Floyd Kelley Slides
Description of Contents
Color 35mm slides showing demolition and construction in downtown Minneapolis during the urban renewal period of the 1960s. Includes the Metropolitan building, Washington Avenue Bridge, Sheraton-Ritz Hotel, and Minneapolis Public Library.
Dates
- Creation: 1960 - 1965
Creator
- Kelley, Floyd (Person)
Access
The physical collection is available for use in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library during the department's open hours. Photographs from this collection are available in the Floyd Kelley Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.
Biography
An amateur photographer, Floyd Kelley lived at 1225 8th St. S when he donated these photos in 1967.
Extent
0.3 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Donor Information
Kelley donated the slides to the Library in 1967 as accession 2017.01.
Separated Materials
The 1967 Minneapolis Public Library Annual Report notes that over 400 slides were in the original donation. It is not known what happened to the ones missing from the current collection.
- Title
- Floyd Kelley Slides
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Edward W. Hathaway
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hennepin County Library Special Collections Repository
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401 U.S.A.
612-543-8200
specialcoll@hclib.org
