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.
An invoice for furnishings for the new Winona Public Library building, Winona, Minnesota. Invoice includes card cabinet, shelving for vault and cork carpeting.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.