Linden Hills Neighborhood History Projects Collection M/A

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1 Linden Hills Neighborhood History Projects Collection M/A This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit May 24, 2016 James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library 300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN,

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 History...4 Description of the Collection... 4 Related Materials... 5 Controlled Access Headings...5 List of oral history interviewees and media involved...5 Collection Inventory Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library Creator Linden Hills History Study Group. Title Linden Hills Neighborhood History Projects Collection Date Extent 6.67 Linear feet Language English - Page 3 -

4 History Material was gathered for three projects: 1) an exhibit on the history of Linden Hills sponsored by the architectural firm of TEA with Joann Ellison, project coordinator, and Greg LaLonde and Peter Sussman as primary researchers/writers. 2) the research from the book, Down at the Lake: an historical portrait of Linden Hills and the Lake Harriet District. The book material includes research from the exhibit, researcher Penny Petersen, and the book committee for the book. 3) An oral history project about Linden Hills, Greg Lelonde was the principal interviewer. The projects dated from 1995 for the exhibit, 2001 for the book and for the oral histories. Description of the Collection The collection consists of ten boxes. The boxes contain an extensive amount of research, grant information, newspaper articles, photos, brochures, etc. All materials are on the Linden Hills neighborhood and are related to the extensive research, planning, and initiation of the Linden Hills history exhibit and the book Down at the Lake. Boxes 1-3, and box 6 are mostly research materials of houses, residents, clubs, politics, events, architecture, schools, and so on of the Linden Hills neighborhood. Boxes 4-5 contain photos, and newspaper clippings from the Harriet Herald, spanning the years Boxes 7-10 contain materials from the Liden Hills Oral History Project. Box 1: research materials from Down at the Lake. Box 2: exhibit material including grant information, research exhibit brochures. Box 3: research material from exhibit and book. Box 4: photos of residents and buildings. Box 5: Harriet Herald, the Lake Harriet School newspaper Box 6: oversized box material from research from exhibit. Box 7: transcripts from oral history interviews Box 8: documentation and bound transcripts Box 9: Compact Discs, DVDs and audio cassettes of oral history inteviews Box 10: Videocassettes and other documentation - Page 4 -

5 Administrative Information Publication Information James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library Related Materials Related Materials See also M/A Lake Harriet School scrapbooks and The Audio Oral Histories are located here: Controlled Access Headings Geographic Name(s) Harriet, Lake (Minn.) -- History. Linden Hills Neighborhood (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- History. Minneapolis (Minn.) -- History. List of oral history interviewees and media involved Personal Name(s) - Page 5 -

6 Anderson, Jane DVD Bayers, Max DVD Betts, Gladys Transcript only Boettcher, Gordon CD/MP3 online Boyer, Elizabeth DVD Carlson, Maxine DVD Crimmins, Inez CD/MP3 and DVD Ebert, Lloyd DVD Eckley, Charlotte CD/MP3 online Fontaine, Paul CD/MP3 online Goddard, William DVD Hawkinson, Don DVD Johnson, Betty CD/MP3 online Johnson, Robert CD/MP3 online Kelly, Nancy CD/MP3 online Keyes, Robert CD/MP3 online Loney, Lois CD/MP3 online Ludcke, George CD/MP3 online Morosco, Beatrice CD/MP3 online Nyberg, John CD/MP3 online Nyberg, Walter CD/MP3 online Parsons, Dudley, Jr. CD/MP3 online Perkins, Bob DVD Strong, Harlan DVD Stutsman, Richard CD/MP3 online Ueland, Margaret CD/MP3 and DVD Vanderbilt, Eleanor CD/MP3 online Vanderbilt, Muriel CD/MP3 online Vaubel, Carolyn DVD Walter, Frances DVD Linden Hills Neighborhood History Projects Collection M/A Page 6 -

7 Collection Inventory Box Folder Abolition, Abolitionists, and Slavery 1 1 Aircraft noise 1 2 Apartments 1 3 Architecture 1 4 Buildings: Lyndale Hotel 1 5 Buildings: Palmer 1 6 Buildings: Thornton Lodge 1 7 Businesses and banks 1 8 Churches 1 9 Clippings: residents and businesses 1 10 Clubs 1 11 Commercial District Page 7 -

8 Dakota, Lake Calhoun Band 1 13 Fire Station Fort Snelling 1 15 Harriet Home Guard 1 16 Houses 1 17 Houses: Fletcher 1 18 Lake Calhoun 1 19 Lake Harriet Activities and Band Shell 1 20 Lakewood Cemetery 1 21 LH Commercial Club 1 22 LH Improvement Association 1 23 Linden Hills Library 1 24 Linden Hills Neighborhood Council 1 25 Parks, Linden Hills, and Lake Harriet District Page 8 -

9 Parks: Linden Hills Park Building 1 27 Parks: Beard's Plaisance 1 28 Parks: Waveland Triangle 1 29 Police 1 30 Politicians and politics 1 31 Residents: Ayres and Lew 1 32 Residents: Grimes 1 33 Residents 1 34 Residents: Booth, Mr. and Mrs Residents: Morosco, Beatricc 1 36 Residents: Ponds brothers 1 37 Residents: Ueland 1 38 Residents: Van Tyle 1 39 Residents Info Page 9 -

10 Residents and houses photos 1 41 Advertisements 2 1 Architects 2 2 Tea Exhibit: bibliography 2 3 Tea Exhibit: text 2 4 Lake Harriet School: clippings 2 5 Clippings: residents 2 6 Miscellaneous cards and pins 2 7 Exhibit: Dakota 2 8 Clippings 2 9 Exhibit grant forms 2 10 Exhibit grant forms 2 11 Exhibit brochures and posters 2 12 Correspondence and invoices Page 10 -

11 Maps 3 1 Real Estate 3 2 Schools: Fulton 3 3 Schools: Lake Harriet School 3 4 Schools: Lake Harriet School 3 5 Bin Folder Schools: Southwest High School 3 6 Box Folder Southwest Activities Committee 3 7 Sports: tobogganing and sledding 3 8 Streets and street improvements 3 9 Streetcars and waiting stations 3 10 Timetable 3 11 Yacht Club 3 12 Books, articles, misc Page 11 -

12 Book: Memories of Linden Hills 3 14 Copies of photos 4 1 Notes on photos: students, identified 4 2 Photos 4 3 Photos: 44th Thomas Avenue to 45th 4 4 Photos 4 5 Box Harriet Herald, the Lake Harriet School newspaper clippings Box Folder Schools 6 1 Misc. newspaper articles 6 2 Photos: Lake Harriet, 1990s 6 3 Lake Area news Series 6 4 Printing info. 6 5 Miscellaneous materials Page 12 -

13 Traffic 6 7 Street railway 6 8 Residents 6 9 Maps 6 10 Music 6 11 Parks 6 12 Real Estate 6 13 Linden Hills Business Association 6 14 Linden Hills Improvement Association 6 15 Library 6 16 Lake Harriet Commercial Club 6 17 Lake Harriet Business Men s Association 6 18 Lake Harriet 6 19 Houses: Covell Page 13 -

14 Businesses 6 21 Churches 6 22 Crime 6 23 Misc. oversized photos 6 24 Box Oral history interview materials Page 14 -