HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS: PARK BOARD:
An Inventory of Its Published Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minneapolis (Minn.). Board of Park Commissioners. | |
| Title: | Published Records. | |
| Dates: | 1905-1980 | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Proceedings (1905-1980); mimeographed office manual (1925) and brief outline (1928), describing the board's operations and the organization and duties of its several staff positions; histories of the Minneapolis park system and park board, two written by parks superintendent Theodore Wirth; summer pageant programs (1937-1941); and boating and bicycling ordinances (undated). | |
| Quantity: | 1.4 cubic feet (3 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 (Minn.). Board of Park Commissioners. Published Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: none; 12,728; 2019-24
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017286490104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 115.C.3.5B | Proceedings: | ||||||||||
| 1905-1906. | |||||||||||
| 1914-1915. | |||||||||||
| 1918-1919. | |||||||||||
| 1922-1926. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||
| 1940-1942. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| 1949-1958. 8 volumes. | |||||||||||
| 1960-1962. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| 115.C.3.6F | 1962-1976. 15 volumes. | ||||||||||
| 1978. | |||||||||||
| 1980. | |||||||||||
| 118.H.5.2F-2 | Ordinances: Bicycles and Boats and Boating, undated. | ||||||||||
| The Early History of the Minneapolis Parks: From 1857 to 1883. | |||||||||||
| Compiled 1911. | |||||||||||
| Office Manual, 1925. | |||||||||||
| Mimeographed. | |||||||||||
| Brief Outline of Its Makeup, Organization, and Functions Performed, February 25, 1928. | |||||||||||
| The Formation of the Board of Park Commissioners, February 27, 1931. | |||||||||||
| Twenty-Five Years of Park Development, 1906-1931. 32 pages. | |||||||||||
| Reprint of Part VII of Wirth's annual report for 1930, entitled "Reminiscences of my Twenty-Five Years in the Service of your Honorable Board." | |||||||||||
| Summer Pageant Programs, 1937, 1939, 1941. | |||||||||||
| "The Jewel of Enchantment," August 4-5, 1937; "Wedding of the Fairies," August 2-3, 1939; "Ships That Sail," July 16-17, 1941. | |||||||||||
| Wirth, Theodore. Minneapolis Park System 1883-1944: Retrospective Glimpses into the History of the Board of Park Commissioners of Minneapolis, Minnesota and the City's Park, Parkway, and Playground System, 1945. | |||||||||||
| Wirth, Theodore. Typescript version of the above, entitled “Retrospective Glimpses..." | |||||||||||
| 459 pages, carbon copy, bound. Includes illustrations and maps. | |||||||||||
| History of Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden, April 1951. | |||||||||||
| Written by Martha Crone; includes an index of the flowering plants, trees, shrubs and ferns growing in the garden and cited in the history. | |||||||||||
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:
- Bicycles -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Boats and boating -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Ordinances, Municipal -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
- Parks -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History.
- Parks -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Management.
- Parks -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Officials and employees.
- Persons:
- Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949.
- Organizations:
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
- Document Types:
- Pageant programs.
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