Description of Contentsmis Eleven boxes of materials from 1902 to 2002. Included are catalogs of the Walker collection that was housed on Walker's property at 8th and Hennepin and at the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church. Catalogs cover up until 1927 when the Walker Art Gallery building opened. There are also four boxes of clippings on the Art Center building, its events and exhibitions. There is a box on the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and four boxes of brochures, news releases and ...

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One box. Collection consists of newspaper clippings and organizational materials concerning The Way Center.

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This collection consists of two boxes containing newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, newsletters, fundraising materials, and press releases relating to the Weisman Art Museum. The material is arranged chronologically in two parts: under the museum's current name (the Weisman Art Museum) and its older name (the University Art Gallery). Materials on the University Gallery and University Art Museum are filed with the earlier material.

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Includes various pamphlets, directories (1938-1981), clippings (1920-1986) and annual reports in a separate file from 1919-1975 (incomplete).

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Collection consists of newspaper clippings concerning the Women’s Occupational Bureau, miscellaneous publications produced by the Bureau, the Bureau's financial record book, a scrapbook newspaper clippings pertaining to the Women’s Week Exposition held in November 1934, and Minneapolis Women's Activities yearbooks produced by the Bureau.

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One box. Includes a brief history of the club and several newspaper clippings. Also included are programs for the years 1920-1923 and 1940-1944.

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One box. Collection consists of committee organization charts; Court Committee Bulletins; digest of an address delivered before the National Federation of Settlements at Washington, D.C., May 1923. Publications, brochures, pamphlets and bulletins from 1921-1931.

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One box. Collection consists of newspaper clipping concerning the Zetetic Club, a history of the club written by some of its members, and the clubs yearbook spanning 1903-1967.

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Original letterpress copies of Wirth’s correspondence, 1899-1907. Includes correspondence to Charles Loring (1905-06) and to Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (1904). Also includes biographical profiles, articles, and clippings. Also included is correspondence from his grandson, Theodore “Ted” J. Wirth.

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3 boxes. Photocopied correspondence, 1837-1867. Also includes photocopied articles of Williams' death; photocopied letter from Margaret Renshaw Carroll to Carl Vitz, librarian, Minneapolis Public Library, dated November 26, 1937; and original scrapbooks (numbers 25 and 26) with indices.

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The collection consists of one box containing miscellaneous materials such as programs, notices, newsletters and photographs largely pertaining to to McConnell's work with the Religious Public Relations Council, the Episcopal Church and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis.

Description of Contents The Walter Mondale Collection consists of 3 boxes largely containing newspaper and magazine clippings concerning Mondale and his time in various political offices.Box 1 consists of 10 folders of newspaper and magazine clippings on Mondale and his family from the 1960s through the 1990s.Box 2 consists of 20 folders of newspaper clippings covering from his 1960 appointment as Minnesota's Attorney General through mid-1983.Box 3 consists of 8 folders of...

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Two boxes. Collection consists of programs, invitations and other publications relating to the annual Symphony Ball, and newspaper clippings relating to the Symphony Ball and other club activities. Collection also includes miscellaneous publications and press releases relating to club events.

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This collection contains newspaper articles related to William A. French, his designs, and businesses. One folder contains articles written about his residence in American Home magazine. There are photographs of the designer, his work, residences, business locations, and advertisements.

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The William H. Dunwoody Collection includes scattered correspondence 1897-1913 together with leaflets or pamphlets relating to businesses, as well as four letterpress correspondence books dating January-June, 1878. It also contains his will, biographical information, newspaper clippings, and the description of the holdings of the Minnesota Historical Society.

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One box. Collection includes several letters, booklets; including baccalaureate address, In Memoriam -- Wm. S. Pattee, College of Law bulletin (1898), clippings (obit), and pamphlet, "Theories of knowledge and theories of being."

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The collection consists of programs from 1912 to 1948 with some missing years. The programs include study topics for the year, officers, committees and members, members and addresses, and the annual club schedule.

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Annual reports documenting the history and operations of the Court House Branch Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1910 to 1912. The Court House Branch Library was part of the Minneapolis Public Library. The Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County Library merged in 2008.

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Photographs of business fronts and signage taken by Hennepin County Library staff, primarily at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic from March to May 2020. Signs include printed and handwritten messages noting business closures and changes to services. Includes some photographs of messages of support and positive affirmations in yards and on sidewalks.

Description of Contents Thirty-nine survey responses collected by Hennepin County Library Special Collections staff documenting the responses of local organizations to the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys were sent by library staff to the owners of all private websites included in the COVID-19 in Hennepin County Web Archive. Survey responses were received at the library in 2020 by physical form and online Google Form.Survey questions...

Description of Contents Correspondence, memoir, compiled documents, and paper weight made from defused artillery shell documenting the experiences of two members of Amy Rea's family in World War II. Crippen's materials include a memoir he wrote, originals and photocopies of documents charting his service in the U.S. Navy, and the paperweight he created from defused Japanese artillery shell detonators on Guadalcanal. Beck's materials include letters written to his family in Blackduck, Minnesota, primarily during...

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Crystal Library in Crystal, Minnesota, from 1953 to 2008. Crystal Library was part of the Hennepin County Library.

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One box. The Daniel Rochford collection includes biographical information, diaries from 1916-1918, correspondence from 1932, 1949-1958, personal writings, and other memorabilia.

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Correspondence, reporter's notebooks, column clippings, photographs, transcripts of news programs, and miscellaneous items relating to columns, retirement card, certificate of appreciation, 1952-1975.

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The collection consists of nine boxes, including DAC Year Books from 1949-1967 (with some missing years), general newspaper clippings from the Minneapolis Times and Minneapolis Tribune from 1924-1956, and twelve scrapbooks from 1922-1961.

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One box. The collection consists of family records and papers, school notebooks and yearbooks, World War I memorabilia, postcards, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Dayton Library in Dayton, Minnesota, from 1961 to 1993. Dayton Library was part of the Hennepin County Library.

Description of Contents This collection consists of 134 boxes of materials from the several iterations of the Minneapolis Department of City Planning and Economic Development (CPED). The materials are organized for the most part in the order in which they were received and include documents from Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority (MHRA), Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA), and CPED. The date range of the collection is from the late 1940s to the early 2000s. Materials cover project planning...

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The material covers primarily the years 1939-1945 and appears to be from the office of O.A. Pearson, Supt., Division of Public Relief, Minneapolis.

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43 glass-plate negatives of various sizes and 40 acetate negative reproductions showing Minneapolis scenes from 1878 to 1888.