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1. Establishment of Board of Directors, Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota; Tucker, Gilbert R.; Chisholm, O. P.; Carey, Sheldon C.
Date Created:
1863-04-25
Description:
A hand written document stating the creation of the Young Men's Library Association in Winona, Minnesota, and its Board of Directors. Officers elected included Gilbert R. Tucker, president; O. P. Chisholm, vice-president; William W. Painter, treasurer; Sheldon C. Carey, secretary. Trustees for the first year were Thomas Simpson, F. E. Shandrew, E. E. Youmans, William Sinclair and J. W. Stevens.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Articles of incorporation

2. Proceedings of the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1866 - 1898
Description:
The handwritten proceedings of the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Proceedings

3. Articles of Incorporation, Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1863-06-13
Description:
The Articles of Incorporation for the Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota. The document is noted as registered with Winona County and the State of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Articles of incorporation

4. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Yarwood, F.W.
Date Created:
1913
Description:
Political map of the city of Minneapolis with a street and avenue guide.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

5. Letter from Franz Woowig to Henry Peterson in Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Woowig, Franz
Date Created:
1948-09-08
Description:
Letter in German from a former World War II German Prisoner of War to Henry (Hank) Peterson. Peterson's farm utilized POW labor during World War II.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

6. Interview with Sherby R. Woods, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, Milaca, Minnesota

Creator:
Woods, Sherby R., 1918-2007
Date Created:
1990-02-18
Description:
This interview was conducted on February 18, 1990 by Richard Olson. Sherby Roy Woods was born August 17, 1918 in Iowa. After moving to Minnesota, he worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps and the lumber industry as a heavy equipment operator in northern Minnesota. Woods was drafted into the Army on October 14, 1941 at the age of 23. During the war, he was attached to Company B, 6th Armored Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division. Discharged as a Technician Fifth Grade, Woods worked in heavy equipment and demolitions during campaigns in North Africa and Italy. Woods shared his opinions of Allied soldiers and Axis Power POWs and what he described as the poor training given to replacement troops. He also described how the war changed the U.S. military, including his improvised invention of a more efficient automatic transmission system for light tanks. After returning to the U.S. in 1945, Woods married Cora Lillian Moe, attended heavy equipment maintenance school on the GI Bill, and began a long series of treatments for a facial injury at the Veterans Administration hospital. He worked on heavy equipment for Milaca County until his retirement. Woods concluded the interview with a discussion of contemporary events such as apartheid in South Africa and stated that embargos are a more effective tool than war. He passed away on January 23, 2007 at the age of 88 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Milaca, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

7. Muster Rolls of 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company H of the Minnesota National Guard stationed in Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Wittbecker, Frank G.; Buxler, V. P.; Pederson, Bernhardt M.; Anderson, Edson J.
Date Created:
1917-03 - 1917-08
Description:
Initial and subsequent muster rolls of the Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company H, detailing the status of each man in the company as reporting for duty, sick, or absent, as well as any transfers.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Muster Rolls

8. Interview with Raynold J. Winter, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, Maple Lake, Minnesota

Creator:
Winter, Raynold J., 1918-2008
Date Created:
1989-02-19
Description:
This interview was conducted on February 19, 1989 by David Overy. Raynold John Winter was born March 15, 1918 in Watkins, Minnesota. He was drafted into the Army in 1941. His company trained in southern California as military police in the 506th MP Battalion and was assigned to guard Boulder Dam, which was later renamed Hoover Dam. His company, Company D, was reassigned to combat in Europe and retrained as infantry before being shipped overseas. Winter and many others were captured at the Battle of the Bulge. They became prisoners of war in Leipzig, Germany, where Winter was hospitalized for malnutrition before being liberated. Winter described how American planes bombed the prisoner camps and how American POWs got along with each other, the German guards, and French POWs. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service. After the war, he married Catherine Klein of Watkins, where he worked for Kraft Foods. In 1958, they moved to Maple Lake, where he worked for Tem Tee Bakery. He became a member of the Northstar Baseball Hall of Fame as manager of the local Lakers team. Winters passed away at the age of 90 on December 2, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud and is buried in St. Anthony's Catholic Cemetery in Watkins. He was survived by Catherine, their six children, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

9. Articles of Incorporation, Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1873-06-11
Description:
The Articles of Incorporation for the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota. The document is stamped as registered with Winona County and the Minnesota Secretary of State.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Articles of incorporation

10. Winona Free Public Library resolution to accept funds from the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota; Lees, Edward
Date Created:
1898-10-03
Description:
A resolution accepting a transfer of funds in the amount of $3205.94 from the Winona Library Association to the newly formed Winona Free Public Library. The resolution is signed by Edward Lees, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Resolutions (administrative records)

11. Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota 1932-1933 actual budget, 1933-1934 proposed budget

Creator:
Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1932 - 1934
Description:
The Winona Free Public Library 1932-1933 actual budget and the 1933-1934 proposed budget. Includes two attached notes.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Budgets

12. By-laws of the Winona Free Public Library and Reading Rooms, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1888
Description:
The bylaws of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota, adopted May 26, 1886.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text

13. Muster Rolls of 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company K of the Minnesota National Guard stationed in Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Wilson, Chester S.; McClay, P. L.; Matson, J. W.
Date Created:
1917-07 - 1917-08
Description:
Initial and subsequent muster rolls of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company K, detailing the status of each man in the company as reporting for duty, sick, or absent, as well as any transfers. The record also contains a muster roll of the men as they were drafted into federal service at Camp Cody in Deming, New Mexico.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Muster Rolls

