This report of the Board of Park Commissioners describes board membership and leadership during 1893, and includes reports from the secretary and superintendent along with financial statements.
This report of the Board of Park Commissioners, for the year ending March 4, 1892, includes financial statements, a report of the superintendent on park updates, and an inventory of tools.
This report from the Board of Park Commissioners summarizes board activity for 1892, including financial statements, a report from the superintendent regarding work done on parks and boulevards, and a description of the parks labor force.
This report of the Board of Public Works consists of tables and charts describing work done in 1885, including street paving, cleaning, and maintenance, and development of sewers, sidewalks, bridges, parks and boulevards. Financial statements, a narrative report of the city engineer, and maps of city streets and sewers are also included.
This report from the Commissioner of Public Works consists primarily of tables and charts describing work done to city streets, alleys, sidewalks, sewers, bridges, tunnels, and other structures, along with city building and population statistics, charts outlining the organization of city departments and tax distribution, photographs of street paving, and a map of population density. Reports on street cleaning, building inspection, rainfall, and garbage disposal are included.
This report from the Commissioner of Public Works consists primarily of tables and charts describing work done to city streets, alleys, sidewalks, sewers, bridges, tunnels, and other structures, along with charts depicting departmental organization, maps of city streets, parkways, sewers, bridges, ward boundaries and land owned by railroad companies, an inventory of equipment, and lists of permits and ordinances. Reports on street cleaning, garbage disposal, surveys, rainfall, and population are included, along with the 32nd annual report of the St. Paul Workhouse.
Minneapolis (Minnesota) Board of Park Commissioners
Date Created:
1922-01-01
Description:
Annual report of the Recreation Department activities conducted by the Minneapolis Park Board in 1921. Includes statistical and financial data covering the supervised playground season, horseshoe, outdoor winter sports, organized sports (baseball, football, hockey, kitten ball, basketball, tennis, soccer, swimming, skating, and golf), pageantry, and baths. Also includes a report from the Director of Recreation Centers on the second year of the Girls' Municipal Athletic Association. Includes photographs of the Children's Pets on Exhibition, Ski Slide at Glenwood Park, first annual Boys' Club banquet, "Weaver of Dreams" pageant, and tobogganing at Glenwood Park.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Minneapolis (Minnesota) Board of Park Commissioners
Date Created:
1923-01-01
Description:
Annual report of the Recreation Department activities conducted by the Minneapolis Park Board in 1922. Includes statistical and financial data covering the supervised playground season, horseshoe, outdoor winter sports, organized sports (baseball, football, hockey, kitten ball, basketball, tennis, soccer, swimming, skating, and golf), pageantry, and baths. Includes photographs of the parade grounds, some sports, "Wedding of the Fairies" pageant.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Minneapolis (Minnesota) Board of Park Commissioners
Date Created:
1920-01-01
Description:
Annual report of the Recreation Department activities conducted by the Minneapolis Park Board in 1919. Includes statistical and financial data covering the supervised playground season, organized sports (baseball, football, kitten ball, aquatics, tennis, basketball, and golf), pageantry, and baths. Includes photographs of some organized sports, the Mother Goose Pageant at Lyndale Park, and F.C. Berry the Supervisor of Recreation (1911-1919).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Lantern slide image of a map of the proposed rearrangement of the Armory Garden (now The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden) created in January of 1915, colorized.
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."
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."
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."
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1891. 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. Proceedings from this year include ongoing discussions about and efforts to acquire land along the East River Bank Parkway, for which $30,000 was set aside, and around Lake Harriet. The popularity of Minnehaha Park is evident through discussions of erecting guardrails and gravel paths in dangerous areas, approving a license to sell refreshments and photographs for $415, and actions to ban the erection of tents and curio stands within the park. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1887. 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 Board changed Secretaries in this year, which prompted a review by the Committee on Finance with recommendations regarding bookkeeping, payroll, inventories and reporting. The proceedings of June 25 contain a resolution justifying and creating the post of Chief of Park Police, who would also serve as accountant and time keeper for the Superintendent of Parks. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1890. 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. Some important elements from this years’ Proceedings include ordinances spelling out what was considered “quiet, orderly and suitable use of the Parks and Parkways of the City of Minneapolis by the people” (an example: “No person shall ride, propel or drive any velocipede, bicycle or other vehicle propelled by the feet or hands, or both, of the rider or person carried thereon in any park.”). On August 5 an ordinance was passed authorizing the Minneapolis Street Railway Company to construct and operate an electric line along Hennepin Avenue. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1888. 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 of the April 14 meeting include the approval of revised rules for the Board, covering everything from instructions for Board meetings and reports, duties of the officers, duties and procedures for the standing committees, and guidelines for employees such as the Superintendent of Parks. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
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."
