Number of sheets: 12 1880 Census Books. Material: paper. Description: twelve books; handwritten information includes names of people living in Waseca County in 1880; a) Janesville; b) Wilton; c) New Richland; d) Freedom; e) St. Mary; f) Blooming Grove; g) Iosco; h) Otisco; i) Vivian and Byron; j) Alton; k) City of Waseca; l) Woodville.

Number of sheets: 1 Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen greeting certificate. Size: 18" x 23 1/2". Description: Certificate of Greeting by the Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; this greeting acknowledged the name change to include "Enginemen" on March 1, 1909; this charter known as the Fort Ridgely Lodge No. 65.

Number of sheets: 1 Annual Account of the Supervisors of the Town of Blooming Grove, County of Waseca 2 March 1880. Names and supervisors services fees listed.

Number of sheets: 4 Acceptance of Overseer documents to Remund, Town Clerk, signed Jamesen, McDermott, Dardis. 1880.

Number of sheets: 1 Assessment of Damages filed 26 January 1880, Road Record.

Number of sheets: 1 Treasurer report for the Town of Blooming Grove 1880.

Number of sheets: 19 Blooming Grove Township Supervisors' Assessment of Labor and Road Tax.

Number of sheets: 4 Blooming Grove Township verified accounts: claim of A. Remund, 23 March 1880; A. Remund, 24 April 1880; Albert Remund 28 June 1880.

Number of sheets: 31 Blooming Grove Township Warrant of Appointment to the Office of Overseer of Highways for Road District No. 1: 1882, 1892, 1897; Road District No. 2: 1892, 1893, 1902; Road District No. 3: 1880, 1885, 1893; Road District No. 4: 1882, 1896, 1901; Road District No. 5: 1883, 1890, 1904; Road District No. 6: 1904; Road District No. 7: 1885, 1889, 1901; Road District No. 8: 1893, 1899, 1904; Road District No. 9: 1888, 1890, 1902, 1904; Road District No. 10: 1890, 1893; Road Distr ... more

Number of sheets: 3 Blooming Grove Township Town Order receipt from Treasurer of Waseca County in payment of County Auditors Warrants 1880-1881.

Blooming Grove Township correspondence regarding township duties 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1885; 1887; 1889. Number of sheets: 18

Blooming Grove Township correspondence regarding road work 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1887; 1888. Number of sheets: 9

Number of sheets: 1 Rural Otisco Township School District #46. School Registration booklet for school year 1880 - 1884 for school District 46; located in Waseca County, Otisco Township, Section 17, East of Otisco, MN, Bishman, teachers: Anna Bishman; Lizzie Swift; Frederica Meinges; Mary Bishman; Lottie Johnson. Rural School District No. 46. Rural schools, country schools, schoolhouses, Otisco schools, Bishman school.

Wooden Darner. Material: wood. Size: 2 1/4" W. x 5 3/8" L. x 1 1/4" deep. Description: natural hand-carved wood in a flattened oval shape; handle worked smoothly out at one end.

PLACEHOLDER Goodspeed. Framed. Materials: Plaster, Glass, Paper. Size: 7 1/2" W. x 9 1/4" L. Colors: Brown, White. Frame ornate plaster raised relief grape and leaf pattern. Applied directly to cover glass. Photograph of woman identified on back as Frank's grandmother Goodspeed.

James Child and Justina Krassin. 5" x 7" black and white reprint of an original photograph of a man and a woman identified on the back as James E. Child and Justina Krassin. See accession #1688a for original photo.

Tea Leaf Dinner Plate. Material: ceramic. Size: 9" diameter x 1 1/2" H. Description: white ironstone - copper tea leaf design in middle of plate - copper stripe around edge - black trademark stamped on bottom: "dieu et mon Droit, Ironstone China, H. Burgess, Burslem" - also imprinted on bottom "H.Burgess".

Otisco Creamery and Businesses. 5-3/8" x 3-1/4" postcard photograph of buildings identified as Otisco, Minn.; the view looking east from railroad track in foreground. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad. Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad. DM & E Railroad.

Material: textile. Size: 22" W. x 11 1/2" L. Color and description: white cotton lawn - square neckline - short sleeves - narrow white rickrack insert on each sleeve - sleeves edged with narrow band of white tatting - front opening from neckline to hemline.

Grapp. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" W. x 5" L. Description: white paper booklet - front graphic: U.S. flag and "The Nation's Pride- Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine, Cleveland, Ohio" - 16 page booklet explains shuttle machine along with jokes, poems and various other notations - back page: picture of Standard Sewing Machine with "A. Grapp, Agent, Waseca, Minn."

Bass Drum. Material: wood, leather, metal, plastic. Size: 28 3/4" diameter x 10" D. Description: leather head. wooden veneer sides edged with black strips around perimeters; fourteen rope-with-leather stays (one leather piece is torn with half missing); silver paint over simulated leather backing - red paper letters glued on drumhead: "B.F.Weed Band"; red painted lettering: "New Richland, Minnesota, U.S.A.1885-1901".

Material: textile. Size: 33 1/2" W. x 41" L. Description: pink and white cotton half slip - four gores gathered to a 3/4" W. waistband - back closure with 1 shell button in a 12" L. placket - two ruffles embroidered in white encircle lower edge of skirt.

Material: textile, button. Size: 17" W. at waist x 38" L. Description: white cotton muslin - each leg attached to the 1 1/4" W. waistband - 16" L. placket on right side has a button and buttonhole closure - full leg is designed with 15 rows of 1/4" pintucking, a 3" W. flounce below a 1" W. band around the ankle - bottom 8" of legs are open with button closure just above flounce.

White Cotton Half Apron. Material: textile. Size: 88" W. including ties x 28 1/4" L. Description: white cotton broadcloth - ties stitched at waistband sides to tie in back; white lace on each tie end; skirt gathered to waistband; white lace edged ruffle at hemline. lace.

Patterned Shawl of Martha Marie Hogaas. Material: textile. Size: 64" square. Description: orange, red, blue, and black wool - 22" W. red twill Greek cross design in center surrounded by paisley-type design.