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Ezra Pabody Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0049
Description of Contents The collection includes 7 diaries written by Ezra Fitch Pabody between 1882 and 1890. The journals chronicle everything about his daily life, school, family, church, exercise, nature, and explorations of the city. Ezra Fitch described many interesting historical events in Minneapolis. He noted the shooting of Jesse James, the killing of three bears at Lake Calhoun, the day he went with his Aunt Myra to listen to Mark Twain speak at the Grand Opera House, and the electric light mast at...
Dates: 1882 - 1890

Fannie M. Jacques Collection of John S. Bradstreet Material

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0010
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...
Dates: 1886 - 1994

Felix A. Berner Scrapbook on J.B. Hudson Jewelry Store

 Collection — box-folder: 1
Identifier: M/A 0263
Description of Contents

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

Dates: 1926 - 2011

First Avenue Posters

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0374
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...
Dates: 2001 - 2016

Floyd Kelley Slides

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0320
Dates: 1960 - 1965

Floyd P. and Margaret Barnard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0074
Description of Contents The Floyd P. and Margaret Barnard Collection consists of four boxes including musical scores, Minneapolis Symphony programs, tour itineraries, college yearbooks, photos, drawings, and miscellaneous papers. A scrapbook includes clippings, programs, cards, and other ephemera.Box 1 contains Minneapolis Symphony programs, scores, papers of Floyd and Margaret, and yearbooks. Box 2 contains musical scores, largely compositions of or transcriptions for band by Floyd Barnard,...
Dates: 1918 - 1965

Fortnightly Study Club Programs

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0183
Description of Contents

Collection consists of seven programs from 1910 to 1920.

Dates: 1910 - 1920

Frank P. and Ruth Hill Leslie Papers

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Identifier: M/A 0071
Description of Contents

The collection contains clippings, programs, magazines, newsletters, scrapbooks and photographs concerning Frank and Ruth Leslie, including their longstanding friendship with J. Paul Getty.

Dates: 1910 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1979

Franklin Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: HCL 050
Abstract

Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Franklin Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1896 to 2014. Franklin Library was part of the Minneapolis Public Library. The Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County Library merged in 2008. Franklin Library is now part of the Hennepin County Library.

Dates: 1896 - 2014

Frederick Watson Reed Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0055
Description of Contents The collection consists of letters and papers from the early 1900s to 1940s that were presented to the Minneapolis Collection by Frederick Watson Reed in 1944. Papers and correspondence cover topics of legal aid issues, the Chattel Loan Business trial (mortgage on personal property as security for an obligation or draft), Anti-Saloon League, liquor patrols, Ku Klux Klan, and correspondence with Rev. David Nelson Beach of the Plymouth Congregational Church. Files also include autobiographical...
Dates: 1906 - 1946

Friday History Club of Minneapolis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0184
Description of Collection

Collection consists of clippings (1910s-1940s) as well as programs from 1903 to 1950, with some missing years.

Dates: 1903 - 1950

Friends of the Hennepin County Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0372
Description of Contents Collection contains annual reports, annual meeting materials, newsletters, incomplete board minutes, program and event files, posters, and photographs documenting the Friends of the Hennepin County Library, Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library, and Library Foundation of Hennepin County from 1951 to 2015. Bulk of materials relate to the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library and its successor, Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Materials related to the Library Foundation of...
Dates: 1951 - 2015

Gary Hoover Slides

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0396
Description of Contents

35mm color slides, card index, and digital photo scans of Hoover family photos from the 1950s to 1970s. Topics include holidays, family gathering, and daily life. Slides are arranged by original magazine number. Card index corresponds to original magazine number and lists each photo. Photos have been scanned and are best accessed electronically.

Dates: 1950s-1970s

General (Ret.) Edwin W. Rawlings Papers

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Identifier: M/A 0054
Description of Contents

The collection includes biographical materials, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to writing and publishing an autobiography. Also includes a copy of the manuscript Born to Fly, which was written in 1987.

Dates: 1932 - 1997

George E. Leach Papers

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Identifier: M/A 0028
Description of Contents The collection consists of two document boxes and one oversized scrapbook. The collection includes clippings, photographs, and correspondence on George E. Leach, Anita Churcher Leach, George B. Leach, the Minnesota National Guard Association, First Regiment of the Field Artillery, Battery B (1905-1916), and the Minnesota National Guard preparing at Camp Bobleter, Fort Snelling for combat and then stationed at Llando Grande, Texas, 1916-1917 for the conflict with Mexico. Also included are...
Dates: 1876 - 1955

Gladys Brooks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0248
Description of Contents

Two boxes of materials. The collection includes mostly material relating to Brooks’ run for the mayor of Minneapolis in 1973 and some materials for her campaign for Alderman in 1969. It includes campaign literature, correspondence, biographic information, material pertaining to the Republican endorsing campaign and the Hennepin County convention.

