Number of sheets: 1 Postcard addressed to Mrs. E.A. Everett from Guy Everett while visiting Shanghai.

Number of sheets: 1 Rural Otisco Township School District #46. Treasurer's Book of Records for 1931 - 1933 for school District 46; located in Waseca County, Otisco Township, Section 17, East of Otisco, MN, Bishman. Book lists: Register of Receipts; Register of Disbursements; Treasurer's Annual Report. Rural School District No. 46. Rural schools, country schools, schoolhouses, Otisco schools, Bishman school.

Number of sheets: 1 Rural Otisco Township School District #46. Clerk's Record Book for 1931 - 1932 for school District 46; located in Waseca County, Otisco Township, Section 17, East of Otisco, MN, Bishman. Book lists: Annual School Meeting Minutes; Names of Trustees, Elected or appointed; Treasurer's Report to annual meeting; Annual report of teachers; Teacher's contracts; District Treasurer's bond; Receipt stubs; Notice of Election to Office of School; Notice of Acceptance. Rural School Distr ... more

Number of sheets: 1 Baptismal booklet of Albert Mittelstaedt (Mittelsteadt), a twin baby born and died April 12, 1931 to Albert Mittelstaedt and Anna Barbknecht Mittelstaedt, Waseca County. Officiating pastor was Evangelical Lutheran minister Herman F. Soeldner; sponsors were Albert Mittelstaedt and Lena Barbknecht; booklet is printed in the German language and titled "Zur Erinnerung an deine tause" (memories of your baptism); several pages tied with a tassled cord that include Bible verses, r ... more

Number of sheets: 2 Report Card to Parents of the work done by Mavis Dierks in her fifth grade at District #41, Waseca County, Minnesota under the instruction of teacher Carol Johnstone and signed each month by father John Dierks; County Superintendent H. C. Van Loh also signed report card. Rural Woodville Township School District #41. School District 41; located in Waseca County, Woodville Township, Section 32, Sunshine School; Rural School District No. 41. building later moved to Waseca Count ... more

Number of sheets: 1 Certificate of perfect attendance awarded to Mavis Dierks of School District #41 of Waseca County, signed by teacher Mrs. Edward Bollum and County Superintendence H. C. Van Loh. Rural Woodville Township School District #41. School District 41; located in Waseca County, Woodville Township, Section 32, Sunshine School; Rural School District No. 41. building later moved to Waseca County Fairgrounds. Built in 1874 on 3/4 acre tract purchased from Q. A. and Eliza Heath for $10. S ... more

Number of sheets: 1 Certificate of reading awarded to Mavis Dierks of School District #41 of Waseca County, signed by County Superintendence H. C. Van Loh. Rural Woodville Township School District #41. School District 41; located in Waseca County, Woodville Township, Section 32, Sunshine School; Rural School District No. 41. building later moved to Waseca County Fairgrounds. Built in 1874 on 3/4 acre tract purchased from Q. A. and Eliza Heath for $10. Square nails used in construction. Was loca ... more

Number of sheets: 1 Insurance Policy from The Otisco Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association to Mrs. Augusta Carlson of 813 Fourth Ave., S.E., Waseca insuring the buildings on her property in Section 23 in the Town of Otisco for the sum of $3900 against loss or damage by fire or lightning.

Number of sheets: 5 Waseca High School Report Cards of Wallace E. Peterson signed by parent Mrs. Eliza Peterson and school Principal M. C. Heiberg, one card for each year of Wallace E. Peterson's year in school from grade 8 to grade 12.

Citizens State Bank of Janesville Bank book of John McBride. 1931-1933. Number of sheets: 1

Valentine Card. Material: paper. Size: approximately 6" x 6". Description: red heart - graphic of traffic cop and a stop and go sign - penciled message on back: "to Dady from Dorothy".

