Research Guide to Minneapolis History
Compiled by
The Historyapolis Research Team at Augsburg College
Kirsten Delegard
Kevin Erhman-Solberg
Heidi Heller
Anna Romskog
Rita Yeada
2014
This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State
of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts
and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Table of Contents
Surveys and Reference Works ......................................................................................... 1
Government Publications ................................................................................................. 5
Media and Journalism ...................................................................................................... 6
Politics and Government ................................................................................................ 14
Biographies and Autobiographies ................................................................................. 36
African-American History ............................................................................................. 65
History of Minneapolis Jewish Community ............................................................... 101
Architectural History .................................................................................................... 114
Women and Gender ...................................................................................................... 136
Gender and Sexuality ................................................................................................... 172
Crime and Punishment ................................................................................................. 184
Alcohol and Vice ........................................................................................................... 194
Early Settlement in St. Anthony and Minneapolis ..................................................... 197
Early Industrial Development...................................................................................... 213
History of the Minneapolis Park System .................................................................... 213
Urban Planning and Development/Urban Renewal ................................................... 225
Real Estate Industry ..................................................................................................... 267
Historic Preservation .................................................................................................... 271
Neighborhood Histories ................................................................................................ 289
Mississippi River/Environmental History................................................................... 301
Schools and Education .................................................................................................. 309
Arts and Culture ........................................................................................................... 318
Popular Entertainment ................................................................................................. 331
Immigration and Migration ......................................................................................... 343
Native Americans in Minneapolis ................................................................................ 361
Social Welfare ................................................................................................................ 361
Religious Life ................................................................................................................. 406
Economics and Employment ........................................................................................ 419
Labor Relations ............................................................................................................. 433
Radicalism ..................................................................................................................... 433
Visuals and Visual Histories......................................................................................... 458
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Surveys and Reference Works
1.
A half century of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Horace B Hudson
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Hudson Pub Co
Date 1908
Abstract Early history of Minneapolis.
2.
A history of Minnesota
Type Book
Author William Watts Folwell
Volume 1, 3
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society
Date 1956
Abstract Classic history of Minnesota. Volumes 1 and 3 pertain to the history of
Minneapolis.
3.
At the Turn of the Century (100 Years Ago)
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Winter 2000
Pages 18-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2000
Abstract The article looks at life in Minneapolis at the turn of the century and how
much had changed in 100 years.
4.
City of Lakes: an illustrated history of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Joseph Stipanovich
Place Woodland Hills, California
Publisher Windsor Publications
Date 1982
Abstract Visual history of Minneapolis compiled for the Chamber of Commerce.
5.
Compendium of history and biography of Minneapolis and Hennepin
County, Minnesota
Type Book
Author R I Holcombe; William H Bingham;
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Place Chicago, IL
Publisher Taylor & Co.
Date 1914
6.
Cornerstones : a history of North Minneapolis
Type Film
Director Daniel Bergin, Twin Cities Public Television
Contributor University of Minnesota, Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Date 2011
Abstract This documentary explores the diverse past of North Minneapolis through the
stories of historic Plymouth Avenue, Sumner Branch library, houses of worship, Sumner Field
area. It seeks to shed new light on what producers call Minnesota's least understood
neighborhood.
7.
Historic photos of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Heather Block Lawton
Place Nashville, Tenn.
Publisher Turner Pub. Co
Date 2007
Abstract Visual history of Minneapolis.
8.
History of Hennepin county and the city of Minneapolis, including the
Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota
Type Book
Author George E Warner
Author Foote, C. M
Author Edward D Neill
Author J. Fletcher Williams
Place Minneapolis
Publisher North Star Pub. Co.
Date 1881
9.
History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Isaac Atwater
Author John H Stevens
Place New York
Publisher Munsell Pub. Co.
Date 1895
Abstract Classic booster history of Minneapolis with great details of the city’s early
years.
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10.
History of Minneapolis, gateway to the Northwest
Type Book
Author Marion Daniel Shutter
Publisher S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Date 1923
Abstract This three volume history recounts the city's past from the perspective of its
elite. One volume provides a narrative account. The other two profile businesses and
individuals deemed significant to the life of the city, a "who's who" for Minneapolis. The
author was a prominent minister and reformer known for his work starting a settlement house,
serving on the 1911 vice commission and crusading against radicalism in the immediate
aftermath of World War I.
11.
History of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Isaac Atwater
Place New York
Publisher Munsell & Company
Date 1893
Abstract: Early history of Minneapolis by a leading citizen.
12.
Legacy of Minneapolis: preservation amid change
Type Book
Contributor John R. Borchert
Place Bloomington, MN
Publisher Voyageur
Date 1983
13.
Minneapolis in the twentieth century: the growth of an American city
Type Book
Author Iric Nathanson
Place Saint Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2010
Abstract Political history of Minneapolis in the twentieth century written from the
perspective of long-time urban planner.
14.
Minneapolis past
Type Video Recording
Director Brendan Henehan
Contributor Hyman Berman
Date 1993
Studio Twin Cities Public Television
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Abstract This documentary examines the past through several sites in the city: St.
Anthony Falls; the Gateway District; the African-American neighborhood of Snelling Avenue
in South Minneapolis. It also revisits the truck drivers' strike in 1934, the Strutwear strike of
1935 and the Jewish community on the city's North Side.
15.
Minneapolis-St. Paul: people, place, and public life
Type Book
Author John S. Adams
Contributor Barbara J. VanDrasek
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1993
Abstract General overview of the history of urban geography in Minneapolis and St.
Paul, written by a well-respected pair of geographers from the University of Minnesota.
Describes transit, housing stock, climate and governmental structures in the early 1990s, with
some attention to historical developments.
16.
Social Register of Minneapolis
Type Book
Place New York City
Publisher Social Register Association
Date 1911, 1921, 1927
Abstract Lists Minneapolitans who are considered to be at the upper echelons of
society.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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Government Publications
17.
1867-1967, a century of service
Type Book
Author Minneapolis Water Department
Publisher Minneapolis Water Department
Date 1967
Abstract Describes growth of public utilities in Minneapolis from the first days of the
city until 1967.
18.
Annual reports, Board of Park Commissions
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners
Institution Board of Park Commissioners
Abstract Annual reports of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1883 to the present.
Beautiful fold-out maps.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
19.
Annual reports, city of Minneapolis
Type Report
Place Minneapolis
Date 1880s to the present
Institution City of Minneapolis
Abstract Annual report from the city of Minneapolis. Great overview of the year from
the perspective of city government.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
20.
School Bulletin, Minneapolis Board of Education
Type Government Publication
Author Minneapolis Board of Education
Abstract Official publication for the Minneapolis Board of Education
Archive Minneapolis City Archives; The Special Collections Department of Hennepin
County Library; Minnesota Historical Society.
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Media and Journalism
21.
100 for the Minneapolis Tribune
Type Magazine Article
Author Bradley Morison
Pages 14-16, 20-24
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1968
Abstract The article highlights the 100 year anniversary of the Minneapolis Tribune,
Minneapolis' first daily paper. The article discusses how the paper gives a picture of pioneer
life and how it has influenced Minneapolis
22.
A journey for our times: a memoir
Type Book
Author Harrison E. Salisbury
Place New York
Publisher Harper & Row
Date 1983
Abstract This autobiography by an award-winning journalist describes his early years
in Minneapolis during the 1920s and 1930s, when he was growing up on the Near North Side.
He has vivid descriptions of Sumner Library, Sumner School, North High School and Oak
Lake Park, his childhood neighborhood that no longer exists. His recounting of the social,
political and economic atmosphere in Minneapolis during these decades is unmatched.
23.
Announcing...the dedication of one of the world’s finest newspaper
plants...the Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Type Magazine Article
Publication Editor and Publisher
Date June 4, 1949
Abstract Details the opening of the new Star and Tribune building, June 4, 1949.
Contains lots of details about the operations of the Star and Tribune and the Cowles Media
Company.
24.
Cecil E. Newman, Editor
Type Magazine Article
Pages 24
Publication Jet
Date February 26, 1976
Abstract Obituary of leading African-American newspaper publisher and community
leader.
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25.
Dorothy Burke Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Dorothy Burke Collection
Abstract This collection illuminates the history of the newspaper industry in
Minneapolis. It includes material on Minneapolis newspapers, Minneapolis newspeople, the
4th Street block formerly known as Newspaper Row.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
26.
Evolution and revolution in the media: print and broadcast journalism
Type Book Section
Author George S. Hage
Editor Clifford Edward Clark
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Abstract Describes the evolution of the media in Minnesota.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
27.
Fourth Street
Type Book
Author Arthur J Russell
Place Minneapolis; Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Publisher Torch Press
Date 1917
Abstract History of journalism in Minnesota. Written by A.J. Russell, author of the
column called "With the Long Bow." Describes Newspaper Row and ambience of downtown
in the last quarter of the Nineteenth century in lyrical terms.
28.
H.V. Jones: a newspaperman's imprint on Minneapolis history
Type Book
Author John J. Koblas
Place St. Cloud, Minn
Publisher North Star Press
Date 2003
Abstract Herschel V. Jones was one of the great newspapermen of the early twentieth
century, and his story certainly reflects an era of momentous change and growth in the
newspaper industry and the nation as a whole. This biography provides a detailed portrait of
Herschel's life and also an engaging look at the formative years of journalism in the
developing city of Minneapolis.
29.
Interview with Adina Gibbs
Type Oral history interview
Date 1970
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Abstract Interview with Adina Gibbs, lifelong resident of Minneapolis. Gibbs was the
daughter of Ella and John Q. Adams, who was publishers of the Western Appeal. Her uncle
Cyrus Adams was the editor of the Chicago Appeal. In this interview Gibbs discusses famous
African Americans associated with her family, including Willima Trotter (editor of the Boston
Guardian), Booker T. Washington, Roy Wilkins.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
30.
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Barbara Flanagan
Place New York, N.Y
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Date 1973
Abstract In this book, newspaper columnist Barbara Flanagan a sweeping overview of
Minneapolis in the 1970s, when the city was at the apex of its progressive reputation. The
material here is pulled from her many years as a newspaper reporter and commentator.
31.
Minnesota rag: the dramatic story of the landmark Supreme Court
case that gave new meaning to freedom of the press
Type Book
Author Fred W. Friendly
Place New York
Publisher Random House
Date 1981
Abstract A history of “Near v. Minnesota,” a landmark case for the freedom of the press in
the United States. Journalist Fred Friendly tells the story of Jay M. Near, a muck-racking
newspaper publisher whose anti-Semitic, racist and zenophobic publication was put out of
business by a Minnesota gag law in 1927. This account is set against the backdrop of politics,
prejudices and underworld dealings in Minneapolis in the inter-war period. It illuminates the
social milieu of the time and provides the context for the murder of three journalists in the city
during this period.
32.
Murder has a public face: crime and punishment in the speed graphic
era
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Borealis Books
Date 2008
Abstract This book uses photos and images to show the evolution of journalistic practices in
the Twin Cities over the twentieth century.
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33.
My Minneapolis: a chronicle of what has been learned and observed
about the Norwegians in Minneapolis through one hundred years.
Type Book
Author Carl G. O Hansen
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Privately published
Date 1956
Abstract Autobiographical history of Norwegians in Minneapolis from the perspective
of a journalist and editor. Gives special attention to the founding of Augsburg College and
other early events in the development of the city. Detailed biographies of leading Norwegian
Americans.
34.
Newspaper coverage and cultural representations of racial and ethnic
groups in Minneapolis, 1941-1971
Type Dissertation
Author Karen E. Faster
Date 2003
Abstract This dissertation examines how Japanese-Americans, Jews, African
Americans and Native Americans were represented in daily newspapers in Minneapolis from
the 1940s through the 1970s.
University University of Wisconsin-Madison
35.
Not so wild a dream
Type Book
Author Eric Sevareid
Place New York
Publisher Atheneum
Date 1979
Abstract Autobiography of journalist Eric Sevareid, who became an internationally
renowned correspondent during World War II, when he covered the German blitz of London.
Sevareid spent his earliest years in rural North Dakota before his family joined the migration
to regional cities after the collapse of the agricultural economy. He graduated from
Minneapolis Central High School in 1930 and worked for the Minneapolis Journal, where he
covered the Truckers' Strike and the rise of fascist Silver Shirts in the city. He perhaps best
known locally for his famous canoe trip to Hudson Bay, which he chronicled in the
Minneapolis Star and then his first book, Canoeing with the Cree. Sevareid was a graduate of
the University of Minnesota, where he attended night classes in the 1930s and worked on the
college daily. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was harassed by university administrators
who were dismayed by his advocacy of leftist views and blocked his bid to become editor of
the college daily. His narrative provides a nuanced portrait of life at the University of
Minnesota during the political tumult of the Great Depression and a unique view into the
world of daily journalism in Minneapolis before the establishment of the newspaper Guild,
which provided some modicum of security for reporters.
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36.
Reminiscences of Eva MacDonald Valesh
Type Manuscript
Abstract Combination oral history/reminiscence from Eva Valesh, crusading labor
journalist who focused on the conditions of female workers in Minneapolis in the 1880s.
These memories were collection in 1957 and were in the possession of Frank M. Valesh.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
37.
River Lake Gospel Tabernacle: 30th anniversary: a record for the
future
Type Booklet
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1958
Abstract Short history of River Lake Gospel Tabernacle, an evangelical ministry in
Minneapolis that was renowned for its fundamentalism and its anti-Semitism in the 1920s and
1930s. Pioneered novel use of media and technology to recruit new followers.
38.
Rubbed Out: The Murder of Journalist Arthur Kasherman
Type Web Page
Author James Shiffer
Author McKenna Ewen
URL http://www.rubbedout.net/
Abstract Tells story of Arthur Kasherman, one of three Minneapolis journalists
murdered in the 1930s and 1940s in the city. This murder played a key role in the election of
Hubert Humphrey, who promised to crack down on the organized crime groups believed to be
behind Kasherman's death.
Website Title Rubbed Out: the Murder of Journalist Arthur Kasherman
39.
Seeking self-determination: framing, the American Indian Movement,
and American Indian media
Type Dissertation
Author Jeremy Busacca
Date 2008
University Claremont Graduate University
Abstract This dissertation looks at how the American Indian Movement was covered
by the media in the 1960s and 1970s.
40.
Spokesman for the community: Cecil Newman and his legacy of
African American journalism
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Fall 2010
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
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Date 2010
Abstract The article examines the life of Cecil Newman, founder and publisher of the
Minneapolis Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder. The article discusses his impact on the African
American community in Minneapolis.
41.
Star Tribune building
Type Report
Author Heritage Preservation Committee, city of Minneapolis
Institution City of Minneapolis
Abstract This report describes the significance of the Star Tribune building, which was
demolished to make way for the new Viking stadium in 2015.
42.
Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett
Type Book
Author Marda Woodbury
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1998
Abstract A daughter's account of the 1935 murder of her father, journalist Walter W.
Liggett, one of three Minneapolis journalists killed in the 1930s and 1940s. Liggett published
the Mid-West American, which sought to expose the connections between city officials and
organized crime.
43.
Strange days, dangerous nights: photos from the speed graphic era
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Borealis Books
Date 2004
Abstract Visual history of daily journalism in the Twin Cities that features sometimes
shocking photos of headline grabbing events.
44.
Sunday best: collected essays
Type Book
Author John K. Sherman
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Ross and Haines
Date 1963
Abstract This collection reprints essays by John Sherman, a drama and music critic for
the Minneapolis Star.
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45.
Sunlight on your doorstep; the Minneapolis tribune's first hundred
years, 1867-1967
Type Book
Author Bradley L Morison
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Ross and Haines
Date 1966
Abstract History of Minneapolis Tribune, one of the daily newspapers of the city.
46.
Swedes in the Twin Cities: immigrant life and Minnesota's urban
frontier
Type Book
Editor Philip J. Anderson
Editor Dag Blanck
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2001
Abstract This collection of articles examines all aspects of life for Swedish Americans
in Minnesota, with particular focus on Minneapolis. Topics include Swedish neighborhoods
like Cedar Riverside; Swedes and radical politics; Swedes and the public schools; Swedes and
popular theater; Swedes and religion; the Svenska Amerikanska Posten and the American
Swedish Institute.
47.
"The Tribune" Fire: The Terrible Fire of 1889
Type Magazine Article
Author Charles Williams
Pages 16-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1969
Abstract The articles gives the story of the 1889 fire that destroyed the Minneapolis
Tribune building, killed 8 and injured 40 individuals.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
48.
WCCO studio basement tapes
Type Radio Broadcast
Format CD
Abstract Recordings of critical moments in Minneapolis history. It includes: Hubert H.
Humphrey's third run for President, 1972; D.B. Cooper hijacking, 1971; Newsman Arv
Johnson recalls voting at age 18, 1971; Newsman Jim Bormann reports on Minneapolis race
riots, 1966; T. Eugene Thompson murder trial, 1963; Bloody Sunday, 1934; Weather:
Armistice Day Blizzard, 1941; Weatherball jingle, 1949; Nash presents: Snoose Boulevard,
1972; Afternoon show, 5 p.m.-6 p.m., the day after the tornado, May 6, 1965; Aquatennial
Radio Show, Victor Borge, Georgie Jessel, Cedric Adams, 1953; Murphy Barn Dance
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Jamboree, 1952; Cedric Adams news, 1950; Clellan Card, Flame Room Coffee Time, 6:55
a.m., 1950; Gold Medal Fast Freight Wheaties Quartet, 1925; Oscar Danielson: first WCCO
Orchestra, 1920s; Rare WCCO sign-off.
49.
What is Behind the Minneapolis Murders?
Type Magazine Article
Author Will Irwin
Publication Liberty Magazine
Date February, 1936
Abstract This article explores the murder of Walter Liggett, one of three Minneapolis
journalists slain in the city during the 1930s and 1940s.
50.
Who was Ed Bromley?
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 4-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1967
Abstract The article describes the work of Edward Bromley, who chronicled the early
history of Minneapolis through photography. Bromley's images, which are now in the
collection of the Hennepin County Libraries, show early landmarks and events.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
51.
Writing the wrongs: Eva Valesh and the rise of labor journalism
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Faue
Place Ithaca
Publisher Cornell University Press
Date 2002
Abstract Biography of labor journalist Eva Valesh, who started her career describing
working conditions for women in Minneapolis for the St. Paul Globe in the 1880s.
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Politics and Government
52.
An echo in my blood: the search for a family's hidden past
Type Book
Author Alan Weisman
Place New York
Date 1999
Abstract An autobiography that describes Jewish community of the North side of
Minneapolis between World War I and the 1950s. The author's father was heavily involved in
DFL politics from the 1940s to the 1960s.
53.
A "New Dealized" Grand Old Party: Labor and the Emergence of
Liberal Republicanism in Minneapolis, 1937 - 1939
Type Journal Article
Author K Smemo
Volume 11
Issue 2
Pages 35-59
Publication Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas Labor Studies in
Working-Class History of the Americas
Date 2014
Abstract Describes the transformation of the Republican Party during the 1930s in
Minneapolis and across the urban North. Under Governor Harold Stassen, the Republican
Party applauded trade unionism while pledging to restrict workers' ability to strike and
ridiculing labor's program of social reform as a threat to economic recovery.
54.
A new gladiator in the political arena: Hubert Humphrey's first
campaign for mayor
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Fall 2007
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2007
Abstract The articles focuses on Hubert Humphrey's first campaign for Minneapolis
mayor in 1943.
55.
Arthur Naftalin interviews Bill Simms
Type Oral history interview
Date January 16, 1978
Loc. in Archive Hubert Humphrey Oral History Project
Abstract Arthur Naftalin interviewed Bill Simms as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey
Oral History Project, which was funded by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the
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University of Minnesota to record the memories and thoughts of major figures in the long
career of Hubert Humphrey. Most of the interviews in this project were done by Arthur
Naftalin, an early Humphrey aide, mayor of Minneapolis and professor of public affairs at the
Humphrey Institute. This interview was done with William Sims, who describes the origins of
Hubert Humphrey's campaign for mayor in the 1940s and the political atmosphere in the city
at the time. He mentions the murder of Arthur Kasherman, one of three journalists killed
during this period.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
56.
Arthur Naftalin interviews Ed Ryan
Type Oral history interview
Date July 11, 1978
Loc. in Archive Hubert Humphrey Oral History Collection
Abstract Arthur Naftalin interviewed Ed Ryan as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey Oral
History Project, which was funded by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota to record the memories and thoughts of major figures in the long
career of Hubert Humphrey. Most of the interviews in this project were done by Arthur
Naftalin, an early Humphrey aide, mayor of Minneapolis and professor of public affairs at the
Humphrey Institute. This interview with the former chief of police in Minneapolis describes
the political climate in the city in the 1940s, widespread corruption and police practices in the
context of Hubert Humphrey's rise to power.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
57.
Arthur Naftalin interviews Ed Schwartz
Type Oral history interview
Date July 11, 1978
Loc. in Archive Hubert Humphrey Oral History Project
Abstract Arthur Naftalin interviewed Ed Schwartz as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey
Oral History Project, which was funded by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota to record the memories and thoughts of major figures in the long
career of Hubert Humphrey. Most of the interviews in this project were done by Arthur
Naftalin, an early Humphrey aide, mayor of Minneapolis and professor of public affairs at the
Humphrey Institute. Edward Schwartz worked as a newspaper reporter, weekly newspaper
publisher, and has run a printing business. He met Hubert Humphrey in 1944 through mutual
friends Freddie and Eddie Gates and printed campaign literature for Humphrey. In this
interview he discusses his early background and his first meeting Humphrey and his work as
the printer for Humphrey campaigns. He also describes the downtown Minneapolis business
community's response to Humphrey as mayor; Freddie and Eddie Gates; Humphrey's
sensitivity to Jewish people; Humphrey's impact and accomplishments as mayor of
Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
58.
Arthur Naftalin interviews Leonard Ramburg and Glen Wallace
Type Oral history interview
Date January 25, 1978
Loc. in Archive Hubert Humphrey Oral History Project
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Abstract Arthur Naftalin interviewed Leonard Ramburg and Glen Wallace as part of
the Hubert H. Humphrey Oral History Project, which was funded by the Humphrey Institute of
Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota to record the memories and thoughts of major
figures in the long career of Hubert Humphrey. Most of the interviews in this project were
done by Arthur Naftalin, an early Humphrey aide, mayor of Minneapolis and professor of
public affairs at the Humphrey Institute. In this interview, Arthur Naftalin talks with two
people. Leonard Ramburg was a bank officer at Northwest National Bank and a Republican
alderman on the Minneapolis city council during Humphrey's mayoralty, 1945-48. Glen
Wallace was an architect and a Democratic alderman on the Minneapolis city council during
Humphrey's term as mayor. They talk about the extent of corruption in Minneapolis;
Humphrey's election and the approach to the problems of the city; the appointment of Ed Ryan
as chief of police of Minneapolis and how labor affected that decision; Humphrey's stand on
civil rights and the success he enjoyed when he brought this concern before a national
audience at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 1948.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
59.
Arthur Naftalin Papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Arthur Naftalin
Abstract Correspondence, subject files, speeches, articles, invitations, travel files,
appointment books, newspaper clippings, and other papers documenting Naftalin’s career as
Mayor of Minneapolis (1961-1969).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
60.
Betrayed City
Type Magazine Article
Author Pat Lodden
Issue Fall 1976
Pages 3-10
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1976
Abstract The article tells the story of Doc Ames and his corruption as mayor. It
discusses is trial in 1903 and his conviction on bribery charges.
61.
Brian Coyle: How a Local Politician Complicated Historical Discourse
Type Magazine Article
Author Michael Cariolano
Issue Fall 2005
Pages 4-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2005
Abstract The article provides a biography of Brian Coyle. It discusses his work as a
politician, gay rights activist and co- founder of Hundred Flowers. It also explores his
importance as a gay politician for Minneapolis and the nation.
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62.
Brian J. Coyle papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Brian J. Coyle
Abstract Personal, political, and official papers documenting the life and career of a
gay activist and Minneapolis city council member. The papers include correspondence,
memoranda, notes, agendas, minutes, calendars, financial statements, legal documents,
appointment books, journals, bills, resolutions, ordinances, maps, campaign literature, flyers,
pamphlets, newsletters, programs, a briefing book, comic books, newspaper and magazine
clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, slide shows, audio tapes, and video tapes. They
document Coyle’s political career from the mid-1960s, when he became active in the New
Left, through his membership in the New American Movement, his work as a tenants’ rights
activist, and his tenure on the Minneapolis city council as sixth ward alderman. This collection
includes a report of neighborhood crime. Also contains personal correspondence and letters
regarding the Bathhouse Ordinance as a response to the AIDS crisis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
63.
Charles Stenvig Collection
Type Archival Collection
Date 1969-1975
Abstract Papers of Charles Stenvig, mayor of Minneapolis between 1969 and the
1970s. Includes every planning commission report issued during his time in office, including
extensive material on the Cedar Riverside neighborhood.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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Citizens Alliance records
Type Archival Collection
Author Citizens’ Alliance of Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis
Date 1984
Abstract Clippings, reports, bulletins, printed materials, and some correspondence kept
by John W. Schroeder, executive director of the Citizens Alliance, formed by a group of
business and professional men in 1903 to promote "industrial peace" and steady employment,
and to support the "open-shop" principle.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
65.
City bosses in the United States; a study of twenty municipal bosses
Type Book
Author Harold Zink
Place Durham, N.C.
Publisher Duke University Press
Date 1930
Abstract Analyzes the personalities and careers of twenty municipal bosses, including
Doc Ames of Minneapolis.
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Claiming the city: politics, faith, and the power of place in St. Paul
Type Book
Author Mary Lethert Wingerd
Place Ithaca
Publisher Cornell University Press
Date 2001
Abstract This classic history of St. Paul provides critical information on the
development of Minneapolis and the relationship between the "Twin" cities.
67.
Clip File- Political Parties: Socialist
Type Newspaper Article
Author Socialist Workers Party Campaign Committee
Date 1947
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Leaflet for socialist candidate V.R. Dunne in the 1947 mayoral election.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
68.
Clipping Files on Luke Rader and River Life Tabernacle
Type Archival Collection
Date 1930s-1970s
Loc. in Archive vertical files
Abstract Collection of material on Luke Rader and the River Life Tabernacle, a well-
known radio evangelist and anti-Semite.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
69.
Comedy and tragedy in the 1930s: Minneapolis's theatrical mayor,
Buzz Bainbridge
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Spring 2009
Pages 14-25
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2009
Abstract The article discusses Buzz Bainbridge's two years as mayor, the challenges
faced by his administration and his handling of the Teamster's Strike in 1934.
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Crossing the barriers the autobiography of Allan H. Spear
Type Book
Author Allan H Spear
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2010
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Abstract This autobiography sheds critical light on the history politics and social
activism in Minneapolis during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Allan Spear had a
long and distinguished career as a historian and as a Minnesota state senator. Perhaps best
known for coming out as openly gay during his first term in the Minnesota Senate-becoming
one of the first elected officials in the nation to do so-Spear was also a leader of Eugene
McCarthy's run for the presidency, an organizer against the war in Vietnam, and a key
proponent for the establishment of the African-American studies department at the University
of Minnesota.
71.
Dan Minturn
Type Book
Author M. H. Hedges
Place New York
Publisher Vanguard Press
Date 1927
Abstract Novel describing social conditions and politics in Minneapolis in the 1920s. A
dark view of a city divided by class and ethnicity.
72.
Donald M. Fraser Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Donald MacKay Fraser
Abstract Correspondence, proclamations, reports, and related materials detailing the
mayor’s management of city government. General topics covered include the arts, municipal
bonds, child care, churches, professional sports, employment, daycare, energy, housing,
emergency shelters, drug abuse, labor, recycling, handicapped, historic properties and
landmarks, light rail transport, pollution, skyways, taxes, taxicabs, technology, and gay rights.
Topics covered in detail include downtown economic development projects, such as the
Minneapolis Convention Center and Nicollet Mall improvements, and neighborhood
redevelopment projects, particularly in the Hennepin and Franklin avenues, Cedar-Riverside,
Elliot Park, Nicollet Island, Phillips, and Whittier areas. There are also files documenting the
mayor’s relations with various ethnic communities, including American Indian, Hispanic,
Indochinese, African American, and Cuban groups; with organizations and companies, such as
General Mills, NSP, Dayton-Hudson, Amnesty International, and the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce, Downtown Council, and Citizens League; with the governor’s office and state
legislature and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; and with fellow
politicians Rudy Boschwitz, David Durenberger, Al Quie, Martin Sabo, Bill Frenzel, Walter
Mondale, and deputy mayor Jan Hively.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
73.
Earl D. Craig papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Earl D. Craig
Abstract Personal, political, business, and official papers documenting the life and
career of an African American educator, politician, and consultant from Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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74.
Files of Art Naftalin
Type Archival Collection
Author Arthur Naftalin
Abstract Miscellaneous files from the administration of Art Naftalin. Proclamations
and citations, Mayor's Commission on Human Relations minutes.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
75.
Film of Roy Wilkins discussing election of Charles Stenvig as mayor
Type Film, 16 mm, color
Director KSTP-TV
Date May 6, 1969
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Location in Archive: 37545
76.
George Leach - Various Newspaper Articles on Klan Libel Case and
Union Rally
Type Newspaper Article
Publication The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
Date 5-16-1923, 5-1-1925, 5-22-1925, 9-7-1925
Loc. in Archive 017: George E. Leach Scrapbooks
Abstract The article discusses the guilty verdict of the Klan members for libel against
Mayor George Leach. It also discusses appeals of defendants. Article discussing Communists
and Labor Day Picnic.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
77.
History of the Fire Department, Part 1
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 7-10
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1966
Abstract The article gives a brief history of the Minneapolis Fire Department. It
highlights how the Minneapolis Fire Department consolidated with the St. Anthony Fire
Department. This article highlights the St. Anthony department, which was the first fire
department between the two cities.
78.
History of the Fire Department, Part 2
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 8-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1966
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Abstract The article gives a brief history of the Minneapolis Fire Department. It
highlights how the Minneapolis Fire Department consolidated with the St. Anthony Fire
Department. This article talks about the early history of the Minneapolis fire department.
79.
Hovey C. Clarke: Crusade against Civic Corruption
Type Magazine Article
Author Gordon Browne
Issue Fall 1997
Pages 23-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1997
Abstract The article discusses the corrupt administration of Doc Ames. It focuses on
Hovey Clarke, a grand jury foreman that forced an investigation of Ames and was able to
bring down the Ames administration.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
80.
Hubert H. Humphrey papers, Mayor's office
Type Archival Collection
Author Hubert H. Humphrey
Abstract The Hubert H. Humphrey papers include a whole section on his service as
Minneapolis mayor from 1945-1948.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
81.
Hubert Humphrey: a biography
Type Book
Author Carl Solberg
Place New York
Publisher Norton
Date 1984
82.
James Gray papers
Type Archival Collection
Author James Gray
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, cartoons, clippings, other printed materials, and
miscellany of Gray, who was mayor of Minneapolis from 1898 to 1900. He was also editor of
the Minneapolis Times, and associate editor and Washington correspondent of the
Minneapolis Journal. Many of the materials are housed in scrapbooks. There is information
about a smallpox epidemic in Minneapolis (1900), the Minneapolis police force, public
utilities in Minneapolis, the Mexican revolution (1910), the 1912 election, incidents leading up
to World War I, the Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry in the Spanish-American War, Washington
society, and William Jennings Bryan. Also included are speeches made by Gray as mayor of
Minneapolis and as a lecturer; copies of newspaper columns written by Gray; and political
cartoons of Gray drawn by local artists.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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83.
Lady in law: a biography of Mabeth Hurd Paige : sketching seventy-
five picturesque and dramatic years as seen through her eyes
Type Book
Author Darragh Aldrich
Place Chicago
Publisher R.F. Seymour
Date 1950
Abstract A biography of Mabeth Paige detailing her career in the Minnesota State
Legislature and her work with the suffrage movement prior to 1920.
84.
Mabeth Hurd Paige Manuscript Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Mabeth Paige
Abstract Personal papers about Mabeth Hurd Paige's career in law and public service.
One of the first women elected to the State Legislature in Minnesota.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
85.
Making Minnesota liberal: civil rights and the transformation of the
Democratic Party
Type Book
Author Jennifer A. Delton
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2002
Abstract This critical book considers the role that race played in changing the political
and civic culture of Minnesota in the aftermath of World War II. While Delton's focus is on
the state as a whole, much of her story unfolds in Minneapolis, which was home to the state's
largest African-American community as well as Hubert Humphrey, who uses a passionate
support for civil rights to launch himself into the national political arena.
86.
Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey
Type Magazine Article
Author Gary W. Reichard
Pages 50–67
Publication Minnesota History
Date Summer 1998
Abstract Hubert H. Humphrey is best known for his career in national politics and his
long years in Washington D.C. This article describes Hubert Humphrey's campaign for mayor
of Minneapolis and his accomplishments while in that office.
87.
Minneapolis and the Pragmatic Socialism of Thomas Van Lear
Type Magazine Article
Author David Paul Nord
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Pages 2–10
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1976
88.
Minneapolis Fair Employment Practice Commission.
Type Reports
Author Minneapolis
Abstract Annual reports (1956-1967), executive director’s correspondence (1948-
1966), miscellaneous reports and brochures, subject matter files, and files on companies and
unions (ca. 1949-1957). Includes materials relating to the Mayor’s Commission on Human
Relations, with which the commission merged in 1957
Archive: Minnesota Historical Society
89.
Minneapolis in the twentieth century: the growth of an American city
Type Book
Author Iric Nathanson
Place Saint Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2010
Abstract Political history of Minneapolis in the twentieth century written from the
perspective of long-time urban planner.
90.
Minutes of the Mayor's Council on Human Relations
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis council on human relations
Date 1954-1960
Abstract Minutes from the Mayor's council on human relations, 1954-1960.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
91.
Myrtle Cain papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Myrtle Cain
Abstract This collection documents the career of Myrtle Cain, one of the first women to
win election to the Minnesota State Legislature. It includes biographical information, personal
correspondence, miscellaneous political papers, and women’s rights materials of Cain, a
Farmer-Labor legislator from northeast Minneapolis. She was elected in 1922 to represent
former district 28 in the Minnesota House. She served one term. Files regarding women’s
rights contain materials from both the National Woman’s Party and the Minnesota Women’s
Political Caucus which include copies of petitions, news clippings, newsletters, organizational
communications, and correspondence. Cain introduced the first equal-rights bill to the
Minnesota legislature in 1923.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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92.
Arthur Naftalin Papers
Type Archival Collection
Date 1960s
Abstract Mayor of Minneapolis 1961-1969. Includes newspaper clippings (1940s-
1980s) on mayoral career, biographical and miscellaneous items (campaign brochures,
Christmas cards, several letters, etc.).
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
93.
Nellie Stone Johnson: the life of an activist
Type Book
Author Nellie Stone Johnson
Author David Brauer
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Ruminator Books
Date 2000
Abstract Biography of Nellie Stone Johnson, legendary Minneapolis activist. Stone was
known for her work in the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the Democratic
Farmer Labor Party. She was the first African American to win elected office in Minneapolis.
94.
Norman Shore interviews William Shore
Type Oral history interview
Date 1978
Loc. in Archive Hubert Humphrey Oral History Project
Abstract Norman Shore interviewed William Shore as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey
Oral History Project, which was funded by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota to record the memories and thoughts of major figures in the long
career of Hubert Humphrey. William Shore was a DFL organizer for Hennepin County, 1948-
1950s; national chairman of the Students for a Democratic Society, 1948-50; research director
for Humphrey's campaign staff in 1948; a Humphrey staff member, 1949; CIO labor organizer
for the Office of International Labor Affairs, 1949-50; and publicity and research director of
Orville Free- man's campaign in 1952. In this interview he discusses his early involvement in
the DFL Party; his support of Humphrey's first senatorial campaign; and the Democratic
National Convention in 1948.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
95.
Our City-County Municipal Building
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1970
Abstract The article provides a brief history and description of various municipal
building and items within those buildings. The items included are Old City Hall, The Old
Court House and Jail, Lock Up Alley, Municipal Building, Fathers of Waters, The Chime.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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96.
Overcoming: the autobiography of W. Harry Davis
Type Book
Author W. Harry Davis
Contributor Lori Sturdevant
Place Afton, Minn
Publisher Afton Historical Society Press
Date 2002
Abstract Harry Davis's autobiography provides an invaluable portrait of Minneapolis in
some of its most tumultuous decades. He describes growing up on the North Side of
Minneapolis, in a part of the city he called a "Hellhole." His memories of that neighborhood
are detailed and unflinching. He came out of that environment to become an important figure
in Minneapolis politics. After becoming known as a leader in civil rights, he ended up serving
on the Minneapolis school board, where he shepherding the district through its contentious
desegregation effort in the 1970s. He was the first African American candidate for mayor, a
bid that brought him death threats.
97.
Pioneering Black Politicians and Public Officials in Hennepin County
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 2004
Pages 30-33
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2004
Abstract The articles gives a brief biography of key African American politicians and
public officials in Minneapolis. Included are Sharon Sayles Belton, John Wheaton, Fredrick L.
McGhee, Mayme Donovan and Pamela G. Alexander.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
98.
Political Anti-Semitism in Minnesota during the Great Depression
Type Journal Article
Author Hyman Berman
Volume 38
Issue 3/4
Pages 247-264
Publication Jewish social studies
Date Summer/Autumn, 1976
Abstract This article describes how anti-Semitism was deployed to defeat the Farmer-
Labor candidate for governor in 1938.
99.
Political Equality Club records
Type Archival Collection
Author Political Equality Club of Minneapolis Political
Abstract This collection documents the activities of one of the leading suffrage
organizations in Minnesota before women won the vote. The collection includes Minutes
(1899-1920), yearbooks (1905, 1906, 1915-1916), correspondence (1883, 1899-1921),
historical data, and related records of a Minneapolis women’s suffrage organization. The club
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was organized in 1883 as the Woman Suffrage Club of Minneapolis (renamed in 1897) and
disbanded in 1920 following the enactment of women’s suffrage.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, Hennepin County Special Collections
100.
Politics and freeways: building the Twin Cities interstate system
Type Report
Author Patricia Cavanaugh
Author University of Minnesota
Author Center for Transportation Studies
Author University of Minnesota
Author Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher University of Minnesota
Date 2006
Abstract The Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) and the Center for Urban and
Regional Affairs (CURA) co-sponsored a research project designed to provide a history of
major transportation decisions over the past fifty years, primarily in the Twin Cities
Metropolitan Region. A major part of the research involved in-depth interviews with those
who worked in and with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, as well as
transportation officials in other governmental units, citizens, and elected representatives.
Research at relevant archives grounded the information from the interviews with specific
dates, events, and participants. The results have been integrated with maps, reports, and other
recent research projects to provide an historical context and potential lessons for our current
transportation development processes. This provides a detailed history of the creation of the
Twin Cities highway system. The interviews provide important perspectives on the impacts of
federal, state and local governments, the effects of government actions on the public, and the
influence of specific events, interest groups and individuals in the public policy arena.
101.
Politics, Feminism and the Constitution: The Anti-Pornography
Movement in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
Author Paul Brest
Author Ann Vandenberg
Volume 39
Issue 607
Pages 607-661
Publication Stanford Law Review
Date February 1987
Abstract This law review article describes the movement and political context that gave
rise to the pornography ordinance in Minneapolis.
102.
"Punishment of Mere Political Advocacy'': The FBI, Teamsters Local
544, and the Origins of the 1941 Smith Act Case"
Type Journal Article
Author DT Haverty-Stacke
Volume 100
27
Issue 1
Pages 68-93
Publication Journal of American History
Date June 2013
Abstract Describes how 29 Trotskyist activists were prosecuted in 1941 for advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States government. This article situates the beginning of
the postwar Red Scare in Minneapolis.
103.
Report by the mayor: a series of articles written by Mayor Hubert H.
Humphrey as a report to the people of Minneapolis on his first year in
office
Type Report
Author Hubert H. Humphrey
Place Minneapolis
Date 1946
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract State of the city report by a legendary mayor who was determined to change
the culture of the community.
104.
Report of the Vice Commission of Minneapolis to James C. Haynes,
mayor
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Vice Commission
Author Marion Daniel Shutter
Place Minneapolis
Date 1911
Institution H.M. Hall
Abstract This report addresses the regulation and response to prostitution in
Minneapolis, which had tolerated the commercial sex industry since the late nineteenth
century. This report discusses the merits of maintaining this system--which used fines and
regular court appearances to sanction madams and brothel owners--versus adopting the
approaches of other cities. The report provides an overview of the legal and social views of
prostitution in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century, written from the
perspective of a leading group of Minneapolis reformers.
105.
Sharon Sayles Belton Papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Material documenting the public service of Sharon Sayles Belton while she
was a member of the Minneapolis City Council (1983-1994) and mayor (1994-2004). Sayles
Belton was the first woman and first African-American mayor in the history of the city. She
was well-known as a feminist and supporter of gay liberation. This material includes
correspondence, press statements, budget addresses, state of the city speeches, and related
materials.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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106.
Sex wars: sexual dissent and political culture
Type Book
Author Lisa Duggan
Contributor Nan D. Hunter
Place New York
Publisher Routledge
Date 1995
Abstract Describes the campaign against pornography in Minneapolis in the context of
the larger struggle over the regulation of female sexuality. Written from the perspective of sex
radicals or "sex positive" feminists, who opposed the proposed ban on pornography.
107.
She's no lady : politics, family, and international feminism
Type Book
Author Arvonne S Fraser
Editor Sturdevant, Lori
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2007
Abstract In this volume, Arvonne Fraser describes growing up on a farm in
southwestern Minnesota in the 1920s and 1930s as the farm economy collapsed. She moved to
Minneapolis in 1943 and lived in a Women's Christian Association dormitory before enrolling
at the University of Minnesota. She quickly became involved in DFL politics, where she met
her husband Don Fraser. Her marriage marked the beginning of a political partnership that has
continued to this day. While her husband pursued electoral office, Arvonne was busy as a
political organizer, feminist and policy maker for the federal government. This volume is
valuable for its insights into DFL politics in Minneapolis in the 1940s as well as the growth of
women's liberation among politically active women in the 1960s.
108.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part I
Type Magazine Article
Issue Winter 1965
Pages 20-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1965
Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
109.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part IV
Type Magazine Article
Issue Winter 1966
Pages 10-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1966
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Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
110.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part V
Type Magazine Article
Issue Spring 1966
Pages 19-20, 22
Date 1966
Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
111.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part VI
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 1966
Pages 20-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1966
Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
112.
Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett
Type Book
Author Marda Woodbury
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1998
Abstract A daughter's account of the 1935 murder of her father, journalist Walter W.
Liggett, one of three Minneapolis journalists killed in the 1930s and 1940s. Liggett published
the Mid-West American, which sought to expose the connections between city officials and
organized crime.
113.
The 1892 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Ken Green
Issue Fall 1996
Pages 22-29
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1996
Abstract The article discusses the 1892 Republican Convention held in Minneapolis at
the Industrial Exposition Building. The mentions the benefits to the city in hosting the event.
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114.
'The ballot has been fought and won'": The 1892 Republican
convention
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Fall 2006
Pages 16-29
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2006
Abstract The article discusses the 1892 Republican Convention. It looks at its impact
on the city, issues at the convention and issues discussed outside of formal convention meeting
like women's right to vote and civil rights for African Americans.
115.
The evolution of drinking places in the Twin Cities, from the advent of
white settlement to the present
Type Dissertation
Author Hathaway, James T
Date 1982
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation describes the evolution of regulations around alcohol and
bars in Minneapolis, which has always taken a unique approach to this question.
116.
The Mayors of St. Anthony and Minneapolis: Part I
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1961
Abstract The article is the first part in a series giving a brief history of the Mayors of
Minneapolis and Minneapolis historical events from 1855 to 1961. The HCH Society had been
given possession of 32 portraits of Mayors that hung in the Mayor’s Reception Room at City
Hall. The first article chronicles from 1855-1866 and goes year by year.
117.
The Mayors of St. Anthony and Minneapolis: Part II
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 6-9
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1962
Abstract The article is the second part in a series giving a brief history of the Mayors of
Minneapolis and Minneapolis historical events from 1855 to 1961. This article chronicles
events from 1866-1900 and goes year by year.
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118.
The Mayors of St. Anthony and Minneapolis: Part III
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 16-17, 23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1962
Abstract The article is the third part in a series giving a brief history of the Mayors of
Minneapolis and Minneapolis historical events from 1855 to 1961. This article chronicles
events from 1901-1934 and goes year by year.
119.
The Mayors of St. Anthony and Minneapolis: Part IV
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 7-8
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1962
Abstract The article is the fourth part in a series giving a brief history of the Mayors of
Minneapolis and Minneapolis historical events from 1855 to 1961. This article chronicles
events from 1935-1961 and goes year by year.
120.
The Minnesota Legislature of 1923
Type Book
Author C. J Buell
Place St. Paul, Minn.
Publisher C.J. Buell
Date 1923
Abstract Profiles first four women to be elected to the Minnesota House of
Representatives. Includes three women from Minneapolis: Myrtle A. Cain, Sue M. Dickey
Hough and Mabeth Hurd Paige. Also describes the legislative legacy of each of these women.
