Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-03-02
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 229 and 231, East side, South Main Street, Lot 3 and 4, Block 28 of Original Town. Owner: Knut Knutson. Permit granted on March 2, 1912.
Pamphlet for Honorable Engebret E. Lobeck, a prohibition candidate for governor of Minnesota. Lobeck ran on the Prohibition Party ticket in the 1912 election.
Minnesota State Normal Board; Minnesota State Teachers College Board
Date Created:
1903 - 1924
Description:
Publication detailing the transition of the normal schools to state teachers colleges, evolution, and expansion of the Minnesota's higher education system in the first quarter of the 1900s. The minutes detail the growth of the state teacher colleges and their campuses, the hiring and the resignations of faculty, staff, and school presidents, finances of the systems and schools, curriculum, and the purchase and expansion of physical campus, including property and buildings, of the St. Cloud State Teachers College, Mankato State Teachers College, Winona State Teachers College, and Moorhead State Teachers College (which would become state universities) and the Duluth State Teachers College (which would become the University of Minnesota-Duluth).
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 greatest things in the College--sport teams, band and orchestra, students' clubs and societies, etc.
A collection of photos collected and organized by Carleton College student, Edith Griffith, Class of 1896. Her album includes photos from 1892 to 1926. She collected the majority of photos while she was at Carleton College until she was graduated in 1896.
Tipi-Wakan Christian Club's three-story gambrel-roofed building has two-story columns at its entrance, with a screened porch on the first floor, and decks on the second and third floors. The building was originally built by the Great Northern Railroad and managed by James and Amanda Woolnough as the Maple Heights Inn. In the 1920s it was sold, renamed Tipi-Waken, and used as a Christian-affiliated clubhouse offering meeting space and retreat opportunities. The building was razed in 1964.
This rectangular building with a wall of windows on all four sides was located next to the Hotel Del Otero, on the shore of Lake Minnetonka in Spring Park, postmarked 1909.
The Pleasure Park at the Hotel Del Otero includes tennis court and croquet lawn, as well as swings and benches, color added, postmarked 1910. The printed message reads: Minnetonka is a Sioux word for "big waters;" here was the scene of Hiawatha's wooing, and out of the lake flows the stream on which is located the beautiful falls of Minnehaha--"laughing water"--made famous by Longfellow.
This is a view from Wayzata of Breezy Point on Lake Minnetonka, from Edward A. Bromley Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a reprint of a much earlier photo (circa 1860 - 1870).
Roller skating rink at Tonka Bay is a two-story wooden building on the shore of Lake Minnetonka. This postcard was printed as an advertisement; the hotel and park manager, P.J. Metzdorf, of the Twin City Lines, invites visitors to spend a day, a week, a month, or the entire summer at Tonka Bay Hotel on Lake Minnetonka.
The photo of the two-story wooden building housing the dining hall of the Baptist Assembly Grounds in Mound includes other buildings and the water tower.
The Narrows bridge spans the channel connecting the Upper Lake with Lower Lake Minnetonka. The north side of the channel is in the town of Orono, and its south side is in Tonka Bay.
This photo shows three fellows decked out in suits with ties and hats with fishing gear (fishing pole, net, and oar) and their boat at the dock, on Lake Minnetonka.
Excursion boat enters Halstead Bay, Lake Minnetonka, under the Narrows Bridge, with captain using pole to keep in the center of the channel. The bridge was built in 1911. Hand-written message reads: "Harrie Robertson and his boat."
Flag raising ceremony on August 17, 1912, dedicated St. Albans on Lake Minnetonka as the summer capital of Minnesota. A crowd of dozens gathered in front of the flag pole. Printed message from the St. Albans Company advertises charming environment, good service, rest and recreation, color added.
This view from the lake shows the steep path and staircase from the Baptist Assembly Grounds on the top of the hill down to their dock and boats on Cooks Bay. The Buena Vista Hotel can be seen in the background.
The Saint Paul, a ferry boat steamer on Lake Minnetonka, had three decks and a side paddle wheel. In this photo flags are flying from both the bow and stern of the upper, open deck, and every deck is crowded with passengers. The ferries ran from 1906 to 1911.
Wooden two-story building at Svithiod Home. The Svithiod Home was started in 1928 near Excelsior by the Independent Order of Svithiod for immagrants "who felt a need for fellowship outside the religious sphere."
This generic picture of people walking on gravel path along the edge of a lake (color added) includes an inset photo (black and white) entitled Lake View Hotel. This building is actually the Ice Yacht Clubhouse located just east of the Minnetonka Yacht Club. The emblem of the Bureau of Engraving, Minneapolis, is printed on the back of this card.
Sleeping room at the Hotel Del Otero includes two beds, a dressing table and stool, two chairs, a patterned rug covering all but the edges of the wooden floor, and two large windows.
This long three-story wooden building in its shaded setting provides a porch along its entire first floor, and a tower that climbs to four stories giving additional views of Lake Minnetonka. This postcard was printed as an advertisement. The message announces that fancy balls, dancing parties, musicales and concerts, banquets, conventions, yacht races, and rowing regattas are of frequent occurrence at Tonka Bay, and it is only two miles from Big Island with its 65-acre park .
Visitors stand in front of the first floor screened porch of the Hotel Edgewood, postmarked 1920. Edgewood was in Shorewood, on the south side of Upper Lake facing Spring Park.
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.
