CSAHS Research Library
Below you will find the physical book library located at the Cold Spring Area Historical Society. Books are available for check out. In addition to books, the research library contains the Family Folders. These folders contains paper information gathered over the years from sources such as The Cold Spring Record, The St. Cloud Times and other sources. The family folders consist of over 1500 local families. Our Research Library also hold the yearbooks for the last several decades.
| INVENTORY NUMBER | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| 2010.001.000 | American City: A Rank and File History of Minneapolis | Charles R. Walker |
| 2010.003.000 | Citadel in the Wilderness: The Story of Fort Snelling and the Northwest Frontier | Evan Jones |
| 2010.005.000 | Creating Minnesota: A History from the Inside Out | Annette Atkins |
| 2010.006.000 | Dakota Life in the Upper Midwest | Samuel Pond |
| 2010.007.000 | Explorers of the Mississippi | Timothy Severin (UM Press) |
| 2010.008.000 | Food On The Frontier | Marjorie Kreidberg |
| 2010.009.000 | Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota | Barbara W. Sommer |
| 2010.010.000 | Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart | Rhoda R. Gilman |
| 2010.011.000 | A History of Minnesota Vol I | William W. Fowell |
| 2010.012.000 | A History of Minnesota Vol 2 | William W. Fowell |
| 2010.013.000 | A History of Minnesota Vol 3 | William W. Fowell |
| 2010.014.000 | A History of Minnesota Vol 4 | William W. Fowell |
| 2010.015.000 | History of the Ojibway People, 2d ed. | William W. Warren |
| 2010.016.000 | The Journals of Jonathan Carver and Related Documents, 1766-1770 | John Parker |
| 2010.017.000 | The Journals of Joseph Nicollet: A Scientist on the Mississippi Headwaters …, 1836-37 | Martha C. Bray |
| 2010.018.000 | Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley | Gary C. Anderson |
| 2010.019.000 | Landscapes of Minnesota: A Geography | John F. Hart and Susy S. Ziegler |
| 2010.020.000 | The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers, Richard Moe | Richard Moe |
| 2010.021.000 | The Lynchings in Duluth, Michael W. Fedo Copy 1 of 2 | Michael W. Fedo |
| 2010.022.000 | Making Minnesota Liberal: Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party | Jennifer A. Delton |
| 2010.023.000 | Making Minnesota Territory, 1849-1858 | Anne R. Kaplan and Marilyn Ziebarth |
| 2010.025.000 | Minnesota, Hail to Thee!: A Sesquicentennial History | Karal A. Marling |
| 2010.026.000 | Minnesota Goes to War: The Home Front During World War II | Dave Kenney |
| 2010.027.000 | Minnesota in the Civil War | Kenneth Carley |
| 2010.028.000 | Minnesota on the Map: A Historical Atlas | David A. Lanegran |
| 2010.029.000 | Minnesota’s Natural Heritage: An Ecological Perspective | John R. Tester (UM Press) |
| 2010.030.000 | Northern Lights: The Stories of Minnesota’s Past. 2nd ed. | Dave Kenney, Hillary Wackman and Nancy O, Wagner |
| 2010.031.000 | Old Rail Fence Corners: Frontier Tales Told by Minnesota Pioneers | Lucy Leavenworth and Wilder Morris |
| 2010.032.000 | A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota | William D. Green |
| 2010.034.000 | The Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899-1918 | Chris H. Chrislock |
| 2010.035.000 | The Promise of America: A History of the Norwegian-American People, Revised Ed. | Odd S. Lovoll (UM Press) |
| 2010.036.000 | Rails to the North Star | Richard S. Prosser |
