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1. Annual Report: Recreation Department of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1921.

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Creator:
Minneapolis (Minnesota) Board of Park Commissioners
Date Created:
1922-01-01
Description:
Annual report of the Recreation Department activities conducted by the Minneapolis Park Board in 1921. Includes statistical and financial data covering the supervised playground season, horseshoe, outdoor winter sports, organized sports (baseball, football, hockey, kitten ball, basketball, tennis, soccer, swimming, skating, and golf), pageantry, and baths. Also includes a report from the Director of Recreation Centers on the second year of the Girls' Municipal Athletic Association. Includes photographs of the Children's Pets on Exhibition, Ski Slide at Glenwood Park, first annual Boys' Club banquet, "Weaver of Dreams" pageant, and tobogganing at Glenwood Park.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

2. Annual Report: Recreation Department of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1922

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Creator:
Minneapolis (Minnesota) Board of Park Commissioners
Date Created:
1923-01-01
Description:
Annual report of the Recreation Department activities conducted by the Minneapolis Park Board in 1922. Includes statistical and financial data covering the supervised playground season, horseshoe, outdoor winter sports, organized sports (baseball, football, hockey, kitten ball, basketball, tennis, soccer, swimming, skating, and golf), pageantry, and baths. Includes photographs of the parade grounds, some sports, "Wedding of the Fairies" pageant.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

3. Annual Report: Recreation Department of the Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1919

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Creator:
Minneapolis (Minnesota) Board of Park Commissioners
Date Created:
1920-01-01
Description:
Annual report of the Recreation Department activities conducted by the Minneapolis Park Board in 1919. Includes statistical and financial data covering the supervised playground season, organized sports (baseball, football, kitten ball, aquatics, tennis, basketball, and golf), pageantry, and baths. Includes photographs of some organized sports, the Mother Goose Pageant at Lyndale Park, and F.C. Berry the Supervisor of Recreation (1911-1919).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

4. Third Annual Report Minneapolis Fresh Air Fund, November First, 1911

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Creator:
Fresh Air Fund Committee
Date Created:
1911-11-01
Description:
A report covering the work of the year 1911 with a detailed statement of the committee's receipts and disbursements. The report describes the many camps and outings held throughout the year, primarily for women and children, which had the purpose of curing and preventing sickness, and teaching mothers and children about clean bodies and clean, well-regulated homes. Includes pictures of the camps throughout the report.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

5. Board of Park Commissioners 1885 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1885. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. Among much other content, the Proceedings for 1885 document setbacks the Board encountered in acquiring land for East River Boulevard and Powderhorn Park due to excessive expenses from landowner appraisals and negotiations with landowners in other areas where parks were being planned. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

6. Board of Park Commissioners 1883 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year January 1-December 31, 1883. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. The Proceedings for 1883 include the details of the first meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners on March 14 and subsequent monthly meetings, the appointment of commissioners, and of the decisions to purchase the first lands to be designated as public parks and parkways in the city of Minneapolis. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

7. Board of Park Commissioners 1886 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1886. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. Among many other activities, the Park Board paid for and planted trees throughout the city. Payments approved on May 15 included $2936.45 for trees and shrubs. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

8. Board of Park Commissioners 1884 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Table tennis and playground on the beach at Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

9. Board of Park Commissioners 1888 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1888. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. The proceedings of the April 14 meeting include the approval of revised rules for the Board, covering everything from instructions for Board meetings and reports, duties of the officers, duties and procedures for the standing committees, and guidelines for employees such as the Superintendent of Parks. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

10. Board of Park Commissioners 1887 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1887. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. The Board changed Secretaries in this year, which prompted a review by the Committee on Finance with recommendations regarding bookkeeping, payroll, inventories and reporting. The proceedings of June 25 contain a resolution justifying and creating the post of Chief of Park Police, who would also serve as accountant and time keeper for the Superintendent of Parks. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

11. Board of Park Commissioners 1891 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1891. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. Proceedings from this year include ongoing discussions about and efforts to acquire land along the East River Bank Parkway, for which $30,000 was set aside, and around Lake Harriet. The popularity of Minnehaha Park is evident through discussions of erecting guardrails and gravel paths in dangerous areas, approving a license to sell refreshments and photographs for $415, and actions to ban the erection of tents and curio stands within the park. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

