Journal Issues

The Minnesota Scholar, December 2024

Volume 19, Number 2

Table of Contents
    Winter Issue
1-Front Page
      Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, 200 Year Anniversary
2-Feature Article
     Return of the Buffalo
           by Evelyn D. Klein
6-Book Review
    Revisiting the White Whale: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
           by Michael Woolsey
9-Words to Ponder
10-Past Programs & Meetings
15-Study and Discussion Groups
15-Upcoming Programs & Event
The Minnesota Scholar, June 2024

Volume 19, Number 1

Table of Contents
    Spring Issue
1-New Study Group
     with Curt Hillstrom
2-Feature Article
     Bird Watching
         by Evelyn D. Klein
5-Book Review
    Rhonda Petree, M.A.:
    Power Behind Your Writing
        by Evelyn D. Klein
6-Member Publications News
       Anthony J. Amato
       Evelyn D. Klein
7-Programs & Meetings
       January through May
11-Study & Discussion Groups
11-Upcoming Programs & Events
13-What Is an Independent
Scholar?
The Minnesota Scholar, December 2023

Volume 18, Number 1

Table of Contents
     Catch up Issue
2-Editor’s Perspective:
         The Long Wait by Evelyn D. Klein
3-Why Genealogy:
         A scholarly Approach by Ruth Campbell
5-Book Review:
        Orwell, Gandhi, and the British Raj by Michael Woolsey
8-Member Publication News: Joseph A. Amato
13-At Large:
         Poetry Sparks Book Discussion by Evelyn D. Klein
9-Past Programs & Meetings
18-Upcoming Programs & Events:

The Minnesota Scholar, December 2022

Volume 17, Number 2

Table of Contents
Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum:
        Mission Statement
Feature Article:
        Shared Experience Evelyn D. Klein
Why Genealogy:
        What in the World Is an Independent Scholar? Peter Simmons
From the Editor:
        Change is Coming Evelyn D. Klein
Another Perspective:
        from Walden Henry David Thoreau
Past Programs & Meetings
        MISF Annual Meeting
        Minnesota in World War II
        MISF Annual Picnic
        The Role of Fresh Energy
        Minnesota and the Ultra-Resistance
        The Civilian Conservation Corps
Study & Discussion Groups
        History, Philosophy, Futures
Upcoming Programs & Events
        January – June, 2023
The Minnesota Scholar, June 2022

Volume 17, Number 1

Table of Contents
         Issue on Knowledge
     Feature Article: Study Group Uncovers Knowledge
           Curt Hillstrom
    Why Genealogy: My Passion
           Charlie Roger
    Book Review: Lucy Brusic
           Robert E. Lee – A life by Allen C. Guelso
    Publication News
           Evelyn Klein
           Barb Sommer
   At Large
          Grant Possibilities
          Quotables
   Past Programs & Meetings:
          January through May 2022
   Study & Discussion Groups
          History, Philosophy, Futures
  Upcoming Programs and Events:
          August through November 2022
The Minnesota Scholar, December 2021

Volume 16, Number 2

Table of Contents
Feature Article: Art to Science
        Evelyn D. Klein
Why Genealogy: Where Are the Women Artists? Try Russia!
       Carol Veldman Rudie
Book Review: “Romantic Love:” A Brief Literary Tour
        Michael Woolsey
At Large
Around-the-World Scholars
       Lucy Brusic
Publications News
Remembering Past Programs & Meetings:
        MISF Annual Meeting Cass Gilbert Cottages
        The State Law Library
        Sherlock Holmes/Copyright
        Racial Paradox
Study & Discussion Groups
Upcoming Programs:
       January: Historic Layers, Carol Veldman Rudie
        Feb.-April: TBD
        May: Poetry Day
       June: Annual Mtg., Program TBD
The Minnesota Scholar, June 2021

Volume 16, Number 1

Table of Contents
        Future Directions
Perspective:
        What Will Be New Normal? (Lucy Brusic)
Poetic Comment:
        Nine Pandemic Ways Of Thinking (Evelyn D. Klein)
Feature Article:
        The more you lie the easier it gets (Mary Treacy)
Scholarly Reflection:
        Discovering the Future (Tom P. Abeles)
The Gardener:
        Garden-in-a-Box (Jerry Shannon)
Book Review: (Libby Casey Irwin)
        Towers of Aging (Joe Amato)
Recent Forums:
        The Electoral College (Allen E. Johnson)
        Mapping Prejudice (Denise Pike and Marguerite Mills)
        Rock Steady Boxing (Kim Hiekkila and Katie Grove)
        Celebrating Earth Month (Brenn Fromm)
        Ginny Hanson Poetry Day:
               Ellingtonia, The Great Migration, and The Promised Land  (Philip Bryant)
The Minnesota Scholar, December 2020

