Henn-Johnson Library and Local History Archives Foundation Collection

The bulk of the collection includes the research files of Nora Henn (nee Johnson)and materials by and collected by Alice Blakestad. The collection is approximately 100 linear feet of material. The collection consist of primary and secondary sources to publish her own historical writings on Lincoln County. The material was previously housed at the former Nora and Walter Henn residence/Henn-Johnson Library and Archives research facility, a couple of miles away from the village historic district. Materials that comprise the Henn collection include county and federal records that relate to Lincoln County, family genealogical material on pioneer families who resided for generations in the region, correspondence between various historians, and maps just to name a few items found among the collection. Another sizable portion of the collection are materials collected by another historian Alice Blakestad. The Blakestad material focuses on local genealogical information relating to families within the vicinity of Lincoln County region.