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.
Name-weaving instructions from the Handweaving Workbook by Heather Thorpe. The text of the card describes the process to translate the name "Hilma Berglund" into an overshot weaving draft.
Instructions for groups and individuals assisting with ground crew and balloon inflation for the Dr. Jean Piccard balloon ascension in 1937 are described I this four page document. Details of balloon construction and inflation procedures are given in addition to the order of operations and signals. Dr. Jean Piccard was a University of Minnesota physicist and aeronautical engineer who believed it was possible to ascend into the stratosphere using many small cluster balloons rather than one large balloon. The experimental flight was sponsored by the Rochester Kiwanis Club and supported by local residents and students.
This is the first workbook in a series written by Sister Gemma Gertken (1894-1990) to teach a Gregorian Chant course for summer school classes. It teaches the fundamentals of Gregorian Chant. The lessons consist of prenote reading activities that prepare the way for the actual note reading and note singing instructions. Each page in the workbook is used as an exercise in listening to instructions and following directions. A teacher's manual for the coures indicates it was a forty-five minute class period for a one-month religion vacation school. Sister Gemma Gertken, OSB, taught music and piano and wrote curriculum. She believed children cold learn to read, write, compose in and sing Gregorian chant and she wrote a instructional program to teach it to them.
The second workbook in a collection by Sister Gemma Gertken is a continuation of Work Book 1 on the Gregorian Chant course for summer school classes. Workbook 2 continues to teach the fundamentals of Gregorian Chant. A teacher's manual for the coures indicates it was a forty-five minute class period for a one-month religion vacation school. Sister Gemma Gertken, OSB, taught music and piano and wrote curriculum. She believed children cold learn to read, write, compose in and sing Gregorian chant and she wrote a instructional program to teach it to them.
A classroom instruction tool, this 24 page wall scroll uses images, alphabet letters, words and phrases in the Dakota language to teach math functions and reading. This item was designed to hang on the classroom wall.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This pamphlet was used to educate Dakota people about Tuberculosis. 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.)
This pamphlet was used to teach the written Dakota alphabet, grammar and penmanship. 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.)
This is an elementary geography textbook in the Dakota language. It focuses on North America but includes sections on Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and a geography of ""bible lands.""
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
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.
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.
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 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.
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