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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.

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...

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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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...

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Color 35mm slides showing demolition and construction in downtown Minneapolis during the urban renewal period of the 1960s. Includes the Metropolitan building, Washington Avenue Bridge, Sheraton-Ritz Hotel, and Minneapolis Public Library.

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,...

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Collection consists of seven programs from 1910 to 1920.

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Collection consists of a single bound volume titled "Unpublished Manuscripts of F.A. Carle 1911-1927" and containing several typewritten essays and speeches. The book was originally presented to the Minneapolis Club. Collection also includes a copy of Frank Austin Carle’s newspaper obituary.

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

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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.

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...

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

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...

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35mm color slides, card index, and digital photo scans of Hoover family photos from the 1950s to 1970s. Topics include holidays, family gatherings, 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.

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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.

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...

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The collection includes mostly material relating to Brooks’ Minneapolis mayoral campaign 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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...

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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.

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The collection consists of organizational documents, clippings, newsletters, promotional materials, publications, research, annual reports, meeting materials, financial documents, legal documents, project files, documentation of interactions with other Phillips neighborhood groups, videos, photographs, slides, CD-ROMs, and CDs.

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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.

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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.

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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: Adventures of Alice in Mathland, The Children's Republic, and Save a Child's Heart.

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 full 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 diaries are bound...

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Administrative files, meeting materials, and subject files of the Hawthorne Neighborhood Council. Most materials date from 2007 to 2012. Topics include Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) projects, Northern Metals, and EcoVillage. The meeting materials series includes minutes, agendas, and other materials that were likely discussed at board or committee meetings. The meeting materials are not comprehensive.