4-H Achievement Banquet Program. Material: paper, metal. Size: 5 1/2" x 9". Description: green copy paper cover stapled to white program pages; front graphic of a wheel and a list of 4-H club provisions; inside contents include location at the Sacred Heart School auditorium, sponsors, program and participants, banquet menu, retiring and new officers including Warburton, Hebl, Blank, Alie Hanson, Armstrong, Frisk, Parriot, Clausen, Pfeifer, Youngberg, Robran and Olson, and song lyrics.

Janesville High School Commencement 1959. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: white paper folder, front cover graphic of two framed graduates on a tan background, cover print: "Program Baccalaureate and Commencement, Janesville High School 1959"; inside contents includes baccalaureate order of service on the left and commencement exercise order on the right; reverse side lists names of graduates, board of education and high school faculty.

William Blank, Ernest Ewert and Arno Ewert Families State Fair Camping Story. Material: newsprint. Size: 6 1/2" x 10 1/2". Description: black and white photo and report by Melvin Woell printed in "The Minnesota Farm Bureau News" detailing the 44 years that the Blank and Ewert families of Janesville camped at the Minnesota State Fair since 1909.

Waseca County Homemakers Group Achievement Day Program. Material: paper, metal. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: pink copy paper cover stapled to white paper contents; cover print: "Hom[e]makers Achievement Day 1959, Home the Heart of Our Nation, Southern School of Agriculture, May 8, 1959"; contents include homemaker's poem, creed, program, acknowledgements, township groups numbering 45 with 621 members, lessons, counselors and songs.

Janesville Informational Pamphlet. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9" tri-fold. Description: white glossy paper; cover title: "Janesville in the center of Minnesota's great farm belt", center graphic outline of Minnesota with routes running to Janesville; contents: aerial photo of Janesville, statistics, transportation, financial, Postal revenue, community facilities, churches, medical services, library, fire and police protection, recreation, organizations, city government, tax structure, utilit ... more

Waseca County Grade School Memory Book. Material: paper, metal, textile. Size: 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Description: maroon card stock folder stapled to inside content pages; yellow tasseled cord also holds cover to content; gold cover print: "Grade School Memory Book"; contents: title page under onion skin page has graphic of large three-story school, stamped on lower edge: "Waseca County, Minnesota"; content pages have categories to write under personal information, school events, awards, sports, h ... more

Home Furnishing Check-Up Day. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 9" trifold. Description: green copy paper cover; cover print: "Home Furnishing Check-Up Day, Trinity Lutheran Church, New Richland, May 27, 1939"; contents include song lyrics, acknowledgements, training center leaders in Janesville, New Richland, Waseca and Waldorf; program and menu; program participants include the names Scholljegerdes, Armstrong, Borgess, Walledom, Ewert, Munson, Singlestad, Saufferer, Dimmel, Brandvold, Fetchenh ... more

National and State Plow Matches at Waseca. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white paper folder with black and white photo of man plowing with an Allis Chalmers tractor and plow; yellow banner across top and bottom with black print: "State and National Plow Matches, Waseca, Minnesota, September 17-18, 1965, Programs printed for your Information by Producers of DeKalb Hybrids"; inside contents include map showing plow match location of the Powell farms in Waseca County, informa ... more

LeSueur River Lutheran Church Centennial Booklet. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6" x 9". Description: off-white card stock cover, black outline sketch graphic of LeSueur River Lutheran Church, New Richland, Minnesota, black cover print: "Glory to God, LeSueur River Lutheran Church, 1861-Our Centennial-1961, New Richland, Minnesota"; contents include black and white photos of the Pastor Joel Rustad family, pioneer photo of Rev. B. J. Muus in ox-driven cart, Rev. N. A. Quammen, Rev. O. A. Mellb ... more

Mark J. Barens Memorial Card. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Description: white card stock folder, sepia cover graphic Mark Barens rustic print, captioned: Mark, J. Barens 1932-2011; inside information, words from "The Little White Cloud That Cried", the artist's likeness in a self-portrait and memorial gathering information; reverse side contains obituary of Mark Barens.

