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1. Andrew Lindgren's Photograph Album, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Lindgren, Andrew
Date Created:
1906-1909
Description:
Minnesotan Andrew Lindgren, who graduated from St. Cloud State in 1901 and in 1908, created a photograph album with images that he took ca. 1906-1909. The majority of the photographs were taken of the St. Cloud State campus, the immediate area around campus, and central Minnesota. The album also includes photographs from other cities in Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, Silver Creek, Watab, Stillwater, Buffalo, Monticello, Spicer, and Verndale. The album also has photos Lindgren took of Salt Lake City, Portland (Oregon), Annapolis (Maryland), Cripple Creek (Colorado), Seattle, Denver, New Orleans, New York City, Cape Cod, and Hawaii, as well as from British Columbia and Novia Scotia in Canada and Panama.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Photograph albums

2. Lake Minnetonka shore scene, Deephaven, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Trees along the shoreline lean toward the calm water of what appears to be Deephaven Bay, postmarked and dated 1910. This is one of the most common postcard views on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

3. Eagle Island on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
This view of Eagle Island (mislabeled Crane Island) shows the island appearing to float on a calm lake, no eagles or cranes in sight, hand colored.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

4. Deephaven Bay on Lake Minnetonka, Deephaven, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Trees along the shoreline lean toward the calm water of Deephaven Bay, postmarked 1907.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

5. Private garden, Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Private garden contains a pond with a bridge to a tiny island. Thatch-roofed structure on the island provides peaceful seclusion. Message is written in German, postmarked Minnetonka Beach, 1909.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

6. Casco Point on Lake Minnetonka, Orono, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
View of Casco Point from Lake Minnetonka shows two boat houses at the shore, and homes hiding in the trees at the top of the hill. Space for message is on front of card, postmarked 1906.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

7. Aerial photograph including water depths of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949
Description:
Aerial photograph of Lake Minnetonka created from 134 separate photographs. Names are added for towns and villages, lakes and bays, points and islands, and water depths are marked. Area included stretches east to Glen Lake, south to Lake Minnewashta and Lake Zumbra, west to King's Point, and north to Stubbs Bay. Scale indicates distance in feet and miles, dated 1949.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Aerial photographs

8. Aerial photograph of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1989 - 1995
Description:
Aerial photograph of Lake Minnetonka with names added for towns and villages, lakes and bays, points and islands. Scale is 1" equals 4.65 miles. Advertisement for Harry Smith, Burnett Realty, contains his photo and contact information, date of photography April 1989.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Aerial photographs

9. View from Christian Club Inn, Island Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
This view shows several Lake Minnetonka bays. The Maple Heights Inn became the Christian Club in the 1920s.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

10. Street scene, Wayzata, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920
Description:
Street scene in Wayzata shows shade trees and few cars, with a water tower adjacent to the railroad tracks, adjacent to the lake.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. Maintenance staff posing with lawn mowers, Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2023-06-27
Description:
Park Board Asset Management staff posing with lawn mowers at North 26th Avenue and Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This photograph recreates an earlier image of grass mowers working in a Minneapolis park.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

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

Date Created:
1886
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)

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

Date Created:
1885
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)

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

Date Created:
1910
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

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

Date Created:
1884
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)

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

Date Created:
1891
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)

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

Date Created:
1887
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)

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

Date Created:
1890
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)

19. General plan for the improvement of Minnehaha Parkway from Lake Harriet to Minnehaha Park, Board of Park Commissioners, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kvitrud, I.
Date Created:
1912
Description:
This item consists of seven sheets of maps attached at the left edge, showing planned changes to Minnehaha Creek and Parkway. The maps were created in January 1912, when Theodore Wirth was Superintendent of Parks, and are indexed on page 103A of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Minneapolis Board of Park Comissioners. This particular copy was mailed on October 10, 1921 according to the postmark on the envelope.
Contributing Institution:
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Engineering maps

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

Date Created:
1888
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)

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

Date Created:
1883
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)

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

Date Created:
1889
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)

23. Interview with Dick Clayton, New London Oral History Project, New London, Minnesota

Creator:
Clayton, Dick
Date Created:
2016-07-03
Description:
Dick Clayton saw the changes of Parks and Trails through 35 years of service working at the Naturalist at Sibley State Park. Meaningful history of the Department of Natural Resources in Minnesota and Sibley State Park are told.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interview with Dave Lais in 2005, New London Oral History Project, New London, Minnesota

Creator:
Lais, Dave
Date Created:
2005-03-29
Description:
This first addition of storytelling from Dave Lais developed back in 2005 as part of a class at Ridgewater College. This interview details stories of homes lived in by generations of the park's first homesteaders.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interview with Gary Buellemer, New London Oral History Project, New London, Minnesota

Creator:
Buellemer, Gary
Date Created:
2016-12-16
Description:
Gary Buellemer not only worked at but also lived in Sibley State Park in the park residence for over 20 years! 40 years of service to the state of Minnesota are told in this interview. You will hear how he came to be Assistant Park Manager at Sibley State Park, guided by his love of the prairie.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories
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