South Central Minnesota Telephone Directory 2010-2011. Material: paper. Size: 9" x 11". Description: glossy multicolored hard cover, lake scene photo graphic, cover title: "The Phone Book"; contents: names and numbers for residents with land phones in Amboy, Beauford, Butternut, Cambria, Cleveland, Courtland, Eagle Lake, Ellendale, Elysian, Garden City, Good Thunder, Henderson, Janesville, Judson, Kasota, Lake Crystal, Le Center, Le Sueur, Madelia, Madison Lake, Mankato, Mapleton, Meriden, Mi ... more

Brandmire and Hurttgam wedding invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Description: white paper; black print: "Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brandmire...daughter Myrna Lou to Mr. Gordon David Hurttgam, Trinity Lutheran Church, Janesville, Minnesota".

Koehler and Hendricks wedding invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 5 3/4". Description: silver cross on front cover; black print inside: "Mr. and Mrs. John C. Koehler...daughter Joan Lynn to Mr. Robert Hendricks, Trinity Lutheran Church, Janesville, Minnesota".

Meyer and Grimm wedding invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Description: white paper; black print: "Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meyer...daughter Nadine Mavis to Mr. Dean Grimm, Trinity Lutheran Church, Janesville, Minnesota".

Cowdin and Glade wedding invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Description: white paper; black print: "Mr. and Mrs. Theo Cowdin...daughter Carol Ann to Mr. Frederick Edward Glade, Trinity Lutheran Church, Janesville, Minnesota".

Braatz and Born wedding invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6". Description: gold cross on front cover; black print inside: "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Braatz...daughter Judith Grace to Mr. Charles George Born, Janesville Methodist Church, Janesville, Minnesota".

Berndt and Miller wedding invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/" x 6". Description: white paper; black print: "Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Berndt...daughter Sharon Ann to Mr. Eugene A. Miller, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Smiths Mill, Minnesota".

Emanuel Hansen in Front of Hollandale Store. 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photo. Photo taken in front of Locker business that was started in Hollandale, Minnesota during the 1940s.

Rieka Gottschalk, Pearle and Emannuel Hansen. 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photo. Possibly Rieka Gottschalk standing next to Pearle (Hartwick or Hartwich) Hansen and Emannuel Hansen.

Gottschalk and Hansen Group. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" black and white photo. Note on back: "Taken at Uncle Paul's and Rieka's place. Emmanuel Hansen second from right; Paul Gottschalk on far right. Seven people in photo.

Marion and Roland Gottschalk. Gottschalk. 3 1/2" x 6" black and white photo. Marion and Roland Gottschalk. Photo taken in Salem, Oregon.

Carolyn Gottschalk. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photo. Carolyn Gottschalk. Class of 1967, Janesville High School.

Gottschalk House in Janesville. 3" x 4" black and white photo. P.E. Gottschalk house, Janesville, Minnesota. Note on back: "P.E. Gottschalk lived here. About 1894."

Gottschalk Workshop. 3 3/4" x 6" black and white photo. Print on back: "West end of Shop and south side. There is a two foot cement ledge all around basement and cement floor and I have two 14 x 24 windows and electric lights. At left are two hand grinders then a box has a motor and a battery charger, generator, some motor drives, a knife / shears grinder fastened on top. And by electric clock left is my crystal radio set. About six feet floor shale to left is cement ledge. Round revolving tool ... more

Paul, Rieka and Leona Gottschalk. 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" black and white photo. Paul Gottschalk possibly with Rieka and Leona Gottschalk, wife and daughter to Paul Gottschalk. Note on back: "This is another only a week later. They tried to make me laugh also watch cat, I squeezed the bulb with right hand it didn't go at first and fooled me next time. But not so bad at that."

Minnesota's Heritage Publication: The Fool Soldiers. Material: multicolored glossy card stock cover, American Indian tepee painting, "Negotiating the Release," by Del Iron Cloud, cover print: "Minnesota's Heritage...back to the sources: The Fool Soldiers"; contents: 138 numbered pages and illustrations; references and photos of Everett family members: William and Amelia and their children Lily and Willie Everett; indexed.

Baptism Record, Waseca Church Circuit 1869-1893. Material: paper, metal. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy pager, photocopy of original baptism record on first page; contents: unnumbered pages include photocopies of original pages of notes and baptismal records from Wilton, Waseca, Meriden and Iosco handwritten in German by Joseph Krenholz.

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Iosco Council Minutes 1941. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9" x 11 1/2". Description: black heavy card stock cover, white front label: "St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Iosco Township, Waseca County, Minutes 1941-1948"; contents: unnumbered photocopied pages of church council minutes through 1941-1948 when the church was disbanded shortly after church was destroyed by fire; members listed who joined Trinity Lutheran Church of Janesville and St. Pa ... more

St. Mark's Church and Cathedral, Minneapolis. Material: paper, textile. Size: 7 1/2" x 10". Description: gray hard cover, photo graphic of church roof detail and sculpture; contents: 127 numbered pages include the history of St. Mark's parish and congregation from mission church to cathedral; chapters on the facade, the chancel, the Hewitt chapel, the nave, endowments, the parish house, Wells memorial, women's organization and Minnesota Episcopal bishops including Bishop Henry B. Whipple; ind ... more

Catholic Aid Association History. Material: paper, textile. Size: 9" x 11". Description: brown hard cover, gold cover print: "Pride in the Past, Faith in the Future, a History of the Catholic Aid Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1878-1996"; contents: heritage of German-Catholics in America, expansion between world wars, World War II, growth, stewardship, councils, convention, Catholic Aid leaders and plan for future; appendices, notes and bibliography; color and black and white photos.

St. John's Episcopal of Janesville Church Records. Material: paper, metal. Size: 11 1/2" x 17". Description: black heavy card stock cover, white cover label: "St. John's Parish, Janesville, Minn., 1882"; contents: unnumbered photocopied pages include the canonical church register of births, confirmations, marriages and deaths of St. John's members from about 1882-1973.

Freedom Immanuel Lutheran Church, Alma City Church Records. Material: 11" x 17". Description: unbound collection, photocopied church records of Immanuel Lutheran Church births, deaths, records from about 1900- 1974.

Evangelical Church Circuit Records: Wilton, Waseca, Meriden, Iosco. Material: plastic, paper, metal. Size: 11" x 17". Description: gray vinyl cover, metal and plastic slide binder, white cover label: "Evangelical Church Circuit Records, 1869-1893: Waseca, Iosco, Wilton and Meriden"; contents: unnumbered photocopied pages of baptism records and other duties performed at the churches by circuit pastor.

Evangelical United Methodist Church Records 1925-1936. Material: paper, metal. Size: 11" x 17". Description: black heavy card stock cover, white cover label: Evangelical United Methodist Church, Waseca, Minnesota 1925-1936 Membership Record; contents: unnumbered photocopied pages include the membership list, baptisms and weddings in the Evangelical United Methodist Church between 1925 and 1936.

Trinity Lutheran Church Records of Wilton. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9" x 12". Description: black, heavy card stock cover, white cover label: "Trinity Lutheran Church Wilton Records, 1872-1900"; contents: unnumbered photocopies of original church records handwritten in the German language.