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101. Grand Marais Harbor Map, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Date Created:
1881
Description:
Map shows improvements made and contemplated to the harbor of Grand Marais, depths, and area of proposed dredging.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Engineering maps

102. Minnesota River flood, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1881
Description:
View of the flooded Minnesota River at St. Peter in 1881. Various buildings, including a grain elevator can be seen in the distance. A portion of the wooden bridge over the Minnesota River at Broadway is visible at far right.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

103. Sixth and Seventh Annual Reports of the Minnesota State Fish Commission for the years 1879 and 1880

Creator:
Minnesota State Fish Commission
Date Created:
1881
Description:
Annual reports of the Minnesota State Fish Commission made to Governor John S. Pillsbury. Includes general overview of fisheries program, distribution of fish stocked in the state, and annual expenditures.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

104. Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, Proceedings, Essays and Reports at the Annual Winter Meeting, January 18, 19, and 20, 1881

Creator:
Hollister, U.S.
Date Created:
1881
Description:
Proceedings, Essays and Reports at the Annual Winter Meeting, January 18, 19, and 20, 1881 in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

105. View of Minnesota River flood, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Elmer, Edward S.
Date Created:
1881
Description:
This stereocard shows a view to the east from St. Peter during the flood on the Minnesota river in April of 1881. A portion of the bridge across the river at Broadway is visible in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

106. View of Minnesota River flood, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Elmer, Edward S.
Date Created:
1881
Description:
This stereocard shows a view to the west toward St. Peter during the flood on the Minnesota river in April of 1881. The bridge across the river at Broadway is at far right.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

107. Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, Proceedings, Essays, Discussions and Reports at the Annual Winter Meeting, January 16, 17, 18, 1882

Creator:
Hollister, U.S.
Date Created:
1882
Description:
Proceedings, Essays and Reports at the Fall Meeting in Lake City and the Annual Winter Meeting, January 16, 17, and 18, 1882 in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

108. Board of Park Commissioners 1883 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883
Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year January 1-December 31, 1883. 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. The Proceedings for 1883 include the details of the first meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners on March 14 and subsequent monthly meetings, the appointment of commissioners, and of the decisions to purchase the first lands to be designated as public parks and parkways in the city of Minneapolis. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

109. City view, Fulda, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883
Description:
A view of the city of Fulda looking east in 1883.
Contributing Institution:
Murray County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

110. Early Map of the Grand Marais Harbor, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883
Description:
Map of Grand Marais Harbor dated September 1883 shows breakwater, dredged area and soundings reduced to low water. The harbor's western point is named Howenstine's Point and the eastern point is named Mayhew's Point both after Grand Marais settlers. Structures, post office, docks, fish house and stables are identified along the harbor.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

111. Map of Minneapolis Park System As Recommended by Prof. H.W.S. Cleveland, 1883, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Cleveland, H. W. S., 1814-1900
Date Created:
1883
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of the Minneapolis park system as suggested by Prof. H.W.S. Cleveland in 1883, colorized.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

112. Seventh and Eighth Annual Reports of the Minnesota State Fish Commission for the years 1881 and 1882

Creator:
Minnesota State Fish Commission
Date Created:
1883
Description:
Annual reports of the Minnesota State Fish Commission made to Governor Lucius F. Hubbard. Includes general overview of fisheries program, distribution of fish stocked in the state and annual expenditures. Includes special Supplemental Report; ""Carp and Carp Culture"" by Milton P. Peirce, Pennsylvania, State Board of Agriculture.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

113. Map of Minneapolis Park System, 1883, 1888, 1905, 1910, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1910
Description:
This map compares the Minneapolis Park System for the years 1883, 1888, 1905 and 1910. The map is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 16.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

114. Map of Minneapolis park system, 1883, 1888, 1905, 1915, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1915
Description:
This map, showing the Minneapolis Park System in 1883, 1888, 1905 and 1915 is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 88.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

115. City of Minneapolis, complied from the official records in City Engineer's Office, Board of Park Commissioners and U.S. Topographic Survey, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1918
Description:
These maps are found in the Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, in a pocket inside the back cover.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

116. A pretty view from Lake Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
View of the Lake Geneva shoreline and beached boats.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

117. Bedman's Beach on Lake Ida, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
The Lake Ida shoreline. There are beached boats and some tied to the docks. A small group of people stand near the boats.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

118. Cottages at Evergreen Inn on Lake Miltona, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Some of the cottages surrounded by trees at Evergreen Inn on Lake Miltona.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

119. Dickinson Inn, Lake Geneva, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Side/exterior view of the Dickinson Inn with two ladies walking away from the camera in front of the hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

120. Dickinson Inn, Lake Geneva, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Side view of the Dickinson Inn with a young boy walking down the hill toward the camera.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

121. Elmwood Cottages Lake Mary, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
The Elmwood Cottages at Lake Mary in Alexandria, Minnesota surrounded by trees with a partial view of the lake.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

122. Garage & Other Buildings, Geneva Beach Hotel Lake Geneva, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Buildings of the Geneva Beach Hotel at Lake Geneva. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

123. Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
Groups of people gathered on the lawn of the Geneva Beach Hotel. There is a tent set up in front of the hotel. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

124. Geneva Beach Hotel Lake Geneva, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
The Geneva Beach Hotel with a partial view of Lake Geneva and an automobile in the foreground. There is small tent in front of the hotel. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

