Special Committee, Board of Directors, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1899-08-03
Description:
A letter to Elizabeth Jackson outlining the art exhibition policy for the Laird Library Building's Art Room, Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota.
Letter noting the gift of bound issues of the Winona Republican to the Winona Free Public Library. The hand-written letter is from D. Sinclair and written to Fred S. Bell, President of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona Minnesota.
A letter to Fred S. Bell, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, from Winona Telephone Company indicating the donation of telephone service to the library.
A letter from Geo. B. Meleney of the Library Bureau to Edward Lees, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, regarding payment in full for book stack shelving and an additional order.
A letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library and to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Winona from William Harris Laird. The document outlines the details and fulfillment of Laird's February 6, 1897 proposition to build a library for the City of Winona. Laird formally transfers full ownership and possession of the library building to the City of Winona.
Gay, J. F.; Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1899-01-17
Description:
A letter from the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company to Fred S. Bell, Winona Free Public Library, regarding the offer of free telephone service for the new library building.
Furniture Committee, Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota
Date Created:
1898-08-26
Description:
A letter to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library from the Furniture Committee outlining the articles of furniture recommended for purchase for new library building.
Handwritten document dated 28 April 1898 listing names of 21 early Minnesota Presbyterian Ministers and 14 Elders, from Charles Thayer of Minneapolis, to Brother Covert.
Two page letter from Seward School student to Mr. James Otis, Duluth, Minnesota, describing Seward School, the student's vacation plans, and the signs of spring. Paper was reused for arithmetic problems.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Two page letter from Stolter Rosz, a Seward School student, addressed to "my dear friend." The letter describes Seward School's early closing, which was due to lack of funding, and the student's vacation plans. The second page of letter was reused for illegible note-taking.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Putnam, Herbert; Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Date Created:
1898-04-02
Description:
A letter from Herbert Putnam, librarian, Boston Public Library, to Fred S. Bell, president of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library, Winona, Minnesota. The letter acknowledges Boston Public Library's receipt of a blue print of the Winona Free Public Library's floor plan and two photographs of the building's exterior as a gift to the library.
Handwritten document dated 28 April 1898 listing the names of 21 early Minnesota Presbyterian Ministers and 14 Elders, from Charles Thayer of Minneapolis, to Brother Covert.
A letter from Winona, Minnesota city treasurer, A. W. Laird, to Edward Lees, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Winona Free public Library, noting the interest received on the library fund during the past fiscal year.
Two page letter from Esther Sandeen, a Seward School student, addressed to Mr. Samuel Brown of Duluth, Minnesota. The letter describes her Christmas plans.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
One page letter from Anna Alberg, a Seward School student, to Mrs. Samuel Brown, Duluth Minnesota, describing her plans for Christmas Vacation, dated December 22, 1897. There is a drawing of a Christmas tree in the upper left-hand corner.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The original hand-written letter from William Harris Laird to the Board of Directors of the Winona Free Public Library to build a new library. Laird estimates the new building will cost $40,000, which he will provide. Actual costs exceeded that by approximately $10,000 and Laird covered the additional expense. The resolution by the Board of Directors accepting Laird's gift is also included, along with a transcribed version of the original proposition.
Letter from William W. Folwell, University of Minnesota Librarian to J. Fletcher Williams, Minnesota Historical Society Librarian, dated 12/23/1891, asking Williams to call for the formation of a state library association to meet in connection with the State Teachers Association in order to foster public school libraries.
A letter from O. Barker to Solomon G. Comstock requesting assistance in receiving his Civil War pension and a summary of O. Barker's civil war pension claim.
A letter from Maria J. Blaisdell to Solomon G. Comstock requesting assistance in receiving her husband's Civil War pension. An article about Comstock is attached to the letter.
A letter from attorney J.B. Cralle to Solomon G. Comstock requesting his assistance for Bestey Miller in receiving her late husband's Civil War pension.
A letter from Solomon G. Comstock to John S. Huntsinger regarding his Civil War pension. Huntsinger wrote a reply to Comstock on the bottom of the letter.