The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
brochure; plat; Lots in Gary; An Immense Plant Built BY An Immense Corporation Insures Immense Profits In Gray Real Estate; Gary Land Company Incorporated; photograph of steel plant; layout of identified steel plant buildings; street railway
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This 1912 atlas provides eleven detailed plat maps showing Duluth streets, divisions, tracts, and additions. A key map in the beginning shows the location of each of the plat maps.
Township maps showing land ownership (farms), acreage, name of landowner, spouse and children, post office and route number. Also includes geographic information, civic information, commerce information, and local advertising.
Hand-drawn land surveys made from 1869-1941 to determine and identify land ownership and/or section boundaries in various parts of Washington County. The volume includes an index on pages 638-641 that lists each township and section and the pages in the volume on which information is provided. A transcript of that list accompanies this document and can be found at the beginning of this document.
Text of the Northfield City Charter with resolutions, ordinances and notices as recorded by the City of Northfield, Minnesota from January 1908 to March 1957.
Monthly meeting minutes that include committee and annual reports; also contains clippings from 1912 yearbook; loose annual report from 1911. Written in Swedish. The Concordia Society was a benevolent women's society organized October 17, 1901, at the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis. The Concordia Society was primarily dedicated to providing free beds and other services to persons in need of medical care. These documents are in Swedish, the official language of the Hospital in its early years. The Swedish Hospital was run by and for Swedish immigrants.
The 1909-1910 report contains a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley about work done for the two-year period ending December 31st, 1910, designating state roads, road work, bridges and culverts, experimental road work, road maintenance, good road exhibit, road material resources of the state; pictures of roads and bridges. The 1911 report contains a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley about work done during the season of 1911 and a summary of all work from 1906 to 1911. The 1909-1910 report was submitted by Louis W. Hill, Chairman, Charles M. Babcock, Clarence I. McNair. The 1911 report was submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Chairman, Clarence I. McNair, F.S. Bell. [57 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Inez Torell (May 12, 1906 - September 26, 1969) compiled this photograph album that chronicles her life from childhood to adulthood. It includes Inez's family, friends, various hospitals she stayed in, hospital staff and patients. Many of the photographs include handwritten names, locations, dates, and comments.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Duluth State Normal School quarterly bulletin. The February 1911 issue includes the text of an address by W.A. Owens Superintendent of the Training Department, articles by faculty members Eugene Van Cleef and L.W. Kline , faculty list, news, and term dates. The State Normal School, founded in 1895, and registered its first students in September, 1902, changed names several times: State Normal School at Duluth (1895), Duluth State Normal School (1905), Duluth State Teachers College (1921), University of Minnesota, Duluth Branch (1947), University of Minnesota Duluth (1959)
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Duluth State Normal School quarterly bulletin. The May 1912 issue is the annual course catalogue with announcements for the 1912-1913 school year. It details requirements for admission, general information, course of study, faculty list, and enrolled students by year. Student's home town is noted. There are a few photographs of selected campus buildings. The State Normal School, founded in 1895, and registered its first students in September, 1902, changed names several times: State Normal School at Duluth (1895), Duluth State Normal School (1905), Duluth State Teachers College (1921), University of Minnesota, Duluth Branch (1947), University of Minnesota Duluth (1959)
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Duluth State Normal School scrapbook covering 1907 - 1914. The scrapbook was compiled by Normal School Librarian Ruth Ely. It includes news clippings, photographic prints, brochures, programs, printed invitations to formal campus events, handwritten invitations to informal student events, and school day schedules. Some photographs by Duluth photographer Hugh McKenzie.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Illustrated trade catalog of elevating, conveying, and power transmitting machinery including conveyors, pulleys, belts, buckets, gears, and other parts.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-10-22
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, West Myrtle Street, Lot 10, Block 23 of Original Town. Owner: James Gillis, Plumber: R. L. Butler. Permit granted on October 22, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-09-23
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 622, North side, West Churchill Street, Lot 7 and 8, Block 8 of Holcombes. Owner: Jas Mulvey Heirs, Builder: E. H. Bieging. Permit granted on September 23, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-03-15
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, North Fourth Street, Lot 17 and 18, Block 20 of Original Town. Owner: H. C. Farmer. Permit granted on March 15, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-03-15
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 711, South side, West Hickory Street, Lot 18 of Murdock's. Owner: Frank E. Nelson, Builder: C. O. Johnson. Permit granted on March 20, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-04-05
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, West Pine Street, Lot 1 and 2, Block 48 of Churchill, Nelson and Slaughter. Owner: William B. Thorp. Permit granted on April 5, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-04-15
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, South Owens Street, Lot 11 and 13, Block 11 of Greeley and Slaugther. Owner: John G. Johnson. Permit granted on April 15, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-04-17
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 321, South side, West Myrtle Street, Lot 4 of County Auditors Plat number 2. Owner: Frank Bentz, Builder: Frank Bentz. Permit granted on April 17, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-05-06
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Building number 114, North side, East Olive Street, Lot 5, Block 30 of Original Town. Owner: George Rogentin. Permit granted on May 6, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-04-30
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, North Main Street, Block 7 of Carli and Slaughter. Owner: Northwest Thresher Company. Permit granted on April 30, 1912.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1912-05-13
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South Third Street, Lot 4, Block 34 of Original Town. Owner: German Lutheran Church, Builder: Frank Linner and Company. Permit granted on May 13, 1912.