Dates: 1969 - 1973

Glen Lake Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: HCL 013
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.

Dates: 1931 - 1973

Golden Valley Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: HCL 014
Abstract

Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Golden Valley Library in Golden Valley, Minnesota, from 1951 to 2011. Golden Valley Library is part of the Hennepin County Library.

Dates: 1951 - 2015

Government Center Information Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: HCL 042
Abstract

Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Government Center Information Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1975 to 1997. The Government Center Information Library closed in December 1989.

Dates: 1975 - 1997

Grand Army of the Republic Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0377
Description of Contents

16 glass-plate negatives and acetate negative reproductions showing Grand Army of the Republic national encampments in Minneapolis and Philadelphia in either 1896 or 1906.

Dates: 1896 or 1906

Gratia Alta Countryman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0038
Description of Contents Ten boxes of materials from 1836-2006, pertaining to the life and work of Gratia Alta Countryman. Included in the collection are four boxes of personal and professional correspondence from 1876-1997. Two boxes of speeches and other writings related to the library profession and the Minneapolis Public Library from 1904-1948, as well as clippings from 1888-2006. One box of photographs, a drawing book, an autograph book, and a Countryman family photograph album. Also in the collection is a...
Dates: 1836 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1886 - 1925

Gratia Countryman Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: HCL 068
Abstract

Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the proposed Gratia Countryman Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1959 to 1969. Gratia Countryman Library was proposed, but never built, by the Minneapolis Public Library. The Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County Library merged in 2008.

Dates: 1959 - 1969

Green Institute Records

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Identifier: M/A 0284
Description of Contents The Green Institute Collection consists of 8 boxes. Box 1 contains organizational documents, clippings, newsletters and promotional materials. Box 2 contains publications, research, annual reports, and documentation on the meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive and Planning Committees. Additional documentation on the Board of Directors and Green Institute governance is in box 3. Box 4 contains financial documents, reports, and general budget information. Boxes 5 and 6 contain...
Dates: 1980 - 2012

Groveland Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: HCL 045
Abstract

Fact sheets and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Groveland Library in Minnetonka, Minnesota, from 1949-1951. Groveland Library closed in 1966. It was part of the Hennepin County Library.

Dates: 1949 - 1951

Hamel Library Records

 Collection
Identifier: HCL 043
Abstract

Fact sheets, brochures, building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other administrative records documenting the history and operations of Hamel Library in Hamel (Medina), Minnesota, from 1922 to 2007. Hamel Library closed in 1967. It was part of the Hennepin County Library.

Dates: 1949 - 2007

Harmony Theatre Company and School Programs

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Identifier: M/A 0391
Description of Contents

Programs from assorted Harmony Theatre Company and School productions from 2009 to 2018. Some programs include study guides. Included productions are The Road of LIfe: A Leningrad Story, Imagine Conquering Infinity: Advenutres of Alice in Mathland, The Children's Republic, and Save a Child's Heart.

Dates: 2009 - 2018

Harold W. Mattke Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0240
Description of Contents The collection consists of six boxes containing a set of diaries written by Harold Mattke. The diaries consist of handwritten daily entries detailing his daily life and activities, the weather and events in the news. Earlier entries are only several sentences in length while later entries are a very full written page.Some years are missing but the diaries available cover 1940-1942, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970-1975, 1978-1987, 1989-2000, 2002-2005. The vast majority of the...
Dates: 1940 - 2005

Heatherdale Study Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0095
Description of Contents

Programs, minutes, reports, assorted publications, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials documenting the activities of the Heatherdale Study Club. By following the minutes, programs, and related materials, the issues and concerns of the day both locally and nationally are noted. Pursuit of knowledge, civic involvement as well as support for club members are demonstrated in the program topics.

Dates: 1916 - 1982

Helen Blaisdell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0410
Description of Contents

Personal and professional papers of Helen Blaisdell, including correspondence, school curricula, work with The Southerner high school newspaper, and photographs. Most materials were created by Blaisdell, but the collection also includes letters, photos, and possibly other items that belonged to two roommates, Katharine Foster and Isabel Tibbetts.

Dates: 1888 - 1937

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