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1. Turret on the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Nelson, Dwight
Date Created:
1975?
Description:
Looking upwards at the turret on the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Turret on the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
Looking upwards at the turret on the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf speaking at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacobsen, Mel
Date Created:
1982
Description:
King Carl XVI Gustaf speaking at a microphone in the Turnblad mansion.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Stone carvers on the steps of the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Herman Schlink, stone sculptor for the mansion, poses on the left with his brother, Frank Schlink, who helped with the rough carving, and Mr. Corwin, a helper on the right. Almost completed mansion in the background. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Stone carvers on the front porch of the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Mr. Corwin, helper to Mr. Herman Schlink, poses at right with Herman Schlink, center, and Frank Schlink, brother to Herman and rough carver. Herman Schlink was the master craftsman for all the exterior stone carving on the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Some ideas on the founding of an art museum [Reprint, originally published: Proceedings of the American Association of Museums. Vol. 11 (1908)] / Robert Koehler, Director, Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, Minneapolis (Minnesota)

Creator:
Koehler, Robert, 1850-1917
Date Created:
1908
Description:
Title from cover. Reprint. Originally published: Proceedings of the American Association of Museums. Vol. 11 (1908). Koehler gives a presentation on the requirements and considerations for establishing an art museum based on his experiences for planning facilities at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Minnesota State Art Society. 1 unnumbered page, pages 125-131.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Articles

7. Selma Lagerlof statue, grounds of the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Side view of the Selma Lagerlof statue showing the inscription, including her life dates and achievements. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Salon, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Turnblad mansion salon or drawing room in the Rococo Revival style, as it appeared before it became the American Swedish Institute gift shop. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

9. Salon, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2005?
Description:
View of the American Swedish Institute gift shop in the salon of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

10. Reception line for Prince Bertil of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979-11-29
Description:
Prince Bertil, second from left, greets guests in lower level of American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Portrait hung in the hallway outside the music room, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
This view is from the Turnblad mansion music room toward the hall and the painting of Gustav III of Sweden. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

12. Music room, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Grand piano and fireplace in the music room, Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

13. Grand Hall fireplace, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Single-story view of the carved mahogany fireplace in the grand hall of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

14. Exhibition of tapestries: March 3-March 31, 1915, lent by Jacques Seligmann of New York, London, and Paris / Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Breck, Joseph
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Title from cover. Preface signed: J.B. "The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Joseph Breck, Director ..."--Back cover. 15 pages.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

15. Exhibition of paintings: The homes of the men of 1830, Alexis Jean Fournier, Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Fournier, Alexis Jean, 1865-1948
Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Title from cover. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. At head of title: The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. ""October 8 to November 5, 1911, Minneapolis"". Includes artist biographical information and address. Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

16. Exhibition of paintings by Mr. H.W. Ranger, March 1909, at the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts art gallery, in the Minneapolis Public Library (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916
Date Created:
1909?
Description:
Catalog from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Public Library ... was home for the Society's [Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts] art school from 1889 to 1915. The Minneapolis Public Library's art gallery served as the Society's exhibition space until construction of The Minneapolis Institute of Art."--Hess, Jeffrey. Their splendid legacy: the first 100 years of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1985, page 6. "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library Bldg, March 1909". Rectangular logo of the society with intertwined letters printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

17. Exhibition of etchings and engravings, October 4-19, 1913, Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
Date Created:
1913?
Description:
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts". "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is indebted to Albert Roullier of Chicago for the loan of this exhibition."--Page 7. Includes names of the individual collections that provided items for the exhibition. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 8 unnumbered pages.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

18. Exhibition catalogue of sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and catalogue of flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942; Key, Mabel
Date Created:
1917?
Description:
Variant titles: Typed note inserted: Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; Typed note inserted: Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in water color; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in watercolor. Typed note inserted: "Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney & Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; date not available"; penciled on note: 10/2/17-10/30/17. Typescript (mimeographed). Includes artist biographical information. Prices included with Key's works. Exhibition catalog from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 4 unnumbered leaves.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

19. Elmer Albinson posing at the gates to the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Martin, E. L. "Bud"
Date Created:
1957-07
Description:
Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Display of church altar items, third floor studio, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Candelabra, font, and textiles on exhibit in the Turnblad mansion. View also shows details of the third floor studio windows. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

21. Detail of wall decoration, breakfast room, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970?
Description:
Ribbons and garlands decorate the walls of the breakfast room in the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Detail of the grand hall fireplace, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
This shows one of the "barbarians" holding up the fireplace in the grand hall of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

23. Detail of carving on the dining room sideboard, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
This is a close-up of the carving detail on the side-board carved by Ulrich Steiner for the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

24. Detail of carving on sideboard, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2001
Description:
Close-up of carving by Ulrich Steiner for the dining room sideboard in the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

