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Collection on the Citizens League of Minneapolis and Hennepin County
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0169
Description of Contents
Collection includes newspaper clippings (1952 through 1999), membership lists, miscellaneous pamphlets, flyers, reports. Also includes 28 numbered and unnumbered reports from 1953 to 1956.
Dates:
1952 - 1999
Collection on the Clio Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0170
Description of Contents
Collection consists of programs from 1900 to 1933 with some missing years. Programs include committees, meetings topics and presenters for the year, bibliography, officers, members’ names and addresses, and constitution and by-laws.
Dates:
1900 - 1933
Collection on the Columbian Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0171
Description of Contents
The collection consists of programs from 1898 to 1938 and a brief history of the club. The programs include officers, committees, programs and presenters for the year, members’ names and addresses.
Dates:
1898 - 1938
Collection on the Coterie
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0173
Description of Contents
The collection is comprised of Coterie programs from 1892 to 1934 with duplicate copies for some years and missing programs for other years. The Coterie Constitution and By-Laws, 1880. Coterie meeting minutes 1934 to 1941. A Coterie history as printed in 1927.
Dates:
1880 - 1941
Collection on the Cricket Theatre
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0279
Description of Contents
The Cricket Theater Collection consists of two boxes. The first box includes scrapbooks, clippings, newsletters and season brochures. Newspaper clippings continue in box 2 along with performance programs.
Dates:
1968 - 1989
Collection on the Current Events and Literary Society Collection
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0174
Description of Contents
The collection consists of programs from 1902 to 1967 with some missing years. A club history from 1942. Approximately fifty general newspaper clippings dating from 1916 to 1967.
Dates:
1902 - 1967
Collection on the Daughters of the American Revolution
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0176
Description of Contents
The collection documents the activities of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and its local chapters in Minneapolis. Local chapters represented in the collection include the Minneapolis, Colonial, Monument, Keewaydin, Rebecca Prescott Sherman/Fort Snelling, John Holmes, General James Knapp, John Prescott, John Witherspoon, and Maria Sanford chapters. Box 1 contains newspaper clippings and a small amount of material from the Minnesota Society of the DAR and...
Dates:
1896 - 1990
Collection on the Dayton and Winchell Families
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0013
Description of Contents
The Dayton-Winchell collection consists of 5 boxes which contain a number of items including: personal papers, journals, photographs, and a number of books and biographies.
Dates:
1890 - 1975
Collection on the Delphian Past President's Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0177
Description of Contents
Collection includes newspaper clippings that served as public announcements of club luncheons, photograph of club officers, and programs from 1934 to 1959 with some missing years.
Dates:
1934 - 1959
Collection on the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0368
Description of Contents
Promotional materials, historical information, publications, correspondence, and photographs related to the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Theodore Wirth Regional Park. Materials of note include correspondence and publications by Eloise Butler, records of the Eloise Butler Memorial Association's efforts to erect a plaque in honor of Butler, and materials from the Friends of the Wildflower Garden. Photographs in this collection were likely removed from a scrapbook, as most...
Dates:
1910 - 2002
Collection on the Ex Tempore Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0181
Description of Contents
Collection includes newspaper clippings (1920s-1940s) and club programs from 1930 to 1953.
Dates:
1926 - 1953
Collection on the Filomenian Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0182
Description of Contents
Collection includes several clippings and programs from 1922 to 1932 and 1946 to 1948.
Dates:
1922 - 1948
Collection on the Friday Study Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0185
Description of Contents
Collection includes a club history from 1941 and eight programs from 1930 to 1965 with some missing years.
Dates:
1930 - 1965
Collection on the Gleaners Study Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0186
Description of Contents
Collection consists of newspaper clippings (1920s-1940s), programs from 1915 to 1950 with some missing years, as well as a 1942 history of the club.
Dates:
1915 - 1950
Collection on the Guthrie Theater
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0276
Description of Contents
The Guthrie Theater Collection consists of 11 boxes and 30 scrapbook volumes. Boxes 1 and 2 include news releases from 1963 to 1989. Boxes 3-6 consist of newspaper clippings, with general clippings arranged by date. Additional clippings are arranged by subject and include articles on the actors, staff, buildings, and projects such as Guthrie Two and Guthrie Lab. Boxes 7-8 include advertisements, mailers and other promotional material, season brochures, newsletters, annual reports, and resources...
Dates:
1959 - 2012
Collection on the Independent Order of Good Templars, Grand Lodge of Minnesota
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0189
Description of Contents
Collection includes miscellaneous leaflets, two books, The Good of the Order and Digest of Revised Laws and Decisions, as well as the proceedings of the 42nd Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, I.O.G.T., held in Minneapolis, on June 14 and September 5-6, 1899. Collection also includes the constitution, by-laws, and articles of incorporation of the I.O.G.T. of Minnesota, and miscellaneous articles and pamphlets. Most leaflets and pamphlets contain goals, beliefs, and major...
Dates:
1888 - 1889
Collection on the Ionian Study Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0190
Description of Contents
Collection includes the history of the club, several clippings, and programs from 1928-1944 and 1951-1974, with some missing years. The programs’ outline agendas for each meeting and gives a list of the club’s leadership and membership for the particular year. A questionnaire by the Minnesota Federation of Women’s Clubs from March 1942 is also among the collection. The questionnaire has the Ionian Study Club describe the purpose and history of their organization. Also included are membership...
