This is a photograph of Rev. Moses Newton Adams, a Presbyterian minister and missionary at Traverse des Sioux. Adams became the Indian Agent at the Sisseton Agency in 1871.
This is a photograph of Rev. Moses Newton Adams and his wife. Adams was a Presbyterian minister and missionary at Traverse des Sioux. He became the Indian Agent at the Sisseton Agency in 1871.
This photograph shows one of the earliest residents of Nicollet County, Charles Flandrau, who became a judge on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Flandrau led men from St. Peter to help defend New Ulm against attacks in 1862.
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-06-16
Description:
Annual report of the 20th year's work of the Minneapolis YMCA containing financial and narrative reports by the president, other officers, and committee chairmen. Committees, departments, and branches cover employment, education, housing, railroads, and religion, among additional administrative duties. Included in the report are the list of members, articles of incorporation, and the organization's constitution and by-laws.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1885-06-08
Description:
Annual report of the 19th year's work of the Minneapolis YMCA containing financial and narrative reports by the president, other officers, and committee chairmen. Committees cover employment, education, housing, and religion, among additional administrative duties. Also features reports by the Railroad and Junior Departments. Included in the annual report are the list of members, articles of incorporation, and the organization's constitution and by-laws.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1885-02-26
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Woman's Boarding Home and Industrial School. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, number of visits, and letters detailing the work of the last year.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-02-25
Description:
Annual report containing financial reports of the Woman's Boarding Home and Industrial School. Includes the Association's constitution and by-laws, number of visits, and letters detailing financial and physical donations, and families helped that year.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
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.
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.
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.
Journal by Newton H. Winchell describing commission meetings and budget discussions involved with the writing of the Final Report on the geology of Minnesota for the Geological and Natural History Survey.
This hand-written "Historical Sketch," labeled in different writing [By Newton H. Winchell], contains an incomplete account of the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences' 1873 founding and activities in its early years. The approximate date is 1886, as it refers to the 13 years life of the M. A. of N. S. It states that the Academy has 175 members, summarizes its museum specimens, and mentions its public lectures and a few scientific contributions. See the transcript for the full text.
Business trade card advertising Newcastle iron stoves, manufactured by J.S. & M. Peckham in Utica, New York and sold by W.H. Peckham in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This photograph by Duluth photographer William Whitesides is taken from Point of Rocks looking east and shows much of downtown Duluth and the hillside.
Map shows of the condition of the St. Anthony Falls Apron, made up of old oak planking (1877), new oak planking (1885), and new pine planking (1885). Some of the planking is quite worn and damaged by ice and lumber. "Note: Outline of Apron, etc. is from surveys of 1874-76. Soundings reduced to low-water plane of April 4, 1883."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Business trade card advertising Ballard Moving and Storage company, Twin Cities representative of United Van Lines. Truck on front of card manufactured by Veerac Motor Company of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of September 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of September 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of October 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of October 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of November 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of November 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of May 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of May 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of March 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of March 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of June 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of June 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of July 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of July 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of January 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of January 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of February 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of February 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of December 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of December 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of August 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of April 1885. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885.
The Carleton College weather diaries were created during the month of April 1886. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Service's Form 101 to record temperature, weather condition, precipitation for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1886.
Parade of members of the Toboggan and Snowshoe Association in their white hats and coats along Superior Street in downtown Duluth. The orignal image was taken February 22, 1886 by Carl Thiel and Edward H. Foster and was later copied by Hugh McKenzie.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections