A narrative account of the daily management and functioning of the organization, a St. Paul orphanage established shortly after the end of the Civil War. The handwritten account records the monthly board meetings, notes the number of children resident each month, lists donations received, and documents the daily issues and concerns of running of the orphanage. Volume V covers 1905 to 1915. Two additional minutes books reside in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Twelve girls use the library at the St. Paul Girls' Home (orphanage), 933 Carroll Ave., St. Paul. An unidentified Sister of St. Joseph helps two of the students.