12. Board of Park Commissioners 1890 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1890. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. Some important elements from this years’ Proceedings include ordinances spelling out what was considered “quiet, orderly and suitable use of the Parks and Parkways of the City of Minneapolis by the people” (an example: “No person shall ride, propel or drive any velocipede, bicycle or other vehicle propelled by the feet or hands, or both, of the rider or person carried thereon in any park.”). On August 5 an ordinance was passed authorizing the Minneapolis Street Railway Company to construct and operate an electric line along Hennepin Avenue. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

13. Board of Park Commissioners 1889 Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Volume of Park Board Commissioners proceedings for the year 1889. This volume is a typewritten transcript, prepared under the Federal Works Progress Administration, of the handwritten meeting minutes of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. Proceedings from this year reveal increased activity around facilities, amenities and activities in parks such as the purchase of pleasure boats and water swans for Central Park (now known as Loring Park) Lake, or the granting of privileges to sell refreshments at Minnehaha Falls. The June 29 business included amendments to “An Ordinance to secure the quiet, orderly and suitable use and enjoyment of the parks and parkways of the City of Minneapolis by the people” which contained notice that “No cattle, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs or fowls shall be turned into or allowed to run at large in or upon any park or parkway.” This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

14. Copy of parchment deposited in the base of the flag staff, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Copy of parchment deposited in the base of the flag staff in an unkinown Minneapolis park. This item is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 16.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Memorandums

15. Distribution and classification of expenditures and improvements, land and sundry special items, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of expenditures, improvements, land and sundry special items for 1914 is found in the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 34.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

16. Distribution and classification of expenditures for improvements, land, and sundry special items for 1913, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of expenditures for improvements, land and sundry special items for 1913 is found in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 26.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

17. Distribution and classification of expenditures for improvements, land, and sundry special items for 1911, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

18. Distribution and classification of expenditures for improvements, land, and sundry special items for 1912, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of expenditures is found in the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 110.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

19. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1907, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

20. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1909, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [110].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

21. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1906, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 60.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

22. Distribution and classification of expenditures for year 1910, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 122.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

23. Distribution and classification of maintenance expenditures for 1914, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of maintenance expenditures for 1914 is found in the Thirty-second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 34.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

24. Distribution and classification of maintenance expenditures for 1911, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of expenditures is found in the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 134.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

25. Distribution and classisfication of maintenance expenditures for 1913, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of maintenance expenditures for 1913 is found in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 26.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

26. Distribution and classisfication of maintenance expenditures for 1912, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of maintenance expenditures for 1912 is found in the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

27. Eleventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota for the year 1893

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Creator:
Board of Parks Commissioners
Description:
Annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

28. First Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Minneapolis for the year ending March 13, 1884

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Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners
Description:
When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world's leading urban park systems. This, the first such report, outlines the organization of the Board, describes the state of the nascent park system, and includes a map of a Minneapolis park system as recommended by Prof. H.W.S. Cleveland, showing parkways along the Mississippi River and arounds Lakes Harriet and Calhoun. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

29. Folwell Park Improvement Plan Cost Estimate, Minneapolis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
Estimate of the cost of improving Folwell Park created on November 19, 1921.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Budgets

30. Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis for the year ending March 14, 1887

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Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners
Description:
One highlight of the fourth annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis is a letter from renowned landscape architect and designer of New York City's Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, touching on the duties of park commissioners, the impact of changing ways of doing business on the layout of streets and the structure of cities, and reflections on the purpose, design and planning of parks and parkways. When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world's leading urban park systems. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

31. Glenwood - Camden Parkway, statement of expenditures for improvement - 1920, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of expenditures on the Glenwood-Camden Parkway is found in the Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [44].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

32. Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Minneapolis, 1891

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Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners
Description:
The ninth annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis includes the rules for the Board of Park Commissioners and descriptions of the acquisition of land to enlarge parks such as Powderhorn, Lake Harriet and Minnehaha Parkway. When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world's leading urban park systems. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

33. Plan of Lyndale Farmstead showing proposed buildings and roads, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
A plan of Lyndale Farmstead showing proposed buildings and roads, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [88].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

34. Schedule of parks, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The 1920 schedule of parks in the Minneapolis Park system is found in the Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [108].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Schedules (time plans)

