CRANE ISLAND ASSOCIATION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Crane Island Association, creator. | |
| Title: | Association records. | |
| Dates: | 1906-1984, [circa 1991]. | |
| Abstract: | Records of an organization of summer home owners on Crane Island in Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. | |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (2 boxes). | |
| Location: | P1611 |
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Crane Island Association was founded in 1906, the brainchild of Charles E. Woodward. Woodward, along with a group of other families, mostly parishioners of the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, purchased the land on the island in Lake Minnetonka and formed an association with the purpose of creating a community of summer homes. The association called for private ownership of 26 individual lots and a common ground and was governed by a board of directors.
In 1991 the island community was placed on the National Historic Register.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Minutes (1906-1984), maps, financial information, stockholder lists, and newsletters of an organization of summer home owners on Crane Island in Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Included is the association's nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (28 p., [ca. 1991]). This gives a review of the area and the association and relates this significance in two contexts: Minnesota Tourism and Recreation in the Lake Regions, 1870-1945, and Urban Centers, 1870-1940.
ARRANGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here] Crane Island Association Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 14,721; 15,491
Processing Information:
Processed by: Bonnie Palmquist, April 1993; Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, April 2000.
Catalog ID number: 990017293190104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| P1611 | 1 | Minutes and related records, 1906-1964. 4 folders, including 2 volumes. | |||||||||
| This chronological series of records also includes financial data, reports, newsletters, and copies of important correspondence sent to the stockholders. The first volume of minutes (1906-1921) also includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, maps, and background information. | |||||||||||
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| P1611 | 2 | Minutess and related records, 1968-1984. 1 folder. | |||||||||
| Stockholders, 1939, 1944. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Includes names and addresses of stockholders. | |||||||||||
| Nomination to National Register of Historic Places, [circa 1991]. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Includes background and historical information as well as a detailed description of the island and all of the cottages. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
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:
- Cooperative societies -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka, Lake.
- Leisure -- Religious aspects -- Minnesota.
- Middle class families -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka.
- Summer Resorts -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka, Lake.
- Vacation homes -- Minnesota -- Minnetonka, Lake.
- Organizations:
- Bethlehem Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis, Minn.).
- National Register of Historic Places.
- Places:
- Minnetonka, Lake (Minn.) -- History
- Crane Island (Minn.).
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