The most ambitious project undertaken by this student group was compiling and publishing a cookbook of Mennonite recipes and customs to preserve the traditions of the then dominant ethnic group in the community. Proceeds from the sale of the cookbook were used to purchase books by and about Mennonites for the Mountain Lake Public Library . Today the collection includes historical, theological, and sociological data on the Mennonites, Hutterites, and Amish. The cookbook is still in print and requests to purchase copies come from all over the U.S. and Canada. The proceeds from the cookbook sales continue to fund this special collection.
All materials are available through interlibrary loan.
The Redwood Falls Public Library has developed a Native American collection with a focus on the Dakota tribe. Included in the collection are both children's and adult fiction and non-fiction books, video cassettes, audio cassettes, art prints and a variety of pamphlet materials. Collection development began with a grant from the Minnesota Library Foundation in 1991. Donations continue to be received to purchase additional materials. All materials except the art prints are available for inter-library loan.