| 2010.037.000 | The River We Have Wrought: A History of the Upper Mississippi | John O. Anfinson |
| 2010.039.000 | Seven Iron Men: The Merritts and the Discovery of the Mesabi Range | Paul de Kruif |
| 2010.040.000 | They Chose Minnesota: A Survey of the State’s Ethnic Groups | June D. Holmquist |
| 2010.041.000 | Through Dakota Eyes | Anderson and Woolworth |
| 2010.042.000 | To Be the Main Leaders of Our People: A History of Minnesota Ojibwe Politics, 1825-1898 | Rebecca Kugel |
| 2010.044.000 | We Are at Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People | Bruce M. White |
| 2010.045.000 | The White Pine Industry in Minnesota: A History | Agnes M. Larson |
| 2010.046.000 | Women of Minnesota: Selected Biographic Essays | Barbara Stuher and Gretchen Kreuter |
| 2010.047.000 | North Country: The Making of Minnesota | Mary L. Wingerd |
| 2010.048.000 | Geology of Minnesota: A Centennial Volume | P.K. Sims and G.B. Morey |
| 2010.049.000 | Gopher Reader | A. Hermina Poatgieter |
| 2010.050.000 | The Electric Railways of Minnesota | Russell L. Olson |
| 2010.224.000 | Minnesota A History of The State | Theodore C. Blegen |
| 2011.013.000 | Amid Hills of Granite | St. Boniface Parish |
| 2011.037.000 | The Missal in Latin and English | Sheed and Ward |
| 2011.039.000 | Our Parish Prays and Sings Hymnbook | The Liturgical Press |
| 2011.040.001 | If I Were a Farmer | Gordon Fredrickson |
| 2011.040.002 | A Farm Country Picnic | Gordon Fredrickson |
| 2011.040.004 | A Farm Country Halloween | Gordon Fredrickson |
| 2011.040.005 | A Farm Country Thanksgiving | Gordon Fredrickson |
| 2012.022.024 | Pleasures from the Earth Copy 1 of 2 | Cold Spring Lioness Club |
| 2012.022.025 | Our Family’s Best Chicken Cookbook | Gold N Plump |
| 2013.035.000 | 1962 Holy Week Book | Vincent A. Yzerman |
| 2013.040.000 | With Halos and Harps Angie Monnens | Angie Monnens |
| 2013.042.000 | Amid Hills of Granite | St. Boniface Parrish |
| 2014.040.000 | Ronrico’s Official Mixtro’s Guide | Carl Stengel |
| 2014.062.000 | Housedresses, Decoys, Picking Rocks and Other Stories Copy 1 of 2 | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2014.079.000 | With Courage and Hope | Catholic Aid Society |
| 2014.080.000 | The Spirit in Central Minnesota Vol 1 Copy 1 of 2 | Vincent A. Yzermans |
| 2014.082.000 | Book-“With Lamps Burning” History of St Benidicts Convent,St Joesph,MN | Sister M. Grace McDonald |
| 2014.090.001 | Kids Like to Cook | St. Johns Boys Choir |
| 2014.092.000 | Saint John’s Basketball 2009-2010 | St. Johns University |
| 2014.093.000 | Saint John’s Football 2009 | St. Johns University |
| 2015.053.000 | Burma-Shave | Bill Vossler |
| 2015.054.000 | Minnesota Women in Politics | Billie Young and Nancy Ankeny |
| 2015.055.000 | Minnesota a History | William E. Lass |
| 2015.060.000 | Current and Kilowatts | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2015.062.000 | Billions of Tears In Minnesota | Edmund C. Bray |
| 2015.063.000 | Minnesota’s Lost Towns | Ronda Fochs |
| 2015.064.000 | Central MN Federal Credit Union Employee Favorite Recipes | CMFCU |
| 2015.065.001 | People to People Cookbook Copy 1 of 2 | Recipes of Friendship |
| 2015.065.002 | People to People Cookbook Copy 2 of 2 | Recipes of Friendship |
| 2015.069.000 | From Our Kitchen To Yours | St. Margarets Christian Mothers and Guild |
| 2016.033.000 | Quarry Quest | Mark Sakry |
| 2016.041.000 | Little Angel from the Land of the Rising Sun | Mary Lee Neu |