121.
The Morrisons: Minneapolis pioneers : from Dorilus, first Mayor, to
modern times
Type Book
Author Clinton Morrison
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher C. Morrison
Date 1989
Abstract Biography of the Morrison family, who were prominent in early Minneapolis.
Written by a descendant of these original settlers.
122.
The new politics of pornography
Type Book
Author Donald Alexander Downs
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Place Chicago
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Date 1989
Abstract Political scientist Donald Downs did this study of the politics of pornography
in the 1980s only a few years after the anti-pornography campaign consumed activists across
the country. Two chapters of this national study dealt exclusively with Minneapolis, tracing
how neighborhood activists crafted the pornography ban that the city council approved and the
mayor vetoed. Downs illuminates the novelty of the Minneapolis approach, which cast
pornography as a violation of women's civil rights. He argued that the polarized nature of the
debate on this subject degraded the quality of democratic discourse.
123.
The personal history of Major General George E. Leach
Type Book
Author George E. Leach
Abstract Autobiography of George Leach, military man and mayor of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, The Special Collections Department of
Hennepin County Library
124.
The political career of Floyd B. Olson
Type Book
Author George H Mayer
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1951
Abstract Biography of Floyd B. Olson, considered one of the most influential
governors in Minnesota history. Olson grew up on the north side of Minneapolis
125.
The progressive era in Minnesota, 1899-1918,
Type Book
Author Carl Henry Chrislock
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society
Date 1971
Abstract This study of the Progressive Era in Minnesota focuses on how this movement
reshapes statewide politics. It provides useful background for developments in Minneapolis,
touching on the Citizens' Alliance, socialists in the city and the streetcar strike of 1917-18.
126.
The red-baiting of Kenneth C. Haycraft: a Minnesota all American
Type Magazine Article
Author William Millikan
Publication Minnesota history
Date 1994
127.
The shame of Minneapolis: burglary, opium dealing and prostitution
flourished in turn-of-the-century Minneapolis under corrupt Mayor
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Albert Alonzo Ames, who was literally ridden out of town by rail in
1902
Type Magazine Article
Author Jack El-Hai
Publication Mpls. St. Paul
Date Feb. 1992
Abstract This article tells the story of notorious mayor Doc Ames, who was singled out
in Lincoln Steffens' Shame of the Cities series for McClure's Magazine at the beginning of the
twentieth century.
128.
The Shame of Minneapolis: Civic Corruption 100 Years Ago
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Winter 2003
Pages 12-33
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2003
Abstract The article discusses the Doc Ames police corruption trial and the national
spotlight turned on the story by Lincoln Steffens's articles in McClure's Magazine.
129.
The Shame of Minneapolis: The Rescue and Redemption of a City that
was Sold Out
Type Magazine Article
Author Steffens, Lincoln
Volume XX
Issue 3
Pages 227-239
Publication McClure's Magazine
Date January, 1903
Abstract Describes the mayoral administration of Doc Ames and his efforts to profit
from gambling, bootlegging and prostitution in the city of Minneapolis.
130.
The shame of the cities
Type Book
Author Lincoln Steffens
Place New York
Publisher Sagamore Press
Date 1957
Abstract Collection of articles written in 1902 and 1903 and originally published in
"McClure's Magazine," exposing the corruption of American municipal government in the
cities of St. Louis, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York.
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131.
The Women's political primer
Type Manuscript
Author Women's Federation of Minnesota Farmer-Labor
Date 1934
Abstract Farmer-Labor appeal to women voters that discusses health, homemaking,
education, employment and civic "housekeeping."
132.
Van F. White papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Van F. White
Author Northside Residents Redevelopment Council
Author Willard Homewood Organization
Abstract This collection documents the political career of Van Freeman White, a North
Minneapolis activist who became the first African American member of the Minneapolis City
Council. It includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, campaign materials,
awards and memorabilia. The collection primarily documents White’s activities as founder of
the Willard Homewood Organization, a group promoting rehabilitation of the north
Minneapolis neighborhood, and as the first African American member of the Minneapolis City
Council, representing the 5th Ward.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
133.
Vince A. Day papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Vince A. Day
Abstract This collection documents the service of Vince A. Days in the 1930s as the
private secretary for Floyd B. Olson and as a municipal judge from 1935 to 1945. His position
gave him insights into the Minneapolis Truckers' Strike of 1934; third party politics; labor
relations; radicalism and the murder of Minneapolis journalist Walter Liggett. An invaluable
source for researchers interested in radicalism and class conflict in Minneapolis during the
1930s.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
134.
Walter M. Frank papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Walter Malte Frank
Abstract This collection documents the activism of Walter Malte Frank, a Swedish
immigrant who was an early organizer of the Farmer-Labor Party and was involved in the
militant progressive elements of the labor movement and politics in Minneapolis. Most of the
materials in the collection relate to the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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135.
"You Can't Legislate the Heart": Minneapolis Mayor Charles Stenvig
and the Politics of Law and Order
Type Journal Article
Author Jeffrey T Manuel
Author Andrew Urban
Volume 49
Issue 3
Pages 195-219
Publication American Studies
Date 2010
Abstract This article analayzes the surprise win of Charles Stenvig, who made a bid to
become mayor of Minneapolis in 1969. Stenvig ran on a “law and order” platform and vowed
to crack down on “racial militants,” student protesters and criminals. President of the police
federation, Stenvig had no previous experience in electoral politics and his victory shocked the
city’s liberal political establishment. He was best known for working to block court-ordered
plans for school desegregation in Minneapolis in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
136.
Ward number six
Type Book
Author David Lebedoff
Place New York
Publisher Scribner
Date 1972
Abstract Describes politics in "Ward 6" or Cedar Riverside in 1968. Critique of
American political system.
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137.
A journey for our times: a memoir
Type Book
Author Harrison E. Salisbury
Place New York
Publisher Harper & Row
Date 1983
Abstract This autobiography by an award-winning journalist describes his early years in
Minneapolis during the 1920s and 1930s, when he was growing up on the Near North Side. He
has vivid descriptions of Sumner Library, Sumner School, North High School and Oak Lake
Park, his childhood neighborhood that no longer exists. His descriptions of the social, political
and economic atmosphere in Minneapolis during these decades is unmatched.
138.
Alias Kid Cann
Type Magazine Article
Author Paul Maccabee
Volume 19
Issue 11
Publication Minneapolis St. Paul
Date November 1991
Abstract Biography of notorious gangster Kid Cann also shows long history of municipal
corruption and anti-Semitism in Minneapolis.
139.
A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts
Type Book
Author Sue Leaf
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract A biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts, considered the father of Minnesota
ornithology, who did his earliest surveys of bird life in the area that would become the parks
of Minneapolis. This volume tells the story not only of Sadler's life but also describes the
environment of early Minneapolis, when the roar of St. Anthony Falls could be heard through
downtown and passenger pigeons roosted in oak trees. Sadler was instrumental in creating the
Bell Museum of Natural History.
140.
An echo in my blood: the search for a family's hidden past
Type Book
Author Alan Weisman
Place New York
Publisher Harcourt Brace
Date 1999
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Abstract An autobiography that describes Jewish community of the North side of
Minneapolis between World War I and the 1950s.
141.
A new gladiator in the political arena: Hubert Humphrey's first
campaign for mayor
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Fall 2007
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2007
Abstract The articles focuses on Hubert Humphrey's first campaign for Minneapolis mayor in
1943.
142.
Autobiography and reminiscences
Type Book
Author H T Welles
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Printed by M. Robinson
Date 1899
Abstract Autobiography of early settler and business leader H.T. Welles.
143.
Auto-biography of Major Lawrence Taliaferro.
Type Book
Author Lawrence Taliaferro
Place St. Paul
Date 1894
Abstract Autobiography of Fort Snelling Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro provides great
descriptions of Native American life and early social relations in the area that would become
Minneapolis. Focused on the period before St. Anthony and Minneapolis emerged as large
settlements.
144.
Black fire: the making of an American revolutionary
Type Book
Author Nelson Peery
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 1994
Abstract First book in a two-volume autobiography of an African-American man coming of
age in the 1940s. Includes rich description of race relations in the city during the 1930s and
1940s and rare glimpses into the bars and streets of North Minneapolis. Central to this
narrative is the author's political radicalization, as he becomes a dedicated Communist just as
the Cold War heats up.
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145.
Black radical: the education of an American revolutionary
Type Book
Author Nelson Peery
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 2007
Abstract Sequel to Black Fire. Describes life for young, radical African American in
Minneapolis in the 1930s and 1940s.
146.
Brief glimpses of unfamiliar Loring park aspects, wherein an account is
given of interesting and memorable events which have happened in this
valley, with agreeable inquirendoes into the lives of certain of its
pioneers ... with the pleasant adventures of one Dad Houghton ..
Type Book
Author Arthur Joseph Russell
Place Minneapolis, L.H. Wells
Publisher L.H. Wells
Date 1919
147.
Builder of the Name: The Public Life and Service of Edward Chenery
Gale
Type Magazine Article
Author Welles Eastman
Pages 11-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1964
Abstract The article gives a condensed biographical account of Edward Gale and highlights
many of his cultural contributions to Minneapolis.
148.
Cecil E. Newman, Editor
Type Magazine Article
Pages 24
Publication Jet
Date February 26, 1976
Abstract Obituary of leading African-American newspaper publisher and community leader.
149.
Centennial edition of the Minneapolis Beacon: featuring the Negroes in
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Scott, Walter
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher W.R. Scott
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Date 1956
Abstract A biographical digest of prominent African Americans in Minneapolis during the
1950s.
150.
Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve: Mother, patriot, reformer
Type Magazine Article
Author Bobbie Scott
Issue Winter 2013
Pages 14-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2013
Abstract The article is a biography of Charlotte Van Cleve, a social reformer who helped to
found Sisterhood of Bethany and Bethany Homes.
151.
Clara Ueland of Minnesota
Type Book
Author Brenda Ueland
Publisher Robert Rossiter
Date 1967
Abstract Biography of pioneering reformer Clara Ueland, who embraced a wide range of
causes in her long career as an activist and teacher. She is best known for her role in the
suffrage movement and was the first president of the Minnesota League of Women Voters.
152.
Col. John H. Stevens and His House
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 14-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1962
Abstract The article details on John Stevens came and settled in Minneapolis. It highlights the
house he built, the house’s different owners over the years and how the Park Commission
moved the house to Minnehaha Park.
153.
Compendium of history and biography of Minneapolis and Hennepin
County, Minnesota
Type Book
Author R I Holcombe; William H Bingham;
Place Chicago, IL
Publisher Taylor & Co.
Date 1914
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154.
Downtown: a history of downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the
words of the people who lived it
Type Book
Contributor David Anderson
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2000
Abstract Anthology of writings that describe downtown Minneapolis in different periods.
Includes work by Brenda Ueland, Joseph Zalusky, Henry Griffith, Henry Broderick, Beatrice
Morosco, Bradley Morison, Paul Ferrell, Cedric Adams and A.J. Russell.
155.
Early days in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
Author William Edwin Leonard
Volume 15
Pages 497-514
Publication Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society
Date 1915
Abstract Describes early settlement in St. Anthony and Minneapolis.
156.
Early Minneapolis: personal reminiscences of Mary Thayer Hale.
Type Book
Author Mary Thayer Hale
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Privately printed
Date 1937
Abstract Describes early days in Minneapolis. Includes mention of the Red River Carts and
Native Americans.
157.
Easy street: The true story of a Gangster's Daughter
Type Book
Author Susan Berman
Place New York
Publisher Dial Press
Date 1981
Abstract Describes life of a mafia family that moved from Minneapolis to Las Vegas.
158.
Edmund Joseph Phelps
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 1967
Pages 4-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1967
41
Abstract The article provides a brief biography of Edmund Phelps, a Minneapolis business
man who contributed much to the early arts of the Minneapolis.
159.
Eliza Winston and the politics of freedom in Minnesota, 1854-60
Type Magazine Article
Author William D. Green
Volume 57
Issue 3
Pages 106-122
Publication Minnesota History
Date Fall 2000
160.
Eliza Winston: slave woman in Minnesota
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph W. Zalusky
Volume 24
Issue 1
Pages 17-18
Publication Hennepin History History
Date Summer 1964
161.
Evelina Månsson and the memoir of an urban labor migrant
Type Journal Article
Author Byron J Nordstrom
Volume 31
Issue 3
Publication Swedish pioneer historical quarterly.
Date 1980
162.
First Local Black Attorney was Scholar, Activist
Type Magazine Article
Author Duane Galles
Pages 9
Publication Opinion
Date March, 1975
Abstract Biography of William R. Morris, African-American attorney.
163.
From Havana to Minneapolis: the journey of a Cuban-Jewish girl
Type Book
Author Rachelle L. Lisoqurski
Place Baltimore
Publisher Publish America
Date 2008
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164.
Gentle warriors: Clara Ueland and the Minnesota struggle for woman
suffrage
Type Book
Author Barbara Stuhler
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Abstract A biography of Clara Ueland and her work with the Minnesota Suffrage Association
and the Minnesota League of Women's Voters.
165.
Gratia Alta Countryman: More Than an Ordinary Woman
Type Report
Author Penny A Petersen
Author Charles Roise
Date June 2006
Abstract Biography of Gratia Countryman, civic leader and librarian. Prepared by Hess Roise
for the Mill City Museum.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
166.
Gratia Countryman: her life, her loves, and her library
Type Book
Author Jane Pejsa
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 1995
Abstract Biography of Gratia Countryman, civic leader and librarian.
167.
Heart and hard work: memories of "Nordeast" Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Genny Zak Kieley
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 1997
Abstract This collection gathers disparate articles written about Northeast Minneapolis into
one anthology. Includes articles originally written for Hennepin History Magazine, the
Northeaster and the Minneapolis Tribune. Includes profiles of individuals and neighborhood
businesses like Elsie's Bowling Center, Emily's Lebanese Delicatessen and Gluek's Brewery.
168.
He was a colorful figure Robert "Fish" Jones
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-5
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1961
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Abstract The article highlights Fish Jones, his zoo and the lawsuit between his daughter and
the Park Board after his death.
169.
Historical Sketch and Genealogy of the Peirce Family
Type Manuscript
Author Ella Grimes Eustis
Date 1945
Abstract Thomas W. Peirce and Margaretta Maus Peirce settled on the northwest shore of
Lake Calhoun in 1852. Includes anecdotes of the friendliness of the Indians in early days.
Margaretta Peirce learned to paddle an Indian canoe and used it to go to the spring for water.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
170.
History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, including the
Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota
Type Book
Author George E Warner
Author Foote, C. M
Author Edward D Neill
Author J. Fletcher Williams
Place Minneapolis
Publisher North Star Pub. Co.
Date 1881
Abstract: Early history of Minneapolis, with detailed biographical information.
171.
History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Isaac Atwater
Author John H Stevens
Place New York
Publisher Munsell Pub. Co.
Date 1895
Abstract: Early history of Minneapolis, with detailed biographical information.
172.
History of Minneapolis, gateway to the Northwest
Type Book
Author Marion Daniel Shutter
Publisher S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Date 1923
Abstract This three volume history recounts the city's past from the perspective of its elite.
One volume provides a narrative account. The other two profile businesses and individuals
deemed significant to the life of the city, a "who's who" for Minneapolis. The author was a
prominent minister and reformer known for his work starting a settlement house, serving on
the 1911 vice commission and crusading against radicalism in the immediate aftermath of
World War I.
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173.
Hubert Humphrey: a biography
Type Book
Author Carl Solberg
Place New York
Publisher Norton
Date 1984
174.
H.V. Jones: a newspaperman's imprint on Minneapolis history
Type Book
Author John J. Koblas
Place St. Cloud, Minn
Publisher North Star Press
Date 2003
Abstract Herschel V. Jones was one of the great newspapermen of the early twentieth
century, and his story certainly reflects an era of momentous change and growth in the
newspaper industry and the nation as a whole. This biography provides a detailed portrait of
Herschel's life and also an engaging look at the formative years of journalism in the
developing city of Minneapolis.
175.
I know what you mean, Erdupps MacChurbbs
Type Book Section
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author Gerald Vizenor
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Gerald Vizenor describes his life as a young Native American boy in Minneapolis in
the 1930s and 1940s, when the city saw an influx of Indian migrants looking for economic
opportunity. His father was murdered in downtown alley in 1936 and his mother struggled to
support him. He eventually ended up growing up with a sister in north Minneapolis.
Book Title Growing up in Minnesota: ten writers remember their childhoods
176.
In the company of women: voices from the women's movement
Type Book
Contributor Bonnie Watkins
Contributor Nina Rothchild
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1996
177.
I remember
Type Magazine Article
Author Jennie I Hiscock
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Volume 38
Issue 4
Pages 3-12
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1979-1980
Abstract Memoir of a childhood in southeast Minneapolis in the 1880s. Describes daily
routine of a prosperous family.
178.
I remember Minneapolis.
Type Book
Author Henry Broderick
Place Seattle
Date 1962
Abstract Short autobiography of childhood in Minneapolis in the decade of the nineteenth
century. Author recalls Nicollet Ballpark; the streetscape of the old downtown, including the
old West Hotel, theaters, saloons and Newspaper Row. He describes his time at Washington
School and a trip by his class to visit condemned inmates of the Hennepin County Jail on the
eve of their execution. He recalls the trial of notorious criminal Harry Hayward.
179.
Lady in law: a biography of Mabeth Hurd Paige: sketching seventy-
five picturesque and dramatic years as seen through her eyes
Type Book
Author Darragh Aldrich
Place Chicago
Publisher R.F. Seymour
Date 1950
Abstract A biography of Mabeth Paige detailing her career in the Minnesota State Legislature
and her work with the suffrage movement prior to 1920.
180.
Lena Olive Smith: a Minnesota civil rights pioneer
Type Journal Article
Author Ann Juergens
Volume 28
Issue 1
Publication William Mitchell Law Review
Date 2001
Abstract Describes career and legacy of pioneering attorney Lena Olive Smith, the first
African-American woman to pass the bar in Minnesota. Smith was president of the
Minneapolis NAACP and a leading advocate for civil rights in Minneapolis during the 1930s
and 1940s. She is best known for representing the Arthur and Edith Lee, an African American
couple who bought a house in a white neighborhood in South Minneapolis in 1931 and found
themselves besieged by an angry white mob.
181.
Lena Olive Smith: Civil Rights in the 1930s
Type Magazine Article
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Author Jackie Sluss
Issue Winter 1995
Pages 28-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1995
Abstract The article discusses the work of Lena Olive Smith, the first African American
woman accepted into the Minnesota Bar Association. It discusses her work on the Lee Case in
1931 and also explores the Minneapolis African American community during this time period.
182.
Let Me Be Frank: Growing up on the Mississippi River
Type Book
Author Frank Rog
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Self-published
Date 2003
Abstract This self-published autobiography describes a childhood in Northeast Minneapolis
in the middle of the twentieth century. The author was the child of poor immigrants who hated
school, loved sports and embraced the Mississippi River as his playground. This cheerful
account recounts fishing and swimming the river as well as his encounters with the seamier
side of life in Minneapolis. He describes finding dead bodies, scavenging for money in all
kinds of dangerous ways and a police chase.
183.
Longfellow Gardens
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Issue Fall 1967
Pages 7-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1967
Abstract The article focuses on "Fish" Jones, his "flair for publicity", the battle over of his
personal zoo and gives a short biography of his life. It includes a number of pictures from the
Longfellow Gardens.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
184.
Mabeth Hurd Paige Manuscript Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Mabeth Paige
Abstract Personal papers about Mabeth Hurd Paige's career in law and public service. One of
the first women elected to the State Legislature in Minnesota.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
185.
Many Prominent Men of Colored Race Who Have Earned Title of
Good
Type Newspaper Article
Publication Minneapolis Tribune
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Date November 4, 1906
Abstract Names prominent African Americans in Minneapolis and endorses the work of the
Loyal Legion of Labor, a racial uplift group that sought to "control the lower and less worthy"
members of the race and "restrain them from criminal practices and habits."
186.
Martha G. Ripley, pioneer doctor and social reformer
Type Magazine Article
Author Winton U. Solberg
Publication Minnesota History
Date Spring, 1964
Abstract Profile of Martha Ripley, "Pioneer Woman Physician" and "Founder, Maternity
Hospital." Biography of Martha Ripley, an early activist physician who made a career caring
for poor women who could find treatment nowhere else. Ripley was also a leader in the
suffrage movement in Minnesota.
187.
Martha Hall Dickson and Samuel Dickson
Type Manuscript
Author Dickson, Robert H.
Place Minneapolis
Date 1961
Type Diary
Abstract Biographies of Martha Hall and Samuel Dickson, who came to Minneapolis in 1876,
Irish immigrants. Reminiscences of their son Robert H. Dickson.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
188.
Me
Type Book
Author Brenda Ueland
Place New York
Publisher Arno Press
Date 1980
Abstract Coming of age story set in Minneapolis and Greenwich Village. The author is the
daughter of Clara Ueland (a leading suffragist and first president of the League of Women
Voters) and Andreas Ueland, a prominent lawyer. She describes her childhood in a house near
Lake Calhoun before she departed for New York City in her teens, where she attended Barnard
College. She returned to Minneapolis in 1930. Ueland was a lifelong feminist and successful
writer.
189.
Memoirs of an Old Unicorn
Type Book
Author Arden Benson
Date 1989
Abstract The memoirs of a Minneapolis resident from his early days as a student at Lowell
School in North Minneapolis. This account features the Mississippi River, Glenwood (later
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Theodore Wirth) Park, the Empress and Paradise Theaters, Jordan Jr. High, the Camden
neighborhood, North High, friends, family, service in the CCC, students days at the University
of Minnesota, streetcars, dancing, works, cars and finally leaving home in the 1940s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
190.
Michigan mossback
Type Book
Author Paul Ferrell
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher P. Ferrell
Date 1938
Abstract Describes hard times for the author in the Gateway District of the 1920s and 1930s.
191.
Minneapolis, a short reversal of human thought: being the letters and
diary of Mr. Harlow A. Gale, 1857 to 1859
Type Book
Author Harlow A Gale; Elizabeth Griggs Gale
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Print. priv. for his grandchildren
Date 1922
Abstract These assembled letters and diary entries describe Harlow Gale's first year in St.
Anthony and the area that would become Minneapolis. Includes descriptions of the
countryside and the embryonic settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River.
192.
Minnesota Black, Minnesota blue
Type Book Section
Book Title Growing up in Minnesota: ten writers remember their childhoods
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author T. Kyle
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Describes life as a young black migrant to Minneapolis in the 1940s, when the city
was seen nationally as a racial utopia. Captures the uneven nature of racism in Minneapolis,
where she was simultaneously welcome and also subject to racist slurs.
193.
Minnesota pioneer sketches, from the personal recollections and
observations of a pioneer resident
Type Book
Author Frank G O'Brien
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher H.H.S. Rowell
Date 1904
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Abstract At the age of twelve, Frank G. O'Brien (1843-1920) moved from Maine to
Minnesota with his father and siblings, settling in Anoka County in 1855. After a difficult
winter, the family moved to St. Anthony's Falls where O'Brien spent his adolescence
combining a variety of manual and entrepreneurial jobs with education. Minnesota Pioneer
Sketches is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien that are here
published in book form. The articles describe his own youth as well as notable events during
the second half of the nineteenth century in Minnesota. He discusses farming, transportation,
the U.S. mail, politics, Indians, the Civil War, religious practices, lumber camps, education,
and other topics associated with pioneer life and the growth of the state.
194.
Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
Type Book
Author Eliza Bostwick
Date 1901
Abstract Souvenir booklets. Include picture and biography of Lardner Bostwick, who came to
St. Anthony in 1850.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
195.
Minnesota writes; a collection of autobiographical stories
Type Book
Author Carmen Nelson Richards; Genevieve Rose Breen
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Lund Press
Date 1945
Abstract Includes entries by James Gray, journalist and former mayor, and Brenda Ueland,
feminist and writer.
196.
More than petticoats
Type Book
Author Bonnye E. Stuart
Place Guilford, Conn
Publisher Two Dot
Date 2004
Abstract This book profiles 13 Minnesota women. Included are several from Minneapolis:
Martha Ripley, who graduated from medical school in 1883 and established a thriving
maternity hospital in Minneapolis; Lena O. Smith, a civil rights pioneer who fought racial
segregation and was the first black woman in the state's history to be admitted to the
Minnesota bar; Fanny Brin, humanitarian activist from the Minneapolis Jewish community.
197.
My Minneapolis: a chronicle of what has been learned and observed
about the Norwegians in Minneapolis through one hundred years.
Type Book
Author Carl G. O Hansen
Place Minneapolis
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Publisher Privately published
Date 1956
Language English
Abstract Autobiographical history of Norwegians in Minneapolis from the perspective of a
journalist and editor. Gives special attention to the founding of Augsburg College and other
early events in the development of the city. Detailed biographies of leading Norwegian
Americans.
198.
Nellie Stone Johnson: the life of an activist
Type Book
Author Nellie Stone Johnson
Author David Brauer
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Ruminator Books
Date 2000
Abstract Biography of Nellie Stone Johnson, legendary Minneapolis activist. Stone was
known for her work in the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the Democratic
Farmer Labor Party. She was the first African American to win elected office in Minneapolis.
199.
Notes on early Minneapolis
Type Manuscript
Author Paul Gyllstrom
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Reminiscences (typed, 24 p.) of an editor and columnist for the Minneapolis Times
(1904-1905), with information on his boyhood days in Minneapolis in the 1870s. There is
information on the Bohemian Flats and its settlers; St. Anthony Falls and other areas near the
Mississippi River; swimming in the river; herding cows in Minneapolis; roller skating rinks;
fairs and circuses, including Bill King’s Fair; race tracks; theatrical productions at the Pence
Opera House; schools; teachers; policemen; the arrival of Irish immigrants; and the explosion
of the Washburn "A" flour mill in 1878.
200.
O clouds, unfold! Clara Ueland and her family
Type Book
Author Brenda Ueland
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2004
Abstract This memoir of her mother and family by popular author Brenda Ueland was written
in 1967, but not published until 2004.
201.
Old rail fence corners: the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history: authentic
incidents
Type Book
Author Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris; Daughters of the American Revolution.
Minnesota Society. Book Committee.
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Place Austin, Minnesota
Publisher F.H. McCulloch Print. Co
Date 1914
Abstract History of Minnesota compiled in the first decade of the twentieth century by the
Daughters of the American Revolution, led by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris. Morris is an
early--and pretty much forgotten--historian of Minnesota. She worked with members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution to collect oral histories of early settlers. These
narratives provide a unique view of early settlement in the state, as well as the concerns of
these early twentieth century citizen-historians. Morris was determined to highlight the role
that women played in the development of Minnesota in the nineteenth century and hoped to
raise "a monument to the Pioneer Women of our State," who Morris called "unsung heroines.”
Descriptions of early encounters with Native Americans are central to these narratives.
202.
Oral histories with Minnesota Territorial Pioneers, 1930s
Type Oral history interview
Abstract Series of thirty interviews with early white settlers in Hennepin County. Includes
summary of interview with Thomas Lowry, developer of the streetcar system. Very
perfunctory summaries of conversations rather than full transcripts.
Archive Hennepin History Museum; The Special Collections Department of Hennepin
County Library
203.
Interviews of the Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract In 1972 the Minneapolis Federation of Jewish Service gave the Minnesota Historical
Society four interviews that were conducted as a part of a project to document the history of
the Jewish community in Minneapolis. In 1979 Rhoda Lewin donated seventeen interviews
she conducted in researching her doctoral dissertation. Lewin later conducted and donated four
other interviews. Many of the people interviewed belong to the second wave of Jewish
immigrants who arrived after 1880 from Eastern Europe and settled on the North Side of
Minneapolis, creating a distinctive Jewish community of eight thousand people by 1900.
Others are first-generation Americans who vividly contrast their parents' lives with their own.
This collection of memories reveals the growth, change and diversity of the community.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
204.
Out of My Mind
Type Book
Author Ella Eustis
Date 1959
Abstract Autobiography of Ella A. Eustis. She tells the history of her family, interlaced with
many memories of early Minneapolis. Includes descriptions of her family's home and business
near Lake Calhoun. She describes coming of age in a comfortable home in the last quarter of
the nineteenth century in Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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205.
Overcoming: the autobiography of W. Harry Davis
Type Book
Author W. Harry Davis
Contributor Lori Sturdevant
Place Afton, Minn
Publisher Afton Historical Society Press
Date 2002
Abstract Harry Davis's autobiography provides an invaluable portrait of Minneapolis in some
of its most tumultuous decades. He describes growing up on the North Side of Minneapolis, in
a part of the city he called a "Hellhole." His memories of that neighborhood are detailed and
unflinching. He came out of that environment to become an important figure in Minneapolis
politics. After becoming known as a leader in civil rights, he ended up serving on the
Minneapolis school board, where he shepherding the district through its contentious
desegregation effort in the 1970s. He was the first African American candidate for mayor, a
bid that brought him death threats.
206.
Patentees ...Some Interest Highlights and Some Prominent Names
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 7-10
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1962
Abstract The article highlights 22 of the key city founders. It provides a short paragraph on
the various individuals, what they are known for and provides a map showing where they held
land and the year they got the land.
207.
Personal recollections of Minnesota and its people: and early history of
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author John H Stevens; Marshall Robinson
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Tribune Job Ptg. Co.
Date 1890
Abstract Early history of Minneapolis written by a prominent settler, John Stevens, who first
platted the city's streets.
208.
Portrait of my state as a dogless young boy's apartment
Type Book Section
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author Keith Gunderson
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Poet Keith Gunderson describes growing up in South Minneapolis in the late 1930s
and 1940s, first in a house across from Powderhorn Park and then in an apartment building at
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31st and Lyndale. His memories includes descriptions of the Southside picnic and fourth of
July celebrations at Powderhorn Park. His family lived in extremely tight quarters. This
overcrowding was relieved when they moved to Richfield in 1955.
Book Title Growing up in Minnesota: ten writers remember their childhoods
209.
Private pages: diaries of American women, 1830s-1970s
Type Book
Author Penelope Franklin
Place New York
Publisher Ballantine Books
Date 1986
Abstract This collection of edited diaries includes writings of Martha Lavell from 1926-1938.
She was a Minneapolis social worker who describes her family life with her mother and sister
as well as work, dating and sexuality in Depression-era Minneapolis.
210.
Recollections of Early Minneapolis: Its personalities, theaters, and
anecdotes
Type Report
Author Charles A Parker
Pages 21
Date 1950
Abstract Personal recollections of Charles A. Parker on the early history of Minneapolis.
Includes anecdotes about Minneapolis theaters and various recreational activities, including
swimming in Bassett's Creek and ice skating. The author is the son of Lucius N. Parker, who
came to St. Anthony in 1848.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
211.
Reflections: memoirs of Japanese American women in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Nobuya Tsuchida
Place Covina, Calif.
Publisher Pacific Asia Press : Distributed by Multicultural Distributing Center
Date 1994
Abstract This is a collection of memoirs from Japanese-American women who lived in
Minnesota. Many of the accounts focus on the period around World War II, when the federal
government resettled many Japanese Americans from the West Coast to the Twin Cities,
where many worked as translators and interpreters at Fort Snelling. Focus is not on
Minneapolis but many of the accounts mention the city.
212.
Reminiscences
Type Manuscript
Author Levi Longfellow
Date 1919
Abstract Reminiscences of Levi Longfellow, who came to St. Anthony in 1851. Mentions
first Fourth of July picnic in front of Anson Northrup's house on Nicollet Island.
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Archive Hennepin History Museum
213.
Robert Koehler: German-American Artist in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Paul Merrill
Issue Summer 1988
Pages 20-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract A short biography of Koehler, an artist and director of the Minneapolis School of
Fine Arts (now the Minneapolis College of Arts and Design). Among his more well-known
paintings was "The Strike" which was at the Minneapolis Public Library until 1971.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
214.
She's no lady: politics, family, and international feminism
Type Book
Author Arvonne S Fraser
Editor Lori Sturdevant
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2007
Abstract In this volume, Arvonne Fraser describes growing up on a farm in southwestern
Minnesota in the 1920s and 1930s, as the farm economy collapsed. She moved to Minneapolis
in 1943 and lived in a Women's Christian Association dormitory before enrolling at the
University of Minnesota. She quickly became involved in DFL politics, where she met her
husband Don Fraser. Her marriage marked the beginning of a political partnership that has
continued to this day. While her husband pursued electoral office, Arvonne was busy as a
political organizer, feminist and policy maker for the federal government. This volume is
valuable for its insights into DFL politics in Minneapolis in the 1940s as well as the growth of
women's liberation among politically active women in the 1960s.
215.
Sketches of the life of Honorable T.B. Walker. A compilation of
biographical sketches
Type Book
Editor Platt B. Walker
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Lumberman Pub. Co
Date 1907
216.
Spokesman for the community: Cecil Newman and his legacy of
African American journalism
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Fall 2010
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Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2010
Abstract The article examines the life of Cecil Newman, founder and publisher of the
Minneapolis Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder. The article discusses his impact on the African
American community in Minneapolis.
217.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part I
Type Magazine Article
Issue Winter 1965
Pages 20-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1965
Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
218.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part IV
Type Magazine Article
Issue Winter 1966
Pages 10-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1966
Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
219.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part V
Type Magazine Article
Issue Spring 1966
Pages 19-20, 22
Date 1966
Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
220.
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Mayors: Continuing the Pictorial
Narrative: Part VI
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 1966
Pages 20-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1966
Abstract Short biographies of the various St. Anthony and Minneapolis mayors.
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221.
Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett
Type Book
Author Marda Woodbury
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1998
Abstract A daughter's account of the 1935 murder of her father, journalist Walter W. Liggett,
one of three Minneapolis journalists killed in the 1930s and 1940s. Liggett published the Mid-
West American, which sought to expose the connections between city officials and organized
crime.
222.
Streetcar man: Tom Lowry and the Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Type Book
Author Goodrich Lowry
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Lerner Publications Co.
Date 1979
Abstract Biography of streetcar magnate Tom Lowry and the company that he built, Twin
City Rapid Transit Company.
223.
T. B. Walker and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Author T. B. Walker
Abstract Personal papers and business records of a Minnesota lumber magnate and art
collector, and of his descendants. Much of this collection is focused on T.B. Walker's business
empire, particularly the records of the Red River Lumber Company. But it also has material
related to his art collection and gallery, which grew into the Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis. It includes extensive material related to Harriet Walker, a leading philanthropist
and moral reform in nineteenth century Minneapolis. The collection has information relating
to the Walkers’ involvement with the Bethany Home Association and the Northwestern
Hospital, Minneapolis business and civic organizations, the Minneapolis Public Library, and
the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. One notable item in this collection is an
unpublished manuscript by biographer Clara W. Nelson.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
224.
Tela Burt papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Tela B. Burt
Abstract Papers documenting the life and career of Tela Burt, a prominent African American
from Minneapolis. This collection includes a scrapbook (1917-1994) and miscellaneous loose
papers (undated and 1953-1964, 1991) composed of correspondence, military records,
photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates and awards, biographical narratives, and
miscellaneous memorabilia; a guest register (June 19, 1994); a photograph album (1920s);
loose photographs (undated and 1916-1949, 1975); and a 1/2-inch videotape (1991). Topics
include Tela Burt’s family and friends, his careers as a postman, musician, and real estate
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broker; his military service during World War I; his longtime memberships in the American
Legion and St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Minneapolis, Minn.); and the celebration of his
100th birthday.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
225.
The education of a public man: my life and politics
Type Book
Author Hubert H. Humphrey
Place Garden City, N.Y
Publisher Doubleday
Date 1976
Abstract: Wonderful autobiography by the most famous mayor of Minneapolis. Several
chapters focus on the politics and social climate of the city in the 1930s and 1940s.
226.
The growing seasons: an American boyhood before the war
Type Book
Author Samuel Lynn Hynes
Place New York
Publisher Viking
Date 2003
Abstract The author recounts his Depression-era boyhood in South Minneapolis. Great
descriptions of childhood in the 1930s, Minneapolis schools, adolescence, race relations and
the Truckers’ Strike.
227.
The John H. Stevens House: Birthplace of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Janet Whitmore
Issue Summer 1997
Pages 16-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1997
Abstract The article discusses the life of John Stevens, his contributions to the city and the
history of the Stevens house. It discusses the eventually restoration of the house by the
Minneapolis Junior League.
228.
The Layman Story
Type Manuscript
Author Winifred Layman Fernstrom
Abstract History of the Layman family, which started Layman's cemetery in Minneapolis.
This graveyard--located at the intersection of Lake and Cedar Avenues--is now known as
Soldiers and Pioneers' Cemetery.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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229.
The life of Emily Peake: one dedicated Ojibwe
Type Book
Author Jane Pejsa
Author Nodin Press
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2003
Abstract This biography narrates the story of Emily Peake, an early leader to emerge from the
Native American community that began to take shape in Minneapolis in the 1920s. It describes
the challenges faced by Peake in a city that was hostile to Indians. And it charts her work as a
community organizer in the city, where she played a key role in establishing valuable
institutions like the Upper Midwest American Indian Center.
230.
The long pull: the life of G. Nelson Dayton
Type Book
Author Bruce B Dayton; Ellen B Green
Place Minnetonka, MN
Publisher Sexton Printing Inc.
Date 2013
Abstract The biography of business leader Nelson Dayton, who helped to build Dayton's
Department Stores into one of the most successful retail companies in the country. Dayton was
very involved in the redevelopment of downtown in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as
supporting the growth of arts and culture in Minneapolis.
231.
The Morrisons: Minneapolis pioneers: from Dorilus, first Mayor, to
modern times
Type Book
Author Clinton Morrison
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher C. Morrison
Date 1989
Abstract Biography of the Morrison family, who were prominent in early Minneapolis.
Written by a descendant of these original settlers.
232.
The personal history of Major General George E. Leach
Type Book
Author George E. Leach
Abstract Autobiography of George Leach, military man and mayor of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, The Special Collections Department of Hennepin
County Library
233.
The political career of Floyd B. Olson
Type Book
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Author Mayer, George H
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1951
Abstract Biography of Floyd B. Olson, considered one of the most influential governors in
Minnesota history. Olson grew up on the north side of Minneapolis
234.
The politics of equality: Hubert H. Humphrey and the African
American freedom struggle
Type Book
Author Timothy Nels Thurber
Place New York
Publisher Columbia University Press
Date 1999
Abstract This biography of Hubert Humphrey has several chapters that describe Minneapolis
in the 1940s. It illuminates how the city's racial conflicts shaped his early political career and
how his commitment to civil rights helped to launch Humphrey into national politics.
235.
The Privilege for which We Struggled: Leaders of the Women's
Suffrage Movement in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Heidi Bauer
Place St. Paul, Minnesota
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1995
Abstract Short biographies of women in Minnesota involved with the suffrage movement.
236.
The Story of Alden C. Mead, Pioneer and Soldier
Type Book
Author Gertrude Aeschlinman
Abstract Brief biographical sketch of Alden C. Mead, an early settler in St. Anthony, written
by his daughter. He participated in an expedition against the Dakota. This booklet includes
"Indian Massacre Song," illustrating the settlers' attitude towards the Indians.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
237.
The story of Fred Beal Snyder as told by himself
Type Manuscript
Author Fred Beal
Date 1950
Abstract Autobiography of Fred B. Snyder, son of Simon Peter Snyder, the man who started
the first bank on the west side of the Mississippi in 1855. Includes Fred's reminiscences of his
childhood of Bridge Square (1860s-1870s).
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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238.
The Victorian city in the Midwest
Type Book Section
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author Harrison E. Salisbury
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Journalist Harrison Salisbury remembers Minneapolis in the 1920s and 1930s, when
he grew up in the now-disappeared Oak Lake Park neighborhood.
Book Title Growing up in Minnesota: ten writers remember their childhoods
239.
The Wandersee Family History
Type Manuscript
Author Frederick W. and Doroth Wandersee
Abstract Includes biography of author's father, Emanuel F. Wandersee, builder and contractor
of NE Minneapolis. Reminiscences of author's childhood in NE Minneapolis in the early
1900s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
240.
The wisdom of love: an autobiography
Type Book
Author Edith Linoff Edelman
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher EMLE
Date 1981
Abstract Autobiography of volunteer active in Jewish community affairs in Minneapolis in
the 1930s.
241.
"Three score years and ten," life-long memories of Fort Snelling,
Minnesota, and other parts of the West,
Type Book
Author Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Printing house of Harrison & Smith
Date 1888
Abstract Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve (1819-1907) was the daughter of one of the first
American Army officers assigned to Fort Snelling, before Minnesota became a state. This
memoir recounts life as a military daughter and then wife of an officer, Horatio Phillips Van
Cleve, who served in the Union Army with the Second Minnesota Infantry and rose to the rank
of General.
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242.
Two volunteer missionaries among the Dakotas; or, the story of the
labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
Type Book
Author Pond Jr, Samuel W.
Place Boston and Chicago
Publisher Congregational Sunday-school and Publication Society
Date 1893
Abstract This joint biography of Samuel and Gideon Pond was written by Samuel Pond's son.
The brothers were legendary missionaries known for their work among the Dakota and their
efforts to record and transcribe the Dakota language. The Pond brothers traveled from
Connecticut to Minnesota in 1834, when they were received by officials at Fort Snelling.
Indian agent Major Taliaferro suggested that they establish their mission house near
Cloudman's Village overlooking Lake Calhoun. The next year the missionaries worked to
establish another mission on Lake Harriet, where they lived until 1840. Their account provides
an invaluable view on Native American life and the environment of South Minneapolis long
before the modern city took shape.
243.
Two Yankees on the Minnesota frontier: the shared destiny of Ard
Godfrey and John Harrington Stevens
Type Magazine Article
Author Georgia Ray
Issue 3
Publication Hennepin History history
Date 1986
Abstract This article describes the lives of two early settlers in Minneapolis, Ard Godfrey and
John Stevens.
244.
Unpublished biography of T.B. and Harriet Walker
Type Manuscript
Author Clara Nelson
Place Minneapolis
Loc. in Archive T.B. Walker Papers
Abstract Unpublished biography of T.B and Harriet Walker written by Clara Nelson. Never
published. Full of salacious details.
Archive Walker Art Center Archive; Minnesota Historical Society
245.
Walter Stone Pardee autobiography
Type Manuscript
Author Pardee, Walter Stone
Abstract Autobiography includes description of Bridge Square in the late 1860s and picnic at
Minnehaha Falls in 1866. Pardee describes the area around Minnehaha Falls as a "Rowdy's
Den" in 1880s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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246.
We all hunkered down and made do while growing up in Minnesota
during the Depression of the thirties
Type Manuscript
Author Robert Bertil Ed
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 1993
Abstract Biography of Ed family of North Minneapolis. Describes years of the Great
Depression.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
247.
We knew who we were: memories of the Minneapolis Jewish North
Side
Type Film
Director Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Date 2008
Abstract This documentary presents recollections of Jewish North Siders from the 1920s,
1930s and 1950s. This celebration of community also makes mention of the anti-Semitism
commonplace in Minneapolis.
248.
W. Gertrude Brown's struggle for racial justice female leadership and
community in Black Minneapolis, 1920-1940
Type Dissertation
Author Michiko Hase
Date 1994
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation describes the leadership and legacy of W. Gertrude Brown, who
was instrumental in establishing the Phyllis Wheatley settlement house in North Minneapolis.
After its founding in the 1920s, Phyllis Wheatley became one of the most important
institutions of the African American community in Minneapolis. After thirteen years as a
formidable community leader, Gertrude Brown was forced to leave her position in the 1930s, a
departure that illuminated the fissures in the community, where strong female leaders faced
tremendous gender and racial bias.
249.
Who's who in colored America
Type Book
Date 1927, 1950
Abstract Short biographies of African Americans across the country. Includes several entries
for residents from Minneapolis.
250.
Who was Ed Bromley?
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
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Pages 4-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1967
Abstract The article describes the work of Edward Bromley, who chronicled the early history
of Minneapolis through photography. Bromley's images, which are now in the collection of the
Hennepin County Libraries, show early landmarks and events.
251.
William Bell Riley: architect of fundamentalism
Type Magazine Article
Author C. Allyn Russell
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1972
Abstract Biography of William Bell Riley, the pastor of First Baptist Church in downtown
Minneapolis from 1897 to 1942. Under his stern stewardship, First Baptist became the largest
Baptist congregation in the state. Riley used his ministry as a pulpit to advance a brand of
religious fundamentalism which mixed opposition to the theory of evolution with anti-
Semitism. Riley was the head of the Northwestern Schools and played a role in nurturing the
career of the young evangelical Billy Graham.
252.
William Watts Folwell; the autobiography and letters of a pioneer of
culture
Type Book
Author William Watts Folwell
Contributor Solon J. Buck
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1933
253.
Woman writer in the CP: The case of Meridel LeSueur
Type Journal Article
Author Linda Ray Pratt
Volume 14
Issue 3
Pages 247-264
Publication Women's Studies
Date 1987
Abstract Biography of Meridel LeSueur, radical writer.
254.
Women of Minnesota
Type Book
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Women's History Month, Inc
Date 1987
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Abstract This collective biography of Minnesota women includes sketches of several
Minneapolis women, most notably African American activist Ethel Ray Nance and labor
organizer and legislator Myrtle Cain.
