Minnesota’s Carnegie Libraries After 100 Years.
In the early 1900s, Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of over 1600 libraries in this country, 66 of which were in Minnesota. The first half of the talk will describe…
Read MorePeanuts, Popcorn, and Preemies: Wonderland Park and the Infantorium
It was 1905 and Americans were in love with electricity. More than 400 trolley car parks sprang up around the country. But only a handful had an Infantorium, a hospital…
Read MoreThe Indigenous Oral History Manual: Canada and the United States (2023)
For the past several years, I worked on the Indigenous Oral History Manual: Canada and the United States, with authors Winona Wheeler, Charles E. Trimble (posthumous), and Mary Kay Quinlan.…
Read MoreThe Electrification of the Mississippi River Gorge: How the University of Minnesota Lost its Bid for a Renewable Resource in the High Dam
Founded in 1928, the University of Minnesota Archives is the official repository of the institution and a rich source of local, national, and international history that intersects with the people…
Read MoreRanked Choice Voting: A Top Reform to Strengthen our Democracy
Join the Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum to learn all about Ranked Choice Voting, a top reform to strengthen our democracy. Jeanne Massey, Executive Director of FairVote Minnesota and a national…
Read MoreEdward S. Curtis “The North American Indian” Photograph Exhibit
The nationally known Edward S. Curtis documented 80 Native American tribes in the Western United States back in the 1890’s through 1920’s, through photographs, recording their music, myths and religion,…
Read MoreDealing with Today’s Social Problems Using Systemic Tools Developed in the Medical Field (The Annual Rhoda Lewin Lecture)
In the early-1950’s diagnosing medical conditions was greatly assisted by organizing the human body into 7 levels. This led some educational Institutions to begin naming their biological departments as “Life…
Read MorePoetry Day
Evelyn D. Klein will read from her new book Fear and Promise, Remembering the Year 2020. She will discuss the notion of poet as historian, bringing in famous poets of the…
Read MoreBeyond “Jeg elsker dig”: A Program of Nordic Song
A few songs by Edvard Grieg are known to the classical music public, and occasional songs by other composers (Sibelius, especially) might show up on concert programs, particularly when the…
Read MoreRESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Reweaving the Fabric of Community
Restorative justice is a grassroots movement, growing out of the 70s, that offers an alternative perspective on crime and how crime is addressed. Though its origin lies in the modern…
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