25. Dag Hammarskjold examines a collection piece at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954
Description:
Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, on left, with Stanley Berglund, trustee of the American Swedish Institute, examining Swedish artifacts on exhibit.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Crowds at the front gate of the American Swedish Institute during the visit of the Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
Mike Holm stands at the gate to the Turnblad mansion observing the crowd on Park Avenue. A photographer on the right photographs the crowd.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Clock over the fireplace in the grand hall, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Carved figures on either side of the clock represent day and night, one with eyes open and one with eyes closed. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

28. Cherub detail, music room, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Steiner, Ulrich
Date Created:
2000?
Description:
The Turnblad mansion music room is adorned with 52 cherubs carved by Ulrich Steiner. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

29. Catalogue of the inaugural exhibition, January 7- February 7, 1915, at the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; Minneapolis Institute of Art
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Variant titles: Inaugural exhibition, 1915; Minneapolis Institute of Art catalogue of the inaugural exhibition, 1915. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. Includes artist biographical information. Includes a list of the officers and members of the Board of Trustees, the trustees, and ex-officio members of the society. 75 pages: illustrations, plans.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

30. Catalogue of the fifteenth autumn exhibition, 1896 / National Academy of Design (United States)

Creator:
National Academy of Design (United States)
Date Created:
1896?
Description:
Title from cover. Variant title: National Academy of Design, catalogue, fifteenth autumn exhibition, 1896. Exhibition held November 23-December 19, 1896. Includes list of officers, academicians, etc. of the academy; the jury of selection, etc. for the exhibition; and, an overview of the founders and history of the academy. Includes names of individuals who lent items to the exhibition. Advertisements at back (pages <3>-<6>). Artists are chiefly from New York City, with a few from other states and countries. Includes index of artists and their addresses (pages 51-59) and index of fellows (pages 60-66). MIA object reference: Alexander Grinager, "Boys Bathing" (47.23), p. 30; pencilled notation on front cover: RB 47.262 (old Minneapolis Institute of Art record book number), possibly accompanying the artist's gift of this work to the institute in 1947. MIA Library Archives copy is missing all illustrations, covers, and some pages at front and back. 66, <6> pages: illustrations.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

31. Catalogue of an exhibition of French and Belgian art from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition: December 10, 1916 to February 25, 1917, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Date Created:
1916?
Description:
Variant title: French and Belgian art. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is glad to acknowledge its indebtedness to ... the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ... and to the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Albright Art Gallery under whose auspices the collection is on circuit."--Page 5. Penciled on front cover: "H. Boulen box list"; includes penciled annotations throughout the catalog. 37 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portraits.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

32. Catalogue of a joint exhibition of the work of Henry Caro-Delvaille and Theodore Spicer-Simson, May 15-June 30, 1919, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Caro-Delvaille, Henry, 1876-1928; Spicer-Simson, Theodore
Date Created:
1919?
Description:
Title from cover. Includes artist biographical information. 14 pages.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs

33. Carved wreath over the dining room fireplace, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Two trolls and a maiden carved in a wreath by Ulrich Steiner adorn the dining room fireplace in the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

34. Board meeting, American Swedish Institute,, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
American Swedish Institute board around a table in the Turnblad mansion, Mike Holm as president, Lillian Turnblad on his left. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Ballroom, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Ballroom stage and skylight, third floor, Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

36. Announcement for an exhibition: Collection of the work of American illustrators [Exhibition of the work of American illustrators], 1911, sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Announcement for an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces a private view of an ... " "Wednesday evening, March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, in the gallery of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library building, Tenth Street at Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis"."... works by sixty-four leading American illustrators in black and white, oil and water color. The assembling of the collection was done by an expert jury of the Society of American Illustrators and is sent out by the American Federation of Arts. The exhibition has been shown at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, the City Art Museum of St. Louis and at the Public Library, Denver ... [and the New York Public Library]"--Pages 2-3.Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Announcements

37. American Swedish Institute in winter, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Roser, Albert E.
Date Created:
1960?
Description:
View of the Park Avenue side of the mansion from the front gate. Sign installed to the right of the gate gives the gallery hours. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. American Swedish Institute building, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Exterior view of Swan J. Turnblad mansion from northeast corner. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

39. American Swedish Institute building from Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949
Description:
Park Avenue facade of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. American Institute of Swedish Arts, Literature and Science, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
View of the Swan J. Turnblad residence from Park Avenue. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

41. A brief historical treatise on needlework samplers by Mrs. Emma B. Hodge: article to accompany an exhibit on display during April, 1921 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Creator:
Hodge, Emma B.
Date Created:
1921
Description:
Variant title: Samplers: a brief historical treatise on needlework samplers. Stylized illustration printed on front cover. Article to accompany an exhibit held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, through April 15, 1921. "Through the kindness of Mrs. Emma B. Hodge of Chicago, her famous collection of samplers ... has been shown ... "--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Volume X, number 4 (April, 1921)), page 25. Includes bibliographical references (page 6). 6 unnumbered pages.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Type:
Text
Format:
Exhibition Catalogs
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