Title from cover. Includes a brief history of the museum, an overview of the permanent collections, donors, recent acquisitions, general information about the museum, e.g. location, hours of opening, lunch room, membership, etc., a list of the trustees and officers of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, and a list of the staff of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 8 unnumbered pages: illustrations, plans.
Announcement for the 1950 Twin Cities Weavers Guild Institute in Weaving held at Jones Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes names of attendees and techniques taught.
One page of arithmetic exercises done by George Manery on March 15, 1899. One page of spelling practice on reverse done by Arthur Russell done by Arthur Russell on March 16, 1899. Both were students at Seward School in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This is the page of printed instructions from the Minnesota Loom. These assembly instructions were packed with the Minnesota Loom, which was designed and distributed by Hilma Berglund.
One page essay written by George Johnson, a student at Seward School, about the lifestyles of savages, barbarians, and civilized people, dated January 7, 1897. Paper was reused for spelling exercise on January 10, 1898.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
One page report on George Washington, with illustration of George Washington pushing a plow, by student at Seward School in Minneapolis. Paper was reused for cursive writing practice of letter K on both sides of paper.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Association of Arts in Industry", "Minneapolis Institute of Art". In outline form for group study. Advertisement on back cover for Byron & Learned Co., Minneapolis, with their logo. Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-10). "This is the third of an excellent series of study outlines now being issued by the Association of Arts in Industry of Minneapolis. It deals with the book from the beginning of writing, as a medium of communication, an instrument of education, and a work of craftsmanship and art."--American magazine of art. Volume XII, no. 1 (January, 1921), page 361. 10 pages.
Two pages of geography exercises by Joseph Sandeen, a student at Seward School in Minneapolis. On the first page are a poem about an Eskimo and a drawing of Eskimo life. On the second page are an unfinished poem about a tropical person and a drawing of a person sitting under palm trees.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Association of Arts in Industry", "Minneapolis Institute of Art". In outline form for group study. Penciled on front cover: "ca. 1918"--Advertisement on back cover for Wm. A. French & Co., Minneapolis, with their trademark logo. Part of a series of study outlines issued by the Association of Arts in Industry of Minneapolis. "The scope of the exhibition was limited to the ten classes of objects which seemed of greatest importance to Minneapolis, --furniture, leaded glass, ornamental iron and bronze, the graphic arts and architectural drawings because they are produced here; decorative textiles, table ware, process-made pictures suitable for homes, lighting fixtures, and decorative hardware because they are of fundamental importance in every home"--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume IX, number 6 (June 1920), page 42. Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-11). "The Minneapolis Association of Arts in Industry will hold its first exhibition at the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] during the month of May [1920]."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume IX, number 5 (May 1920), page 40. 11 pages.
Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Association of Arts in Industry", "Minneapolis Institute of Art". In outline form for group study. Advertisement on back cover for John S. Bradstreet & Co., Minneapolis, with a circular peacock dragon logo. Part of a series of study outlines issued by the Association of Arts in Industry of Minneapolis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 5-7). "The continued demand ... has led the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] to arrange for a course of twelve lecture on this subject [of home decoration] to be given ... by Miss Floy Donaldson"--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume IX, number 8 (November 1920), Supplement, page 3. 7 pages.
One page of language exercises written by Arthur Johnson on October 4, 1898. Paper was reused for language exercises by Lambert Hellgren on November 16, 1898. Both were students at Seward School in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library