Brown Printing Company Employee Updates February 1-May 9, 1988. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: (a-m) cream colored copy paper bearing the heading "Brown Rebuilds" with a brick background; 14 weekly updates concerning the status of the rebuilding of the printing room after its roof collapsed on January 23, 1988, killing two employees, destroying the company pressroom and disrupting the operation of the production facilities; the update sheets are dated February 1,15, 22, 29 ... more

Brown Printing 25 Years, 1957-1982 Anniversary Tour. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: white glossy booklet with a silver sunburst within the number 25. Contents: 32 numbered pages containing history of the company and instructions to visitors for their safety, as well as detailed description of all of the printing processes and materials, including 1) Bemis ink, 2)Pressroom--Hantscho Mark IV; 3) Rack storage; 4)Paper storage; 5) Mail room; 6) Supply room; 7) Machine shop ... more

Governor Pawlenty Certificate of Commendation to Brown Printing Company. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: white paper printed with the Minnesota State Seal and the words, Certificate of Commendation, In recognition of the outstanding contributions of manufacturing to the Minnesota economy and your commitment to making Minnesota a better place to live and work...with the appreciation and respect of the people of Minnesota...October 22, 2007, Tim Pawlenty, Governor; gold foil seal ... more

Governor Mark Dayton Certificate of Commendation to Brown Printing Company. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: white paper printed with the Minnesota State Seal and the words, Certificate of Commendation, In recognition of the outstanding contributions of manufacturing to the Minnesota economy and your commitment to making Minnesota a better place to live and work...with the appreciation and respect of the people of Minnesota...October 23, 2011, Mark Dayton, Governor; gold foil sea ... more

Dan Nitz Biological Sketch. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: Brown Printing Company news release with July 1990 naming Nitz as president and chief operating officer at the company; short bio follows; 2 pages.

Waseca Boy Scout Pack 86 Photos. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9 1/2" x 11". Description: blue vinyl padded cover with gold title: "Album". Contents: 1978-1979 Scout Pack 86 photos and clippings. Doreen Burditt, Publicity Chairperson.

Waseca Boy Scout Pack 86 Photos. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9 1/2" x 11". Description: blue vinyl padded cover with gold title: "Album". Contents: 1979-1980 Cub Scout Pack 86 photos and clippings. Doreen Burditt, Publicity Chairperson.

Waseca Boy Scout Pack 86: Photos. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9 1/2" x 11". Description: blue vinyl padded cover with gold title: "Album". Contents: 1979-1980 Cub Scout Pack 86, photos and clippings. Doreen Burditt, Publicity Chairperson.

Myron Lee Wendt Family History. Material: paper, plastic, metal. Size: 10" x 11 1/2". Description: blue vinyl three-ring binder with cover title sheet: Myron Lee Wendt Family History, Starting with Great-Great Grandparents Charles Bernard Wendt & Ida Witte Wendt, Compiled by Caryn Wendt, Waseca, Minnesota, July 2, 2020. Contents: family data researched and up to date as of July 2, 2020, family trees, photos, copies of newspaper clippings, indices of places and individuals. ... more

Dorothy Wynnemer High School Memories. Material: paper, metal, textile. Size: 7 1/2" x 10". Description: dark blue hard cover album tied with a yellow cord; cover title: "My Memories of School Days". Contents: a collection of paper mementos such as programs, school newspapers, cards, hand-written classmate autographs, friend addresses and phone numbers, party favors, letters, newspaper clippings reflecting Dorothy Wynnemer's days as a Waseca High School student.

Letter to Henrietta Wynnemer from Connie Everett. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 7". Description: (a, b, c) white stationery, black printed heading with return address, "Constance Everett, 206 Ninth Street Northeast, Waseca, Minnesota"; black ink, handwritten message dated April 6, 1937. Letter Contents: three pages, double sided message addressed to "Dear Tommy"; she writes about her love for Girl Scouting, reasons to be in scouting, a possible lunch date and scheduling more time together; s ... more

Organ Dedication and Dedicatory Concert St. Paul Lutheran Church. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: buff colored card stock cover with a sepia photo of the new Zimmer pipe organ. Contents: 5 double sided pages of print includes the service of worship and praise rite of dedication led by the pastor with congregational responses; listed are all the names of service participants; the evening dedicatory concert; program notes; history of the former Wangerin organ purchased in ... more

Henrietta Wynnemer's Handwriting Analysis Letter from Graphologist Jeanne French. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white stationery with signature blue horizontal bar Jeanne French letterhead, "Internationally Famous Graphologist, Cleveland, Ohio", dated July 3, 1937. Contents: typewritten correspondence to Henrietta Wynnemer in which French responds to the submitted handwriting for analysis; French comments on Wynnemer's handwriting style and interprets her personality as ... more

Aughenbaugh/Masonic Temple Christmas Tea Announcement. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: pink copy paper with decorative black holiday border and black printed information. Contents: "Joins us for a 'Christmas Cup of Tea' as you view this beautiful Victorian Mansion"; a short history of the mansion and the John Augenbaugh and EACO Flour Milling Company follows.

37th Annual Commencement of the Waseca County Rural Schools. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9 1/2". Description: white paper folder with front page information: "The Thirty-Seventh Annual Commencement of the Waseca County Rural Schools at the Waseca High School Auditorium, Friday, June 13, 1941". Contents: Program, class creed, motto, colors and flower; list of graduating students from each rural district and their teachers; back page lists pupils having perfect attendance.

Waseca High School Football Team 1938. Material: paper. Size: 7" x 10". Description: black and white photo showing the entire Waseca High School Team and coaches; they posed in front of the school with the front row kneeling with their helmets in front of them. Photo by Lewis of Waseca.

Henrietta Prange Holtz Kraeling. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: sepia portrait of an older woman, white hair pulled straight back from her face; she is wearing wire rimmed glasses, high necked dark dress with a lighter v-neck insert and a small brooch at her neckline; identified as Henrietta Holtz Kraeling 1854-1926. Photo by George Kopmann, Waseca.

Alien Registration Card of William Poplow. 3 1/2" x 5 3/4". Description: buff colored card stock folder with title, United States of America Department of Justice Alien Registration Card", seal of the Department of Justice, signed by William Poplow, address Waseca, MInn.; inside contains the date, February 18, 1918, name, address of William Poplow and signed by the postmaster, Charles Spillane; last page contains the signed identification photo of William Poplow, signed by Charles Spillane, P. ... more

Alien Certificate of Registration of Clara Poplow. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4". Description: white card stock card entitled, Alien Certificate of Registration State of Minnesota, Serial Number 9, Minnesota State Seal; handwritten completed form indicate it is the card of Clara Anna Poplow, Wilton, Waseca County, Wilton Township, Wilton Precinct, and signed by Andrew Fairley, Clerk and Agent, Minnesota Commission of Public Safety; the registration has been filed with J. A. O. Preus, Sta ... more

Registration Certificate of William Poplow. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4". Description: white card stock card entitled, Registration Certificate; handwritten completed form indicates it is the card of William August Friederich Poplow, R. F. D. No. 1, Waseca, Minn. and signed by Andrew Fairley, Clerk and Agent, Minnesota Commission of Public Safety dated September 1918; stamp of local board on reverse side of card.

Marriage Certificate of Charles Norton and Mattie Simpson. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10 1/2". Description: white paper folder with one printed side certifying the marriage of Charles and Mattie Simpson Norton on March 28, 1894; they were married at the bride's residence in St. Paul according to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church; signed, sealed and certified by Charles Andrews, Rector of Christ Church St. Paul, Minn.

Janesville Girls Basketball Newsprint Photos. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 8". Description: black and white newsprint photos showing (a) the 1929-1930 Janesville High School Girls Basketball Team and (b) the 1931 Janesville High School Girls Basketball Intermural Team. Identified in the 1929-1920 photo: Lola Savage, Margaret O'Toole, Gertrude Nicholson, Coash Hilda Baker Hottinger, Marguerite Burke, Mildred Schneider and Winifred Marsh. Identified in the 1931 photo: Mable Fratzke, Hazel ... more

Janesville High School Senior Class 1925. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white newsprint photo copy showing three rows of Janesville Seniors posed for their graduation photo. Identified are: front row, Mary Cahill, Ruth Smith, Gladys Koplen, Rosina Flemming, Albertina Fratzke. Middle row, Maynard Robbins, Cecilia Cahill, Sylvia Gekeler, Hannah Lambert, Marie Munz, Charlotte Zollner, Corliss Hartwick. Back row, James Glynn, Robert Timlin, Luverne Klinder, Kenneth Str ... more

Janesville High School Football Team 1924. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white newsprint photo copy showing two rows of young men, members of the Janesville High School football team wearing football uniforms. Identifed in front row are Tom Lynch, Bill Paddock, George Trahms, Frank Joyce, Walter Miller, Jim ? and George ?. In back row, Mr. Cole, Henry Hess, Frank Foley, ? , Corliss Hartwick.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stankey.