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1. 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)

2. Second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Minneapolis for the year ending March 13, 1885

Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners
Date Created:
1885-03-13
Description:
The second annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis contains the text of the legislative ace "providing for the designation , acquisition, laying out and improvement of lands in the city of Minneapolis for a system of public parks and park ways, and for the care and government thereof." 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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

3. 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)

4. 1891 map of the park system, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1891
Description:
Map of the park system. This is found in the Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

5. Eleventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota for the year 1893

Creator:
Board of Parks Commissioners
Date Created:
1893
Description:
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."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

6. 1905 map of the park system, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
This map is found in the Twenty-third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

7. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1907, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
This chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

8. Explanatory map of City of Minneapolis showing the existing and contemplated park and parkway system with suggestions for future extensions and connections, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

9. Suggested widening of Minnehaha Parkway, shown cross-lined, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949
Date Created:
1907-01
Description:
This plan is found in the Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 48.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

10. Plan for the general improvement of Minnehaha Avenue & Park from 48th St. to 52nd St. showing rearrangement of trolley and railroad tracks, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949
Date Created:
1907-01-01
Description:
Plan for the general improvement of Minnehaha Avenue & Park from 48th St. to 52nd St. showing rearrangement of trolley and railroad tracks, as part of the park system of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This plan is found in the Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 40.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

11. Diagram of wells drilled during 1909, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
A diagram of wells drilled during 1909 in the parks in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The diagram is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis after page 56.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

12. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1910, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
The chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 122.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

13. General plan for the improvement of Maple Hill Cemetery, providing for picnic grounds, school garden, gymnasuim, recreation building and a playground for small children, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911-01-01
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

14. 1913 Map of the Park System, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913
Description:
The map of the Minneapolis Park System is found in the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 34.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

15. The Gateway, proposed ornamentation of grounds, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Godward, A. C.
Date Created:
1914-01
Description:
A plan showing proposed ornamentation of the Gateway Park grounds, 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 96.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

16. General suggestive plan for the improvement of Dorilus Morrison Park & Washburn Fair Oaks in connection with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949
Date Created:
1914-04-18
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

17. Improvement plan of Glenwood-Camden Parkway, drawing no. 4, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-01
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

18. Improvement plan of Glenwood-Camden Parkway, drawing no. 2, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-01
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

19. Improvement plan of Glenwood-Camden Parkway, drawing no. 3, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-01
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

20. Improvement plan of Oak Lake Parks, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

21. Suggested arrangement of Nicollet Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-01
Description:
A suggested arrangement of Nicollet Field 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.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

22. Suggested parking of Twenty-Sixth Avenue North for an approach to Sunset Hill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-01
Description:
A parking plan for Twenty-Sixth Avenue North for an approach to Sunset Hill 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 45.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

23. Statement of expenditures for maintanance of parks and parkways for the year ending December 31, 1917, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-12-31
Description:
This chart of 1917 expenditures for maintenance is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 82.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Documents (other)

24. Camden Park, proposed improvement of the East park and the proposed enlargement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918-01
Description:
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].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

25. Statement of disbursements for maintenance of parks, parkways and miscellaneous items for the year ending December 31, 1919, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919
Description:
This chart of 1919 disbursements for maintenance is found in the Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 22.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts
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