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Scope and Contents A 36 page proposal for locating The Metropolitan Council in Downtown Minneapolis. Submitted jointly by the Minneapolis City Council, The Hennepin County Board, The Downtown Council, The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, and The Building and Construction Trades Council. This document was originally contained in a metal binder. The binder was rusted and contained dirt. The proposal was removed from the binder. The binder was labelled "Mrs. J.L. Taylor", otherwise known as Janabelle...

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High school diploma for James Lanier Taylor, issued from St. Paul Public Schools. Includes an honor roll blue ribbon.

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Copies of previous iterations as well as the final draft of James Lanier Taylor's graduation speech at Central High School. James Lanier Taylor was class president in his senior year of high school. Also includes seating chart for James to reads as his classmates receive their diplomas.

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Letter from Mount St. Mary's School, at 931 Blair Ave in St. Paul, to Janabelle Taylor. Letter is signed by Ronnie Nordstrom, Mary Carlson, Pat Ueeck, Jackie Anderson, Delores French, Judy Delaney and Jeanne de cent.

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Letter from George Latimer, a former mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Janabelle Taylor thanking her for her many years of service on the St. Paul Planning Commission. A seal of Saint Paul sticker is located in the bottom right corner.

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Letter from Angelo Cohn, president of the News Paper Gulid of the Twin Cities, to Janabelle Taylor. Angelo writes to inform Janabelle that she is the recipient of the paper's Page One Public Service Award for 1961.

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A typed letter from the former Governor of Minnesota, Harold LeVander to Janabelle Taylor regarding her support of the Metropolitan Sewer Bill.

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Printed out article from Council News website. Title of the article is as follows

Janabelle Taylor: First female council member was not afraid to speak truth to power

Scope and Contents The black money receipt book has dates from August 1934 to June 1935. The receipts are mostly issued to a person named Mrs. Bergetta Lowry, on account of rent. The other two money receipt books are from the same maker, "American Favorite: Duplicating Money Receipts: No.41". One book has dates ranging from January 1931 to January 1937 and contains receipts issued to multiple persons. The last book has dates ranging from September 1940 to November 1940, and also contains...

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Card from Pilgrim Baptist Church contains a printed picture of Rev. Flyod Massey, Jr., his wife and their son, Flyod, III. The typed note on the back of the card reads as follows:

Dear Friend, Please accept our deep gratitude for your kind expressions in celebration of the Third Anniversary of this Pastorate at Pilgrim Baptist Church, October 20-26, 1947.

An excerpt from Matthew 10:41 follows.