14. Muster Rolls of 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company M of the Minnesota National Guard stationed in Hibbing, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, David O.; Berg, A. A.; Weaver, Carl C.
Date Created:
1917-07 - 1917-08
Description:
Initial and subsequent muster rolls of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company M, detailing the status of each man in the company as reporting for duty, sick, or absent, as well as any transfers. The record also contains a muster roll of the men as they were drafted into federal service at Camp Cody in Deming, New Mexico.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Muster Rolls

15. Muster Roll of Ambulance Company Number 1 of the Minnesota National Guard, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Williams, Clayton J.; McClay, P. L.
Date Created:
1917-07
Description:
Initial muster roll for Ambulance Company number 1 of the Minnesota National Guard.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Muster Rolls

16. Interview with Robert Wick, World War II Veteran Collection, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Wick, Robert
Date Created:
1990-06-22
Description:
In an oral history conducted by David H. Overy on June 22, 1990, Robert Wick discussed his experiences in training and overseas as a signal information officer in the European Theater during World War II. Born and raised in Iowa, Wick was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942. In this interview, Wick described his training experiences, including officer's training school, and his responsibilities working in an intelligence company while stationed in Italy. Lastly, Wick details what his time in the service had provided him with and his thoughts of the Vietnam Conflict. Prior to the war, Wick was a high school teacher in Newton, Iowa and married to his wife Alice. Wick was born on January 23, 1913, and passed away on March 8, 2006, in St. Cloud, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

17. Official Oath, William J. Whipple, Director of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Whipple, William J.
Date Created:
1901-06-01
Description:
The official oath of office for William J. Whipple as Director of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. The oath is notarized and signed by Edward Lees.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Oaths

18. Muster Rolls of 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company L of the Minnesota National Guard stationed at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
West, Carl J.; Smith, Clifton T.; Cassidy, Albert M.
Date Created:
1917-03 - 1917-08
Description:
Initial and subsequent muster rolls, and detachment of the Minnesota Infantry Regiment Company L, detailing the status of each man in the company as reporting for duty, sick, or absent, as well as any transfers. Includes handwritten addition of Manson, Charles L.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Muster Rolls

19. Instructions for filling out registration cards, Department of Justice, Office of United States Marshal, District of Minnesota

Creator:
Wessel, Joseph A.
Date Created:
1918-02-12
Description:
Detailed written instructions for filling out registration cards, sent by Joseph A. Wessel, United States Marshal, dated February 12, 1918.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Instructional materials

20. Instructions for filling out registration cards, Department of Justice, Office of United States Marshal, District of Minnesota

Creator:
Wessel, Joseph A.
Date Created:
1918-02-12
Description:
Detailed written instructions for filling out registration cards, sent by Joseph A. Wessel, United States Marshal, dated February 12, 1918.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Instructional materials

21. Memo from Stillwater Police Department regarding Herman Lindabauer

Creator:
W.E. McNaughton, Chief of Police, Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1918-03-23
Description:
Memo regarding Herman Lindabauer, who transferred from Foley, Minnesota to Town of Grant, Washington County, Minnesota and reported to W.E. McNaughton, Chief of Police, Stillwater, Minnesota on the 23rd day of March, 1918.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Memorandums

22. Interview with Thornley Wells, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Wells, Thornley
Description:
Thornley F. Wells was born in Cando, North Dakota on July 20, 1901. He came to Moorhead in 1932 to set up a business of his own. Wells reflects upon his many years in Moorhead government, including service as an alderman and as mayor. He also discusses his terms of office as a member of Clay Country Board of Commissioners.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

23. Interview with Arthur Weisberg, Judges and Lawyers Oral History Project, St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Creator:
Weisberg, Arthur
Date Created:
2006-08-07
Description:
In this interview, Arthur Weisberg gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. He recalls grew up on the North Side of Minneapolis and how his father was a dentist who ended up as an investor. Weisberg goes on to describe his time at North High, becoming a journalist in central Minnesota, working in the film industry in Minneapolis, and finally attending Minneapolis Law School (now William Mitchell) during the late 1940s. Weisberg tells about how he subsequently worked for Dorsey law firm and how he was active in community service. The two talk about notable people at virtually every stage of his life, with particular attention to Jewish culture in law and business in Minnesota. This interview was conducted by Linda Schloff as a part of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest Jewish Judges and Lawyers History Project.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interview with Donald U. Weiler, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Weiler, Donald U., 1923-2011
Date Created:
1989-03-15
Description:
This interview was conducted on March 15, 1989 by David Overy. Donald Ursus Weiler was born July 12, 1923 in St. Cloud. He was drafted in spring 1943 and served as a machine gunner in the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division of the Army National Guard in North Africa and Italy. After being wounded in the leg during the Battle of Monte Cassino, he underwent an experimental treatment using a high-calcium diet at a hospital in North Africa. He spent a significant amount of time discussing how he would climb poles to listen for enemy movements and described at length the ways in which his unit would support riflemen and vehicle convoys as they advanced through Italy. While recovering and working in a military production factory in Iowa, Weiler met Thelma Ruth Lair, whom he married on January 27, 1945. Weiler lived his entire life in St. Cloud and had a long career as a service technician at the Typewriter Shop and later retired as a sales representative of Marco Business Products. As a recipient of the Purple Heart, Weiler dedicated time to supporting wounded and sick veterans at the St. Cloud Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He passed away on March 1, 2011 at the VA Center, and is buried at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Ripley. He was survived by two sons who followed him into the military; two daughters, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interview with Magnus Wefald Regional Oral History Project, Hawley, Minnesota

Creator:
Wefald, Magnus
Description:
Magnus Wefald was born in 1900 in Hawley, Minnesota and grew up there. Wefald discusses his law practice in Hawley, Minnesota, and his service in the Minnesota State Senate for 12 years. He describes the changes in the law that he has seen over the years. He talks about the community affairs in which he has been involved and his term as mayor.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories
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