Phase 6 Projects in Minnesota Reflections

New Contributors

The St. Croix Watershed Research Station in Marine on St. Croix contributed pre-1940 maps of the St. Croix River Valley that provide perspective on the region's environmental past. The St. Paul Public Housing Agency contributed a circa 1930s City of St. Paul Planning Board proposal for the clearance of an urban slum near the city's old Great Northern Railroad Jackson Street shops. The book is filled with maps highlighting social conditions such as local juvenile delinquency.

Other new contributors include:

  • Kandiyohi County Historical Society, Willmar: 1886 and 1900 plat books
  • The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth: historic college bulletins and images, circa 1956-1958
  • St. Scholastica Monastery, Duluth: historic images
  • Washington County Survey and Land Management Division, Stillwater: plat maps, surveyor's books, and road maps dating from 1840s
  • Bethel University, St. Paul: historic scenes of Bethel University, circa 1920s-1970s
  • Cook County Historical Society, Grand Marais: photographs of Civilian Conservation Corps work in northern Minnesota, circa 1933-1941

Expanded Collections

The Crow Wing County Historical Society contributed 78 photos that trace the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company from the 1870s. The Stillwater Public Library added records from 1859 to 1896. Comprised of information on members of many of the city's prominent early families, the records provide insight into the growth of one of Minnesota's oldest communities.

The Minnesota State Law Library added Minnesota Legislative Manuals from 1867 to 1874 to Minnesota Reflections. The manuals are the earliest that the law library possesses. The Iron Range Research Center in Chisholm contributed a 1928 map book published by the Oliver Iron Mining Company, which shows the locations of underground and open pit mines.

Other organizations that expanded their collections in Minnesota Reflections include:

  • Nobles County Historical Society, Worthington: photographs of buildings and street scenes in Worthington, Dundee, Reading, and Adrian, circa 1880-1910
  • Fillmore County Historical Society, Fountain: photographs of Fillmore County photographer Mathias Bue, circa 1912-1935
  • White Bear Lake Historical Society, White Bear Lake: letters and images, circa 1880-1977
  • Scott County Historical Society, Shakopee: historic photos, postcards, and other images, 1880-1958
  • Stearns History Museum and Research Center, St. Cloud: historic photos and journals, 1886-1956
  • Pope County Historical Society, Glenwood: historic images and postcards, 1866-1995
  • St. Cloud State University Archives, St. Cloud: historic course catalogs and images, circa 1870-1991
  • Macalester College Archives, St. Paul: historic images and college documents, circa 1860s-1928
  • Northeast Minnesota Historical Center, Duluth: postcards, slides, and other images, 1901-1995
  • Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, St. Paul: photographs of past Minnesota legislators, circa 1935-1957
  • Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis: theater programs, playbills, and annual reports
  • The Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis: announcement books, circa 1907-1928

Explore the New Objects

Visit the Minnesota Reflections website to explore these—and hundreds of other—new objects. More Phase Six projects are expected to be accessible online soon.