Minnesota Twins baseball player Tony Oliva, seated in baseball-glove-shaped chair, holding book to be signed, surrounded by woman and five boys. Visible through the window are part of the Southdale Library parking lot, the Edina water tower, and part of the Southdale shopping center.
At the Hennepin County Library's Southdale branch, three customers are assisted by two library employees at a counter labeled "returns" and "library cards."
Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system. A woman is reading a publication seated at a row of chairs near a table holding newspapers. A second woman is reading at a table near a window and a third is looking at items in a bin near bookshelves. A wood-burning stove and study tables are visible in the background.
Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system. Three people are reading at study tables. A wood-burning stove and rack of magazines are visible.
Newton Minow, member of the Public Broadcasting System Board of Governors and former chair of the Federal Communications Commission, speaks from podium.
Newton Minow, member of the Public Broadcasting System Board of Governors and former chair of the Federal Communications Commission, speaks from podium. Three men and two women are seated behind him. Cassette tape recorder on floor next to podium.
Newton Minow, member of the Public Broadcasting System Board of Governors and former chair of the Federal Communications Commission, speaks from podium. Three men and two women are seated behind him. Cassette tape recorder on floor next to podium.
Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system. Two Library staff members are seated behind a counter. Several people are looking at various shelves and racks of materials.
Children reading books in library children's area. A table contains books and a small terrarium. One child is seated in a chair shaped like a baseball glove. Outside the second-story west-facing window, a parking lot and several Edina business buildings are visible.
A group of children and teens climbs a staircase to the second level of the Hennepin County Library system's Southdale Library, while other customers check out items at a counter.
Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system, looking out from behind librarians' counter. Two library staff members are assisting three women at the counter.
Doris Ott served for eight years as North Dakota State Librarian (2002-2010). A native of Carson, ND, Ott graduated from Dickinson State University, and earned her MLS from George Peabody College (now, Vanderbilt University) in Nashville. She started her professional librarian career as an Assistant Professor of Library Science at Dickinson State, was the first librarian at Magic City Campus in Minot, and held positions at a school library and a public library in Indiana before returning to North Dakota in 1986. From 1986-2002 she worked at the North Dakota State Library and held various positions before being named State Librarian in 2002. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Annual report featuring a statement by Board President T.B. Walker, and statistical and financial data reported by Librarian Herbert Putnam. Appendices include books by classification, circulation by month, circulation by classification, Northside branch circulation, Franklin branch circulation, summary of statistics, and a list of donors.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Miller, Wharton (Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York)
Date Created:
1935-04-17
Description:
This one cent postal card is a request for further issues of the "The Library Beacon." A penciled annotation, lower left corner, indicates that the inquiry was answered on 4-20-35.
Lydenbert, H. M. (New York Public Library, New York, New York)
Date Created:
1935-04-01
Description:
Request is written on letter head stationery of the New York Public Library. It describes a request for copies of the "The Library Beacon." The text of a reply from the Saint Paul Public Library is noted on letter.
Kramm, Johanna (H. W. Wilson Company, New York, New York)
Date Created:
1935-08-13
Description:
Request is written on letter head stationery of the H.W. Wilson Company. The company published an index titled "Library Literature" which included "The Library Beacon."
"Art Department of the Minneapolis Public Library, Dec. 13, 1926. Before the Music Department was moved from the front room. Leonora Mann (left) and Ruth Thompson (right) at the charging desk. Phot made by J.H. Kammerdiener and given by him to the Minneapolis Collection, April 1942."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Children reading in the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The branch opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Librarian Mrs. Elva Bailey, first head of the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service, is shown bringing a cart of reading material to a Children's Ward in Minneapolis General Hospital in 1928.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The front entrance of the East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, which opened in this building at 2916 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1924. In 1976 the library moved to a new building two blocks west.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Jennings, Mrs. T. B. (Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1935-08-07
Description:
This one cent postal card was sent to a Miss Helen Beach, Librarian at the Library School, Emory University, Georgia. It informs Miss Beach that "The Library Beacon" is in a state of "suspended animation." The library was facing an acute budget deficit, which would cause the library to close for fifteen days, from August 25th to September 8th, 1935.
Located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South. In the 1970s the branch moved across the street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Technical Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library is shown filled with male patrons. In the foreground is a tray of volumes labelled "U.S. Boy's Working Reserve."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A party for night school students in the Reading Room of the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The branch opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Reading Room in the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library which opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Children play a game under the supervision of library staff at the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy. This branch, at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, was in service from 1912 to 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Music Department in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library. "Grace Nelson at desk, at table (back to front) Ruth Wedermann center table in fur coat, Sadie Fisher Petersen (singer); table far right, Frances Kelley (pianist)."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. This building opened in 1889 and was in service until 1959.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was housed in the John D. Webber Memorial Fieldhouse in Webber Park from 1910�1954. It was renamed Webber Park Library in 1954 and razed for a new library building in 1979.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The main lobby of the Nokomis branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 5100 Thirty-fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hanging from the ceiling is a sculpture titled "Wind and Water Chime" by Donald Celender. Built in 1968, the building was designed by�Buetow and Associates, Inc�and replaced the nearby�Longfellow Community Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The children's area of the Nokomis branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 5100 Thirty-fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Built in 1968, the building was designed by�Buetow and Associates, Inc�and replaced the nearby�Longfellow Community Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior of the Nokomis branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 5100 Thirty-fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Built in 1968, the building was designed by�Buetow and Associates, Inc�and replaced the nearby�Longfellow Community Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The main entrance of the East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 2727 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This facility housed the library branch from 1976 to 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Harold H. Crawford designed this building for the Rochester Public Library. The architectural drawing shows details of the building. Architect Peter Bross was an associate on this project, dealing primarily with mechanical engineering aspects. The building is now owned by the Mayo Clinic and functions as a student center for the Mayo Medical School.
Harold H. Crawford designed this building for the Rochester Public Library. The architectural drawing shows details of the building. Architect Peter Bross was an associate on this project, dealing primarily with mechanical engineering aspects. The building is now owned by the Mayo Clinic and functions as a student center for the Mayo Medical School.
Harold H. Crawford designed this building for the Rochester Public Library. The architectural drawing shows elevations of the building. Architect Peter Bross was an associate on this project, dealing primarily with mechanical engineering aspects. The building is now owned by the Mayo clinic and functions as a student center for the Mayo Medical School.
Board of Trustees of the Grand Marais Public Library (Grand Marais, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1904 - 1967
Description:
This ledger contains the handwritten minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Grand Marais Public Library, in Grand Marais, Minnesota, from the first meeting in December 1904 through September 1967. The establishment and development of the library can be traced through these notes, along with the participation of many prominent community members who considered the library an important asset to their town.
Bernardo, Gabriel A. (University of the Philippines, Manila)
Date Created:
1935-09-27
Description:
A two cent postal card from the Library of the University of the Philippines. It was a request that "The Library Beacon" be placed on a permanent mailing list and sent to the University of the Philippines.
William Asp served as Minnesota State Librarian from 1975-1996. In the interview he reflects on early 20th century resource sharing among libraries belonging to the Twin Cities Library Club, Regional Public Library System development, early library automation in Minnesota, and the Extension of Access Law (1987 law passed that required the counties to levy a tax for public library service and join a regional public library system). This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Library Director Jerry Young, Library Board member Jacqueline Padula, and Commissioner Natalie Haas-Steffen cut the ribbon of the new Round Lake Library in front of a eager crowd of children.