Dates:
1928 - 1974
Collection on the Iota Study Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0191
Description of Contents
Collection includes programs (1945-1952) and (1964-1966), and one clipping. Each program gives the leadership and membership for the particular year, the club motto and collect, study topics, and agendas for each meeting. Some topics include “North Brazil and the Amazon” and “South American Literature and Art.” The clipping describes a Pan-American event planned between the Iota Club and eleven women’s groups in Central and South America, which was aired on WTCN Broadcasting. Among common...
Dates:
1939 - 1966
Collection on the Junior League of Minneapolis
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0193
Description of Contents
This collection includes one box of newspaper clippings (1938-2001), anniversary booklets (50th, 1974 and 75th, 1999), a yearbook and directory, and miscellaneous programs, press releases, membership information, brochures, announcements, etc.
Dates:
1940 - 2004
Collection on the Kimball Organ Preservation Steering Committee
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0292
Description of Contents
The Kimball Organ Collection consists of one box which includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, promotional material, and correspondence from the Kimball Organ Preservation Steering Committee. Files contain some historical documents from the 1920s, the time in which the organ was built, but most records pertain to the preservation efforts of the late 1980s, early 1990s.
Dates:
1927 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1986 - 1993
Collection on the Ladies of the Round Table
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0195
Description of Contents
The collection includes newspaper clippings (1916-1936), history of the club, a questionnaire, and programs from (1909-1942), with some missing years. The newspaper clipping discuss the club’s study topics, elected membership, travel plans, charity work, and so on. The questionnaire is from the Minnesota Federation of Women’s Clubs, in which the Ladies of the Round Table outline their club’s purpose, membership, and structure. The programs outline officers and active membership. Moreover, the...
Dates:
1909 - 1942
Collection on the Lake Harriet Yacht Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0197
Description of Contents
Collection consists of a complete set of yearbooks from 1950 to 2001, a history of the club including lists of commodores and champions, trophy lists, fleet numbers, and the articles of incorporation. Several clippings are also included in the collection. Yearbooks consist of a calendar for upcoming year, membership list, photos, and lists of winners for the past year.
Dates:
1950 - 2001
Collection on the Linden Hills Study Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0034
Description of Contents
One box. The collection consists of minutes, constitution and bylaws, reports, newspaper clippings, and annual programs documenting the activities of the Linden Hills Study Club from 1903 to 2001. The programs detail the topics, locations, and membership for the club's 16 meetings each year. A fairly complete collection of programs exists for 1903 to 2001. Minutes and reports cover only the later years of the club's activities, 1979-2001.
Dates:
1903 - 2001
Collection on the Lynnhurst Travel Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0104
Description of Contents
The collection consists of the travel club programs and member lists from 1916-1942 and 1946-1947. The programs also outline officers and activity committee members for each year. Newspaper clippings from 1917-1941 are also included.
Dates:
1916 - 1947
Collection on the Minneapolis Aquatennial
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0105
Abstract
The collection consists programs, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, realia, and assorted papers documenting the Minneapolis Aquatennial from 1940 to the present.The Aquatennial is the official civic celebration of Minneapolis which is held annually during the third full week of July. Materials in this collection have accumulated over several decades from multiple sources. The collection is compiled and organized by Special Collections staff.
Dates:
1940 - 2008
Collection on the Minneapolis Auditorium
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0100
Description of Contents
The collection includes clippings on construction of buildings, grand openings, performances, events, tradeshows, expositions, and so on that took place in the facility over its history. It also includes various programs, construction plans, budgets, and so on, from various expansion projects from the early 1920s, 1960s, 1980s-1990s, and 2000s. Also included are three scrapbooks that cover 1923-1929 and 1958-1981.
Dates:
1923 - 1988
Collection on the Minneapolis City Charter
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0214
Description of the Collection
This collection consists of primary drafts and proposal changes from various time periods in the City's charter history. It also includes some correspondence and notes from 1894-1903. Materials include: proposed 1898 draft one, draft two; charter plan proposed as an amendment to the home rule charter March 17, 1936 (first edition book no. 189); proposed charter, 1938 (galley sheets); home rule charter 1948; supplement to Minneapolis charter and ordinances July 1, 1957 and proposed Norton drafts...
Dates:
1898 - 1957
Collection on the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0289
Description of Contents
The collection consists of 5 boxes. Box 1 and 2 include catalogs from the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts and the Minneapolis School of Art covering 1886 to 1961. Box 2 also houses press releases, newsletters, reports, bulletins, invites and programs from the Minneapolis School of Art from 1933-1974. Minneapolis School of Art clippings and miscellaneous continue into box 3, which also includes catalogs for the Minneapolis College of Art and Design from 1971 to 2002. Boxes 4 and 5 include all...
Dates:
1886 - 2002
Collection on the Minneapolis Council for Adult Education
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0212
Description of Contents
Two boxes. The collection includes constitution and by-laws, annual conference programs and summaries, correspondence, some financial information, meeting minutes, reports of special committees (e.g. in investigate standards for graduation from night schools), surveys, treasurer's reports. Materials are from 1930, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1941-1942. (In the 1930s the organization was headquartered in the Minneapolis Public Library and Gratia Countryman was an active member.) Also includes materials...
Dates:
1925 - 1945
Collection on the Minneapolis Gun Club
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0103
Description of Contents
The collection consists of a scrapbook with clippings (1890-1899). Also included are newspaper clippings, Anne Oakley pamphlet, banquet programs, etc.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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Hennepin County Library Special Collections
Hundreds of archival collections documenting Minneapolis, Hennepin County, and World War II history can be viewed in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library. Some materials are available online in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.
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