MINNEAPOLIS MUNICIPAL HIKING CLUB (MINNEAPOLIS,
MINN.):
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minneapolis Municipal Hiking Club (Minneapolis, Minn.), creator. | |
| Title: | Minneapolis Municipal Hiking Club records. | |
| Dates: | 1920-2010. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Minutes, corporate and membership materials, historian's files, trip files, records of awards and memorials, photographs, and miscellany of this hiking and social club founded in 1920 under the auspices of the Minneapolis Park Board. With its membership dwindling, it dissolved in 2010 and transferred its remaining funds to the Park Board. | |
| Quantity: | 5 cubic feet (5 boxes and 6 folders in 2 partial boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis Municipal Hiking Club Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 17,197; 17,722
Processing Information:
Processed by: David B. Peterson, 2017 and additions by Leif Kopietz, October 2019
Catalog ID number: 990089137190104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 141.F.18.5B | 1 | Board manuals, circa 1952, 1972, 1985, 1998-2006. 4 volumes and 1 folder. | |||||||||
| Constitution and bylaws: 1925-1985. 3 folders and 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Minnehiker Handbook and other member manuals, 1937-1938, 1974-1975. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Membership and promotional materials, 1934-2009. | |||||||||||
| Rosters, 1970-2010. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous rosters and lists, 1947-1997. | |||||||||||
| Annual banquet programs, 1928-2010. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Celebratory picnics, 1994, 1999, 2005. | |||||||||||
| Christmas greetings, 1933-1942. | |||||||||||
| Hiking Club and Park Board, 2000-2007. | |||||||||||
| Dissolution, 2010. | |||||||||||
| Minutes of board of directors, 1965-1991. 25 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 141.F.18.6F | 2 | Minutes of board of directors, 1992-2010. 27 folders. | |||||||||
| Budget Committee, 1985-2009. | |||||||||||
| Audits, 2000-2002. | |||||||||||
| Treasurer's reports, 2005-2010. | |||||||||||
| Ad Hoc Committee on the Majel Kriese Bequest, 1999-2003. | |||||||||||
| Historian's files: | |||||||||||
| Board of Park Commissioners 1933 annual report, 1933. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Historical talks and articles, 1920-1991. | |||||||||||
| Historian's reports, 1941-2003. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Budget matters, 1953-1992. | |||||||||||
| Clippings file, 1927-2004. | |||||||||||
| Historical miscellany, 1923-2001. | |||||||||||
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| 141.F.18.7B | 3 | Club trips: | |||||||||
| List of trips and miscellany, undated, circa 1993. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous trips, 1930s. | |||||||||||
| Western trip, 1934. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous trips, 1940-1949. | |||||||||||
| Narratives of trips to the Big Horn Mountains (1940), eastern United States and Canada (June 1947), Upper Midwest and Canada (July 1947), and Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota (1949). | |||||||||||
| Summer trip to Churchill, Canada, 1948. | |||||||||||
| Trips, 1950-1989. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous trips, 1990-2009. | |||||||||||
| California trip, 1992. | |||||||||||
| New York trip, 1993. | |||||||||||
| Arizona/New Mexico holiday, April 1994. | |||||||||||
| Club hikes: | |||||||||||
| Helene Peltier and Loretta Shefland: Saint Croix Valley River serial hikes, 1948. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Helene Peltier: Minnesota State Parks serial hikes, 1949. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous hikes, 1953-2010. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous activities, 1935-2004. | |||||||||||
| Memorabilia, undated, 1982-1999. | |||||||||||
| Awards presented to club members, 1924-2006. 5 volumes and 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Memorial Committee records: | |||||||||||
| Includes programs for memorial tree plantings in honor of deceased club members; lists of plantings; obituaries, funeral service programs, eulogies, records of donations to the memorial fund. | |||||||||||
| 1973-2000. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 141.F.18.8F | 4 | 2003-2010. 7 folders. | |||||||||
| Photographs: | |||||||||||
| Park Board personnel: Theodore Wirth, Helen Slocum, Alice Dietz, undated, 1956, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Group photographs: Annual banquets and other gatherings. 1933-2004. | |||||||||||
| Hikes, undated, 1962, 2003. | |||||||||||
| Members, undated, 1937, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Club members and activities, 1934-1937. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Bertha Mae Johnston photographs: | |||||||||||
| Labor Day and Memorial Day weekends and miscellaneous activities, 1981-1985. | |||||||||||
| Club activities, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Ordway and Landmark Center tours, April 25, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Memorial Day weekend, Hinckley Fire Trail, May 28-30, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Rose Garden (Lake Harriet) 80th anniversary, August 13, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Labor Day weekend, Camp Mishawaka, September 3-5, 1988. | |||||||||||
| Labor Day weekend, Long Lake Conservation Center, September 2-4, 1989. | |||||||||||
| Club activities, 1990. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Memorial Day weekend, Lake Koronis, Paynesville, May 25-28, 1990. | |||||||||||
| Annual banquet, January 18, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Memorial Day weekend, Lake Koronis, Paynesville, May 28-31, 1993. | |||||||||||
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| 152.C.16.4F | 5 | Annual banquet, January 22, 1994. | |||||||||
| New Prague, April 1994. | |||||||||||
| Club activities, December 1994-1995. | |||||||||||
| Annual banquet, 1998. | |||||||||||
| 80th anniversary picnic, August 15, 1999. | |||||||||||
| Loretta Shefland photographs: Loretta and her activities, and her 2001 birthday celebration, 2001. 5 folders in partial box. | |||||||||||
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| 143.K.20.4F-2 | 6 | Annual banquet, 1942. | |||||||||
| Hiker western show, May 1950. | |||||||||||
| Club members and activities, 1929. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Scrapbook: Photographs and memorabilia of club activities, 1934. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Big Horn Trip, July 14-25, 1940. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
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| 142.C.4.7 | 7 | Club group photograph, Washington, D.C., August 18, 1937. | |||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Hiking -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Societies, etc.
- Organizations:
- Minneapolis (Minn). Board of Park Commissioners.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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