255.
Women of Minnesota: selected biographical essays
Type Book
Author Barbara Stuhler
Author Gretchen V Kreuter
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1977
Abstract Biographical essays covering women from the early years of Minnesota Territory to
the opening days of the feminist movement. Includes an updated list of women who have
served in the Minnesota legislature; and women who have risen to prominence as judges,
business leaders, and sports figures.
256.
Writing the wrongs: Eva Valesh and the rise of labor journalism
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Faue
Place Ithaca
Publisher Cornell University Press
Date 2002
Abstract Biography of labor journalist Eva Valesh, who started her career describing working
conditions for women in Minneapolis for the St. Paul Globe in the 1880s.
257.
You can't do that! Marv Davidov, nonviolent revolutionary
Type Book
Author Carol Masters
Contributor Marv Davidov
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2009
Abstract Biography of Marv Davidov, longtime Minneapolis activist. Davidov was one of the
original Freedom Riders, who traveled to the South on integrated buses in 1961 to protest
segregation laws. This experience launched Davidov's activist career. He was one of the
central figures in the Honeywell Project, which first protested the manufacture of cluster
bombs used in the Vietnam War and later the building of nuclear armaments.
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African-American History
258.
1924-1949, silver anniversary: 25 years a neighbor: the story of the
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Editor Mrs. J. Frank Fraser
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1949
Abstract History of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most important African-
American institutions in Minneapolis.
259.
A choice of weapons
Type Book
Author Gordon Parks
Place New York
Publisher Harper & Row
Date 1966
Abstract The autobiography of African-American photographer, artist, writer and
filmmaker Gordon Parks describes his years as a teenager in St. Paul and Minneapolis. It is
especially valuable for his descriptions of race relations in the Twin Cities; conditions in the
"red" light district of North Minneapolis; and the Great Depression and its effect on African
Americans in Minnesota.
260.
A chronicled history of the Credjafawn Club
Type Manuscript
Author John Lawrence
Date 1939
Abstract Describes development of African American social club and early co-op.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
261.
A day in the life of Emily Goodridge Grey
Type Magazine Article
Author Mary D. Cannon
Contributor Patricia C. Harpole
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1998
Abstract Describes life of Emily Grey, one of the first African Americans to live in
Minneapolis.
262.
A Directory of Negro Activities in Minneapolis
Type Document
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Date 1949
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 9 - NAACP Folder
Abstract A directory produced by the Minneapolis Urban League which lays out
businesses friendly to African Americans. It was meant to be a guide for new African
American migrants to Minneapolis, a local version of the well-known Green Motorists Guide
for African American travelers.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
263.
A Negro Visitor in Negro Homes
Type Magazine Article
Author Lulu Maxwell
Volume 42
Issue 574
Publication The Survey
Date July 12, 1919
Abstract Lulu Maxwell, Minneapolis social worker, describe social work in the African
American community.
264.
A peculiar imbalance: the fall and rise of racial equality in early
Minnesota
Type Book
Author William D Green
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2007
Abstract Describes race relations and the early African American community in
Minnesota before 1869.
265.
A Roman Holiday in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Chatwood Hall
Publication The Crisis
Abstract Describes the mob action against the Lee family, an African American family
who moved into an all-white neighborhood in Minneapolis in 1931.
266.
A study of conflict and accommodation in Negro-white relations in the
Twin Cities: based on documentary sources
Type Thesis
Author Maurine Boie
Place Minneapolis
Date 1932
Type M.A.
University University of Minnesota
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Abstract Detailed study of racial attitudes in Minneaoplis in the 1930s. Includes many
interviews.
267.
African American Neighborhood Concentration Map
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A map showing the neighborhoods where the African American population
was concentrated.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
268.
African Americans in Minnesota
Type Book
Author David Vassar Taylor
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2002
Abstract This volume provides an overview of African American history in Minnesota.
Very useful reference work.
269.
Afro American Advocate
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1899-1900
Archive MNHS Newspapers Online
270.
An Experiment in Industrial Democracy
Type Magazine Article
Author Cecil E.Newman
Publication Opportunity
Date Spring, 1944
Abstract Describes efforts to open up war time employment for African Americans.
271.
An Interracial Settlement House
Type Magazine Article
Pages 108-9, 125
Publication The Crisis
Date April 1935
Abstract Describes the establishment and growth of Phyllis Wheatley House in
Minneapolis.
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272.
Bibliography of Negro history: selected and annotated entries, general
and Minnesota
Type Book
Author Spangler, Earl
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Minneapolis, Ross and Haines
Date 1963
273.
Black fire: the making of an American revolutionary
Type Book
Author Nelson Peery
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 1994
Abstract First book in a two-volume autobiography of an African-American man coming of
age in the 1940s. Includes rich description of race relations in the city during the 1930s and
1940s and rare glimpses into the bars and streets of North Minneapolis. Central to this
narrative is the author's political radicalization, as he becomes a dedicated Communist just as
the Cold War heats up.
274.
Black radical: the education of an American revolutionary
Type Book
Author Nelson Peery
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 2007
Abstract Sequel to Black Fire. Describes life for young, radical African American in
Minneapolis in the 1930s and 1940s.
275.
Blacks in Minnesota: a preliminary guide to historical sources
Type Book
Author David Vassar Taylor
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society
Date 1976
Abstract Great reference work for researchers wanting to understand more about the
history of African American life in Minnesota.
276.
Camden Area Community Concerns Council Collection
Type Archival Collection
Place The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
Abstract This collection reflects Camden neighborhood's activities during the 1970s.
The years 1977 and 1978 are most closely documented. The Camden Area Community
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Concerns Council CACCC) was an independent community organization which emphasized
community input. It was open to all residents and committed to dealing with community
problems. The CACCC sought to further community development, educate residents on civic
matters, engage in job development for underemployed and unemployed youths, and improve
the economic condition of senior citizens. The group sponsored and supported such projects as
the creation of a community center, neighborhood beautification, developing a volunteer
network to provide support services to senior citizens, and the curtailing of destructive real
estate sales practices.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
277.
Centennial edition of the Minneapolis Beacon: featuring the Negroes in
Minneapolis.
Type Book
Author Scott, Walter
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher W.R. Scott
Date 1956
Abstract A biographical digest of prominent African Americans in Minneapolis during
the 1950s.
278.
Civil rights collection compiled by Gerald Vizenor.
Type Archival Collection
Author Gerald Vizenor
Place Minneapolis
Date 1959-1970
Abstract Newspaper clippings from Twin Cities’ publications pertinent to civil rights.
Starts in 1959 and goes through the 1970s. Five boxes total.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
279.
Clip File- Blacks: Citizen Community Centers
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1960's
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of newspaper articles and letters dealing with the city's black
community. Includes map of the city with the number of African Americans in each
neighborhood.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
280.
Clip File- Blacks: Metro Area 1960's (Two of Two)
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1960's
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
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Abstract Collection of newspaper articles dealing with rioting and race tensions in
Minneapolis in the 1960's.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
281.
Clip File- Blacks: Slavery MN
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1930's
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of articles dealing with the trial of Eliza Winston.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
282.
Desegregating South Minneapolis Housing: Tilsen Bilt Homes of 1954
Type Magazine Article
Author H. Lynn Adelsman
Issue Spring 2005
Pages 24-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2005
Abstract The article discusses the efforts to desegregate housing in south Minneapolis.
It mentions racial covenants, the concerns of blacks living in white neighborhoods and the
efforts of Tilsen Bilt Homes to create mixed-race housing developments.
283.
Earl D. Craig papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Earl D. Craig
Abstract Personal, political, business, and official papers documenting the life and
career of an African American educator, politician, and consultant from Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
284.
Edward F. Waite papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Edward F. Waite
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, and printed materials (comprising about half the
collection) relating to the involvement of Waite, a juvenile court judge for the fourth judicial
district of Minnesota (1911-1921, 1931-1941), in social welfare, civil rights, and civil liberties
issues. A few items (1902-1904) pertain to his work as a municipal judge in Minneapolis and
the control of vice in that city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
285.
Eliza Winston and the politics of freedom in Minnesota, 1854-60
Type Magazine Article
Author William D. Green
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Volume 57
Issue 3
Pages 106-122
Publication Minnesota History
Date Fall 2000
286.
Eliza Winston: slave woman in Minnesota
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph W. Zalusky
Volume 24
Issue 1
Pages 17-18
Publication Hennepin History History
Date Summer 1964
287.
Emily Goodridge Grey: a life in Saint Anthony
Type Report
Author Penny A Petersen
Author Charlene K Roise
Author Hess, Roise and Company; Mill City Museum
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Date 2004
Abstract Biography of Emily Goodridge Grey, one of the first African-
American residents of Minneapolis.
288.
Ethel Ray Nance Papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Ethel Ray Nance
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Newspaper clippings, correspondence, a few writings, and miscellaneous
printed matter created or collected by an African American woman from Minneapolis who
worked as a secretary and police officer and who was active in African American cultural and
civil rights organizations in Minnesota. In addition to biographical information, there is
printed information about Minneapolis artist Henry Bannarn and about the Harlem
Renaissance, with which Nance was associated; about her service as a Minneapolis police
officer (1928-1934); about the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis (1926-
1951).
289.
For a moment we had The Way: The story of The Way, 1966-1970, a
nearly forgotten history of a community organization that almost
turned Minneapolis upside down
Type Book
Author Rolland B. Robinson
Place Andover, Minn
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Publisher Expert Pub., Inc
Date 2006
Abstract History of a north Minneapolis non-profit that grew out of the urban unrest of
the 1960s.
290.
Forty Acres and a Mule
Type Magazine Article
Author William Dockens
Author Roger Swardson
Pages 11-14
Publication Twin Citian
Date June 1968
Abstract Describes civil rights in Minneapolis in 1968.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
291.
Genevieve Steefel papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Genevieve Fallon Steefel
Abstract This collection documents the work and activism of Genevieve Fallon Steefel,
a community leader especially in the realm of race relations in the 1940s. Steefel was an
important activist in the landmark Minneapolis Self-Survey, which sought to transform the
racial culture of Minneapolis during the Humphrey mayoral administration. The collection
includes correspondence, notes, clippings, printed materials, reports, speeches, minutes, and
other papers. They illuminate Steefel's work with the American Association of University
Women; American Civil Liberties Union; American Council on Race Relations; Citizens’
League of Minneapolis; Committee for the Resettlement of Japanese-Americans; Council
House for Senior Citizens of Minneapolis; Fair Employment Practices Commission; First
Unitarian Society of Minneapolis; Governor’s Mental Health Commission; Highlander Folk
School, Monteagle, Tenn.; Independent Voters of Minnesota; League of Women Voters;
Mayor’s Council on Human Relations; Minneapolis Family and Children’s Service;
Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Minnesota Conference on Children and Youth; Minnesota
Independent Citizens’ Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions; Minnesota Mental
Hygiene Society; National Council Against Conscription; Radcliffe College Development
Fund; Unitarian Service Committee; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom; and the Zonta Club of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
292.
Golden anniversary, 1924-1974: Phyllis Wheatley Community Center:
50 years of service to the North Side
Type Book
Author Ray Hatcher
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher The Center
Date 1974
Abstract History of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most important African-
American institutions in Minneapolis.
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293.
HOLC "redlining" Map of Minneapolis
Type Map
Date 1930s
Abstract Map from HOLC created in the 1930s shows areas of the city that have been
"redlined" or deemed unworthy of mortgage financing. Corresponds largely to African
American population. From Richard Marciano and the Mapping Inequality project at the
University of Richmond.
294.
Housing Segregation and Religion in Minneapolis
Type Document
Author James Tillman
Date 12-29-31-1959
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A progress report by James Tillman presented at the Council for Christian
Social Action. It discusses the program's goals and how Minneapolis is an ideal laboratory for
testing religious organizations ability to bring about social change.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
295.
Interfaith Fair Housing Program: A Program Proposal
Type Document
Author James Tillman
Date 10-16-1959
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A copy of the Executive Director's first comprehensive recommendations to
the board regarding lines of action to be followed in the community. It was considered a
"working paper"
Archive Hennepin History Museum
296.
Interview with Adina Gibbs
Type Oral history interview
Date 1970
Abstract Interview with Adina Gibbs, lifelong resident of Minneapolis. Gibbs was the
daughter of Ella and John Q. Adams, who was publishers of the Western Appeal. Her uncle
Cyrus Adams was the editor of the Chicago Appeal. In this interview Gibbs discusses famous
African Americans associated with her family, including Willima Trotter (editor of the Boston
Guardian), Booker T. Washington, Roy Wilkins.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
297.
Interview with Jim Craven (in three parts)
Type Oral history interview
Abstract Actor Jim Craven discusses what it was like growing up in an African
American family in the Seward Neighborhood in the mid-twentieth century. His earliest
memories include moving to Minneapolis from New York to live with his grandparents and
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uncles. He discusses race relations and rites of passage in the neighborhood, including the
practice of jumping off the railroad bridge. He describes his paper route and certain
organizations in the area such as Connor’s Market and the Salvation Army. Connor’s mother
worked for Traveler’s Aid as well as the Humphrey and Kennedy campaigns.
Archive Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
298.
Interview with Marvel Cooke
Type Oral history interview
Date 1990
Abstract Interview with Marvel Cooke recorded by Kathleen Currie for the Washington
Press Club Foundation as part of its oral history project women in Journalism. Marvel Cooke
recounts her childhood in Minneapolis, where she grew up in Prospect Park as part of the only
African American family in the neighborhood. When her father built their house, her family
was subjected to harassment from neighbors, who wanted to keep the district all white.
Archive Washington Press Club Foundation
299.
Interview with Rose Williams
Type Oral history interview
Abstract Camille Kudzia interviewed Mrs. Rose Williams in December 1980. Rose
Williams was born in Lonoke, Arkansas in 1914. She and her husband Brunswick, both
Pentecostal ministers, came to Minneapolis in 1945, and moved into Seward at 2019 22nd
Avenue S. in 1952. They later lived at 2015 22nd Ave. S. Brunswick Williams was a minister
at the church “on East 22nd Street and 25th Avenue.” Their home was very close to
Milwaukee Avenue. They were one of the few African-American families living in the
neighborhood. Mrs. Williams describes a number of their neighbors as well as the businesses
in the area. Rev. Williams died in 1971, and Mrs. Williams remained in the house. In later
years she was very active in the original Seward Co-op on Franklin, close to her house.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
300.
Interview with Theatrice "T" Williams, Urban Exdodus Project
Type Oral History Interview
Abstract This interview with Theatrice “T” Williams was conducted by Jeff Norman, oral
historian from California as part of the "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History
Project." Williams’ narrative describes the transformation of the North side of Minneapolis
with the construction of the freeways. This larger project explores the post-World War II
migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb
of Saint Louis Park.
Archive University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper
Midwest Jewish Archives
301.
Jazz in the Twin Cities Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract The Jazz in the Twin Cities Oral History Project documents the lively jazz
scene which has existed in Minneapolis and Saint Paul since the early part of the twentieth
century. The heyday of jazz in Minnesota was perhaps in the twenties and thirties, helped in
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part by Saint Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald's glamorous descriptions of flappers and
speakeasies. These interviews describe important music locales like the Arcade and the
Marigold Ballrooms in Minneapolis. Many walk-a-flight Chinese-American restaurants
offered small combos for dancing, while jazz became the rage at the University of Minnesota.
Although black artists were not welcome as members of the powerful Musicians Union during
this era, the Musician's Rest in Minneapolis offered integrated jam sessions. These interviews
provide a window into popular entertainment, race relations, African American life and the
now-disappeared club world of the city's North side.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
302.
Joined at the hip: a history of jazz in the Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Jay Goetting
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2011
303.
Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity from YWCA Files
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 9 - Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity
Abstract Document that discusses the need for equal employment opportunities for
African Americans, Native Americans and other minority groups and the efforts of the
Committee to make improves in this area. Second document focuses on discrimination in
housing - problems and suggested changes. Also a sheet on the Characteristics of Housing for
Minneapolis 1950.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
304.
Labor, politics, and African American identity in Minneapolis, 1930-50
Type Magazine Article
Author Jennifer A. Delton
Publication Minnesota History
Date 2001
305.
Lena Olive Smith : a Minnesota civil rights pioneer
Type Journal Article
Author Juergens, Ann
Volume 28
Issue 1
Publication William Mitchell Law Review
Date 2001
Abstract Describes career and legacy of pioneering attorney Lena Olive Smith, the first
African-American woman to pass the bar in Minnesota. Smith was president of the
Minneapolis NAACP and a leading advocate for civil rights in Minneapolis during the 1930s
and 1940s. She is best known for representing the Arthur and Edith Lee, an African American
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couple who bought a house in a white neighborhood in South Minneapolis in 1931 and found
themselves besieged by an angry white mob.
306.
Lena Olive Smith: Civil Rights in the 1930s
Type Magazine Article
Author Jackie Sluss
Issue Winter 1995
Pages 28-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1995
Abstract The article discusses the work of Lena Olive Smith, the first African
American woman accepted into the MN Bar Association. It discusses her work on the Lee
Case in 1931 and also explores the Minneapolis African American community during this time
period.
307.
Life in Minneapolis in the 1930s: Nellie Stone Johnson
Type Oral history interview
Date 1983
Abstract Vivien Loken interviewed labor activist Nellie Stone Johnson, one of the most
prominent African American women in the history of Minneapolis.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
308.
Making Minnesota liberal: civil rights and the transformation of the
Democratic Party
Type Book
Author Jennifer A. Delton
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2002
Abstract This critical book considers the role that race played in changing the political
and civic culture of Minnesota in the aftermath of World War II. While Delton's focus is on
the state as a whole, much of her story unfolds in Minneapolis, which was home to the state's
largest African-American community as well as Hubert Humphrey, who uses a passionate
support for civil rights to launch himself into the national political arena.
309.
Mayor's Council on Human Relations from YWCA Files
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Box 9 - Minneapolis YWCA, Mayor's Council on Human Relations:
1943-66
Abstract Various items from the file during Humphrey's years as mayor. Included are
proposed plans for improving human relations, the purpose of the committee, summary of the
findings and recommendations of the self-survey and efforts to improve relations through
bowling.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
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310.
Migration, community, and exodus: the relationship of Jews and
Blacks in North Minneapolis in the 1950s-1960s
Type Senior Thesis
Author Sarah Brammer-Shlay
Date 2012
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
311.
Minneapolis Community Self-Survey of Human Relations
Type Report
Place Minneapolis
Date 1947-48
Abstract Massive study of race relations in Minneapolis undertaken by a group of
sociologists from Fisk University in the 1940s.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives (city planning records, box 2); Minnesota
Historical Society (Jewish Community Relations Council Collection).
312.
Minneapolis Human Relations Commission - Employment Survey 1965
Type Document
Date 1965
Loc. in Archive Naftalin Files - Human Relations Files 1965 & 1966
Abstract These files include minutes and survey results from an Employment Survey
done of various Minneapolis employers regarding employing African Americans.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
313.
Minneapolis Human Relations Commission - Reverse Freedom Riders
Letter
Type Document
Author Arthur Naftalin
Date 12-12-1962
Loc. in Archive Naftalin Files - Human Relations Files
Abstract Letter to Human Relations Commission regarding potential of reverse
freedom riders coming to Minneapolis over the Christmas holiday
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
314.
Minneapolis Human Relations Commission - School Desegregation
1966
Type Document
Date 2/11/1966
Loc. in Archive Naftalin Files - Human Relations Files 1965 & 1966
Abstract This folder includes letters from the Commission calling for Minneapolis
Public Schools to implement a desegregation policy.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
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315.
Minneapolis Human Relations Commission Meeting Minutes 1964
Type Document
Date 1964
Loc. in Archive Naftalin Files - Human Relations Files 1964
Abstract These files contains various meeting minutes that discuss minority housing,
employment, Native American population in Mpls, education and how to handle human
relation complaints.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
316.
Minneapolis Public School Desegregation Correspondence on Busing-
Pairing 1966-1969
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 2
Abstract This collection includes various letters from Mpls citizens and organizations
who support or oppose busing and pairing in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
317.
Minneapolis Public School Desegregation Correspondence on Busing-
Pairing 1971-1981
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 2
Abstract This collection includes various letters from Mpls citizens and organizations
who support or oppose busing and pairing in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
318.
Minneapolis Public School Desegregation Correspondence on Busing-
Vouchers
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 2
Abstract This collection includes correspondence on school desegregation.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
319.
Minneapolis Public School Desegregation Correspondence on
Busing/Pairing 1970
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 2
Abstract This collection includes various letters from Mpls citizens and organizations
who support or oppose busing and pairing in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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320.
Minneapolis Public School Desegregation Correspondence on Pairing
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 2
Abstract This collection includes various letters from Mpls citizens and organizations
who support or oppose pairing in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
321.
Minneapolis School Desegregation - 1966
Type Document
Date 1966
Loc. in Archive B149 (Box 1) 88.65
Abstract Various items from Minneapolis School Board regarding implementation of
desegregation in the Minneapolis district.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
322.
Minneapolis School Desegregation - Newspaper Articles
Type Newspaper Article
Publication Kaleidoscope and The Northwest Industrial News
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 1
Abstract Two different newspaper clippings. Kaleidoscope was a student newspaper
and the clipping touches on race relations in school. The Northwest Industrial News was
newspaper strongly opposed to desegregation.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
323.
Minneapolis School Desegregation - Various Documents from Public
Schools
Type Document
Date 1968, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 1
Abstract Various items from the Minneapolis Public School regarding desegregation,
some are recommending it and others opposed to it. Proposed Human Relations guidelines are
included. Also are included are some conflicts between white and African American students
at the high schools.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
324.
Minneapolis/Minnesota Messenger
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1921-1924
Archive MNHS Newspapers
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325.
Minnesota Black, Minnesota blue
Type Book Section
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author T. Kyle
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Describes life as a young black migrant to Minneapolis in the 1940s, when the
city was seen nationally as a racial utopia. Captures the uneven nature of racism in
Minneapolis, where she was simultaneously welcome and also subject to racist slurs.
Book Title Growing up in Minnesota: ten writers remember their childhoods
326.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Type Archival Collection
Author Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Abstract Material related to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, with
reference to Minneapolis. Includes annual/biennial reports, minutes, commissioner’s
correspondence, topical background and subject files, news clippings, and published records
and reports documenting the main administrative activities and duties of the department.
Included are records of the commission’s predecessors, the Governor’s Interracial
Commission, Governor’s Human Rights Commission, Fair Employment Practices
Commission, and State Commission Against Discrimination.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
327.
Minnesota's long road to black suffrage, 1849-1868
Type Magazine Article
Author William D. Green
Publication Minnesota History
Date Summer, 1998
Abstract History of African-American enfranchisement in Minnesota.
328.
Minority housing in Minneapolis, 1966
Type Report
Author City of Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis
Date 1966
Institution City of Minneapolis
Abstract Describes challenges for African Americans who are seeking housing in
Minneapolis. Includes examples of documented housing discrimination.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
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329.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Collection, Minnesota Branch
Type Archival Collection
Author NAACP
Abstract Documents the fight for civil rights in Minnesota
Archive Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division
330.
National Register Application for Lena Olive Smith House
Type Report
Date August 15, 1991
Report Type National Register Application
Abstract Gives biographical information about Lena Olive Smith and describes the
historical significance of her home in Minneapolis.
331.
Negro Crime in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Boie, Maurine
Volume VI
Pages 171-173
Publication Opportunity
Date June, 1928
Abstract Analysis of the types of criminal charges brought against African Americans
in Minneapolis in the 1920s.
332.
Nellie Stone Johnson: the life of an activist
Type Book
Author Nellie Stone Johnson
Author David Brauer
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Ruminator Books
Date 2000
Abstract Biography of Nellie Stone Johnson, legendary Minneapolis activist. Stone was
known for her work in the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the Democratic
Farmer Labor Party. She was the first African American to win elected office in Minneapolis.
333.
News item
Type Magazine Article
Pages p.6
Publication Timely Digest
Date May, 1932
Abstract Article describing a ten-day period of interracial goodwill and study
conducted in Minneapolis. One high point was the exchange of white and African American
ministers in the city.
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334.
News item
Type Magazine Article
Pages 11
Publication Timely Digest
Date June, 1931
Abstract Profile of Lena Smith, head of the NAACP and attorney in Minneapolis.
335.
News item
Type Magazine Article
Pages p.21
Publication Timely Digest
Date April, 1931
Abstract Article on J.A. Turner, owner of a barbecue shop in Minneapolis.
336.
News item
Type Magazine Article
Volume XXXVII
Pages p.25
Publication The Crisis
Date December, 1930
Abstract An article that describes how two African American women were refused
service at a Minneapolis department store and then received court awards under the civil rights
laws of the state.
337.
Northwestern Vine
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1902-1903
Archive MNHS Newspapers
338.
Not by prayer alone; a report on the Greater Minneapolis Interfaith
Fair Housing Program
Type Book
Author James A. Tillman
Place Philadelphia
Publisher United Church Press
Date 1964
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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339.
Oral history interview with Anthony Brutus Cassius as part of the
Minnesota Artists Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Date 1981
Abstract Thomas O’Sullivan conducted this 1981 oral history interview with Anthony
Cassius, civil rights leader in Minneapolis as part of the Artists’ Oral History Project. This is
one of several interviews with Cassius in the collections of the MHS. Interview that is part of
the Twentieth Century radicalism is more detailed and pertinent to the history of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
340.
Organizational records
Type Archival Collection
Author Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
Abstract The records document the history of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most
important African American institutions in Minneapolis. They contain information on the
history, purposes, management, funding, and facilities of the settlement house, its programs,
including camping, interracial vacation visits, boxing, and other activities; its social services
and those of other Minneapolis settlement houses; human rights, including the Governor’s
Human Rights Commission and the Governor’s Interracial Commission; Black, migrant, and
Indian workers; public housing; state legislation, particularly relating to welfare; community
needs, planning, and redevelopment; juvenile delinquency; rationing during World War II; and
cancellation (1950) of a speech by Eslanda Goode Robeson (Mrs. Paul) on conditions in
communist China. Included also are data on the National Federation of Settlements, the
Minneapolis Federation of Settlements, the Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies, the
National Urban League and its branches in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Council of Negro
Organizations, and several social workers’ organizations. Correspondence, clippings, minutes,
reports, financial records, and other materials relating to a social service organization
established in 1923 to serve the African American population of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
341.
Organizational records
Type Archival Collection for the Minneapolis Urban League
Abstract Correspondence and subject files, director’s minutes (1967-1987), clippings,
press releases, studies and reports, position papers, financial information, speeches, some
oversize posters, and other records of a nonprofit human service and advocacy organization for
low-and moderate-income African Americans and other minorities. The collection documents
internal operations of the organization, League work in distressed Minneapolis neighborhoods,
and the activities of executive director Gleason Glover. The Minneapolis Urban League is an
affiliate of the National Urban League. There is information about the organization’s history;
League programs focused on education, health, employment, juvenile delinquency, and
community organization; the Minneapolis Model City Program; the University of Minnesota
Afro-American Studies Department; Zion Baptist Church; and a host of racial, economic, and
other problems and challenges facing the League’s constituency. Correspondents include
League officers, staff members, and board members; the National Urban League; city, county,
state, and school district officials; the news media; the United Way; and other African
American organizations in Minnesota.
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Archive Minnesota Historical Society
342.
Our Gathering Places Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract Mary Murphy-Gnatz did these interviews to obtain background material for an
exhibit at the Minnesota History Center about the African-American community in Minnesota.
They were used to prepare curriculum materials for fourth graders. The interviews primarily
focus on neighborhood activities, barbershops and beauty shops, although several musicians.
Interview with Nellie Stone Johnson is relevant to the history of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
343.
Overcoming: the autobiography of W. Harry Davis
Type Book
Author W. Harry Davis
Contributor Lori Sturdevant
Place Afton, Minn
Publisher Afton Historical Society Press
Date 2002
Abstract Harry Davis's autobiography provides an invaluable portrait of Minneapolis in
some of its most tumultuous decades. He describes growing up on the North Side of
Minneapolis, in a part of the city he called a "Hellhole." His memories of that neighborhood
are detailed and unflinching. He came out of that environment to become an important figure
in Minneapolis politics. After becoming known as a leader in civil rights, he ended up serving
on the Minneapolis school board, where he shepherding the district through its contentious
desegregation effort in the 1970s. He was the first African American candidate for mayor, a
bid that brought him death threats.
344.
Phyllis Wheatley House, Vertical Files
Type Archival Collection
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
Abstract Collection of clippings and other material related to the Phyllis Wheatley
Settlement house on the North Side of Minneapolis. Phyllis Wheatley House is one of the
most important African-American institutions in Minneapolis.
345.
Phyllis Wheatley House: A History of the Minneapolis Black
Settlement House, 1924 to 1940
Type Journal Article
Author Howard Jacob Karger
Volume 47
Issue 1
Pages 79-90
Publication Phylon
Date 1986
85
Abstract History of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most important African-
American institutions in Minneapolis.
346.
Pioneering Black Politicians and Public Officials in Hennepin County
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 2004
Pages 30-33
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2004
Abstract The articles gives a brief biography of key African American politicians and
public officials in Minneapolis. Included are Sharon Sayles Belton, John Wheaton, Fredrick L.
McGhee, Mayme Donovan and Pamela G. Alexander.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
347.
Plymouth Avenue, 1966-1967: Minneapolis' experience with the racial
violence & riots of the sixties
Type Seminar paper, Augsburg College
Author Ruth M. Futcher
Date 1980
Abstract Description of the urban unrest on the north side of Minneapolis in the late
1960s.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
348.
Program records
Type Archival Collection
Author Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program
Contributor James A. Tillman
Contributor Louise Walker McCannel
Abstract The files are largely those of chairman Louise McCannel, and executive
director James A. Tillman, including drafts of his book, "Not By Prayer Alone" (Philadelphia,
1964). Other files include records of the Minneapolis Human Relations Task Force (1960-
1964), surveys and questionnaires relating to housing in Minneapolis (1960-1964), and
correspondence and printed materials documenting the contracted work of Morris Milgram’s
Modern Community Developers, Inc. (N.J.) and related organizations. Correspondence (1948-
1989), minutes (1950-1965), corporate and financial records (1959-1966), newspaper
clippings, magazine articles, and subject files (1948-1989), and a map [1961-1962]
documenting the activities of a nonprofit association organized in 1959 to encourage the
support of religious groups in promoting desegregated housing in the city of Minneapolis, and
largely funded by the Christian Council for Social Action of the United Church of Christ. It
was dissolved in 1965.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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349.
Protestant Fair Housing Institute - Minneapolis Interfaith Fair
Housing
Type Document
Date 9-1-1961, 9-26-1961, 10-3-1961
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract Various documents from the Protestant Fair Housing Institute held at
Augsburg College on September 19, September 26 and October 3, 1961. Includes speeches on
the need for fair housing and the status and opinions of other dominations.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
350.
Race relations in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Governor's Interracial Commission
Place St. Paul
Date 1948
Abstract A series of reports [March 10, 1945-August 15, 1948] to the Governor on
racial and religious climate in the state. The reports are titled: The Negro worker.--The Negro
and his home.--The Indian.--The Mexican.
351.
Race segregation in the public schools: Jim Crow at the judgment seat
Type Journal Article
Author Edward F. Waite
Volume 38
Issue 6
Publication Minnesota law review
Date May, 1954
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
352.
Racial integration in corporate America, 1940-1990
Type Book
Author Jennifer A. Delton
Place Cambridge ; New York
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Date 2009
Abstract This book describes the efforts of the business community across the country
to improve race relations. Delton pays special attention to the business community in
Minneapolis, especially the efforts of William C. Norris and Control Data to provide jobs in
North Minneapolis during the 1960s.
353.
Records of the Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Type Archival Collection
Author Woman's Christian Association
Date 1866-1982
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Abstract Organization records of the oldest--and most influential-- women's reform
organization in Minneapolis. This group was established in the earliest years of the city to aid
women and children and continued to be active over the next century. It established and
maintained a series of residences for unmarried working women; it created the Jones-Harrison
House for older women; and it raised the funds to open the Phyllis Wheatley House, which
became an important institution in the African-American community. From 1921 to 1946, the
group also ran Janette Merrill Park (1921-1946) which provided country vacations for working
women.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
354.
Relations between Norwegian Americans and Jewish Americans in
North Minneapolis from the 1920s to the 1950s
Type Thesis
Author Nina Sandström Angelsen
Date 2005
University Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
355.
Research files on women at the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House
Type Archival Collection
Author Connee L. Chivers
Abstract Material illuminating the history of the Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the
most important institutions of the African American community in Minneapolis. This
collection was created by Connee Chivers, a Minneapolis woman who was conducting
research on African American women involved with the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in
Minneapolis. The research was intended to be included in a book entitled, Women at Phyllis
Wheatley 1924-1970, however, the book was never completed. Includes a book proposal
describing the book’s content, sources, and significant objectives; Chivers’ research notes;
photocopied source material consisting of correspondence, reports, research papers, and
newsletters related primarily to the institution’s administrative history (1925-1946, 1964-
1970); audio cassettes and notes documenting interviews Chivers conducted with seven
women who were program participants or staff workers (undated and 1990-1992); and
photographs (mostly copies) of individuals, activities, and buildings related to the Settlement
House (1930s-1950s).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
356.
Sharon Sayles Belton subject files
Type Archival Collection
Contributor Sharon Sayles Belton
Abstract Material documenting the public service of Sharon Sayles Belton while she
was a member of the Minneapolis City Council (1983-1994) and mayor (1994-2004). Sayles
Belton was the first African American mayor in the history of the city. She was well-known as
a feminist and supporter of gay liberation. This material includes correspondence, press
statements, budget addresses, state of the city speeches, and related materials.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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357.
Scrapbook of photographs. North side redevelopment in the 1930s
Type Photo collection, scrapbook
Author City Planning Department
Place North side, Minneapolis
Date 1930s
Abstract Compilation of hundreds of black and white photographs of North side
neighborhoods in the 1930s. Meant to document urban blight before demolition and
redevelopment. Unique set of sources to reconstruct a neighborhood of the city that has been
lost to history.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
358.
Segregation and the Minneapolis Public Schools: an overview with
recommendations for its arrest and reversal: a general position
statement presented to the Michigan State University Survey Team
Type Book
Author Human Relations Task Force Minneapolis
Author State University Survey Team Michigan
Place Minneapolis
Publisher The Task Force
Date 1962
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
359.
Seward Neighborhood: James Clardy oral history
Type Oral history interview
Date 1970s
Abstract This interview with James Clardy illuminates life for an African American in
the Seward neighborhood from the 1920s to 1956, when he moved to the suburbs. James
Clardy was born August 24, 1919 at 2437 27th Avenue south in the present location of what is
now Matthews Park.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
360.
Smoke on Plymouth Avenue
Type Magazine Article
Author Willard A Hutt
Issue Summer 1992
Pages 25-29
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article discusses the Pilot City project that evolved out the national racial
tensions in the 1960s. The article focuses on Minneapolis racial tensions and the efforts of the
Pilot City program.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
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361.
Snelling Avenue, Minneapolis: History on the History of the African
American Community
Type Report
Author Hennepin County Community Works
Author Carole Zellie
Place Minneapolis
Date 2009
Abstract Describes history of the African American community in South Minneapolis
around Snelling Avenue. Employs city directories, census records and building permits to
reconstruct neighborhood, which was dominated by employees of the railroad. Details growth
of this community after 1900. Includes mention of neighborhood objections in 1907 to African
American firefighters.
362.
Social adjustment to extended periods of Negro residence in
predominately white neighborhoods.
Type Thesis
Author Frank J Atelsek
Place Minneapolis
Date 1951
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This thesis illuminates the effects of residential segregation.
363.
Social saga of two cities; an ecological and statistical study of social
trends in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Calvin F. Schmid
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Bureau of social research, the Minneapolis council of social agencies
Date 1937
Abstract A demographic opus conceived in the style of the Chicago school of social
survey, the "Social Saga" was published in 1937 with the support of the Minneapolis Council
of Social Agencies. The author was demographer Calvin Schmid, who sought to illuminate the
urban landscape of the Twin Cities during the Great Depression. Modern Minneapolitans often
mistake his maps for official city planning document. Schmid’s maps did not designate
sections of the city for different groups. His cartography was descriptive, an early effort at
what we now call data visualization. He recorded– with offensive labels and pejorative terms–
the residential segregation already in place. An invaluable source for understanding race
relations in Minneapolis during the 1920s and 1930s.
364.
Some Facets of Housing Segregation in Minneapolis
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A brief overview of the housing segregation problem in Minneapolis, the cost
to the community and suggestions for changes.
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Archive Hennepin History Museum
365.
Spokesman for the community: Cecil Newman and his legacy of
African American journalism
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Fall 2010
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2010
Abstract The article examines the life of Cecil Newman, founder and publisher of the
Minneapolis Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder. The article discusses his impact on the African
American community in Minneapolis.
366.
St. Paul Echo
Type African-American Newspaper
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 1925-1927
Archive MNHS Newspapers
367.
Status report on the fourteen recommendations of April 5, 1968, from
the Black community
Type Report
Author Urban Coalition of Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis
Date 1969
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
368.
Sumner Field Homes: Public Housing in Minnesota before World War
II
Type Magazine Article
Author Jeffrey A. Hess
Issue Winter 1993
Pages 26-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1993
Abstract The article focuses on the development of Sumner Field Homes and the
challenges of building government subsidized housing before WWII.
369.
Sumner Field Housing Project Collection
Type Archival Collection
Date 1936-1945
91
Abstract The first government built and operated housing development in Minneapolis
was Sumner Field. It was built in 1938. It consisted of 44 two story row houses. It was a
government effort to clear slums, address a housing shortage and create construction jobs
during the Great Depression. Private landlords opposed it. Sumner Field was the oldest, largest
and second of four housing complexes demolished under the settlement of a lawsuit (1995
Hollman settlement) alleging that public agencies discriminated by concentrating minorities in
inner-city public housing. Sumner Field was razed in 1998. It was replaced by the Heritage
Park Housing Development in 2008. Heritage Park is roughly bounded by Lyndale, Emerson,
Third and 10th Avenues North. The early residents of Sumner Field were predominately
Jewish along with some African-Americans. African-Americans and Southeast Asians made
up the majority of residents immediately before Sumner Field was razed. Sumner's most
famous residents were the musician Prince Rodger Nelson and Richard Green who at one time
led the Minneapolis and New York school systems.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
370.
Ten years a neighbor: Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, 1924-1934
Type Book
Author Phyllis Wheatley House
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1934
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract History of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most important African-
American institutions in Minneapolis.
371.
The 20th Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract This collection of interviews documents the role of left-wing radicalism in
shaping Minnesota's political culture. Radicals who were active in the decades up to 1960
were interviewed, including men and women, members of various left-wing political parties
and unaffiliated activists, artists, organizers and WPA workers. The bulk of this collection was
generated between 1986 and 1989 as part of the Radicalism Project at the Minnesota Historical
Society, under project director Carl Ross. Twenty-two of these interviews are particularly
relevant to the history of Minneapolis. Taken as a whole, these interviews provide a rich view
of labor activism; race relations; social conditions in the 1930s; radical politics; anti-
communism and anti-Semitism. They are most detailed for the 1930s and 1940s. They are
particularly valuable for their descriptions of the 1934 Truckers' Strike as well as the early
civil rights movement in the city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
372.
The Appeal
Type African-American Newspaper
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 1889-19??
Archive MNHS Newspapers Online
92
373.
The Black Community in Territorial St. Anthony: A Memoir
Type Magazine Article
Author Emily O. Goodridge, Harpole, Patricia C Grey
Volume 49
Issue 2
Pages 42-53
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1984
Abstract This is the reminiscence of Emily Goodridge Grey, one of the first African
American settlers in St. Anthony. Her memoir became a part of the collection of the
Minnesota Historical Society in 1983, when Dr. Adelaide Cromwell Gulliver of Boston
University brought it to their attention. Married to a man who became a successful tradesman
in Minneapolis, Grey had grown up as part of a family of abolitionists in York, Pennsylvania.
Her young family came west in 1857 looking for new opportunity, which they found in the
first years of the small community on the banks of the Mississippi River.
374.
The Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
Type Magazine Article
Author Burt Berlowe
Pages 18-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1988
Abstract The articles provides a historical overview of the Cedar-Riverside
Neighborhood. It highlights some key landmarks in the neighborhood, including Dania Hall,
where immigrants and other in the neighborhood gathered.
375.
The Evolution of the Pillsbury Settlement House and the Creation of
the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House: A Company study
Type Manuscript
Author Lyn Osgood
Abstract Academic paper from ca. 1936 that gives history of the Phyllis Wheatley
house. Includes a bibliography.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
376.
The Ghetto
Type Magazine Article
Publication The Crisis
Date 1913
Abstract Describes how white neighbors were trying to buy out an African American
man who moved to 18th Avenue.
377.
The grace of silence
Type Book
93
Author Michele Norris
Place New York
Publisher Pantheon Books
Date 2010
Abstract Autobiography of journalist Michele Norris, whose parents integrated a previously
all-white neighborhood near Minnehaha Creek during the 1960s. Her childhood home was
only a few blocks from the Lee family home, which was the site of one of the city’s ugliest
racial episodes.
378.
The heart of Bassett Place : W. Gertrude Brown and the Wheatley
House
Type Film
Director Mick Caouette
Date 1999
Abstract The story of the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, 808 Bassett Place,
Minneapolis. Under the dynamic leadership of W. Gertrude Brown, it became the social and
political center for the city's African American community. Includes interviews with former
employees and visitors to the house: W. Harry Davis, Jack Hyatt, Marian McElroy, Lawrence
Brown, and Dorothy McFarland; and Clarke Chambers, historian.
379.
The Independent Development of Civil Rights in Minnesota: 1849-1910
Type Journal Article
Author Kevin Golden
Volume 17
Issue 2
Publication William Mitchell Law Review
Date Spring 1991
380.
The jazz community the sociology of a musical sub-culture
Type Dissertation, University of Mimnnesota
Author Robert A Stebbins
Date 1964
Abstract Sociological study of jazz musicians in Minneapolis in the 1960s. It advances
various academic theories about the status of jazz musicians but it also describes the music
venues and street culture of the near North Side of Minneapolis in the 1950s before
widespread urban renewal.
381.
The Ku Klux Klan in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Dorsey Hatle
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher The History Press
Date 2013
Abstract Describes the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Minnesota.
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382.
The Minneapolis Black community, 1863-1926
Type Thesis
Author Thomas E. Reinhart
Place Collegeville, Minn.
Date 1970
University St. John's University
Abstract An early history of the African American community in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
383.
The Minnesota Black History Project Oral histories
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract David Taylor conducted these interviews in the early 1970s to document
African American life in Minnesota. Five of these interviews are relevant to the history of
Minneapolis: Florence H. Daniels, Adina A. Gibbs, Nellie S. Johnson, Ethel R. Nance, Zorra
Thomas.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
384.
The National Advocate
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1917-1923
Archive MNHS Newspapers
385.
The nature and basis of civil disorders-- in Minneapolis: student
reports from Social Work 104 & 105, University of Minnesota, July
1968
Type Thesis
Author University of Minnesota Social Work students, 104 and 105
Place Minneapolis
Date 1968
University University of Minnesota
Abstract In 1968, a group of social work students from the University of Minnesota
examined the roots of civil unrest in north Minneapolis. They wrote papers on welfare and
consumer practices; housing; unemployment and underemployment; police and governmental
relations; and white attitudes and racism.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
386.
The Negro as Neighbor
Type Document
Abstract Pamphlet from the state of Minnesota that urges white residents to accept
African Americans as neighbors.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
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387.
The Negro in Minnesota.
Type Book
Author Spangler, Earl
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher T.S. Denison
Date 1961
Abstract Classic survey of African American history in Minnesota, with some attention
to Minneapolis.
388.
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Type Book
Author Victor H. Green
Date 1949
Abstract This volume was a guide for African American travelers that detailed where
they could find food and accommodations on the road in the United States. Includes an entry
for Minneapolis that indicated where black travelers could expect to be welcomed.
Archive Henry Ford Collection
389.
The negro population in Minneapolis; a study of race relations
Type Book
Author Abram Lincoln Harris; Elmer Anderson Carter
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Urban League and Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House
Date 1926
Abstract One of the first studies of African Americans in Minneapolis. This study grew
out of sharpening community anxieties during the 1920s, when white Minneapolitans believed
that the city's growing African American community was increasing crime and prostitution.
Harris completed his study with the assistance of the Urban League and the Phyllis Wheatley
House, which had been established in the 1920s to address the needs of these new migrants to
the city.
390.
The Negro World
Type African-American Newspaper
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 1899-1900
Archive MNHS Newspapers
391.
The Negro: Bias in Our Back Yard?
Type Newspaper Article
Author Beverly Mindrum
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publication The Minneapolis Star
Date October 28-November 5, 1963
96
Abstract Eight articles on African Americans in Hennepin County.
392.
The Northwest Bulletin
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis
Date 1922-1925
Archive MNHS Newspapers
393.
The Northwest Monitor
Type African-American Newspaper
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 1930-1931
Archive MNHS Newspapers
394.
