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1. "Zip," Hilma Berglund Christmas card, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Berglund, Hilma L., 1886-1972
Date Created:
1963-12
Description:
Hilma Berglund printed this card in black ink on red paper, cut into a triangle, mounted onto slightly larger triangles of aqua and black paper, and trimmed with silver lurex thread. An envelope and letter match the aqua paper trimming the card. The card is 9 x 21 cm. There are two handwritten note on the letter.
Contributing Institution:
Weavers Guild of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Greeting cards

2. "Young Mrs. Winthrop" theater program, Bijou Opera House, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bijou Opera House
Date Created:
1893-06-18
Description:
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

3. "Yon Yonson" theater program, Bijou Opera House, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bijou Opera House
Date Created:
1900-01-27
Description:
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

4. "Yon Yonson" theater program, Bijou Opera House, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bijou Opera House
Date Created:
1893-01-01
Description:
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

5. "Yon Yonson" theater program, Bijou Opera House, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bijou Opera House
Date Created:
1893-12-03
Description:
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

6. Worthington Offers the Best: A Case for Creating a Four-Year College for Southwestern Minnesota at Worthington

Creator:
Association for Higher Education in Southwest Minnesota
Date Created:
1960-11
Description:
This document was submitted in support of the city of Worthington as the site of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

7. Wonderful Duluth: 1973 pictorial calendar date book

Date Created:
1972
Description:
The 1973 date book featured scenes from three major storms that hit Duluth, Minnesota in the summer of 1972. The storms of August 16, August 20 and September 20, 1972, left millions of dollars in damage. The images include flooded streets and businesses, washed out streets, and Duluth residents working to mitigate the storms' effects.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Calendars

8. Wonderful Duluth: 1975 pictorial calendar date book

Date Created:
1974
Description:
The 1975 date book featured the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center, its member organizations and the cultural activities in Duluth, Superior and northeastern Minnesota. There are photographs of festivals, train cars, sculptures, local cultural buildings and other related items.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Calendars

9. Wonderful Duluth: 1977 pictorial calendar date book

Date Created:
1976
Description:
The 1977 date book featured photographs of early transportation facilities in the city of Duluth, Minnesota, including trains, streetcars trolleys, steamships, the Incline Railway, and airplanes.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Calendars

10. Women at Work: A Survey of Industrial Women Workers in Duluth

Creator:
Industrial Committee of the Young Women's Christian Association of Duluth, Minnesota
Date Created:
1945-09
Description:
Booklet describing and summarizing a 1945 survey of Duluth employers and women employees in local manufacturing, transportation, retail and wholesale businesses, laundries, hotels, and restaurants to gather information about the workplace experiences and needs of women entering the blue-collar work force after World War II. Survey questions also addressed needs outside of work and attitudes toward unions and racial minorities.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

11. With the Colors From Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Chase, Roe
Date Created:
1919
Description:
Narrative history of war activities in Anoka County during World War One, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who fought in the war.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

12. Winona Illustrated : Historical, Picturesque, Descriptive

Date Created:
1888
Description:
A bound volume containing historical information and black and white photographs of Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

13. Winona County in the World War

Date Created:
1920
Description:
Narrative history of World War One activities in Winona County during World War One, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who fought in the war.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

14. William Crooks locomotive, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1934
Description:
The William Crooks was the first locomotive to operate in Minnesota. Constructed in 1861, it provided service a year later for the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, a company that eventually became part of the Great Northern Railway. James J. Hill had the locomotive pull his personal train. It now resides in a static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. Minnesota. Engineer Herschell Hudgens, Jr. and three unidentified people shown.
Contributing Institution:
New Brighton Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. William Crooks locomotive, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
The William Crooks was the first locomotive to operate in Minnesota. Constructed in 1861, it arrived on a river barge in Saint Paul. It provided service in 1862 for the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, a company that eventually became part of the Great Northern Railway. The engine is pulling a Saint Paul and Pacific baggage car and passenger car. It ran on the eleven miles of track between Saint Paul and Saint Anthony (now Minneapolis). Eventually, James J. Hill used the locomotive to pull his personal train. It now resides in a static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
New Brighton Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. William Crooks locomotive, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
The William Crooks was the first locomotive to operate in Minnesota. Constructed in 1861, it first provided service a year later for the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, a company that eventually became part of the Great Northern Railway. James J. Hill had the locomotive pull his personal train. William Crooks was displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair and in 1948 at the Chicago Railroad Fair. It was displayed for some time at the Saint Paul Union Depot before being put in a static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
New Brighton Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Wilkin County in the World War

Date Created:
1919
Description:
Narrative history of World War One activities in Wilkin County during World War One, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who fought in the war.
Contributing Institution:
Military Historical Society of Minnesota
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

18. Wildwood Park pavilion, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Wildwood Park on the southeast shore of White Bear Lake offered a wide variety of amusements for the public, including this pavilion.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Wildwood Park on Beautiful White Bear Lake 1916, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1916
Description:
Large fold-out brochure promoting Wildwood Park with drawings, map and text.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Pamphlets

20. Wildwood Park, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Swimming area, bath house and roller coaster at Wildwood Park.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Wilderness Trips for Adults, Camp Menogyn, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
Minneapolis YMCA Camp Menogyn
Date Created:
1985
Description:
This is a brochure promoting wilderness trips for adults at Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Some of the trips are co-sponsored with the Science Museum of Minnesota, Continuing Education Department.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Brochures

22. Whyte Quadrangle, Minnesota-Lake County, 1953: 15 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Whyte quadrangle topographic map (N4715-W9130/15) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines in the Superior National Forest area near Silver Creek Township.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

23. "Why Smith Left Home" theater program, Bijou Opera House, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bijou Opera House
Date Created:
1900-01-13
Description:
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

24. "Why Smith Left Home" theater program, Bijou Opera House, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bijou Opera House
Date Created:
1898-11-13
Description:
Theater program for a performance at the Bijou Opera House. Program includes advertisements for dozens of local businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Programs

25. Whitney Brothers Gravel Business Structure, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Starkey, George Fairchild, 1916-2001
Date Created:
1959
Description:
Winter view of the remnants of the Whitney Brothers rock crushing business that stand in Lake Superior off the shore at Canal Park near the Aerial lift bridge. William A. Whitney and E. Harvey Whitney of Superior, Wisconsin, had a sand and gravel processing business. The largest concrete form was the dredging or crushing building. The structure was built in 1919. A tunnel ran from the building to Minnesota Point. There was a conveyor belt and railroad spur adjacent to the concrete building. Sand from the Apostle Islands and gravel from Grand Marais were carried to Duluth on a small vessel named LIMIT. There was also a tug the WILLIAM A. WHITNEY.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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