State Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. Material: wood. Size: 9 1/4" W. x 12" H. Description: wooden base - shield shaped - black face with gold engraved lettering and trim: Century Service plaque presented by the Minnesota Association of Farm Mutal Insurance Companies.

Waseca Community Leaders. 10" x 8" color photograph of the group of Waseca residents who attended the Blandin Community Leadership Program, a week-long workshop held at Sugar Lake Lodge, Grand Rapids, Minn., the first of two groups who attended this training from Waseca; identified L-R: (back) Jim Tippy, Larry Dukes, Jim Staloch, Bernie Gaytko, Bruce Ristau, Jeanne Swanson, Larry Collins, Mark Bartelt; (middle) Sue Miller, Julie Linnehan, Srae Christianson, Scott Hildebrandt, Andrea Zimmerman, D ... more

Catholic Daughters Members. 4" x 6" colored photograph of unidentified Catholic Daughters of America #1424 members. On back: "MN State CDA Convention Hulda 50yr. Members of Catholic Daughters. 1996 Photo by Zita Mittelstaedt."

Catholic Daughters Members. 5" x 7" black and white photograph of unidentified Catholic Daughters of America #1424 members.

Catholic Daughters Members. 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" black and white photograph of two unidentified women in dressy clothing.

Waseca Theater Presentation Program. 4 1/4" x 11" play program for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" presented by the Waseca Community Education Department and the New Waseca Community Theater Company on August 15, 16, 17, 1996; black in on yellow parchment-like stock.

Blanche and Delbert Alasha. 5" x 3 1/2" color photo.

Jeanette Tollefson. 5" x 3 1/2" color photo - handwritten on reverse: "Two Jeanettes in a dentists office! May 1996 or was it April?"

Depot Liquors Train Engine.. Material: metal. Size: 1 1/2" W. x 1 1/2" L. Description: brass - train engine shape - raised lettering on front: "Depot Liquors 835-4087 Beer Wine Liquor" - lettering on reverse: " Waseca."

Clarence H. Johnston Biography. Material: paper. Size: 10 1/2" W. x 12 1/2" L. Description: brown hard cover with black paper dust cover displaying Johnston's photo and one of his building designs; contents: 206 numbered pages of information and photographs describing Johnston's formative years, his growth, architectural experimentation and his final years; appendices of Johnston's St. Paul buildings, those in outlying Minnesota and Wisconsin cities including several at the University of Minn ... more

Minnesota Etcher, George Earl Resler, 1882-1954. Material: book. Size: 9" W. x 12" L. Description: white glossy cardstock cover with small landscape graphic on center front - contents: 116 numbered pages includes many of Resler's prints as well as biographical information.

Kirwin and Logue Families. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/4" x 8". Description: multicolored glossy cardstock; cover photo graphic of subject, Mary McNally Kirwin and rural small town, Chokio buildings - contents: 201 numbered pages covering the years 1840-1995, black and white photos, bibliography, notes, sources and helps on how to do family research.

Chicago & North Western Railroad Publication. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: blue glossy cardstock cover, North Western locomotive photo graphic - contents: 73 numbered pages of short articles including the C & NW in Minnesota, the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad snowplows and many black white photos and graphics. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad.

Owatonna State Public School & Orphanage. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 9". Description: gray hard cover with gray paper dust jacket; young child cover graphic with printed cover information: Patty's Journey, from Orphanage to Adoption and Reunion, by Donna Scott Norling. Contents: 186 numbered pages detailing the life of a girl taken from her parents and raised in the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children in Owatonna, Minnesota; black and white photographs.

Lion's Club Breakfast Ticket. Material: paper. Size: 3 3/4" W. x 2 1/2" H. Description: blue paper - black print: "Lions Breakfast Pancakes and sausage, Eagles Club, Waseca, Sunday, March 17, 1996, Proceeds to be used for Waseca Girl Scouts - Waseca Boy Scouts Lions Eye Bank, Adults: $4.00."

National Register of Minnesota Historic Places. Material: paper, metal. Size: 4 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: red glossy cardstock cover, metal spiral bound, white printed title: The National Register of Historic Places Minnesota Checklist; contents: 118 numbered and illustrated pages showing the official recognition of Minnesota properties worthy of preservation.

First National Bank, 1996. Material: paper. Size: 8 1/2" W. x 11" L. Description: white cover - color photo of First National Bank - blue print: "Grand Re-Opening First National Bank, Waseca, Minnesota, November 6 - November 9, 1996" - photos of employees inside - bank history on back.

History of Freeborn County 1882. Material: paper; plastic. Size: 9" x 11". Description: tan cardstock cover with black plastic spiral binding; cover print: History Freeborn County Minnesota; contents: pages numbered from 257 to 548 plus index and Minnesota history chronology to 1881; original 1882 edition included 256 pages of Minnesota history that is omitted from this reprint.

Postcard History of Waterville, Minnesota. Material: paper. Size: 9" x 11". Description: black hard cover with gold print: Greetings From Waterville, Minn. and gold graphic of bullhead fish; blue paper dust jacket with lily of the valley postcard graphic; contents: pages numbered 1-1 through 13-2 include black and white photographs of Waterville landmarks, bridges, fires, floods, fairs, churches, business, industry, resorts, high school, residents, residences, history and a 2096 look into the ... more

Waseca High School Reunion. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: color photo of class reunion with attendees posed 5 rows; identified with typewritten attached caption: (l-r) sitting: Donald Bartz, Harland Johnson, Ruth Aga Trosvig, Myrtle Ruedy Matz, Bonnie Fitzloff Jeddeloh, Ted Messal, Dalys Niedt; 2nd row: Clarice Walton Robinson, Ruby Fell Bartz, Mary Ann Ward McKenna, Merle Miller Knudson, Ronald Bethke. 3rd row: Vifginia Schroeder Nelson, Mae Scholer Drake, Ethelyn Engebretson ... more

Easter Greeting Card. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 3 1/2". Description: white card stock 3-dimensional card;front greeting: "Happy Easter" under a song bird graphic; scene unfolds to show birds, flowers, and rabbits under a thatched roof.

Descendants of John Armstrong and Martha Dixon. Material: paper, plastic. Size: 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Description: white laminated card stock cover, black spiral binding, cover graphic: Armstrong Family coat of arms; cover title: The Descendants of John Armstrong about 1786 Martha E. Dixon about 1790; contents:75 numbered pages, excerpts from Scot-Irish history concerning the Armstrong name, maps, glossary, Gaelic language and charts.

Coulthart Ancestors. Material: paper, plastic, metal. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". Description: white vinyl, three-ring binder; cover graphic: black and white plaid with horse symbols on shield, title print: Our Coulthart Ancestors; contents: variously numbered pages includes the genealogy of John Coulthart (1779-1852) of Cummertrees, Scotland, who immigrated around 1825 to North Lundenburg, Ontario, and ancestors and descendants from 1680 to 1919; photos and maps.

Rural Otisco Township School District #46. Material: paper. Size: 4 7/8" x 3 1/2". Description: color photograph of school District 46; located in Waseca County, Otisco Township, Section 17, East of Otisco, MN, Bishman. Photo taken by WCHS staff.

Rural Otisco Township School District #46. Material: paper. Size: 4 7/8" x 3 1/2". Description: color photograph of school District 46; located in Waseca County, Otisco Township, Section 17, East of Otisco, MN, Bishman. Photo taken by WCHS staff.