Janesville High School Souvenir Plate. Material: glass. Size: 6" diameter. Description: pink tinted white ceramic plate with raised design around edge; center graphic rimmed in gold of artist's rendering of Janesville High School, Janesville, Minnesota; reverse side hand painted "1966/25".

Elysian Lake Scene Souvenir Plate. Material: glass. Size: 6" diameter. Description: white ceramic plate with raised design around edge; center graphic rimmed in gold of artist's rendering of Elysian Lake Scene Janesville, Minnesota; reverse side hand painted "30".

Janesville Minnesota Birdseye View Souvenir Plate. Material: glass. Size: 6" diameter. Description: white ceramic plate with raised rim design and gold gilded edge; center graphic rimmed in gold of artist's rendering of Janesville Village showing the railroad track and depot in foreground; captioned, "Birdseye View of Janesville, Minn."; reverse side hand painted "1955/25".

Janesville High School Souvenir Plate. Material: glass. Size: 7 1/2" diameter. Description: green tinted white ceramic plate with raised design around edge; center graphic rimmed in gold of artist's rendering of Janesville High School, Janesville, Minnesota; reverse side hand painted "1959/6".

Janesville Methodist Women: Your Household Guide. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Description: yellow glossy card stock cover printed, "Your Household Guide, Sponsored by W. S. C. S. of the Methodist Church Janesville, Minnesota"; black spiral spine binding. Contents: 80 pages of 1001 helpful household hints including baking and cooking, safety, laws, gardening, health, holidays, insects, laundry, postal rates, U.S. Presidents, sewing, state capitals and wedding anniversaries ... more

Children's Cloth Book: Sunny Stories. Material: textile. Size: 5" x 7". Description: cloth book with color cover showing a young girl wearing a pink pinafore and floppy red hat, holding a basket of berries and a floral bouquet; cover print, "Sunny Stories, 1126, Copyright 1909, McCloughlin Bros. New York"; handwritten at top, "Merry Xmas to Helen". Contents: children's stories featuring "My dolly, Polly".

Newly-weds Treasure Chest Booklet. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: buff colored textured card stock cover with black ink graphic of a bride holding bouquet and title print, "Newly-weds Treasure Chest...Certificates". Contents: unnumbered pages of blank certificates that have been filled in by Helen Wadd with details of her marriage to Frank Borgeson on December 22, 1936 in rural Waseca; included are a marriage record, bridesmaid (Reba Staley), our first meeting (June 27, 1936), ... more

Selective Service Appreciation Letter to Dr. Clifford Wadd. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white letterhead of the State Headquarters Selective Service, typewritten personal letter to Dr. Wadd recognizing his two years or more service to the Selective Service System in Minnesota; a certificate and a medal award accompanied the letter. Signed by J. E. Nelson, Colonel, AGD, State Director. See #70.17.10.

Boy Scouts of America Membership Card of Clifford Wadd. (a) Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". Description: white tri-folded card stock card; color graphic of three Boy Scouts; inside information includes the Scout oath, Scout law, Scout data and personal information certifying Clifford Wadd as a member in good standing of patrol troop No. 85, Waseca; signed by Scoutmaster R. E. Hodgson and Scout Executive C. S. Chase and dated March 12, 1940. (b) Envelope. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4 ... more

Boy Scouts of America Membership Card of Clifford Wadd. (a) Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". Description: white tri-folded card stock card; color graphic of two Boy Scouts; inside information includes the Scout oath, Scout law, Scout data and personal information certifying Clifford Wadd as a member in good standing of patrol troop No. 85, Waseca; signed by Scoutmaster R. E. Hodgson and Scout Executive Ben Conger.

Boy Scouts of America Membership Card of Clifford Wadd. (a) Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". Description: white tri-folded card stock card; color graphic of two Boy Scouts; inside information includes the Scout oath, Scout law, Scout data and personal information certifying Clifford Wadd as a member in good standing of patrol troop No. 85, Waseca; signed by Scoutmaster R. E. Hodgson and Scout Executive Ben Conger and dated April 25th, 1936.

Boy Scouts of America Membership Card of Clifford Wadd. (a) Material: paper. Size: 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". Description: white tri-folded card stock card; color graphic of two Boy Scouts; inside information includes the Scout oath, Scout law, Scout data and personal information certifying Clifford Wadd as a member in good standing of patrol troop No. 85, Waseca; signed by Scoutmaster E. Farrell and Scout Executive C. S. Chase and dated April 11, 1939.

Boy Scout 15 Year Service Pin of Clifford Wadd. Material: metal. Size: 5/8" diameter. Description: blue enameled gold-filled disk, border printed, "Boy Scouts of America"; gold XV overlaid by the gold Scout fleur-de-lis emblem on front; reverse side pin.

Janesville High School Homecoming Pin 1959. Material: metal. Size: 2" diameter. Description: yellow enameled metal disk with black graphic of dancing "Bear" wearing a "J" jersey; perimeter printing: "Welcome Alumni, Bears vs Cards, Oct. 16, '59"; reverse side stick pin.

Masonic Lodge Meeting Procedure Book of Dr. Clifford Wadd. Material: paper, leather. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/4". Description: black leather cover closes with one metal snap. Contents: 204 numbered pages printed by the Allen Publishing Company of New York; title page: "13 King Solomon and His Followers, A Valuable Aid to the Memory, strictly in accordance with the latest revisions, copyright 1896 by C. Gavitt, copyright 1940 by the Allen Company"; index includes: opening, initiation, lecture, clos ... more

Prayers for Little Ones to Clifford Wadd from Margaret Wasbotten. Material: textile, paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6". Description: gray-green hardcover book with a religious graphic of Jesus and little children and title print: "Prayers For Little Ones" by Conrad; handwritten on inside cover: "Merry Christmas Clifford, from your Sunday School teacher, Margaret Wasbotten, 12-25-19". Contents: 37 numbered pages of morning prayers, table prayers, evening prayers, church-related prayers and special praye ... more

Iowa Teacher's Certificate of Helen Wadd. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white paper, black print, "State of Iowa, State Teachers Certificate, Third Grade, Des Moines, Iowa"; contents certifies that Helen S. Wadd, a graduate of Waldorf Junior College with the Diploma from the Two-Year Normal Course is authorized to teach in the Iowa Public Schools for five years; signed by Agnes Samuelson, President Board of Educational Examiners, dated June 20 1930; embossed with the offic ... more

Buckeye Public School Letter to Helen Wadd: Teaching Contract Offer. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2: x 8 1/2". Description: white paper Buckeye Public School, Iowa letterhead; typewritten letter from Superintendent Damon Siefken acknowledging school board offering of a teaching contract to Helen Wadd of Forest City, Iowa.

Jewelry Appraisal. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white letterhead of Dorothy Engesser, Graduate Gemnologist, Mankato, Minnesota"; jewelry of Reba Wadd, Janesville Minnesota valued at a total of $325; appraisal listed for a cameo brooch, cameo bracelet, cameo earrings, synthetic ruby and diamond cluster ring and a strand of simulated pearls.

Report Card of Clifford Wadd. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: white paper report card form completed for eleven year old student Clifford Wadd by his teacher Emma Johnson from rural Blooming Grove School.

Personal Letter from Reba Wadd Concerning Division of Belongings. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: white paper with 8 pages of handwritten instructions from Reba Wadd to her children as to who should receive her personal property upon her death; the final sheet is an addendum written in 1979; Reba Wadd died the following year in 1980; letter is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Susan, Nancy, Audrey and Wally.

Mother's Club History Letter from Gayle Gardner to Reba Wadd. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white stationery, 3-page typewritten letter addressed to Reba Wadd of Hopkins, Minnesota on April 23, 1980 from her friend Gayle Gardner in Janesville; page one includes a personal letter from Gayle; pages 2 and 3 are the written history of the Janesville Mothers Club which began with a group of young mothers in 1941 for the purpose of organizing to bring a close understanding and ... more

Letter Regarding Oil Painting Donated to Hospital. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: Letter from Waseca Memorial Hospital Board typed on letterhead of the Law Offices of Gallagher and Madden and signed by G. P. Madden, Secretary of the Waseca Memorial Hospital Board; contents acknowledges the memorial painting, "Tranquility" given in remembrance of Dr. Clifford Wadd and gives instructions for how it should be disposed of in the event of its removal from the hospital; addressed ... more

Letter to Reba Wadd from William Searle. Material: paper. Size: 6 1/2" x 10 1/2". Description: white letterhead of William Searle, River Farm, Route 1, Waseca, Minnesota 56093 signed by Billy Searle; contents acknowledges the enclosure of a clipping paying tribute to Dr. Clifford Wadd; also mentioned is the possible influence Dr. Wadd may have had on Rodney Searle as to his choice of occupation.

Funeral Service Program of Reba Wadd. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white paper withh two typewritten pages including a tribute to Reba Staley Wadd, poems and Scripture readings and references and hymns sung at her funeral service; third page is a copy of the newspaper obituary for Reba S. Wadd.