Senator Gene Merriam and Senator Collin Peterson converse on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Merriam, Eugene R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10425 ; Peterson, Collin Clark: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10524
Senator Jack Davies and Senator Doug Johnson confer during a Senate floor session, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Davies, John Thomas II: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=12475 ; Johnson, Douglas J.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10288
Senator Dennis Frederickson meets with a group of senior citizens on the front steps of the Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Frederickson, Dennis R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10196
Senator Gregory Dahl speaks on the Senate floor while Senator Eric Petty listens, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Dahl, Gregory L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10119 ; Petty, Eric D.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10532
Senator Tom Nelson speaks on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Nelson, Tom A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10457
Senator Florian Chmielewski speaks during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Chmielewski, Florian W. Sr.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10098
Senator Collin Peterson confers with a colleague prior to a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Peterson, Collin Clark: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10524
Senator Darrel Peterson speaks on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Peterson, Darrel L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10525
Senator LeRoy Stumpf listens in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Stumpf, LeRoy A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10640
Senator Larry Pogemiller speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Pogemiller, Lawrence J.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10539
Senator Bob Lessard speaks on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Lessard, Bob B.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10372
Senator John Bernhagen and Senator Mel Frederick listen to testimony during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Bernhagen, John J.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10052 ; Frederick, Mel: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10192
Senator Dennis Frederickson, Senator Glen Taylor, and Senator Darrel Peterson talk on the the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Frederickson, Dennis R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10196 ; Peterson, Darrel L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10525 ; Taylor, Glen A.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10657
Senator Doug Johnson speaks in committee, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Dicklich, Ronald R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10143 ; Johnson, Douglas J.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10288
Senator Anne Stokowski, Senator Don Frank, Senator Greg Dahl, and Senator Randoph Peterson examine redistricting maps, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Dahl, Gregory L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10119 ; Frank, Donald Joseph: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10189 ; Peterson, Randolph W.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10530 ; Stokowski, Anne K.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10634
Senator Keith Langseth, Senator Roger Moe, and Senator Marvin Hanson converse on the Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Hanson, Marvin B.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10235 ; Langseth, Keith L.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10355 ; Moe, Roger D.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10434
Senator Gene Merriam listens to testimony during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Merriam, Eugene R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10425
Senator James Ulland stands at his desk in the Senate Chamber, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Ulland, James E.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10676
Senator William Luther, Senator Roger Moe, and Senator James Ulland examine a bill during a Senate floor session, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Luther, William Paul: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10390 ; Moe, Roger D.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10434 ; Ulland, James E.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10676
Senator Clarence Purfeerst listens to floor debate in the Senate Chamber, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Purfeerst, Clarence M.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10544
Senator James Pehler and Senator Jack Davies in a discussion during a Senate floor session, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Davies, John Thomas II: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=12475 ; Pehler, James C.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10514
Senator Gene Merriam takes notes during a committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Merriam, Eugene R.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10425
First School Board for Independent School District Number 287. First row, from left: Richard Emery, Byron Brekke, Clifford Smith, unknown. Back row, from left: Judson Anderson, Dan McPherson, Roald Anderson, Harry Picha.
Margaret Talbert was the Milaca Community Library Branch Librarian from 1962-1982 in Milaca, Minnesota. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Ron McGriff served as Assistant Director of East Central Regional Library from 1976-1984. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Exterior view of the Augsburg Park Library. The Augsburg Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1975. It is named after the park in which it is located. The library serves the Richfield community and residents of nearby Minneapolis. The library was renovated in 1988 and again in 2013.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Reading chairs in the Augsburg Park Library. The Augsburg Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1975. It is named after the park in which it is located. The library serves the Richfield community and residents of nearby Minneapolis. The library was renovated in 1988 and again in 2013.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of the Brooklyn Park Library. Brooklyn Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1976. Prior to 1976, the Hennepin County Library bookmobile served Brooklyn Park-area residents.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Children's area of the Brooklyn Park Library. Brooklyn Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1976. Prior to 1976, the Hennepin County Library bookmobile served Brooklyn Park-area residents.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior view of the Champlin Branch. Library service has been available to Champlin-area residents since the early 1900s. For most of the 20th century, library service was provided in a variety of small community locations.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior view of the Hopkins Branch Library. Library service to the Hopkins community was established more than 100 years ago, when the library was housed in City Hall. The library moved to the historic Dow House in 1948 and then temporarily to a vacant restaurant in 1963. The library opened in its current location in 1968 and was renovated in 2002. The Hopkins Library merged with the Hennepin County Library system in 1973.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Library service to the Long Lake community in western Hennepin County began in 1913, when the library was housed out of the Long Lake Bank Building. The library merged with the Hennepin County Library system in 1922. For several decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community, until it settled in a commercial storefront space in the Long Lake Town Center Mall in 1995.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Oxboro Library was the second free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. It serves Bloomington- and Richfield-area residents, and is named for the historic neighborhood in which it is located. The library sits on land farmed by the Erasmus Biscof family from 1912 to the early 1970s. It opened in 1975 and was renovated in 2004.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Oxboro Library was the second free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. It serves Bloomington- and Richfield-area residents, and is named for the historic neighborhood in which it is located. The library sits on land farmed by the Erasmus Biscof family from 1912 to the early 1970s. It opened in 1975 and was renovated in 2004.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Augsburg Park Library at 7100 Nicollet Avenue South, Richfield, Minnesota, opened in February of 1975. Following the purchase of 2.8 acres of land by Hennepin County from the City of Richfield for $99,500, InterDesign, Inc. was chosen as the architect and the Henry O. Mikkelson Company as the builder. The new building was two and a half times larger than its predecessor, the Richfield Library at 70th Street and NIcollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Augsburg Park Library at 7100 Nicollet Avenue South, Richfield, Minnesota, opened in February of 1975. Following the purchase of 2.8 acres of land by Hennepin County from the City of Richfield for $99,500, InterDesign, Inc. was chosen as the architect and the Henry O. Mikkelson Company as the builder. The new building was two and a half times larger than its predecessor, the Richfield Library at 70th Street and NIcollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A winter view of the Eden Prairie Reading Center branch of the Hennepin County Library. This facility served the Eden Prairie community from 1973 to 1986.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library