Broadside claiming"Alcohol blots! 3.2 beer contains alcohol enough to be dangerous! Alcohol dims the vision, alcohol dulls the hearing, alcohol slows the muscle action, alcohol muddles the brain. Be wise...abstain! Beverage alochol is a blot of society!"
Panoramic view of the American Legion Band, from the Press Lloyd Post Number 247 of Chisholm, Minnesota. Members are in band uniforms and are posed for a group photograph with their instruments at the front entrance of the Chisholm City Hall building in Chisholm, MN. On the right portion of the photograph is a sign on the City Hall building that reads: "Entrance to Skating Rink". Also at the right portion of the photograph are three women with a car.
An annual report documenting the main activities of the charity for the years 1917-1918. Departmental reports include: the relief department, visiting nurses, Wilder public baths, day nursery, health center, central registration bureau, food conservation, survey work and research.
Paper presented by Monsignor James M. Reardon at the 1909 annual conventions of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of St. Paul, Minnesota, and of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5072 .R4 1909
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Glen Lake Farm School for Boys; Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Home
Date Created:
1912
Description:
In 1907 the legislature of Minnesota made provision for a Detention Home in Hennepin county, under the joint direction of the Judge of the District Court and the Board of County Commissioners. Judge John Day Smith, who first stirred public sentiment to the necessity of a home for boys, was assigned to the Juvenile Court work, which also included the location and equipment of the home. Ninety-two acres of land were bought, and a ten-room farm house, barns and outbuildings were soon remodeled, made modern and ready for occupancy in February, 1909, when the first boys arrived. Contents of this year include: board of managers (including photos); maintenance; expenditures; roll of admission/release; justification and organizational structure; equipment, crops, and stock; daily schedule; map; backgrounds, offenses and/or dependency, nativity, and ages of boys; dining room; government; education, discipline, and religious instruction; library; letters; parental demographics; amusements; Boys' Friends (male and female volunteers/benefactors); photos of grounds and of boys at work/play.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Glen Lake Farm School for Boys; Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Home
Date Created:
1911-12-31
Description:
In 1907 the legislature of Minnesota made provision for a Detention Home in Hennepin county, under the joint direction of the Judge of the District Court and the Board of County Commissioners. Judge John Day Smith, who first stirred public sentiment to the necessity of a home for boys, was assigned to the Juvenile Court work, which also included the location and equipment of the home. Ninety-two acres of land were bought, and a ten-room farm house, barns and outbuildings were soon remodeled, made modern and ready for occupancy in February, 1909, when the first boys arrived. Contents of this year include: board of managers; inception; financial support; officers and employees; justification and organizational structure; equipment, crops, and stock; work descriptions; daily schedule; map; backgrounds, offenses and/or dependency, nativity, and ages of boys; education, discipline, and religious instruction; library; parental demographics; amusements; Boys' Friends (male and female volunteers/benefactors); photos of grounds.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of the Unity Settlement Association for 1920 including: officers, directors, committees, resident staff, note about Representing Unity Settlement, reports of Unity Settlement, Employment Bureau and Friendly Visiting, Day Nursery, Infant Welfare Clinic, Girls' Department, Boys Department, Game Room, music lessons, summer playground, library station, probation report, miscellaneous groups, special occasions, volunteer workers, resident director's work, as well as a word of appreciation, a note on "our needs," a numerical listing of attendance at various programs, treasurer's report, and photographs of Unity house and two children.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The report lists the names of Unity Settlement Association officers, residents, and volunteers; activities offered by the settlement association including clubs and sports for boys, girls, and adults; the treasurer's itemized annual report.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The report lists the names of Unity Settlement Association officers, board of directors, and committee chairs. Account of settlement club activities including a training class for drafted men, a Mothers' Club "made up largely of women of foreign birth," and the Girls' Liberty League. The treasurer's report lists annual income and expenditures.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Posing in front of the Arthur Simpson home in Slayton are Clarence Dinehart, Christopher and Flora Dinehart and Florence, Frank Weck and Dr. and Mrs. Dennison.
Triennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report for 1916 to 1919. Superintendent's report includes information on the educational practices and health of the children.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A woman and two men posing for a photo in the doorway of a barn. Images in this collection were found in the attic of an old farm house in Kandiyohi County formerly owned by George Kallevig. Whether these negatives are from the Kallevig family or not is unknown.
The original minutes book including by-laws and attendance records for the volunteer fire department in Blue Earth. Dec. 12, 1890 through Dec. 4, 1906.
The Board of Directors of the Workman's Circle Loan Association sitting at a table, working and chatting. Both St. Paul and Minneapolis had Workmen's Circle chapters.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives