Ella Lund Hodgkins Watercolor Painting. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 10". Description: muted earth tones, water color medium, image of what appears to be a native American with long, dark hair that holds a white feather, seated on a rock with feet dangling over the edge into a pond; shoreline and trees in the background and reflected in the water; artist initialed in lower left corner, "EH".

Front two pages from a book owned by C.E. Graham. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 7". Description: cream paper; purple stamp in center: "C.E. Graham, Apr 4 1898, Waseca, Minnesota"; title page from book: "The American Domestic Cyclopaedia."

Robert and Thelma (Beelow) Schweer Wedding. 30 December 1950. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: black and white photograph of Bob and Thelma wedding.

Billing Sisters. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photograph of the seven Billing sisters. Left to right: Alice, Clara, Edith, Bertha, Selma, Minnie, Helen.

E. F. Johnson Company Manual. Johnson Viking VFO Assembly and Operation Instruction Manual, 1955. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: brown cover; red and black print: "Assembly and Operation Instruction Manual, Johnson Viking VFO, Clifford G. Johnson, 3614 Harriet Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55409, E.F. Johnson Company, Waseca, Minnesota, U.S.A."; 27 pages.

Letter to Director Sheila Morris from Dr. R. Leland West. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy paper containing a message to Waseca County Historical Society co-director, Sheila Morris from R. Leland West; the subject discusses a picture of the West & West Veterinary sign that Morris had sent to him; also includes some family information.

Letter from Director Sheila Morris to Dr. R. Leland West. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy paper containing a message from Waseca County Historical Society Co-Director, Sheila Morris to Dr. R. Leland West of Colorado Springs, Colorado, wherein she responds to West's letter about framing the photo of the Veterinary sign she sent him.

Letter to Dr. West from Eunice Gasner. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy paper with typewritten message to R. Leland West, DVM of Colorado Springs, Colorado, from Eunice Gasner, Board President of the Waseca County Historical Society; the letter contains an explanation about why the Society was contacting its members about life membership support and asking for donations as its 50th anniversary approached.

Letter to Dr. West from Director Peggy Korsmo-Kennon. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy paper with typewritten message to R. Leland West of Schaumburg, Illinois, from Peggy Korsmo-Kennon, Director of the Waseca County Historical Society, written on Society letterhead; contents contains a thank you acknowledgement for a recent furnace fund donation received from West.

Letter to Editor Donald Brown from Dr. West. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy paper with typewritten copy of a four-page letter written on September 27, 1960 by Dr. R. Leland West, Chairman of the Waseca Hospital Board to Editor Donald C. Brown of Waseca; the issue of concern is why an editorial was written questioning why the Waseca Memorial Hospital showed a deficit in its budget when Sleepy Eye's hospital showed a profit.

Waseca Memorial Hospital August 1960 Report. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy paper with blue typewritten financial report of the Waseca Memorial Hospital as of August 1960; details include current and working assets, inventory value, fixed assets, liabilities, disbursements in August, depreciation year to date and a monthly summary of sources and income.

Letter to Dr. West from R. R. Brandenburg of Physicians and Hospitals Supply Co. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white letterhead with a two-page typewritten message from the Physicians and Hospitals Supply Company to Dr. R. Leland West detailing their supplying the necessary equipment, instruments, supplies etc., for the new hospital being planned in Waseca; letter is signed by R. R. Brandenburg, manager of the company's contract department in Minneapolis.

City Clerk Advertisement for Bids for Equipment and Work for Memorial Hospital Work. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white copy paper, typewritten notice from the office of the Waseca City Clerk, Art Bartelt, asking for sealed proposals for the general construction, equipment, elevator for the proposed additions and alterations to the Waseca Memorial Hospital.

Public Flyer for Special Bond Election City of Waseca for Waseca Memorial Hospital. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white glossy folder with cover graphic of architect's rendition of a new three-story hospital; cover title: "Special Bond Election, City of Waseca, $300,000 for Waseca Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, April 29, 1958 at City Hall. Vote"; inside information includes a message from the Waseca City Council and the Waseca Hospital Board detailing the hospital's value to ... more

Letter to Waseca Journal Editor Concerning School Bond from Dr. R. Leland West. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white onion skin copy with blue print; copy of letter to Waseca Journal Editor: "What are we fighting on the school bond issue?"

Minutes from Citizens Committee for Better Schools. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white onion skin, two-page typewritten copy of notes taken at a Citizens for Better Schools meeting chaired by Dr. Leland West; a list of suggestions related to future courses of action on the school building progress.

Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival 2005-2006. Material: paper. textile. Size: 12" W. x 14 3/4" H. Description: black cover, unnumbered pages include Sleigh and Cutter, Ice Harvest, parade, ice golf and variety show correspondence, color photos, newspaper clippings, advertising and memorabilia. Waseca event: Sleigh & Cutter Festival; Sleigh and Cutter Festival.

Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival 2007-2008. Material: paper. textile. Size: 12" W. x 14 3/4" H. Description: black cover, unnumbered pages include Sleigh and Cutter, Ice Harvest, parade, ice golf and variety show correspondence, color photos, newspaper clippings, advertising and memorabilia. Waseca event: Sleigh & Cutter Festival; Sleigh and Cutter Festival.

Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival 2009-20011. Material: paper. textile. Size: 12" W. x 14 3/4" H. Description: black cover, unnumbered pages include Sleigh and Cutter, Ice Harvest, parade, ice golf and variety show correspondence, color photos, newspaper clippings, advertising and memorabilia. Waseca event: Sleigh & Cutter Festival; Sleigh and Cutter Festival.

Bauman, Dierks Wedding Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: sepia tone photograph of Esther Bauman and John Dierks on their wedding day, October 22, 1919; groom on right wearing a dark suit with a high collared striped shirt and white bow tie, a rose boutonniere with a white ribbon; bride on left wearing a white dress of layered tulle with tulle veil held by a rose at each temple; a pendant is hidden by the neckline of her dress; she holds a large bouquet of roses and spirea. ... more

Rural Janesville Township School District #27. Okaman School. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photograph of school District 27; located in Waseca County, Janesville Township, Section 1; Okaman school students; photograph taken Spring of 1933. Back row left to right: Girl Unknown; Girl Unknown; Harold Hebl; Cletus Stangler; Robert Wesley; Boy Unknown. Middle row left to right: Alice Haley; Evangeline Stangler; Girl Unknown; Gladys Stangler; Possibly a Suess ... more

Rural Janesville Township School District #27. Okaman School. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: black and white photograph of school District 27; located in Waseca County, Janesville Township, Section 1; Okaman school students; photograph taken September 1944. Milkweed Pod Collection. Back row left to right: Mark Haley; Dorothy Stangler; Mary Agnes Miller; Teacher, Mrs. Francis Gegan; Irene Miller; Mary Ann Kapaun; Willis Wesley; Darlene Miller; Girl Unknown. Middle row left to ri ... more

Rural Janesville Township School District #27. Okaman School. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 5". Description: black and white photograph of school District 27; located in Waseca County, Janesville Township, Section 1; Okaman School.

Rural Janesville Township School District #27. Okaman School. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 5". Description: black and white photograph of school District 27; located in Waseca County, Janesville Township, Section 1; Okaman School.

Herter's Bull Cook, Recipes and Practices, 1956. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: white glossy paper cover with brown title and coat of arms: "Bull Cook, Recipes and Practices" and green photographic scene of islands, trees and water. Contents: 38 pages of recipes.