Glen Lake Library Records
Description of Contents
This collection contains building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other administrative records documenting the history of Glen Lake Library from 1931 to 1972. This collection also contains materials from the Glen Lake Sanitorium Library.
Dates
- 1931 - 1973
Creator
- Hennepin County Library (Organization)
Access
The collection is available for use in Special Collections during the department's open hours.
History
The Glen Lake branch was located in the Glen Lake School building and served the general public of the Glen Lake area. Glen Lake Libary operated a bookmobile which would often park in the Glen Lake Shopping Center. The libary began operation in the 1925 and closed in 1972.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 archival box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Fact sheets, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Glen Lake Library in Minnetonka, Minnesota, from 1931 to 1972. Glen Lake Library was part of the Hennepin County Library.
Custodial History
Portions of this collection (accession 2018.16) were previously managed by Hennepin County Library Officially Withdrawn, an organization for retired and former staff of Hennepin County Library and Minneapolis Public Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection contains materials transferred to the archives by Hennepin County Library administration in 2017 as accession 2018.38 and in 2018 as accession 2018.16.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by KP McClintock, supervised by Jenna Jacobs, from September to December 2018.
- Hennepin County Libary. Glen Lake Library
- Hennepin County Library Institutional Archive Collections Subject Source: Local sources
- Libraries -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minnetonka (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public libraries -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Glen Lake Library Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- KP McClintock and Jenna Jacobs
- Date
- December 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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
