West Duluth; Bethany Home Thirty-ninth Avenue west; children's home; Christmas star decoration; articles of Incorporation filed March 18, 1915; doors opened May 1, 1916, with three children; 1928 there were 72 children; supported by the Community Fund; fire October 10, 1920; brick building; reopened 1922 at same address Thirty-ninth Avenue west and Ninth street; razed 1974
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:
1930
Description:
The district's size was reduced in 1929, dropping Koochiching county. Vocational training and employment for adults included: shoe shining, shoe repairing, general farming, rabbit raising, poultry raising, elevator operating, salesmanship, peddling, domestic service, and piano repair and tuning. This agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention and treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, and Lake Counties.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:
1931
Description:
St. Louis County is the only Minnesota county that funds work for the blind, and Duluth is the only city with a local State office. This report chronicles the work done by the agency in 1930. That year, towel hemming was added as a new project for clients within the Home Department. Yards of toweling was cut by volunteers and hemmed by blind women in their homes. This agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention of blindness and treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, and Lake counties, and the Cass Lake Indian Agency District.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:
1929
Description:
In 1928, the St. Louis County Child Welfare Board was requested by the State Board of Control to sponsor the work for the Blind in this county. This the first use of local management of such a pgoram and was successful. The report describes the Range Broom Factory at Chisholm, Minnesota, that employs several agency clients under the management of R. H. Alcox. This agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention of blindness and the treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, Lake, and Koochiching counties.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:
1932
Description:
In 1931, the Cass Lake Indian Agency became part of the district included in the State and County Agency for the Blind. The agency also added more types of work for clients including: operating cigar and confectionery stands and messenger services, selling newspapers, providing social services, teaching music, serving as village treasurer, business manager, insurance agent, candy machine operator, watchman, day laborer. Duluth's Lighthouse for the Blind was an employer. The agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention of blindness and the treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, and Lake Counties, and the Cass Lake Indian Agency District.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Archibald Mark Chisholm (1864-1933) and Lillian Cummings Chisholm house at 1832 East Second Street was given to the Duluth board of education in 1935, and converted to the A. M. Chisholm Memorial Children's Musuem which had been established in 1931 at the Salter School. The building was modified again to serve as a home for boys in this photograph. The museum changed its name and relocated to The Depot in downtown Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Aftenro Society was organized in 1908 by a group of Norwegian women to raise money for the construction of a good Christian old people's home. Their first building was opened in 1921 with 30 residents and was named for the Norwegian word meaning �Evening�s Rest� (Aftenro). The Aftenro home presently continues its function as a home for the aged, in its location at 1423 North Nineteenth Avenue East. In this view of the new building, the entire front grounds area is a vegetable garden.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Duluth Children's Home building at 504 North 15th avenue east and children on the sidewalk. The Children's Home Society was a privately endowed institution which derived part of its income from the annual Charity Ball.
It was founded in 1888 by Sarah Burger Stearns, but its beginnings date to 1883 and its first rooms in a small needlecraft shop operated by Mrs. Fogelson. She cared for 3 or 4 children. By 1886 the number of children had grown, and a group of interested women collected money to purchase a double house between 16th and 17th avenues east. In 1904 on June 3 and 4, it opened with 47 children being cared for at 15th Avenue East and Fifth street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Bethel Home for Women; brick building at 1230 East ninth street; architectural details; program was established for assistance of unmarried pregnant young women in 1901; Thirteenth Avenue East and ninth street; on the fiftieth anniversary in 1952 there was an open house to show Duluthians what the Community Chest-sponsored agency does; it was called Hillcrest House; in the 1970s the program was relocated; car; streetcar tracks; business next door; the building still stands in 2008
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Inez Torell (May 12, 1906 - September 26, 1969) compiled this photograph album that chronicles her life from childhood to adulthood. It includes Inez's family, friends, various hospitals she stayed in, hospital staff and patients. Many of the photographs include handwritten names, locations, dates, and comments.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Duluth Area organization photographs show facilities and activities for youth and adults with disabilities. The album contains photographs of parents, medical staff and therapists, and care givers in their daily work and effort to advocate for people with cerebral palsy.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Former Minnesota Vikings player Karl Kassulke, resident manager Brian Johnsen, and others celebrate following the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Meridian Apartments. The 39-unit Meridian Apartments, developed by United Cerebral Palsy, opened in Duluth in 1978 and offered barrier-free living for people with disabilities.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Built in 1919 as a home for pregnant young girls to live, attend school, and train for parenting at 1230 East Ninth Street until the child was born. The Bethel Home ceased these services in the early 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Blair Johnsen, resident manager at the Meridian Apartments, raises his arms as he rolls through a paper banner at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Meridian Apartments. The 39-unit Meridian Apartments, developed by United Cerebral Palsy, opened in Duluth in 1978 and offered barrier-free living for people with disabilities.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
David Wihriala walks through a paper banner at the ribbon cutting ceremony for his new residence, the Meridian Apartments. The 39-unit Meridian Apartments, developed by United Cerebral Palsy, opened in Duluth in 1978 and offered barrier-free living for people with disabilities.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections