Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her sister, Julia Loag, in which she writes about: problems at Julia's school; how dull Hamline is; her home life and how considerate her husband is; the Saint Paul Winter Carnival; the new Saint Paul Courthouse; Hamline's Science Hall and its biology space; temperature recordings for January 15 to 22.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her sister, Julia Loag, in which she writes about: presents for friends and family; the health of a friend; her husband's sister meeting a family who knows his mother and Effie's piano teacher; and attending a concert in Minneapolis.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her sister, Julia Loag, in which she writes about: mutual friends and family; the Saint Paul Winter Carnival and the sleigh trip to see the storming of the ice palace; a faculty party; her performance at a concert; and local newspaper accounts of weather in the East.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her sister, Julia Loag, in which she writes about: her worry about Julia and her mother during the Great Blizzard of 1888; the serious condition of a student who slipped on ice; the dissatisfaction of students and the Osborns with Hamline University; her mother's health; and a photograph of her and her husband in their rooms on campus.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her sister, Julia Loag, in which she writes about: a trip to Minneapolis to go to Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, dinner afterward, and stopping in Saint Anthony Park; housekeeping duties; music she has been practicing and being put on a concert program without her knowledge; the health of Julia and a sister-in-law; and attending a concert.
Letter from Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn to her sister, Julia Loag, in which she writes about: going to the Saint Paul Cathedral and Saint Mark's Episcopal Church for Easter music; a bad experience at the Vienna Cafe in Minneapolis; the weather and trouble walking through spring melt; her health; combating homesickness with piano practice; and the difficulty making friends.
Furniture Committee, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1898-08-26
Description:
A letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library from the Furniture Committee outlining the articles of furniture recommended for purchase for new library building.
A letter from Geo. B. Meleney of the Library Bureau to Edward Lees, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, regarding payment in full for book stack shelving and an additional order.
This document, dated May 11th, was sent to Eugene St. Julien Cox of St. Peter, who was the Captain of Company E of the First Mounted Rangers. The document addressed Cox as a major, but various records indicate that his highest rank was that of captain. Cox was ordered to include Sibley County in the sub-district for which he was responsible. He was also informed that a new squad had been organized in New Ulm, and that ""trappers report Indians plenty west of here."" The letter was sent from Mankato by Second Lieutenant and Adjutant George A. Clarke. The document appears to have an 1865 date, but Cox served from December 10, 1862, until November 11, 1863, and Clarke served from December 20, 1861, until December 20, 1864. It therefore appears that the document was sent in 1863.
Letter from William W. Folwell, University of Minnesota Librarian to J. Fletcher Williams, Minnesota Historical Society Librarian, dated 12/23/1891, asking Williams to call for the formation of a state library association to meet in connection with the State Teachers Association in order to foster public school libraries.
Gay, J. F.; Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1899-01-17
Description:
A letter from the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company to Fred S. Bell, Winona Free Public Library, regarding the offer of free telephone service for the new library building.
A letter from O. Barker to Solomon G. Comstock requesting assistance in receiving his Civil War pension and a summary of O. Barker's civil war pension claim.
The original hand-written letter from William Harris Laird to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library to build a new library. Laird estimates the new building will cost $40,000, which he will provide. Actual costs exceeded that by approximately $10,000 and Laird covered the additional expense. The resolution by the Board of Directors accepting Laird's gift is also included, along with a transcribed version of the original proposition.
The community of St. Peter was initially, and for a very brief time, known as Rock Bend, a name taken because of the presence of a sharp bend in the course of the Minnesota River on the east side of the settlement. The name was used probably from late in 1853 until sometime in 1854. The envelope shown here, addressed to Charles E. Flandrau (1828-1903), who was living in the area at the time, is one of only a few objects that survived with the name "Rock Bend" on it. Flandrau, himself, became a very prominent resident of the State of Minnesota. Among many other duties during his lifetime, he commanded the defenders of New Ulm in August of 1862 and later served on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
The Commissary Officer of the First Regiment of the Minnesota Mounted Rangers, First Lieutenant Edward D. Cobb, wrote this note to Captain Eugene St. Julien Cox, Captain of Company E of the Rangers, from Fort Snelling on March 21, 1863, in response to a request for supplies from Cox. Captain Cox had requested a number of items, including horses, tents, jackets, socks, boots, haversacks, canteens, axes, kettles, spades, mess pans, hatchets, and picks. Cobb informed Cox that some of the items were available, but that some items could not be supplied at once. He also said that Cox was to take the lame horses from his company to Fort Ridgely, where they would be inspected and certified as lame. Cox could then submit a requistion for additional horses.
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 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.
Fockens, A. G.; Sloan, Marian; Clarke, Jeannette A.
Date Created:
1885-05-23
Description:
A letter to Fred. S. Bell stating the results of the election of the Board of Directors of the Winona Library Association, from the Judges of Election, Mrs. A. G. Fockens, librarian, Marian Sloan, and Jennie (Jeannette) Clarke. Officers elected were Fred S. Bell, president, and directors Mrs. J. B. McGaughey, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Miss Charlotte A. Prentiss, and Mr. Wil Woolsey.