilating Engineer, to change the heating in the Winona Public Library stack room, adding radiators and piping per the attached plan.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

34. Duluth Public Library salary information letter to Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Poirier, Lydia M.
Date Created:: 1908-07-23
Description:: A letter from Lydia M. Poirier, Librarian at Duluth Public Library, Minnesota, to E. E. Stugard, Board of Directors of the Winona Public Library, regarding library salaries.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

35. Polska Literatura, Bulletyn Numer Czwarty, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1900 - 1910
Description:: A booklet with a listing of the Winona Free Public Library's Polish literature materials.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Booklets

36. Enos Company, New York, letter and light fixture sketch to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Enos Company, New York
Date Created:: 1908-03-02
Description:: A letter and sketch from The Enos Company, New York, to the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota, regarding light fixtures.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

37. Winona Public Library: Fifty Years of Service, 1899-1949, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1949
Description:: A booklet on the history of the Winona Public Library in its first 50 years of service to the community of Winona, Minnesota. Photographs of William Harris Laird, Fred S. Bell, the library and its patrons are included.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Booklets

38. Minutes from a special meeting of the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1886-03-24
Description:: The minutes of a special meeting of the Winona Library Association to certify and adopt the City resolution to create a free public library in Winona. The minutes include attached local newspaper clippings related to the resolution.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Minutes (administrative records)

39. To the Members and All Others Interested in the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1866-05-25
Description:: An announcement endorsing the "Regular Ticket" in the upcoming election of officers for the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Announcements

40. A Word to the Members and Friends of the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Committee, Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1866-05-24
Description:: An announcement of the Annual Election of Officers to the Young Men's Library Association, Winona Minnesota. Candidates endorsed by the special committee include Franklin Staples for president, Thomas Simpson for vice-president, E. A. Gerdtzen for secretary, John H. Andrews for treasurer, and C. N. Waterman, John Dobbs, D. A. Coe, M. G. Norton, and William Mitchell for directors.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Announcements

41. Letter from Charlotte A. Prentiss, Treasurer of Winona Library Association, to Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Hayes, Charlotte Prentiss, 1854-1908
Date Created:: 1898-09-30
Description:: Letter from Charlotte A. Prentiss, treasurer, outlining the transfer of funds from the Winona Library Association to the Winona Free Public Library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

42. Laird, Norton, Company lumber invoice to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Laird, Norton Company
Date Created:: 1899-03-28
Description:: An invoice for furnishings for the new Winona Public Library building, Winona, Minnesota. Invoice includes card cabinet, shelving for vault and cork carpeting.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Invoices

43. Check from the Treasurer of Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota, payable to J.E. Prentiss, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1874-04-28
Description:: A check from the Treasurer of the Winona Library Association to J.E. Prentiss for insurance in the amount of fifteen dollars, signed by E. (Ernest) A. Gerdtzen, Secretary, and O. (Ozro) B. Gould, President. The check is number 18 and dated April 28, 1874.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Checks (bank checks)

44. Check from the Treasurer of Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota, payable to A. H. Snow, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1873-08-19
Description:: A check from the Treasurer of the Winona Library Association to A. H. Snow in the amount of five dollars. The check is number 1 and signed by E. A. Gerdtzen, secretary, and O. B. Gould, president.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Checks (bank checks)

45. Library Bureau invoice to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Library Bureau, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:: 1898-12
Description:: An invoice from the Library Bureau, Chicago, Illinois, to the Winona Free Public Library stating the remainder of the balance on their account for the purchase of book stacks.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Invoices

46. Children's Room, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Schroether, Marian; Binney, Ethel
Date Created:: 1942 - 1946
Description:: Document outlining the Winona Free Public Library Children's Room cardholder and borrowing policy. It also states the Children's Room weekly hours.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Leaflets (printed works)

47. Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota, letter to Superintendent of Documents, Washington D.C.

Creator:: Clarke, Jeannette A.
Date Created:: 1902-11-01
Description:: A letter to the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., from Jeannette A. Clarke, Librarian of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

48. Winona Daily Republican letter to F. S. Bell, President of the Winona Free Public Library Board of Directors, Winona Minnesota

Creator:: Sinclair, D.; Winona Daily Republican, Winona Minnesota
Date Created:: 1899-01-30
Description:: Letter noting the gift of bound issues of the Winona Republican to the Winona Free Public Library. The hand-written letter is from D. Sinclair and written to Fred S. Bell, President of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

49. Winona Library Association Board of Directors election results, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Fockens, A. G.; Sloan, Marian; Clarke, Jeannette A.
Date Created:: 1885-05-23
Description:: A letter to Fred. S. Bell stating the results of the election of the Board of Directors of the Winona Library Association, from the Judges of Election, Mrs. A. G. Fockens, librarian, Marian Sloan, and Jennie (Jeannette) Clarke. Officers elected were Fred S. Bell, president, and directors Mrs. J. B. McGaughey, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Miss Charlotte A. Prentiss, and Mr. Wil Woolsey.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

50. Library Bureau letter to Edward Lees, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Meleney, Geo. B., Library Bureau, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:: 1899-01-24
Description:: A letter from Geo. B. Meleney of the Library Bureau to Edward Lees, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, regarding payment in full for book stack shelving and an additional order.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

51. Resignation letter of Librarian A.G. Fockens, Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Fockens, A. G.
Date Created:: 1885-05-30
Description:: The resignation letter of A. G. Fockens, Librarian, written to the president of the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

52. William Harris Laird bequest to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bell, Frederick Somers, 1859-1938
Date Created:: 1910-12-29
Description:: A letter from Fred S. Bell to B. D. Blair, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota, to inform him of William Harris Laird's $5000 bequest to the library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

53. William Harris Laird gift of stack room addition, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bell, Frederick Somers, 1859-1938
Date Created:: 1912-05-10
Description:: Letter from Fred S. Bell to Burr D. Blair, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, noting William Harris Laird's intention to furnish funds to enlarge the stack room of the Laird Library Building. Bell recommends the plans be drafted by Edgar V. Seeler of Philadelphia, one of the original architects of the library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

54. William Harris Laird letter to Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Laird, William H. (William Harris), 1833-1910
Date Created:: 1899-01-21
Description:: A letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library and to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Winona from William Harris Laird. The document outlines the details and fulfillment of Laird's February 6, 1897 proposition to build a library for the City of Winona. Laird formally transfers full ownership and possession of the library building to the City of Winona.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

55. William Hayes letter to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Hayes, William
Date Created:: 1910-03-10
Description:: Letter from William Hayes, president of the Hayes-Lucas Lumber Company, to Burr D. Blair, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, acknowledging acceptance of his Kenyon Cox painting proposition. Hayes offered to donate the Cox mural painting in memory of his wife, Charlotte Prentiss Hayes.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

56. Thomas J. Green, Heating and Ventilating Engineer, letter to Library Board, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Green, Thomas J.
Date Created:: 1906-03-21
Description:: A letter from Thomas J. Green, heating and ventilating engineer, regarding heating modifications to the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. Green itemizes the work he would perform, including the addition of radiators to the library, and offers a price quote on the work.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

57. Letter to Elizabeth Jackson from a special committee of the Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Special Committee, Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1899-08-03
Description:: A letter to Elizabeth Jackson outlining the art exhibition policy for the Laird Library Building's Art Room, Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

58. Winona Telephone Company letter indicating free telephone service to Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Telephone Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1899-01-27
Description:: A letter to Fred S. Bell, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, from Winona Telephone Company indicating the donation of telephone service to the library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

59. Knights of Columbus, Winona Council 639, donation letter to Edward Lees, President of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Barth, P. J.; Knights of Columbus, Winona Council 639, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1909-09-10
Description:: A letter to Edward Lees, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, from P. J. Barth, Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Winona Council 639, Winona, Minnesota. The letter notes a donation of a five volume set of the Catholic Encyclopedia to the Winona Free Public Library.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

60. Letter approving stack plans for Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bell, Frederick Somers, 1859-1938
Date Created:: 1913-05-12
Description:: Letter from Fred S. Bell to Burr D. Blair, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, approving stack addition plans drafted by Edgar V. Seeler. The cost of the project, totaling $5445, was covered by the family of William Harris Laird.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

61. Letter from Wendell Phillips to the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Date Created:: 1867-03-22
Description:: A hand written letter from Wendell Phillips to the Young Men's Library Association, dated March 22, stating he will not be able to fulfill his speaking engagement in Winona, Minnesota scheduled for April 19, 1867. Phillips was supposed to appear as a part of the Young Men's Library Association Course of Lectures for 1867.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

62. Finance Committee report, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Finance Committee, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota; Whipple, William J.
Date Created:: 1910-01-08
Description:: A letter issued by the Finance Committee of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota, to the Board of Directors of the library regarding receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1909.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

63. Finance Committee report, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Finance Committee, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota; Whipple, William J.; Blair, Burr. D.
Date Created:: 1908-01-04
Description:: A letter issued by the Finance Committee of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota, to the Board of Directors of the library regarding receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year from January 1, 1907 to January 1, 1908.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