Railroad Roundhouse Burning and Waseca Aerial Photos. Material: film and paper. Size: 2" x 2" slides mounted in cardboard. Description: thirteen 35mm transparency slides, some aerial, featuring the city of Waseca and the burning of the Waseca Railroad Roundhouse in 1951: (a) Waseca aerial view; (b) Waseca aerial view in 1959; (c) Waseca aerial view; (d) Waseca aerial view; (e) Waseca aerial view; (f) Waseca aerial view; (g) Waseca aerial view; (h) Waseca aerial view; (i) Railroad Roundhouse b ... more

John and Pauline Fenelon. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: color photo of John and Pauline Haug Fenelon posed in their living room at 215 N. Mott St., Janesville, Minn.

Herter’s Bull Cook, Recipes and Practices 1958 Book. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: white paper cover; brown print: Bull Cook, Recipes and Practices, by George Leonard Herter, Herter's, Waseca, Minnesota; Herter logo under title; green tinted cover photo: lake, trees, islands; contents: recipes and food information with a special section on wild game dressing and preparation; last chapter covers what to do in case of hydrogen or cobalt bomb attack (1958); black and white photos; re ... more

New Richland School 4th Grade Class Picnic Day. Description: digital scan of black and white photo; fourth grade students in the New Richland Elementary School; identified in front row: Andrew Mucha, Benjamin Mortensen, Gene Brandvold, Paul Arnfelt, Russell Anderson, Donald Brynildsen, Russell Olson(?); small children are guests: Stuart Jeddeloh, Natalie Burtness? Lynn Jeddeloh middle in back?, Marlow Schumacher(?); middle row: Norma Robinson, Charles Swenson(?), Mary Rose Wenzel, Sandra Burtn ... more

Dinneen-Powers Wedding Invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Material: ivory colored card stock folder; front black script message: "Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dinneen request...Mary Jo Dinneen and Charles E. Powers...St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Waldorf, Minnesota".

Lewer-Kampen Wedding Invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Material: ivory colored card stock folder, front embossed graphic of hands centered inside a heart, gold caption: "Marriage"; inside black script message: "Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Lewer request...Sandra Kae to David W. Kampen...St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New Richland, Minnesota".

Johnson-Miller Wedding Invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Material: ivory colored card stock folder; front black script message: "Mr. and Mrs. Carl O. Johnson request...Helen Louise to Cecil Alvin Miller...Vista Lutheran Church, New Richland, Minnesota".

Rasmussen-James Wedding Invitation. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Material: ivory colored card stock folder; front black script message: "Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rasmussen request...Carol Anne to Ronald Grey James...Trinity Lutheran Church, New Richland, Minnesota".

Della Paulson Tollefson Wedding Shower Gift Card. Material: paper, textile. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Description: pink and white textured folder, front pink floral graphic on a silver metallic circle, tied with a pink satin ribbon; cover caption: "A Wedding Gift"; inside gift greeting; hand signed: Lena [Maria] & Petrene [Petrine] Monsen [Monson]; handwritten note: "gifts, cake container, 3 pc. silver ware"; a Hallmark card.

Le Sueur River Lutheran Church Centennial Dedication Service. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 9 1/2". Description: white folder with inserts; cover graphic of young woman comforting child, captioned: "Do not fear, only believe"; inside information: order of morning service, afternoon program, announcements, acknowledgements and a history of the United States and the congregation from 1876-1976 by Pastor Charles Espe; acknowledged names of contributing people: Judy Tollefson, JoAnn Hagen, Russ ... more

Waseca Court Sacred Heart 2005-2006 Program. Material: paper, metal. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: white folder and mailer; black print throughout; cover graphic of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas logo; cover information: "Court Sacred Heart #1424 Waseca, Minnesota, 2005-2006 Program", list of officers, motto, colors and meeting dates; inside information: committees, calendars, member list and recently deceased members.

Lake Aire Motel Sign. Digital copy of colored photo taken by Jerry Rutledge; triangular highway side sign mounted near the Lake Aire Motel located on the south side of Clear Lake, south of Highway 14.

Emilie and Ida Pieper. Digital copy of tintype belonging to John and Dorothea Louise Pieper (aka Peper, Pepper, Piper); standing posed side by side wearing identical light colored plaid dresses and hats are donor's great-grandmother, Ida Christine Pieper (right) and Ida's sister, Emilie Pieper.

John and Dorothea Louise Pieper (aka Peper, Pepper, Piper) family. Photo might be Dorothea Louise Pofahl Pieper, mother of Ida Christine Pieper and her sister Emilie.

Straw Bails in Field South of Waseca. Digital copy of photo taken by Sheila Morris; large, cylindrical straw bails lie here and there in a field west of Highway 13, two miles south of Waseca.