Pamphlets Relating to Historic Farms and Farming Museums in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to Farmamerica (the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center) and to the Minnesota Century Farms program.




Pamphlets Relating to Agriculture in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to agriculture, its status and prospects in general in Minnesota. Included are an address by Hon. John S. Harris (1887); commentary and advice on farming practices; promotional brochures for persons seeking farm land; a bibliography for agricultural history [1936?]; Minnesota Farm Bureau resolutions; and facts, statistics, and public information on Minnesota agriculture.




Pamphlets Relating to Farm Lands in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to the availability of public and school lands for agricultural purposes. These items were published primarily to attract immigrants to Minnesota.




Pamphlets Relating to Agricultural Societies in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to various agricultural societies for farmers, farm laborers, homemakers, newspaper articles on Duluth's role in the American Homecroft Society, presentations by George H. Maxwell for the Homecroft Society, etc.




Pamphlets Relating to Agricultural Fairs and Exhibitions in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to county and regional agricultural shows and fairs. Included is historical information on early agricultural societies and fairs; premium lists for Lake Pepin Agricultural Union fairs (1877, 1878); brochures for several county fairs and for Red River Valley Winter Shows; and a program for the Northwestern Minnesota Farm Crops Show in Crookston (1914).




Pamphlets Relating to Museums in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection includes pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to museums in Minnesota.




Pamphlets Relating to Farm Buildings in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to the design of silos, farmhouses, barns, etc.




Pamphlets Relating to Farm Management


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to farm management education, record-keeping, farm business development, farm finances and expenditures, practical tips and measurements, and the economics of corporation farming. Included are two sample farm account books distributed by the University of Minnesota (1942).




Pamphlets Relating to Mahnomen County in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to agricultural promotion of Mahnomen County in Minnesota.




Pamphlets Relating to Economic Aspects of Agriculture in Minnesota


Book Description

The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to economics of agriculture, scarcities and surpluses, impact of inflation, deflation, study of farmers in Ninth Federal Reserve District, agricultural exports and other topics.