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1. "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

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)

11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. 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)

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 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)

18. 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)

19. 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

20. 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)

21. 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

22. 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)

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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)

26. 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)

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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)

32. 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)

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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)

36. 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

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. 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

39. 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
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