The Pastor's Action Group of Greater Minneapolis - Greater
Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A statement from the Pastor's Action Group, which talks about the housing
problem and a brief history around the problem, the need for housing legislation and a
statement supporting the legislation.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
395.
The Path of Duty as They Saw It
Type Document
Author James Tillman
Date 1960
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A comprehensive case history which illustrates in a practical way the methods
which the Program uses in translating its concerns into action programs to achieve housing
desegregation at the neighborhood level. The paper discusses Morningside and lessons learned
from it.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
396.
The politics of equality: Hubert H. Humphrey and the African
American freedom struggle
Type Book
Author Timothy Nels Thurber
Series Columbia studies in contemporary American history
Place New York
Publisher Columbia University Press
Date 1999
97
Abstract This biography of Hubert Humphrey has several chapters that describe
Minneapolis in the 1940s. It illuminates how the city's racial conflicts shaped his early
political career and how his commitment to civil rights helped to launch Humphrey into
national politics.
397.
The Shingle Creek African-American community, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Author Hennepin Community Works
Publisher Landscape Research
Date 2000
Archive Hennepin History Museum
398.
The summer Christmas came to Minnesota: the case of Eliza Winston,
a slave
Type Journal Article
Author William D. Green
Volume VIII
Issue 1
Publication Law & inequality: a journal of theory and practice,
Date 1989
Abstract This article tells the dramatic story of Eliza Winston, who escaped slavery
with the help of the free black community in St. Anthony in 1860.
Short Title The summer Christmas came to Minnesota
399.
The Twin City Guardian
Type African-American Newspaper
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 1919-1920
Archive MNHS Newspapers
400.
The Twin City Herald
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1927-1940
Archive MNHS Newspapers
401.
The Twin City Leader
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1940-1941
Archive MNHS Newspapers
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402.
The Twin City Star
Type African-American Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1910-1919
Archive MNHS Newspapers
403.
The Workers of St. Anthony Falls: As Pictured in the Manuscript
Censuses of 1895, 1900, and 1910
Type Magazine Article
Author Tasslyn Frame
Issue Winter 1994
Pages 22-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1994
Abstract The article looks at the censuses data to determine who was working and
living in various areas around St. Anthony falls. It explores how the neighborhoods varied in
diversity, class and occupations. It looks at the challenges faced by African American, both
men and women.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
404.
They chose Minnesota: a survey of the state's ethnic groups
Type Book
Editor June Drenning Holmquist
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1981
Abstract Research from the 1970s provides the basis for this encyclopedic survey of
migration to Minnesota, which uses 32 entries to examine the trajectory of different ethnic
groups as they integrated into the broader community in the state. The focus is statewide. But
several entries provide important information about Minneapolis: "The Blacks"; "The Jews":
"Old Stock Americans"; "The Irish"; "The Norwegians"; "The Swedes'; "The Danes"; "The
Slovaks'; "East Slavs"; "The Hungarians"; "The Greeks'; "The Romanians"; "The Chinese";
"The Japanese".
405.
To secure these rights
Type Report
Author James A. Tillman
Author Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program Greater
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1963
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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406.
Towards An Effective Minnesota Policy Against Discrimination
Type Document
Author James Tillman
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A paper that discusses a state wide policy for housing equality. The paper
discusses Native Americans and African Americans. It suggests some legislation to address
the problem. It also talks about fair employment legislation.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
407.
Travelers Aid of Minneapolis Collection
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis - Box 2 and Box 3
Abstract Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis - various documents from the files. Box
2 document contains Board of Director meeting minutes from the 1940s where the Urban
League is requesting that race not be mentioned when finding hotels for African American
travelers. Box 3 documents contain speeches from 1910s about "Girls Adrift" and annual
statistics from 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925 and 1926.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
408.
Twin Cities African American community
Author Charles Chamblis
Date 1970s
Abstract Collections of photographs taken by Chamblis, a professional photographer
working in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He photographed events in the Black
community, families, the nightclub scene, musicians, fashion models, weddings, and
landscape views, mainly in Minneapolis (including downtown views and parks).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
409.
Urban Coalition of Minneapolis statement of action
Type Book
Author Coalition of Minneapolis Urban
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher The Coalition
Date 1966
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
410.
Van F. White papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Van F. White
Author Northside Residents Redevelopment Council
Author Willard Homewood Organization
Abstract This collection documents the political career of Van Freeman White, a North
Minneapolis activist who became the first African American member of the Minneapolis City
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Council. It includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, campaign materials,
awards and memorabilia. The collection primarily documents White’s activities as founder of
the Willard Homewood Organization, a group promoting rehabilitation of the north
Minneapolis neighborhood, and as the first African American member of the Minneapolis City
Council, representing the 5th Ward.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
411.
W. Gertrude Brown's struggle for racial justice female leadership and
community in Black Minneapolis, 1920-1940
Type Dissertation
Author Michiko Hase
Date 1994
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation describes the leadership and legacy of W. Gertrude Brown,
who was instrumental in establishing the Phyllis Wheatley settlement house in North
Minneapolis. After its founding in the 1920s, Phyllis Wheatley became one of the most
important institutions of the African American community in Minneapolis. After thirteen years
as a formidable community leader, Gertrude Brown was forced to leave her position in the
1930s, a departure that illuminated the fissures in the community, where strong female leaders
faced tremendous gender and racial bias.
412.
Who's who in colored America
Type Book
Date 1927, 1950
Abstract Short biographies of African Americans across the country. Includes several
entries for residents from Minneapolis.
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History of Minneapolis Jewish Community
413.
A journey for our times: a memoir
Type Book
Author Harrison E. Salisbury
Place New York
Publisher Harper & Row
Date 1983
Abstract This autobiography by an award-winning journalist describes his early years
in Minneapolis during the 1920s and 1930s, when he was growing up on the Near North Side.
Salisbury includes vivid descriptions of Sumner Library, Sumner School, North High School
and Oak Lake Park, his childhood neighborhood that no longer exists. This work is also
valuable for his analysis of the social, political and economic atmosphere in Minneapolis
during these decades.
414.
Alias Kid Cann
Type Magazine Article
Author Paul Maccabee
Volume 19
Issue 11
Publication Minneapolis St. Paul
Date November 1991
Abstract Biography of notorious gangster Kid Cann also shows long history of
municipal corruption and anti-Semitism in Minneapolis.
415.
An echo in my blood: the search for a family's hidden past
Type Book
Author Alan Weisman
Place New York
Publisher Harcourt Brace
Date 1999
Abstract An autobiography that describes Jewish community of the North side of
Minneapolis between World War I and the 1950s.
416.
An historical overview of anti-Semitism in Minnesota, 1920-1960--with
particular emphasis on Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Dissertation, University of Minnesota
Author Michael Gerald Rapp
Date 1977
Abstract Details anti-Semitism in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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417.
Anti-Semitism
Type Magazine Article
Author Hyman Berman
Issue 46
Pages 31-36
Publication North Country Anvil
Date Winter 1983-1984
Abstract Describes anti-Semitism in Minnesota in the 1930s.
418.
Arthur Naftalin interviews Ed Schwartz
Type Oral History Interview
Date July 11, 1978
Loc. in Archive Hubert Humphrey Oral History Project
Abstract Arthur Naftalin interviewed Ed Schwartz as part of the Hubert H.
Humphrey Oral History Project, which was funded by the Humphrey Institute of Public
Affairs at the University of Minnesota to record the memories and thoughts of major figures in
the long career of Hubert Humphrey. Most of the interviews in this project were done by
Arthur Naftalin, an early Humphrey aide, mayor of Minneapolis and professor of public affairs
at the Humphrey Institute. Edward Schwartz worked as a newspaper reporter, weekly
newspaper publisher, and has run a printing business. He met Hubert Humphrey in 1944
through mutual friends Freddie and Eddie Gates and printed campaign literature for
Humphrey. In this interview he discusses his early background and his first meeting
Humphrey and his work as the printer for Humphrey campaigns. He also describes the
downtown Minneapolis business community's response to Humphrey as mayor; Freddie and
Eddie Gates; Humphrey's sensitivity to Jewish people; Humphrey's impact and
accomplishments as mayor of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
419.
Building community, building bridges: Jewish American women's
organizations in Minneapolis, 1945-1975
Type Dissertation, University of Minnesota
Author Linda Mack Schloff
Date 1998
420.
Community survey of social and health work in Minneapolis: agency
report
Type Report
Author Chests and Councils, Inc Community
Author Council of Social Agencies Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1938
Abstract Unmarried mothers -- Health and organized care of the sick -- Jewish Family
Welfare Association -- Pillsbury Settlement House -- Study of ten Minneapolis settlements --
Public relations -- Camps -- Animal Rescue League -- Care of the aged.
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Archive Minnesota Historical Society
421.
Cornerstones : a history of North Minneapolis
Type Film
Director Daniel Bergin, Twin Cities Public Television
Contributor University of Minnesota, Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Date 2011
Abstract This documentary explores the diverse past of North Minneapolis through the
stories of historic Plymouth Avenue, Sumner Branch library, houses of worship, Sumner Field
area. It seeks to shed new light on what producers call Minnesota's least understood
neighborhood.
422.
Records of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota
Type Archival Collection
Author Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota
Abstract Clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence relating to the
investigative activities of this organization created in the 1930s to publicly protest anti-Semitic
activity in Minnesota and the United States. Largely organized as subject files (1922-1967),
they document organizations, individuals, and publications expressing conservative political,
religious, and racial views, as well as a few representing communist organizations. There are
also background and reference files on Judaism, Jewish history and culture, and the American
Jewish experience; and correspondence, clippings, and other papers relating to Samuel
Scheiner's work as the council's executive director (1939-1974).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
423.
Fanny F. Brin papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Fanny Fligelman Brin
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, minutes, news releases,
scrapbooks, printed materials, and related papers documenting Brin’s involvement in social
and political movements of the 1920s and 1930s. She was especially active in the National
Council of Jewish Women, of which she was president (1932-1937); the National Committee
on the Cause and Cure of War; women’s organizations; and Jewish welfare and refugee groups
in which her husband Arthur was also a leader. There is considerable material on Jewish
refugee programs, Palestine, Zionism, and anti-Semitism, as well as on her work in antiwar
groups, her opposition to compulsory military training, and her support of United States
membership in the World Court and the United Nations, disarmament, and the participation of
women in public affairs.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
424.
From Ghettos to Neighborhoods: Jewish Immigration in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Rhoda Lewin
Pages 13-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
104
Date Winter 1992
Abstract The article provides an in-depth look at Jewish immigrants in Minneapolis. It
explores how Jewish neighborhoods developed, the anti-Semitism faced in various aspects of
life.
425.
From Havana to Minneapolis: the journey of a Cuban-Jewish girl
Type Book
Author Rachelle L. Lisoqurski
Place Baltimore
Publisher Publish America
Date 2008
426.
Gender, ethnicity and space: Jews in Minneapolis and St. Paul, 1900-
1930
Type Dissertation
Author Elizabeth Ann Lorenz-Meyer
University University of Minnesota
Date 2006
427.
"Gentiles Preferred" - Minneapolis Jews and Employment 1920-1950
Type Magazine Article
Author Laura E. Weber
Volume 52
Issue 5
Pages 166-182
Publication Minnesota History
Date Spring 1991
Abstract This article describes anti-Semitism in Minnesota and how it shaped
employment prospects for Jews between the 1920s and 1950s.
428.
Historic resources mitigation report: 4610 E. Lake Street (River Lake
Gospel Tabernacle), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 2002
Institution Landscape Research
Abstract Describes history of the River Lake Gospel Tabernacle site on East Lake
Street in Minneapolis. The Tabernacle--and its ministers Luke and Paul Rader--were seen as
the center of anti-Semitism in Minneapolis during the 1930s.
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429.
History of the Jews of Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Ruby Danenbaum
Author Hiram David Frankel
Place Chicago
Publisher Bloch & Newman
Date 1907
430.
Interview with W. Harry Davis
Type Oral history interview
Abstract This interview with W. Harry Davis tells the story of his life. Davis grew up
in Minneapolis and is a musician. In this interview he discussed gathering places during the
Depression; barbecues, pool halls and the night crowd. Local African American musicians and
those who made it big. Description of shops and activities on 6th Avenue (now Olson
Highway) and Lyndale, and generally along Lyndale. Conversion of Jewish synagogues to
black churches. Phyllis Wheatley and other settlement houses as important center of
organization and activity. Beginnings of Golden Gloves boxing, Silver Skis and Silver Skates.
Major sponsors. Moonshiners. Gangs, then and now. African Americans in baseball and
boxing. Personal experiences with Golden Gloves boxing. Joe Louis’s influence. The active
1930s and the beginning of the Aquatennial Celebration. His participation in drum and bugle
corps. Other places to perform and engage in sports.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
431.
Jewish settlement in Minneapolis, 1860s-1972: historic context for
Minneapolis preservation plan Jews in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Garneth O Peterson
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Landscape Research
Date 1997
432.
Jews in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Hyman Berman
Contributor Linda Mack Schloff
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2002
433.
Jews in Minnesota politics: the inside stories
Type Book
Author Robert Latz
Place Minneapolis, MN
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Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2007
434.
Jews in transition
Type Book
Author Albert Isaac Gordon
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Univ. of Minnesota Press
Date 1949
Abstract This book looks at the growth of the Jewish community in Minnesota, with
particular attention to the development of anti-Semitism in Minneapolis.
435.
Life in Minneapolis during the 1930s, interview with Lillian Cohn
Type Oral history Interview
Abstract Vivian Loken interviews Lillian Cohen, the daughter of Jewish immigrants in
North Minneapolis during the 1930s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
436.
Migration, community, and exodus: the relationship of Jews and
Blacks in North Minneapolis in the 1950s-1960s
Type Senior Thesis
Author Sarah Brammer-Shlay
Date 2012
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
437.
Minneapolis Community Self-Survey of Human Relations
Type Report
Place Minneapolis
Date 1947-48
Abstract Massive study of race relations in Minneapolis undertaken by a group of
sociologists from Fisk University in the 1940s.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives (city planning records, box 2); Minnesota
Historical Society (Jewish Community Relations Council Collection).
438.
Minnesota rag: the dramatic story of the landmark Supreme Court
case that gave new meaning to freedom of the press
Type Book
Author Fred W. Friendly
Place New York
Publisher Random House
Date 1981
Abstract A history of “Near v. Minnesota,” a landmark case for the freedom of the press in
the United States. Journalist Fred Friendly tells the story of Jay M. Near, a muck-racking
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newspaper publisher whose anti-Semitic, racist and zenophobic publication was put out of
business by a Minnesota gag law in 1927. This account is set against the backdrop of politics,
prejudices and underworld dealings in Minneapolis in the inter-war period. It illuminates the
social milieu of the time and provides the context for the murder of three journalists in the city
during this period.
439.
Mount Sinai Hospital of Minneapolis, Minnesota: a history
Type Book
Author Fred A Lyon
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Mount Sinai Hospital History Committee
Date 1996
Abstract History of Mount Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis, which was established to
serve the Jewish community. Created in response to intense anti-Semitism to provide Jewish
doctors with a place to practice.
440.
'No Jews Allowed'
Type Radio Broadcast
Director John Biewen
URL http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/01/21/midday3
Accessed 2/26/2014, 9:46:51 AM
Network Minnesota Public Radio
Abstract This 1992 radio documentary looks back at anti-Semitism in Minneapolis in
the 1930s and 1940s. Those feelings were so strong that a prominent journalist called
Minneapolis "the capital of anti-Semitism in the United States."
441.
North Side memories: an oral history of Minnesota's largest Jewish
neighborhood
Type Magazine Article
Contributor Phil Freshman
Contributor Linda Mack Schloff
Publication Upper Midwest Jewish History
Date 2000
442.
Not so wild a dream
Type Book
Author Eric Sevareid
Place New York
Publisher Atheneum
Date 1979
Abstract Autobiography of journalist Eric Sevareid, who became an internationally
renowned correspondent during World War II, when he covered the German blitz of London.
Sevareid spent his earliest years in rural North Dakota before his family joined the migration
to regional cities after the collapse of the agricultural economy. He graduated from
Minneapolis Central High School in 1930 and worked for the Minneapolis Journal, where he
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covered the Truckers' Strike and the rise of fascist Silver Shirts in the city. He perhaps best
known locally for his famous canoe trip to Hudson Bay, which he chronicled in the
Minneapolis Star and then his first book, Canoeing with the Cree. Sevareid was a graduate of
the University of Minnesota, where he attended night classes in the 1930s and worked on the
college daily. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was harassed by university administrators
who were dismayed by his advocacy of leftist views and blocked his bid to become editor of
the college daily. His narrative provides a nuanced portrait of life at the University of
Minnesota during the political tumult of the Great Depression and a unique view into the
world of daily journalism in Minneapolis before the establishment of the newspaper Guild,
which provided some modicum of security for reporters.
443.
Oral history of the Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project
Type Oral history interview
Abstract In 1972 the Minneapolis Federation of Jewish Service gave the Minnesota
Historical Society four oral history that were conducted as a part of a project to document the
history of the Jewish community in Minneapolis. In 1979 Rhoda Lewin donated seventeen
interviews she conducted in researching her doctoral dissertation. Lewin later conducted and
donated four other interviews. Many of the people interviewed belong to the second wave of
Jewish immigrants who arrived after 1880 from Eastern Europe and settled on the North Side
of Minneapolis, creating a distinctive Jewish community of eight thousand people by 1900.
Others are first-generation Americans who vividly contrast their parents' lives with their own.
This collection of memories reveals the growth, change and diversity of the community.
444.
Interview with Theatrice "T" Williams, Urban Exdodus Project
Type Oral History Interview
Abstract This interview with Theatrice “T” Williams was conducted by Jeff Norman, oral
historian from California as part of the "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History
Project." Williams’ narrative describes the transformation of the North side of Minneapolis
with the construction of the freeways. This larger project explores the post-World War II
migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb
of Saint Louis Park.
Archive University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper
Midwest Jewish Archives
445.
Political Anti-Semitism in Minnesota during the Great Depression
Type Journal Article
Author Hyman Berman
Volume 38
Issue 3/4
Pages 247-264
Publication Jewish social studies
Date Summer/Autumn, 1976
Abstract This article describes how anti-Semitism was deployed to defeat the Farmer-
Labor candidate for governor in 1938.
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446.
Reform Jews of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Rhoda Lewin
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, S.C
Publisher Arcadia
Date 2004
Abstract Visual history of Jews in Minneapolis.
447.
Relations between Norwegian Americans and Jewish Americans in
North Minneapolis from the 1920s to the 1950s
Type Thesis
Author Nina Sandström Angelsen
Date 2005
University Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
448.
River Lake Gospel Tabernacle: 30th anniversary: a record for the
future
Type Pamphlet
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1958
Abstract Short history of River Lake Gospel Tabernacle, an evangelical ministry in
Minneapolis that was renowned for its fundamentalism and its anti-Semitism in the 1920s and
1930s. Pioneered novel use of media and technology to recruit new followers.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Minnesota
Historical Society
449.
Samuel L. Scheiner papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Samuel L. Scheiner
Author Community Relations Council of Minnesota Jewish
Abstract This collection documents the work of Samuel L. Scheiner, the executive
director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota. This organization was
created to combat increasing anti-Semitism in the 1930s. It includes correspondence,
newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items primarily from 1957 to 1960. Includes material
on the urban uprisings in north Minneapolis in the 1960s. But much of the collection is
focused on statewide issues like the use of the Christian cross as part of the Minnesota
centennial symbol.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
450.
Samuel N. Deinard and the Unification of Jews in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
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Author Michael G. Rapp
Volume 43
Issue 6
Pages 213
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1973
Abstract Historical overview of Jews in Minneapolis. Describes places of worship and
different groups through 1940s
451.
Sarah and Alexander Berman: A Family Chronicle
Type Manuscript
Abstract: This memoir tells the story of a Minneapolis family that lived on the North Side at
the beginning of the twentieth century.
Archive Hennepin History Museum; The Special Collections Department of Hennepin
County Library
452.
Social saga of two cities; an ecological and statistical study of social
trends in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Calvin F. Schmid
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Bureau of social research, the Minneapolis council of social agencies
Date 1937
Abstract A demographic opus conceived in the style of the Chicago school of social
survey, the "Social Saga" was published in 1937 with the support of the Minneapolis Council
of Social Agencies. The author was demographer Calvin Schmid, who sought to illuminate the
urban landscape of the Twin Cities during the Great Depression. Modern Minneapolitans often
mistake his maps for official city planning document. Schmid’s maps did not designate
sections of the city for different groups. His cartography was descriptive, an early effort at
what we now call data visualization. He recorded– with offensive labels and pejorative terms–
the residential segregation already in place. An invaluable source for understanding race
relations in Minneapolis during the 1920s and 1930s.
453.
St. Paul gangster history research collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Paul Maccabee
Abstract While this collection was collected for a history of gangsters in St. Paul during
the 1920s and 1930s, it also contains references to the world of organized crime in
Minneapolis. Most notably, it has material on notorious Minneapolis gangster Kid Cann and
the assassination of Walter Liggett, widely thought to have been committed by gangsters
hoping to cover up their connection to municipal politicians. The collection includes notes,
correspondence; photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles and book excerpts;
photocopies of FBI, St. Paul Police Department, and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension investigation records.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
111
454.
Stereotype and reality in the Jewish immigrant experience in
Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Rhoda G. Lewin
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1979
455.
Sunday afternoon on the avenue: a tour of 4 historic places of worship
on Hennepin Avenue
Type Booklet
Author Marilyn Joyce Segal Chiat
Author Carol Frenning
Author Charles Pohlmann
Place Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date 2000
Abstract Illuminates history of Minneapolis through five places of worship on
Hennepin Avenue.
456.
The 20th Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract This collection of interviews documents the role of left-wing radicalism in
shaping Minnesota's political culture. Radicals who were active in the decades up to 1960
were interviewed, including men and women, members of various left-wing political parties
and unaffiliated activists, artists, organizers and WPA workers. The bulk of this collection was
generated between 1986 and 1989 as part of the Radicalism Project at the Minnesota Historical
Society, under project director Carl Ross. Twenty-two of these interviews are particularly
relevant to the history of Minneapolis. Taken as a whole, these interviews provide a rich view
of labor activism; race relations; social conditions in the 1930s; radical politics; anti-
communism and anti-Semitism. They are most detailed for the 1930s and 1940s. They are
particularly valuable for their descriptions of the 1934 Truckers' Strike as well as the early
civil rights movement in the city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
457.
The Depression, interview with Idell Silberman
Type Oral history interview
Date 1983
Abstract Audrey Parish interviewed Idell Silberman, who described life in north
Minneapolis in the 1930s. Focuses on the Jewish community.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
458.
The Jewish community of north Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Rhoda Lewin
112
Series Images of America
Place Chicago, IL
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Date 2001
Abstract A visual history of the north side of Minneapolis when it was a heavily Jewish
neighborhood.
459.
The Jews in Minnesota; the first seventy-five years
Type Book
Author W. Gunther Plaut
Place New York
Publisher American Jewish Historical Society
Date 1959
Abstract Rabbi Plaut wrote this history of Jews in Minnesota in the 1950s using census
records, selected interviews, newspapers and manuscript collections from the Minnesota
Historical Society, most notably the papers of Hiram D. Frankel. The book focuses largely on
the Jewish communities of Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis, with special attention given to
the different social climates in the three cities. While Jews were integrated in civic life in St.
Paul, in Minneapolis they faced isolation and strident anti-Semitism. The author also traces the
emergence of different strains of Jewish thought, looking at the development of Reform and
Conservative congregations as well as a growing commitment to Zionism.
460.
The Jews of Minneapolis and their Christian neighbors.
Type Journal Article
Author Charles I Cooper
Volume 8
Issue 1
Pages 31-38
Publication Jewish social studies
Date January, 1946
461.
The Old North Side: there's never been anything like it
Type Magazine Article
Author Rosalie Kiperstin
Issue 11
Publication Minnesota Jewish life
Date 1988
Abstract A nostalgic view of the Jewish North Side of Minneapolis before the suburban
exodus of the 1950s and 1960s.
462.
The politics of equality: Hubert H. Humphrey and the African
American freedom struggle
Type Book
Author Timothy Nels Thurber
Place New York
113
Publisher Columbia University Press
Date 1999
Abstract This biography of Hubert Humphrey has several chapters that describe
Minneapolis in the 1940s. It illuminates how the city's racial conflicts shaped his early
political career and how his commitment to civil rights helped to launch Humphrey into
national politics.
463.
The story of Temple Israel, Minneapolis, Minnesota: a personal
account
Type Book
Author Albert Greenberg Minda
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Date 1971
Abstract The history of Temple Israel written by Rabbi Minda.
464.
The wisdom of love: an autobiography
Type Book
Author Edith Linoff Edelman
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher EMLE
Date 1981
Abstract Autobiography of volunteer active in Jewish community affairs in
Minneapolis in the 1930s.
465.
They chose Minnesota: a survey of the state's ethnic groups
Type Book
Editor June Drenning Holmquist
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1981
Abstract Research from the 1970s provides the basis for this encyclopedic survey of
migration to Minnesota, which uses 32 entries to examine the trajectory of different ethnic
groups as they integrated into the broader community in the state. The focus is statewide. But
several entries provide important information about Minneapolis: "The Blacks"; "The Jews":
"Old Stock Americans"; "The Irish"; "The Norwegians"; "The Swedes'; "The Danes"; "The
Slovaks'; "East Slavs"; "The Hungarians"; "The Greeks'; "The Romanians"; "The Chinese";
"The Japanese".
466.
Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project"
Type Oral history interviews
Author Jeff Norman
Author Jeanne Andersen
Date 2012
Abstract This oral history collection explores the post-World War II migration of
Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb of Saint
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Louis Park. The 35 interviews, representing diverse perspectives from within and beyond the
Jewish community, tell the complex story of how, from 1945 to 1970, Saint Louis Park
became a major center of Jewish life in Minnesota.
Archive University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper
Midwest Jewish Archives
467.
We knew who we were: memories of the Minneapolis Jewish North
Side
Type Film
Director Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Date 2008
Abstract This documentary presents recollections of Jewish North Siders from the
1920s, 1930s and 1950s. This celebration of community also makes mention of the anti-
Semitism commonplace in Minneapolis.
Architectural History
468.
AIA guide to the Minneapolis Lake District
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2009
Abstract Guide to the historic architecture of the Minneapolis Lake District.
469.
AIA guide to the Twin Cities: the essential source on the architecture of
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2007
Abstract Guide to historic architecture in the Twin Cities.
470.
Another for the Wrecker: End to Come for Historic Pillsbury House in
August
Type Magazine Article
Author Anne Gillespie
Pages 27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1963
Abstract Short article on the Pillsbury House, former residence of University
presidents. It gives a very brief history, the efforts to save it and the plans for the location.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
115
471.
Architecture of Minneapolis parks
Type Book
Author Albert D. Wittman
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2010
472.
Bibliography of historical resources for Northeast Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Lara Kelland
Author Mississippi Corridor Neighborhood Coalition
Author Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization
Date 2000
Abstract Historic Survey of Northeast Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
473.
Clip File- Buildings: Cyclorama
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1885
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Several articles dealing with the installation of the Civil War Cyclorama in
Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
474.
Hennepin history hiding in plain sight at Lyndale Ave on Minnehaha
Creek
Type Magazine Article
Author Tom Balcom
Issue Spring 2010
Pages 4-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2010
Abstract The article looks at Minnehaha Creek near Lyndale Ave. It examines how the
creek has been important for the city from milling, to providing water and eventually
becoming park of the park system.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
475.
Historical Research, Inc
Type Archival Collection
116
Abstract This collection includes materials covering the subjects of Cedar Riverside,
neighborhoods and general walking tours, Lake Harriet, Minnesota Fairs including King's
Fair, William S. King, Minneapolis National Register Historic Properties (NRHP)
nominations, St. Anthony Falls, River Place, Security Deere, Minneapolis maps, Preservation
Matters, Lindsay Warehouse, Freight Station, etc., Minneapolis movie theaters, South Ninth
Street Historic District National Register Historic Properties (NRHP) nominations, Warehouse
District photos and index cards, Minneapolis architecture, railroads, architect-Kenyon,
storefronts, bridges, Minneapolis Post Office Main Station. It is the research of the company,
Historical Research, Inc. and was donated by its president, Dr. Norene Roberts, in 1994. It
contains articles, documentation, maps, National Register nomination forms, timelines, and
evaluations of buildings and sites. It includes in-depth historical reviews of the sites and
businesses over the course of the history of Minneapolis. Also included are photographs and
photocopies of photographs of the various sites and buildings. The materials are drawn
primarily from the collections of the Minneapolis Public Library, Special Collections, the
Minnesota Historical Society and the National Archives.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
476.
Historic photos of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Heather Block Lawton
Place Nashville, Tenn
Publisher Turner Pub. Co
Date 2007
477.
Historic Survey of the Cedar-Riverside Commercial Area
Type Report
Author Norene Davis Roberts
Author Lynne Van Brocklin Spaeth
Place Cedar Riverside
Date August, 1979
Abstract Historical and developmental overview, architectural review, etc.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
478.
Legacy of Minneapolis: preservation amid change
Type Book
Contributor John R. Borchert
Place Bloomington, MN
Publisher Voyageur
479.
Living Downtown
Type Magazine Article
Author Michael Koop
Issue Summer 1994
Pages 17-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
117
Date 1994
Abstract The article discusses early multi-housing units in Minneapolis. It focuses on
apartment hotels and their appeal to individuals.
480.
Lost Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1992
Abstract Describes "lost" places in Minnesota, including several spots in Minneapolis.
481.
Lyn-Lake
Type Book
Author Thatcher Imboden
Contributor Cedar Imboden Phillips
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, S.C
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2011
Abstract Book shows historic images of the Lyn-Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis.
482.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Advance
Thresher/Emerson-Newton Plow Company Buildings
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/20/1977
Abstract Application for the Advance Thresher Building and the Emerson-Newton
Plow Company. The application emphasis the architectural importance both designed by Kees
and Colburn in 1900 and 1904. Commercial buildings influenced by Louis Sullivan with
Classical Revival-style ornamentation - 700-704 S. 3rd ST
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
483.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - American
Swedish Institute/Swan J. Turnblad Residence
Type Report
Author Brooks Cavin
Date 8/26/1971
Abstract The application for American Swedish Institute/Swan J. Turnblad Residence.
Chatequesque mansion of Swedish American cultural promoter Swan Turnblad (1860-1933),
built 1903-1910 and converted into the American Swedish Institute in 1929
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
118
484.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Amos B. Coe
House
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 1/12/1984
Abstract Application for Amos B. Coe. Eastlake Style brick house built for a
Minneapolis real estate dealer.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
485.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Architects and
Engineers Building
Type Report
Author David Fey
Date 2/23/1984
Abstract The application for Architects and Engineers Building. Renaissance Revival-
style building with offices and shared spaces for design professionals.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
486.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Augsburg Old
Main
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Author Liz Holum
Date 10/6/1983
Abstract Application for Old Main. 1901 seminary turned campus center, noted for its
integrity and longstanding importance as an educational institution. Now Augsburg College's
Old Main.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
487.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Bardwell-
Ferrant House
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 8/9/1984
Abstract Application for Bardwell-Ferrant House. Queen Anne-style house with a
Moorish Revival makeover.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
488.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Basilica of
Saint Mary
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
119
Date 3/26/1975
Abstract Application for Basilica of Saint Mary. Beaux-Arts basilica; architect
Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, same architect as the Cathedral of St. Paul.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
489.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Bennett-
McBride House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/19/1977
Abstract Application for Bennett-McBride. Queen Anne style house with a variety of
turned, sawn and beaded wood ornament
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
490.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - B.O. Cutter
House
Type Report
Author Andrea Gilmore
Date 1/30/1976
Abstract Application for B.O. Cutter House or Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. House built
by a master carpenter with intricate hand-carved moldings; later sold to John Gifillan, a regent
of the University of Minnesota and a member of the House of Representatives
491.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Butler
Brothers Building
Type Report
Author Cavin Brooks
Date 3/11/1971
Abstract Application for Butler Brothers Building. Outstanding work of the career of
Harry Wild Jones; 1976 renovation paved the way for more historic building renovations in
Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
492.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Calhoun
Beach Club
Type Report
Author Diane Trout-Oertel
Date 12/23/2003
Abstract Application of Calhoun Beach Club. Lakeside beach club combining
residences, entertainment, and recreational facilities in one building; once served as a hotel
and as radio and TV studios.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
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493.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Cappelen
Memorial Bridge.
Type Report
Author Robert M Frame III
Date 11/29/1978
Abstract Application for Cappelen Memorial Bridge. Elegant concrete arch bridge
spanning the Mississippi River and final work of Minneapolis city engineer Frederick William
Cappelen.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
494.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Cedar Avenue
Bridge
Type Report
Author Robert M Frame III
Date 11/6/1989
Abstract Application for Cedar Avenue Bridge. Monumental reinforced concrete arch
bridge, spanning high above the Mississippi River; crowning achievement of architect
Kristoffer Olsen Oustad.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
495.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Chamber of
Commerce-Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Type Report
Author Kari Grabinski
Author Deborah Renz
Date 11/23/1977
Abstract Application for Chamber of Commerce building. First skyscraper in
Minneapolis with an all-steel frame, designed by Kees and Colburn.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
496.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Christ Church
Lutheran
Type Report
Author Rolf T. Anderson
Date 6/20/2001
Abstract Application for Christ Church Lutheran. Eliel Saarinen-designed modern style
church, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
497.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Church of St.
Stephen (Catholic)
Type Report
121
Author Michael Koop
Date 8/15/1991
Abstract Application for Church of St. Stephen (Catholic) Richardsonian Romanesque
Church designed by Frederick G. Corser and built in 1889
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
498.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Eitel Hospital
Type Report
Author Marjorie Pearson
Date 12/27/2007
Abstract Application for Eitel Hospital. Established by a doctor as "a first rate hospital"
adjacent to Loring Park, with beautifully furnished private rooms
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
499.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Elbert L.
Carpenter House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/13/1977
Abstract Application for Elbert L. Carpenter House. Georgian Revival brick house built
in 1906 for the organizer of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
500.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Eugene J.
Carpenter House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/13/1977
Abstract Application for Eugene J. Carpenter. Georgian Revival house built by Edwin
H. Hewitt for a lumberman and patron of the Minneapolis Institute of Art
501.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Farmers and
Mechanics Savings Bank I
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Author Charles Nelson
Date 1/12/1984
Abstract Application for Farmers and Mechanics Saving Bank I. Beaux-Arts/Classical
Revival-styled bank building.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
122
502.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Farmers and
Mechanics Savings Bank II
Type Report
Author Charlene K Roise
Author Erin Hanafin Berg
Date 3/2/2006
Abstract Application for Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank. Moderne-style bank
building with sculptures of a farmer and a mechanic; now converted to a hotel
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
503.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Fire Station
No. 19
Type Report
Author Robert C. Mack
Date 1/14/1982
Abstract Application for Fire Station No. 19. Queen Anne Style firehouse built in 1893;
birth place of kittenball, forerunner of modern softball.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
504.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First Church
of Christ, Scientist
Type Report
Author Paul Clifford Larson
Date 6/20/1986
Abstract Application for First Church of Christ. Beaux-Arts style church building; first
Christian Science church in the Upper Midwest.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
505.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First
Congregational Church
Type Report
Author Gail Bronner
Author Charles Nelson
Date 1/15/1979
Abstract Application for First Congregational Church. Richardsonian Romanesque
church designed by Warren H. Hayes, built in 1886.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
506.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First National
Bank-Soo Line Building
Type Report
Author Elizabeth Gales
123
Date 5/12/2008
Abstract Application for First National Bank - Soo Line Building. Designed by Ecole
des Beaux-Arts trained architect Robert Gibson, incorporating Second Renaissance Revival
details; tallest building in Minneapolis when built in 1915.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
507.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Flour
Exchange Building
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 8/29/1977
Abstract Application for Flour Exchange Building. Long and Kees designed brick
office building inspired by Chicago skyscrapers. First major "high-rise" office building.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
508.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Foshay
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Franklin
Branch Library
Type Report
Author Susan Granger
Author Kay Grossman
Date 5/26/2000
Abstract Application for Franklin Branch Library. 1914 building is oldest of three
existing Carnegie libraries in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
509.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Lawrence A.
and Mary Fournier House
Type Report
Author Holly Wahlberg
Date 5/18/1995
Abstract Application for Fournier House. Bungalow mixing Prairie School and Arts
and Crafts styles, designed by draftsman who later worked with Purcell and Elmslie.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
510.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - L.L.
Chadwick Cottages
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 2/9/1984
Abstract Application for L.L. Chadwick Cottages. Two small cottages built as part of
planned development of cottages between Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
124
511.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Woodbury
Fisk House
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 10/6/1983
Abstract Application of Woodbury Fisk House. Italian villa-style house built in 1870
for a partner in a local flour milling firm.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
512.
National Register of Historic Places - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Depot Freight House and Train Shed
Type Report
Author Robert M Frame III
Date 11/28/1978
Abstract The national register application for the Milwaukee Road Depot and Freight
House. Large Renaissance Revival passenger depot and freight house; train shed is one of only
a dozen remaining in the United States.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
513.
National Register of Historic Places - Como-Harriet Streetcar Line and
Trolley
Type Report
Author Liza Nagle
Date 10/17/1977
Abstract The National Register application for Como-Harriet Streetcar Line and
Trolley. Preserved segment of a streetcar line that operated between 1880 and 1954, now
operated by the Minnesota Transportation Museum.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
514.
National Register of Historic Places - Edwin H. Hewitt House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Author Susan Zeik
Date 4/6/1978
Abstract The national register application for Edwin H. Hewitt House. House built by
local architect Edwin Hawley Hewitt, blending arts and crafts and Tudor Revival styles.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
515.
National Register of Historic Places - Gethsemane Episcopal Church
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 3/8/1984
125
Abstract The national register application for Gethsemane Episcopal Church. One of
the oldest churches in Minneapolis, significant for its Gothic Revival Style.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
516.
National Register of Historic Places - Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Church
Type Report
Author Shawn P. Rounds
Author Charlene K Roise
Date 1/9/1997
Abstract The national register application for Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Gothic Revival church built in 1915-17 by Swedish Lutheran congregation to serve university
students.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
517.
National Register of Historic Places - Harry F. Legg House
Type Report
Author Lee Vetrano
Date 6/3/1976
Abstract The national register application for Harry F. Legg House. An 1887 Queen
Anne home representative of the period's housing developments and middle class residences.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
518.
National Register of Historic Places - Harry Wild Jones House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Author Marjorie Lund
Date 6/7/1976
Abstract The national register application for Harry Wild Jones House. An 1887 house
also known as Elmwood, built for himself by major Minneapolis architect Harry Wild Jones
(1859-1935) in the style of a Norman chateau.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
519.
National Register of Historic Places - Healy Block Residential Historic
District
Type Report
Author Susan Granger
Author Patricia Murphy
Date 5/27/1993
Abstract The national register application for Healy Block Residential Historic District.
Group of 14 Queen Anne style houses by builder Theron P. Healy; readily visible from
Interstate 35W.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
126
520.
National Register of Historic Places - Hennepin Theatre
Type Report
Author Susan Granger
Author Kay Grossman
Date 1/19/1996
Abstract The national register application for Hennepin Theater. Renovated vaudeville
theater and the largest of three restored theaters on Hennepin Avenue; elaborately decorated
interior with terra cotta sculptures - now the Orpheum Theater.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
521.
National Register of Historic Places - Hinkle-Murphy House
Type Report
Author Paul Clifford
Date 9/20/1984
Abstract The national register application for the Hinkle-Murphy House. Finest
example of a Georgian Revival mansion in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
522.
National Register of Historic Places - Interlachen Bridge
Type Report
Author Robert M Frame III
Date 11/6/1989
Abstract The national register application for Interlachen Bridge. Built in 1900 and
virtually unaltered since then; earliest documented reinforced concrete bridge in Minnesota.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
523.
National Register of Historic Places - John G. and Minnie Gluek House
and Carriage House
Type Report
Author Paul Clifford Larson
Date 2/9/1990
Abstract The national register application for Gluek House and Carriage House. House
built in the Victorian style with Georgian Revival elements; owner was a son of prominent
Minnesota brewery owners.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
524.
National Register of Historic Places - John Lohmar House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 4/18/1977
Abstract The national register application for John Lohmar House. Well preserved
example of an upper-middle class house in late Queen Anne style, built in 1898
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
127
525.
National Register of Historic Places - Lakewood Memorial Chapel
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 10/20/1983
Abstract The national register application for Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Chapel.
Exemplary Byzantine Revival cemetery chapel built 1908-10, modeled on the Hagia Sophia
and containing Minnesota's finest Byzantine-style mosaic interior.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
526.
National Register of Historic Places - Linden Hills Branch Library
Type Report
Author Susan Granger
Author Kay Grossman
Date 5/26/2000
Abstract The national register application for Linden Hills Branch Library. The 1931
branch library associated with the influential evolution of Minneapolis Public Library 1894-
1936, and its nationally renowned director Gratia Countryman (1866-1953).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
527.
National Register of Historic Places - Little Sisters of the Poor Home
for the Aged
Type Report
Author Peggy Lindoo
Date 9/21/1978
Abstract The national register of historic places for Little Sisters of the Poor Home for
the Aged. Landmark charitable senior housing complex whose 1895 original section is a rare
surviving work by Minneapolis architect Frederick Corser.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
528.
National Register of Historic Places - Lock and Dam No. 2
Type Report
Author John O Anfinson
Author Jack Maloney
Date 6/13/2003
Abstract The national register application for Lock and Dam No. 2. Remains of the first
lock and dam complex on the Upper Mississippi, in use 1907-1912; better known as the
Meeker Island Lock and Dam. Extends into Ramsey County.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
529.
National Register of Historic Places - Lumber Exchange Building
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 5/19/1983
128
Abstract The national register application for Lumber Exchange Building. One of
Minneapolis's last Richardsonian Romanesque business blocks, built 1885-1890. Also noted
for its early fire resistant design by Long and Kees and its association with the city's lumber
commerce.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
530.
Minneapolis Architecture for the Elite: A view of the gilded age of the
1880s
Type Magazine Article
Author Charles Nelson
Issue Winter 1993
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1993
Abstract The article focuses on architecture in Minneapolis, specifically private homes
during the Gilded Age. It mentions a number of well-known families and architects of the
time.
531.
Minneapolis past
Type Video Recording
Director Brendan Henehan
Contributor Hyman Berman
Date 1993
Studio Twin Cities Public Television
Abstract This documentary examines the past through several sites in the city: St.
Anthony Falls; the Gateway District; the African-American neighborhood of Snelling Avenue
in South Minneapolis. It also revisits the truck drivers' strike in 1934, the Strutwear strike of
1935 and the Jewish community on the city's North Side.
532.
National Register Application for Lena Olive Smith House
Type Report
Date August 15, 1991
Abstract This application for the Lena Olive Smith House gives biographical
information about Lena Olive Smith and describes the historical significance of her home in
Minneapolis.
533.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Elizabeth C.
Quinlan House
Type Report
Author Barbara Howard
Date June 1, 2012
Abstract Application for the National Register of Historic Places for the Elizabeth C.
Quinlan house. It details the features of the house and articulates the historic significance of its
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owner. Legendary businesswoman Elizabeth Quinlan transformed the retailing of women's
clothing in Minneapolis with her landmark store on Nicollet Avenue.
534.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Lee Family
Home, 46th and Columbus
Type Report
Author Laurel Fritz
Author Greg Donofrio
Abstract This application for the Lee Family House in South Minneapolis describes its
difficult history and makes a case for why it should be included in the National Register of
Historic Places.
Archive National Park Service
535.
Nicollet Island
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Contributor Rushika Hage
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
536.
Nicollet Island: history and architecture
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Author Rushika Hage
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2010
537.
Northeast Minneapolis: Minneapolis historic context study
Type Report
Date 1998
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
538.
Once There Were Castles Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin
Cities.
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2011
130
Abstract This book offers a richly illustrated look at the history of mansions in
Minneapolis. Entire neighborhoods of luxurious homes have disappeared in the city.
539.
One Hundred Views of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Hudson Publishing Company
Publisher Hudson's Publishing Company
Date 1910
Abstract Shows photos of businesses in Minneapolis in 1910.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
540.
Oral history of the Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral
History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract A series of interviews conducted by journalist Linda Mack with individuals
who were influential in the redevelopment of the Mississippi River riverfront in central
Minneapolis. The narrators discuss the social, industrial, architectural and political history of
the Minneapolis riverfront, the many and often conflicting plans for its redevelopment, and the
actions taken to create the successful urban district that exists in 2008-2009. The project
includes 26 interviews with 29 people. An executive summary of the project by interviewer
Linda Mack is also included.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
541.
Our old house: the story of a dwelling in the East Seward
Neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota and of the people who called
it home
Type Book
Author Linda Reverchon
Place Abbotsford, BC
Publisher Linda Reverchon
Date 2012
542.
Seven Great Old Churches of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert C. Rasmussen
Issue Winter 2004
Pages 4-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2004
Abstract The article provides a brief history of seven church congregations that were in
Minneapolis prior to 1880 and continuously occupied the same building since 1900 or early.
The congregations include the First Congregational Church, Episcopal Church of Gethsemane,
Wesley United Methodist Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Augustana Lutheran Church and First Baptist Church.
