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151. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

152. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

153. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

154. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

155. Music Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1923
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

156. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1900-1930
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

157. Camden Park Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1910 - 1954
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

158. Book stacks, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920 - 1939
Description:
The book stacks in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library were not open to the public.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

159. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Getsug, Don
Date Created:
1968 - 1980
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

160. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Getsug, Don
Date Created:
1968 - 1980
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

161. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Getsug, Don
Date Created:
1968 - 1980
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

162. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Lakeside Lester Park, Public Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, Louis Perry, Sr., 1875-1945
Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Lakeside Lester Park; Lester Park Public Library; branch library; 106 North Fifty-Fourth Avenue East; trees; houses; architectural details; eyebrow windows; brick building
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

163. Postal card seeking issues of the "The Library Beacon"

Creator:
Free Public Library (Jersey City, New Jersey)
Date Created:
1935-10-05
Description:
Request for "The Library Beacon" Volume 6, numbers 3-4 ; Volume 7, numbers 1-2.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Postal cards

164. Young People's Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Edmundson, Ed. G.
Date Created:
1949-10
Description:
"High school youngsters watch the football game on a television set in the Young People's Room, Minneapolis Public Library, Ocober 1949."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

165. East Lake Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Croft, John
Date Created:
1976-05-04
Description:
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
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

166. Working drawing for Rochester Public Library, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:
Crawford, Harold H.
Date Created:
1936
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

167. Working drawing for Rochester Public Library, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:
Crawford, Harold H.
Date Created:
1936
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

168. Working drawing for Rochester Public Library, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:
Crawford, Harold H.
Date Created:
1936
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Architectural drawings (visual works)

169. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Grand Marais Public Library, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Creator:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Grand Marais Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Minutes (administrative records)

170. Public Library, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949; Oxley, W.T.
Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Exterior view of the Public Library in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

171. Postal card request from the University of the Philippines for "The Library Beacon"

Creator:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Postal cards

172. Interview with Bill Asp, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Asp, William G.
Date Created:
2010-09-17
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

173. Craft program at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County LibraryInterior view of
Date Created:
1976-1984
Description:
Vonda Heckman presents a children's craft program at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

174. Young patrons find books at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
A librarian helps several young girls find books to read.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

175. Young patrons at the library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
Two young girls read books in the children's area.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

176. Winners of the Junior Royalty Pageant, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1984-1985
Description:
The winners of the 1984-1985 Blaine Junior Royalty Pageant gather for a picture, Blaine, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

177. Watching vidoes at the library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1976-06
Description:
Young patrons use televisions at the library, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

178. Vonda Heckman outside the Centennial Library, Circle Pines, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1977-08
Description:
Librarian Vonda Heckman waves hello from the front doors of Centennial Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

179. Vonda Heckman at Coon Rapids East Library, Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1976-01
Description:
Vonda Heckman checks out books to a young patron at the old Coon Rapids East Library, later named Northdale Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

180. Teddy Bear Parade at the St. Francis Library, St. Francis, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1988-07-12
Description:
Polaroid of a librarian organizing a teddy bear parade at the St. Francis Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

181. Teddy Bear Parade at the Centennial Library, Circle Pines, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1986
Description:
A large group of children participate in the Teddy Bear Parade outside the Centennial Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

182. Storytime at the library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
A librarian reads a story to a group of children.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

183. Storytime at Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1983 - 1987
Description:
A librarian reads a group of young children a story at the Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

184. Storytime at Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1968-10-31
Description:
Children wear masks and listen to a spooky story on Halloween at the Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

185. Reference desk at the Mississippi Library, Fridley, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1989
Description:
A pair of librarians field a call and assist a young patron at the reference desk of the Mississippi Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

186. Ray Bradbury's book recorded on a cassette tape, Anoka County Library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1977-11
Description:
"The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury recorded on cassette tape as read by the author.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

187. Puppet show at the library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
Children watch a story performed by marionettes.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

188. Puppet show at the library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
A large crowd of children watch a puppet show at the library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

189. Public Outreach at the Brookdale Center, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1975 - 1985
Description:
Jackie Harlow and Louann Smith running an Anoka County Library booth for the Fridley Weekend at the Brookdale Center, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

190. Prince Charles and Princess Diana collections display at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1984-1997
Description:
The Northtown Library displays books and collectables of Charles and Diana Windsor, Prince and Princess of Wales.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

191. Potluck dinner for Anoka County Library staff, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
Librarians celebrate the new LSS computer with a potluck dinner.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

192. Pet show outside of the St. Francis Library, St. Francis, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1988-07-18
Description:
Polaroid of patrons showing off their pets during a pet show outside of the St. Francis Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

193. Patrons browse for books at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
Patrons browse through the reference section at the Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

194. Patrons browse for books at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
A couple of library patrons look at large print reading material on a spinning book rack.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

195. Patron at the magazine racks in Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
A patron looks through the magazines at Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

196. Participating in story time, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
A young child participates in a puppet show at the library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

197. Opening a new library branch, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
The ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of new branch of the Anoka County Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

198. Open house for the grand opening of the Round Lake Library, Andover, Minnosta

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1988-06-30
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

199. Open house at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1991-05-05
Description:
Patrons browse the stacks during the Grand Opening in the newly remodeled Northtown library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

200. Odegaard's Reptiles at Mississippi Library, Fridley, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1988-06-21
Description:
Polaroid of a group of children interacting with a lizard at the Mississippi Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs
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