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File#FF047.1 Hanchett, Paul

Record number 480 Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number FF047.1 Number of parts 1 Distinguishing features Newspaper Articles Object name and title Object category...

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The Robbinsdale City Band

Tracing their roots back to 1908 when the village fathers accepted a proposal to form a village band, the Robbinsdale City Band has become arguably the best known civic sponsored musical organization...

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Energetic Edith

“The will of Andrew B. Robbins made his wife and his daughter, Edith Robbins, Joint executrices of his estate. This action was in recognition of the long-time coopera­tion of his life partner, and the...

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Amazing Amy

In 1921 Amy Robbins earned this entry in “American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Vol. 9”, by William Richard Cutter. The book was published by The American Historical Society, Inc of New York. WARE, Amy...

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Another Adelaide

Adelaide Robbins Gillette is a daughter of Andrew Bonney Robbins and Adelaide Walker Robbins, Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Her musical education began at an early age with study of violin, superseded by...

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Exemplary Edith

Edith Robbins Daniel, Robbinsdale, of Colonial ancestry, daughter of Andrew Bonney Robbins and Adelaide Walker Robbins. As college student and teacher she began writing poems. Boston critics pronounced...

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Suffrage Salad

Andrew B. Robbins’ eldest daughter Edith Robbins, attended prep school at Macalester and Carleton Colleges, and then went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of...

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Some Have Found A Solution!

“In June Miss Edith Robbins graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree. All five of Mr. Robbins daughters graduated from the University of Minnesota, two of them...

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The Robbinsdale Fire Department 1909-1984

75 Years From hand-carried buckets of water used by bucket brigades to fight fires in the early history of Robbinsdale, the Robbinsdale Volunteer Fire Department has grown into a modern department with...

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