64. Elmer and Wilcox receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Elmer and Wilcox, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1877-02-16
Description:: A receipt issued by Elmer and Wilcox, Dealers in Shelf Hardware, Stoves, Nails, and Glass to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

65. Letter from Edgar V. Seeler to E. E. Shepard regarding cabinet design, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Seeler, Edgar Viguers, 1867-1929
Date Created:: 1907-08-12
Description:: A letter discussing the plans for a custom-built cabinet or showcase for the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. Warren P. Laird previously forwarded a letter and sketch to Edgar V. Seeler regarding the project. In this letter, Seeler is responding back to E. E. Shepard of the Winona Free Public Library inquiring about additional details for the case.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

66. Donation of photograph of Sugar Loaf to the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Bauer, F. J.
Date Created:: 1900-05-31
Description:: Letter from F.J. Bauer, of Fred'k J. Bauer Photographic Studios, to Fred S. Bell, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, regarding the donation of a 28 x 34 inch photograph of Sugar Loaf to the library. Bauer requests the photograph be placed in the library's Art Room.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

67. Letter from City Treasurer, Winona, Minnesota to Edward Lees, Secretary of the Winona Free Public Library Board, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Laird, A. W.
Date Created:: 1898-03-31
Description:: A letter from Winona, Minnesota city treasurer, A. W. Laird, to Edward Lees, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free public Library, noting the interest received on the library fund during the past fiscal year.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

68. Letter requesting librarian salary information, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Shepard, E. E.; Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1908-01-14
Description:: A letter sent to the library in Wausau, Wisconsin, requesting information on the salaries of their librarians and assistant librarians. The letter, sent by E. E. Shepard, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, includes the response that was sent in return.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Letters (correspondence)

69. Miss Jeannette Clark elected Librarian, Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Board of Directors, Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1885
Description:: A hand-written note stating that Miss Jennie (Jeannette) Clarke has been unanimously elected to serve as librarian of the Winona Library Association. Clarke succeeds Mrs. A. G. Fockens, and will serve in this capacity at the Winona Public Library for 50 years, resigning in 1935.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Notes

70. William Hayes expression of appreciation to friends for their sympathy, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Hayes, William
Date Created:: 1908-02
Description:: A note card sent by William Hayes expressing his appreciation to his friends for their sympathy in the loss of his wife, Charlotte Prentiss Hayes. Charlotte was instrumental in the creation and expansion of the Winona Free Public Library. Hayes would go on to donate to the library the "Light of Learning" Kenyon Cox mural painting in memory of his wife.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Notes

71. William Jay Whipple receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Whipple, William J.
Date Created:: 1878-05-03
Description:: A receipt issued by William Jay Whipple, publisher of the Winona Herald, Job Printer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota for 1000 book labels.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

72. D. Sinclair and Company receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: D. Sinclair and Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1874-07-01
Description:: A receipt issued by D. Sinclair and Company, Publishers of the Daily and Weekly Republican, Job Printers, Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

73. Library Bureau receipt to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Library Bureau, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:: 1898-09-27
Description:: A receipt issued by the Library Bureau, Chicago, Illinois, to the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota for the purchase of book stacks.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

74. Hoard & Tenney Photographers receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Hoard & Tenney, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1874-08-04
Description:: A receipt issued by Hoard & Tenney Portrait and Landscape Photographers, Winona, Minnesota to the Winona Library Association for frames.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

75. First National Bank of Winona, Minnesota, receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: First National Bank, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1874-07-31
Description:: A receipt issued by First National Bank, Winona, Minnesota, to the Winona Library Association for rent paid from January 1, 1874 to July 1, 1874 in the amount of $50.00.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

76. P. Simon and Company receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: P. Simon and Company, Winona Minnesota
Date Created:: 1874-05-22
Description:: A receipt issued by P. Simon and Company, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in All Kinds of Furniture, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

77. O. B. Gould receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Gould, Ozro B.
Date Created:: 1873-08-08
Description:: A receipt issued by O. B. Gould, Attorneys at Law and Court Commissioner, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota for fees associated with recording the library's Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

78. D. Sinclair and Company receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: D. Sinclair and Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1873-12-31
Description:: A receipt issued by D. Sinclair and Company, Publishers of the Daily and Weekly Republican, Job Printers, Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