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1889. 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. Proceedings from this year reveal increased activity around facilities, amenities and activities in parks such as the purchase of pleasure boats and water swans for Central Park (now known as Loring Park) Lake, or the granting of privileges to sell refreshments at Minnehaha Falls. The June 29 business included amendments to “An Ordinance to secure the quiet, orderly and suitable use and enjoyment of the parks and parkways of the City of Minneapolis by the people” which contained notice that “No cattle, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs or fowls shall be turned into or allowed to run at large in or upon any park or parkway.” This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
A revised plan for the improvement of Sumner Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [56].
Plans for improvement of Cedar Lake Park, Cedar Lake Boulevard and for the acquisition of the north and east shores of the lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [78].
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.
A map of the actual and proposed playground facilities in park in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1914. The map is found in the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 114.
A plan showing the proposed extension of the Municipal Golf Course in Columbia Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [78].
This plan shows the revised boundaries of Columbia Park, and a relocated boulevard in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after an exchange with the Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad for a right of way. The plan is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 66.
Attendees at the convention of the American Association of Park Superitendents pose in front of Minnehaha Falls, August 1908, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This photograph is found in the Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Copy of parchment deposited in the base of the flag staff in an unkinown Minneapolis park. This item is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 16.
The chart of expenditures, improvements, land and sundry special items for 1914 is found in the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 34.
The chart of expenditures for improvements, land and sundry special items for 1913 is found in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 26.
This chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [110].
The chart of maintenance expenditures for 1914 is found in the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 34.
The chart of maintenance expenditures for 1913 is found in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 26.
The chart of maintenance expenditures for 1912 is found in the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page
This report of the Board of Commissioners for Duluth, Minnesota, describes the city's parks, including improvements made during 1911 and planned improvements. The book includes photographs of some parks, including Lincoln Park, Congdon Park, Lake Front Park, Fairmont Park, and Chester Park.
The eighth annual report of the Board of Park Commissioners consists of narrative reports from the board president, superintendent, and secretary, describing improvements to and maintenance of parks in 1898, new rules adopted by the board, detailed monthly financial statements, and lists of plants and trees planted. This report includes a list of board membership from 1887 to 1898, and photographs of Como Park, Indian Mounds Park, Rice Park, and Lake Phalen.
Annual report of the Park Commissioners for 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."
The eleventh annual report of the Board of Park Commissioners describes extensions to parks and parkways with updates on various park services from the board president, superintendent, and secretary for the year 1901. These narrative reports include plans for the future as well as charts detailing monthly financial statements, and monthly records for improvements to and maintenance of each park, with photographs of Como Park, Lake Iris Park, Shadow Falls Park, a park office building, and cattle in Como Zoo.
Lantern slide image of a map of the estimated cost of improving the proposed playground at Longfellow Avenue and East 39th St. (Sibley Field Park) created on December 29th, 1921.
This map shows the existing and contemplated park and parkway system in Minneapolis, Minnesota as of 1907. The map is found in the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
A plan for Farwell Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 128.
The fifteenth annual report from the Board of Park Commissioners contains a narrative describing the development of parks, parkways, and recreational activities during 1905. The report includes monthly financial statements, inventories, and information on plantings, park maintenance, playgrounds, and the new Como Park pavilion.
The fifth annual report of the Board of Park Commissioners describes membership and activities of the board during 1895, including improvements made to Como Park, developments to Phalen and Indian Mounds parks, parkway development, reports from the board superintendent and secretary, financial statements, and photographs of Irvine Park, Como Park, Carpenter Park, and Summit Park.
When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world's leading urban park systems. This, the first such report, outlines the organization of the Board, describes the state of the nascent park system, and includes a map of a Minneapolis park system as recommended by Prof. H.W.S. Cleveland, showing parkways along the Mississippi River and arounds Lakes Harriet and Calhoun. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
This first report of the Board of Park Commissioners for the year beginning March 1, 1887, and ending February 29, 1888, consists of a brief narrative describing the process of establishing the Park Board, election of officers, improvements made to Como Park using workhouse inmates, bonds authorized to establish a park fund, orders given to Public Works designating West St. Paul Park, Indian Mound Park, Carpenter Park, and Hiawatha Park, and a survey of the Mississippi River boulevard. A list of expenditures is included.
