Hilma Berglund printed this card in black ink on red paper, cut into a triangle, mounted onto slightly larger triangles of aqua and black paper, and trimmed with silver lurex thread. An envelope and letter match the aqua paper trimming the card. The card is 9 x 21 cm. There are two handwritten note on the letter.
Guide for prospective students of the Federal School of Commercial Designing. Guide includes reasons to join, courses of study, faculty, methods of training, and samples of work.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Keyes, D. W.; Young Men's Library Association, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1867-01 - 1867-05
Description:
A season ticket to the Young Men's Library Association Course of Lectures, from January 1 to May 1, 1867, in Winona, Minnesota. The ticket admits one lady and gentleman. Featured speakers include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Professor Edward Youmans, Theodore Tilton, General Henry H. Sibley, Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, and Petroleum V. Nasby.
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota promoting the lure of the wilderness at the Canadian border. The is information about where the camp is located, the camp leadership, what the camp provides campers, and what campers should bring to camp.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Outline of the life of Saint Paul the Apostle in the Dakota language excerpted and translated from Hurlbut and Vincent's Biblical Atlas. Includes maps of Paul's travels. 62 pages. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: BS2505.A3 H8
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Streetcar interior advertisement for the Yellow Pages. "Who can fix our radio Mother? Let's look in the Yellow Pages of the Telephone Book. The Classified Telephone Directory."
Yearbook of the Church of the Redeemer First Universalist for 1921 including: lists of Pastor, Choir, Officers and Trustees, General Church Committee and reports. These reports include the pastor's annual report - statistics, the year in general, outstanding events, in memoriam, suggestions, outside addresses, committee meetings, evening services, christenings, new members received, obituaries, dismissals, publications; the assistant pastor's report including Statistics, Unity House, YMCA, YPCU, Church School, motion pictures); the church school report; the Young People's Christian Union report; Roosevelt Troop 2 Boy Scouts of America report; Printing Club Press Report; Ladies' Social Circle Report; Women's Association Report; Clara Barton Guild; Men's Club; Treasurer's Report. Extensive Unity Settlement Association report: including officers, Board of Directors, committees, staff, volunteers, annual report for 1921 by Miss Imogene Poole resident director with information on health activities, employment bureau, personal service, day nursery, girls' department, boys' department, music lessons, entertainments, summer camp, summer playground, special gifts to the house, attendance at various programs, treasurer's report. Also includes information on Dedication of Service Tablet in church for veterans.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This Concordia Society Yearbook includes membership listing, the president's address, and various committee reports including financials. The Concordia Society was a benevolent women's society organized October 17, 1901, at the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis. The Concordia Society was primarily dedicated to providing free beds and other services to persons in need of medical care. The Swedish Hospital was run by and for Swedish immigrants.
Paper cut out, colorful traditional Polish folk art. Book form with 13 paper cut outs, accordian style binding. "Wycinanki" is the Polish word for "paper-cut design." This Polish folk art tradition features floral motifs, birds, trees, and village scenes.
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.)
Bible history, criticism, interpretation, and stories in the Dakota Indian language, illustrated with engravings. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024 .H8
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Program for the Victory Memorial Driveway dedication listing the schedule of events, committee members, addresses, and a list of the 555 names of soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses who lost their lives in service during World War I. The roster is not considered complete.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1902?
Description:
Advertisement for animal feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Features the champion 4-year-old trotting stallion Directum and his record speed of 2minutes, 5.25 seconds. Also includes speeds for other race horses. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, who bought race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Consequently, Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The 1971 date book featured the "new look" of Duluth, Minnesota, highlighting new construction, additions and renovations to buildings throughout the city.
The 1976 date book focused on the then newly-created Spirit Mountain Recreational Area, which overlooks Duluth, Minnesota. There are photographs of facilities like tennis courts, ski trails, villas and the Chalet, as well as of people skiing, dining, and camping.
The 1973 date book featured scenes from three major storms that hit Duluth, Minnesota in the summer of 1972. The storms of August 16, August 20 and September 20, 1972, left millions of dollars in damage. The images include flooded streets and businesses, washed out streets, and Duluth residents working to mitigate the storms' effects.
The 1975 date book featured the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center, its member organizations and the cultural activities in Duluth, Superior and northeastern Minnesota. There are photographs of festivals, train cars, sculptures, local cultural buildings and other related items.