Gladys Tesch Christmas Card. Material: paper. Size:2 1/2" W. x 3 1/2" L. (a) Card. Description: white card stock folded - front graphic: fireplace, cat, rug, bed, holly banner; message: "Bright and Happy Christmas to You"; Bible verse, Luke 2:10; blue ink signature: "Gladys Tesch. (b) Envelope. Description: white paper; postmarked Matawan, Minn., and addressed to "Miss Edna Kluender, Minnesota Lake, Minnesota"; paper stamps attached: Christmas seal, Lutheran Sanitarium of Wheat Ridge, Colorad ... more

Singer Sewing Machines Handbill. Material: paper. Size: 5 7/8" W. x 6 1/2" L. Description: green single fold pamphlet advertising Singer sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, and sewing classes; black and white photos.

Best of Cookery Recipes. Material: paper. Size: 10 1/4" W. x 13 3/4" L. x 1/8" thick. Description: white, black, red, and yellow - cover illustrated with cake and pudding graphic, a red and white border with a black band edging - illustrations of food dishes, diet plans, monthly menus.

Sacred Heart Academy Senior Class Play. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 10" Description: white paper - black print: "Virginia's New Car, Senior Class Play" - cast of characters and scenes listed below - "Sacred Heart Auditorium, April 20, 1931."

Christmas Greeting Postcard. Material: paper. Description: white cardstock with front graphic: black English coach drawn by four black horses, red harnesses and red road; lit candles nested in poinsettia; greeting: "Greetings to you at Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year"; from Herman Losman.

Sacred Heart Academy, 1931. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Description: brown cover - black print: "School News" - 11 pages.

Waseca County Settlement 1854-1880. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11" L. Description: brown cardstock cover - title on front: "History of the Settlement of Waseca County 1854-1880, A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Minnesota by Gladys A. Harshman (Du Priest) in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts May 1931" - contents: 192 typed pages.

Waseca Telephone Directory 1931. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6 7/8" W. x 9 7/8" L. x 1/8" D. Description: brown card stock cover with black printing: "Waseca Telephone Directory 1931; contents: twenty pages stapled, advertising on front and back inside covers, Waseca Telephone Company officials, local office, how to use the telephone, long distance service, rules and regulations, Waseca exchange, advertisements interspersed; string inserted through hanging hole in upper left corner; red 2- ... more

Memories: Commemoration Booklet for LeSueur River First Settlers and Church Congregation. Material: paper, metal. Size: 6" W. x 9 1/4" L. Description: white paper cover, geometric line bottom and top borders and title: "Memories, Published in Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Coming of the First Settlers and the 70th Anniversary of the LeSueur River Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, June 27 & 28, 1931, New Richland, Minnesota, contents: 30 pages stapled inside cover includes infor ... more

Janesville Jubilee Dance. Material: metal. Size: 2 3/16" diameter. Description: white enameled metal disk with red lettering across front: "Janesville Jubilee, Free Pavement Dance, Sunday Nite, June 25-26-27"; reverse side: safety pin closure.

Janesville Standard Lumber Advertising Calendar 1931. Material: paper. Size: 10 1/4" W. x 16 3/4" L. Description: four-color cardboard; printed 12-month 1931 calendar; artwork: soft green bridge in background, moonlit beach scene in foreground; printed: "Season's Greetings"; monthly calendar pages for 1931 stapled to lower edge of picture; imprinted in center: "Standard Lumber Co. Building Material, Paint and Coal Janesville, Minnesota".

Red Bead Necklace. Material: glass, textile. Size: 1/2" W. x 73" L. Description: red seed beads strung into a lattice pattern; large red oval bead at each end of the necklace from which five beaded loops extend; strung on red string.

Vista Lutheran Diamond Jubilee Program. Material: paper. Size: 8" W. x 8 7/8" L. Description: white paper (folded) - black printed information: "Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Celebration of the Swedish Lutheran Church of Vista" including "Homecoming" program, "The Future Church" program, communion service program, 75th Anniversary program.

Elisabeth Laudert Bock. 3-1/2" x 5" photograph of older woman standing outdoors near a house, identified on back as Elisabeth Laudert Bock.