Letter from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the Library Building Committee, to Isaac N. Tompkins, Library Board Secretary, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, authorizing payment to contractor W.B. Rutan for six days labor on library grounds, $2.00.
Invoice from R.D. Church to the Redwood Falls Public Library board, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, authorizing payment to Kreitinger and Isackson for additions and changes to original contract that are completed and due to the contractors, $2,052.00 and to R.D. Church $422.00.
Statement from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the building committee, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the Redwood Falls Public Library Board, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, authorizing payment to contractors Kreitinger and Isaacson, for work completed, $500.
Invoice from H.N. Bell to the Redwood Falls Public Library board, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, for items purchased on account, curtains ($17.50) and Directors table ($19.00).
Invoice from Barnes Brothers, Redwood Falls, Minnesota to the Board Of Directors Of The Redwood Falls Public Library, for use of a team, $2.00, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Statement from Nelson Brothers Paving and Construction Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, to the Library Board of the Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, for work done on sidewalk, steps and border, $81.46.
Statement from Joseph Kreitinger showing contract total and additional expenses (total budget $9020.95)as well as how much has been paid out ($7500.00) and how much is still due, $260.95.
Invoice from R.W. Ziemer, Western Elevator Company, to the Board Of Directors of the Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, for coal and drayage, $6.85.
Invoice from L.F. Robinson, with Western Elevator Company, to the Board of Directors of Redwood Falls Public Library for labor on library grounds of the new library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, $17.53.
Statement from Fred L. Warner, chairman of the building committee, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the library board, Redwood Falls Public Library, authorizing payment to L.F. Robinson, for labor performed on the public library, $17.53.
Statement from Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the Building Committee, to Library Secretary, Isaac N. Tompkins, authorizing payment to C.H. Hardy for labor on the grounds of the new library, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, $12.90.
Statement from H.M. Hitchcock and Company to the library board, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, for record book and memo book, $1.25.
Invoice from the Redwood Roller Mills to the Redwood Falls Public Library Board for lights, shades and globes, $69.97, used in building the new library, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, chairman of the building committee, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the library board, authorizing payment to W.T. Wilcox, $6.00, for use of a team grading the grounds for the new library in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Statement from E.A. Pease Hardware to Fred L. Warner of the library board, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, requesting payment to W.T. Wilcox for team labor grading the library grounds, signed by Josesph S. Smith.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, chairman on the grounds, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the library board, authorizing payment to Franz Seifert for labor cutting trees on new library grounds, $5.40, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, chairman of the building committee, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the library board, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, authorizing payment to Levi Owen for labor cutting trees on new library grounds, $4.60.
Letter from the Redwood Falls Public Library board, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, to Fred L. Warner, chairman of the library building committee, regarding payments made for express (.40), to Seifert for trimming trees (1.00), for postage and telephone (2.15).
Freight bill from F.J. Thompson, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, to Julius A. Schmahl, Redwood Falls Public Libray Board President, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, 35�.
Letter from Fred L. Warner, chairman of the building committee, to Isaac N. Tompkins, secretary of the library board, authorizing payment to Nellie Stevens for scrubbing and cleaning windows on the new library building, Redwood Falls Public Library, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in the amount of $7.40.
A contract for the sale of land from John Bardwell of London, to Charles Bardwell of Birmingham, England, in June of 1656. The document is hand-scribed on parchment.
Bill of Sale for a slave named London, sold by Tabatha Wheeten to Nathaniel Willmarth in 1722 in the County of Bristol, Massachusetts bay, New England. Willmarth was the great grandfather of an uncle by marriage to Elisha Slye, only survivor of a family which came to Minneapolis in 1856.
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows several dwellings of the Dakota people.
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows a view of the Minnesota River Valley.
These are the handwritten first Rules of Court for the Minnesota Territory, as recorded by Harvey Wilson, District Court clerk in Stillwater, St. Croix County, Minnesota Territory on August 13, 1849.
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows a Dakota campsite along a body of water.
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. The print shows Native Americans tapping trees and making sugar.
Two women, one man, and two boys with horse and buggy in front of a house. Note on back of photo says,""Grandma Pierce Alice, Grandad Pierce Merritt, Frank, George, Lillian. This house is down by Bill Phelps, Good Thunder, Mn."
Dakota language (Santee dialect) primary reader for children, in a variety of type styles with woodcuts. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024.R6 D6
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University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. Two Native American men on snowshoes are shown hunting buffalo.
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. A Native American is shown as he is catching fish by using a bow and arrow.