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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contract amendments for heating upgrade detailed by Kreitinger and Isackson, contractors of Springfield, Minnesota, signed by George Isackson and witnessed by E.A. Pease, requiring an additional $776.00 for hot water, plumbing, vent pipes, gas pipes and labor as amended from the original contract with the Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Correspondence between R.D. Church, architect of Minneapolis, and Julius C. Schmahl, library board president, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, about fireproofing of the new library building.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An invoice for furnishings for the new Winona Public Library building, Winona, Minnesota. Invoice includes card cabinet, shelving for vault and cork carpeting.
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.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the Building Committee, to Library Secretary, Isaac N. Tompkins, authorizing payment to contractors of $1,000.00 for work and materials in building the Redwood Falls Public Library, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the Building Committee, to Library Secretary, Isaac N. Tompkins, authorizing payment to contractors of $1,000.00 for work and materials in building the Redwood Falls Public Library, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the Building Committee, to Library Secretary, Isaac N. Tompkins, authorizing payment to contractors of $500.00 for work and materials in building the Redwood Falls Public Library, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the Building Committee for the Redwood Falls Public Library, to Isaac N. Tompkins, Secretary of the Library board, authorizing payment to contractor, W.B. Rutan, for work done on the Redwood Falls Public Library, for $11.60.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the Building Committee, to Library Secretary, Isaac N. Tompkins, authorizing payment to contractors of $1,000.00 for work and materials in building the Redwood Falls Public Library, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Andrew Carnegie, written by his personal secretary James Bartram, to Julius A. Schmahl, Esquire, about arranging payments with Mr. Carnegie's cashier, Mr. R.A. Franks of the Home Trust Company, Hoboken, New Jersey, and instructing Schmahl to find an architect to draw plans for the new library in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, chairman on the grounds, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the library board, authorizing payment to Franz Seifert for labor cutting trees on new library grounds, $5.40, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, chairman of the building committee, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the library board, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, authorizing payment to Levi Owen for labor cutting trees on new library grounds, $4.60.
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.
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.
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.
Correspondence from Andrew Carnegie, written by his personal secretary James Bartram, to Julius A. Schmahl, Esquire, about conditions the city must meet before he donates money to build a library in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, including a commitment to maintain the library and providing a site.
Correspondence from Andrew Carnegie, written by his personal secretary James Bartram, to Julius A. Schmahl, Esquire, about payments pending selection of a site for a new library in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.