Volume 15, Number 2

Table of Contents
             Challenges of the year 2020
             Press Release:
                        Scholars Without Walls (Lucy Brusic, Evelyn Klein, Michael Woolsey)
             Book Review: (Barbara W. Sommer)
                        The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and a Proposed 
                        Constitutional Amendment for Direct Popular Vote (Alan E. Johnson)
             Feature Article:
                        The Shift in Education (Evelyn D. Klein)
             Why Genealogy:
                        Why Thoreau? (Dale R. Schwie)
             Obituary:
                         Remembering: Brian Mulhern
            NCIS/MISF Collaboration:
                         Virtual Meeting (Lucy Brusic)
            Recent Forums
                        Bold Vision: ERA 2020  (Betty Folliard)
                        Saving Lives: Stories from Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers
                        Memorial Cemetery (Sue Hunter Weir)
                        Maritime Heritage Minnesota:  Who We Are and What We Do
                               (Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson)
                        Sinclair Lewis: The Centenary of Main Street (Patrick Coleman)
The Minnesota Scholar, June 2020

Volume 15, Number 1

Feature:
        Thinking, Suffering, and Voting 2020 (Joseph Amato)
Oral History Grant Project:
       Blood, Fire and Something Else – It Began Here (Peter Simmons)
Book Review: (Curt Hillstrom)
        Conservation on the Northern Plains: New Perspectives (Anthony J. Amato)
Obituary: (Dale Schwie)
        Remembering: Kay Schwie
Editor’s Perspective:
        In Light of the Times (Evelyn D. Klein)
Recent Forums
        Minnesota Swedes Raising Cane (Marilyn McGriff )
        Minnesota Women: First in the Nation to Vote in 1920 (Lois Glewwe)
        Poetry Day via Zoom (Joseph Amato, Evelyn Klein, Vicki Mickelson)
The Minnesota Scholar, December 2019

Volume 14, Number 2

Rethinking Education (Evelyn Klein)
What is MISF? (Evelyn Klein)
Book Reviews (Steven A. Miller):
        1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
(Charles C. Mann)
        Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
(David Grann)
The Minnesota Scholar, June 2019

Volume 14, Number 1

Scholars Without Walls (Lucy Brusic, Evelyn Klein, Mike Woolsey)
The Milestone (Evelyn Klein)
Applied Scholarship: Sciences and Humanities (Charles Yancey)
Book Review (Lucy Brusic):
        The Common Good by Robert Reich
Remembering: Lionel Davis
The Minnesota Scholar, December 2018

Volume 13, Number 2

The Library (Evelyn D. Klein)
Interviewing the Past (Lucy Brusic)
Book Review (Steven Miller):
        Be Still: Departure from Collective Madness (Gordon C. Stewart, 2017)
Scholarly Reflections: Academy Cooperates (Lucy Brusic)
About the ERA (Evelyn D. Klein)

The Minnesota Scholar, Jun 2018 (update)

Volume 13, Number 1

Cursive Writing: An Essential Part of Ourselves (Evelyn D. Klein)
Great Books Seminars (Michael Woolsey)
Book Review (Lucy Brusic):
      Taking Sides with the Sun: Landscape Photographer Herbert W. Gleason (Dale Schwie, 2017)

The Minnesota Scholar, Dec 2017

Volume 12, Number 2

Why Art? Why Not Art? (Robert Brusic)
Book Review (Joe Amato):
        DIAGNOSTICS: Poetics of Time (Elizabeth Irwin, 2017)
Editor’s Perspective: (Evelyn D. Klein)
In Memoriam of Shirley Whiting A Meeting of Minds Poem: In a State of Conception (Evelyn D. Klein)