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543.
South Minneapolis: an historic context, final report
Type Report
Author Marjorie Pearson
Author Charlene K Roise
Author Hess Roise and Company
Author Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Date 2000
Abstract Overview of the history of south Minneapolis with reference to notable
structures.
544.
Sunday afternoon on the avenue: a tour of 4 historic places of worship
on Hennepin Avenue
Type Booklet
Author Marilyn Joyce Segal Chiat
Author Carol Frenning
Author Charles Pohlmann
Place Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date 2000
Abstract Illuminates history of Minneapolis through five places of worship on
Hennepin Avenue.
545.
The American Swedish Institute--Turnblad's castle
Type Book
Author Anne Gillespie Lewis
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher American Swedish Institute
Date 1999
546.
The Basilica of Saint Mary: voices from a landmark
Type Book
Author Peg Guilfoyle
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Basilica of Saint Mary
Date 2000
Abstract This congregational history of the Basilica of Saint Mary in downtown
Minneapolis looks at the evolution of this diverse Catholic Church in downtown Minneapolis.
The volume uses interviews and photographs to tell its story.
547.
The Cradle Days of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-5
132
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1962
Abstract The article discusses the early structures in Minneapolis, including the old
government mill in 1822 and a log cabin built by Samuel and Gideon Pond in 1834. It points
out that John Stevens built the first permanent structure. It also provides a complete list of
professionals, artisans and buildings in Minneapolis as of 1857.
548.
The decline and fall of Louis Menage
Type Magazine Article
Author Loring M. Staples
Volume 42
Issue 1
Pages 3-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring, 1983
Abstract Charts the career of Louis Menage, the developer of the Metropolitan
Building.
549.
The East Isles Neighborhood of Minneapolis historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2006
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
550.
The lake district of Minneapolis: a history of the Calhoun-Isles
community
Type Book
Author David A Lanegran
Author Ernest Robert Sandeen
Place St. Paul
Publisher Living Historical Museum
Date 1979
551.
The Lowry Hill Neighborhood of Minneapolis: historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2006
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
552.
The Pillsbury A Mill: Its Early Years in the Public Eye
Type Magazine Article
133
Author James A. Roe
Issue Winter 1988-1989
Pages 10-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article focuses on the Pillsbury A mill and how it was architecturally
different than other mills built at this time. It also discusses the early milling industry.
553.
The Wedge Neighborhood of Minneapolis: Lowry Hill East historic
context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2005
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
554.
The West Hotel story, 1884-1940: memories of past splendor
Type Book
Author Loring M. Staples
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Carlson Printing Company
Date 1979
Abstract History of well-known hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
555.
Thumbnail Sketches of Historic Sites in Minneapolis: Part 1
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 15-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1963
Abstract The article provides brief highlights of 20 historic sites in Minneapolis. It also
includes a map which shows where each site is located. The map is somewhat difficult to read
because it is so small with numerous items on it.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
556.
Thumbnail Sketches of Historic Sites in Minneapolis: Part 2
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 24-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1963
Abstract The article provides brief highlights of 20 historic sites in Minneapolis. It also
includes a map which shows where each site is located. The map is somewhat difficult to read
because it is so small with numerous items on it.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
134
557.
Tickets to Fantasy: The Little Theater around the Corner
Type Magazine Article
Author Herbert Scherer
Issue Fall 1987
Pages 11-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1987
Abstract The articles gives a history of neighborhood movie theaters built in the 1930s.
It discusses architect Jack Lienbenberg and his partner Seeman Kaplan; they designed many of
the theaters. Some of the art deco theaters included the Varsity and Uptown Theater.
558.
Twin Cities: a pictorial history of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Lucile M. Kane
Author Alan Ominsky
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1983
Abstract This coffee-table style visual history provides an overview of the history of
both Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the relationship between the two cities. The authors
frame this work as a history of photography in the region as much as a work of social and
political history. It is particularly valuable for its narrative explanations to accompany early
panoramas.
559.
Twin cities then and now
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1996
560.
Unique New Federal Reserve Bank Building: Minneapolis Gets
World's First Occupied Structure Built Like a Suspension Bridge
Type Magazine Article
Author Charlaine Hobson
Pages 4-10
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1974
Abstract The article is discusses the building the new Federal Reserve Bank.
561.
Uptown Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Thatcher Imboden
135
Contributor Cedar Imboden Phillips
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia
Date 2004
Abstract Visual history of the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis.
562.
Walking tour of the Whittier neighborhood
Type Book
Publisher Friends of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Abstract This book lays out a self-guided walking tour of prominent homes in the
neighborhood of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. It is illustrated by Jenny Holtzermann.
Includes descriptions of Dorilus Morrison's Villa Rosa and Washburn's Fair Oaks.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
563.
Walking twin cities 35 tours exploring historic neighborhoods, lakeside
parks, gangster hideouts, dive bars, and cultural centers of
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Holly Day
Author Sherman Wick
Place Berkeley
Publisher Wilderness Press
Date 2013
564.
Walter Hall Wheeler papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Walter Hall Wheeler
Contributor Joseph H. Ball
Contributor George E. Stratemeyer
Abstract This small collection documents the efforts of Walter Hall Wheeler to prevent
the razing of the Metropolitan Building.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
565.
We Have Met the Future, and It Was Modern
Type Magazine Article
Author Bruce Wright
Issue Summer 1994
Pages 4-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1994
Abstract The article discusses modern furniture design from the viewpoint of retailers
vs. the visions expressed in the designs of local and regional modern architects. It discusses
how modern furniture and furnishing evolved during the 1940s.
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Women and Gender
566.
"Our Sister's Keepers": The Minneapolis Woman's Christian
Association and Housing for Working Women
Type Magazine Article
Author Lynn Weiner
Volume 46
Issue 5
Pages 189-200
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1979
567.
"Three score years and ten," life-long memories of Fort Snelling,
Minnesota, and other parts of the West
Type Book
Author Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Printing house of Harrison & Smith
Date 1888
Abstract Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve (1819-1907) was the daughter of one of the
first American Army officers assigned to Fort Snelling, before Minnesota became a state. This
memoir recounts life as a military daughter and then wife of an officer, Horatio Phillips Van
Cleve, who served in the Union Army with the Second Minnesota Infantry and rose to the rank
of General.
568.
"Women unite!" the modern women's movement in Minnesota
Type Thesis
Author Mary Christine Pruitt
Date 1987
University University of Minnesota
Abstract Analyzes feminist activity in 20th century Minnesota. Examines suffragists,
peace activists, African American social justice work, DFL activists and women active in
feminist activism during the 1970s. Looks at a broad range of groups and examines the links
that connect them. Minneapolis serves as the epicenter of much of this activism.
569.
1919 YWCA Girls Survey - Volumes 1-6
Type Document
Date 1919
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 10
Abstract The six volume survey examined conditions for girls in Minneapolis in 1919.
Replete with wonderful details about everyday life in the city.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
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570.
A brief history of the Minnesota Women's Christian Temperance
Union from its organization, September 6, 1877 to 1939
Type Book
Author Mrs Bessie Lathe Scovell
Place St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publisher Bruce Publishing Company
Date 1939
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
571.
A Guide for New Americans of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Author The Woman's Community Council
Place Minneapolis
Date 1920
Abstract Provides instruction to newcomers to the city.
572.
A letter from a pioneer
Type Magazine Article
Author Olivia Carpenter Chase
Issue 44
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1951
Abstract Letter written to Maine relatives in 1854 describes early settlement conditions
in St. Anthony.
573.
A saloonkeeper's daughter
Type Book
Author Drude Krog Janson
Editor Gerald Thorson
Editor Orm Øverland
Place Baltimore
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Date 2002
Abstract Janson's lyrical coming-of-age novel tells the story of beautiful Astrid Holm,
forced by her family's bankruptcy to abandon a comfortable middle-class life in Norway for a
harsh new existence in Minneapolis. She attempts escape through art and love, but finds her
calling as a minister.
574.
A study of Minneapolis dressmakers at the turn of the century
Type Book
Author Jane Tracy
Date 1980
138
Abstract Analysis of information about women dressmakers in Minneapolis, 1880-
1920.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
575.
A Study of Minneapolis, a city of four distinct geographic areas: with a
presentation of the geographic, community, and sociological factors
characterizing each area
Type Book
Author Family Welfare Association
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1940
Abstract A social survey of south Minneapolis done in the 1940s.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
576.
A study of women in clerical and secretarial work in Minneapolis,
Minn
Type Book
Author M. C. Elmer
Author Woman’s Occupational Bureau
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Woman's Occupational Bureau
Date 1925
Abstract Survey of 276 establishments employing women clerical workers in
Minneapolis in 1924. Discusses working conditions and living arrangements. Part of a series
of studies on women's work undertaken by the Woman's Occupational Bureau.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
577.
A woman's woman, a woman's physician: the life and career of Dr.
Martha G. Ripley
Type M.A. Thesis
Author Mary Wittenbreer
Date 1999
Abstract Biography of pioneering female physician Matha Ripley, social reformers and
suffrage leader. Ripley was the founder of a maternity hospital dedicated to treating women
with few financial or social resources.
578.
Against obscenity: reform and the politics of womanhood in America,
1873-1935
Type Book
Author Leigh Ann Wheeler
Place Baltimore, Md
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Date 2004
139
Abstract Describes the anti-obscenity movement, which was centered among
Minneapolis club women. This campaign tied together sex education with an effort to regulate
the growing motion picture industry. Describes struggle in the city to establish the parameters
for operation for movie houses. Features clubwoman Alice Ames Winter and Catheryne
Cooke Gilman, both well-known reformers.
579.
America, song we sang without knowing: the life and ideas of Meridel
LeSueur
Type Book
Author Neala Schleuning
Author Meridel Le Sueur
Place Mankato, Minn.; Minneapolis
Publisher Little Red Hen Press ; Don Olson Distribution
Date 1983
Abstract First full length, critical study of writer, philosopher, feminist Meridel Le
Sueur examines her life and work in the context of American radicalism.
580.
America's musical inheritance; memories and reminiscences
Type Book
Author Anna Eugénie Schoen-René
Place New York
Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date 1941
Abstract Memoir of German-born singer and voice teacher Anna Schoen-Rene.
Includes section on her life in Minneapolis, c. 1893-1909 which includes music classes at the
University of Minnesota and in the Minneapolis public schools. Also details her role in
organizing a permanent symphony orchestra in Minneapolis.
581.
Anna Schoen-René, Minnesota musical pioneer
Type Magazine Article
Author Janis White Dees
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1983
Abstract Profiles the woman behind the founding of the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra in 1903.
582.
Annual reports from the Women's Co-operative Alliance Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Type Report
Author Women's Cooperative Alliance
Date 1915-1932
Abstract Annual report featuring a statement by the president, highlights from the
departments and committees (Education and Publicity Department, Research and Investigation
Department, the Big Sister Department, Law Enforcement Committee, Education and
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Publicity Committee, and volunteer committees), general information to other agencies,
information on social hygiene, surveys and studies of community conditions, statement of
receipts and disbursements.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Minnesota
Digital Library; Minnesota Historical Society.
583.
Annual reports of the Woman's Christian Association
Type Reports, periodical
Abstract The Woman's Christian Association is the city's oldest and perhaps most
influential female reform organization, established in 1866. Its annual reports detail the the
group's extensive reform in the city over a century of operations.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
584.
As we move forward: celebrating 100 years of the Woman's Club of
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Marjorie Wall Bingham
Contributor Janice Jacobson
Place Edina, Minn
Publisher Beaver's Pond Press
Date 2007
Abstract Celebrating 100 years of the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
585.
Baby Farms
Type Magazine Article
Author David A. Wood
Pages 20-22
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1989
Abstract The article describe “Baby Farms” where young women would go in the early
1900’s to have unwanted children or illegal abortions. The babies were often abandoned or
severely mistreated by the baby farms.
586.
Battling pornography: the American feminist anti-pornography
movement, 1976-1986
Type Book
Author Carolyn Bronstein
Place Cambridge; New York
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Date 2011
Abstract Describes feminist anti-pornography movement which was so influential in
Minneapolis in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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587.
Betty Crocker: Marketing the Modern Woman
Type Magazine Article
Author Susan Kerst-Marks
Issue Spring 1999
Pages 4-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1999
Abstract The article tells how the fictitious spokeswoman came to be, rose to
popularity and evolved over the years.
588.
Business openings for women in Minneapolis
Type Pamphlet
Author Barbara H. Wright
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Woman's Occupational Bureau
Date 1921
Abstract Pamphlet describes employment opportunities for women in securities
trading, real estate, public accounting, insurance and banking.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
589.
Call back yesterday
Type Book
Author Bessie Tabitha Pettit Douglas
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher B.P. Douglas
Date 1949
Abstract Memoir of childhood and young adulthood in Minneapolis, 1870s-1890s.
Extensive description of social activities of prosperous family. Father was grain and lumber
merchant Curtis Pettit.
590.
Catheryne Cooke Gilman and the Minneapolis Better Movie
Movement
Type Magazine Article
Author Cynthia A. Hanson
Publication Minnesota History
Date Summer, 1989
591.
Chappell Erickson Visits to Local Factories: 1902-03 - YWCA Visits to
factories
Type Document
Date 1902-1903
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 10
142
Abstract A record of YWCA visits to local factories to try and get young women to
attend events at the YWCA.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
592.
Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve: Mother, patriot, reformer
Type Magazine Article
Author Bobbie Scott
Issue Winter 2013
Pages 14-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2013
Abstract The article is a biography of Charlotte Van Cleve, a social reformer who
helped to found Sisterhood of Bethany and Bethany Homes.
593.
Clipping file on pornography
Type Archival Collection
Date 1970-1980s
Loc. in ArchiveVertical files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
594.
Clipping Files--women in bars
Type Archival Collection
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of clippings about women in bars in Minneapolis.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
595.
Coffeehouse Collective records
Type Archival Collection
Author Coffeehouse Collective
Place Minneapolis
Date 1975-1989
Abstract Correspondence (1976-1989), minutes (1981-1990), financial statements
(1981-1985), calendar (undated and 1981-1989), flyers (undated and 1975, 1981-1989),
contracts (1980-1989), a mailing list (1989), and a directory of performers that document the
history of one of the first women’s coffeehouses in the U.S. The coffeehouse was promoted as
"a chemically-free meeting place for all women which supports and nurtures the social,
cultural, and political life of the Twin Cities lesbian community." A Woman’s Coffeehouse
originally opened as a fund raiser for the Lesbian Resource Center (Dec. 20, 1975). The
Coffeehouse Collective assumed management (Feb. 1976) and operated the coffeehouse until
its closing (Sept. 9, 1989). Topics include the collective’s philosophy, routine management,
hiring of collective members, fund raising, publicity, programming (which included live
performances, dancing, and political or educational presentations), and the coffeehouse’s
dissolution.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
143
596.
Community conditions, a study of the Women's Co-operative Alliance
Type Book
Author Grace E Pratt
Author Fern Chase
Author Erma Robertson
Author M. C Elmer
Author Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies Women's Co-operative Alliance
Author Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
Publisher Women's Co-operative Alliance
Date 1925
Abstract A highly revealing social survey of Minneapolis neighborhoods in the 1920s.
This work was done by women volunteers in conjunction with the University of Minnesota.
The goal was to curb juvenile delinquency and sexual activity of young women.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
597.
Community of suffering & struggle: women, men, and the labor
movement in Minneapolis, 1915-1945
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Faue
Place Chapel Hill
Publisher University of North Carolina Press
Date 1991
Abstract Labor history of Minneapolis told from the perspective of women workers.
Gives particular attention to the labor activism of the 1920s and 1930s.
598.
Community Survey of Social and Health Work in Minneapolis - Phyllis
Wheatley House, 1938
Type Document
Date 1938
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 87
Abstract Survey of the Phyllis Wheatley completed in 1938, which talks about the
services at the settlement house and the number of people being served.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
599.
Education & democracy: a history of the Mpls. Federation of Teachers
Type Book
Author Steven Trimble
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Date 1979
600.
Eliza Winston and the politics of freedom in Minnesota, 1854-60
Type Magazine Article
144
Author William D. Green
Volume 57
Issue 3
Pages 106-122
Publication Minnesota History
Date fall 2000
601.
Emily Goodridge Grey: a life in Saint Anthony
Type Report
Author Penny A Petersen
Author Charlene K Roise
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Hess, Roise and Co.; Mill City Museum
Date 2004
Abstract Biography of Emily Goodridge Grey, one of the first settlers of St. Anthony. Grey
was African American.
602.
Employment of Non-Professional Women Study - 1925
Type Document
Author Anne Fenlason
Date 1925
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 101
Abstract Study done in Minneapolis of non-professional women. It explores what type
of work available, the challenges in finding work and who is struggling to find work.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
603.
Ethel Ray Nance Papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Ethel Ray Nance
Place Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Newspaper clippings, correspondence, a few writings, and miscellaneous
printed matter created or collected by an African American woman from Minneapolis who
worked as a secretary and police officer and who was active in African American cultural and
civil rights organizations in Minnesota. In addition to biographical information, there is
printed information about Minneapolis artist Henry Bannarn and about the Harlem
Renaissance, with which Nance was associated; about her service as a Minneapolis police
officer (1928-1934); about the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis (1926-
1951).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
604.
Fanny F. Brin papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Fanny Fligelman Brin
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, minutes, news releases,
scrapbooks, printed materials, and related papers documenting Brin’s involvement in social
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and political movements of the 1920s and 1930s. She was especially active in the National
Council of Jewish Women, of which she was president (1932-1937); the National Committee
on the Cause and Cure of War; women’s organizations; and Jewish welfare and refugee groups
in which her husband Arthur was also a leader. There is considerable material on Jewish
refugee programs, Palestine, Zionism, and anti-Semitism, as well as on her work in antiwar
groups, her opposition to compulsory military training, and her support of United States
membership in the World Court and the United Nations, disarmament, and the participation of
women in public affairs.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
605.
Female liberation newsletter
Type Newspaper Article
Author Cities Female Liberation Group Twin
Author Cities Female Liberation Communication Center Twin
Date 1969
Abstract Newsletter published by the Twin Cities Female Liberation group from 1970-
1971. Published by the Twin Cities Female Liberation Communication Center.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
606.
Female liberation newsletter
Type Newspaper Article
Author Twin Cities Female Liberation Group
Date 1969
Abstract Newsletter published by the Twin Cities Female Liberation group from 1970-
1971. Published by the Twin Cities Female Liberation Communication Center.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
607.
Fifty years of association work among young women, 1866-1916: a
history of Young Women's Christian Associations in the United States
of America
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Wilson
Place New York
Publisher National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United
States of America
Date 1916
608.
Finding Betty Crocker: the secret life of America's first lady of food
Type Book
Author Susan Marks
Place New York
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Date 2005
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609.
Finding the movement: sexuality, contested space, and feminist
activism
Type Book
Author Anne Enke
Place Durham
Publisher Duke University Press
Date 2007
Abstract Describes the women's liberation movement in Minneapolis. Situates the
movement in urban geography, explaining how women activists staked a claim to public space
in the city.
610.
Donald M. Fraser Collection
Type Archival Collection
Contributor Donald MacKay Fraser
Abstract Correspondence, proclamations, reports, and related materials detailing the
mayor’s management of city government. General topics covered include the arts, municipal
bonds, child care, churches, professional sports, employment, daycare, energy, housing,
emergency shelters, drug abuse, labor, recycling, handicapped, historic properties and
landmarks, light rail transport, pollution, skyways, taxes, taxicabs, technology, and gay rights.
Topics covered in detail include downtown economic development projects, such as the
Minneapolis Convention Center and Nicollet Mall improvements, and neighborhood
redevelopment projects, particularly in the Hennepin and Franklin avenues, Cedar-Riverside,
Elliot Park, Nicollet Island, Phillips, and Whittier areas. There are also files documenting the
mayor’s relations with various ethnic communities, including American Indian, Hispanic,
Indochinese, African American, and Cuban groups; with organizations and companies, such as
General Mills, NSP, Dayton-Hudson, Amnesty International, and the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce, Downtown Council, and Citizens League; with the governor’s office and state
legislature and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; and with fellow
politicians Rudy Boschwitz, David Durenberger, Al Quie, Martin Sabo, Bill Frenzel, Walter
Mondale, and deputy mayor Jan Hively.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
611.
Genevieve Steefel papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Genevieve Fallon Steefel
Abstract This collection documents the work and activism of Genevieve Fallon Steefel,
a community leader especially in the realm of race relations in the 1940s. Steefel was an
important activist in the landmark Minneapolis Self-Survey, which sought to transform the
racial culture of Minneapolis during the Humphrey mayoral administration. The collection
includes correspondence, notes, clippings, printed materials, reports, speeches, minutes, and
other papers. They illuminate Steefel's work with the American Association of University
Women; American Civil Liberties Union; American Council on Race Relations; Citizens’
League of Minneapolis; Committee for the Resettlement of Japanese-Americans; Council
House for Senior Citizens of Minneapolis; Fair Employment Practices Commission; First
Unitarian Society of Minneapolis; Governor’s Mental Health Commission; Highlander Folk
School, Monteagle, Tenn.; Independent Voters of Minnesota; League of Women Voters;
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Mayor’s Council on Human Relations; Minneapolis Family and Children’s Service;
Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Minnesota Conference on Children and Youth; Minnesota
Independent Citizens’ Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions; Minnesota Mental
Hygiene Society; National Council Against Conscription; Radcliffe College Development
Fund; Unitarian Service Committee; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom; and the Zonta Club of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
612.
Grace Carlson: a life of rebellion
Type Thesis
Author Traci D Swenson
Place St. Paul
Date 2004
University Hamline University
Abstract A biography of Grace Carlson who was a Trotskyite and member of the
Socialist Workers' Party. Carlson was one of a group of radicals tried for Seditious Conspiracy
and violation of the Smith Act in 1941.
613.
Gratia Alta Countryman: More than An Ordinary Woman
Type Report
Author Penny A Petersen
Author Roise, Charlene
Date June 2006
Abstract Biography of Gratia Countryman, civic leader and librarian. Prepared by Hess
Roise for the Mill City Museum.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
614.
Gratia Countryman: her life, her loves, and her library
Type Book
Author Jane Pejsa
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 1995
Abstract Biography of Gratia Countryman, civic leader and librarian.
615.
History of the Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Woman's Christian Association
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Date 1948
Abstract History of one of important women's reform organization in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
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616.
History of the Women's Christian Association
Type Book
Author Women's Christian Association
Date 1992
Loc. in Archive vertical files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
617.
I remember
Type Magazine Article
Author Jennie I Hiscock
Volume 38
Issue 4
Pages 3-12
Publication Hennepin History History
Date Winter 1979-1980
Abstract Memoir of a childhood in southeast Minneapolis in the 1880s. Describes daily
routine of a prosperous family.
618.
In the company of women: voices from the women's movement
Type Book
Contributor Bonnie Watkins
Contributor Nina Rothchild
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1996
619.
Katie DeHuff Sidle visits with herself
Type Book
Author Kate Sidle Regan
Place Minnesota
Date 2000
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Memoir illuminates life in Minneapolis during the last quarter of the
Nineteenth century from the perspective of a wealthy family.
620.
Keeping at it: Minnesota women / Marjorie Bingham
Type Book Section
Editor Clifford Edward Clark
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Abstract History of women in Minnesota in the 20th century by Marjorie Bingham.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
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621.
A Study of Prostitution and Sex Delinquency in Mpls, St. Paul, and
Duluth
Type Report
Date October 1, 1939
Loc. in Archive Records of the American Social Health Association, Box 99, Folder
10.
Abstract Report from the American Social Health Association on Prostitution in
Minnesota Cities, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
622.
Lesbian Elders Oral History Project: interview with Patricia R.
Saltness
Type Oral history interview
Date December 18, 1996
Abstract Patricia Saltness was interviewed for this project. She was born on January 9,
1937, in Dawson, Minnesota. Father was a trucker, mother had a variety of jobs. One older
brother and one older sister. Various jobs. Then went to college to get teaching certificate and
taught fourth grade for several years in Minneapolis. From 1975 until recently she owned a
remodeling business. Currently semi-retired. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Work history;
knowing before first grade that she was a lesbian; considering herself a tomboy; her first lover,
who eventually got married; choosing to come to Minneapolis; bigotry in Willmar, Minnesota;
staying closeted and flirting with men; lack of discussion because of fear; gay bars; softball
teams and the lesbian culture; the butch and femme elements of lesbian culture; coming out to
her mother in 1985; sadness that women can dress in men's clothing (jeans, sweatshirt), but
men can't dress in women's; playing the trumpet in the Freedom Band; activity in GLEAM
(Gay and Lesbian Elders Active in Minnesota) for social reasons; changes since 1959,
including fear having gone, people being more educated, and lesbians being more empowered.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
623.
Liang May Seen and the Early Chinese Community in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Sarah Refo Mason
Pages 223–233
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1995
624.
Library work as a profession
Type Book
Author Gratia A Countryman
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Woman's Occupational Bureau, 1930.
Date 1930
150
625.
Mabeth Hurd Paige Manuscript Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Mabeth Paige
Abstract Personal papers about Mabeth Hurd Paige's career in law and public service.
One of the first women elected to the State Legislature in Minnesota.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
626.
Martha G. Ripley, pioneer doctor and social reformer
Type Magazine Article
Author Winton U. Solberg
Publication Minnesota History
Date Spring, 1964
Abstract Profile of Martha Ripley, "Pioneer Woman Physician" and "Founder,
Maternity Hospital." Biography of Martha Ripley, an early activist physician who made a
career caring for poor women with few social or economic resources. Ripley was also a leader
in the suffrage movement in Minnesota.
627.
Maternity Hospital, 1887-1937
Type Book
Place Minneapolis
Date 1937
Abstract History of the Martha Ripley maternity hospital, written 25 years after the
death of its founder.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
628.
Maternity, children, and women's homes records
Type Archival Collection
Author Bethany Home
Author Children's Home Society
Author Sisterhood of Bethany
Author Maternity Hospital
Author Ripley Hospital for Women
Author Harriet Walker Maternity Hospital
Author Home for Children and Aged Women
Abstract Records documenting Minneapolis institutions created and operated to
provide care and temporary housing for children and women, the Bethany Home/Harriet
Walker Maternity Hospital (1880-1942), the Children’s Home Society/Home for Children and
Aged Women (1881-1935), and the Maternity Hospital/Ripley Hospital for Women (1884-
1968, bulk 1884-1923), all in Minneapolis. These records, which document patients’ progress
from admission to discharge, and often after discharge, include personal health and familial
histories, many with pregnancy, birth, and adoption information; death records; and a small
amount of data relating to diphtheria (1909-1910) and measles (1918) epidemics. Included are
admission ledgers and registration records; medical history reports, records, and cards; and a
limited number of financial records, particularly relating to boarder payments.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
151
629.
Me
Type Book
Author Brenda Ueland
Place New York
Publisher Arno Press
Date 1980
Abstract Coming of age story set in Minneapolis and Greenwich Village. The author is
the daughter of Clara Ueland (a leading suffragist and first president of the League of Women
Voters) and Andreas Ueland, a prominent lawyer. She describes her childhood in a house near
Lake Calhoun before she departed for New York City in her teens, where she attended Barnard
College. She returned to Minneapolis in 1930. Ueland was a lifelong feminist and successful
writer.
630.
Minneapolis madams: the lost history of prostitution on the Riverfront
Type Book
Author Penny A. Petersen
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract Author Penny Petersen uses newspaper articles and property records to
recover a forgotten brothel district on the Minneapolis riverfront. Her work illuminates the
close relationship between leading Minneapolis "madams"--or brothel owners--and the city's
political and economic elite.
631.
Minneapolis YWCA Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis YWCA
Date 1891-1987
Abstract The Minneapolis YWCA records document programs for girls and young
women in Minneapolis from the 1890s through the mid-1980s. The Minneapolis Young
Women's Christian Association was established in June, 1891, by a group of young women
representing various Christian church organizations. The organization's aim was to provide a
place for the girls and women who worked in downtown Minneapolis to rest and eat lunch.
The YWCA also offered an employment service. By 1893, the facility included a gymnasium.
A Traveler's Aid program, begun in 1895, helped young women coming to the city in search
of work or education and also assisted many immigrant families. An industrial branch opened
in north Minneapolis in 1898. This collection includes a survey of needs of young women and
girls in Minneapolis in 1919. This collection is a fantastic source for material on working
women in Minneapolis, containing information about working conditions, leisure pursuits,
physical fitness, and physical dangers faced by young working women in the early twentieth
century city. It details efforts to help these working women--everything from noon rest hours,
libraries and exercise classes to an organization of the Consumers' League to document ethical
retail practices.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
152
632.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Type Archival Collection
Author Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Abstract Material related to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, with
reference to Minneapolis. Includes annual/biennial reports, minutes, commissioner’s
correspondence, topical background and subject files, news clippings, and published records
and reports documenting the main administrative activities and duties of the department.
Included are records of the commission’s predecessors, the Governor’s Interracial
Commission, Governor’s Human Rights Commission, Fair Employment Practices
Commission, and State Commission Against Discrimination.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
633.
Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Manuscript collection for the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, which
was founded in April 25, 1895. Collection includes yearbooks (1897-1926), directories (1958-
1965), newspaper clippings (late 1930s-early 1940s), and convention programs. Also includes
district histories (except 5th District) as well as a scrapbook of radio scripts, i.e. "Pioneer
Women of Minnesota" and "World Adventure Club."
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
634.
Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, Fifth District
Type Archival Collection
Date 1920s-1960s
Abstract Manuscript collection for the Fifth District, Minnesota Federation of Women's
Clubs. This organization was created on April 25, 1897. Member of MN Federation. The Fifth
District includes over 80 clubs. Charity, civic work, education, and suffrage were among their
endeavors. Collection includes directories (1915-1967), scrapbooks of club activities (1927-
1944), newspaper clippings (1920s-1960s), and club histories of Fifth District Club members.
Also includes a detailed history of Fifth District activities by Mrs. J. P. Coan (no first name
found).
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
635.
Minutes from Margaret Barry Settlement House in 1918
Type Document
Date 1918
Loc. in Archive Margaret Barry House Settlement House Box 1, Board Minutes 1916-
1920
Abstract Minutes from Margaret Barry Settlement House that discusses dance halls,
dance classes and services for working mothers
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
153
636.
Modern times in the big city: Minneapolis a century ago
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Winter 2014
Pages 5-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2014
Abstract The article explores what life was life in Minneapolis during 1914. It looks at
the economic life, social and cultural life and the suffrage movement.
637.
More than petticoats
Type Book
Author Bonnye E. Stuart
Place Guilford, Conn
Publisher Two Dot
Date 2004
Abstract This book profiles 13 Minnesota women. Included are several from Minneapolis:
Martha Ripley, who graduated from medical school in 1883 and established a thriving
maternity hospital in Minneapolis; Lena O. Smith, a civil rights pioneer who fought racial
segregation and was the first black woman in the state's history to be admitted to the
Minnesota bar; Fanny Brin, humanitarian activist from the Minneapolis Jewish community.
638.
Myrtle Cain papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Myrtle Cain
Contributor Ray Kane
Contributor Frank J. Kane
Abstract This collection documents the career of Myrtle Cain, one of the first women to
win election to the Minnesota State Legislature. It includes biographical information, personal
correspondence, miscellaneous political papers, and women’s rights materials of Cain, a
Farmer-Labor legislator from northeast Minneapolis. She was elected in 1922 to represent
former district 28 in the Minnesota House. She served one term. Cain introduced the first
equal-rights bill to the Minnesota legislature in 1923.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
639.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Elizabeth C.
Quinlan House
Type Report
Author Barbara Howard
Date June 1, 2012
Abstract Application for the National Register of Historic Places for the Elizabeth C.
Quinlan house. It details the features of the house and articulates the historic significance of its
owner. Legendary businesswoman Elizabeth Quinlan transformed the retailing of women's
clothing in Minneapolis with her landmark store on Nicollet Avenue.
154
640.
Nellie Stone Johnson: the life of an activist
Type Book
Author Nellie Stone Johnson
Author David Brauer
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Ruminator Books
Date 2000
Abstract Biography of Nellie Stone Johnson, legendary Minneapolis activist. Stone was
known for her work in the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the Democratic
Farmer Labor Party. She was the first African American to win elected office in Minneapolis.
641.
Newspaper series on women workers in Minneapolis by Eva Valesh.
Type Newspaper series
Author Eva Gay
Publication St. Paul Daily Globe
Date 1888
Abstract Articles describe working conditions for women workers in Minneapolis in the
1880s.
642.
'No Jews Allowed'
Type Radio Broadcast
Director John Biewen
URL http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/01/21/midday3
Accessed 2/26/2014, 9:46:51 AM
Network Minnesota Public Radio
Abstract This 1992 radio documentary looks back at anti-Semitism in Minneapolis in
the 1930s and 1940s. Those feelings were so strong that a prominent journalist called
Minneapolis "the capital of anti-Semitism in the United States."
643.
No place for white gloves: Women, reform, and the Minneapolis labor
movement
Type Magazine Article
Author Ryan Driskell Tate
Issue Fall 2013
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2013
Abstract The article discusses the relationships between settlement houses and labors
union. It explores how they worked together, and the tensions and conflicts this created at
times. Settlement houses were often looking to improve working conditions for working
women and ensure their morality remained intact, while labor unions were not concerned
about the same issues for women workers.
155
644.
O clouds, unfold!: Clara Ueland and her family
Type Book
Author Brenda Ueland
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2004
Abstract This memoir of her mother and family by popular author Brenda Ueland was
written in 1967, but not published until 2004.
645.
Old rail fence corners : the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history : authentic
incidents
Type Book
Author Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris; Daughters of the American Revolution.
Minnesota Society. Book Committee.
Place Austin, Minnesota
Publisher F.H. McCulloch Print. Co
Date 1914
Abstract History of Minnesota compiled in the first decade of the twentieth century by
the Daughters of the American Revolution, led by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris. Morris is
an early--and pretty much forgotten--historian of Minnesota. She worked with members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution to collect oral histories of early settlers. These
narratives provide a unique view of early settlement in the state, as well as the concerns of
these early twentieth century citizen-historians. One of her central concerns was to highlight
the role that women played in the development of Minnesota in the nineteenth century. She
hoped to raise "a monument to the Pioneer Women of our State," who Morris called "unsung
heroines. Descriptions of early encounters with Native Americans are central to these
narratives.
646.
Interview with Adina Gibbs
Type Oral history interview
Date 1970
Abstract Interview with Adina Gibbs, lifelong resident of Minneapolis. Gibbs was the
daughter of Ella and John Q. Adams, who was publishers of the Western Appeal. Her uncle
Cyrus Adams was the editor of the Chicago Appeal. In this interview Gibbs discusses famous
African Americans associated with her family, including Willima Trotter (editor of the Boston
Guardian), Booker T. Washington, Roy Wilkins.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
647.
Organizational records for Organizing Against Pornography
Type Archival Collection
Author Organizing Against Pornography
Abstract These records detail the fight to ban pornography first in Minneapolis and
then beyond.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
156
648.
People waging peace: stories of Americans striving for peace and
justice in the world today
Type Book
Author Elizabeth McGuinness
Place San Pedro, CA
Publisher Alberti Press
Date 1988
Abstract Describes the peace movement in the United States during the 1980s. Features
several Minneapolis activists, including Erica Bouza and Polly Mann, both members of
Women Against Military Madness.
649.
Periodical of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs
Type Periodical
Author Federation of Women's Clubs Minnesota
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1917-1926
Type periodical
Abstract Periodical focusing on the work of civic improvement (parks and
playgrounds), public welfare projects concerning child labor and migrant labor, and literary
and cultural activities of members.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
650.
Political Equality Club records
Type Archival Collection
Author Political Equality Club of Minneapolis
Contributor Rachel Foster Avery
Contributor Henry Browne Blackwell
Contributor Carrie Chapman Catt
Contributor Ethel Edgerton Hurd
Contributor Cyrus Northrop
Contributor Fred Beal Snyder
Contributor Charles Leissring Sommers
Contributor Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Contributor George E. Vincent
Abstract This collection documents the activities of one of the leading suffrage
organizations in Minnesota before women won the vote. The collection includes Minutes
(1899-1920), yearbooks (1905, 1906, 1915-1916), correspondence (1883, 1899-1921),
historical data, and related records of a Minneapolis women’s suffrage organization. The club
was organized in 1883 as the Woman Suffrage Club of Minneapolis (renamed in 1897) and
disbanded in 1920 following the enactment of women’s suffrage. The records document the
history, organization, and activities of the club, including its political and social events,
finances, membership, and relations with other local, state, and national suffrage
organizations. They include information on the club’s promotion of suffrage at public
functions, especially the state fair; petitioning state and federal legislatures; supporting women
candidates for school and library boards; sponsoring public lectures by suffragists; annual
157
picnics; fund raising activities; and a 1917 historical pageant ("Catching Up With Father")
depicting national events in the struggle for women’s equality).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society; The Special Collections Department of
Hennepin County Library
651.
Politically Purposeful Work: Ojibwe Women's Labor and Leadership
in Postwar Minneapolis
Type Book Section
Editor Carol. Williams
Author Brenda J. Child
Place Urbana
Publisher Univ. of Illinois Press
Pages 240-253
Date 2012
Book Title Indigenous women and work: from labor to activism
652.
Politicians and prostitutes make strange bedfellows: A history of
commercialized sex and regulation in early Minneapolis
Type Senior thesis
Author Sophie Wallerstedt
Date May 10, 2013
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This undergraduate thesis looks at the regulation of prostitution in
Minneapolis during a fifty year span in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
653.
Politics, Feminism and the Constitution: The Anti-Pornography
Movement in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
Author Paul Brest
Author Ann Vandenberg
Volume 39
Issue 607
Pages 607-661
Publication Stanford Law Review
Date February 1987
Abstract This law review article describes the movement and political context that gave
rise to the pornography ordinance in Minneapolis.
654.
Poor women and their families: hard working charity cases, 1900-1930
Type Book
Author Beverly Ann Stadum
Place Albany
Publisher State University of New York Press
Date 1992
158
655.
Private pages: diaries of American women, 1830s-1970s
Type Book
Author Penelope Franklin
Place New York
Publisher Ballantine Books
Date 1986
Abstract This collection of edited diaries includes writings of Martha Lavell from
1926-1938. She was a Minneapolis social worker who describes her family life with her
mother and sister as well as work, dating and sexuality in Depression-era Minneapolis.
656.
Queer Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Kevin P Murphy
Author Jennifer L Pierce
Author Larry Knopp
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2010
Abstract This critical collection of essays documents the history of the GLBT
community in the Twin Cities, one of the largest and most vital in the nation. It draws on the
pioneering work of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project.
657.
Raddningslinan
Type Document
Author Scandinavian Home of Shelter
Date April, 1936
Abstract Newsletter of the Scandinavian Home of Shelter, 2010 19th Avenue N.E.,
April 1936. Half in Swedish, half in English. The shelter took in wayward girls and their
babies. Includes a day by day account of events at the shelter in March, 1936.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
658.
Records of the Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Type Archival Collection
Author Woman's Christian Association
Date 1866-1982
Abstract Organization records of the oldest--and most influential-- women's reform
organization in Minneapolis. This group was established in the earliest years of the city to aid
women and children and continued to be active over the next century. It established and
maintained a series of residences for unmarried working women; it created the Jones-Harrison
House for older women; and it raised the funds to open the Phyllis Wheatley House, which
became an important institution in the African-American community. From 1921 to 1946, the
group also ran Janette Merrill Park (1921-1946) which provided country vacations for working
women.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
159
659.
Reminiscences of Eva MacDonald Valesh
Type Manuscript
Abstract Combination oral history/reminiscence from Eva Valesh, crusading labor
journalist who focused on the conditions of female workers in Minneapolis in the 1880s.
These memories were collection in 1957 and were in the possession of Frank M. Valesh.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
660.
Report of the Vice Commission of Minneapolis to James C. Haynes,
mayor
Type Report
Author Vice Commission
Author Marion Daniel Shutter
Place Minneapolis
Date 1911
Institution H.M. Hall
Abstract This report addresses the regulation and response to prostitution in
Minneapolis, which had tolerated the commercial sex industry since the late nineteenth
century. This report discusses the merits of maintaining this system--which used fines and
regular court appearances to sanction madams and brothel owners--versus adopting the
approaches of other cities. The report provides an overview of the legal and social views of
prostitution in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century, written from the
perspective of a leading group of Minneapolis reformers.
661.
Resource Center news
Type Archival Collection
Author Resource Center/Organizing Against Pornography Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1984-1985
Abstract Publication of the Pornography Resource Center/Organizing Against
Pornography group.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
662.
Resource Center news
Type Archival Collection
Author Resource Center/Organizing Against Pornography (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Pornography
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1984-1985
Abstract Publication of the Pornography Resource Center/Organizing Against
Pornography group.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
160
663.
Retail revolution, 1955-1965: sixth study of the shopping habits of
women in Minneapolis and suburbs, 1955-1965
Type Report
Author Star and Tribune Company Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis
Date 1966
Abstract Surveys shopping habits of women in Minneapolis and suburbs. Documents
increasingly mobile shoppers who use suburban shopping malls and city shopping districts.
Documents the relative decrease in downtown shopping.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
664.
Rhetoric and organizing: the Twin Cities women's movement 1969 to
1976
Type Thesis, dissertation
Author Becky Swanson Kroll
Date 1981
University University of Minnesota
665.
Robbins Gilman and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection documents the work done by an important family of
Minneapolis reformers. Robbins and Catheryne Cooke Gilman were social workers with the
North East Neighborhood House in Minneapolis and were active in promoting social
legislation and peace movements. Catheryne Cooke Gilman also was executive secretary of
the Women’s Cooperative Alliance of Minneapolis. The collection includes correspondence,
diaries, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and printed materials from the Gilmans. Included in
the collection are records of the Women’s Cooperative Alliance and many subject files related
to the work of this organization in areas of social and public health for women and children.
There is also information about Catheryne Cooke Gilman’s work with several national
organizations involved in the regulation of the motion picture industry.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
666.
Sharon Sayles Belton subject files
Type Archival Collection
Contributor Sharon Sayles Belton
Abstract Material documenting the public service of Sharon Sayles Belton while she
was a member of the Minneapolis City Council (1983-1994) and mayor (1994-2004). Sayles
Belton was the first African American mayor in the history of the city. She was well-known as
a feminist and supporter of gay liberation. This material includes correspondence, press
statements, budget addresses, state of the city speeches, and related materials.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
161
667.
Sex wars: sexual dissent and political culture
Type Book
Author Lisa Duggan
Contributor Nan D. Hunter
Place New York
Publisher Routledge
Date 1995
Abstract Describes the campaign against pornography in Minneapolis in the context of
the larger struggle over the regulation of female sexuality. Written from the perspective of sex
radicals or "sex positive" feminists, who opposed the proposed ban on pornography.
668.
She did not wimper or complain: Swedish American charity cases in
Minneapolis, 1910-1930
Type Journal Article
Author Joy Lintelman
Volume 45
Issue 1
Pages 5-26
Publication Swedish American Historical Quarterly
Abstract Describes social welfare services for Swedish American women in
Minneapolis in the early 20th century.
669.
She will marvel that it should have been possible
Type Magazine Article
Author Kristin Mapel Bloomberg
Author Erin Parrish
Publication Minnesota History
670.
Social services for young women, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Artwork
Artist Lee Brothers
Date 1915
Loc. in Archive Minnesota Historical Society Sound and Visual Collection Call #: I.47
Abstract Views of housing and employment provided for young women in Minneapolis
through the Woman’s Christian Association of Minneapolis. Includes images of the Mahala
Fisk Pillsbury Home, Woman’s Boarding Home, Transient Home for Girls, Woman’s Hotel
and W.C.A. Central Club (Kirkbride Club).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
671.
Some Extracts from the Personal Diary of Mrs. R.J. Mendenhall
Type Book
Author Abby Grant Swift Mendenhall
Place Minneapolis
162
Date 1907
Abstract Some extracts from the personal diary of Mrs. R.J. Mendenhall. Also press
notices and some correspondence from this notable Minneapolis reformer and Quaker.
Mendenhall was one of the founders of the Sisterhood of Bethany, which sought to reform
Minneapolis prostitutes and provide them with new ways of making a living. Preface by Mary
Gray Peck.
672.
Survey of Family and Adult Social Agencies of Minneapolis - 1924
Type Document
Author Frances McLean
Date 1924
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 134
Abstract Study completed in 1924 that looked at the work of the social agencies in
various areas - this file looks at travelers, working girls and homeless men
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
673.
Take Back the Night Clipping File
Type Archival Collection
Date 1993
Loc. in Archive vertical files
Abstract Includes brochures from Take Back the Night marches in Minneapolis in the
1980s and 1990s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
674.
The business of being a club woman
Type Book
Author Alice Ames Winter
Place New York
Publisher Century Co.
Date 1925
Abstract A national leader in the women's club movement talks about the activities of
her organization and the skills and strengths which women developed from club participation.
675.
The Courant
Type Periodical
Place Minneapolis
Date 1899-1914
Abstract Periodical written for elite women involved with the club movement. Started
in 1899, it sought to inform readers about art, literature, current history and social events in the
Twin cities areas. Its supporters included Thomas Lowry, Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, Mrs.