The 1977 date book featured photographs of early transportation facilities in the city of Duluth, Minnesota, including trains, streetcars trolleys, steamships, the Incline Railway, and airplanes.
The 1974 date book featured scenes of the previous fifteen years of activity on the Duluth-Superior waterfront, after the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Images include port facilities, ships, ice-coated tankers, sailboat races and more.
Industrial Committee of the Young Women's Christian Association of Duluth, Minnesota
Date Created:
1945-09
Description:
Booklet describing and summarizing a 1945 survey of Duluth employers and women employees in local manufacturing, transportation, retail and wholesale businesses, laundries, hotels, and restaurants to gather information about the workplace experiences and needs of women entering the blue-collar work force after World War II. Survey questions also addressed needs outside of work and attitudes toward unions and racial minorities.
Narrative history of World War One activities in Chippewa County, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who served in the war.
Narrative history of war activities in Anoka County during World War One, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who fought in the war.
Wisconsin Recreation Leaders Laboratory Association
Date Created:
1961-09
Description:
"Wisconsin Recreation Leaders Laboratory - Laboratories Leadership Materials" brochure produced by the Wisconsin Recreation Leaders Laboratory Association based at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Includes order form for various instructional publications for camp staff.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Program for the Wisconsin-Minnesota Library Meeting and the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Library Association held in Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota, September 15-18, 1909. Includes list of Wisconsin Library Association officers, and meeting agenda. Topics include Northern Libraries, book symposium, and roundtable.
Illustrated trade catalog featuring birch doors, trim, moldings, and panels. Includes photographs of lumbermen in Wisconsin, views of the sawmill and plant, and machines used in production. Also highlights buildings throughout the country finished in Wisconsin birch and provides examples of finishes and rooms incorporating the birch.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A letter to Fred S. Bell, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, from Winona Telephone Company indicating the donation of telephone service to the library.
Dated the fourth day of March in 1871, this bond was issued by the Borough of Saint Peter in order to raise money to finance the construction of the Winona & Saint Peter Railroad. The value of the bond at maturity was five hundreds dollars. The railroad crossed the Minnesota River and entered Nicollet County near the site of the St. Peter State Hospital in May of 1871. The railroad eventually extended through St. Peter, Traverse, Oshawa, Nicollet, and Courtland in Nicollet County before it crossed the Minnesota River into Brown County.
A booklet on the history of the Winona Public Library in its first 50 years of service to the community of Winona, Minnesota. Photographs of William Harris Laird, Fred S. Bell, the library and its patrons are included.
Fockens, A. G.; Sloan, Marian; Clarke, Jeannette A.
Date Created:
1885-05-23
Description:
A letter to Fred. S. Bell stating the results of the election of the Board of Directors of the Winona Library Association, from the Judges of Election, Mrs. A. G. Fockens, librarian, Marian Sloan, and Jennie (Jeannette) Clarke. Officers elected were Fred S. Bell, president, and directors Mrs. J. B. McGaughey, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Miss Charlotte A. Prentiss, and Mr. Wil Woolsey.
An annual report of the number of books checked out and visitors at the Winona Library Association and Reading Rooms from June 1, 1884 to May 31, 1885.
The program of the Winona High School Alumni Association's 25th Anniversary gathering at the High School Alumni Room, June 18, 1895, Winona, Minnesota.
A letter to the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., from Jeannette A. Clarke, Librarian of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota; Lees, Edward
Date Created:
1898-10-03
Description:
A resolution accepting a transfer of funds in the amount of $3205.94 from the Winona Library Association to the newly formed Winona Free Public Library. The resolution is signed by Edward Lees, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library.
A circulation study report prepared by Jeannette Clarke, Head Librarian of the Winona Free Public Library, to Burr D. Blair, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the library. The report compares the total number of items in various subject areas to the circulation in order to determine the use per volume.
Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1899
Description:
A Winona Free Public Library Board of Directors resolution to accept custody of the new library building donated by William H. Laird. The resolution expresses gratitude for Laird's generosity and notes the architectural beauty of the library.
Letter noting the gift of bound issues of the Winona Republican to the Winona Free Public Library. The hand-written letter is from D. Sinclair and written to Fred S. Bell, President of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota.
Narrative history of World War One activities in Winona County during World War One, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who fought in the war.
A letter, business cards from Attorney Levi Smoyer, a claimant form, and an information summary sheet regarding William W. Graham's Civil War pension claim.