Resource Library

Library materials, available for use by the general public during regular Kanabec History Center hours, may not be removed from the Kanabec History Center building. Research costs $10/hour for non-members and is currently free for members.

Library materials are organized into the following subject categories:
  • Kanabec County Atlases
  • Other MN Counties
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Minnesota Cookbooks
  • Archaeology
  • Local Authors
  • Genealogy
  • Native Americans
  • Farming
  • Sweden
  • Hinckley Fire
  • Logging
  • Newsletters
  • Miscellaneous

CHURCH HISTORIES
BRUNSWICK AREA:
  • Brunswick Baptist Church
  • Brunswick Lutheran Church

FISH LAKE AREA:
  • Fish Lake Community Chapel (Mission-Convenant)

GRASSTON AREA:
  • Grasston Baptist Church
  • Grasston Hope Lutheran Church

HILLMAN AREA:
  • Hillman Baptist Church

KROSCHEL AREA:
  • St. John’s Lutheran Church

LEWIS LAKE AREA:
  • Lewis Lake Covenant Church

MORA AREA:
  • Assembly of God Church
  • Calvary Lutheran Church
  • Emmanuel Baptist Church
  • First Presbyterian Church
  • Grace Lutheran Church
  • Jehovah’s Witness
  • Church of the Nazarene
  • St. Mary’s Catholic Church
  • Zion Lutheran Church

OGILVIE AREA:
  • Ogilvie Reform Church
  • St. Kathryn’s Catholic church
  • St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • United Methodist Church

QUAMBA AREA:
  • Quamba Baptist Church
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​BOOKS 
We have many antique and contemporary books available for research and information. They are roughly categorized by subject.

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
  • 1916  Mora and Ogilvie
  • 1922  Princeton, Elk River, Milaca, Mora, Brook Park, Ogilvie, Bock & Foreston
  • 1932  Milaca, Mora, Ogilvie, Bock & Foreston
  • 1943  Milaca, Mora, Ogilvie
  • 1953  Mora, Ogilvie​
​RESOURCE MATERIALS
Essay papers, research papers, newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous reference materials are organized into the following categories:
  • Agriculture 
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Natural Disasters
  • Biographies 
  • Government/Military Towns
  • Natural Resources 
  • Business/Industries
  • Health/Medicine
  • Organizations
  • Churches/Religion
  • Kanabec County 
  • Recreation
  • Communications 
  • Law Enforcement Lifestyles 
  • Townships
  • Education/Schools
  • National Register 
  • Transportation



Periodicals:
  • History News
  • American Association for State and Local History
  • The Interpreter
  • Field Services
  • Minnesota Historical Society
  • Minnesota History  
  • Museum News
  • American Association of Museums
  • Roots
  • Minnesota Historical Society
Many brochures and newsletters are available from historical societies and other agencies around the state.  Recent issues are available in the research room and back issues are available upon request.
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​ARCHIVES
 Materials in the archives of the Kanabec County Historical Society are available for research purposes with staff assistance.

ORAL HISTORY TAPES
The Kanabec County Historical Society maintains a collection of oral history tapes of interviews conducted with Kanabec County residents on subjects of historical relevance.

CEMETERY RECORDS
Following cemeteries were inventoried during the summer of 1985 with records currently being updated:
  • Braham Covenant Cemetery
  • Brunswick Lutheran Cemetery
  • Brunswick Riverside Cemetery
  • Fish Lake Cemetery---Updated Oct 1997 by Irene Clough Hahn
  • Knife Lake Cemetery--Updated Oct 1997 by Irene Clough Hahn
  • Lewis Lake Cemetery--Updated April 1998 by Irene Clough Hahn
  • Grass Lake/Brunswick Baptist Cemetery
  • Grass Lake Mission Cemetery
  • Grasston Union Cemetery
  • Oakwood Cemetery
  • Kroschel Township Cemetery
  • St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery

Tombstone readings were correlated with other existing cemetery records.  Maps are included.  These records are available for use at the Kanabec History Center. They are also available for sale for $6.00 per cemetery or $50.00 for the entire set of 11.  If you are interested in copies, please contact the Center at (320) 679-1665 or e-mail at Kanabec History Center.

Other cemetery records are available.  The records for Oakwood Cemetery in Mora are available at the Kanabec History Center - and also at Mora City Hall, 101 Lake Street South from 8 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday-Friday. 
Mora City Hall: 320-679-1511

Graceland Cemetery records are available at the Ogilvie City Hall, 102 N Hill Ave  from 8:00 to 3:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.  (320) 272-4822

St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery records are available by appointment by calling the church office at  (320) 679-1593.

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PHOTOGRAPHS:
 The photograph collection consists of prints, negatives and slides arranged in the following categories:
  •  Agriculture
  •  Animal Husbandry
  •  Celebrations
  •  Churches/Religion
  •  Communication
  •  Education
  •  Government
  •  Immigration
  •  Indians/Native Americans
  •  Industries
  •  Kanabec County Natural History
  •  Medicine & Health
  •  Organizations
  •  Persons & Families (alphabetical)
  •  Public Utilities
  •  Recreation/Auctions
  •  Residences
  •  Towns
  •  Townships (alphabetical)
  •  Transportation
 
Photocopies of all prints are available for research at the Kanabec History center.  Staff assistance is required for use of the actual photograph collection.

​COUNTY MAPS & ATLASES
Framed Map: Shows plats of all townships with owner’s names inscribed.  Copyright  1905 Willis Fairbanks, Hunter and Van Valkenburgh, Map Publishers, Rockford, IL.
Atlases:
  • Atlas & Farmers’ Directory with complete survey in township plats, lists  owners’ names, outline map of county.  Published by Webb Publishing company, 1915.
  • County Directory of: Mille Lacs, Kanabec & Sherburne. Complied &  published by North Star Publishing Company, Appleton, WI.
  • County  listing alphabetically:  name of farmer, post office,  route number, township, section number, owner or renter 1938.
  • The Official Atlas of Kanabec County, Minnesota.  Index of Townships, villages & plats listing owners. Complied & published by  the Atlas Company,  Wyoming, MN  1957.
  • Atlas of Kanabec County, Minnesota containing plats of each township, county road map, rural directory farmers, farm numbering system.  Published by Thomas O. Nelson Company, Fergus Falls, MN  1961, 1962.
  • Triennial Atlas and Plat Book, Kanabec County. Published by Rockford Map Publishers, Inc. Rockford, IL  1968.
  • Atlas of Kanabec County, containing maps, plats of  Kanabec County, containing maps, plats of townships, rural directory, pictures of farms and families, articles about history.  Published by Title Atlas Company, Minneapolis, MN 1971.
  • Atlas and Plat Book, Kanabec County township plats, names of owners.  Published by Rockford Map Publishers, Rockford,  IL  1974, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991.