The National Youth Administration (NYA) program, which was part of the New Deal programs in the 1930s, focused on providing work and education for people between the ages of 16 and 25. This volume focuses on NYA efforts to improve the great outdoors of Minnesota as well as other work done by the NYA to educate and improve the health of its members. Images show men and women visiting with doctors and nurses, working in offices, gardens, and cemeteries, fixing engines, gardens, making clothing, repairing buildings, creating artwork, working with children, and other construction projects. Identified locations include a community center in St. Cloud, ski jumping slide in Glenwood, and Lester Park in Duluth. Volume 2 of 2.
The photograph album, donated to Minnesota Department of Transportation, contains 27 pages of 143 black and white photos from about 1940-1948. Most photos show James E. Chandler and his colleagues doing land surveying and paving work. Some are personal photos with families and friends. James E. Chandler was a Minnesota Highway Department employee.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Duluth Area organization photographs show facilities and activities for youth and adults with disabilities. The album contains photographs of parents, medical staff and therapists, and care givers in their daily work and effort to advocate for people with cerebral palsy.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
These photos and text of the city of Marshall, Minnesota, were compiled by an unnamed source in support of Marshall as the location of a new state college in southwestern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
Photograph album contains 161 black and white photographs of State Project 2781-62, a storm drain construction project from Loring Park Lake to the Mississippi River. Each photograph is labeled with a description, a direction, and a time the photo was taken. The album inclues two articles from the Minnespolis Star about the green water in Loring Park Lake, dated 03/31/1966 and 04/02/1966.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Photograph album contains 40 black and white photographs of State Project 6282-83, a drop shaft contruction project that took place from 12/02/1966 to 05/26/1967. Each photograph is labeled with a description, a direction, and a time the photo was taken.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library