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The Crow Wing County Historical Society research
library has many excellent resources available to researchers. These
include 1,500 county resident
biographies, county and township histories by Anna Himrod, oral
histories on cassette tapes from the 1980s and 1990s, Brainerd City
Directories, the Crow Wing County Naturalization Index, an
extensive
obituary index, and much, much more!
Below are some of the research resources available; much more is available at the library. Further questions can be answered by phone, email, or fax. Fees for research may apply.
Below are some of the research resources available; much more is available at the library. Further questions can be answered by phone, email, or fax. Fees for research may apply.
Closing time at the museum's research library; the library is open Tues-Sat, 10AM-3PM or by appointment.
Photograph Resources:
| Subject: | Box Number: |
| Agriculture | A1 |
| Bar Harbor, Baxter, Brainerd, Aerial Views | B1 |
| Brainerd Buildings | B2 |
| Bridges | B3 |
| Brainerd Parades | B4 |
| Brainerd Schools | B5 |
| Brainerd Street Railway | B6 |
| Brainerd Street Scenes, Fire Department | B7 |
| Brainerd Water Syste | B8 |
| Brainerd Buisnesses | B9 |
| Brainerd Water Tower (click for examples) | B10 |
| Brainerd Schools | B11 |
| Brainerd Churches | B12 |
| Brainerd Hospitals | B13 |
| Brainerd Banks | B14 |
| Brainerd Hotels | B15 |
| Brainerd Parks, Celebrations, Amuseument Parks | B16 |
| Camps | C1 |
| Club, Campfires | C2 |
| Club, Organizations | C3 |
| Crow Wing County Historical Society | C4 |
| Rural Churches, Crosslake, Crosby, Cuyuna Range | C5 |
| Dams, Deerwood | D1 |
| Garrison | G1 |
| Government | G2 |
| Historic Sites, Houses, Lake Hubert | H1 |
| Industry, Ironton/Riverton, Woodrow | I1 |
| Lakes | L1 |
| Lumbering (1) | L2 |
| Lumbering (2) | L3 |
| Lumbering (3) | L4 |
| Lumbering (4) | L5 |
| Military and Mining | M1 |
| Museum | M2 |
| Music | M3 |
| Nisswa | N1 |
| Native American | N2 |
| Photo-Slides | P1 |
| Pine Center, Pequot Lakes, Pre-Historic Site | P2 |
| Railroads (1) | R1 |
| Railroads (2) | R2 |
| Resorts, Breezy Point | R3 |
| Resorts, A-C | R4 |
| Resorts, D-J | R5 |
| Resorts, L-P | R6 |
| Resorts, R-Z | R7 |
| Recreation | R8 |
| River | R9 |
| Schools | S1 |
| Sports | S2 |
| Tintypes | T1 |
| Theater, Tourism | T2 |
| Transportation | T3 |
| People, A | PP1 |
| People, B-C | PP2 |
| People, D-F | PP3 |
| People, G-I | PP4 |
| People, J | PP5A |
| People, K-L | PP5B |
| People, M | PP6 |
| People, N-Q | PP7 |
| People, R-V | PP8 |
| People, S | PP9 |
| People, W-Z | PP10 |
| People, Groups | PP11 |
| Oversize (1) | PP12 |
| Oversize (2) | PP13 |
| Over 2,000 photos available from a wide range of subjects! | |
| Over 2,000 postcards from Joseph Marchel Collection taken in 1940s and 1950s! | |
Microfilm Resources:
| Newspaper Name: | Issues on Microfilm: |
| Brainerd Area Tribune | February 10, 1872 to July 18, 1946 |
| Brainerd Arena | March 1, 1899 to July 8, 1910 |
| Brainerd Dispatch (weekly) | March 4, 1887 to December 27, 1924 |
| Brainerd Dispatch (daily) | October 3, 1924 to Present |
| Brainerd Journal Press | December 9, 1910 to August 27, 1953 |
| Brainerd Weekly Journal | January 22, 1891 to December 1, 1898 |
| Country Echo | March 2, 1972 to December 28, 1979 |
| Crosby Courier | March 9, 1911 to June 25, 1997 |
| Crosby Crucible | March 22, 1913 to December 27, 1918 |
| Crosby Ranger | January 3, 1935 to April 16, 1936 |
| Crow Wing County Review | August 22, 1940 to October 25, 1979 |
| Cuyuna Range Miner | April 12, 1912 to January 23, 1920 |
| Daily News | June 8, 1887 to May 30, 1888 |
| Deerwood Enterprise | July 29, 1915 to March 2, 1951 |
| Deerwood Times | August 29, 1913 to December 21, 1917 |
| Deerwood Ranger | August 4, 1965 to February 9, 1966 |
| Ironton News | January 6, 1928 to February 28, 1930 |
| Ironton Ranger | March 7, 1930 to August 17, 1951 |
| Weekly News | December 7, 1887 to June 21, 1888 |
| Census
Records: |
Film Number: |
| State 1875 Census | Roll 5 (Crow Wing County) |
| State 1885 Census | Roll 23 (Crow Wing County) |
| State 1895 Census | Roll 55 (Crow Wing County) |