The fourteenth annual report of the Board of Park Commissioners consists of an address from the president describing efforts to improve funding to and increase the legal power of the parks department, the establishment of a Japanese tea garden in Como Park, the development of playgrounds, and other park needs and accomplishments during 1904, the superintendent's report with details on park maintenance and plantings, blacksmith earnings, park police, inventories, financial statements, playgrounds, and recommendations, and the secretary's report with updates on street lawns under board care, along with monthly financial statements. This report includes a memorial to recently deceased board member John Henry Allen, and photographs of Riverside Park, Shadow Falls Park, and a foot bridge in Como Park.
One highlight of the fourth annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis is a letter from renowned landscape architect and designer of New York City's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, touching on the duties of park commissioners, the impact of changing ways of doing business on the layout of streets and the structure of cities, and reflections on the purpose, design and planning of parks and parkways. When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world's leading urban park systems. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
This report of the Board of Park Commissioners, for the year ending March 31, 1891, describes board membership and officers, the progress on several parks, and expenditures. The report includes a report from the superintendent and an inventory.
This report from the Board of Park Commissioners consists of a brief narrative on the history of public parks in St. Paul, a description of the current park system, and plans for the future, along with eight photographs of Como Park, and maps of Como Park and the Lake Phalen area. Reports from the secretary and superintendent and financial statements are also included.
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Godward, Alfred C., 1886-1913
Date Created:
1920-01
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of a plan for the suggested treatment of parkway and street intersections at the Franklin Avenue Bridge created in January of 1920.
A plan for Cedar Lake Boulevard, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, showing the connection with Lake of the Isles and Dean Boulevards. The plan is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [86].
A plan for changes to Camden Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [48].
A plan for improvements for Columbia Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 96.
A plan showing one option for the improvement of Elliott Park, including a sunken flower garden. The plan is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 90.
A plan showing a second option for the improvement of Elliott Park, including a play field. The plan is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 92.
A plan for the improvement of Farview Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 42.
A plan for the improvement of Glenwood Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 94.
A plan showing suggested changes to the Maple Hill Cemetary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
This item consists of seven sheets of maps attached at the left edge, showing planned changes to Minnehaha Creek and Parkway. The maps were created in January 1912, when Theodore Wirth was Superintendent of Parks, and are indexed on page 103A of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Minneapolis Board of Park Comissioners. This particular copy was mailed on October 10, 1921 according to the postmark on the envelope.
A plan for the improvement of Powderhorn Lake Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 68.
A plan for the improvement of Powderhorn Lake Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 80.
This plan suggests improvements to Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Godward, Alfred C., 1886-1913
Date Created:
1912-01
Description:
A plan for the improvement of the Parade Grounds in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 114.
General Plan of City of Stillwater Minnesota Map shows parks, boulevards, main highway system and proposed parkway. For a different hand-colored version of this map see: umn276714.
A proposal for Crosstown Boulevard over Thirty-first Street and Twenty-fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 84.
A plan showing improvements at Lake of the Isles Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 102.
A suggested plan for the improvement of Dorilus Morrison Park & Washburn Fair Oaks in connection with the Minneapolis Institute of Artsin Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 36.
A plan for a parkway between Humboldt and Lyndale Avenues in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 98.
This chart of expenditures on the Glenwood-Camden Parkway is found in the Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [44].
A color map of Glenwood Park and the Lake District of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The map is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
A suggested arrangement of Chicago Avenue Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 28.
Drawing number five of an improvement plan for Glenwood-Camden Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
Drawing number one of an improvement plan for Glenwood-Camden Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
Drawing number six of an improvement plan for Glenwood-Camden Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
Drawing number four of an improvement plan for Glenwood-Camden Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
Drawing number two of an improvement plan for Glenwood-Camden Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
Drawing number three of an improvement plan for Glenwood-Camden Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
A plan suggesting playground improvements for Logan Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Godward, Alfred C., 1886-1913
Date Created:
1917-01
Description:
An improvement plan for Oak Lake Parks in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 61.
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Godward, Alfred C., 1886-1913
Date Created:
1922-01
Description:
A plan for the improvement of Riverside Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 80.