125. Lake Geneva from Lake Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
A view of Lake Geneva and the shoreline.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

126. Lake scene - Lake Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
View of the Lake Geneva shoreline with beached rowboats in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

127. Scene at Miltona Club on Lake Miltona, Miltona, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
View of the lake between some trees.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

128. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, for the Year 1884

Creator:
Gibbs, Oliver
Date Created:
1884
Description:
Annual report embracing the transactions of the Society from march 7, 1883 to March 1, 1884.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

129. Board of Park Commissioners 1884 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1884
Description:
Table tennis and playground on the beach at Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

130. St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Tenney, Charles A.
Date Created:
1884
Description:
Stereograph of Saint Anthony Falls
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

131. Tenth and Eleventh Annual Reports of the Minnesota State Fish Commission from January, 1883, to July 31, 1884

Creator:
Minnesota State Fish Commission
Date Created:
1884
Description:
Annual reports of the State Fish Commission made to the Governor of Minnesota. Includes improvements made to fisheries infrastructure, distribution of fish stocked in the state and annual expenditures. Proceedings of 1883 Inter-state Fish Commission meeting are included in the appendix.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

132. A complete set of surveys and plats of properties in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hopkins, G.M.
Date Created:
1885
Description:
Plat book of Minneapolis showing property ownership, sewers, water pipes, fire hydrants, steam railroads, horse railroads, ward boundaries and buildings. Note: plate 5 is missing from the original.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Plats (maps)

133. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year 1885, Volume XIII

Creator:
Hillman, S.D.
Date Created:
1885
Description:
Transactions of the Society from March 1, 1884 to March 31, 1885 and Proceedings of the Anuual Meeting of the Minnesota Amber Cane Association, Essay, Reports, etc.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

134. Board of Park Commissioners 1885 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885
Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1885. 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 much other content, the Proceedings for 1885 document setbacks the Board encountered in acquiring land for East River Boulevard and Powderhorn Park due to excessive expenses from landowner appraisals and negotiations with landowners in other areas where parks were being planned. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

135. Grand Marais Harbor Map, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885
Description:
Map issued ""to accompany C.J. Allen's Report of Operations for year ending June 30, 1885."" Shown are harbor depths, area excavated in 1884, and area excavated up to and including September 1883.
Contributing Institution:
Cook County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Engineering maps

136. Mankato Hook and Ladder Company, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885
Description:
View of 18 firemen, one of the fire fighters holds a banner that reads "Mankato Hook and Ladder."
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

137. Map of Nicollet County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885
Description:
Map of Nicollet County, Minnesota, 1885. Cover names Haynes & Woodard as the publishers. The book contains 22 pages of color maps of all 13 Nicollet County townships. This is one of two versions of this atlas in the collection of the Nicollet County Historical Society. Some of the individual township maps have been cut into two sections in order to attach them to blank pages. Some of the individual township maps of the second atlas have been presented in a different manner than those found in this atlas. Some of the maps in the second atlas have been folded. Because of the cuts and folds, the use of both atlases is required in order to be able to read all of the names of the rural property owners.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Atlases

138. Map of Nicollet County, Minnesota (1885)

Date Created:
1885
Description:
Map of Nicollet County, Minnesota, 1885. Cover names Haynes & Woodard as the publishers. The atlas contains 13 color maps of all 13 Nicollet County townships. This is the second of two versions of this atlas in the collection of the Nicollet County Historical Society. Individual township maps of this second atlas have been presented in a different manner than those found in the first atlas. Most of the maps in this atlas have been folded. Because of cuts in the first atlas and folds in this atlas, the use of both atlases is required in order to be able to read all of the names of the rural property owners.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Atlases

139. View of Pickwick, Minnesota

Creator:
Tenney, Charles A.
Date Created:
1885
Description:
View of Pickwick from the overlook with six adults seated in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

140. Villiage view, Pickwick, Minnesota

Creator:
Tenney, Charles A.
Date Created:
1885
Description:
View of Pickwick village looking across the Pickwick Mill pond.
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

141. View from Garvin Heights, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Tenney, Charles A.
Date Created:
1885 - 1889
Description:
View of Winona looking north from Garvin Heights.
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

142. Shadow Falls, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Forbes, Charles
Date Created:
1885 - 1890
Description:
Man walking on a pathway near Shadow Falls.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

143. Construction of a saw platform near St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Construction near the Saint Anthony Falls of a saw platform near the apron.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

144. Interior of Mankato Mills Company, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885?
Description:
View of a Mankato Mills Company workroom with men and women working at desks.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

145. Lizzie Jones at Minneopa Upper Falls, near Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Lizzie Jones at Minneopa Upper Falls, Minneopa River.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

146. Map of East St. Cloud Survey, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Map of East St. Cloud Survey, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

147. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year 1886, Volume XIV

Creator:
Hillman, S.D.
Date Created:
1886
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

148. Board of Park Commissioners 1886 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1886
Description:
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."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

149. View from Eich's farm, Collegeville, Minnesota

Creator:
Engel, Peter OSB
Date Created:
1886
Description:
View from Eich's Farm of Collegeville, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Saint John's Abbey
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

150. View of Starbuck, Minnesota

Date Created:
1886
Description:
View of Starbuck from the west. Mr. Cornell, depot agent, with his dog.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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