| 2016.062.000 | Bringing Home The Cows Copy 1 of 2 | Family Dairy Farming Stearns County |
| 2016.063.000 | They Came to Teach | Annebelle Raiche and Ann Marie Biermaier |
| 2017.001.000 | Tee Times at Rich-Spring Golf | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2017.002.000 | Favorite Recipes Lions Club Copy 2 of 2 | Home Pride Lions Club |
| 2017.008.001 | Freedom A Guide for Prayer | Jacqueline S. Bergan |
| 2017.010.000 | The Burning | Ron Altmann |
| 2017.011.000 | A Telling Copy 1 of 2 | Ron Altmann |
| 2017.012.000 | Volsungs Copy 1 of 2 | Ron Altmann |
| 2017.041.001 | Recipes and Memories | Florence Lorenz |
| 2017.041.003 | Rockville Centennial Cookbook 2003 Copy 1 of 2 | – |
| 2017.041.004 | Burma-Shave | Bill Vosler |
| 2017.042.001 | Dominick’s Minnesota | – |
| 2017.042.002 | Minnesota 13 | Elaine Davis |
| 2017.042.003 | The WPA Guide to Minnesota | Federal Writers Guild |
| 2017.042.004 | Minnesota Underfoot | Constance J. Sansome |
| 2017.042.006 | St Cloud Times Moments of Life | St. Cloud Times |
| 2017.044.008 | Where Waters Run Free | Angie Monnens |
| 2017.044.009 | You Are My People; I am Your God | Mary Alice Wedl Keenan |
| 2017.044.010 | Letter to my Sister | Ann and Jimmy |
| 2017.044.011 | Grow it. Eat it. | Linda Larson |
| 2017.044.012 | Wedding Journal and Planner | Lifescapes |
| 2017.046.001 | Aprons, Flour Sacks and Other Folk Histories | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2017.046.002 | Housedresses, Decoys, Picking Rocks, and Other Stories Copy 2 of 2 | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2017.046.003 | Earth, Wood, Stone | William T. Morgan |
| 2017.046.004 | Earth, Wood, Stone Volume II | William T. Morgan |
| 2017.052.002 | In the Heat of Passion | Daniel Eller |
| 2017.052.003 | Row by Row Patterns and Recipes | Wild West Shop Hop Quilt Shops |
| 2017.052.004 | Bread of Life Copy 1 of 2 | – |
| 2018.006.000 | Our Country | US News and World Report |
| 2018.016.004 | A Museum of Early American Tools | Eric Sloane |
| 2018.016.006 | The Great Northwest | Oscar O. Winther |
| 2018.016.007 | Bread of Life Copy 2 of 2 | – |
| 2018.016.008 | Dating Fabrics | Eileen Trestain |
| 2018.016.012 | Connecting America’s Farmers with America’s Future | Egerstrom Hakel Denman |
| 2018.016.013 | Prolife Missionary | Fr. Paul Marx |
| 2018.020.005 | Surrender – A Guide for Prayer | Bergan and Schwan |
| 2018.021.012 | A Heritage Deferred The German American in MN | Concordia College |
| 2018.022.008 | Prayer and Praise | Angie Monnens |
| 2018.026.004 | A Century of Enduring Beauty | Cold Spring Granite Company |
| 2018.033.001 | La Concha | College of St Catherine |
| 2018.033.003 | In Search of Lake Wobegon | Garrison Keillor |
| 2018.039.012 | Favorite Hymns For Children | Elliot |
| 2018.040.002 | Minnesota Vacation Almanac | – |
| 2018.044.001 | Orphan Train | Christina B. Kline |
| 2018.051.002 | Minnesota Fishing Guide | Ron Schara |
| 2018.051.003 | The Spirit in Central Minnesota Vol 1 -Vol 2 Copy 1 and 2. | Yzerman |
| 2018.055.008 | Wineries and Breweries of Minnesota | Norman Ayen and Shane Weibel |
| 2019.001.001 | Echoes from the Past | Angie Monnens |
| 2019.002.001 | The Discreet Charm of Anecdotes Copy 1 of 2 | Ramon Querales |
| 2019.002.002 | Ojibwe in Minnesota | Anton Treuer |
| 2019.002.003 | Wild Rice and the Ojibwe People | Thomas Vennum |
| 2019.002.004 | Minnesota A History of The State | Theodore C. Blegen |
