A 1922 letter from Juliette Gordon Low to Marjorie Edgar, thanking her for the flowers and requesting Miss Edgar to represent Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. in Normandy.
Contributing Institution:
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys
Man adjusts dial on IBM System 360 Model 30 computer in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
Man works with reel-to-reel magnetic tape in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
The Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1922
Description:
Maketing booklet for The Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota, including historical background of the woman's Christian Association and information regarding various clubs and residences, including Jones-Harrison Residence, which was established in 1888 by the woman's Christian Association. The Jones-Harrison Residenced is believed to be Minnesota's longest continuously operating home to seniors.
Members are gathered for dinner at the West Hotel in Minneapolis. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Tenth Convention, Minn. Association of the Deaf, Banquet at West Hotel, Minneapolis, July 2, 1909." The man with a dark mustache and beard sitting in the back is Anson Spear. The man sitting in the back, on the right side of the middle window, is Anton Schroeder. The man sitting in the back, on the left side of the rightmost window, is Dr. James L. Smith.
Members are gathered outside in front of a monument-like structure. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. The man standing on the left side, to the left of a woman with a hat full of flowers and a noticeable belt buckle, is Dr. James L. Smith. To the right of Dr. Smith are the unknown woman with the flower hat, an unknown child, an unknown woman, and then Louis Albert Roth in a dark jacket and tie. The man with a thick dark mustache and beard in the back, near the center, is Anson Spear. To the right of Anson Spear (in the same row) are two unknown women and then Anton Schroeder. To the right of Anson Spear is an unknown woman with a bow tie, and then standing in front of her is Jay Cooke Howard (bald man).
Program for the 50th Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) held at the Hotel Nicollet in Minneapolis, MN, October 1 - 3, 1942. Includes lists of MLA Officers, MLA Sections with name of Chairmen, MLA Committees with name of Chairmen, the program of events for each day of the conference, and exhibitors. Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., Chief, War Service Section, W.P.A. of Minnesota, was the featured speaker at the first general session.
Program for the 1959 Minnesota Library Association (MLA) annual conference, held October 1-2, 1959 at Pick-Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis. Events include a greetings speech by the Honorable P.K. Peterson, mayor of Minneapolis. General session topics include "Student use of the public library," "Our Changing Society," "Partners in Library Service," and "Book Losses."
Volume 5, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Bulletin published May, 1956. Topics include MLA executive board's letter to the Minnesota State Board of Education; Institute of Public Library Materials for Adults report; County Section of MLA meeting April 12-14, 1956; MLA committee appointments; Hubert Humphrey offers his newsletter to interested parties; MLA directory being prepared; Library Services Bill passed the state House of Representatives.
Volume 22, number 4 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published April 1995. Contents include library cooperation in greater Minnesota, a message from the MLA President, an MLA Board Member profile on the Intellectual Freedom Chair/Member at Large, a summary of MLA Legislative Day, miscellaneous news and notes, upcoming events, new printings of Minnesota Opportunities for Refernce Excellence manuals available soon, a welcome to new MLA members, job announcements, library staff updates, and an MLA calendar of events.
Volume 22, number 10 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in December of 1995. Contents include recognition of the vendors that exhibited at the MLA annual conference, a letter from the MLA President welcoming the incoming Board of Directors, News and Notes relevant to libraries around the state and nationally, highlights of the conference presentation by Sheila Intner on the future of technical services in libraries, a report from the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries on the conference program "Minnesota Legal Research on a Shoestring," a reading list from the Public Libraries Division conference program "Spirituality and Work," a listing of upcoming local and national events, a listing of employment opportunities, and news regarding individual�MLA members.
Volume 18, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in January, 1991. Contents include reports from the 1990 MLA conference, board meeting highlights, federal library legislation update, MLA Centennial events, MLA general membership meeting minutes, library legislative day, 1991 legislative platform, new members, discussion of loaning videos to minors, upcoming events, News & Notes, readers advisory retreat, Statewide Telecommunications Access and Routing System (STARS) update, job listings, and People & Places.
Volume 18, number 7 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in July/August, 1991. Contents include an update from the Libraries Policy Review Task Force tasked with reviewing state policies regarding libraries, board meeting highlights, 1991 MLA election nominations, events calendar, report on the Academic Librarians Day conference, a discussion of networked computing in libraries, summary of the 1991 legislative session, MLA Readers' Retreat flyer, job listings, News & Notes, new members list, historical highlights from the Centennial committee, and People & Places.
Volume 19, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in June, 1992. Contents include discussion of the pros and cons of library consolidation, job listings, News & Notes, events calendar, MLA Public Relations Award nomination form, advance planning for the 1992 MLA conference, report of the 1992 Readers' Retreat, new members list, Memorial Roll of Honor-public library advocate Clara Frances Baldwin, an update on the task force following up the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Service, and People & Places.
Volume 20, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published June 1993. Contents include cover article on leadership experience, announcement of Bookmobile workshop, MLA board meeting highlights, call for nominations for MLA Distinguished Achievement awards, announcement of 1993 MLA election nominees, Children's Book Week, the winner of the 1993 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award, and Minnesota Book awards winners, letter to the editor, cataloging basics workshops offered, MLA 1993 Public Relations award nomination form, miscellaneous news & notes, upcoming seminars, conferences, and workshops, people & places, and employment opportunities.
Minnesota Library Association; Panzer Morris, Adele (editor)
Date Created:
1980-03
Description:
Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter volume 7, number 4 was published in March 1980. Content includes an overview of a reception held at Minnesota Governor's residence on February 14, 1980, various round table events, a legislative report from the MLA legislative committee, MLA member spotlight, educational events for librarians, a call for professional exhibit participants at the MLA conference, the 1980 ALA Midwinter Council Report, job postings, and a calendar of events.
Volume 21, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published March 1994. Contents include a call to attend Library Legislative day and support the University of Minnesota proposed archives and storage facility, a guest editorial on exhibits in the academic library, a date change for MLA Academic Libraries Day, a call for volunteers to reach MLA's membership goal, miscellaneous news and notes, job announcements, upcoming events, library staff updates, member spotlight on Robert H. Rohlf, and the MLA calendar of events.
Minnesota Library Association; Panzer Morris, Adele (editor)
Date Created:
1979-05
Description:
Volume 5 number 5 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in May, 1979. Contents include a report from the MLA Board of Directors, an update on legislation relevant to libraries, a report on MLA's first "newcomer's day," a report of the Planning and Development Committee, reports from the Library Research and Special Libraries Roundtables, a report from the Public Library Division's Conference Call Committee on the feasibility of a statewide conference telephone system, a report on the Minnesota Statewide Library Services Forum, a announcement of the hiring of a new faculty member at the Library School of the University of Minnesota, information on the Public Libraries Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, information on academic library internships and a training program for academic library consultants, the schedule for the upcoming MFLA Conference, the ballot results on a vote of individual ALA members to reaffirm a contract to meet at the Palmer House in Chicago for the Midwinter 1980 meeting, information on the ALA annual meeting, and a calendar of events.