Carleton's annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, historical sketch, calendar, honorary degrees, admission requirements, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees.
This short tract in the Dakota language describes the American Bible Society, founded in 1816. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Publication detailing the purpose of the school, academic calendar, expenses associated with the school, admission requirements, classes offered, graduation requirements, and the model school. In addition, the catalog lists the faculty and students by class for the year. Other informaion includes campus buildings, equipment, library, student groups, and the alumni association, The State Normal School, founded in 1869, changed names several times: St. Cloud State Teachers College (1921), St. Cloud State College (1957), and St. Cloud State University (1975).
This report of the Board of Public Works consists of tables and charts describing work done in 1885, including street paving, cleaning, and maintenance, and development of sewers, sidewalks, bridges, parks and boulevards. Financial statements, a narrative report of the city engineer, and maps of city streets and sewers are also included.
Embracing the transactions of the Society from March 31, 1885 to March 31, 1886, proceedings of its annual and semi-annual meetings, essays, reports, etc.
Illustrated trade catalog for various iron and wire products. Includes construction materials such as beams, brackets and columns, as well as decorative products including railings, fences, and benches.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This document is an Augsburg Seminary diploma that was presented in the 1880s. The diploma includes an engraving of the seminary's original Main Building which was destroyed by fire sometime before 1900. Diploma reads: Augsburg Seminary; Minneapolis, Minn. ... 188 ; Eksamens-Testimonium fra Augsburg Seminariums theologiske Fakultet; Hr. Kand. theol. ... har underkastet sig Eksamen ved Augsburg Seminarium og kan vi efter denne Pröve give ham vor Anbefaling som ... til det kirkelige Loere- og Praedike-Embede. Translation of diploma: Augsburg Seminary; Minneapolis, Minn. ... 188 ; The Certificate of the Exam from Augsburg Seminary's theological faculty; Mr. Candidate of Theology ... has undergone the exam at Augsburg Seminary and after this test we can give him a recommendation as [qualified, highly qualified, exceptional] to the churchly office of teaching and preaching.
Biographies of veterans of Company B 1st Minnesota Volunteers, including detailed accounts of their lives before, during and after the Civil War. The record book also contains meeting minutes and details of Last Man's Club banquets.
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1886. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. Among many other activities, the Park Board paid for and planted trees throughout the city. Payments approved on May 15 included $2936.45 for trees and shrubs. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-08-31
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota is between Samuel Houghton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Dines Duggan of Pipestone County, Minnesota. It is for the north half of the northwest quarter in Section 33 of Township 106 north, of Range 44 west of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $720 and includes detail of payment made between August 31, 1886 and cancellation for nonpayment July, 1891. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-09-14
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Carl Wormser of Sioux County, Iowa. It is for the northeast quarter of Section 31 in Township 108 North, of Range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian, and the Northeast quarter of Section 15 in Township 108 North, of Range 45 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Aetna Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 320 acres for the sum of $2,880 and includes a detail of payment made between September 14, 1886, and paid in full November 1895. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-11-01
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Rock County, Minnesota, is between S. H. Graves of Close Brothers & Company and Dennis Connolley and Lawrence Connolley of Rock County, Minnesota. It is for the Southeast quarter, excepting one acre in the southwest corner, of Section 6 in Township 104 North, of Range 46 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Rose Dell Township, Rock County, Minnesota. The contract involves 159 acres for the sum of $875 and includes a detail of payments made between November 1, 1886, and paid in full November 1896. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-06-07
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Edwin Hatch of Pipestone County, Minnesota. It is for the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 27, Township 107 North, of Range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Rock Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $800 and includes a detail of payments made between June 7, 1886, and cancellation for nonpayment in July, 1889. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-09-14
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Henry Wormser of Linn County, Iowa. It is for the Southwest quarter of Section 31, in Township 108 North, of Range 44 west of the fifth principal meridian, and the Northeast quarter of section 23 in Township 108 North, of Range 45 west of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Aetna Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 314.81 acres for the sum of $2,755.88 and includes a detail payment made between September 14, 1886, and paid in full November 1895. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-09-30
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County Kansas, is between James Brooks Close of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and James Lane of Trego County, Kansas. It is for the northeast quarter of Section 7, Township 13 south, of Range 25, West of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes detail of payment made between September 30, 1886, and cancellation for nonpayment in 1891. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-09-30
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between James Brooks Close of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North and Robert Edward Bateman of England, and James Lane of Trego County, Kansas. It is for the southeast quarter of Section 7, Township 13 south, of range 25, West of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes detail of payment made between September 30, 1886, and cancellation for nonpayment in 1891. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-08-04
Description:
This contract, for land in Rock County, Minnesota, is between James B. Close of Close Brothers & Company and Marcellus Cowan of Rock County, Minnesota. It is for the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 21 in Township 104 North, of Range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Battle Plain Township, Rock County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $760 and includes a detail of payments made between August 4, 1886, and paid in full. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-11-19
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Houghton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North, and Robert Edward Batemen of England, and James E.C. Eberson of LaSalle County, Illinois. It is for the soutwest quarter of Section 9 of Township 13 south, range 24 west of the sixth principal meridian. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes detail of payment made between November 19, 1886 and cancellation for nonpayment December, 1899. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-11-19
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Trego County, Kansas, is between Samuel Houghton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for William Austin, Edward Ford North, and Robert Edward Batemen of England, and James E.C. Eberson of LaSalle County, Illinois. It is for the southwest quarter of Section 23 of Township 13 South, of Range 25 west of the fifth princiapl merician. This is in Trego County, Kansas. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,040 and includes detail of payment made between November 19, 1886, and cancellation for nonpayment December 22, 1899. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-06-01
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Rock County, Minnesota, is between Samuel Haughton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South MInnesota Land Company and Joseph R. Wright of Rock County, Minnesota. It is for the West one half of the northeast quarter of Section 15 in Township 103 North, of Range 45 west of the fifth principal meridian. This land is in Mound Township, Rock County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $720 and includes a detail of payment made between June 1, 1886 and paid in full March 1894. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-03-23
Description:
This contract, which is for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is between James Brooks of Close Brothers & Company for South MInnesota Land Company, and Kiron E. Kingsley of Pipestone County, Minnesota. It is for the North one half Southwest quarter of Section 17 in Township 105 North, of Range 44 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Osborne Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $700 and includes a detail of payments made between March 23, 1886 and paid in full. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1886-06-15
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Pipestone County, Minnesota is between Samuel Houghton Graves of Close Brothers & Company for South Minnesota Land Company and Louis Erickson of Pipestone County, Minnesota. It is for the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 23 in Township 705 North, of range 46 west of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Pipestone County, Minnesota. The contract involves 80 acres for the sum of $670 and includes detail of payments between June 15, 1886 and payment in full September 26, 1890. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.