Minnesotans Remember Childhoods. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Description: blue hardcover book with title print: Growing Up in Minnesota, Ten Writers Remember Their Childhoods, blue dust cover with plastic protector; contents: lives recounted include Harrison Salisbury, Meridel Le Sueur, Robert Bly, Gerald Vizenor, Toyse Kyle, Keith Gunderson, Shirley Schoonover, Edna and Howard Hong, and Mary Hong Loe.

Vista Community, 120th Anniversary, 1976. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Description: white paper - black print: "1856-1976, 120th Anniversary Vista Community, August 15, 1976, Gordon Peterson Farm" - 2 pages.

New Richland Centennial History. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9 1/2" x 11". Description: green card stock cover with white label and black print: Centennial History of New Richland, Minnesota; contents: a year by year account of selected interesting stories between the year 185601953.

Waseca Bicentennial Committee, 4-H booklet, 1976. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: red, white and blue cover - blue print: "4-H Celebrates 1776" - 47 pages.

Ireland and Gas-Oil Exploration. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9 1/2". Description: green hard cover; leprechaun graphic; cover print: Wildcats and Shamrocks; contents: 90 numbered pages plus appendix and index; explanation of the oil and gas exploration and discovery in the Republic of Ireland written by an employee of the Skelly Oil Company.

Vista '76; 120 Years of History. Vista Scandinavian Settlement, Otisco Township. Material: paper. Size: 6" W. x 9 1/2" L. x 1" D. Description: blue card stock cover; yellow print cover title: Vista '76, 120 years of a Scandinavian-American community; contents: 379 numbered pages of Vista community history, photographs and genealogy of the Scandinavian Immigrant Families (immigrants from Sweden and Norway) of Vista.

Suemnick, Below Wedding. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 9". Description: white textured, folded card stock, front graphic of gray cross and gold rings; inside marriage service uniting Karen Rae Suemnick and Calvin Joel Below, First Congregational Church, October 23, 1976; names printed on right side: Roy McGrath (pastor), Penny Peters (organist), Carol Suemnick (soloist), Anne Byron (Maid of Honor), Cindy Bosacker and Cindy Swenson (Bridesmaids), Crystal McDonough (flower girl), Carlin Below (Be ... more

Suemnick Graduation, Name Card and Invitation.

Suemnick, Below. Size: 4 1/2" x 6". Description: gray parchment; silver print on front: Love joins our present with the past and the future--Kahlil Gibran; inside message: Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Suemnick and Mrs. and Mrs. Charles C. Below invite...their children Karen Rae and Calvin Joel...23rd October...First Congregational Church, Waseca.

Helen and Chester Larson, 40th Wedding Anniversary. Helen and Chester holding knife and cutting cake. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

John Curran residence. House being moved from the farm into Waseca. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo. John Curran is Harlow Thomas Curran's grandfather.

Grunerud family. Otto, Marvin, Dorothy Ross, Jim, Minerva Cooper, Dale, Helen Larson, Allen and Howard. Photo taken after Bert Grunerud's funeral. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" color photo.

Christy, Cathy, Steven Cawley. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Kellie Goodrich. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Chicago and North Western Railway 1976 booklet. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 9". Description: orange cover; black print: "Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, Twin Cities Division, General Order No. 1, Special Order No. 1, effective January 1, 1976"; 43 pages. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

S.E. Alton Extension Club. 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photo. Photo from The History of Janesville, 1956-1981, Page 37. Caption under photo: "Members of S.E. Alton Extension Club show their 1976 bi-centennial quilt. From left: Rena Hinton, Marie Ewert, Jan Meyer, Eleanor Erdman, Iola Britton, Dorothy Trahms, Sophia Meyer, Kathy Gessner, Harriet Langenberg, Arlene Rudolph, Tillie Walther, Dee Kopischke. The proceeds were donated to Janesville Nursing Home."

St. Paul Lutheran Church Directory, 1976. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white cover; blue line graphic of Jesus face on left; black and blue cover print: "St. Paul Lutheran, I am the resurrection and the life..., Waseca, Minnesota, January 1, 1976"; contents: 18 pages of black and white photos and addresses of the St. Paul Lutheran Church membership, Waseca.

Vista '76 Scandinavian Settlement, Otisco Township. Material: paper. Size: 6" W. x 9 1/2" L. x 1" D. Description: blue card stock cover; yellow print cover title: Vista '76, 120 years of a Scandinavian-American community; contents: 379 numbered pages of Vista community history, photographs and genealogy of the Scandinavian Immigrant Families (immigrants from Sweden and Norway) of Vista.

Le Sueur River Lutheran Church Centennial Dedication Service. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 9 1/2". Description: white folder with inserts; cover graphic of young woman comforting child, captioned: "Do not fear, only believe"; inside information: order of morning service, afternoon program, announcements, acknowledgements and a history of the United States and the congregation from 1876-1976 by Pastor Charles Espe; acknowledged names of contributing people: Judy Tollefson, JoAnn Hagen, Russ ... more

Swedes in Minnesota. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: white card stock cover, blue Minnesota state outline and seal of Minnesota graphics, cover print: "The Swedes in Minnesota"; contents: 107 numbered pages of photos and information includes reasons for Swedish emigration, rural settlement in Minnesota, Swedes in the Twin Cities, religious and secular organizations, Swedish language and Swedes in Minnesota politics.

Le Sueur County Rural Resident Plat Directory 1976. Material: paper, metal. Size: 7" x 10". Description: white card stock cover; title print: "Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Rural Resident Directory 1976" and cover graphics of area businesses boxed ads; contents: 60 numbered pages of ads, alphabetical listing of rural residents and county township plat maps.

Herter Employees. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 5". Description: black and white photo of Herter's employees working at machine. Chronograph for testing the feet per second (F.P.S.) of shells.

Janesville State Bank New Drive-Through after Remodeling. Material: film and paper. Size: 2" x 2" photo transparency mounted in cardboard frame. Description: color photo of the Janesville State Bank as viewed from the west side or alley side; 35mm transparency slide.

Janesville State Bank after Remodeling. Material: film and paper. Size: 2" x 2" photo transparency mounted in cardboard frame. Description: color photo of the Janesville State Bank as viewed from the east or Main Street side; 35mm transparency slide.

The Gibson Discount Center in the Waseca Shopping Center. Material: film and paper. Size: 2" x 2" photo transparency mounted in cardboard frame. Description: color photo of the new Waseca Shopping Center as viewed from the south side; 35mm transparency slide.