This photograph shows the Duluth harbor, ca. 1870, with paddlewheel steamers and sailing vessels, Elevator A, and the LakeSuperior and Mississippi Railway depot.
Fort William, Canada Civic Tourist Bureau; Port Arthur, Canada Chamber of Commerce
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
This circa 1920s map of the LakeSuperior International Highway between Duluth, Minnesota, United States, and Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario, Canada, provides brief descriptions of towns and geographic features along the route, including Two Harbors, Silver Creek Cliff, Lutsen, Grand Marais, and Kakabeka Falls. The map includes photographs of sites such as Split Rock Lighthouse, Cross River, Arrowhead River, the Port Arthur Hotel, and Mt. McKay.
This photograph by Caswell & Davy shows a steamship and a sailing ship docked at Duluth. Image is captioned, "Scenery on the Northern Pacific Railroad."
Elevator and LakeSuperior & Mississippi Depot, Stillwater, MN. Elevator was erected in 1870 and has a capacity of 38,000 bushels. LakeSuperior & Mississippi Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed to Stillwater in 1871.
Variant titles: Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibition of watercolors by Charles John Collins; Exhibition of water colors by Charles John Collins. Title from caption. Includes artist biographical information. Foreword signed C.J.C. Items lent by James McDiarmid, Fletcher Andrews, and C.H. Enderton, all of Winnipeg. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant title: Work of local artists, October 1922. Title from cover. Prices included with some items. The eighth annual exhibition of the work of Minneapolis and St. Paul Artists will be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art from September 30 to October 30, 1922"--The eighth annual exhibition of the work of local artists: October 1922 [rules], 1922, page 2. Includes a list of the jury for awards. 16 unnumbered pages; 16 cm.
Variant title: Work of Minneapolis artists, November 3-30, 1917 [catalog]. Title from cover. "The exhibition is under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts."--Page 2. Prices included with some items. Includes a list of the jury on admission which also served as a Committee on Arrangements. 8 unnumbered pages.
Industrial Exposition Association (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1893
Description:
Catalog from the eighth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Title from cover. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. Advertisements at back (pages 54-55, p. 4 of cover). Prices included with some items; some prices have penciled annotations. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. MIA Library Archives copy missing front and back covers. 52 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Variant titles: Second International Watercolor Exhibition, April 15-May 21, 1922; Martin A. Ryerson Collection; Desmond FitzGerald Collection. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. "Eighty-five water colors have been selected from the Second International Water Color Exhibition ... and are now on exhibition at the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] ... shown in Gallery C10 on the second floor where they will remain until July 5."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume XI, number 6 (June 1922), page 47. "It is the purpose of the Art Institute of Chicago to do honor each year to one or two of the great masters of water color painting by a comprehensive showing of their works. In the present exhibition individual rooms have been given to the Martin A. Ryerson Collection of water colors by Winslow Homer, and to the Desmond FitzGerald Collection of water colors by Dodge Macknight."--Page 5. 32 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Title from cover. "October-November". Includes artist biographical information. Catalog includes entries 22-88. Contents: Minneapolis series; American series; Chicago series; New York series; Pittsburgh series; Panama series; English series; Belgian series; Dutch series; German series; Italian series. 16 pages: illustrations.
Catalog from the fourth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Catalogue of paintings and casts from the antique, etc., 1889 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. "Designed & engraved by the Ramsdell Eng. Co., Ches. F. Brisky"--Page 1 and 4 of cover. "Exhibits of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts" (pages 23-30). Prices included with some items. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists' works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. 30, xxxii pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations.
This issue covers the creation of the position of Community Planner, the Research Unit's service to county and municipal highway departments, and uniform highway markings. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
This 1921 street map of the Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, area includes streetcar lines, railroads, parks, schools, farms, cemeteries, docks, grain elevators, the Duluth-Superior Ferry Line, the Duluth Boat Club, and other details. There is a separate index for both Duluth and Superior.
1941 Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Conference Proceedings held October 2-4, 1941 at the St. Cloud Institute in St. Cloud, Minnesota with President Florence D. Love presiding. The proceedings include full general session minutes, minutes of section meetings, officer reports and committee reports. Full text of the following addresses are included: "Juvenile Delinquency and the Library" by Ralph H. Rosenberger, Director of Schools of the St. Cloud Reformatory; "The Problem as the Public Librarian Sees It" by Perrie Jones of the St. Paul Public Library; "Reflections of a Farmer--An Ex-Librarian" by Dr. Geza Schutz; "Recent Developments of the W.P.A. Project in the Field of Library Extension" by Lucille Gottry; Dr. Louis Powell of the St. Paul Science Museum speaking on Library-Museum Relations; "Adult Education Through the Small LIbrary" by Katherine Yerza of the Minneapolis Public Library; "Problems We Face in Extending Rural Libraries" by Mrs. Raymond Sayre of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; "The Status of College Librarians" by Robert W. McEwan; and "Leisure Time Reading for Children" by Inger Boye.
This is a map of the Boundary Waters region, and shows great detail on lake and river names. Area north of the international boundary is called "Hunter's Island." The roads and railroads are marked, as well as trails, ranger stations and telephone lines. Additions to the Superior National Forest Proclamation Boundary are shown using a reddish cross hatching.
This issue covers the establishment of a mining museum and updates from the districts. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, 42nd Congress, 2nd session
Date Created:
1872
Description:
This 62-page document, from the 42nd Congress, 2nd Session, reproduces letters regarding the digging of the canal that connected the Duluth harbor with LakeSuperior in 1871. The first letter, from William W. Belknap, Secretary of War, describes the process that was followed to dig the canal. Following letters, often exchanged between engineers or politicians and J.J. Egan, city attorney for Duluth, contain a discussion of the legality of the canal being dug as well as a discussion of the building of a dike to keep the waters of the St. Louis River from flowing through the canal and filling the Superior, Wisconsin, entry with silt. (United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, 42nd Congress, 2nd session, no. 60 Senate Executive Document.)