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

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The collection consists of 2 scrapbooks created by Diane Ritchie during her time as a student at Southwest High School in Minneapolis from 1958 to 1964. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, programs, ticket stubs, buttons, ribbons, and other ephemera. Newspaper clippings often document sporting events and boys sports teams. Many of the programs are for the school choir, of which Ritchie was an active member.

Description of Contents The records include board of directors’ material, committee memos and minutes, administrative and financial documents, event and meeting files, correspondence, pamphlets and promotional material, project and subject files, print photographs, and publications created or compiled by the Dinkytown Business Alliance from 1983 to 2017. Records from the DBA’s 1948 founding to 1983 are not included.The collection documents the DBA’s projects and programming, with topics including new development,...

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Collection consists of programs from 1900 to 1937.

Description of Contents One box. The collection contains 23 folders of material concerning Minneapolis's newspaper industry. Particular areas of focus are Minneapolis newspapers, Minneapolis newspeople, the area of Downtown Minneapolis on 4th Street formerly known as Printer's Row, hotels and other major buildings in Downtown Minneapolis, and several other related areas of interest. There are also several hundred printed catalog cards on the same topics.There are also a variety of loose programs,...

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This collection consists of two albums of photographs of Minneapolis business firms taken circa 1912. Album 1 contains 48 photographs and Album 2 contains 35 photographs.

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This collection documents the ECCO neighborhood and its residents through the activities of the ECCO Board and the East Calhoun News. The collection has been divided into two series: I. Photos II. Neighborhood Papers

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of East Lake Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1923 to 2013. East Lake Library was part of the Minneapolis Public Library. The Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County Library merged in 2008. East Lake Library is now part of the Hennepin County Library.

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Eden Prairie Library in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, from 1971 to 2018. Eden Prairie Library is part of the Hennepin County Library.

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Edina Library in Edina, Minnesota, from 1922 to 2017. Edina Library is part of the Hennepin County Library.

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Morningside Library in Morningside, Minnesota, later part of Edina, Minnesota, from 1935 to 1966. Morningside Library was part of the Hennepin County Library.

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11 boxes. Includes biographical information about Hatcher and his family, correspondence, diaries, autograph books, programs, yearbooks, photographs, and other miscellaneous material from throughout Hatcher's life.

Description of Contents Nearly 1400 photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century. The original format of the bulk of the collection is glass plate negatives. The photographs were collected by Bromley and include images primarily of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and rural Minnesota taken by Bromley, B. F. Upton, W. H. Illingworth, and other photographers from the time. Photographs include street scenes, houses and buildings, vehicles, people, and events and activities. Collection includes biographical...

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The collection consists of a large scrapbook from Edward Decker's time at Princeton University from 1912 to 1916. The scrapbook itself consists largely of ephemera such as programs, business cards, clippings, tickets and other related items as well as some photographs and written notes on specific people and events.

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The collection consists of color 35mm slide transparencies of tornado damage from a 1981 Minneapolis tornado and a 1979 Minnetonka tornado, as well as views of Burton Park in Minnetonka, downtown Minneapolis buildings, and Memorial Stadium. All images are available in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.

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One box. Collection consists of three small notebooks of handwritten diaries kept 1873-1874 during a trip to Europe. One notebook is labeled "Volume 4" suggesting that there is a missing notebook. The end of Volume 4 has a postscript written in 1875 in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Edward V. Lofstrom Collection consists of one box of materials including: newspaper clippings, correspondence, design prints, and reports from the 1960s-1990s concerning transit matters in the Twin Cities. Many published reports were removed from the collection and incorporated into the Minneapolis History Collection.

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Newspaper clipping copies, correspondence, a few photographs, and press releases documenting the efforts of Emergency Lakes Environmental Coalition Task Force (ELECT) to prevent hi-rise development on Lake Calhoun (now Bde Maka Ska) from 1987 to 1990. Records are arranged by date. Materials from later dates relate to other planned hi-rises near the lakes.

These records were originally compiled by Arlene Fried.

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Collection includes clippings (1920s to 1940s), a program collection (1901 to 1975), 12 volumes of minute books (1896 to 1956) and loose pages of minutes (1956 to 1976). Also included are miscellaneous items such as anniversary programs, a gavel, scripts, a scrapbook, and a loose-leaf book with a history of the club and biographical information on presidents and members.

Description of Contents The records include board of directors material, committee memos and minutes, administrative and financial documents, event and meeting files, correspondence, promotional material, subject files, photographic prints and slides, and publications created or compiled by Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc. from its founding in 1975 to the 2010s. The collection documents EPNI's projects and programming, with topics including housing, crime prevention, the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, and...

Description of Contents The collection consists of biographical material and 1 folder containing 9 sheets of original drawings done by Ms. Brock for the book Memoirs of a London Doll. The book was published in 1922, and written by Richard H. Horne. The drawings are done in ink on heavy stock. Some drawings contain handwritten notes regarding their placement or sizing in the printed work. One drawing is dated December 29, 1929. Some also note Ms. Brock's address on the rear as...

Description of Contents This collection documents the growth and activities of the Engineers’ Club of Minneapolis.The records have been arranged into three series:I. ECM and EFM Financial Records II. ECM Historical Records III. ECM Administrative FilesMost of the collection was kept in the order it was received. The documents in the Treasurer’s Copy of EFM Records as well as the ECM Roster since 1957 were kept in their original place in their respective three-ring binders. The...

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The Environmental Library of Minnesota (ELM) Collection includes 3 boxes of material related to the organization including financial records, publications, correspondence, newsletters, and documents related to committees, projects, and staff.

Description of Contents Competition programs, correspondence, photographs, video recordings and other materials documenting Erle Reiter's figure skating career, including his participation in the 1936 Winter Olympics. Items of note include Reiter's handwritten competition programs and drawings (showing the order and technique of his skating programs), items used by Reiter during his competition at the 1936 Olympics, and many commemorative programs from skating events across North America in the 1930s....

Description of Contents This collection includes over 5,500 programs for events occuring in Minneapolis and Hennepin County from the 1860s to the present. Events include theater performances, musical performances, commencement and graduation ceremonies, religious ceremonies and events, local festivals, dance performances, art exhibitions, sporting events, and conventions and trade shows. The bulk of the programs document performing art events. The best access point to the collection is the inventory described under...

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Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Excelsior Library in Excelsior, Minnesota, from 1922 to 2014. Excelsior Library is part of the Hennepin County Library.

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1 Box with 7 diaries, description by Martha Bray of highlights of the diaries, a release written when the collection was digitized by the Minnesota Digital Library.

Description of Contents Two boxes. John S. Bradstreet's personal papers include a scrapbook, business correspondence, lecture notes, business advertisements, articles and clippings detailing his career as an interior decorator and furniture designer, and related material.The scrapbook contains letters, photographs, and ephemera from his work and international travels, particularly to Japan. The photographs are mainly interior and exterior shots of his business, the Craftshouse.There is no...

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One box. Scrapbook of photos of J.B. Hudson Jewelry mostly from 1926-1955. Also included are some biographical newspaper clippings about Mr. Berner.

Description of Contents 160 original silkscreen posters spanning two decades of concerts at First Avenue and 7th St Entry in Minneapolis, and the Turf Club in St. Paul. Features primarily non-local, nationally touring rock bands like The Decemberists, Black Keys, and The Raveonettes. The collection not only documents music performance history at First Avenue, but also the vibrant print scene in the Twin Cities. Most of these posters were commissioned prints made by Minnesota artists and print shops in limited...