Photographer Niels Hakkerup discusses how he first came to Bemidji; his acquaintance with Chief Bemidji; taking photographs in lumber camps; his first studio on Third Street; where he got his equipment and training; photographing the Catholic church on Third Street; doing corporate work; burning his hand with magnesium; photographing lumberjacks; and a popular photograph of old John Smith. Hakkerup then discusses a photograph of Little Cloud published in the Minneapolis Journal; Charles W. Vandersluis interjects with a story about Long John dying of diphtheria; an award-winning photo of Mrs. Danielson; other award-winning photographs; a photograph of a young Ojibwe man standing on the shore with his bow in the air; and the lumber waste of undersized trees. He also identies a number of phograph subjects. One background speaker might be Dr. Vandersluis's father, Charles W. Vandersluis. At one point. Dr. Vandersluis addresses his brother, Angus.
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing Colcord friendship with Eugene Saxton, translation, and asking for copies of excerpts from Scandinavian reviews and the Minneapolis Journal.
Minnesota Library Association; Shafer, Marion (editor)
Date Created:
1939-02
Description:
Volume 1, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Peddler was published in February 1939. Editor-in-chief of this issue was Marion Shafer from Minneapolis Public Library. This issue contains an Editor's note, reports from Junior MLA members in St. Paul, the University of Minnesota, and out of state, legislative news, music and building news, extension work, catalog trouble, and a W.P.A project to index the Minneapolis Journal from 1900 to date. The M.L.A Peddler was created and conceived by the Junior members of the Minnesota Library Association. The first issue states "...[The] Peddler will bring you bits of personal gossip, news about library enterprises, [and] matters of friendly interest."
Color added to this view of Swift Point in Cottagewood (Deephaven) from Katahdin Point. This could be the Lucian Swift home, owner or the old Minneapolis Journal.
