Minnesota Tax Payer Carving. Material: wood. Size: 11" H. Description: natural and green painted wood - hand carved nude man caricature hiding behind a bush - black ink printed on front base: "Remember the Minnesota Tax Payer" and on bottom base: "By H. Lillesve 3-10-79 New Richland, MN to Speaker Rod Searle."

Waseca County Fair. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" W. x 5 1/2" H. Description: black and white cardstock imprinted: "County Fair Sept. 14, 15, 16, 1911 Waseca Minnesota reprint from 1911" and graphic: prize-winning, in stanchion bull, nose to nose with a young woman, captioned: "Bull-Luck".

Waseca Cinema. Material: paper. Size: 14" W. x 22" H. Description: pink, green, yellow cardboard poster - black print: "Waseca Cinema Waseca, Minnesota, Enjoy a Good Movie Today!" - ads for: "Animal House; The Amityville Horror; Terror; Just You and Me, Kid; The Villain; A Force of One; Hot Stuff; One Hundred and One Dalmations."

Development Report, University of Minnesota Southern School of Agriculture. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" W. x 8 1/2" H. Description: cream cover - red print: "Development Report 1979, Regents of the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca" - 16 pages.

A Little Bit of Country. Material: paper. Size: 4 3/4" x 7 1/2". Description: dark green hard cover book with yellow paper dust jacket; jacket graphic: foliage and lake - contents: 47 numbered pages of childhood memories - autographed and inscribed by the author.

History of Minnesota Business. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 9". Description: black hard cover with red paper dust cover and white and black print: "Land of the Giants" by Don W. Larson; multi colored business logos - contents: 178 numbered pages of information and photos about the history of business in Minnesota including the timber industry, James J. Hill and the railroad, grain and flour milling, iron ore mining, Gamble-Skogmo, Honeywell, Super Valu, Land O' Lakes; the Depression, Worl ... more

Waseca Community Telephone Directory 1979. Material: paper, metal. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white glossy cardstock cover with black printed information; raccoon photo graphic; Waseca Community Telephone Directory; contents: alphabetical list of residents and businesses with vital information providing total community identification.

Kunst Brothers World Walkers. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 8 1/2". Description: buff colored hard cover with orange spine; white paper dust jacket with UNICEF banner and Kunst brothers photo; brown printed cover information: The Man Who Walked Around the World; a true story; by David Kunst and Clinton Trowbridge; contents: 253 numbered pages and many black and white photographs.

Brown Printing Catalog. Material: paper. Size: 11" W. x 8 1/2" H. Description: full color booklet orange cover and black print; 6 pages of photographs and description; dedication: "Brown Printing / people dedicated to fine quality.

Faribault County: Trinity Lutheran Church at Kiester. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: buff colored card stock cover, black and white photo of church, black print: Centennial Trinity Lutheran Church, Kiester, Minnesota, 1879-1979, David J. Monge, Pastor; contents: 73 numbered pages with black and white photos detailing the history of the church in Kiester including chronology, "firsts", confirmation classes, membership list, janitors, committee members and pioneer history.

Harlam Schlaak Family. 3 1/2" x 4 1/4" color photo. Harlam, Carol, Neil, Gary, Keith, Donna, Linda.

Herters Blanket. Material: textile. Size: 72" x 90" Description: green wool Herters blanket; white tag: "New France, Official Trade Blanket, 100% reprocessed wool, tightly woven wool is naturally flame resistant. 72 x 90inches, Herter's, Inc. Waseca, MN."

State Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Description: white and green paper - black print: "Waseca Mutual, Homeowner Application."

Communicator, February 1979. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Description: white paper - blue header: "University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca, Communicator" - black print: "Waseca, Minnesota, February 1979, Vol. 6 - No. 1" - blue print: "Up from 1050 in Fall, Enrollment Climbs at UMW to 1103."

Communicator, May 1979. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Description: white paper - green header: "University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca, Communicator" - black print: "Waseca, Minnesota, May 1979, Vol. 6 - No. 2" - green print: "UMW Develops "Whole" Student."

Communicator, October 1979. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Description: white paper - brown header: "University of Minnesota Technical College, Waseca, Communicator" - black print: "Waseca, Minnesota, October 1979, Vol. 6 - No. 4, Total - 1,111."

David Keeley. Janesville, MN High School Graduation, 1979. 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" color photo.

Fur Fun. Material: paper. Size: 6 1/4" x 8 1/4" Description: white paper - black and white sketch on front - fur cartoons inside - "50 years of fur cartoons from the New Yorker."

Zaida Irene (Price) Savage Boyd and Jack. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo. Note on back: "To Zaida with love, Jack, Thanksgiving at Beth and Jack's, 1979."

Minnesota 1870 Census Index. Material: paper, textile. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" x 3". Description: blue hard cover; gold cover print: Minnesota 1870 Census Index; 1095 numbered pages including every given name on the census record.

Helga and Al Grunz. Silver Wedding Anniversary Nov. 9, 1954 to Nov. 9, 1979. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Slinde-Vangen Family History. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 11". Description: green hard cover, gold cover print and graphic: Slinde-Vangen, 1576-1979; contents: 376 pages of family history collected between 1974 and 1979 from family members, the Aurland Book No. 2 of Norway, South Prairie Saga by Eva Connors and Kjell Wangen of Drybak, Norway and Uff Da by Emily Lunde; includes photos, maps, family trees and individual and family biographies.

Chicago and North Western Railway Company 1979 booklet. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" x 9". Description: green cover; black print: "North Western Employee Owned, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, General Order No. 1, Special Order No. 1, Bulletin No. 1, Effective January 1, 1979"; 82 pages. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad.

E. F. Johnson Company Program. 1979 25 Year Club Program. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 11". Description: silver cover; black print: "E.F. Johnson Company, Twenty five year Club Dinner, Lavender Inn, Faribault, Minnesota, November 19, 1979"; logo in center; inside: letter from Richard Horner, President and list of employees with 25 years or more of service.

University of Minnesota School of Agriculture History. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: ivory colored card stock cover, cover graphic of University Home Building and cover print: "The History of the School of Agriculture, 1851-1960, University of Minnesota, Institute of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics, St. Paul, Minnesota"; contents: 171 numbered pages in 22 chapters outlining the school's history through several administrations of Pendergast, Brewster, Tucker, Mayn ... more