| 2019.002.005 | The National Register of Historical Places 1969 | Apollo Resource Center |
| 2019.002.006 | From the Deep Woods to Civilization | Eastman |
| 2019.002.009 | I Remember, Do you | – |
| 2019.002.010 | Guide to Finding Episcopalians in Minnesota | Author L. Finnell |
| 2019.002.011 | A Heritage Deferred: The German Americans in Minnesota | Concordia College |
| 2019.002.012 | Light From The Hearth | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2019.006.001 | Andvari’s Gift | Ron Altmann |
| 2019.006.002 | Volsungs Copy 2 of 2 | Ron Altmann |
| 2019.006.003 | Rerir | Ron Altmann |
| 2019.006.004 | A Telling Copy 2 of 2 | Ron Altmann |
| 2019.006.006 | Some Like it Hot | Nicolyn Rajala |
| 2019.006.007 | Treacherous Waters | Nikki Rajala |
| 2019.006.008 | More Orphan Tractors | Bill Vossler |
| 2019.006.009 | Kids Like to Cook | St Johns Boys Choir |
| 2019.006.020 | The World of Beer Memorabilia | Herb and Helen Haydock |
| 2019.010.004 | Marble in the World | G. Conti |
| 2019.014.003 | 1001 Affirmations | Herbert P. WindSchitl |
| 2019.015.009 | All Hell Broke Loose | William H. Hull |
| 2019.015.014 | A Day’s Worth of Dreams | Angie Monnens |
| 2019.020.007 | Hook, Line and Shelter | Lary Stark |
| 2019.020.008 | Dance with the Elephant | Duane Kuss |
| 2019.020.010 | Minnesota’s Twentieth Century | D. J. Tice |
| 2019.026.008 | Beer Belongs | – |
| 2019.026.009 | Beers of North America | Bill Yenne |
| 2019.037.004 | The Complete Book of Crochet | Mathieson |
| 2019.038.002 | A Century of Living with Christ | Diocese of St Cloud |
| 2020.010.011 | From This Land | Deborah L. Gelbach |
| 2020.019.001 | The Mysterious North Shore | William Mayo |
| 2020.019.002 | Famous Crimes | Sheri O’Meara |
| 2020.019.003 | They Used To Call Us Game Wardens | Bill Callies |
| 2020.020.032 | Images of America – Stearns County Minnesota | Lee M. Simpson |
| 2020.026.000 | Kari’s Tree | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2020.035.004 | Crackerjack Bands and Hometown Boosters | Joy Riggs |
| 2020.065.000 | Whoopee John | Dennis Brown |
| 2021.003.005 | Rockville Minnesota Do You Remember | Tudie Hermanutz |
| 2021.008.001 | History of Stearns County Minnesota Vol. 1 | William B. Mitchell |
| 2021.011.001 | The Lynchings in Duluth Copy 2 of 2 | Michael W. Fedo |
| 2021.011.002 | Secret of le Saint | Sarah Kneip |
| 2021.011.003 | Our Lady and the Locusts | Kristi Warne |
| 2021.025.000 | The Bridge of Memories | Ted Kresbach |
| 2021.033.000 | Small book written in German | – |
| 2021.035.000 | Three Years/ Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America Vol. 1 | Jonathon Carver |
| 2021.036.000 | Holy Bible and Apocrypha | – |
| 2021.041.002 | St. Cloud Into The Millennium | Myron Hall |
| 2021.041.003 | Times Photos | Myron Hall |
| 2021.041.004 | Postcard History St. Cloud Autographed Copy | Harold Zosel |
| 2021.041.005 | Business Finance | William Lough |
| 2021.050.002 | My Journey Through The Rhythm of Life J. Nick Demuth | J. Demuth |
| 2021.052.001 | Brown Eyes Accepted and Loved | Shiela L. Perrault |
| 2021.052.004 | One Man’s Life Copy 1 of 3 | Tracy Witham |
| 2021.058.002 | Annual Financial Statement of Stearns County MN Dec 31, 1932 | Stearns County |
| 2021.058.005 | Celebrate Minnesota | – |
| 2021.058.006 | Current and Kilowatts Copy 2 of 2 | Marilyn S. Brinkman |
| 2021.061.000 | Preserving a Heritage St. Joseph 1854-Present | – |