35. Schedule of parks, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The 1921 schedule of parks in the Minneapolis, Minnesota park system is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 134.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

36. Schedule of parks, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Description:
The 1922 schedule of parks in the Minneapolis, Minnesota park system is found in the Fortieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [114].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

37. Schedule of parks, Minneapolis, Minn.

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Description:
The list of parks in the Minneapolis, Minnesota Park System is found in the Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 96.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

38. Second Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Minneapolis for the year ending March 13, 1885

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Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners
Description:
The second annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis contains the text of the legislative ace "providing for the designation , acquisition, laying out and improvement of lands in the city of Minneapolis for a system of public parks and park ways, and for the care and government thereof." When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world�s leading urban park systems.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

39. Statement of disbursements for improvement items for the year ending December 31, 1920, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1920 disbursements for improvements is found in the Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [22].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

40. Statement of disbursements for improvement items for the year ending December 31, 1919, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1919 disbursements for improvements is found in the Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 24.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

41. Statement of disbursements for land and improvements by parks and functions, 1915, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of disbursements for land and improvements is found in the Thirty-third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 50.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

42. Statement of disbursements for maintenance by parks and functions, 1915, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The chart of disbursements for maintenance is found in the Thirty-third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 52.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

43. Statement of disbursements for maintenance of parks, parkways and miscellaneous items for the year ending Dec. 31, 1921, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1921 disbursements for maintenance is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 22.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

44. Statement of disbursements for maintenance of parks, parkways and miscellaneous items for the year ending December 31, 1919, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1919 disbursements for maintenance is found in the Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 22.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

45. Statement of disbursements for maintenance of parks, parkways and miscellaneous items for the year ending December 31, 1920, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1920 disbursements for maintenance is found in the Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 18.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

46. Statement of disbursements on improvement items for the year ending December 31, 1921, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1921 disbursements for improvements is found in the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 32.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

47. Statement of disbursements on improvement items for the year ending December 31, 1922, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
The 1922 chart of disbursements on improvements is found in the Fortieth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 50.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

48. Statement of expenditures for improvement 1917, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
A revised plan for the improvement of Sumner Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The plan is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [56].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

49. Statement of expenditures for improvement of parks and parkways for the year ending December 31, 1916, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1916 expenditures for improvements of parks and parkways is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

50. Statement of expenditures for maintanance of parks and parkways for the year ending December 31, 1917, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1917 expenditures for maintenance is found in the Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 34.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

51. Statement of expenditures for maintanance of parks and parkways for the year ending December 31, 1916, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1916 expenditures for maintenance is found in the Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

52. Statement of expenditures for maintanance of parks and parkways for the year ending December 31, 1917, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This chart of 1917 expenditures for maintenance is found in the Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page 82.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Documents (other)

53. Suggestions for a system of parks and parkways for the city of Minneapolis: read at a meeting of the Park Commissioners, June 2, 1883

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Creator:
Cleveland, Horace William Shaler, 1814-1900
Description:
This plan, written by Horace Cleveland, "landscape gardener," was a foundational document for the Minneapolis park system and was distributed with the first annual report of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

54. Table competitive athletics and sports - 1920, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Description:
This table of competitive athletics and sports in the 1920 Minneapolis Minnesota park system is found in the Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, after page [48].
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Accounts

55. Third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Minneapolis for the year ending March 14, 1886

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Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners
Description:
The third annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis describes the ten parks and parkways under its care. Included in this report is an argument for public attention to the planting of trees throughout the city, and the commitment of the Board to planting trees in the parks and boulevards under its control, along with data on the numbers and varieties planted. When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world's leading urban park systems. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

56. Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Minneapolis, 1894

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Creator:
Board of Park Commissioners
Description:
The twelfth annual report of the Park Commissioners for the city of Minneapolis includes details about maintenance, improvements, and expenditures related to the parks and parkways in 1894. The Superintendent's report highlights winter sports in the parks and the park's fleet of boats on Lake Harriet. When the Minnesota legislature created the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, it required the board to produce an annual report. These reports, which came to be highly prized by libraries and park advocates across the country, provide a vivid and detailed account of the development of one of the world's leading urban park systems. This report references "Lake Calhoun," a Minneapolis lake now known as Bde Maka Ska, the Dakota language for "White Earth Lake."
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports
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