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26. Annual Report of the State and County Agency for the Blind for the Year Ending December 31, 1930, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:
1931
Description:
St. Louis County is the only Minnesota county that funds work for the blind, and Duluth is the only city with a local State office. This report chronicles the work done by the agency in 1930. That year, towel hemming was added as a new project for clients within the Home Department. Yards of toweling was cut by volunteers and hemmed by blind women in their homes. This agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention of blindness and treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, and Lake counties, and the Cass Lake Indian Agency District.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

27. Annual Report of the State and County Agent for the Blind for the Year Ending December 31, 1928, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:
1929
Description:
In 1928, the St. Louis County Child Welfare Board was requested by the State Board of Control to sponsor the work for the Blind in this county. This the first use of local management of such a pgoram and was successful. The report describes the Range Broom Factory at Chisholm, Minnesota, that employs several agency clients under the management of R. H. Alcox. This agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention of blindness and the treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, Lake, and Koochiching counties.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

28. Annual Report of the Unity Settlement House

Creator:
Unity Settlement Association
Date Created:
1920
Description:
Annual report of the Unity Settlement Association for 1920 including: officers, directors, committees, resident staff, note about Representing Unity Settlement, reports of Unity Settlement, Employment Bureau and Friendly Visiting, Day Nursery, Infant Welfare Clinic, Girls' Department, Boys Department, Game Room, music lessons, summer playground, library station, probation report, miscellaneous groups, special occasions, volunteer workers, resident director's work, as well as a word of appreciation, a note on "our needs," a numerical listing of attendance at various programs, treasurer's report, and photographs of Unity house and two children.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

29. Annual Report of Unity Settlement 1915

Creator:
Unity Settlement Association
Date Created:
1915
Description:
The report lists the names of Unity Settlement Association officers, residents, and volunteers; activities offered by the settlement association including clubs and sports for boys, girls, and adults; the treasurer's itemized annual report.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

30. Annual Report of Unity Settlement 1918

Creator:
Unity Settlement Association
Date Created:
1918
Description:
The report lists the names of Unity Settlement Association officers, board of directors, and committee chairs. Account of settlement club activities including a training class for drafted men, a Mothers' Club "made up largely of women of foreign birth," and the Girls' Liberty League. The treasurer's report lists annual income and expenditures.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

31. Anti-Semitic Letter: Response by Mrs. P. Braufman to Anti-Semitic letter from Underwriting Department of Citizens Fund Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Red Wing, Minnesota

Creator:
Braufman, Mrs. P.
Date Created:
1931?
Description:
Mrs. Braufman's draft of a letter to R. H. Rehder over denial of insurance coverage. (See local identifiers MHS-D-593 and MHS-D-595.)
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

32. Anti-Semitic Letter: Response by Rabbi Herman Cohen of Temple of Aaron Synagogue to Mrs. P. Baurman, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Cohen, Rabbi Herman M.
Date Created:
1931-10-05
Description:
Rabbi Herman Cohen's response to Mrs. P. Braufman's request to read her letter and advise as to its tone and content. (See local identifiers MHS-D-593 and MHS-D-594)
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

33. Anti-Semitic letter: To agent from Underwriting Department of Citizens Fund Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Red Wing, Minnesota

Creator:
Rehder, R. H.
Date Created:
1931-09-29
Description:
The first of a series of three letters concerning the denial of an insurance policy to a Jewish family in Perham, Minnesota. The letter was mailed to the insurance agent, who then submitted it to the Braufman family. (See local identifiers MHS-D-594 and MHS-D-595.)
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

34. Anti-Semitic letter to Harry Goldie from the American National Insurance Company, Galveston, Texas

Creator:
Watson, W. O.
Date Created:
1945-05-14
Description:
Letter written to Harry Goldie, principle developer of the Calhoun Beach Club building. Goldie was a Minnesota native and U of MN graduate. At the time this letter was written, Minneapolis was being referred to in the national press as the "Capitol of American Anti-Semitism." Jews in Minneapolis were denied membership in various associations, hospital admissions and were legally prohibited from purchasing homes in "covenanted" areas. Goldie's complex was eventually built, and Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale were among the guests at the club's opening.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

35. Anton Fritz family, Fayal Location, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917
Description:
Katherine Fritz and her daughters standing in their vegetable garden at Fayal Location.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Arthur Simpson home, Slayton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Posing in front of the Arthur Simpson home in Slayton are Clarence Dinehart, Christopher and Flora Dinehart and Florence, Frank Weck and Dr. and Mrs. Dennison.
Contributing Institution:
Murray County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws - Saint Paul Free Medical Dispensary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Amherst H. Wilder Charity
Date Created:
1897
Description:
The St. Paul Free Medical Dispensary was incorporated in 1897. Cornelia Day Wilder (1868-1903) was an early supporter, and James J. Hill was Board President. In 1923, Amherst H. Wilder Charities assumed complete financial and management responsibility for the organization. Physicians and residents at the dispensary worked free of charge to provide free medical and dental care to individuals in need.
Contributing Institution:
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Type:
Text
Format:
Articles of incorporation

38. Ashippun Log Cabin in Flanders Park, Madelia, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925
Description:
Exterior view of log cabin and cannon in Flanders Park in Madelia, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Watonwan County Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

39. A Triennial Report of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum

Creator:
Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum
Date Created:
1919-04-30
Description:
Triennial report containing a brief history of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum and a financial report for 1916 to 1919. Superintendent's report includes information on the educational practices and health of the children.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

40. A woman and two men, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1915
Description:
A woman and two men posing for a photo in the doorway of a barn. Images in this collection were found in the attic of an old farm house in Kandiyohi County formerly owned by George Kallevig. Whether these negatives are from the Kallevig family or not is unknown.
Contributing Institution:
Kandiyohi County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

41. Baby beauty contest at the Emanuel Cohen Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949-05-16
Description:
The Golden Age Club meet at the Emanuel Cohen Center. The judges here included, left to right, Rabbi Schulman, William Liebo, Sam Finkelestein, Lena Berdman. The baby beauty is Roberta Wilensky, aged 2.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Baptism Blade, February 1938

Creator:
Civilian Conservation Corps, U.S., Company 3703, Isabella, Minnesota
Date Created:
1938-02
Description:
Newsletter of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Isabella, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

43. Baptism Blade, January 1938

Creator:
Civilian Conservation Corps, U.S., Company 3703, Isabella, Minnesota
Date Created:
1938-01
Description:
Newsletter of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Isabella, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

44. Baptism Blade, March 1939

Creator:
Civilian Conservation Corps, U.S., Company 3703, Isabella, Minnesota
Date Created:
1939-03
Description:
Newsletter of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Isabella, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

45. Baptism Blade, November 1937

Creator:
Civilian Conservation Corps, U.S., Company 3703, Isabella, Minnesota
Date Created:
1937-11
Description:
Newsletter of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Isabella, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

46. Beacon, January 1935

Date Created:
1935-01
Description:
Newsletter of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

47. Ben Berman holding grandson Arthur Goldberg, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The formal attire on the older man and the baby dressed in white suggests a ceremony or some kind, perhaps a naming.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Bethany Children's Home, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1923?
Description:
Bethany Lutheran Children's Home, 40th Avenue West and 9th Street; porches; cupola
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Bethany Children's Home, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1923?
Description:
Bethany Lutheran Children's Home, 40th Avenue West and 9th Street; porches; cupola
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. Beth El Boy Scout troop 86, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1931
Description:
Members of the Beth El Boy Scout troop 86 arranged sitting, kneeling and standing. Troop leaders are standing in the back row.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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