| 2021.083.001 | Minnesota Shaped By The Land | Deborah L. Gelbach |
| 2022.005.000 | Lumber, Paper, Valves and Progress – History of Sartell MN | – |
| 2022.009.009 | Rockville Centennial Cookbook 2003 Copy 2 of 2 | Yzerman |
| 2022.021.000 | Bringing Home The Cows Copy 2 of 2 | Dairy Farming Stearns County |
| 2022.033.001 | Last Train Home | Renee Wendinger |
| 2022.033.002 | Charlie’s Chalk Stick | Renee Wendinger |
| 2022.036.001 | The Spirit in Central Minnesota Vol 2 Copy 2 of 2 | Yzerman |
| 2022.036.002 | Pleasures from the Good earth Cookbook | Cold Spring Lioness Club |
| 2022.036.017 | Jochum Family Cookbook | Jochum |
| 2022.037.001 | The Assassination of Hole In The Day | Anton Treuer |
| 2022.037.002 | The Indians of the Great Plains | Norman Bancroft |
| 2022.039.001 | Saint Boniface Church Dedication | St Boniface Church |
| 2022.039.002 | Amid Hills of Granite | St Boniface Church |
| 2022.043.002 | 78 Years of Good Cooking | – |
| 2022.043.004 | Minnesota Science Vol 1 Spring 1975 | U of M Agriculture |
| 2022.043.006 | A Book of Chores | Bob Artley |
| 2022.043.007 | The Dakota War of 1862 | Kenneth Carley |
| 2022.043.009 | Altas of Minnesota Resources and Settlement | – |
| 2022.047.003 | Laura’s World | Ruth Nierengarten |
| 2022.048.000 | The Story of Mary and The Grasshoppers | – |
| 2022.060.001 | Lost Muscle Cars | Wes Eisenshenk |
| 2022.069.001 | Natures Way | Bill Vossler |
| 2022.077.001 | Secrets of The Congdon Mansion | Joe Kimball |
| 2022.093.001 | Who’s Who in Minnesota | – |
| 2022.093.040 | Stones and Hills | – |
| 2022.095.000 | Crow Wind and Father Pierz | – |
| 2022.096.000 | Wishing for a Snow Day | Peg Meier |
| 2023.006.002 | Days of Wonder | Bill Vossler |
| 2023.016.000 | Central Minnesota Beer | Jacob Laxen |
| 2023.029.001 | Sts Peter and Paul Richmond One Hundred Years | – |
| 2023.032.001 | Centennial 1879-1979 Copy 2 of 2 | St Catherine Parish |
| 2023.035.009 | Utik Gold | Ted Kresbach |
| 2023.038.002 | Amid Hill of Granite | St Boniface Church |
| 2023.045.000 | The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book | Melody Edition |
| 2023.056.000 | One Hundred Years Jacob’s Prairie | – |
| 2023.058.000 | Small Book in German- Catechism | S.J. Deharbe |
| 2023.069.001 | Minnesota – A History of the State | Theodore C. Blegen |
| 2023.080.002 | Minnesota A State Guide | American Guide Series |
| 2023.081.000 | Minnesota Mayhem | Ben Welter |
| 2023.083.013 | Bring Warm Clothes | Peg Meier |
| 2023.083.018 | Museums In Motion | Edward Alexander |
| 2023.083.019 | A People’s History of the United States | Howard Zinn |
| 2023.083.020 | Halos and Harps Booklet | Angie Monnens |
| 2023.083.021 | Echoes From The Past Copy 2 of 2 | Angie Monnens |
| 2023.083.022 | The Coach Basketball | Mark I. |
| 2023.083.023 | A Brief History of The Chicken Copy 1 | Gold N Plump |
| 2023.083.024 | A Brief History of The Chicken Copy 2 | Gold N Plump |
| 2023.083.025 | Treat Yourself Healthy | Cold Spring Granite Company Employees |
| 2023.083.026 | The Source – Guidebook of American Genealogy | – |
| 2023.085.009 | Catholic Shrines and Places of Pilgrimage in the United States | United States Catholic Conference |
| 2024.007.004 | Bread of Life | – |
| 2024.020.000 | Rockville Minnesota Do You Remember | Tudie Hermanutz |
| 2024.025.001 | New Saint Joseph Children’s Missal with Hymns | – |
| 2024.025.002 | Key to Heaven Prayer Book for Catholics | – |
| 2024.025.003 | My Sunday Missal | Father Stedman |