The Carleton College viewbook introduced the college to prospective students and their parents and to friends and prospective friends of the college. The publication included information relating to the campus and to student life as reflected in academics, student organizations, and sports and leisure time activities.The planning of Arboretum has started; photographs of new dormitories were included: Burton Hall for Men and Evans Hall for Women.
The Carleton College viewbook introduced the college to prospective students and their parents and to friends and prospective friends of the college. The publication included information relating to the campus and to student life as reflected in academics, student organizations, and sports and leisure time activities.The issue describes the resources and research opportunities at Carleton and the College is approved by all accrediting and learned societies
On December 27th, 1862, Phiney Wells signed this document in St. Peter to enlist in the First Mounted Rangers. Wells stated that he was born in New York and that he was 25 years and eight months old. He listed his occupation as a farmer. Wells had blue eyes, dark hair, a light complexion, and was 5 feet 10 inches tall. The document was signed by D.R. Kennedy, who was the quartermaster of the regiment. Wells was obligated to serve for up to 12 months.
Trifold brochure encouraging young people to join the library profession. Includes information on job market, variety of work, and starting salaries, along with ways to get experience and further information, including contact information for the American Library Association, Special Libraries Association, Medical Library Association, Minnesota Library Association, Minnesota Department of Education. Includes contact information for the College of St. Catherine undergraduate library program and the University of Minnesota Master's Program. Notice of Library Careers Exhibit at Catholic Library Association Conference, April 16-18, 1968, at the Hilton Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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
Warranty Deed transferring the Fillebrown House at 4735 Lake Avenue, formerly 303 Lake Avenue, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, from Harriet and Jonas Walter Fillebrown to Helen K. Fillebrown and Arthur K. Fillebrown.
A letter from Warren Powers Laird, University of Pennsylvania, to Elmer E. Shephard, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library. Laird redirects the library's inquiry regarding an addition to the book stacks to his colleague, Edgar V. Seeler.
Illustrated trade catalog featuring the Waterbury Heating and Ventilating System for schools, designed to supply fresh air, heat the room evenly, and remove all impure air. Includes information about the furnace system and the company, and testimonials from customers.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog featuring the Waterbury Heating and Ventilating System for schools, designed to supply fresh air, heat the room evenly, and remove all impure air. Includes information about the furnace system and the company, and testimonials from customers. Guaranty bond certificate at back of publication.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910; Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
Date Created:
1918?
Description:
Variant title: Catalogue of the exhibition of Homer-Sargent watercolors. Includes artist biographical information. Penciled on page 4: "Mar 2-Apr 2 1918". "The most important exhibition of the season is our exhibition during March of watercolors by ... Winslow Homer and John S. Sargent. ... These paintings have been lent by many private collectors notably Mrs. N.T. Pulsifer of Mountainville, New York, Mr. Martin A. Ryerson of Chicago, Mrs. Desmond Fitzgerald of Brookline, Massachusetts, Colonel Frank J. Hecker of Detroit, and also by public galleries including the Smithsonian Institution of Washington (Freer Collection), the Cincinnati Museum Association, the Brooklyn Museum and the Worcester Art Museum."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume VII, number 3 (March, 1918), page19-20. Typescript (mimeographed). 4 unnumbered pages.
West Hotel dinner menu featuring blue point oysters, mock turtle a la Francaise, filet of beef a la Chartreuse, and soft shell crabs a la Creole. The West Hotel, designed by prominent architect LeRoy Buffington, occupied the corner of Fifth Street and Nicollet Avenue from 1884-1940. The Queen Anne-style building sported a Moorish-inspired dining room and boated the nation's largest hotel lobby.
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
Illustrated booklet outlining the industry of the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company Includes structural iron work, steel skeleton buildings, bridges, grain elevators and storage tanks, engines, and power plants.
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
Illustrated trade catalog of stationary and portable gasoline engines. Stationary engines are used for industrial work and portable engines are used primarily for farm and ranch 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
Illustrated trade catalog of vehicles produced by Wilcox Motor Trucks. Includes several models used for transporting a variety of goods from food, to hardware, to passengers. Detailed descriptions of models include speed, capacity, size, price, and more.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Lewis, Chas L; Raum, Green B.; Blaisdell, M Maria J.; Comstock, Solomon G., 1842-1933; Blaisdell, E.H.
Date Created:
1889-1890
Description:
Letters and documents related to William Blaisdell's Civil War pension claim. Includes a year of correspondence with letters from Maria J. Blaisdell, Maria's brother E.H. Blaisdell, and family attorney Chas. L. Lewis to U.S. Congressman Solomon G. Comstock.
A letter from Fred S. Bell to B. D. Blair, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota, to inform him of William Harris Laird's $5000 bequest to the library.
Letter from Fred S. Bell to Burr D. Blair, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, noting William Harris Laird's intention to furnish funds to enlarge the stack room of the Laird Library Building. Bell recommends the plans be drafted by Edgar V. Seeler of Philadelphia, one of the original architects of the library.
A letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library and to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Winona from William Harris Laird. The document outlines the details and fulfillment of Laird's February 6, 1897 proposition to build a library for the City of Winona. Laird formally transfers full ownership and possession of the library building to the City of Winona.
A note card sent by William Hayes expressing his appreciation to his friends for their sympathy in the loss of his wife, Charlotte Prentiss Hayes. Charlotte was instrumental in the creation and expansion of the Winona Free Public Library. Hayes would go on to donate to the library the "Light of Learning" Kenyon Cox mural painting in memory of his wife.
Letter from William Hayes, president of the Hayes-Lucas Lumber Company, to Burr D. Blair, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, acknowledging acceptance of his Kenyon Cox painting proposition. Hayes offered to donate the Cox mural painting in memory of his wife, Charlotte Prentiss Hayes.
A receipt issued by William Jay Whipple, publisher of the Winona Herald, Job Printer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, to the Winona Library Association, Winona, Minnesota for 1000 book labels.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.