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One box. The book is a handwritten book of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trade from April 1895 to April 1899. The entries are all written by the Board's Secretary, John T. Hemphill. There are also a few newspaper articles relevant to the Board's business pasted in at various spots.

Abstract Index cards (8 in. x 5 in.) created by the City of Minneapolis that record permitted work performed on Minneapolis houses and buildings from 1884 to 1973. These cards record information about each house or building in the city, including original construction, additions, alterations and improvements, maintenance and repair work, out buildings, signs and walls. The cards are arranged by street address. This collection has been digitized and is available in the Hennepin County Library Digital...

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of the Minneapolis Business Branch from 1916 to 1960 and the Minneapolis Municipal Information Library from 1972-2003. Both libraries were part of the Minneapolis Public Library. The Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County Library merged in 2008.

Description of Contents The collection contains memos, staff notes, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, news releases, grant and financial documents, data gathered for studies, and formal staff papers and studies from the City of Minneapolis' Planning Department from the 1920s through the early 1970s. The bulk of the records date from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.The bulk of the collection consists of material related to studies and planning projects conducted by the Department, as well...

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This collection includes a scrapbook which includes clippings that trace the campaign's history. The scrapbook appears to have been prepared by Mrs. Clifford C. (Lottie M.) Neff, who was chairman of the campaign.

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The collection consists of yearbooks or directories from the Minneapolis Council Parent Teacher Association spanning the years 1925-1973. Included in each yearbook are lists of each committee and their purpose; membership and officer lists for specific schools and neighborhoods; constitution and by-laws; parent-teacher prayer; and important meeting dates.

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Two boxes. The collection consists of seven record books (1892-1901), several clippings from the 1890's, miscellaneous publications, treasurer's reports, and correspondence from the 1890s.

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Print photographs and scrapbooks documenting Minneapolis Fire Department activities from the 1870s to 1970s. Most photos show fires in progress, but other photos include fire department staff and Miss Flame contestants. The three scrapbooks include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. The bulk of materials are from the 1950s-1970s.

Description of Contents The collection contains maps showing the sanitation facitilities (water lines, sewer lines, and outhouses) located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1934. Maps typically include one block, showing buildings, roads, addresses, and geographic features. Occassionally, building use and construction materials are noted. Maps are drawn in pencil on tracing paper. They may have been traced from a Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Minneapolis. No index map or key is extant.It is not clear how...

Description of Contents The collection consists of meeting materials, correspondence, administrative documents, building plans, photographic prints and negatives, and reports documenting the work of the Minneapolis Historic Preservation Commission. The collection includes nine boxes of various papers that span the years 1970-1987. These papers include meeting agenda and minutes, surveys and reports on proposed preservation sites, correspondence, various organizational documents pertaining to commission history,...

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Two boxes. The collection includes MKC Newsletter (1956-1968), member’s rosters (1942-1964, with years missing in between), miscellaneous papers, scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1933-1963), and several dog show photos.

Description of Contents This collection is currently being arranged and preserved. The finding aid is not complete. If you have questions, please contact Special Collections staff. Committee materials, correspondence, subject files, petitions, oversize maps, and other administrative records created by the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners (now the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board) from the 1890s to 1960s.Most materials are organized by committee and are most easily located through...

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Two boxes. Collection consists of a large number of newspaper clippings, snapshots, clippings of published poems, event invitations and programs, scrapbooks, press notices, membership rolls.

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Signed board minutes of the Minneapolis Public Library Board from 1885 to 2007. In later years, corresponding documentation and board packet materials are included with the minutes. From 1885 to 1909, and again in 1911, the minutes were handwritten in bound volumes. All other minutes are typewritten.

Description of Contents Photocopies of newspaper clippings and other press articles about the Minneapolis Public Library from 1874 to 2008. Topics include library programs, budgets and funding, library locations and hours, and other Minneapolis Public Library activities. The collection contains two series: Subject Files and Chronological Files. Subject Files contain clippings on a particular subject. Chronological contain clippings arranged by date. Some articles appear in both series. Subject files on individual...

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This collection contains the staff newsletter of the Minneapolis Public Library from 1908 to 2007. Entitled the Official Bulletin (and occassionally the Weekly Bulletin), this publication includes information on staff appointments, staff transfers, staff retirements, benefits, library events, local events, and information needed for daily work in the library. Occassional inserts accompany the bulletins.

Description of Contents This collection consists of letters written to Minneapolis Public Library staff during World War II from 1942 to 1945. The authors are chiefly former library employees, both men and women, who were in active military service. The Reference Department Correspondence series forms the bulk of the collection, with most letters addressed to department heads Genevieve MacDonald and Elizabeth Bond. The Margaret Fletcher Correspondence ...

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The collection consists of one box containing financial records, membership listings, meeting minutes, and other items from the Minneapolis Social Club. Many of the ledgers of the meeting's minutes also include clippings from local newspapers on the club, obituaries for the club's former members, and other items.

Description of Contents This collection contains print photographs and limited negatives compiled by the Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis Times-Tribune, Minneapolis Daily Times, Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis Star, and Minneapolis Star Journal from the 1910s through 1940s. Many of the images appeared in these newspapers. Photographs often have newspaper...

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This collection consists of a record book from the years 1889-1905. The record book includes the Articles of Association, a membership list, meeting minutes, and financial records.

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The collection consists of 4 boxes containing biographical profiles, membership lists, examples of members' work, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, treasury information, conference programs, and photographs.

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One box containing 6 folders of programs spanning 1923-1968.

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The collection consists of six boxes of material including constitution and amendments, minutes of board meetings (1937-1954), bulletins, biographies, and clippings about members. Also included are attendance and membership lists (1937-1960), correspondence (1937-1960), and exhibits (1939-1971).

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The Minnesota Council for Adult Education Collection consists of two boxes containing various records of the organization. These include:

The constitution and By-laws, general information files, history, a list of officers, meeting minutes, surveys, treasurer's reports, and financial records.

Description of Contents The collection consists of 7 boxes containing annual scrapbooks (some bound, some unbound) prepared by the Minnesota League of Building, Loan, and Savings Associations. Many are credited to Dolly Crary Mudd (or Mrs. D. E. Crary Mudd), the association's secretary/treasurer at the time. Artwork for at least one volume attributed to Booker Boese of St. Cloud, MN (found in scrapbook article from St. Cloud Times, Jan 11, 1936 (box 2)).The scrapbooks contain newspaper, magazine and...

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Minnetonka Library in Minnetonka, Minnesota, from 1923 to 2011. Minnetonka Library is part of the Hennepin County Library.

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Fact sheets, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Minnetonka Mills Library in Minnetonka, Minnesota, from 1922 to 1993. Minnetonka Mills Library closed in 1967 to become Minnetonka Library. It was part of the Hennepin County Library.

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Building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Minnewashta Library in Excelsior, Minnesota, from 1923 to 1966. Minnewashta Library was part of the Hennepin County Library.

Scope and Contents Print photographs and negatives of Hennepin County locations and people. This collection contains photographs from unknown donors and small groups of photos (fewer than 30 photos per donation) from known donors. Photographs that are part of a larger archival collection of photographs or other materials are included with that collection.This collection has two series: Digitized Photographs and Undigitized Photographs. Digitized photographs from this collection are included in the...

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Correspondence, brochures, and publications from the Model City Communications Center. Materials created between 1970 and 1975.