Waseca County Railroad Project of 1980. Material: paper, metal. Size: 9" x 11 1/2". Description: red heavy cardstock covers with metal insert binding; contents: 116 pages of information on the project plus abstract, map, content page, bibliography and appendices.

Civil War Genealogy. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: gray cardstock cover with black title print: Civil War Genealogy, by George K. Schweitzer; contents: 76 numbered pages, a research guide for tracing Civil War ancestors by using detailed sources.

Account of Girl's Experience in the 1862 Massacre. Material: paper, vinyl, metal. Size: 9" x 11". Description: clear vinyl cover over black and white copies of articles from a 1931 publication: contents: James - Younger Gang; 1862 Massacre account by Mrs. Cecelia Schilling; Mankato founding story; Inkpaduta Massacre of 1857, Chief Sleepy Eyes portrait and Biscay, the first creamery co-op in Minnesota.

Joe Britton. Material: paper. Size: 5" W. x 3" H. Description: white paper - black print: "Vote for Joe Britton, 5th District Commissioner, Waseca County, Primary Sept. 11, 1984" - qualifications listed on back.

Reunion Class of 1959. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" W. x 8 1/2" H. Description: yellow cover - green print: "1959, 1984" - WHS logo in center - booklet filled with class members names and information.

Waseca Community, 1984. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" W. x 8 1/2" L. Description: white paper - black print: "Waseca Community Education, Waseca Community Directory, Compiled by Waseca Community Education, Current as 1-1-84" - 24 pages.

Fillmore County, Minnesota. Material: paper. Size: 9" x 12". Description: brown textured hard cover with gold state seal graphic and print: Fillmore County History 1984; contents: 669 numbered pages of Fillmore County history and black and white photos of present day residents, township plat maps, family histories and name index.

Mower County, Minnesota History. Material: paper. Size: 9" x 11 1/2". Description: green hard cover with gold print: Mill on the Willow, a history of Mower County, Minnesota and gold graphic: coffee mill; white paper dust jacket with graphic of man nailing a small coffee mill to a willow tree; contents: 410 numbered pages with black and white photographs detailing the story of Mower County and Austin as well as a section on townships and histories of other Mower County towns and villages; Mow ... more

Settling of Waseca County. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white paper cover and contents, cover typed print: Mankato State University, The Settling of Waseca County, 1854-1857: A Segment of the American Westward Movement; contents: 27 numbered typewritten pages detailing the westward movement, public land laws and the settling of Waseca County, including maps of Minnesota counties, land cessions by the Indians, survey of Wilton Township in 1855 and settlement patte ... more

Minnesota Genealogical Index. Material: paper, metal. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: orange card stock cover stapled to contents; black cover print: Minnesota Genealogical Index, Volume 1; contents: 119 numbered pages indexing 72 Minnesota related genealogical, biographical and historical works.

Minnesota Census: 1880. Material: paper, textile. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: red hard cover, gold title print: Minnesota 1880 Volume Two; contents: 581 numbered pages of names listed alphabetically along with each person's county and city of residence in 1880.

Autograph Verses. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: blue card stock cover, floral graphic, black title print: Forget-Me-Not, a Collection of Autograph Verses 1880s-1980s; contents: unnumbered pages of short verses arranged by decades and found in autograph albums over the years.

Pat Curran Volkmann Family. Back row left to right: Sarah, Rog, Jim. Middle row left to right: Katie, Kathy, John. Front row left to right: Mom and Dad. 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Jolene Morgan. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo. Photographer: Terry Walters.

Babe's 80th Birthday party. Babe Larson Albertine Anderson, born in 1906 to Martin and Helmine (Olson) Anderson. She was a sister of Julia Anderson Curran. Left to right: Keith, Babe and Barb. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Babe's 80th Birthday party. Babe Larson Albertine Anderson, born in 1906 to Martin and Helmine (Olson) Anderson. She was a sister of Julia Anderson Curran. Left to right: Muriel Grunerud, Babe and Jim Grunerud. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Babe's 80th Birthday party. Babe Larson Albertine Anderson, born in 1906 to Martin and Helmine (Olson) Anderson. She was a sister of Julia Anderson Curran. Left to right: Helen Bagne, Babe, Myrwood Bagne. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Babe's 80th Birthday party. Babe Larson Albertine Anderson, born in 1906 to Martin and Helmine (Olson) Anderson. She was a sister of Julia Anderson Curran. Left to right: Geraldine Curran, Babe, Harlow Curran. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Proechel Family History Book 1. Material: paper, metal. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: yellow card stock cover with Proechel coat of arms graphic; contents: 66 numbered pages of Proechel family history and photocopied pictures; includes story of "Grandma Prail",family matriarch born in Germany as Wilhelmina Fruch and later married to John Proechel before immigrating to America.

E. F. Johnson Company Feature in Communications February 1984 Magazine. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/4" x 11". Description: full color photo on cover; brown and black print: "Communications, February 1984, Sales & marketing, automated radio repair, nationwide paging"; 114 pages; E.F. Johnson story page 62.

E. F. Johnson Company Brochure. Cellular Mobile Phone Brochure. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: color photo on cover; white print: "Western Union, Cellular Mobile Phone, the high-performance car phone"; information inside and on back cover.

Civil Defense Map, Waseca County 1984. Material: paper. Size: 11 1/4" x 16 3/4". Description: white paper; black print; Robert McPartlin, County Highway Engineer; "Civil Defense Map, Waseca County Minnesota, 1984."

Nina (Ruhnow) Sewell. 5" x 9 1/2". A series of portraits showing Nina at age 82 in three different poses, one where she is turned to her left and smiling, one where she is posed in a partial profile and another where she is turned slightly to her right against a backdrop of her profile in silhouette; taken by a Seattle, Washington photographer.

St. John Lutheran Church Congregational Directory 1984. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: white glossy card stock cover with color photo of church sanctuary and black title print: "St. John Lutheran Church, Waseca, Minnesota"; contents: variously numbered pages with color photos of church activities, member portraits and member roster with addresses.

Oral History Collections, Minnesota Historical Society. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: blue and white glossy card stock cover with white cover print: "The Oral Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society"; contents: 121 pages listing and describing the tape recorded, oral history interviews located at the Minnesota Historical Society and the Regional Research Centers; indexed.