| State 1905 Census | Roll 114 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1850 Census | Roll 367 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1860 Census | Roll 567 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1870 Census | MN Roll 2 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1880 Census | MN Roll 2 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1890 Census | Veterans Roll 24 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1900 Census | MN Roll 9 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1910 Census | MN Roll 11 (Crow Wing County) |
| Federal 1920 Census | MN Roll 15 (Crow Wing County) |
Books:
| Title: | Author: | Copyright: |
| 101 Best Stories of Minnesota | Merle Potter | 1931 |
| A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota | David Gebhard & Tom Martinson | 1977 |
| A Taste of History: Tastes and Tales of the Crosslake Area Past | Deanne Engen (ed) | 2004 |
| An Annotated Listing of Ojibwa Chiefs 1690-1890 | John Ilku (ed) | 1995 |
| Banking in Minnesota | Tery Gatton | 1989 |
| Between the Waters: Tracing the Northwest Trail from Lake Superior to the Mississippi River | Larry Luukkonen | 2007 |
| Between Then and Now: A Story About Southern Cass County, Sylvan Lake, and the Village of Pillager | Richard Wickman | 2004 |
| Brainerd (Minnesota) 1871-1946 | Carl Zappfe | 1946 |
| Brainerd Half Century | Ingolf Dillan | 1923 |
| Brainerd Minnesota 1871-1971 | Brainerd Daily Dispatch (newspaper) | NA |
| Burial Mounds of Central Minnesota | Christina Jacobsen (ed) | 1969 |
| Canoe Country | Florence Jaques | 1938 |
| Catholic Origins of Minnesota | Rev. Vincent Yzermans (ed) | 1961 |
| Charter of Brainerd (Minnesota) | NA | 1893 |
| Classic Minnesota Fishing Stories | Joe Fellegy | 1982 |
| Cuyuna Country: A People History (vol. 1, 2, & 3) | NA | 2000 |
| Cuyuna Range | L. Rognaldson | NA |
| Forestry in Minnesota | Samuel Green | 1902 |
| Historical Notes of Brainerd by Oldtimers | Carl Zappfe | NA |
| Iron Range Country | NA | 1979 |
| It Happened Here | Carl Zappfe | 1948 |
| Letters from Emily, MN 1902-1909 | Lois Willand | 2003 |
| Making Minnesota Territory 1849-1858 | Anne Kaplan (ed) | 1998 |
| Memories of Hubert, Minnesota | Darlyne Dano | NA |
| Minnesota Gardens: An Illustrated History | Susan Price | 1995 |
| Minnesota Goes to War | Dave Kenney | 2005 |
| Minnesota Logging Railroads | Frank King | 1981 |
| Minnesota Vacation Days | Kathryn & Linda Koutsky | 2006 |
| Old Crow Wing: History of A Village | Sister Bernard Coleman, Sister Verona LaBud, & John Humphrey | 2000 |
| Old Times on The Upper Mississippi | George Merrick | 1987 |
| Once… in a Hundred Years: A Centennial History of Nisswa, Minnesota | Early Leslie | NA |
| Paul Bunyan Volume One: The Tall Tales | Carl Zappfe | 1984 |
| Pionneers of Deerwood | A. Crone | 1923 |
| Riverton (Minnesota) History | Al Gerval | 1906 |
| Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca: The Discovery of the Source of the Mississippi River | Phillip Mason (ed) | 1958 |
| Stories in Log and Stone: Civilian Conservation Core Camps | David Benson | 2002 |
| Stories of Early Minnesota | Solon & Elizabeth Buck | 1930 |
| The First One Hundread Years: Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge | Mae Heglund | 1998 |
| The Journal of Joseph N. Nicollet | Marth Bray (ed) | 1970 |
| The Man Who Lived in Three Centuries: Kahbe Nagi Wens | Carl Zappfe | 1975 |
| The Milford Mine Disaster: A Cuyuna Range Tragedy | Bergie Aulie | 1994 |
| The Muster Roll: A Biography of Fort Ripley, Minnesota | Robert Baker | NA |
| The Northern Pacific (Railway) in Minnesota | John Luecke | 1989 |
| Tracing Minnesota's Old Government Roads | Grover Singley | 1974 |
| Windows to the Past: A Bibliography of Minnesota County Atlases | Mai Freude | 1980 |
| Many more books available beyond those listed here! | ||
Maps and Atlases:
| Map: | Year: |
| Sanborn Insurance Maps | 1892, 1913, 1917 |
| Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota | 1874 |
| Gram's Superior Reference Atlas of Minnesota and the World | 1907 |
| Standard Atlas of Crow Wing County, Minnesota including Plat Book | 1913 |
| Minnesota County Map Book | 1990 |
| Crow Wing and Cass Counties Topographic Maps | 1900 |
| Atlas of the State of Minnesota | 1962, 1971 |
| Crow Wing County Plat Book(s) | 1913, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1998 |
| Cass County Plat Book(s) | Unknown (pre-1900), 1972 |
| Crow Wing County Survey Maps | 1855 |
| Many more maps available beyond those listed here! | |