William D. Washburn and Dr. James K. Hosmer. It soon became the official publication of the
regional women's club movement.
163
676.
The geography of pornography: neighborhood feminism and the battle
against "dirty bookstores" in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
Author Georgina Hickey
Volume 32
Issue 1
Pages 125-151.
Publication Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies
Date 2011
Abstract Details the movement that took shape against pornography in South
Minneapolis in the 1970s and 1980s. Views the campaign from a grassroots and neighborhood
perspective rather than through the national lens of the "sex wars."
677.
The library book: centennial history of the Minneapolis Public Library
Type Book
Author Bruce Weir Benidt
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center
Date 1984
Abstract Official centennial history of the Minneapolis public library. It describes
development of this critical public institution, with special attention to the work of legendary
librarian Gratia Countryman and philanthropist T.B. Walker. It illuminates the unique social
vision of the Minneapolis public library, which was inspired by Progressive era social
reformers in the first decades of the twentieth century. The Minneapolis library was one of the
first systems in the country to have a children's section and branch libraries, which were run
more like settlement houses than lending libraries before World War II.
678.
The life of Emily Peake: one dedicated Ojibwe
Type Book
Author Jane Pejsa
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2003
Abstract This biography narrates the story of Emily Peake, an early leader to emerge
from the Native American community that began to take shape in Minneapolis in the 1920s. It
describes the challenges faced by Peake in a city that was hostile to Indians. And it charts her
work as a community organizer in the city, where she played a key role in establishing
valuable institutions like the Upper Midwest American Indian Center.
679.
The Minneapolis Anti-Pornography Ordinance: A Valid Assertion of
Civil Rights
Type Journal Article
Author Winifred Ann Sandler
164
Volume 13
Issue 4
Pages 909
Publication Fordham Urban Law Journal
Date 1984
Abstract This law journal article looks at the Minneapolis pornography ordinance,
through a legal frame, casting it as a conflict between civil rights and the first amendment. The
author concludes that pornography is neither a civil rights violation, nor a category of
unprotected speech.
680.
The Minneapolis Glass House of Fashion
Type Magazine Article
Author William Donaldson and Co Department Store
Volume XXXVI
Issue 6
Date December, 1897
Abstract Monthly publication of Donaldson's illustrating fashion trends.
681.
The Minnesota Legislature of 1923
Type Book
Author C. J Buell
Place St. Paul, Minn.
Publisher C.J. Buell
Date 1923
Abstract Profiles first four women to be elected to the Minnesota House of
Representatives. Includes three women from Minneapolis: Myrtle A. Cain, Sue M. Dickey
Hough and Mabeth Hurd Paige. Also describes the legislative legacy of each of these women.
682.
The new politics of pornography
Type Book
Author Donald Alexander Downs
Place Chicago
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Date 1989
Abstract Political scientist Donald Downs did this study of the politics of pornography
in the 1980s only a few years after the anti-pornography campaign consumed activists across
the country. Two chapters of this national study dealt exclusively with Minneapolis, tracing
how neighborhood activists crafted the pornography ban that the city council approved and the
mayor vetoed. Downs illuminates the novelty of the Minneapolis approach, which cast
pornography as a violation of women's civil rights. He argued that the polarized nature of the
debate on this subject degraded the quality of democratic discourse.
683.
The Politics of the Welfare Mothers Movement: A Case Study
Type Journal Article
Author Susan H Hertz
165
Volume 2
Issue 3
Publication Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Date 1977
Abstract Describes the work of three welfare mothers' organizations active in
Minneapolis in the 1960s: the AFDC League, Direction Action Recipients of Welfare and
Minnesota Welfare Rights Organizations. These groups helped to redefine welfare recipients
as citizens rather than clients.
684.
The Privilege for which We Struggled: Leaders of the Women's
Suffrage Movement in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Heidi Bauer
Place St. Paul, Minnesota
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1995
Abstract Short biographies of women in Minnesota involved with the suffrage
movement.
685.
The Violet Study Club of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Kristin Mapel Bloomberg
Author Johnanna Ganz
Issue Winter 2011
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2011
Abstract The article provides the history of the Violet Study Club and other study
groups. These study clubs were seen as ways to create middle-class communities, reinforce
middle-class values and improving one's self. The focus was not normally on charitable work,
but self-improvement for women.
686.
The wisdom of love: an autobiography
Type Book
Author Edith Linoff Edelman
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher EMLE
Date 1981
Abstract Autobiography of volunteer active in Jewish community affairs in
Minneapolis in the 1930s.
687.
The Women's political primer
Type Manuscript
Author Women's Federation of Minnesota Farmer-Labor
Place Minnesota
166
Date 1934
Type pamphlet
Abstract Farmer-Labor appeal to women voters that discusses health, homemaking,
education, employment and civic "housekeeping."
688.
The Workers of St. Anthony Falls: As Pictured in the Manuscript
Censuses of 1895, 1900, and 1910
Type Magazine Article
Author Tasslyn Frame
Issue Winter 1994
Pages 22-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1994
Abstract The article looks at the censuses data to determine who was working and
living in various areas around St. Anthony falls. It explores how the neighborhoods varied in
diversity, class and occupations. It looks at the challenges faced by African American, both
men and women.
689.
Thursday Musical in the musical life of Minneapolis
Type Thesis
Author Barbara Sue Lamb
Date 1983
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This thesis describes the development of the Minneapolis musical
organization founded by young women in 1892 to promote musical culture in the city.
690.
Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis
Date 1906-1975
Abstract The Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis began as a protective service for
young women and immigrant groups moving into the city. After years as a department of the
Minneapolis YWCA, the society became an independent agency in 1930. It served transient
men, women, and families until its operations were transferred to Community Information and
Referral Services, a division of the Minneapolis United Way, in 1975. The records contain
board and committee minutes, annual and monthly reports, financial records, and
correspondence.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
691.
Trina Porte papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Trina Porte
Abstract This collection charts the life and activism of Trina Porte, a Minneapolis poet,
theater stagehand and lesbian activist who was involved in the campaign to ban pornography
in the city during the 1980s. It includes diaries, correspondence, high school and college
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papers, poetry, and activism files documenting the childhood, young adulthood, education,
family dynamics, romantic relationships, sexual orientation, and protest activities of a
Minneapolis radical feminist. Porte was involved with A Woman's Coffeehouse, which is
documented in another MHS collection.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
692.
Unpublished facts and letters of the "Uncle Ned" nee Joseph W.
Bragdon: exploits and trials, 1916-1917
Type Book
Author Jay M Near
Author J. D Bevans
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher J.M. Near & J.D. Bevans
Date 1917
Abstract Material about the crimes of Joseph W. Bragdon, who was convicted of raping
a series of young Minneapolis girls while posing as a social reformer. His crimes--and their
reception in the Minneapolis courts--sparked the creation of the Women's Cooperative
Alliance, a local reform organization concerned with female sexual delinquency.
693.
Watchdog of loyalty: the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
during World War I
Type Book
Author Carl Henry Chrislock
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1991
Abstract This history of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission describes the
campaign against labor activists and radicals in the name of patriotism during World War I.
Minneapolis figures into the story as one of the centers for the Industrial Workers of the
World, the radical organization so reviled by many Americans. Chrislock documents the raids
on the group in Minneapolis as well as the efforts to curb prostitution. This "social hygiene"
campaign was led by Minneapolis clubwoman Alice Ames Winter.
694.
Where I was a person' : the Ladies' Auxiliary in the 1934 Minneapolis
Teamsters' strikes
Type Book Section
Editor Ruth Milkman
Author Marjorie Penn Lasky
Place London; New York
Publisher Routledge & Kegan Paul
Date 1987
Abstract Describes the contribution of women to the teamsters' strike in 1934.
Book Title Women, work, and protest: a century of US women's labor history
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695.
Woman suffrage in Minnesota a record of the activities in its behalf
since 1847
Type Book
Author Ethel Edgerton Hurd
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association
Date 1916
Abstract History of the campaign for female suffrage, written by a participant in the
movement.
696.
Woman writer in the CP: The case of Meridel LeSueur
Type Journal Article
Author Linda Ray Pratt
Volume 14
Issue 3
Pages 247-264
Publication Women's Studies
Date 1987
697.
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, 1866-1966
Type Book
Author Christian Association of Minneapolis Woman's
Place Minneapolis
Date 1966
Abstract History of most enduring women's reform organization in Minneapolis for its
centennial anniversary. Describes its residence halls and other projects. Lots of illustrations.
698.
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis: organized January 27,
1866, incorporated February 17, 1873
Type Book
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1975
Abstract History of the oldest--and perhaps the most influential--women's
organizations in Minneapolis. Published by the group to celebrate more than a century of work
in the community.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, The Special Collections Department of
Hennepin County Library
699.
Woman's rights movement
Type Magazine Article
Author Marilyn Ziebarth
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1971
169
Abstract Overview of woman suffrage campaign in Minnesota. Provides national
context in addition to specific details about the effort to secure the vote in this state.
700.
Women in banking in the city of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Occupational Bureau (Minneapolis, Minn.) Woman's
Series Occupational bulletin / Women's Occupational Bureau
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Vocational Information Service of the Woman's Occupational Bureau
Date 1919
701.
Women of All Red Nations
Type Book Section
Author Means, Lorelei DeCora
Date 1974
Abstract This collection of primary sources includes a memo from Women of All Red
Nations, a Manifesto for American Indian Women. It asserts the primacy of race for Indian
women and was meant to be a rejoinder to white feminists who believed all women could be
united in a singular movement for liberation.
Book Title Red Power, The American Indians Fight for Freedom
702.
Women of Minnesota
Type Book
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Women's History Month, Inc
Date 1987
Abstract This collective biography of Minnesota women includes sketches of several
Minneapolis women, most notably African American activist Ethel Ray Nance and labor
organizer and legislator Myrtle Cain.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
703.
Women of Minnesota: selected biographical essays
Type Book
Author Barbara Stuhler
Author Gretchen V Kreuter
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1977
Abstract Biographical essays covering women from the early years of Minnesota
Territory to the opening days of the feminist movement. Includes an updated list of women
who have served in the Minnesota legislature; and women who have risen to prominence as
judges, business leaders, and sports figures.
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704.
Women on the breadlines
Type Book
Author Meridel Le Sueur
Place Cambridge, MA
Publisher West End Press
Date 1977
Abstract This short piece describes social conditions for women in Minneapolis during
the Great Depression. LeSueur describes the struggles that women had in finding work and
how lack of support pushed many of them into prostitution.
705.
Women production workers, welcome to Minneapolis-Moline.
Type Book
Author Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company
Publisher The Company
Date 1940
Abstract Introductory handbook for women workers at Moline, World War II.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
706.
Women Workers at St. Anthony Falls
Type Magazine Article
Author Tasslyn Frame
Issue Spring 1994
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1994
Abstract This article looks at working women in Minneapolis after the Civil War
through the beginning of the twentieth century. It looks at the growth of women in the
workplace and the facilities that were created to house them. It also analyzes concerns about
women's morality and prostitution.
707.
Women's Cooperative Alliance Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Women's Cooperative Alliance
Abstract Various reports and organizational material from the Women's Cooperative
Alliance, a consortium of women's groups dedicated to curtailing juvenile delinquency.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
708.
Women's history tours of the Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Gretchen V. Kreuter
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2008
171
Abstract Describes the physical landscape of women's history in the Twin Cities.
709.
Women's liberation newsletter
Type Newspaper
Date 1969
Abstract Newsletter for the Minneapolis Women's Liberation Group located at the
University of Minnesota. Continues as Female Liberation Newsletter.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
710.
Writing red: an anthology of American women writers, 1930-1940
Type Book
Author Charlotte Nekola
Author Paula Rabinowitz
Author Toni Morrison
Place New York
Publisher The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Date 1987
Abstract This anthology includes work of Meridel LeSueur, who describes the social
conditions for women in Minneapolis during the 1930s.
711.
Writing the wrongs: Eva Valesh and the rise of labor journalism
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Faue
Place Ithaca
Publisher Cornell University Press
Date 2002
Abstract Biography of labor journalist Eva Valesh, who started her career describing
working conditions for women in Minneapolis for the St. Paul Globe in the 1880s.
712.
You've come a long way lady!
Type Book
Author Jeannette Ludcke
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Woman's Club of Minneapolis
Date 1982
Abstract History of the Woman's Club of Minneapolis.
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Gender and Sexuality
713.
100 Flowers
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1970-1971
Abstract Radical weekly paper located in the Cedar-Riverside area. Lots of stuff on
militant protests, anti-war activism and counter-culture in general.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
714.
A defense of the report of the Minneapolis Vice Commission: address
of Rev. M.D. Shutter, before the Six O'clock Club, October 30, 1911
Type Manuscript
Author Marion D. Shutter
Date 1911
Abstract Part of the debate over the shuttering of the brothels in early twentieth century
Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
715.
A Tale of Two Cities: a memoir of sixteen years behind a pencil
Type Book
Author H.A. Guilford
Place Robinsdale, MN
Date 1929
Abstract Describes prostitution in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
716.
Against obscenity: reform and the politics of womanhood in America,
1873-1935
Type Book
Author Leigh Ann Wheeler
Series Reconfiguring American political history
Place Baltimore, Md
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Date 2004
Abstract Describes the anti-obscenity movement, which was centered among
Minneapolis club women. This campaign tied together sex education with an effort to regulate
the growing motion picture industry. Describes struggle in the city to establish the parameters
for operation for movie houses. Features clubwoman Alice Ames Winter and Catheryne
Cooke Gilman, both well-known reformers.
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717.
Battling pornography: the American feminist anti-pornography
movement, 1976-1986
Type Book
Author Carolyn Bronstein
Place Cambridge ; New York
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Date 2011
718.
Brian Coyle: How a Local Politician Complicated Historical Discourse
Type Magazine Article
Author Michael Cariolano
Issue Fall 2005
Pages 4-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2005
Abstract The article provides a biography of Brian Coyle. It discusses his work as a
politician, gay rights activist and co- founder of Hundred Flowers. It also explores his
importance as a gay politician for Minneapolis and the nation.
719.
Brian J. Coyle papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Brian J. Coyle
Abstract Personal, political, and official papers documenting the life and career of a
gay activist and Minneapolis (Minn.) city council member. The papers include correspondence
(1965-1991), memoranda, notes, agendas, minutes, calendars, financial statements, legal
documents, appointment books (1984-1990), journals (1974, 1986, 1989-1991), bills,
resolutions, ordinances, maps, campaign literature (1981-1990), flyers, pamphlets, newsletters,
programs, a briefing book (1990), comic books, newspaper and magazine clippings,
photographs, scrapbooks (1981-1990), posters, slide shows (1974, 1987), audio tapes (1974,
1977-1978, 1982, 1990), and video tapes (1984-1991). They document Coyle’s political career
from the mid-1960s, when he became active in the New Left, through his membership in the
New American Movement (1972-1974), his work as a tenants’ rights activist (1974-1981), and
his tenure on the Minneapolis city council as sixth ward alderman (1984-1991). This
collection includes a report of neighborhood crime. Also contains personal correspondence
and letters regarding the Bathhouse Ordinance as a response to the AIDS crisis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
720.
Clip File- Homosexuals: Civil Rights and Discrimination
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of newspaper articles dealing with gay civil rights.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
174
721.
Clip File- Homosexuals: Metro Area
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1920's-1990's
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Series of articles dealing with homosexuals in the Twin Cities. Includes a
timeline of notable gay and lesbian local milestones.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
722.
Clipping file on pornography
Type Archival Collection
Date 1970-1980s
Loc. in Archive vertical files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
723.
Clipping File, Alexander Brothers
Type Archival Collection
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Clipping file about the Alexander Brothers, known for their control of the
pornography industry in Minneapolis from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
724.
Clipping File, Equal Time
Type Archival Collection
Date 1982-1983
Abstract Clippings from Equal Time detail arrest of gay men in "adult" bookstores and
other episodes of police harassment.
725.
Coffeehouse Collective records
Type Archival Collection
Author Coffeehouse Collective
Date 1975-1989
Abstract Correspondence (1976-1989), minutes (1981-1990), financial statements
(1981-1985), calendar (undated and 1981-1989), flyers (undated and 1975, 1981-1989),
contracts (1980-1989), a mailing list (1989), and a directory of performers that document the
history of one of the first women’s coffeehouses in the U.S. The coffeehouse was promoted as
"a chemically-free meeting place for all women which supports and nurtures the social,
cultural, and political life of the Twin Cities lesbian community." A Woman’s Coffeehouse
originally opened as a fund raiser for the Lesbian Resource Center (Dec. 20, 1975). The
Coffeehouse Collective assumed management (Feb. 1976) and operated the coffeehouse until
its closing (Sept. 9, 1989). Topics include the collective’s philosophy, routine management,
hiring of collective members, fund raising, publicity, programming (which included live
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performances, dancing, and political or educational presentations), and the coffeehouse’s
dissolution.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
726.
Crossing the barriers the autobiography of Allan H. Spear
Type Book
Author Allan H Spear
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2010
Abstract Allan Spear had a long and distinguished career as a historian and as a
Minnesota state senator. Perhaps best known for coming out as openly gay during his first
term in the Minnesota Senate-becoming one of the first elected officials in the nation to do so-
Spear was also a leader of Eugene McCarthy's run for the presidency, an organizer against the
war in Vietnam, and a key proponent for the establishment of the African-American studies
department at the University of Minnesota.
727.
Cruising Loring Park
Type Newspaper Article
Author John Oslund
Publication Minneapolis Star
Date June 21, 1979
Section General News, Part 2
Abstract Describes gay cruising scene in Loring Park. Includes interview with Tim
Campbell.
728.
Dirty Old Man's Guide to the City
Type Newspaper Article
Author Allan Holbert
Publication Minneapolis Tribune
Date April 26, 1970
Abstract Describes the growing commercial sex industry on Hennepin Avenue in 1970.
729.
Dives and Diversions: The Variety Theaters of Early Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Lawrence James Hill
Issue Fall 1987
Pages 4-10
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1987
Abstract The article focuses on the early variety theaters in the Bridge Square district
and how the papers criticized the theaters at indecent, lewd. These theaters were the
forerunners of the vaudeville theaters.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
176
730.
Annual reports of the Woman's Christian Association
Type Reports, periodical
Abstract The Woman's Christian Association is the city's oldest and perhaps most
influential female reform organization, established in 1866. Its annual reports detail the the
group's extensive reform in the city over a century of operations.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
731.
Donald M. Fraser Collection
Type Archival Collection
Contributor Donald MacKay Fraser
Abstract Correspondence, proclamations, reports, and related materials detailing the
mayor’s management of city government. General topics covered include the arts, municipal
bonds, child care, churches, professional sports, employment, daycare, energy, housing,
emergency shelters, drug abuse, labor, recycling, handicapped, historic properties and
landmarks, light rail transport, pollution, skyways, taxes, taxicabs, technology, and gay rights.
Topics covered in detail include downtown economic development projects, such as the
Minneapolis Convention Center and Nicollet Mall improvements, and neighborhood
redevelopment projects, particularly in the Hennepin and Franklin avenues, Cedar-Riverside,
Elliot Park, Nicollet Island, Phillips, and Whittier areas. There are also files documenting the
mayor’s relations with various ethnic communities, including American Indian, Hispanic,
Indochinese, African American, and Cuban groups; with organizations and companies, such as
General Mills, NSP, Dayton-Hudson, Amnesty International, and the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce, Downtown Council, and Citizens League; with the governor’s office and state
legislature and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; and with fellow
politicians Rudy Boschwitz, David Durenberger, Al Quie, Martin Sabo, Bill Frenzel, Walter
Mondale, and deputy mayor Jan Hively.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
732.
Finding the movement: sexuality, contested space, and feminist
activism
Type Book
Author Anne Enke
Place Durham
Publisher Duke University Press
Date 2007
Abstract Describes the women's liberation movement in Minneapolis. Situates the
movement in urban geography, explaining how women activists staked a claim to public space
in the city.
733.
Gay and lesbian activities in Minneapolis
Type Artwork
Artist Gary Edgar Johnson
Date 1977
Abstract Photograph collection documenting gay and lesbian life in the 1970s.
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734.
Land of 10,000 loves: a history of queer Minnesota
Type Book
Author Stewart Van Cleve
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2012
Abstract Comprehensive history of queer Minnesota as written by a former archivist at
the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Collection at the University of Minnesota. Van Cleve drew heavily on materials from the
Tretter to craft this landmark study of the history of sexuality in Minnesota.
735.
A Study of Prostitution and Sex Delinquency in Mpls, St. Paul, and
Duluth
Type Report
Date October 1, 1939
Loc. in Archive Records of the American Social Health Association, Box 99, Folder
10.
Abstract Report from the American Social Health Association on Prostitution in
Minnesota Cities, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
736.
Lesbian Elders Oral History Project: interview with Patricia R.
Saltness
Type Oral history interview
Date December 18, 1996
Abstract Patricia Saltness was interviewed for this project. She was born on January 9,
1937, in Dawson, Minnesota. Father was a trucker, mother had a variety of jobs. One older
brother and one older sister. Various jobs. Then went to college to get teaching certificate and
taught fourth grade for several years in Minneapolis. From 1975 until recently she owned a
remodeling business. Currently semi-retired. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Work history;
knowing before first grade that she was a lesbian; considering herself a tomboy; her first lover,
who eventually got married; choosing to come to Minneapolis; bigotry in Willmar, Minnesota;
staying closeted and flirting with men; lack of discussion because of fear; gay bars; softball
teams and the lesbian culture; the butch and femme elements of lesbian culture; coming out to
her mother in 1985; sadness that women can dress in men's clothing (jeans, sweatshirt), but
men can't dress in women's; playing the trumpet in the Freedom Band; activity in GLEAM
(Gay and Lesbian Elders Active in Minnesota) for social reasons; changes since 1959,
including fear having gone, people being more educated, and lesbians being more empowered.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
737.
Lesbian Insider/Insighter/Inciter
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date August, 1980-Febuary/March, 1984
178
Loc. in Archive Periodical
Abstract A lesbian paper published in Minneapolis from 1980-1984. A self-described
"dyke space," the paper covers both local and national issues pertaining to lesbian issues.
Archive Quatrefoil Library
738.
Minneapolis madams: the lost history of prostitution on the Riverfront
Type Book
Author Penny A. Petersen
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract Author Penny Petersen uses newspaper articles and property records to
recover a forgotten brothel district on the Minneapolis riverfront. Her work illuminates the
close relationship between leading Minneapolis "madams"--or brothel owners--and the city's
political and economic elite.
739.
Minneapolis YWCA Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis YWCA
Date 1891-1987
Abstract The Minneapolis YWCA records document programs for girls and young
women in Minneapolis from the 1890s through the mid-1980s. The Minneapolis Young
Women's Christian Association was established in June, 1891, by a group of young women
representing various Christian church organizations. The organization's aim was to provide a
place for the girls and women who worked in downtown Minneapolis to rest and eat lunch.
The YWCA also offered an employment service. By 1893, the facility included a gymnasium.
A Traveler's Aid program, begun in 1895, helped young women coming to the city in search
of work or education and also assisted many immigrant families. An industrial branch opened
in north Minneapolis in 1898. This collection includes a survey of needs of young women and
girls in Minneapolis in 1919. This collection is a fantastic source for material on working
women in Minneapolis, containing information about working conditions, leisure pursuits,
physical fitness, and physical dangers faced by young working women in the early twentieth
century city. It details efforts to help these working women--everything from noon rest hours,
libraries and exercise classes to an organization of the Consumers' League to document ethical
retail practices.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
740.
Oral history from the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History
Project: Minnesota Native American Oral history interviews
Type Oral history interview
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Michael Pindegayosh interviewed Roberta Head McKenzie as part of the
Native American section of the Minnesota Greatest Generational Oral History Project. This
project chronicles the lives of Minnesota Native Americans who lived during World War II
and are part of "Minnesota’s Greatest Generation." Few interviews from this collection touch
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directly on Minneapolis. But McKenzie describes her experience working at the University of
Minnesota Department of Medical Laboratories.
741.
Organizational records
Type Archival Collection
Author Organizing Against Pornography
Abstract These records detail the fight to ban pornography first in Minneapolis and
then beyond.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
742.
Politics, Feminism and the Constitution: The Anti-Pornography
Movement in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
Author Paul Brest
Author Ann Vandenberg
Volume 39
Issue 607
Pages 607-661
Publication Stanford Law Review
Date February 1987
Abstract This law review article describes the movement and political context that gave
rise to the pornography ordinance in Minneapolis.
743.
Private pages: diaries of American women, 1830s-1970s
Type Book
Author Penelope Franklin
Place New York
Publisher Ballantine Books
Date 1986
Abstract This collection of edited diaries includes writings of Martha Lavell from
1926-1938. She was a Minneapolis social worker who describes her family life with her
mother and sister as well as work, dating and sexuality in Depression-era Minneapolis.
744.
Queer Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Kevin P Murphy
Author Jennifer L Pierce
Author Larry Knopp
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2010
Abstract This critical collection of essays documents the history of the GLBT
community in the Twin Cities, one of the largest and most vital in the nation. It draws on the
pioneering work of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project.
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745.
Report of the Vice Commission of Minneapolis to James C. Haynes,
mayor
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Vice Commission
Author Marion Daniel Shutter
Place Minneapolis
Date 1911
Institution H.M. Hall
Abstract This report addresses the regulation and response to prostitution in
Minneapolis, which had tolerated the commercial sex industry since the late nineteenth
century. This report discusses the merits of maintaining this system--which used fines and
regular court appearances to sanction madams and brothel owners--versus adopting the
approaches of other cities. The report provides an overview of the legal and social views of
prostitution in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century, written from the
perspective of a leading group of Minneapolis reformers.
746.
Resource Center news
Type Periodical
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1984-1985
Abstract Publication of the Pornography Resource Center/Organizing Against
Pornography group.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
747.
Sex wars: sexual dissent and political culture
Type Book
Author Lisa Duggan
Contributor Nan D. Hunter
Place New York
Publisher Routledge
Date 1995
Abstract Describes the campaign against pornography in Minneapolis in the context of
the larger struggle over the regulation of female sexuality. Written from the perspective of sex
radicals or "sex positive" feminists, who opposed the proposed ban on pornography.
748.
'Sodom on the Mississippi': The homosexual presence shown in the
media
Type Magazine Article
Author Timothy Trent Blade
Pages 4-34
Publication Hennepin County Magazine
Date Spring 1993
Abstract This landmark article narrates the history of the GLBT community in the
Twin Cities. It provides a chronology of key dates. It also explores the challenges faces with
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police, religious institutions, public agencies and workplace. It discusses the challenges of
queer youth and diversity with the homosexual community.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
749.
Take Back the Night Clipping File
Type Archival Collection
Date 1993
Loc. in Archive vertical files
Abstract Includes brochures from Take Back the Night marches in Minneapolis in the
1980s and 1990s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
750.
The geography of pornography: neighborhood feminism and the battle
against "dirty bookstores" in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
Author Georgina Hickey
Volume 32
Issue 1
Pages 125-151.
Publication Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies
Date 2011
Abstract Details the movement that took shape against pornography in South
Minneapolis in the 1970s and 1980s. Views the campaign from a grassroots and neighborhood
perspective rather than through the national lens of the "sex wars."
751.
The other Minneapolis, or the rise and fall of the Gateway, the old
Minneapolis skid row
Type Book
Author Rosheim, David
Place Maquoketa, Iowa
Publisher Andromeda Press
Date 1978
Abstract This classic study narrates the rise and fall of the Minneapolis Gateway
District, the largest skid row between Chicago and Seattle. Written on the heels of the urban
renewal campaign that swept through the city, Rosheim draws on newspaper accounts of crime
and vice to provide a wealth of detail about a notorious neighborhood that was the heart of the
historic city. All later histories of the Gateway have relied heavily on Rosheim's volume.
752.
Trina Porte papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Trina Porte
Abstract This collection charts the life and activism of Trina Porte, a Minneapolis poet,
theater stagehand and lesbian activist who was involved in the campaign to ban pornography
in the city during the 1980s. It includes diaries, correspondence, high school and college
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papers, poetry, and activism files documenting the childhood, young adulthood, education,
family dynamics, romantic relationships, sexual orientation, and protest activities of a
Minneapolis radical feminist. Porte was involved with A Woman's Coffeehouse, which is
documented in another MHS collection.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
753.
Unpublished biography of T.B. and Harriet Walker
Type Manuscript
Author Clara Nelson
Place Minneapolis
Loc. in Archive T.B. Walker Papers
Abstract Unpublished biography of T.B and Harriet Walker written by Clara Nelson.
Never published. Full of salacious details.
Archive Walker Art Center Archive, Minnesota Historical Society
754.
Unpublished facts and letters of the "Uncle Ned" nee Joseph W.
Bragdon: exploits and trials, 1916-1917
Type Book
Author Jay M Near
Author J. D Bevans
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher J.M. Near & J.D. Bevans
Date 1917
Abstract Material about the crimes of Joseph W. Bragdon, who was convicted of raping
a series of young Minneapolis girls while posing as a social reformer. His crimes--and their
reception in the Minneapolis courts--sparked the creation of the Women's Cooperative
Alliance, a local reform organization concerned with female sexual delinquency.
755.
Watchdog of loyalty: the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
during World War I
Type Book
Author Carl Henry Chrislock
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1991
Abstract This history of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission describes the
campaign against labor activists and radicals in the name of patriotism during World War I.
Minneapolis figures into the story as one of the centers for the Industrial Workers of the
World, the radical organization so reviled by many Americans. Chrislock documents the raids
on the group in Minneapolis as well as the efforts to curb prostitution. This "social hygiene"
campaign was led by Minneapolis clubwoman Alice Ames Winter.
756.
Women's Cooperative Alliance Collection
Type Archival Collection
183
Author Women's Cooperative Alliance
Abstract Various reports and organizational material from the Women's Cooperative
Alliance, a consortium of women's groups dedicated to curtailing juvenile delinquency.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
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Crime and Punishment
757.
Arthur Naftalin interviews Ed Ryan
Type Oral history interview
Date July 11, 1978
Loc. in Archive Hubert Humphrey Oral History Collection
Abstract Arthur Naftalin interviewed Ed Ryan as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey Oral
History Project, which was funded by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota to record the memories and thoughts of major figures in the long
career of Hubert Humphrey. Most of the interviews in this project were done by Arthur
Naftalin, an early Humphrey aide, mayor of Minneapolis and professor of public affairs at the
Humphrey Institute. This interview with the former chief of police in Minneapolis describes
the political climate in the city in the 1940s, widespread corruption and police practices in the
context of Hubert Humphrey's rise to power.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
758.
Bertillon ledgers
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis police department
Place Minneapolis City Hall
Abstract Ledgers recording the physical characteristics of subjects arrested by the
Minneapolis police department in the 1910s and 1920s.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
759.
Calvin F. Hawkinson papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Calvin F. Hawkinson
Abstract The collection focuses on the law enforcement career of Calvin F. Hawkinson,
from his start in 1942 as a uniformed patrolman in the 6th Precinct of the Minneapolis Police
Dept. until his retirement as chief of the dept. in 1968, as well as his tenure as chief of the
Plymouth Police Dept., 1968-1978. Included are oral reminiscences, scrapbooks, notebooks,
intelligence files, surveillance recordings, procedural manuals, training materials, speech
notes, photographs, and sound recordings.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
760.
Community conditions, a study of the Women's Co-operative Alliance
Type Book
Author Grace E Pratt
Author Fern Chase
Author Erma Robertson
Author M. C Elmer
Author Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies Women's Co-operative Alliance
Author Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
185
Publisher Women's Co-operative Alliance
Date 1925
Abstract A highly revealing social survey of Minneapolis neighborhoods in the 1920s.
This work was done by women volunteers in conjunction with the University of Minnesota.
The goal was to curb juvenile delinquency and sexual activity of young women.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
761.
Desk sergeant's and lieutenant's daily memoranda
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Police Department, sixth precinct
Abstract Daily memoranda recording the calls received by the precinct and the action
taken. They record the time of the call, a description of the complaint, name of the officer sent
to handle the complaint, and an account of the action taken by the officer. There are no
memoranda for 1928; 1929; July, 1930, to September, 1934; or 1949. The sixth precinct was
closed in about 1967, and its duties were assumed by the third precinct.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
762.
Ethel Ray Nance Papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Ethel Ray Nance
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Newspaper clippings, correspondence, a few writings, and miscellaneous
printed matter created or collected by an African American woman from Minneapolis who
worked as a secretary and police officer and who was active in African American cultural and
civil rights organizations in Minnesota. In addition to biographical information, there is
printed information about Minneapolis artist Henry Bannarn and about the Harlem
Renaissance, with which Nance was associated; about her service as a Minneapolis police
officer (1928-1934); about the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis (1926-
1951).
763.
Gay/Lesbian pamphlet collection
Type Pamphlet
Author MCGLR: Lesbian/Gay Newspapers
Place Minneapolis
Date 1979
Abstract Describes police harassment in adult bookstores in Minneapolis in 1979.
Gives advice on "what to do when the police arrive."
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
764.
Harry Hayward: life, crimes, dying confession and execution of the
celebrated Minneapolis criminal
Type Book
Author Edward H Goodsell
Place Whitefish, MT
186
Publisher Kessinger Pub.
Date 2009
Abstract An account of a notorious criminal case in late nineteenth century
Minneapolis.
765.
Hearing Board report II: general hearings, 1978
Type Report
Author Minnesota Citizens' Review Commission on the FBI
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher The Commission
Date 1978
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
766.
History of the fire and police departments of Minneapolis: their origin,
progress, and development
Type Book
Author Augustine E Costello
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher The Relief Association Publishing Company
Date 1890
767.
History of the Minneapolis Police Department
Type Document
Author Michael Fossum
Date December 1996
Abstract An overview history of the Minneapolis Police Department from 1880's
through early 1990's.
Archive: The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
768.
History of the police and fire departments of the Twin Cities: their
origin in early village days and progress to 1900.
Type Book
Author Alix J Muller
Author Mead, Frank J
Place Minneapolis
Publisher American Land & Title Register Association
Date 1899
769.
Jail records/register
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis police department
Place Minneapolis City Hall
187
Abstract List of people jailed in Minneapolis from 1911 to 1920. Gives names,
residence, offense, physical description and other details.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
770.
James Gray papers
Type Archival Collection
Author James Gray
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, cartoons, clippings, other printed materials, and
miscellany of Gray, who was mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1898-1900), editor of the
Minneapolis Times, and associate editor and Washington correspondent of the Minneapolis
Journal. Many of the materials are housed in scrapbooks. There is information about a
smallpox epidemic in Minneapolis (1900), the Minneapolis police force, public utilities in
Minneapolis, the Mexican revolution (1910), the 1912 election, incidents leading up to World
War I, the Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry in the Spanish-American War, Washington society,
and William Jennings Bryan. Also included are speeches made by Gray as mayor of
Minneapolis and as a lecturer; copies of newspaper columns written by Gray; and political
cartoons of Gray drawn by local artists.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
771.
Juvenile Delinquency, City of Minneapolis 1940-1944
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies
Date 1945
Abstract Report about Juvenile Delinquents in Minneapolis. Includes color maps
showing concentrations.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
772.
Legacy of violence: lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota
Type Book
Author John D. Bessler
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2003
Abstract This history of capital punishment and extra-legal violence in Minnesota
includes analysis of the execution of Harry Hayward in 1895 and the lynching of Frank
McManus in 1882. Both of these events happened in Minneapolis.
773.
Letters from Frank McDonald to Twiford E. Hughes
Type Document
Author Frank McDonald
Date September, 1903
Abstract Two letters from Frank McDonald, Superintendent of the Minneapolis
Workhouse, seeking a source of cast-off clothing and describing his policies and feelings
about the inmates of the city workhouse.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
188
774.
Minneapolis police department, 1872-1973: 101 years of service.
Type Book
Author Minneapolis (Minn.). Police Dept.
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher The Department
Date 1974
775.
Minnesota rag: the dramatic story of the landmark Supreme Court
case that gave new meaning to freedom of the press
Type Book
Author Fred W. Friendly
Place New York
Publisher Random House
Date 1981
Abstract: A history of “Near v. Minnesota,” a landmark case for the freedom of the press in
the United States. Journalist Fred Friendly tells the story of Jay M. Near, a muck-racking
newspaper publisher whose anti-Semitic, racist and zenophobic publication was put out of
business by a Minnesota gag law in 1927. This account is set against the backdrop of politics,
prejudices and underworld dealings in Minneapolis in the inter-war period. It illuminates the
social milieu of the time and provides the context for the murder of three journalists in the city
during this period.
776.
Murder has a public face: crime and punishment in the speed graphic
era
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Borealis Books
Date 2008
777.
Negro Crime in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Boie, Maurine
Volume VI
Pages 171-173
Publication Opportunity
Date June, 1928
Abstract Analysis of the types of criminal charges brought against African Americans
in Minneapolis in the 1920s.
778.
Ozark Flats
Type Book
Author Bob Williams
189
Place Minneapolis
Publisher James D. Thueson, Publisher
Date 1983
Abstract Fictional account of the Harry Hayward murder.
779.
Police practices in the Twin Cities: a report
Type Book
Author States Commission on Civil Rights United
Editor Ruthanne DeWolfe
Editor Carmelo Melendez
Author States Commission on Civil Rights United
Place Washington, D.C
Publisher The Commission
Date 1981
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
780.
Police records from the 1920s in Minneapolis
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Police Department
Abstract Detective complaints (1920-1924), missing person records (1912-1926),
violent death records (1923-1927), unsolved cases (1924-1926), and detective reports (1922-
1932). The various case records are completed forms that give a short description of each case,
including the names and addresses of people involved. The detective reports give a daily
account of the cases pursued by the detectives. The volumes are indexed by name.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
781.
Politicians and prostitutes make strange bedfellows: A history of
commercialized sex and regulation in early Minneapolis
Type Thesis
Author Sophie Wallerstedt
Date May 10, 2013
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This thesis looks at the regulation of prostitution in Minneapolis during a fifty
year span in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
782.
Records of Federal Court Criminal Trials for Fred Ossanna, Barney
Larrick, Harry Isaacs and Earl Jeffords,
Type Archival Collection
Date 1959-1960
Loc. in Archive Accession, #276-74A2334, location # row 37, unit 1, shelf 1, book
2190, box 539.
Abstract These records pertain to the end of the streetcar system in Minneapolis and St.
Paul and the allegations of criminal wrongdoing against the officers of the company. Location
and records information is as follows. Case# 4-59-CR.77; Fred Isaacs, def. Case 4-60-CR.13;
190
CR 4-59-77 - 13 archival boxes CR 4-60-13 - 1 archival box; 8th Circuit Appellate Court -
Pleadings Case Files All 5 files - 2 archival boxes (each file comprises 1 folder); 8th Circuit
Appellate Court - Records, Briefs, and Appendices All 5 files - 1 volume; Fred Isaacs file
#16655 Harry Isaacs file #16656 Benson Larrick file #16663 Earl Jeffords file #16669 Fred
Ossanna file 1662, book 2989, box 539.
Archive National Archives and Records Administration, Kansas City
783.
Report on a survey of the Police Department, city of Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Type Report
Author Public Administration Service
Place Chicago, Ill.
Date 1947
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
784.
Souvenir Book, Minneapolis Police Department
Type Book
Author Talbot, F.L.
Abstract Book of photos compiled by F.L. Talbot to benefit the Minneapolis police
emergency fund. Includes historical sketch, biographies of police officers and photos of the
men and the police stations.
785.
St. Paul gangster history research collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Paul Maccabee
Abstract While this collection was collected for a history of gangsters in St. Paul during
the 1920s and 1930s, it also contains references to the world of organized crime in
Minneapolis. Most notably, it has material on notorious Minneapolis gangster Kid Cann and
the assassination of Walter Liggett, widely thought to have been committed by gangsters
hoping to cover up their connection to municipal politicians. The collection includes notes,
correspondence; photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles and book excerpts;
photocopies of FBI, St. Paul Police Department, and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension investigation records.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
786.
Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett
Type Book
Author Marda Woodbury
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1998
Abstract A daughter's account of the 1935 murder of her father, journalist Walter W.
Liggett, one of three Minneapolis journalists killed in the 1930s and 1940s. Liggett published
the Mid-West American, which sought to expose the connections between city officials and
organized crime.
191
787.
Strange days, dangerous nights: photos from the speed graphic era
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Borealis Books
Date 2004
Abstract Visual history of daily journalism in the Twin Cities that features sometimes
shocking photos of headline grabbing events.
788.
Study report of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Fire & Police
Departments to the Minneapolis City Council and to the citizens of
Minneapolis
Type Report
Author Minneapolis
Date 1967
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
789.
The Jail System of Minnesota
Type Report
Author Hastings H Hart
Date 1885
Library Catalog Google Scholar
Abstract Describes jail system of Minnesota, with descriptions of conditions in
Minneapolis.
790.
The Juvenile Court of Hennepin County Minnesota: 1926-1927-1928
Type Document
Date 1929
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files - Courts: Juvenile Hennepin County
Abstract A breakdown of records from the Juvenile Courts in Hennepin County.
Includes reports from Hennepin County Probation Officer, Hennepin County Home School for
Boys, Hennepin County Home School for Girls, Juvenile Court Physician and Surgeon.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
791.
The murder of Catherine Ging
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert C. Rasmussen
Issue Summer 2003
Pages 22-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2003
Abstract The article tells gives the history of the famous murder case of Catherine Ging
and trial/execution of Harry Hayward for the murder.
192
792.
The other Minneapolis, or the rise and fall of the Gateway, the old
Minneapolis skid row
Type Book
Author Rosheim, David
Place Maquoketa, Iowa
Publisher Andromeda Press
Date 1978
Abstract This classic study narrates the rise and fall of the Minneapolis Gateway
District, the largest skid row between Chicago and Seattle. Written on the heels of the urban
renewal campaign that swept through the city, Rosheim draws on newspaper accounts of crime
and vice to provide a wealth of detail about a notorious neighborhood that was the heart of the
historic city. All later histories of the Gateway have relied heavily on Rosheim's volume.
793.
The Shame of Minneapolis: The Rescue and Redemption of a City that
was Sold Out
Type Magazine Article
Author Steffens, Lincoln
Volume XX
Issue 3
Pages 227-239
Publication McClure's Magazine
Date January, 1903
Abstract Describes the mayoral administration of Doc Ames and his efforts to profit
from gambling, bootlegging and prostitution in the city of Minneapolis.
794.
The Third Northwestern Bank Robbery and the men who changed law
enforcement in the Twin Cities
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert C. Rasmussen
Issue Winter 2010
Pages 4-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2010
Abstract The article gives the history of the Third Northwestern Bank by the Barker
gang in December 1932. The robbery resulted in the murder of two police officers and the city
creating a special assault team.
795.
Twin city prohibition: Minnesota blind pigs and bootleggers
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Johanneck
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher History Press
Date 2011
193
796.
Unpublished facts and letters of the "Uncle Ned" nee Joseph W.
Bragdon: exploits and trials, 1916-1917
Type Book
Author Jay M Near
Author J. D Bevans
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher J.M. Near & J.D. Bevans
Date 1917
Abstract Material about the crimes of Joseph W. Bragdon, who was convicted of raping
a series of young Minneapolis girls while posing as a social reformer. His crimes--and their
reception in the Minneapolis courts--sparked the creation of the Women's Cooperative
Alliance, a local reform organization concerned with female sexual delinquency.
797.
Workhouse Cell Book
Type Archival Collection
Author City of Minneapolis
Date 1886-1968
Abstract Multiple volumes listing information about inmates of city workhouse. Covers
period from 1886 to 1968.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
194
Alcohol and Vice
798.
A brief history of the Minnesota Women's Christian Temperance
Union from its organization, September 6, 1877 to 1939
Type Book
Author Mrs Bessie Lathe Scovell
Place St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publisher Bruce Publishing Company
Date 1939
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
799.
A history of the Minneapolis lower loop
Type Typewritten manuscript
Author Sherman Hasbrouck
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Self-published
Date 1956
Abstract Provides overview of the Gateway District or Lower Loop on the eve of its
demolition. Includes great details about the area, which had become the largest skid row in the
Upper Midwest.
800.
Alias Kid Cann
Type Magazine Article
Author Paul Maccabee
Volume 19
Issue 11
Publication Minneapolis St. Paul
Date November 1991
Abstract Biography of notorious gangster Kid Cann also shows long history of
municipal corruption and anti-Semitism in Minneapolis.
801.
Applications for liquor licenses, 1934.
Type Archival Collection
Author City of Minneapolis
Date 1933-1934
Abstract Applications show the revival of the liquor industry in Minneapolis following
the repeal of Prohibition.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
802.
Community conditions, a study of the Women's Co-operative Alliance
Type Book
Author Grace E Pratt
195
Author Fern Chase
Author Erma Robertson
Author M. C Elmer
Author Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies Women's Co-operative Alliance
Author Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
Publisher Women's Co-operative Alliance
Date 1925
Abstract A highly revealing social survey of Minneapolis neighborhoods in the 1920s.
This work was done by women volunteers in conjunction with the University of Minnesota.
The goal was to curb juvenile delinquency and sexual activity of young women.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
803.
