An annual report documenting the main activities of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity for the fiscal year 1912. The report includes the text of a letter from John Glenn, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, provisions of the Wilder family wills, details on plans to build a bath house, and reports extensively on the activities of the Visiting Nurses Department and those served.
Manuscript of an article written about the history of the Wilder Child Guidance Clinic, which began in 1924. It includes general information on the running of the clinic as well as details about the clinic's connections to other Wilder programs, such as the dispensary, and its relationship to external community resources.
A short history of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity Visiting Nurses Department, from its beginning in 1906 until approximately 1922. The history includes information on the responsibilities of the nurses, policies of the department and staffing.
A report published "on the occasion of the opening of the Amherst H. Wilder Health Center" to document the activities of the Wilder Charity from its beginning in 1906 to 1952. The report contains summaries of the organization's contributions to St. Paul health services, St. Paul community leisure time services, St. Paul's community organization services, and brief information on the Minnesota Foundation.
A brief report on the activities of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity for the previous two years. The report includes information on the public baths, the Child Guidance Clinic, the Day Care Centers, the dispensary, social research, the Children's Center Building and the Wilder Administration Building.
First volume from the organization, describing the original formation and activities of the charity in the early 20th century. The handwritten record book predates the official incorporation of the three family charities into a single charity, The Amherst H. Wilder Charity, in 1910.
The St. Paul Free Medical Dispensary was incorporated in 1897. Cornelia Day Wilder (1868-1903) was an early supporter, and James J. Hill was Board President. In 1923, Amherst H. Wilder Charities assumed complete financial and management responsibility for the organization. Physicians and residents at the dispensary worked free of charge to provide free medical and dental care to individuals in need.
An annual report documenting the main activities of the charity for the years 1917-1918. Departmental reports include: the relief department, visiting nurses, Wilder public baths, day nursery, health center, central registration bureau, food conservation, survey work and research.
From a bi-weekly periodical titled Vatican Library (Issue 22, Mar. 15, 1884). Contents: Plea for temperance by Father Thomas Nicholas Burke; Catholic temperance cause by Rev. Henry Athanasius Brann; Wise prelate's warning by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley; Doctrine of the Catholic Church about liquor by Bishop Bernard O'Reilly of Liverpool; Rules for home education; Liquor traffic and law by Bishop John Ireland; Peril of the age (on newspapers) by Bishop Joseph Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa; and Notes on Catholic reading. Library call no.: HV5072 .T9 1884
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Pamphlet comparing Fargo, North Dakota to Moorhead, Minnesota and the differences between the cities in terms of the number of saloons, city debt, city tax rate, and miles of pavement, water mains, and sewers. Includes the phrase, "The towns are not a mile apart."
Broadside saying there will be a gospel temperance meeting by P.I. Williams. It claims "Mr. Williams speaks from experiences, having ben for a number of years a confirmed inebriate, and his utterances have the ring of sincerity and are marked by practical common sense."
Broadside saying to "Go and see Gustav Eide (Secretary for Minnesota Totalafholdsselskab) give lectures about the saloon and drinking water in free access. Minnesota Totalafholdsselskab was the Norwegian Total Abstinence group and Eide was a leader in the Norwegian-American Temperance movement.
A card listing the weekly clinics available at the Wilder Partidge Street Health Center. Details include the days, times, types of clinics and the names of doctors or organizations running the clinics.
The original minutes book including by-laws and attendance records for the volunteer fire department in Blue Earth. Dec. 12, 1890 through Dec. 4, 1906.
Broadside claiming"Alcohol blots! 3.2 beer contains alcohol enough to be dangerous! Alcohol dims the vision, alcohol dulls the hearing, alcohol slows the muscle action, alcohol muddles the brain. Be wise...abstain! Beverage alochol is a blot of society!"