The Minnesota Scholar, June 2017

Volume 12, Number 1

President’s Message: (Steve Miller)
Editor’s Perspective: Of Independent Scholars (Evelyn Klein)
Preserving Memories through Oral Histories (Barbara W. Sommer)
Book Review (Lucy Brusic):
        Everyday Life: How the Ord nary Became Extraordinary (Joe Amato, 2016)
The Minnesota Scholar, Dec 2016

Volume 11, Number 2

The Belonging Addiction, (Steven Miller)
After the Election, (Evelyn D. Klein)
Book Review (Lucy Brusic):
        My Three Sicilies (Joseph Amato, 2016)

The Minnesota Scholar, June 2016

Volume 11, Number 1

The Driving Force (Evelyn Klein)
Pursuing Family Roots (Gus Fenton)
Voice of the People (Mike Woolsey)
Book Review (Lucy Brusic):
        Her Honor : Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota Women’s Movement
(Lori Sturdevant, 2014)

The Minnesota Scholar, Dec 2015

Volume 10, Number 2

Saying what needs to be said (Gus Fenton)
Politically Correct (Evelyn Klein)

The Minnesota Scholar, Jul 2015

Volume 10 Number 1

The Company of Plants (Evelyn D. Klein)
Book Review (Mike Woolsey):
         Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World
(Eric Foner, 2002)

Practical Thinking, Dec 2014

Volume 9, Number 2

To Bear the Mark (Kim Heikkila)
Secret Writing (Bill McTeer)
Book review (Steve Miller):
         Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
        (Lawrence Wright, 2013)
Book review (Shirley Whiting):
        Jung and Politics: The Political and Social Ideas of C.G. Jung
        (Volodymyr Odajnyk, 2007)

Practical Thinking, Jun 2014

Volume 9, Number 1

Minnesota, Land of 10,000 Lakes & Almost as Many Crime Novels (Robert Brusic)
Tracking a National Obsession: The 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination (Michael Woolsey)
Book review (Ginny Hansen):
         Buoyancies: A Ballast Master’s Log (Joe Amato, 2014)

Practical Thinking, Nov 2013

Volume 8, Number 2

Addicted to Archives (Mary Treacy)
Book review (Robert Brusic):
        Surfaces: A History (Joe Amato, 2013)
Practical Thinking, May 2013

Volume 8, Number 1

A Reflection on The Handbook for Independent Scholars (Lucy Brusic)
Book Review (Shirley Whiting):
        The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference (Harry C. Boyte, 2008)
Practical Thinking, Oct 2012

Volume 7, Number 2

An Essay on the Evolution of Science (Part 2) (Ed Ferlauto)
Book Review (Shirley Whiting):
        Seasons of Desire: What I Discovered Along the Way (Evelyn Klein, 2012)
Book Review (Robert Brusic)
        Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
        (Charles Pierce, 2009)
Practical Thinking, Mar 2012

Volume 8, Number 1

An Essay on the Evolution of Science (Part 1) (Ed Ferlauto)
MISF and Fiscal Agency (David Megarry)
Museumization (Mary Treacy)
Book Review (Dennis Shapiro):
        Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us (Mike Rose, 2009
Book Review (Robert Brusic):
         Stand Up: The Story of Minnesota’s Protest Tradition (Rhoda Gilman, 2012)
Practical Thinking, Sep 2011

Volume 7, Number 2

Defend our Archives (Mary Treacy)
How to Use a Research Library (Timothy J. Johnson)
Collecting and archiving in a digital age (Lucy Brusic)
Book review (Shirley Whiting):
        The Unconscious Civilization (John Ralston Saul, 2012)
Forensic Physiology (David Juncker)
The Art of Music: the Music of Art (Charles Cubrimi)
A History of Astronomy (Bill McTeer)
Practical Thinking, Mar 2011

Volume 7, Number 1

How to Use an Editor (Virginia Hansen)
Save the World (Philip Dahlen)
The Dead Sea Scrolls (Robert Brusic)
The Bohr-Einstein Debates (Bill McTeer)
Communication Revolution (David Juncker)
On Revolutions, Digital and Otherwise (Lucy Brusic)

Practical Thinking Sep 2010

Volume 6, Number 1

Yes, but Is it Health Insurance? (Lee Wenzel)

Practical Thinking, Dec 2009

Volume 5, Number 2

Art and the Marketplace (Robert Brusic)
Physics Encounters Consciousness (Bill McTeer)
Human Systems Dynamic (Philip Dahlen)
Life After the Bailout (Lucy Brusic)
Book Review (David Juncker):
        Three Cups of Tea: One man’s mission to fight terrorism and build nations
         —one school at a time (Greg Mortenson, 2006)
Book Review (Charles Cubrimi):
        Between (Morgan Grayce Willow, 2009)
Practical Thinking, Feb 2009

Volume 5, Number 1

What Maps Can Tell Us (Lucy Brusic)
The Minneapolis Sustainable City Project (David Juncker)
Tales of Two ( or Maybe Three) Cities (Joseph Murphy)
John Sloan’s City (Robert Brusic)
The Underground Scholar (Curt Hillstrom)

Practical Thinking, Jun 2008

Volume 4, Number 2

Fame was not fair to Herbert W. Gleason (Dale R. Schwie)
Reflections from the Wireless Pond (Charles Cubrimi)
Hidden Heroes (Mary Treacy, Rhoda Lewin, David Juncker, Lucy Brusic)
Book Review (Ginny Hansen):
        Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers
        (ed. Kathryn Kysar, 2008)
Book Review (Robert Brusic):
        Fiddle Game (Richard A. Thompson, 2008)
Practical Thinking, Feb 2008

Volume 4, Number 1

The Page and the Screen: A Reflection on Libraries and Their Use (Charles Cabrini)
The Internet Strikes Back (Bill McTeer)
A Timeline of the Growth of the Internet
The Internet: Technological Kudzu (Lucy Brusic)
Henery David Thoreau: His Journey to the Twenty-First Century (David Juncker)

Practical Thinking, Jun 2007

Volume 3, Number 1

Absolute Truth? (Gene Scapanski)
Case of Recurring Worldviews (Curt Hillstrom)
Authoritive Information in the Information Age (Thomas Eland)
Who Controls Information (Mary Treacy)
History and Hollywood (Robert Brusic)
Afterwords (The Editors)

Practical Thinking Jan 2007

Volume 2, Number 2

Rethinking Adult Education in a Pancake World (Terilyn C. Turner)
Globalization: The Next Hot Thing (Paul Chapman)
Globalization: Will it make or break us? (Anne Auten)

Practical Thinking, Jun 2006

Volume 2, Number 1

Immigration: Arguing Past One Another (Tom Cytron-Hysom)
Immigrant Adults As Learners: Lessons From the Field (Leslie Shore)
Journey to the New World: A Brief History of Jewish Immigrants’ Lives in Minneapolis (Rhoda G. Lewin)
Another Kind of Fusion (David A. Wesley)

Practical Thinking, Dec 2005

Volume 1, Number 2

The Value of Values, (Roger Sween)
Practical Thinking: Science in Context, (George Anderson)
Theories vs. Hypotheses, Ideas and Opinions: The Role of Scientific Methodology (David F. Junker)
Book Review (Judy Yaeger Jones):
         Arpeggio of Appetite (Judy Yaeger Jones, 2005)
Practical Thinking, Jun 2005

Volume 1, Number 1

Knowledge and Information in a Media-Saturated World (Tom Eland)
Negotiating the Currents: Reflections on the Role of Religion in Contemporary America (Robert Brusic)
The Sacred in America (Jerry Stein)
Writing on Reading: What might be learned from two books (Roger Sween)
Book Review (Kathie S. Frank):
         Chicago and Illinois: A guide to Sacred Sites and Peaceful Places (Marilyn Chiat, 2004)
The Forum, Winter 2005

Volume 16, Number 2

Facing Backward on the Progress Train: Part III (Emilio DeGrazia)
Book Review (Robert Brusic):
        Henry  Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart (Rhoda Gilman, 2004)
A Report on the NCIS Conference (Rhoda Lewin)
President’s Column (David Juncker)
The Forum, Fall 2004

Volume 16, Number 1

Facing Backward on the Progress Train: Part I (Emilio DeGrazia)
Thinking About Health Care (Rhoda Gilman)
Book Review (Lucy Brusic):
         Sweet Bells Jangled: Laura Redden Searing: A Deaf Poet Restored
        (ed. Judy Yaeger Jones, Jane E. Vallier, 2003)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum,Spring 2004

Volume 15, Number 3

Reembarking Paul Gruchow (Rhoda Gilman)
Thinking about the Future (Tom Abeles)
Exhibition Review (Robert Brusic):
        Rembrandt’s Journey (Art Institute of Chicago, 2004)
Political Waivers (David Juncker)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum, Winter 2004

Volume 15, Number 2

Francis Bacon: Religious Terror, The Rise of Modernity, and 9/11 (David Hopper)
Book Review (Suzanne Mahmoodi):
        The Life of Emily Peake: One Dedicated Objibwe (Jane Pejsa, 2003)
What is an Independent Scholar? (Roger Hammer)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum, Fall 2003

Volume 15, Number 1

The Minneapolis Athenaeum: The Next Chapter (Terrance Dinovo)
Book Reviews (Robert Brusic):
        Cass Gilbert: The Early Years (Geoffrey Blodgett, 2001)
        Cass Gilbert Abroad: The Young Architect’s European Tou>
        (Paul Clifford Larsson)
A Larger Perspective (George Anderson)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum, Spring 2003

Volume 14, Number 3

Someone Had to Do It: The Beginnings of MISF (Cheryl Dickson)
All That Fiddle (Morgan Grayce Willow)
Reflections on the Annual Meeting (Judy Yeager Jones)
Scholars’ Use of Libraries (Roger Sween)

The Forum,Winter 2003

Volume 14, Number 2

Distributive Justice, Part II: A Rationale (Curt Hillstrom)
Book Review (Helen Watkins):
        Objibwe: We Look in All Directions (Thomas Peacock, 2002)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum, Fall 2002

Volume 14, Number 1

Distributive Justice (Curt Hillstrom)
Why I am Running for Political Office (Rhoda Gilman)
Our Roards: Artieries or Perforated Colon (David Juncker)
Book Review (Lucy Brusic):
        Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History (Joe Amato, 2002)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum, Spring 2002

Volume 13, Number 3

Removing the barriers or raising the barricades? (Alan Clarke)
Everyone’s a Philosopher (Tom Ables)
Book Review (William Jacobson):
        The Kensington Runestone: Its Place in History
        (Thomas Reiersgord, 2001)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum, Winter 2002

Volume 13, Number 2

Can we learn to think globally? (David Wiggins)
Hospitals and Evolution (David Juncker)
Book Review (Claudia Crawford):
        Neitzsche’s Prophecy: the crisis in meaning (Harvey Sarles, 2001)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)
The Forum, Fall 2001

Volume 13, Number 1

Shea brings philosophy to television (Peter Shea)
Making Sense – Moving Forward (David Juncker)
President’s Column (Shirley Whiting)

The Forum, Fall 2000

Volume 12, Number 2

Time in a (Throwaway) Bottle (R. A. Thompson)
Broken Symmetry (George Anderson)
Airborne Culture (R. A. Thompson)
Who’s Who on the MISF Board (Shirley Whiting)

The Forum, Spring 2000

The Forum, Volume 12, Number 1

The Contrarian’s Manifesto (R. A. Thompson):
        Book Review of Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man (Susan Faludi, 2009)
The Shape of Rhyme (Morgan Grayce Willow)
The Forum, Winter 1999-2000

The Forum, Volume 11, Number 3

Putting Humanity Back into Science (Roger S. Jones)
        A Review of two Books:
             Cosmos and Anthropos (Errol E. Harris, 1991)
             The Self Aware Universe (Amit Goswami, 1995)
Pilgrimage to Pomerania (Lucy Smith)
A Comparative Study of Religious Architecture in the New and Old Worlds
       (Marilyn J. Chiat)
Learning from a Retired Journalist (Helen Watkins)
Bridging the ‘Digital Divide’ (George Anderson)
The U of M’s Anderson Library and Archival Caverns (Helen Watkins)
On Nurturing a Flow-Chart for Knowing (Ginny Hansen with Helen Watkins)
The Forum, Fall 1999

The Forum, Volume 11, Number 2

Striving To Noble Fortunes…Or Thriving By Other Means (George R. Anderson)
From Minnesota’s Rivers to Walden Pond (Helen Watkins):
        Program Review of Photographic Legacy of Herbert W. Gleason (1853-1937) (Dale Schwie)
SASE Provides Access to All Writers (Helen Watkins)
The Pleasure of Tinkertoys (Richard Thompson):
        Program Review of New Periodic Display of the Chemical Elements (George Anderson)
The Forum, Spring 1999

The Forum, Volume 11, Number 1

Do Not Pass GO: Do Not Collect 10% On All Bestsellers (Richard A. Thompson)
Reckoning MISF’s Past With Its Future (George A. Anderson)
Postcards from a Lost World (Richard Thompson):
        Exhibition Review of On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton:
                                               Images of a Changing America
         (Minnesota Museum of American Art, 1998-1999)
The Forum, Fall 1998

Volume 10, Number 3

Architecture of Religious Freedom: A report on the Annual Meeting Program (George Anderson)
1998 A Year of Many MISF Accomplishments: Annual Report of the MISF President (Patricia McDonough)
National Scholars Coalition Conference Held Here (Ginny Hansen)
Scholars Pursue Trivial Fun at Conference (Roger Hammer)

The Forum, Summer 1998

Volume 10, Number 2

Weaving For Worship: Art in the Service of a Community of Faith (Helen Twombly Watkins)
Book Review (Helen Watkins):
        A Place at the Lake (Paul Clifford Larson, 1998)
There Is a Difference (Roger Hammer)

The Forum, Spring 1998

Volume 10, Number 1

Building South Dakota (David Erpestad, David Wood)
MISF Develops Itself for Benefit of Members: Message from the New President (Pat McDonough)
Something Constructive (Grace Morgan Willow)
The Minnesota Book Awards: Ten Years of Community Involvement and Support (Roger Sween)
MISF Members Nominated for Book Awards
        Gruchow Writes on the Grace of Wilderness (Helen Twombley Watkins)
        Bessler Tells Stories About Capital Punishment (John Bessler)
        Amato Authors Text on Golf (Helen Twombley Watkins)
Ten Thousand Years’ Occupation at the Sibley House: A Review of a Talk by Dr. Robert Crouse (David Wiggins)
Irish Literature’s Chaotic Authority Figures (Pat McDonough)
The Forum, Fall 1997

Volume 9, Number 3

In Defense of the Past, Real or Imagined (John Radzilowski)
Editorial (Helen Twombly Watkins)
President’s Message (David F. Juncker)
       Support of Independent Scholars: An Eight-Year Journey
Program Notes (Helen Twombly Watkins)
       MISF Lecture on Stockwell of Minneapolis (Bill Everts)
       Study: Culture and Rural Schools (Gloria Morris-Grothe)
       An Artist Speaks: ‘Romancing the Stones’ (Ritva Luukkanen)
The Forum, Summer 1997

Volume 9, Number 2

Home at River’s Edge (David S. Wiggins)
The Myth of Histroic Preservation (Tom Abeles)
Meditations on the Theme of Place (Helen Twombly Watkins)

The Forum, Winter 1997

Volume 9, Number 1

Institute’s Art Library is Bountiful:
         Minneapolis Institute of Art’s Research and Reference Art Library (John Parker)
President’s Message
         New Ideas and Partnerships, Old Responsibilities (Dave Juncker)
Coen Studies Impressionism in Minnesota
         A Seasoned View of the History of Regional Art (Helen Twombly Watkins)
Immortality (Lucy Smith)
The Forum, Fall 1996

The Forum, Volume 8, Number 3

Renewal At The Minnespolis Athenaeum (John Parker)
President’s Message (Dave Juncker)

The Forum, February 1996

Volume 8, Number 1

IMA: An Association of Independent Scholars (Rhoda Gilman)
President’s Column (Ross Corson)
A Library of Cultural Insights (John Parker)
Women in Print (Glenda Martin and Mary Treacy)
Scholars’ Forum Study Groups (Curt Hillstrom)

The Forum, Fall 1995

Volume 7, Number 3

’30s, ’60s, ’90s: A Century of Revolutions? (Arthur Naftalin)
Presient’s Column (Ross Corson)
A Source for Cultural Historians (John Parker)
So What Is This Internet, Anyway?
         Interview with Tamara Blaschko (David Wiggins)
Two Views of the Internet (Lucy Brusic)
The Forum, Summer 1995

Volume 7, Number 2

Who Says So? Voices in the Museum World (Carolyn Gilman)
President’s Column (Ross Corson)
A Library of the Renaissance and Reformation (John Parker)

The Forum, Winter 1995

Volume 7, Number 1

Information: Who Wants It? (Roeger Sween)
President’s Message (Ross Corson)
Editor’s Column (Tom Ables)
A Natural Affinity
        Independent Scholars & Independent Booksellers (Rhoda Gilman)
On the Power of Magnets – and Books (John Parker)
How to Start a Study Group (Curt Hillstrom)
The Forum, Spring 1994

Volume 6, Number 2

Timeliness and Timelessness of Information (Tom Ableles, editor)
Books, Books, Books…(John Parker)
President’s Column (Bob Thimmesh)

The Forum, Winter 1994

Volume 6, Number 1

Annual meeting fails to pick millennial person (Ginny Hansen)
President’s Column (Robert F. Thimmesh)
Editor’s Column: On the Net (Tom Abeles)

The Forum, Fall 1993

Volume 5, Number 3

How Independent Can An Independent Scholar Truly Be?
President’s Message (Robert Thimmesh)
National IS Coalition Shates How-To on Funds, Publishing, andf More (Rhoda Lewin)
The Last Word (David Juncker)

The Forum, Spring 1993

Numbers 1 & 2

The Folk High School Movement in Denmark:
        Founding Philosophy and Sovial Development (Finn Jorgensen)
President’s Message:
        Observations on Education (Robert F. Thimmesh)
A Short History of MISF:
        Forum’s tenth anniversary coming or going, depending… (Brian Mulhern)
The Last Word:
        Educational Programs with a Built-in Error (David Juncker)
The Forum, Fall 1992

Volume 4, Number 3

Weber Wins Solon J. Buck Award:
        Article Review:  Gentiles Preferred: Minneapolis Jews and Employment, 1920-1950 (Laura Weber)
President’s Message (David Wiggins)
Apples of Our Eyes:
        Brusic Tells Story of Apple-ied Research in Connecticut (David Juncker)
Unconvential History and Independent Scholarship (Rhoda Gilman)
The Walls (Lucy Smith)
Civic Responsibilities (David Juncker)
The Forum, Summer 1992

Volume 4, Number 2

Asher’s Book Challenges the Concept of Codependency (Lucy Brusic)
Message from the President (David Wiggins)
Book Report (David Wiggins):
        The Grand Portage Story. (Carolyn Gilman, 1992)
Building the Noosphere (Curt Hillstrom)
Last Words:
        Needed: New Definitions for Personal Space (David Juncker)
The Forum, Winter 1992

Volume 4, Number 1

Write On!: Reflections on the Writing Life (Lucy Brusic)
President’s Message
        The Distant Voice of Scholarship (David Wiggins)
Giving Voice to the Speechless: Where is the Mainstream? (Gabrielle Rose)
A Charter Member Reflects on Benefits (Ginny Hansen)
The Last Word:
        It was a cold and misty day. . .Snoopy? (David Juncker)
The Forum, Fall 1991

Volume 3, Number 3

Hatred Closed Around Him:
        The Editing and Restoration of John Tanner’s “Narrative” (John Fierst)
Message from the Vice-President (Laura Weber)
Copies and Proofs (Dave Juncker and Lucy Brusic)
The Forum, Summer 1991

Volume 3, Number 2

Freedom of Information (Ryan A. LaHurd)
Message from the President (David Wiggins)
Science and the Independent Scholar (Roger Jones)

The Forum, Spring 1991

Volume 3, Number 1

Science and the Independent Scholar (Roger Jones)
Message from the President (David Wiggins)

The Forum, Spring 1990

Volume 2, Number 2

From Library Stacks to Stage Door: Independent Scholars and Performance (Jane Curry)
Message from the President (Susan Margot Smith)
Member Spotlight Feature: Rhoda R. Gilman (Susan Smith)

The Forum, Winter 1990

Volume 2, Number 1

Independent Scholars and the Revolution in Information Technology (David Wiggins)
Message from the President (Susan Margot Smith)
Member Spotlight Feature: Vince Leo (Susan Smith)

The Forum, Fall 1989

Volume 1, Number 3

Librarians and Independent Scholarship (Roger Sween)
Message from the President (Susan Margot Smith)
Member Spotlight Feature: Jo Blatti (Susan Milnor)

The Forum, Summer 1989

Volume 1, Number 2

Independent Scholars: An Interim Report (James Bennett)
Message from the President (Susan Margot Smith)

The Forum, Spring 1989

Volume 1, Number 1

Independent Scholarship Enters a New Era (Susan Smith)
Message from the President (Susan Margot Smith)