Down on skid row
Type Film
Contributor John Bacich
Director John Lightfoot
Date 1999
Distributor KTCA
Abstract From 1955 to 1961, John Bacich documented life on the streets outside his
Washington Avenue bar in Minneapolis' Gateway District. His footage and narration is a
candid look at lives filled with drinking, violence and camaraderie between men.
804.
Easy street: The true story of a Gangster's Daughter
Type Book
Author Susan Berman
Place New York
Publisher Dial Press
Date 1981
Abstract Describes life of a mafia family that moved from Minneapolis to Las Vegas.
805.
Land of amber waters: the history of brewing in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Doug Hoverson
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2007
Abstract History of beer brewing in Minnesota mentions but does not focus on
Minneapolis.
806.
Saloons on Snoose Boulevard: the history of community and bars in the
Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
Type Manuscript
Contributor Renae Ellingson
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 2005
196
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
807.
Society of Friends records
Type Archival Collection
Author Society of Friends
Abstract This collection documents the history of the Quaker meeting in Minneapolis,
which was first organized in 1863. The bulk of the collection is focused on the twentieth
century and includes information about race relations, the military draft and alcohol and
temperance in the Mill City. It includes correspondence, minutes (1860-1978), bulletins
(1953-1986), newsletters (1958-1973) and subject files.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
808.
St. Paul gangster history research collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Paul Maccabee
Abstract While this collection was collected for a history of gangsters in St. Paul during
the 1920s and 1930s, it also contains references to the world of organized crime in
Minneapolis. Most notably, it has material on notorious Minneapolis gangster Kid Cann and
the assassination of Walter Liggett, widely thought to have been committed by gangsters
hoping to cover up their connection to municipal politicians. The collection includes notes,
correspondence; photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles and book excerpts;
photocopies of FBI, St. Paul Police Department, and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension investigation records.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
809.
The evolution of drinking places in the Twin Cities, from the advent of
white settlement to the present
Type Dissertation
Author Hathaway, James T
Date 1982
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation describes the evolution of regulations around alcohol and
bars in Minneapolis, which has always taken a unique approach to this question.
810.
The Liquor Patrol Limits of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Jim Hathaway
Volume 44
Issue 1
Pages 3-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1985
Abstract The article discusses the history of the liquor patrol limits that were imposed
in the 1880s. It discusses how the limits came to be, what happen after prohibition and how the
limits were finally ended.
197
811.
The other Minneapolis, or the rise and fall of the Gateway, the old
Minneapolis skid row
Type Book
Author Rosheim, David
Place Maquoketa, Iowa
Publisher Andromeda Press
Date 1978
Abstract This classic study narrates the rise and fall of the Minneapolis Gateway
District, the largest skid row between Chicago and Seattle. Written on the heels of the urban
renewal campaign that swept through the city, Rosheim draws on newspaper accounts of crime
and vice to provide a wealth of detail about a notorious neighborhood that was the heart of the
historic city. All later histories of the Gateway have relied heavily on Rosheim's volume.
812.
Twin city prohibition: Minnesota blind pigs and bootleggers
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Johanneck
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher History Press
Date 2011
813.
Walter Stone Pardee autobiography
Type Manuscript
Author Pardee, Walter Stone
Abstract Autobiography includes description of Bridge Square in the late 1860s and
picnic at Minnehaha Falls in 1866. Pardee describes the area around Minnehaha Falls as a
"Rowdy's Den" in 1880s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum; Minnesota Historical Society
198
Early Settlement in St. Anthony and
Minneapolis
814.
"Three score years and ten," life-long memories of Fort Snelling,
Minnesota, and other parts of the West
Type Book
Author Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Printing house of Harrison & Smith
Date 1888
Abstract Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve (1819-1907) was the daughter of one of the
first American Army officers assigned to Fort Snelling, before Minnesota became a state. This
memoir recounts life as a military daughter and then wife of an officer, Horatio Phillips Van
Cleve, who served in the Union Army with the Second Minnesota Infantry and rose to the rank
of General.
815.
101 best stories of Minnesota
Type Book
Author Merle Potter
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1931
Abstract A series of popular narratives about Minnesota history. Illuminates the
contours of popular memory in the 1930s. Stories relevant to Minneapolis include Albert
Alonzo Ames, Boodle mayor; Eliza Winston, Slave Woman; The Minneapolis Mill Explosion;
The St. Anthony Cave Hoax
816.
A History of the Hennepin Island Mills
Type Magazine Article
Author Welles Eastman
Pages 14-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1962
Abstract The article discusses the first flour mill in Minneapolis, which was built on
Hennepin Island and was completed in October 1854.
817.
A letter from a pioneer
Type Magazine Article
Author Olivia Carpenter Chase
Issue 44
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1951
199
Abstract Letter written to Maine relatives in 1854 describes early settlement conditions
in St. Anthony.
818.
Another tale of two cities: Minneapolis and St. Paul compared, being a
statement of the facts and issues growing out of the enumeration of the
cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by agents of the United States for the
eleventh census.
Type Book
Author C. W Johnson
Place Minneapolis
Date 1890
Abstract Describes rivalry between Minneapolis and St. Paul over the census of 1890.
819.
Auto-biography of Major Lawrence Taliaferro.
Type Book
Author Lawrence Taliaferro
Place St. Paul
Date 1894
Abstract Autobiography of Fort Snelling Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro provides
great descriptions of Native American life and early social relations in the area that would
become Minneapolis. Focused on the period before St. Anthony and Minneapolis emerged as
large settlements.
820.
Background of the Settling of St. Anthony and Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Dana Frear
Pages 14-18
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1960
Abstract The article discusses the very early settling of Hennepin County and
eventually St. Anthony and Minneapolis. It discusses settlements in the 1810s and early
settlers like Pierre Bottineau, Ard Godfrey, John Stevens and Franklin Steele. It highlights
Franklin Steele’s early actions, how the land was taken from the Native Americans and early
land speculators.
821.
Colonel John Stevens, Speech before the Minneapolis Lyceum, 1856
Type Magazine Article
Author John Stevens
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1957
Abstract Describes life in early Minneapolis, before the incorporation of the city.
200
822.
Diary of George Allen Dustin
Type Manuscript
Author Diary of George Allen Dustin
Place Minneapolis
Date 1859-1917
Type Diary
Abstract Diary of George Allen Dustin who lived at 725 15th AV. So. Describes the
mill explosion.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
823.
Early Minneapolis: personal reminiscences of Mary Thayer Hale
Type Book
Author Mary Thayer Hale
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Privately printed
Date 1937
Abstract Describes early days in Minneapolis. Includes mention of the Red River Carts
and Native Americans.
824.
Eliza Winston and the politics of freedom in Minnesota, 1854-60
Type Magazine Article
Author William D. Green
Volume 57
Issue 3
Pages 106-122
Publication Minnesota History
Date Fall 2000
Abstract History of the Eliza Winston affair. Winston was a slave brought to St. Anthony
from the South. She was assisted in her bid for freedom by Minneapolis abolitionists.
825.
Eliza Winston: slave woman in Minnesota
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph W. Zalusky
Volume 24
Issue 1
Pages 17-18
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1964
Abstract History of the Eliza Winston affair. Winston was a slave brought to St. Anthony
from the South. She was assisted in her bid for freedom by Minneapolis abolitionists
826.
Emily Goodridge Grey: a life in Saint Anthony
Type Report
201
Author Penny A Petersen
Author Charlene K Roise
Publisher Hess, Roise and Co.
Date 2004
Abstract Biography of Emily Goodridge Grey, one of the first settlers of St. Anthony. Grey
was African American.
827.
Heart and hard work: memories of "Nordeast" Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Genny Zak Kieley
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 1997
Abstract This collection gathers disparate articles written about Northeast Minneapolis
into one anthology. Includes articles originally written for Hennepin History Magazine, the
Northeaster and the Minneapolis Tribune. Includes profiles of individuals and neighborhood
businesses like Elsie's Bowling Center, Emily's Lebanese Delicatessen and Gluek's Brewery.
828.
Here and There in America
Type Newspaper Article
Author Francis Wilkinson
Abstract Description of Englishman Francis Wilkinson's life in America, including his
stay in St. Anthony 1856-58, written for an English newspaper. Descriptions of encounters
with Native Americans.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
829.
Hiding in plain sight: Minneapolis' first neighborhood
Type Book
Author Penny A Petersen
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association/NRP
Date 1999
Abstract History of the area around St. Anthony Falls. This is the oldest section of what
would become modern-day Minneapolis.
830.
History of Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis, including the
Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota
Type Book
Author George E Warner
Author Foote, C. M
Author Edward D Neill
Author J. Fletcher Williams
Place Minneapolis
Publisher North Star Pub. Co.
Date 1881
202
831.
History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Isaac Atwater
Author John H Stevens
Place New York
Publisher Munsell Pub. Co.
Date 1895
832.
History of Minneapolis, gateway to the Northwest
Type Book
Author Marion Daniel Shutter
Publisher S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Date 1923
Abstract This three volume history recounts the city's past from the perspective of its
elite. One volume provides a narrative account. The other two profile businesses and
individuals deemed significant to the life of the city, a "who's who" for Minneapolis. The
author was a prominent minister and reformer known for his work starting a settlement house,
serving on the 1911 vice commission and crusading against radicalism in the immediate
aftermath of World War I.
833.
History of the white pine industry in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Agnes M Larson
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1949
834.
I remember Minneapolis.
Type Book
Author Henry Broderick
Place Seattle
Date 1962
835.
Industrial Archaeology of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Report
Abstract Report of archaeology sites on riverfront. Includes information about mills,
Eastman tunnel, Main Street, Railroad sites, etc. Photos and maps.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
836.
John Wesley North and the reform frontier.
Type Book
Author Merlin Stonehouse
203
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1965
837.
Martha Hall Dickson and Samuel Dickson
Type Manuscript
Author Robert H. Dickson
Place Minneapolis
Date 1961
Type Diary
Abstract Biographies of Martha Hall and Samuel Dickson, who came to Minneapolis in
1876, Irish immigrants. Reminiscences of their son Robert H. Dickson.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
838.
Mill city: a visual history of the Minneapolis mill district
Type Book
Contributor Shannon M. Pennefeather
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
839.
Minneapolis album: a photographic history of the early days in
Minneapolis : a collection of views illustrative of the city growth from
the earliest settlement down to 1880, with accompanying descriptive
matter and portraits of pioneer citizens, forming a complete historical
picture
Type Book
Author Edward A Bromley
Author Harold C Chapin
Author Chicago Photogravure Co
Author Beal's Photographic Studio
Author Zimmerman's Photographic Gallery
Place Minneapolis
Publisher F. L. Thresher
Date 1890
Abstract This classic collection of historic photographs shows Minneapolis in its early
days. Some images are from daguerreotypes.
840.
Minneapolis Memorial Cemetery: dedicated to the pioneers and
soldiers of our state and nation
Type Book
Author Marion P Satterlee
Author Minneapolis Cemetery Protective Association
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
204
Publisher Minneapolis Cemetery Protective Association
Date 1928
841.
Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery: just 76 years:
1858-1936
Type Book
Author Minneapolis Protective Cemetery Association
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Minneapolis Protective Cemetery Association
Date 1936
842.
Minneapolis, a short reversal of human thought: being the letters and
diary of Mr. Harlow A. Gale, 1857 to 1859
Type Book
Author Harlow A Gale; Elizabeth Griggs Gale
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Print. priv. for his grandchildren
Date 1922
Abstract These assembled letters and diary entries describe Harlow Gale's first year in
St. Anthony and the area that would become Minneapolis. Includes descriptions of the
countryside and the embryonic settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River.
843.
Minnesota pioneer sketches, from the personal recollections and
observations of a pioneer resident
Type Book
Author Frank G O'Brien
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher H.H.S. Rowell
Date 1904
Abstract At the age of twelve, Frank G. O'Brien (1843-1920) moved from Maine to
Minnesota with his father and siblings, settling in Anoka County in 1855. After a difficult
winter, the family moved to St. Anthony's Falls where O'Brien spent his adolescence
combining a variety of manual and entrepreneurial jobs with education. Minnesota Pioneer
Sketches is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien that are here
published in book form. The articles describe his own youth as well as notable events during
the second half of the nineteenth century in Minnesota. He discusses farming, transportation,
the U.S. mail, politics, Indians, the Civil War, religious practices, lumber camps, education,
and other topics associated with pioneer life and the growth of the state.
844.
Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
Type Book
Author Eliza Bostwick
Date 1901
205
Abstract Souvenir booklets. Include picture and biography of Lardner Bostwick, who
came to St. Anthony in 1850.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
845.
Nicollet Island
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Contributor Rushika Hage
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2010
846.
Nicollet Island: history and architecture
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Author Rushika Hage
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2010
847.
Notes on early Minneapolis
Type Manuscript
Author Paul Gyllstrom
Abstract Reminiscences (typed, 24 p.) of an editor and columnist for the Minneapolis
Times (1904-1905), with information on his boyhood days in Minneapolis in the 1870s. There
is information on the Bohemian Flats and its settlers; St. Anthony Falls and other areas near
the Mississippi River; swimming in the river; herding cows in Minneapolis; roller skating
rinks; fairs and circuses, including Bill King’s Fair; race tracks; theatrical productions at the
Pence Opera House; schools; teachers; policemen; the arrival of Irish immigrants; and the
explosion of the Washburn "A" flour mill in 1878.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
848.
Old rail fence corners: the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history, authentic
incidents
Type Book
Author Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris; Daughters of the American Revolution.
Minnesota Society. Book Committee.
Place Austin, Minnesota
Publisher F.H. McCulloch Print. Co
Date 1914
Abstract History of Minnesota compiled in the first decade of the twentieth century by
the Daughters of the American Revolution, led by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris. Morris is
an early--and pretty much forgotten--historian of Minnesota. She worked with members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution to collect oral histories of early settlers. These
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narratives provide a unique view of early settlement in the state, as well as the concerns of
these early twentieth century citizen-historians. One of her central concerns was to highlight
the role that women played in the development of Minnesota in the nineteenth century. She
hoped to raise "a monument to the Pioneer Women of our State," who Morris called "unsung
heroines. Descriptions of early encounters with Native Americans are central to these
narratives.
849.
Oral histories with Minnesota Territorial Pioneers, 1930s
Type Oral history interview
Abstract Series of thirty interviews with early white settlers in Hennepin County.
Includes summary of interview with Thomas Lowry, developer of the streetcar system. Very
perfunctory summaries of conversations rather than full transcripts.
Archive Hennepin History Museum; The Special Collections Department of Hennepin
County Library
850.
Out of My Mind
Type Book
Author Ella Eustis
Date 1959
Abstract Autobiography of Ella A. Eustis. She tells the history of her family, interlaced
with many memories of early Minneapolis. Includes descriptions of her family's home and
business near Lake Calhoun. She describes coming of age in a comfortable home in the last
quarter of the nineteenth century in Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
851.
Park systems of St. Paul and Minneapolis: an address delivered
Wednesday evening, May 10, 1887, in the Hall of Representatives, State
Capitol, St. Paul
Type Book
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Place St. Paul [Minn.]
Publisher H.M. Smyth
Date 1887
852.
Personal recollections of Minnesota and its people: and early history of
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author John H Stevens; Marshall Robinson
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Tribune Job Ptg. Co.
Date 1890
Abstract Early history of Minneapolis written by a prominent settler, John Stevens,
who first platted the city's streets.
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853.
Records from the Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
Type Archival Collection
Author Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
Date 1853-1920
Abstract Maps, burial cards, ledgers, receipts and correspondence related to the
Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
854.
Rivalry for a river; the Twin Cities and the Mississippi
Type Magazine Article
Author Lucile M. Kane
Publication Minnesota History
Abstract Describes early conflict between Minneapolis and St. Paul over the use of the
waterpower at St. Anthony Falls.
855.
Saint Anthony Falls rediscovered: the architectural heritage of
Minneapolis's St. Anthony Falls historical district
Type Book
Editor Berman, James
Publisher Minneapolis Riverfront Development Coordination Board
Date 1980
Abstract A visual survey of the architectural heritage of the St. Anthony Falls district.
This volume was part of the early effort to restore the area around the Mississippi River.
856.
Society of Friends records
Type Archival Collection
Author Society of Friends
Abstract This collection documents the history of the Quaker meeting in Minneapolis,
which was first organized in 1863. The bulk of the collection is focused on the twentieth
century and includes information about race relations, the military draft and alcohol and
temperance in the Mill City. It includes correspondence, minutes (1860-1978), bulletins
(1953-1986), newsletters (1958-1973) and subject files.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
857.
St. Anthony Falls Interpretive Plan
Type Report
Author St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
Date 1990
Abstract Describes the historic features of the district around St. Anthony Falls.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
208
858.
Suggestions for a system of parks and parkways for the city of
Minneapolis ...: read at a meeting of the Park commissioners, June 2d,
1883.
Type Book
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Author Board of Park Commissioners
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Johnson, Smith, and Harrison
Date 1883
859.
The "Fashionable tour" on the Upper Mississippi
Type Magazine Article
Author Theodore Christian Blegen
Issue 4
Publication Minnesota History
Date Dec. 1939
860.
The aesthetic development of the united cities of St. Paul and
Minneapolis: an address delivered in Dyer's Hall, April 2d 1888, to the
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
Type Book
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Place Minneapolis
Publisher A.C. Bausman
Date 1888
861.
The development of the flour-milling industry in the United States,
with special reference to the industry in Minneapolis
Type Dissertation
Author Charles Byron Kuhlmann
Place Minneapolis
Date 1924
University University of Minnesota
Abstract Also published as a book from Houghton Mifflin in 1929.
862.
The early history of the Minneapolis parks: from 1857 to 1883
Type Book
Author Charles Augustus Nimocks
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Board of Park Commissioners
Date 1911
209
Abstract Brief history of the Minneapolis parks compiled at the request of the Board of
Park Commissioners in 1910 and printed in 1911. Outlines the 1911 park system.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Hennepin
History Museum
863.
The first anniversary celebration of the New England society of
Minneapolis, at the Nicollet House, December 21, 1882
Type Book
Author New England Society of Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Johnson, Smith & Harrison
Date 1881-1882
Abstract Banquet programs from the Minneapolis New England Society, a social
organization of persons born in New England. Programs for their annual banquets held at the
Nicollet House.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
864.
The Layman Story
Type Manuscript
Author Fernstrom, Winifred Layman
Abstract History of the Layman family, which started Layman's cemetery in
Minneapolis. This graveyard--located at the intersection of Lake and Cedar Avenues--is now
known as Soldiers and Pioneers' Cemetery.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
865.
The Morrisons: Minneapolis pioneers: from Dorilus, first Mayor, to
modern times
Type Book
Author Clinton Morrison
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher C. Morrison
Date 1989
Abstract Biography of the Morrison family, who were prominent in early Minneapolis.
Written by a descendant of these original settlers.
866.
The Story of Alden C. Mead, Pioneer and Soldier
Type Typed manuscript
Author Gertrude Aeschlinman
Abstract Brief biographical sketch of Alden C. Mead, an early settler in St. Anthony,
written by his daughter. He participated in an expedition against the Dakota. This booklet
includes "Indian Massacre Song," illustrating the settlers' attitude towards the Indians.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
210
867.
The story of Fred Beal Snyder as told by himself
Type Manuscript
Author Fred Beal
Date 1950
Abstract Autobiography of Fred B. Snyder, son of Simon Peter Snyder, the man who
started the first bank on the west side of the Mississippi in 1855. Includes Fred's reminiscences
of his childhood of Bridge Square (1860s-1870s).
Archive Hennepin History Museum
868.
The summer Christmas came to Minnesota: the case of Eliza Winston,
a slave
Type Journal Article
Author William D. Green
Volume VIII
Issue 1
Publication Law & inequality: a journal of theory and practice,
Date 1989
Abstract This article tells the dramatic story of Eliza Winston, who escaped slavery
with the help of the free black community in St. Anthony in 1860.
869.
The tonic of wildness: the golden age of the "fashionable tour" on the
Upper Mississippi
Type Book Section
Author Marx Swanholm
Author Susan Zeik
Series Editor Historical Society Minnesota
Series Historic Fort Snelling chronicles
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society
Date 1976
Series Number no. 3
Abstract Describes early tourism along the upper Mississippi River before the
settlement of St. Anthony or Minneapolis.
870.
The waterfall that built a city: the Falls of St. Anthony in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Kane, Lucile M
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1966
Abstract This classic volume tells the story of St. Anthony Falls, the only major
waterfall on the Mississippi River. The power generated by this waterfall gave birth to a
milling district that became the nucleus of a new metropolis, Minneapolis. These waters
powered mills that sawed logs, spun wool and ground flour; it supported furniture factories
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and foundries. It presents the generation of entrepreneurs who devoted their lives to exploiting
the industrial possibilities of this unusual waterfall, almost destroying this natural wonder in
the process. While it looks at the transformation of the falls from a tourist attraction to an
industrial center, this book predates environmental history, writing this story almost
exclusively through the lens of business concerns. Kane's work provides the foundation for the
Mill City Museum, which is in the heart of the once-thriving milling district she describes.
871.
Twin Cities: a pictorial history of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Lucile M. Kane
Author Alan Ominsky
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1983
Abstract This coffee-table style visual history provides an overview of the history of
both Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the relationship between the two cities. The authors
frame this work as a history of photography in the region as much as a work of social and
political history. It is particularly valuable for its narrative explanations to accompany early
panoramas.
872.
Two volunteer missionaries among the Dakotas; or, the story of the
labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
Type Book
Author Pond Jr, Samuel W.
Place Boston and Chicago
Publisher Congregational Sunday-school and Publication Society
Date 1893
Abstract This joint biography of Samuel and Gideon Pond was written by Samuel
Pond's son. The brothers were legendary missionaries known for their work among the Dakota
and their efforts to record and transcribe the Dakota language. The Pond brothers traveled
from Connecticut to Minnesota in 1834, when they were received by officials at Fort Snelling.
Indian agent Major Taliaferro suggested that they establish their mission house near
Cloudman's Village overlooking Lake Calhoun. The next year the missionaries worked to
establish another mission on Lake Harriet, where they lived until 1840. Their account provides
an invaluable view on Native American life and the environment of South Minneapolis long
before the modern city took shape.
873.
Urban Archaeology: The Minneapolis Riverfront
Type Magazine Article
Author Scott Anfinson
Issue Summer 1993
Pages 4-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1993
Abstract The article discusses the archaeological dig that was undertaken along the
riverfront in the 1980's before West River Parkway was constructed.
212
874.
Walking the falls
Type Report
Author St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
Date 1990
Abstract Map and guide to St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
875.
What Life was Like in 1860: The Longfellow School Story
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert Forman
Author Ruth Forman
Pages 3-5, 17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1960
Abstract The article discusses the foundation and history of the Longfellow School in
1883 and development of the neighborhood around it. It also goes into the development
around Minnehaha Park, Longfellow Gardens, Wonderland Amusement Park and the street
car.
876.
William Watts Folwell and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Author William Watts Folwell
Abstract Folwell’s papers document his long and impressive career. The part of this
huge collection most relevant to the history of Minneapolis concerns Folwell's work as a
member and president of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners and the Minneapolis
Society of Fine Arts.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
877.
With Various Voices Recordings of North Star Life
Type Book
Editor Theodore C. Blegen
Publisher The Webb Publishing Company
Date 1949
Abstract Assembled by legendary Minnesota historian Theodore Blegen after World
War II, this collection of narratives describes life in nineteenth century Minnesota. Several
pieces are specifically relevant to the history of Minneapolis. They include: J.M. Tuttle,
"Timber! An Expedition to the Lumber Woods (1867); Joseph La Croix, Towards Finer Flour:
The Middlings Purifier (1871-1890); Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, Early Days at Fort
Snelling (1819-1823); Mary Jeannette Newsom, Fort Snelling in Civil War Days (1861-1865);
Tell Arminius Turner, The Fort During the Spanish-American War (1898); Arthur J. Russell,
Minneapolis Is Named (1852); Hampshire Gazette, A New Englander Looks at St. Anthony
(1856); Springfield Weekly Republican, St. Paul and Minneapolis in the Eighties (1880);
Hastings H. Hart, Conditions in Minnesota Jails (1884); Le Grand Powers, The Value of Trade
Unions ( 1893); Minnesota Democrat, Salubrious Minnesota (1851).
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Early Industrial Development
878.
"Hill's Folly": The Building of the Stone Arch Bridge
Type Magazine Article
Author Ray Lowry
Pages 18-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1988
Abstract The article provides a history of how the Stone Arch Bridge came to be and
how James J. Hill was the driving force behind its construction. It discusses the challenges in
building it and the legacy of the bridge.
879.
A Famous City
Type Book
Author Robert M Frame III
Author Jeffrey A. Hess
Author Nicholas Westbrook
Place Minneapolis, MN
Date 1979
Archive Hennepin History Museum
880.
A History of the Hennepin Island Mills
Type Magazine Article
Author Welles Eastman
Pages 14-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1962
Abstract The article discusses the first flour mill in Minneapolis, which was built on
Hennepin Island and was completed in October 1854.
881.
Autobiography and reminiscences
Type Book
Author H T Welles
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Printed by M. Robinson
Date 1899
Abstract Autobiography of early settler and business leader H.T. Welles.
882.
Background of the Settling of St. Anthony and Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Dana Frear
Pages 14-18
214
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1960
Abstract The article discusses the very early settling of Hennepin County and
eventually St. Anthony and Minneapolis. It discusses settlements in the 1810s and early
settlers like Pierre Bottineau, Ard Godfrey, John Stevens and Franklin Steele. It highlights
Franklin Steele’s early actions, how the land was taken from the Native Americans and early
land speculators.
883.
Before Statehood: Transforming Land and Cultures
Type Book
Author Bruce White
Author John Wickre
Volume 20
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society
Date Fall 1991
Abstract The article covers the early settlement of Minneapolis and industrial
development in the 1840s-1860s.
884.
Bridge Square: Going...Going...Gone
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-7
Publication Hennepin County Magazine
Date Summer 1961
Abstract The article provides an overview history about Bridge Square. It describes the
importance of Bridge Square to Minneapolis early history and mentions how it is being
demolished to make way for industrial buildings and hotels.
885.
Business of agriculture / D. Jerome Tweton
Type Book Section
Author Clifford Edward Clark
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
886.
Business without boundary: the story of General Mills
Type Book
Author James Gray
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1954
215
887.
Collection of the St. Anthony and Minneapolis Board of Trade
Type Archival Collection
Author St. Anthony and Minneapolis Board of Trade
Date 1850s
Abstract Includes the original constitution, petitions and correspondence of the St.
Anthony and Minneapolis Board of Trade, the precursor to the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.
Dates mostly from 1859 into the 1860s. Includes 25 items.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
888.
Diary of George Allen Dustin
Type Manuscript
Author Diary of George Allen Dustin
Place Minneapolis
Date 1859-1917
Type Diary
Abstract Diary of George Allen Dustin who lived at 725 15th AV. So. Describes the
mill explosion.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
889.
Early Sawmills of Hennepin County: No. VIII in a Series - Part I
Type Magazine Article
Author Dana Frear
Pages 3-5
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1963
Abstract The article is a first part on the early mills in Hennepin County. It highlights
the process lumberjacks used in branding the trees before sending them down river,
Minnetonka Mill and the early families in the sawmill industry including Bassett, Walker,
Washburn and Pillsbury as well as others.
890.
Early Sawmills of Hennepin County: No. VIII in a Series - Part II
Type Magazine Article
Author Dana Frear
Pages 7-8,31
Publication Hennepin County Magazine
Date Winter 1964
Abstract The article is a second part on the early mills in Hennepin County. It
highlights the process lumberjacks used in branding the trees before sending them down river,
Minnetonka Mill and the early families in the sawmill industry including Bassett, Walker,
Washburn and Pillsbury as well as others.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
216
891.
First Hydro-Electric Plant: St. Anthony Falls 1882
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 1969
Pages 17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1969
Abstract A one page article discussing the first hydro-electric plant built on St.
Anthony Falls in 1882.
892.
Flour for man's bread; a history of milling
Type Book
Author John Storck
Author Walter Dorwin Teague
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1952
Abstract History of flour milling.
893.
Flouring Mills on Minnehaha Creek
Type Presentation
Presenter Foster Dunwiddie
Place Hennepin County Historical Society
Date April, 1, 1973
Abstract A transcript of a presentation given on the history of flour milling on
Minnehaha Creek. Located in vertical files.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
894.
From Land, Sea and Test Tube: The Story of Archer, Daniels, Midland
Company
Type Book
Author Marion Cross
Date 1954
Abstract The story of two friends and how their business grew from the linseed oil
business into an international conglomerate known as Archer, Daniel Midland Company.
895.
Hennepin history hiding in plain sight at Lyndale Ave on Minnehaha
Creek
Type Magazine Article
Author Tom Balcom
Issue Spring 2010
Pages 4-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2010
217
Abstract The article looks at Minnehaha Creek near Lyndale Ave. It examines how the
creek has been important for the city from milling, to providing water and eventually
becoming park of the park system.
896.
History beneath your feet
Type Magazine Article
Author Jennifer L.H. Tworzyanski
Issue Spring 2007
Pages 22-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2007
Abstract The article focuses on urban archaeology along the riverfront in Minneapolis
and St. Anthony. It looks at digs done at the Phoenix Mill, Columbia Flour Mill, railroads and
Bassett's sawmills.
897.
History of Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis, including the
Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota
Type Book
Author George E Warner
Author Foote, C. M
Author Edward D Neill
Author J. Fletcher Williams
Place Minneapolis
Publisher North Star Pub. Co.
Date 1881
898.
History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Isaac Atwater
Author John H Stevens
Place New York
Publisher Munsell Pub. Co.
Date 1895
899.
History of the white pine industry in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Agnes M Larson
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1949
900.
How Newspapers Reported a Milling Disaster 125 Years Ago
Type Magazine Article
218
Author William E. Huntzicker
Issue Spring 2003
Pages 18-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2003
Abstract The article discusses how the various newspapers covered the Washburn A
explosion and the competitiveness that arose between the papers. It includes photos and
various images published by the papers. It also discusses what happen to the mill after the
explosion.
901.
Industrial Archaeology of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Report
Abstract Report of archaeology sites on riverfront. Includes information about mills,
Eastman tunnel, Main Street, Railroad sites, etc. Photos and maps.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
902.
John Orth: Hennepin County's pioneer brewer
Type Magazine Article
Author Mike Worcester
Issue Spring 2006
Pages 28-32
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2006
Abstract The article discusses John Orth and John Orth Brewing Company, the first in
Hennepin County.
903.
Mill city: a visual history of the Minneapolis mill district
Type Book
Contributor Shannon M. Pennefeather
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2003
904.
Millers to the World
Type Manuscript
Author Robert M Frame III
Abstract A study of Minnesota's nineteenth century water power flour mills.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
905.
Minneapolis, the 'Lowell' of the West
Type Magazine Article
Volume 40-41
Issue 4, 1
219
Pages 3-11, 3-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1981-82; Spring 1982
Abstract These articles are reprinted from the Daily Graphic, a New York city
illustrated evening newspaper. The Daily Graphic originally printed this article praising the
industrial growth and activity of Minneapolis on its August 17, 1878 front page.
906.
Minneapolis: First in Hydro-Electric Power
Type Magazine Article
Author Lyle Frost
Pages 16-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1971
Abstract The article provides a history of electric power industry in Minneapolis. It
explores how water was used, the challenges electrical power presented and how it changed
over the years.
907.
Minneapolis-Moline: a history of its formation and operations
Type Book
Author Norman F Thomas
Place New York
Publisher Arno Press
Date 1976
908.
Minnesota pioneer sketches, from the personal recollections and
observations of a pioneer resident
Type Book
Author Frank G O'Brien
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher H.H.S. Rowell
Date 1904
Abstract At the age of twelve, Frank G. O'Brien (1843-1920) moved from Maine to
Minnesota with his father and siblings, settling in Anoka County in 1855. After a difficult
winter, the family moved to St. Anthony's Falls where O'Brien spent his adolescence
combining a variety of manual and entrepreneurial jobs with education. Minnesota Pioneer
Sketches is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien that are here
published in book form. The articles describe his own youth as well as notable events during
the second half of the nineteenth century in Minnesota. He discusses farming, transportation,
the U.S. mail, politics, Indians, the Civil War, religious practices, lumber camps, education,
and other topics associated with pioneer life and the growth of the state.
909.
Minnesota: image and identity / Major Manufacturers: from food and
forest products to high technology
Type Book Section
220
Editor Clifford Edward Clark
Author Kirk Jeffrey
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Abstract The history of manufacturing in Minnesota. Traces the development of
industry from the mills of Minneapolis to the emergence of manufacturing giants like
Honeywell, Control Data and Pillsbury.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
910.
Munsingwear: The Success of Well Doing
Type Book
Author Munsingwear
Date 1921
Abstract Booklet illustrated with large pictures of each section of the Munsingwear
factory, Minneapolis, with detailed descriptions of the machines and duties of the factory
workers.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
911.
Nicollet Island
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Contributor Rushika Hage
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2010
912.
Nicollet Island: history and architecture
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Author Rushika Hage
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2010
913.
Pillsbury's "A" Mill: Part 2
Type Magazine Article
Author Richard Ferrell
Issue Summer 1981
Pages 9-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1981
Abstract The article continues the history of Pillsbury A mill. This article focuses on
the mill's history through the 1960s.
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914.
Rivalry for a river; the Twin Cities and the Mississippi
Type Magazine Article
Author Lucile M. Kane
Publication Minnesota History
Abstract Describes early conflict between Minneapolis and St. Paul over the use of the
waterpower at St. Anthony Falls.
915.
River of History: A Historic Resources Study of the Mississippi
National River and Recreation Area
Type Report
Author John O Anfinson
Author National Park Service
Contributor Thomas Madigan
Contributor Patrick Nunnally
Contributor Drew M. Forsberg
Date 2003
Institution National Park Service
Abstract Historical overview of the Mississippi River corridor in the Twin Cities
prepared by the National Park Service. Includes the geology, geography and history of
settlement and industrial development along the Mississippi River. Includes illustrations.
916.
Saint Anthony Falls rediscovered: the architectural heritage of
Minneapolis's St. Anthony Falls historical district.
Type Book
Editor Berman, James
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minneapolis Riverfront Development Coordination Board
Date 1980
Abstract A visual survey of the architectural heritage of the St. Anthony Falls district.
This volume was part of the early effort to restore the area around the Mississippi River.
917.
T. B. Walker and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Author T. B. Walker
Abstract Personal papers and business records of a Minnesota lumber magnate and art
collector, and of his descendants. Much of this collection is focused on T.B. Walker's business
empire, particularly the records of the Red River Lumber Company. But it also has material
related to his art collection and gallery, which grew into the Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis. It includes extensive material related to Harriet Walker, a leading philanthropist
and moral reform in nineteenth century Minneapolis. The collection has information relating
to the Walkers’ involvement with the Bethany Home Association and the Northwestern
Hospital, Minneapolis business and civic organizations, the Minneapolis Public Library, and
the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. One notable item in this collection is an
unpublished manuscript by biographer Clara W. Nelson.
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Archive Minnesota Historical Society
918.
The Cooperage Trade in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Martha Frey
Issue Spring 1996
Pages 22-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1996
Abstract The article gives the history of the cooperage trade in Minneapolis during the
mid-19th century. The trade was vital to the flour milling industry until the raise of cotton and
wool sacks.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
919.
The development of the flour-milling industry in the United States,
with special reference to the industry in Minneapolis,
Type Dissertation
Author Charles Byron Kuhlmann
Place Minneapolis
Date 1924
University Unviersity of Minnesota
Abstract Also published as a book by Houghton Mifflin in 1929
920.
The East-Side Fire: The Tragic Day, August 13, 1893, When Part of
Minneapolis was devastated by Fire
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Pages 10-12
Date Spring 1960
Abstract The article discusses the two fires in 1893 that started on lower Nicollet Island
and spread by sparks to Boom Island and the mainland. It was estimated that the fire caused
over $1 million in damage lumber yards, mills, factories and homes. Around 200 families were
made homeless by the fires.
921.
The medal of gold, a story of industrial achievement,
Type Book
Author William C Edgar
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Bellman Co.
Date 1925
Abstract History of the Washburn-Crosby co., manufacturers of "Gold medal" flour.
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922.
The Pillsbury A Mill: Its Early Years in the Public Eye
Type Magazine Article
Author James A. Roe
Issue Winter 1988-1989
Pages 10-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article focuses on the Pillsbury A mill and how it was architecturally
different than other mills built at this time. It also discusses the early milling industry.
923.
The river we have wrought: a history of the upper Mississippi
Type Book
Author John O Anfinson
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2003
Abstract A history of the upper Mississippi River from early European exploration
through the completion of a navigable channel and a system of locks and dams in the mid-
twentieth century.
924.
The technology that launched a city: scientific and technological
innovations in flour milling during the 1870s in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Alison Watts
Publication Minnesota History
Date 2000
Abstract This article by a South High School student illuminates how technological
innovation shaped the milling industry in Minneapolis in the 1870s and 1880s.
925.
The waterfall that built a city: the Falls of St. Anthony in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Kane, Lucile M
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1966
Abstract This classic volume tells the story of St. Anthony Falls, the only major
waterfall on the Mississippi River. The power generated by this waterfall gave birth to a
milling district that became the nucleus of a new metropolis, Minneapolis. These waters
powered mills that sawed logs, spun wool and ground flour; it supported furniture factories
and foundries. It presents the generation of entrepreneurs who devoted their lives to exploiting
the industrial possibilities of this unusual waterfall, almost destroying this natural wonder in
the process. While it looks at the transformation of the falls from a tourist attraction to an
industrial center, this book predates environmental history, writing this story almost
exclusively through the lens of business concerns. Kane's work provides the foundation for the
Mill City Museum, which is in the heart of the once-thriving milling district she describes.
224
926.
Vanishing giants: The grain elevators of Minneapolis and their legacy
Type Magazine Article
Author William E. Stark
Issue Spring 2007
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2007
Abstract The article discusses milling, the grain exchange and grain elevators within
Minneapolis. It focuses on why elevators were developed, the types of elevators and efforts to
preserve the remaining elevators or finding other uses for them.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
927.
Walking the falls
Type Report
Author St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
Date 1990
Abstract Map and guide to St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
928.
Wheat to Flour: A brief story of wheat production, wheat marketing
and wheat milling
Type Book
Author Henry Browne Blackwell
Place Minneapolis
Publisher King Midas Mill Company
Date 1927
929.
With Various Voices Recordings of North Star Life
Type Book
Editor Theodore C. Blegen
Publisher The Webb Publishing Company
Date 1949
Abstract Assembled by legendary Minnesota historian Theodore Blegen after World
War II, this collection of narratives describes life in nineteenth century Minnesota. Several
pieces are specifically relevant to the history of Minneapolis. They include: J.M. Tuttle,
"Timber! An Expedition to the Lumber Woods (1867); Joseph La Croix, Towards Finer Flour:
The Middlings Purifier (1871-1890); Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, Early Days at Fort
Snelling (1819-1823); Mary Jeannette Newsom, Fort Snelling in Civil War Days (1861-1865);
Tell Arminius Turner, The Fort During the Spanish-American War (1898); Arthur J. Russell,
Minneapolis Is Named (1852); Hampshire Gazette, A New Englander Looks at St. Anthony
(1856); Springfield Weekly Republican, St. Paul and Minneapolis in the Eighties (1880);
Hastings H. Hart, Conditions in Minnesota Jails (1884); Le Grand Powers, The Value of Trade
Unions ( 1893); Minnesota Democrat, Salubrious Minnesota (1851).
225
The Minneapolis Park System
930.
A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts
Type Book
Author Sue Leaf
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract A biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts, considered the father of Minnesota
ornithology, who did his earliest surveys of bird life in the area that would become the parks
of Minneapolis. This volume tells the story not only of Sadler's life but also describes the
environment of early Minneapolis, when the roar of St. Anthony Falls could be heard through
downtown and passenger pigeons roosted in oak trees. Sadler was instrumental in creating the
Bell Museum of Natural History.
931.
A small piece of a very large vision: Dredging Minneapolis lakes
Type Magazine Article
Author Leo J. Harris
Issue Fall 2011
Pages 26-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2011
Abstract The article discusses the early development of parks around the Minneapolis
lakes. It discusses Leo B. Harris, who worked with Theodore Wirth and dredged the Lake
Calhoun and Powderhorn Lake to improve the shoreline and lake conditions.
932.
Annual reports, Board of Park Commissions
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners
Institution Board of Park Commissioners
Abstract Annual reports of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1883 to the present.
Beautiful fold-out maps.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
933.
Arcadian America: the death and life of an environmental tradition
Type Book
Author Aaron Sachs
Date 2013
Abstract Intellectual and environmental history of urban parks and cemeteries. Sachs
explores the notion of Arcadia in the works of nineteenth-century nature writers, novelists,
painters, horticulturists, landscape architects, and city planners. Gives special attention to
Horace Cleveland, one of the architects of the Minneapolis Park System.
226
934.
Architecture of Minneapolis parks
Type Book
Author Albert D. Wittman
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2010
935.
Brief glimpses of unfamiliar Loring park aspects, wherein an account is
given of interesting and memorable events which have happened in this
valley, with agreeable inquirendoes into the lives of certain of its
pioneers ... with the pleasant adventures of one Dad Houghton ..
Type Book
Author Arthur Joseph Russell
Publisher L.H. Wells
Date 1919
936.
Building a Park Out of a Swamp
Type Magazine Article
Author John Akre
Issue Spring 1992
Pages 20-29
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article gives a history of Powderhorn Park and how it has changed and
evolved over the last 100+ years.
937.
Cedar Lake Park Association: a history
Type Book
Author Neil Trembley
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Cedar Lake Park Association
Date 2012
Abstract The story of citizens' action in the creation and development of an urban
nature park and regional commuter trail in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
938.
City of parks: the story of Minneapolis parks
Type Book
Author David C. Smith
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Foundation for Minneapolis Parks
Date 2008
Abstract History of the park system in Minneapolis.
227
939.
Clip File- Maps and Map Collections: MN
Type Articles and maps
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of maps including: map of the Minneapolis park system in 1925,
Several maps of mills in the downtown mill district and the A.M. Smith aerial view of
Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
940.
Clipping file about Gateway Park
Type Archival Collection
Date 1950s
Loc. in Archive vertical files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
941.
Col. John H. Stevens and His House
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 14-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1962
Abstract The article details on John Stevens came and settled in Minneapolis. It
highlights the house he built, the house’s different owners over the years and how the Park
Commission moved the house to Minnehaha Park.
942.
Early park board actions on Loring Park
Type Magazine Article
Author Francis A. Gross
Issue 20
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Oct. 1945
943.
Francis A. Gross, pioneer: 1870-1954
Type Magazine Article
Author Francis A. Gross
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Apr. 1954
944.
H. W. S. Cleveland letters 1890s
Type Archival Collection
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Place Minneapolis
Date 1890s
228
Abstract Collection contains thirteen original letters written by H.W.S. Cleveland
during his stay in Minneapolis in the 1890s.
Archive University of Minnesota
945.
HCHS Proposes "A Park for Posterity" Map
Type Magazine Article
Pages 13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1959
Abstract A map laying out a park proposed by Hennepin County Historical Society.
The group sought to preserve two historic properties--the Stevens and Godfrey houses--and
place them together in a park.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
946.
In the shadow of the city: a history of the Loring Park Neighborhood
Type Book
Author Steve Trimble
Publisher Minneapolis Community College Foundation
Date 1989
Abstract History of the neighborhood around Loring Park.
947.
Lake Harriet until 1925
Type Document
Author Tine Thevenin
Date 1979
Abstract Unique history of one of the most beautiful lakes in Minneapolis until 1925
Archive Hennepin History Museum
948.
Longfellow Gardens
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Issue Fall 1967
Pages 7-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1967
Abstract The article focuses on "Fish" Jones, his "flair for publicity", the battle over of
his personal zoo and gives a short biography of his life. It includes a number of pictures from
the Longfellow Gardens.
949.
Loring Park as it was
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 8-13
229
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1968
Abstract The article contains remarks from an address given by Edward M. Conant to
the Hennepin County Historical Society describing how Loring Park developed over time.
950.
Minneapolis park system, 1883-1944: retrospective glimpses into the
history of the Board of Park Commissioners of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and the city's park, parkway, and playground system
Type Book
Author Theodore Wirth
Place Minneapolis
Date 1946
951.
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation: A History of the Park and
Recreation Board since World War II
Type Manuscript
Author Wright, C. Ben
Date 1979
Abstract Unauthorized history of the Minneapolis Park system written in the 1970s.
Never published.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
952.
Minneapolis: The city of Parks
Type Book
Date 1926
Abstract Shows parks and park activities in the 1920s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
953.
Minnehaha Parkway: an assessment of significance
Type Report
Author Charlene K Roise
Author Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Author Roise and Company Hess
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Hess, Roise and Co.
Date 1999
954.
Over the years at Logan Park, 1883-1992: August 6, 1992, 20th
anniversary.
Type Book
Author Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
230
Date 1992
955.
Park systems of St. Paul and Minneapolis: an address delivered
Wednesday evening, May 10, 1887, in the Hall of Representatives, State
Capitol, St. Paul
Type Book
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Place St. Paul [Minn.]