79. Winona Free Public Library circulation study report, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Clarke, Jeannette A.
Date Created:: 1905-01-11
Description:: A circulation study report prepared by Jeannette Clarke, Head Librarian of the Winona Free Public Library, to Burr D. Blair, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the library. The report compares the total number of items in various subject areas to the circulation in order to determine the use per volume.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

80. Oxley and Enos. Manufacturing Company, New York, receipt to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Oxley and Enos. Manufacturing Company, New York
Date Created:: 1898-09-30
Description:: A receipt issued by the Oxley and Enos. Manufacturing Company, Electric and Gas Fixtures, New York, to Fred S. Bell of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

81. Consignee to Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company receipt to Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1895-09-24
Description:: Consignee to Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company receipt to Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota, for the shipment of one box of books.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

82. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Date Created:: 1877-05-08
Description:: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway receipt to Mrs. Thomas Wilson of the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota, for the shipment of one box of books.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

83. D. Sinclair and Company receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: D. Sinclair and Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1877-05-31
Description:: A receipt issued by D. Sinclair and Company, Publishers of the Daily and Weekly Republican, Job Printers, Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

84. D. Sinclair and Company receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: D. Sinclair and Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1873-07-01
Description:: A receipt issued by D. Sinclair and Company, Publishers of the Daily and Weekly Republican, Job Printers, Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

85. Winona Library Association Annual Report, June 1, 1884 - May 31, 1885, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1885
Description:: An annual report of the number of books checked out and visitors at the Winona Library Association and Reading Rooms from June 1, 1884 to May 31, 1885.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

86. The Public Library : a succinct history of its uses and benefits for the year, annual report of the officers of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1887
Description:: The annual report of the officers of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, presented to the Winona City Council. Winona Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

87. Resolution accepting the Kenyon Cox painting, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1910
Description:: Winona Free Public Library Board of Directors resolution accepting the gift of the Kenyon Cox painting from William Hayes. Hayes' gift was a memorial to his wife, Charlotte Prentiss Hayes, who had a significant role in the library's creation and development.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Resolutions (administrative records)

88. Graduating Exercises, Winona High School, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Winona High School, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1875-06-18
Description:: The program of the graduation ceremony for Winona High School, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Programs

89. Thomas J. Green receipt to Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Green, Thomas J.
Date Created:: 1898-10-15
Description:: A receipt issued by Thomas J. Green, Sewer Builder, Heating and Ventilating Engineer, to the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

90. William Jay Whipple, Winona Herald Book and Job Power Printing Office receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Whipple, William J.; Winona Herald Book and Job Power Printing Office
Date Created:: 1874-07-11
Description:: A receipt issued by William Jay Whipple, Winona Herald Book and Job Power Printing Office, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

91. William Jay Whipple, Winona Herald Book and Job Power Printing Office receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Whipple, William J.; Winona Herald Book and Job Power Printing Office
Date Created:: 1873-08-16
Description:: A receipt issued by William Jay Whipple, Winona Herald Book and Job Power Printing Office, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

92. Office of Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., to Jeannette A. Clarke, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Post, William L.
Date Created:: 1907-09-05
Description:: A letter from William L. Post, Superintendent of Documents, United States of America Government Printing Office, to Jeannette A. Clarke, Librarian of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. The letter responds to Clarke's inquiry regarding the Journals of the Continental Congress.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

93. Alex McNie and Company receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Alex McNie and Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1874-01-01
Description:: A receipt issued by Alex McNie and Company, Books, Stationery, Paper Hangings, Shades, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

94. E.S. Morgan Bookseller and Stationer receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Morgan, E. S.; E. S. Morgan Bookseller and Stationer
Date Created:: 1877-01-20
Description:: A receipt issued by E. S. Morgan, Booksellers and Stationer, Winona, Minnesota, to the Winona Library Association.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

95. First National Bank of Winona, Minnesota, receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: First National Bank, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1877-01-08
Description:: A receipt issued by First National Bank, Winona, Minnesota, to the Winona Library Association for rent paid in the amount of $200.00.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

96. Hoard & Tenney Artistic Photographers receipt to Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Hoard & Tenney, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:: 1877-01-15
Description:: A receipt issued by Hoard & Tenney Artistic Photographers, Winona, Minnesota to Miss Charlotte Prentiss of the Winona Library Association.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

97. Geo. J. Hillyer Furniture receipt to Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:: Hillyer, Geo. J.
Date Created:: 1898-01-02
Description:: A receipt issued by Geo. J. Hillyer Furniture to the Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota, for the purchase of tables, chairs and a roll desk.
Contributing Institution:: Winona Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Receipts (financial records)

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