Northwestern National Bank Fire Slide Presentation
Description of Contents
Slide presentation on the Northwestern National Bank fire entitled "How to Survive a Disaster." Collection includes 47 35mm color slides, 1 audio cassette tape, and a presentation script. Materials copyrighted by Minnesota Insurance Information Center and used by Lee M. Cooper, Fire Training Specialist at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.
Dates
- 1982 - 1983
Creator
- Minnesota Insurance Information Center (Organization)
Access Restrictions
The collection is available for use in Special Collections during the department's open hours.
Biographical / Historical
The Northwestern National Bank Building and the adjacent Donaldson Block (including the former Donaldson's Department store) burned on Thanksgiving Day 1982 in a large fire. These buildings were located between Marquette Ave. and Nicollet Mall, between 6th St. S and 7th St. S in downtown Minneapolis. The damaged buildings were demolished and later replaced by the Norwest Tower (later Wells Fargo Tower) and Gaviidae Center.
The Minnesota Insurance Information Center was non-profit organization sponsored by the insurance industry.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Donor Information
This collection was donated by Century College in December 2020 as accession 2020.21.
- Bank buildings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fires Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis. Buildings
- Photographs. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Slides (Photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Source
- Cooper, Lee M. (Person)
- Century College (White Bear Lake, Minn.) (Organization)
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hennepin County Library Special Collections Repository
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401 U.S.A.
612-543-8200
specialcoll@hclib.org