Publisher H.M. Smyth
Date 1887
956.
Parks and Parkways of Minneapolis, 1925
Type Book
Author Minneapolis park board
Date 1925
Abstract Small history of Minneapolis, the Board of Park Commissioners, the
organization of the Board, Statistics about the Parks, lengths of Drives, water areas and Shore
lines, budgets, tax increases, Inventory and Location of Parks and Parkways, Historical Parks,
List of Statues, Special Features, Tours, etc.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
957.
Powderhorn Park: nature, people and community
Type Book
Author Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association
Publisher Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association
Date 1990
958.
Public park policies
Type Report
Author Charles Doell
Date 1930
Institution Minneapolis Parks and Recreation
Abstract In 1930, two members of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners
decided to publish this volume, which explains why the Minneapolis Park system had been
such a success.
959.
Records of the Minnesota. Dept. of Highways Commissioner’s Office
Type Archival Collection
Author Minnesota. Dept. of Highways. Commissioner’s Office
Abstract The subject files contain correspondence concerning proposed construction of
a highway through Minnehaha Park.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
231
960.
Suggestions for a system of parks and parkways for the city of
Minneapolis ...: read at a meeting of the Park commissioners, June 2d,
1883
Type Book
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Author Board of Park Commissioners
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Johnson, Smith, and Harrison
Date 1883
961.
Tablets, statues, flagpoles, and other memorials throughout the park
system of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Minneapolis
Date 1934
962.
The aesthetic development of the united cities of St. Paul and
Minneapolis: an address delivered in Dyer's Hall, April 2d 1888, to the
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
Type Book
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Place Minneapolis
Publisher A.C. Bausman
Date 1888
963.
The early history of the Minneapolis parks: from 1857 to 1883
Type Book
Author Charles Augustus Nimocks
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Board of Park Commissioners
Date 1911
Abstract Brief history of the Minneapolis parks compiled at the request of the Board of
Park Commissioners in 1910 and printed in 1911. Outlines the 1911 park system.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Hennepin
History Museum
964.
The John H. Stevens House: Birthplace of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Janet Whitmore
Issue Summer 1997
Pages 16-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
232
Date 1997
Abstract The article discusses the life of John Stevens, his contributions to the city and
the history of the Stevens house. It discusses the eventually restoration of the house by the
Minneapolis Junior League.
965.
The lake district of Minneapolis: a history of the Calhoun-Isles
community
Type Book
Author David A Lanegran
Author Ernest Robert Sandeen
Place St. Paul
Publisher Living Historical Museum
Date 1979
966.
The Twin Cities in 1913
Type Map
Cartographer American Bank Note Company
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher A.W. Warnock
Date 1913
Abstract Streetcar guide to the twin cities in 1913.
967.
Walter Stone Pardee autobiography
Type Manuscript
Author Pardee, Walter Stone
Abstract Autobiography includes description of Bridge Square in the late 1860s and
picnic at Minnehaha Falls in 1866. Pardee describes the area around Minnehaha Falls as a
"Rowdy's Den" in 1880s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum; Minnesota Historical Society
968.
What Life was Like in 1860: The Longfellow School Story
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert Forman
Author Ruth Forman
Pages 3-5, 17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1960
Abstract The article discusses the foundation and history of the Longfellow School in
1883 and development of the neighborhood around it. It also goes into the development
around Minnehaha Park, Longfellow Gardens, Wonderland Amusement Park and the street
car.
233
969.
Where-oh-where is the Gateway Phelps Fountain
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 29
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1963
Abstract A brief history of the Phelps Fountain that was once located in the Gateway
District. The fountain was moved to Lyndale Park.
970.
William Watts Folwell and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Author William Watts Folwell
Abstract Folwell’s papers document his long and impressive career. The part of this
huge collection that is most relevant to the history of Minneapolis concerns Folwell's work as
a member and president of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners and the
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
234
Urban Planning and Development/Urban
Renewal
971.
"Save Met" Gains Momentum
Type Magazine Article
Author John Sherman
Pages 12-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1961
Abstract The article provides a few pictures of the Metropolitan Building and discusses
the potential of saving the building. The writer believed the momentum to save the building
was moving in the right direction. It mentions MIA and Walker having an interesting in
displaying art and how the building could be part of the redevelopment in the area.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
972.
A Few Good Fights
Type Magazine Article
Author Claire Aronson
Issue Winter 1995
Pages 4-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1995
Abstract The article focuses on three volatile issues in the Prospect Park neighborhood:
the streetcar expansion and Arthur Avenue Parkway; the Glendale Housing Project; and the
construction of I-94.
973.
A general report on the problem of relocating the population of the
Lower Loop redevelopment area
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Author University of Minnesota
Publisher Minneapolis Housing Authority
Date 1958
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
974.
A history of the Minneapolis lower loop
Type Typewritten manuscript
Author Sherman Hasbrouck
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Self-published
Date 1956
235
Abstract Provides overview of the Gateway District or Lower Loop on the eve of its
demolition. Includes great details about the area, which had become the largest skid row in the
Upper Midwest.
975.
A plan for the redevelopment and rehabilitation of three areas in North
Minneapolis
Type Report
Author Minneapolis City Planning Commission
Date 1950
Abstract City planning document that includes plans for Sumner-Field, Glenwood, and
Franklin School areas. July 13, 1950. Includes lots of maps.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
976.
A plan for the redevelopment of the lower loop area
Type Report
Author Herman E. Olson
Date 1952
Abstract A 1952 redevelopment plan for the Gateway District or "old heart of the City
of Minneapolis."
Archive Hennepin History Museum
977.
A program for post war progress
Type Report
Author City Planning Department
Date 1943
Institution City of Minneapolis
Abstract Describes vision for city development after World War II. Lays the
groundwork for the massive urban renewal projects undertaken by city planners during the
1940s and 1950s.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
978.
A small piece of a very large vision: Dredging Minneapolis lakes
Type Magazine Article
Author Leo J. Harris
Issue Fall 2011
Pages 26-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2011
Abstract The article discusses the early development of parks around the Minneapolis
lakes. It discusses Leo B. Harris, who worked with Theodore Wirth and dredged the Lake
Calhoun and Powderhorn Lake to improve the shoreline and lake conditions.
236
979.
American country house architecture in context the suburban ideal of
living in the East and Midwest, 1877-1917
Type Dissertation
Author Mary Corbin Sies
Date 1987
University University of Michigan
Abstract Describes the intellectual framework for the development of streetcar suburbs
in Minneapolis and other cities.
980.
Better Homes...Better Living in the Field-Regina Neighborhood
Type Report
Author Field-Regina Neighborhood Group
Author Minneapolis Office of Planning and Development
Abstract Describes urban planning in the Field-Regina neighborhood, 1970s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
981.
Better living for more people, Annual report of the City planning
commission
Type Report
Author Minneapolis city planning commission
Date 1960
Abstract Describes efforts to eliminate blight in Minneapolis.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
982.
Building and Housing Survey, Civil Works Administration Project
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Planning Commission
Date 1933-1934
Abstract This is a building-by-building survey of the city completed in 1933-1934.
Includes the address, owners, purpose, height, construction, condition of
building/yard/outbuildings, heating type, water/sewer connections, number of units, owner's
race and nativity, number of people living there and additional remarks. There are 323
volumes.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
983.
C.W. Christmas-Streets: The Man Who Laid Out Our Streets
Type Magazine Article
Author Ruth Thompson
Pages 12-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1969
237
Abstract The articles discusses Charles W. Christmas was the first surveyor of
Hennepin County. It describes how he was hired by Colonel Stevens to survey and plat of land
and streets in Minneapolis during the 1850’s
984.
Cedar-Riverside: Imageability of space and the effects on refugee
integration
Type Thesis
Author Aubrie Eisenhart
Date 2013
University Development Planning Unit (BUDD) University College London
Abstract Describes the development of Riverside Plaza and its current status as a
community for new immigrants.
985.
Central Community Action plan 1965
Type Report
Author City Planning Department
Place Minneapolis
Date 1966
Institution City of Minneapolis
Abstract Urban planning action plan for 1965.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
986.
Citizens Determining Neighborhood: The Redevelopment of Seward
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Spring 1998
Pages 4-30
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1998
Abstract The article discusses the urban renewal and the citizens' participation the
renewal of the Seward neighborhood. It discusses how the citizens impacted the
redevelopment.
987.
City Public Works Photos
Type Document
Author Minneapolis Public Works
Date 1890's-1950's
Abstract Collection of photos of sewer and tunnel construction
Archive City of Minneapolis Archives
988.
Civic Center Development Association Development of Lower Loop
Area of Minneapolis
Type Report
238
Author Civic Center Development Association
Date July 1945
Abstract A plan for the development of a Civic Center in the Lower Loop area. The
Post Office and Pioneer Park have already been built. This plan foresees a new Public Health
building, Federal Courts building, Public Safety Building and a 4th Street Library building,
among others.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
989.
Clip File- City Planning 2 of 2
Type Newspaper Article
Publication Minneapolis Journal
Date 1910
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Contains a plan to create a network of boulevards throughout Minneapolis.
Contains map.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
990.
Clip file- City Planning: Gateway 1960
Type Newspaper Article
Author The Knutson Company
Publication Government Document
Date 1960
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract An "offer to purchase" for the Gateway District in Minneapolis. Includes
redevelopment plan, development maps and a list of addresses and business that resided in the
district prior to re-development.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
991.
Clip File- Districts: Bridge Square
Type Articles, reports
Date 1850s-1900s
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Includes a report on the first real estate building in Bridge Square, a 1908 plan
for "improvements," and several images.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
992.
Clip File- Districts: Gateway
Type Various
Author Multiple
Date 1950s-1960s
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract A series of newspaper articles, maps, reports, and letters regarding the
Gateway District. Includes a letter from the Park Board protesting the negative public image of
Bridge Square and its "unjust" association in government and public reports with crime. Also
includes an article in Greater Minneapolis concerning the Gateway re-development project.
239
Archive Hennepin History Museum
993.
Clip file- Streets: MPLS Hennepin East
Type Newspaper Articles
Date 1970s
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Series of articles from the late 1970's about Hennepin Ave. Mostly about the
"seedy" side of downtown.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
994.
Clipping file about Gateway Park
Type Archival Collection
Date 1950s
Loc. in Archive Vertical files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
995.
Clipping file on the Minneapolis Armory
Type Newspaper clippings
Loc. in Archive Vertical files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
996.
Coalition opposing the Freeway
Type Document
Date 1971 and 1972
Loc. in Archive Northside Settlement Services, Box 1, folder Coalition Opposing the
Freeway
Abstract Various items from the Coalition opposing the Freeway folder - including the
items on organizing opposing efforts, documents from the state of MN explaining what is
being done.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
997.
Defending community: the struggle for alternative redevelopment in
Cedar-Riverside
Type Book
Author Randy Stoecker
Place Philadelphia
Publisher Temple University Press
Date 1994
Abstract This sociological monograph chronicles the development of grassroots
community activism in in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood that prevented the
implementation of an urban renewal plan that slated the neighborhood for total demolition.
Neighborhood activists formed one of the largest community-controlled urban redevelopment
240
projects in the country. It puts the Cedar-Riverside story in a national context of urban
neighborhood mobilization.
998.
Desegregating South Minneapolis Housing: TilsenBilt Homes of 1954
Type Magazine Article
Author H. Lynn Adelsman
Issue Spring 2005
Pages 24-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2005
Abstract The article discusses the efforts to desegregate housing in south Minneapolis.
It mentions racial covenants, the concerns of blacks living in white neighborhoods and the
efforts of TilsenBilt Homes to create mixed-race housing developments.
999.
Design Forums for Minneapolis
Type Archival Collection
Author Walker Art Center
Abstract The Walker Art Center put on a series of forums dedicated to re-imagining the
urban environment of Minneapolis, especially Hennepin Avenue. These events were meant to
gather the best minds in urban renewal and urban design and apply their insights to
Minneapolis. Includes a forum from 1970 dedicated to Hennepin Avenue.
Archive Walker Art Center Archive
1000.
Dirty Old Man's Guide to the City
Type Newspaper Article
Author Holbert, Allan
Publication Minneapolis Tribune
Date April 26, 1970
Abstract Describes the growing commercial sex industry on Hennepin Avenue in 1970.
1001.
Down & out: the life and death of Minneapolis's skid row
Type Book
Author Joseph Hart
Author Edwin C Hirschoff
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2002
Abstract Brief history of the rise and fall of the Minneapolis Gateway. Includes photos
by Edwin Hirschoff.
1002.
Economic development study, downtown Minneapolis
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Downtown Council
241
Author Real Estate Research Corporation
Place United States
Date 1959
Institution The Corporation
Abstract Economic development report for downtown Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1003.
Fares, Transfers, and other Pertinent Facts about Street Cars: 1873-
1960
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 7-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1961
Abstract The article provides a history of the street railway cars in Minneapolis from
the days of horse drawn cars to electric cars. It provides images of tickets and explains how
transfers worked on the street cars.
1004.
From hobohemia to skid row the changing community of the homeless
man
Type Dissertation
Author Keith Arthur Lovald
Place Minneapolis
Date 1960
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation grew out of Lovald’s work as a research assistant in the
sociology department at the University of Minnesota. As a student of Theodore Caplow,
Lovald was recruited to survey the residents of the Minneapolis Gateway District, the region's
largest skid row. This project--which was to be funded with federal monies--was the largest
urban renewal project undertaken up until that time in the United States. Lovald was one of
nine graduate students who moved into the Gateway to do first-hand observation of life in the
city's skid row.
1005.
From Southdale to the Mall of America: Urban Models for Cities of
Our Time
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 1992
Pages 4-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article provides a history of Southdale and the Mall of America. It
explores how it changed shopping and influenced society.
242
1006.
Gateway Center Progress Reports
Type Report
Date 1961-1962
Report Type Report from the Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Abstract Three reports detailing the progress on the development of the Minneapolis
Gateway Center. Progress Report No. 1 (September 1961), an article from the Engineering
News Record for August 16, 1962 and Gateway Center Progress Report No. 2, October 1962).
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1007.
Gateway redevelopment collection, Community planning and
Economic Development Archive
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Housing Authority
Author Community Planning and Economic Development, City of Minneapolis
Abstract This collection documents the redevelopment of the Minneapolis Gateway
District, the region's largest skid row in the heart of the historic city. This area was demolished
between 1958 and 1963 as part of one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in American
history. It includes plans, reports, maps and thousands of visuals documenting the area before
and after the project.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1008.
Glenwood Housing Project Development Map
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Northside Settlement Services, Box 1, folder Glenwood Lyndale
Resident Council
Abstract A map for the Glenwood Housing Project - list streets and showing layout of
houses
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1009.
Good Way to See the Twin Cities
Type Document
Author Twin Cities Lines
Date 1916
Abstract Guide to the Twin Cities by the Twin Cities Rapid Transit Company.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1010.
H. W. S. Cleveland letters 1890s
Type Manuscript
Author H. W. S Cleveland
Place Minneapolis
Date 1890s
Abstract Collection contains thirteen original letters written by H.W.S. Cleveland
during his stay in Minneapolis in the 1890s.
243
Archive University of Minnesota archives
1011.
Hennepin Panorama
Type Photos
Artist Unknown
Date 1970
Abstract Series of street level photographs of Hennepin, taped together into two 4 foot
rolls. Shows both sides of the street
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1012.
History of an Avenue
Type Magazine Article
Author Joanna Baymiller
Issue 117
Pages 6-11
Publication Design Quarterly
Date 1982
Abstract Explains the history of Hennepin Avenue in the context of plans for its
redevelopment in the 1980s. Published by the Walker Art Center as part of its design forums
on Minneapolis.
1013.
History of the Sumner Field Homes Federal Housing Project,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Minneapolis City Planning Commission
Place Minneapolis
Publisher City Planning Commission
Date 1936
Abstract "Housing explained", an issue of the Hawk, published by the Press club of the
Phyllis Wheatley settlement house: 4 p. inserted at end.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1014.
Homewood, Improved and Restricted
Type Manuscript
Author David C. Bell
Abstract Advertising brochure touting the benefits of the new Homewood subdivision,
which was improved and restricted.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1015.
How Minneapolis fends off the Urban Crisis
Type Magazine Article
Author Gurney Breckenfeld
Pages 131-141
244
Publication Fortune Magazine
Date January 1976
Abstract The Minnesota climate may be harsh but enterprise and civic spirit have
created a good place to live and work. Describes the "Minneapolis miracle" of the 1970s.
1016.
Interview with Judith Martin, August 29, 1994
Type Oral history interview
Date August 29, 1994
Abstract Clarke A. Chambers interviewed Judith Martin, who described her career
at the University of Minnesota and her involvement in urban planning and redevelopment in
Minneapolis. Mostly concerned with the institutional development of the University.
1017.
Interview with Ruby Norman, describes Seward neighborhood and the
controversy over urban renewal in the 1970s.
Type Oral history interview
Date 1980
Abstract Camille Kudzia interviewed Ruby Norman at her home at 3007 E. 24th Street
in November 1980. Ms. Norman describes attending Seward School and South High School
(which was at 24th and Cedar), her teachers and classes and various school events. She
remembers in great detail thriving businesses along Franklin Avenue and at the intersection of
27th Ave. S. and 25th Street, where a streetcar ran. There were numerous bakeries, hardware
stores, grocery stores, shoe repair shops, drug stores and even a movie theater. She also recalls
the controversy over urban renewal in the early 1970’s, when Seward was divided by people
who wanted the projects to proceed and those who were against them. It bitterly divided the
community for several years. She remembers a number of churches, their locations and
congregations and buildings some of which were moved to new spots in the neighborhood.
She was one of the original members of the Seward Neighborhood Group and was active in
the organization from 1960 to 1973.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1018.
Interview with Theatrice "T" Williams, Urban Exodus, St. Louis Park
Oral History Project
Type Oral history interview
Abstract This interview with Theatrice “T” Williams was conducted by Jeff Norman,
oral historian from California as part of the "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History
Project." Williams’ narrative describes the transformation of the North side of Minneapolis
with the construction of the freeways. This larger project explores the post-World War II
migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb
of Saint Louis Park.
Archive University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper
Midwest Jewish Archives
245
1019.
Jewish settlement in Minneapolis, 1860s-1972: historic context for
Minneapolis preservation plan
Type Book
Author Garneth O Peterson
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Landscape Research
Date 1997
1020.
Light Rail Transit: Rolling into the 21st Century
Type Magazine Article
Author Laurie Kleven
Issue Summer 1991
Pages 4-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1991
Abstract The article provides an overview of what light rail is, how Hennepin County is
preparing for its possible implementation and possible areas where it would be built. It also
provides a history of mass transit in Minneapolis.
1021.
Living Downtown
Type Magazine Article
Author Michael Koop
Issue Summer 1994
Pages 17-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1994
Abstract The article discusses early multi-housing units in Minneapolis. It focuses on
apartment hotels and their appeal to individuals.
1022.
Long range planning reports for the city of Minneapolis
Type Reports
Date 1942, 1954
Institution City planning department
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1023.
Loring Park as it was
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 8-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1968
Abstract The article contains remarks from an address given by Edward M. Conant to
the Hennepin County Historical Society describing how Loring Park developed over time.
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1024.
Lost Minnesota: stories of vanished places
Type Book
Author Jack El-Hai
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2000
Abstract Tells the story of places in Minneapolis once central to city life that have
disappeared.
1025.
Making Minneapolis Work
Type Magazine Article
Author Carpenter, Edward
Pages 33-47
Publication Design and Environment
Date Summer, 1975
Abstract Describes planning challenges for Minneapolis in the 1970s with special
attention to the automobile.
1026.
Material on Gateway redevelopment project
Type Archival Collection
Author City planning department
Abstract Newspaper reports, correspondence, reports on the Gateway Center
redevelopment project.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1027.
Metropolitan Building
Type Magazine Article
Publication Harper's Illustrated
Date 1892
Abstract Article describing the new Metropolitan Building (Guaranty Loan Building).
1028.
Metropolitan Life Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Artwork, photos
Artist F. J. Avaloz
Date 1961
Abstract Black and white interior views of the Metropolitan Life Building, 125 Third
Street South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nineteen images in all.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
247
1029.
Metroscapes: the Minneapolis gateway photographs of Jerome Liebling
and Robert Wilcox: suburban landscapes of the Twin Cities and
beyond
Type Book
Author Robert B Silberman
Author Jerome Liebling
Author Robert Wilcox
Author Colleen Josephine Sheehy
Author Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Place Minneapolis; Seattle
Publisher Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum/University of Minnesota ; Distributed by
the University of Washington Press
Date 1998
1030.
Mills, Monuments and Malls: A Century of Planning and Development
in Downtown Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Thomas W. Balcom
Pages 8-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1988
Abstract The article details Minneapolis’ development and city planning. It highlights
the development of a parks plan in 1883, the City Beautification Movement and 1917 plan and
the formation of the Planning Commission in 1921. It also discusses early zoning efforts,
downtown revitalization (1955-1970) and the Metro plans of the 1985, 1990 and 2000.
1031.
Milwaukee Avenue Restoration
Type Magazine Article
Author Jerilee Richtman
Issue Summer 1980
Pages 3-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1980
Abstract The article discusses the restoration efforts of Milwaukee Avenue. It discusses
the Seward Neighborhood Project Area efforts and others in the community to save the
neighborhood.
1032.
Milwaukee Avenue: Community Renewal in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Robert Roscoe
Author Jeri Reilly
Publisher The History Press
Date 2013
248
Abstract In the 1970s, a politically savvy and hardworking neighborhood organization,
the Seward West Project Area Committee (PAC), outmaneuvered a public agency’s renewal
plan to demolish approximately 70 percent of a historic neighborhood in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Demolition would have included all the houses on Milwaukee Avenue, a half-
hidden, very narrow two-block-long street flanked by small brick houses. Built in the 1880s,
many of these houses were the very first homes in Minneapolis. Milwaukee Avenue offers a
unique presentation of determined citizens saving their neighborhood in a decade that changed
history.
1033.
Minneapolis
Type Brochure
Publisher Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Date 1962
Abstract Book has color illustrations of areas of downtown and the city.
Transportation, restaurants, hotels, public buildings, churches, shopping, schools, home,
living, businesses. Includes a section on the planned development for the Gateway.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1034.
Minneapolis and the age of railways
Type Book
Author Donovan L Hofsommer
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2005
Abstract Don L. Hofsommer presents Minneapolis from the 1860s into the 1950s,
when railroads served as a unique link between city and countryside. Illustrated with more
than 200 period photographs and maps, this comprehensive book reflects a time when the
locomotive dominated the landscape and set the tempo for the nation: the age of railways.
1035.
Minneapolis Builds!
Type Report
Author Minneapolis City Council Capital Long-Range Improvement Committee
Abstract Reports from 1955 to 1966. Describes the city's plan for parks, the Gateway
and other capital projects.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1036.
Minneapolis Housing Redevelopment Authority Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Laurence Irvin
Date 1950s-1990s
Type Correspondence and visuals
Abstract This collections documents decades of urban renewal efforts in Minneapolis.
It includes hundreds of slides taken to document redevelopment projects from the 1950s to the
1990s. Included are many individual homes on the North Side of the city, many without
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addresses. It also includes color slides of the Metropolitan Building and the Gateway District
before they were demolished between 1958 and 1963.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1037.
Minneapolis in Perspective
Type Report
Author Martin, Judith A
Institution City of Minneapolis
Abstract Renowned urban theorist Judith Martin writes in this small pamphlet about the
place of the city in American civilization and the condition of Minneapolis. She describes
competing schools of thought about urban planning and renewal.
1038.
Minneapolis in the twentieth century: the growth of an American city
Type Book
Author Iric Nathanson
Place Saint Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2010
Abstract Political history of Minneapolis in the twentieth century written from the
perspective of long-time urban planner.
1039.
Minneapolis Loop Area Redevelopment Scrapbook
Type Archival Collection
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
Abstract Clippings and material related to the redevelopment of the Gateway District--
the region's largest skid row--in the 1950s.
1040.
Minneapolis Metro Center: A Look Back...1969-1977
Type Report
Author Minneapolis City Planning Commission
Date 1978
Abstract A look at development in downtown Minneapolis, includes photos, maps, etc.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1041.
Minnesota in the 70s
Type Book
Author Dave Kenney
Author Thomas Saylor
Date 2013
Abstract This history of Minnesota during the 1970s includes many references to
Minneapolis, touching on neighborhood activism, the growth of the counter-culture and the
rise of gay liberation. It describes how the city achieved new national prominence after the
governor of Minnesota appeared on the cover of Time magazine; Mary Tyler Moore became a
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hit television show; and Minneapolis was touted as an urban paragon. Its subjects include
Allan Spear, American Indian Movement, the first Earth Day, the Dayton's bombing, school
desegregation battles, and highway construction protests. Richly illustrated.
1042.
Model City Records
Type Archival Collection
Date 1965-1975
Abstract Model City was a massive effort to rebuild or restore entire neighborhoods. Its
goals were to contribute to the healthy growth of the city, increase substantially the supply of
standard housing of low and moderate costs, reduce disease and enforced idleness, increase
educational opportunities, provide jobs for residents of the area, assure maximum choice of
housing by citizens of all income levels, renew entire slum neighborhoods by combined use of
physical and social development programs. The Model City area was Lyndale Avenue on the
west, 36th Street and 32nd Streets on the south and southeast side, Hiawatha on the east and
Franklin and Grant Avenues on the north and north east.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Minnesota
Historical Society
1043.
Mr. Halprin's Dance
Type Magazine Article
Author David Anger
Issue Summer 1997
Pages 4-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1997
Abstract The article discusses Lawrence Halprin's vision for Nicollet Mall. Halprin was
the landscape architect who designed the mall. It also discusses the changes made to the mall
in the 1980s that changed that vision.
1044.
Network of urban centers
Type Book Section
Author Clifford Edward Clark
Author John R. Borchert
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
1045.
Nicollet Mall
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Issue Summer 1968
Pages 2-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1968
251
Abstract A collection of articles on Nicollet Mall, the history of Nicollet Ave. The
collection includes a number of photos. It mentions the first and second suspension bridges
over the Mississippi.
1046.
Oral history of the Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral
History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract A series of interviews conducted by journalist Linda Mack with individuals
who were influential in the redevelopment of the Mississippi River riverfront in central
Minneapolis. The narrators discuss the social, industrial, architectural and political history of
the Minneapolis riverfront, the many and often conflicting plans for its redevelopment, and the
actions taken to create the successful urban district that exists in 2008-2009. The project
includes 26 interviews with 29 people. An executive summary of the project by interviewer
Linda Mack is also included.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1047.
Our Highway Programs and Organization: A response to Urban
Growth
Type Report
Author Hennepin County Highway Department
Date 1966
Institution Hennepin History Museum
Abstract Describes plans for building interstate network through Hennepin County.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1048.
Our way or the highway: inside the Minnehaha Free State
Type Book
Author Mary Losure
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Abstract Describes protest against plans to reroute Highway 55 through South
Minneapolis. Starting in 1998, this effort brought together a diverse coalition of Native
Americans, neighborhood residents, and young anarchists banded together to try to stop the
highway expansion.
1049.
Papers of Laurence Irvin, Minneapolis City Planning Director
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Irvin served as the Minneapolis city planning director (1958-1975), federal
grants coordinator for Minneapolis, and city planner emeritus (1976-1982). This collection
includes detailed reports and discussions on city projects such as skyways, Nicollet Mall,
Cedar-Riverside, and Loring Park.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
252
1050.
Past choices/present landscapes: the impact of urban renewal on the
Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Judith A Martin; Antony Goddard
Series Publication no. CURA 89-1.
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Date 1989
Abstract History of planning and urban renewal in Minneapolis from a leading urban
theorist.
1051.
Petition to Legalize Residential Segregation Squashed as City Planning
Commission Raps Plan
Type Newspaper Article
Publication MSP
Date January 30, 1942
Abstract This article describes the 1942 bid by 150 city residents, led by Harry Martin,
to ban African American residents from the neighborhood near Lake Nokomis.
1052.
Plan for downtown freeway system
Type Report
Date 1964
Abstract City report showing plans for freeway system.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1053.
Plan of Minneapolis, prepared under the direction of the Civic
Commission, MCMXVII
Type Book
Author Edward H Bennett
Author Andrew Wright Crawford
Author Minnesota Civic Commission of Minneapolis
Publisher Civic Commission
Date 1917
Abstract Richly illustrated plan to remake Minneapolis according to the ideals of the
"City Beautiful" movement. Ambitious blueprint was never realized.
1054.
Politics and freeways: building the Twin Cities interstate system
Type Report
Author Patricia Cavanaugh
Author University of Minnesota
Author Center for Transportation Studies
Author University of Minnesota
Author Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
253
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher University of Minnesota
Date 2006
Abstract The Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) and the Center for Urban and
Regional Affairs (CURA) co-sponsored a research project designed to provide a history of
major transportation decisions over the past fifty years, primarily in the Twin Cities
Metropolitan Region. A major part of the research involved in-depth interviews with those
who worked in and with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, as well as
transportation officials in other governmental units, citizens, and elected representatives.
Research at relevant archives grounded the information from the interviews with specific
dates, events, and participants. The results have been integrated with maps, reports, and other
recent research projects to provide an historical context and potential lessons for our current
transportation development processes. This provides a detailed history of the creation of the
Twin Cities highway system. The interviews provide important perspectives on the impacts of
federal, state and local governments, the effects of government actions on the public, and the
influence of specific events, interest groups and individuals in the public policy arena.
1055.
Proposed plan and perspective of an Auditorium, Hotel, Convention
Hall and Exhibition Complex to occupy site of Layman's Cemetery at
Cedar Avenue and Lake Street
Type Document
Author Bertrand and Chamberlin
Date 1905
Abstract Proposed plan and perspective of an Auditorium, Hotel, Convention Hall and
Exhibition Complex to occupy site of Layman's Cemetery at Cedar Avenue and Lake Street.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1056.
Pure water for Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Frank H. Castner
Contributor James H. Duryea
Contributor N. H. Winchell
Place [Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1905
Abstract Deep wells as a source of water supply for Minneapolis / address of Prof.
N.H. Winchell at the banquet of the Real Estate Board, February 25, 1905 (p. 8-29).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1057.
Model City Records
Type Archival Collection
Date 1960s-1970s
Abstract Reports, publications and plans from the Model City Program. Includes action
programs, problems analyses and evaluations.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
254
1058.
Records of the Minnesota. Dept. of Highways Commissioner’s Office
Type Archival Collection
Author Minnesota. Dept. of Highways. Commissioner’s Office
Abstract The subject files contain correspondence concerning proposed construction of
a highway through Minnehaha Park.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1059.
Recycling the central city: the development of a new town-in town
Type Book
Author Martin, Judith A
Publisher Publication (University of Minnesota. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs),
no. CURA 78-1.
Date 1978
Abstract This history of Cedar Riverside describes the battle over urban renewal in this
fascinating neighborhood, situating redevelopment efforts in the larger context of urban
renewal in Minneapolis. It is written by University of Minnesota professor Judith Martin, one
of the most respected scholars of the urban environment. It is full of all kinds of helpful
information about the history and development of Cedar Riverside.
1060.
Records related to the Redevelopment of the Glenwood Area
Type Archival collection
Author Minneapolis Community Development Agency
Date 1960s
Abstract Reports, maps and photos related to the redevelopment of the Glenwood area
of Minneapolis between Glenwood Avenue and Olson Highway in the 1960s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1061.
Report to the Mayor: Hennepin Avenue, Assumptions, Choices,
Recommendations
Type Report
Author Report by Minneapolis City Planning Commission
Pages 18
Date April 1979
Abstract Planning report from city of Minneapolis for the 1970s
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1062.
Retail revolution, 1955-1965: sixth study of the shopping habits of
women in Minneapolis and suburbs, 1955-1965
Type Report
Author Star and Tribune Company Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis
Date 1966
255
Abstract Surveys shopping habits of women in Minneapolis and suburbs. Documents
increasingly mobile shoppers who use suburban shopping malls and city shopping districts.
Documents the relative decrease in downtown shopping.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1063.
Right of way survey conducted by the Department of Highways
Type Report
Abstract Right of way survey conducted by Highway Department, 1964-1966. Includes
photos of many Minneapolis businesses on Hiawatha Avenue and Lake Street. Includes lots of
automobile associated businesses.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1064.
Rose Bros Case Files Collection Attempt
Type Document
Abstract This chronicles the conflict between the city of Minneapolis and the Rose
Brothers, a business in North Minneapolis. This file contains wonderful images of the near
north side of Minneapolis in the 1930s.
Archive Minneapolis City Archive
1065.
Sanitation Practices, Depositional Processes and Interpretive Contexts
of Minneapolis Privies
Type Journal Article
Author John McCarthy
Author Jeanne Ward
Volume 34
Issue 1
Pages 111-129
Publication Historical Archaeology
Date 2000
Abstract This paper is an analysis of sanitation practices in downtown Minneapolis at
the end of the nineteenth century.
1066.
Save the Metropolitan Building: is HCHS rallying cry
Type Magazine Article
Volume 19
Issue 1
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer, 1959
1067.
Scrapbook of photographs, Northside redevelopment, 1930s
Type Scrapbook of Photographs
Author City Planning Department
Place Northside, Minneapolis
256
Date 1930s
Abstract Scrapbook includes hundreds of black and white photographs of North side
neighborhoods in the 1930s. Meant to document urban blight before demolition and
redevelopment. Unique set of sources to reconstruct a neighborhood of the city that has been
lost to history.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1068.
Seward Neighborhood: Ivar Vikingstad
Type Oral history interview
Date 2008
Abstract Jean Johnstad interviewed Ivar Vikingstad, who described the battles with the
city to stay in his house on Milwaukee Avenue during the urban renewal campaign of the
1970s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1069.
Seward neighborhood: Richard Pautz
Type Oral history interview
Date 1997
Abstract Dick Westby interviewed Richard (Dick) Pautz in 1997. Mr. Pautz came to
Seward in 1933, living first at 2512 38th Ave. S. and then at 2554 38th Avenue S. He
graduated from Augsburg College in 1937, and married Gertrude Erling in 1939. Their five
children went to Seward School and South High School. Mr. Pautz was on the faculty and
staff of Augsburg College. When he opened a real estate office at 27th and Franklin in 1950,
the neighborhood was “run down to some extent.” He describes the negotiations related to the
building of the freeway (Interstate 94) through the neighborhood. He was President of the
Seward Civic & Commerce Association in 1950, and later active in the Seward Neighborhood
Group. He also helped to set up the Augsburg campus when the school decided to stay in the
city.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1070.
Sewer Scrapbook
Type Document
Author Minneapolis Public Works Department
Date 1920's
Abstract A scrapbook containing images of the construction of the Minnehaha sewer
tunnel.
Archive Minneapolis City Archive
1071.
Shinders to Shinders: a surreal portrait of Hennepin Avenue
Type Film
Contributor Roy Chester McBride
Contributor Patrick Scully
Contributor Daniel Polsfuss
Date 1982
257
Abstract Quirky art film made by Patrick Scully to celebrate Hennepin Avenue, which
was considered the bawdiest strip in Minneapolis at the beginning of the 1980s.
Distributor Polsfusian Films
1072.
Skid row as a way of life
Type Book
Author Wallace, Samuel E.
Place Totowa, N.J.
Publisher Bedminster Press
Date 1965
Abstract This book chronicles Samuel E. Wallace's work in the Gateway District of
Minneapolis as a research assistant in the sociology department at the University of
Minnesota. As a student of Theodore Caplow, Wallace was recruited to survey the residents of
the Minneapolis Gateway District, the region's largest skid row. The survey was part of what
Wallace called the Minneapolis Housing Authority's "Bum Removal Program," in preparation
for the demolition of the district. This project--which was to be funded with federal monies--
was the largest urban renewal project undertaken up until that time in the United States.
Wallace was one of nine graduate students who moved into the Gateway to do "first-hand
observation of the institutional life of skid row." This volume describes his experiences and
provides a great portrait of the culture and mores of the Minneapolis Gateway right before it
disappeared for good.
1073.
Smoke on Plymouth Avenue
Type Magazine Article
Author Willard A Hutt
Issue Summer 1992
Pages 25-29
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article discusses the Pilot City project that evolved out the national racial
tensions in the 1960s. The article focuses on Minneapolis racial tensions and the efforts of the
Pilot City program.
1074.
Social saga of two cities; an ecological and statistical study of social
trends in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Calvin F. Schmid
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Bureau of social research, the Minneapolis council of social agencies
Date 1937
Abstract A demographic opus conceived in the style of the Chicago school of social
survey, the "Social Saga" was published in 1937 with the support of the Minneapolis Council
of Social Agencies. The author was demographer Calvin Schmid, who sought to illuminate the
urban landscape of the Twin Cities during the Great Depression. Modern Minneapolitans often
mistake his maps for official city planning document. Schmid’s maps did not designate
sections of the city for different groups. His cartography was descriptive, an early effort at
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what we now call data visualization. He recorded– with offensive labels and pejorative terms–
the residential segregation already in place. An invaluable source for understanding race
relations in Minneapolis during the 1920s and 1930s.
1075.
Spark from a Flame: Turning on the Lights in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author K.M Smith
Pages 8-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1991
Abstract The article discusses the history of electric light and power companies in
Minneapolis. It highlights the first power companies, their challenges and successes. It also
focuses on Northern States Power and its founder of Henry Marison Byllesby.
1076.
Street Names: A Fascinating Story
Type Magazine Article
Pages 7
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1959
Abstract A map laying out some of the early street names and key landmarks from
around the city.
1077.
Street Names: For St. Anthony and Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Pages 8-10
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1959
Abstract The article provides a brief overview of how Minneapolis and St. Anthony
streets have changed. It explains how they named the streets using the river and how
duplication occurred. It provides a comprehensive list the early names of streets and what the
names are today of those same streets.
1078.
Streetcar man: Tom Lowry and the Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Type Book
Author Goodrich Lowry
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Lerner Publications Co.
Date 1979
Abstract Biography of streetcar magnate Tom Lowry and the company that he built,
Twin City Rapid Transit Company.
259
1079.
Sumner Field Homes: Public Housing in Minnesota before World War
II
Type Magazine Article
Author Jeffrey A. Hess
Issue Winter 1993
Pages 26-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1993
Abstract The article focuses on the development of Sumner Field Homes and the
challenges of building government subsidized housing before WWII.
1080.
Sumner Field Housing Project Collection
Type Archival Collection
Date 1936-1945
Type Archival Collection
Abstract The first government built and operated housing development in Minneapolis
was Sumner Field. It was built in 1938 and consisted of two story row houses. It was a
government effort to clear slums, address a housing shortage and create construction jobs
during the Great Depression. Private landlords opposed it. Sumner Field was the oldest, largest
and second of four housing complexes demolished under the settlement of a lawsuit (1995
Hollman settlement) alleging that public agencies discriminated by concentrating minorities in
inner-city public housing. Sumner Field was razed in 1998. It was replaced by the Heritage
Park Housing Development in 2002. Heritage Park is roughly bounded by Lyndale, Emerson,
Third and 10th Avenues North. The early residents of Sumner Field were predominately
Jewish along with some African-Americans. African-Americans and Southeast Asians made
up the majority of residents immediately before Sumner Field was razed. Sumner's most
famous residents were the musician Prince Rodger Nelson and Richard Green who at one time
led the Minneapolis and New York school systems.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1081.
The 50s and Minneapolis Housing Trends
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Planning Commission
Date December, 1959
Loc. in Archive B 500.5
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1082.
The Brothers who believed in Nicollet Avenue
Type Magazine Article
Author Bunnie Cassell
Publication Exclusively Yours
Date December 5, 1975
Abstract Describes the role played by the Donaldsons in keeping Nicollet Avenue
viable as a retail center for Minneapolis.
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1083.
The Changing Face of Hennepin County, 1830 to the Present
Type Magazine Article
Author Judith Martin
Pages 8-12
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1987
Abstract The article discusses the history of Hennepin County. It explores the county’s
economic and arts development, creation of parks and how immigration influenced city and
neighborhood development.
1084.
The Effects of Slum Clearance and Rehousing on Family and
Community Relationships in Minneapolis
Type Journal Article
Author F. Stuart Chapin
Volume 43
Issue 5
Pages 744-763
Publication American Journal of Sociology
Date March, 1938
Abstract Study of families relocated by Sumner Field Housing Project, first public
housing project in Minneapolis.
1085.
The Future of an Avenue
Type Magazine Article
Issue 78-79
Pages 59-63
Publication Design Quarterly
Abstract Details debate over the future of Hennepin Avenue in 1970, in the aftermath
of the Nicollet Mall redevelopment. Published by the Walker Art Center.
1086.
The homegrown generation: building community in central
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Burt Berlowe
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Central Community Council
Date 1994
1087.
The housing problem in Minneapolis: a preliminary investigation made
for the Committee on Housing of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce
Association
Type Book
261
Author Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association.
Date 1914
1088.
The Liquor Patrol Limits of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Jim Hathaway
Volume 44
Issue 1
Pages 3-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1985
Abstract The article discusses the history of the liquor patrol limits that were imposed
in the 1880s. It discusses how the limits came to be, what happen after prohibition and how the
limits were finally ended.
1089.
The long pull: the life of G. Nelson Dayton
Type Book
Author Bruce B Dayton; Ellen B Green
Place Minnetonka, MN
Publisher Sexton Printing Inc.
Date 2013
Abstract The biography of business leader Nelson Dayton, who helped to build
Dayton's Department Stores into one of the most successful retail companies in the country.
Dayton was very involved in the redevelopment of downtown in the 1950s and 1960s, as well
as supporting the growth of arts and culture in Minneapolis.
1090.
The Metropolitan Building
Type Video Recording
Contributor Ted Wright
URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnqCNaTPN4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Date 2013-08-12
Accessed 4/2/2014, 1:42:20 PM
Library Catalog YouTube
Running Time 1737 seconds
Abstract 28 minutes of unedited color video of the Metropolitan or Northwest
Guaranteed Loan Building of Minneapolis taken in August of 1961, months before it was
demolished.
1091.
The New Minneapolis, 1985
Type Newspaper Article
Publication Tribune Picture Magazine
Date September 19, 1971
Abstract Praises urban renewal and planning efforts of Minneapolis, which was held up
as a model metropolis during the 1970s, when most of the rest of the country was mired in
what was called the "urban crisis."
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1092.
The other Minneapolis, or the rise and fall of the Gateway, the old
Minneapolis skid row
Type Book
Author Rosheim, David
Place Maquoketa, Iowa
Publisher Andromeda Press
Date 1978
Abstract This classic study narrates the rise and fall of the Minneapolis Gateway
District, the largest skid row between Chicago and Seattle. Written on the heels of the urban
renewal campaign that swept through the city, Rosheim draws on newspaper accounts of crime
and vice to provide a wealth of detail about a notorious neighborhood that was the heart of the
historic city. All later histories of the Gateway have relied heavily on Rosheim's volume.
1093.
The politics of building urban interstates: a contextual analysis of Twin
Cities cases
Type Dissertation
Author Patricia Cavanaugh
Date 2008
University University of Minnesota
Abstract Analysis of the history of freeway building in the Twin Cities.
1094.
The Twin Cities in 1913
Type Map
Cartographer American Bank Note Company
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher A.W. Warnock
Date 1913
Abstract Streetcar guide to the twin cities in 1913.
1095.
The Upper Harbor: Its Trials, It Tribulations and Its Final Triumph
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1962
Abstract The article discusses the origins of the project and building of the Upper and
Lower lock and dam. It discusses the challenges of the project and the total cost for its
completion.
1096.
Then and Now...Seven Corners
Type Magazine Article
Author Brian Anderson
Pages 15-19
263
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1968
Abstract An article from the Minneapolis Tribune on September 22, 1968. It discusses
the history and redevelopment of Seven Corners.
1097.
Three decades: 1947-1977 renewal in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Housing and Redevelopment Authority Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1977
Abstract An authorized history of urban renewal in Minneapolis, written by the
Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1098.
Twin Cities by trolley: the streetcar era in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author John W. Diers
Contributor Aaron Isaacs
Author of Minnesota University
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2007
Abstract This book recounts the rise and fall of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company
from the 1880s to the 1950s. It shows how the streetcar system shaped the development of the
Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, when a private transportation company operated over
900 streetcars, owned 523 miles of track, and carried more than 200 million passengers
annually. The book explores the operations of the streetcar system, including life as a streetcar
operator and the technology, design, and construction of the cars. It includes more than 400
photographs and 70 maps.
1099.
Twin Cities Sanitation History
Type Journal Article
Author Sigrid Arnott
Date January 1996
Abstract Describes the development of sewers and public sanitation in Minneapolis and
St. Paul.
1100.
University Village: Utopia on Como Avenue
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert Forman
Issue Winter 1996
Pages 4-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1996
264
Abstract The article discusses the increase need for housing at the University of
Minnesota after World War II. It discusses the temporary housing that was built and explores
the neighborhoods that developed within these communities.
1101.
Urban Design Concept/Honor Award
Type Report
Author Housing and Urban Development Agency
Date 1985
Abstract Commends the city of Minneapolis for its City Center design.
Archive Minneapolis City Archive
1102.
Urban renewal erases wrinkles from city's face
Type Newspaper Article
Publication Minneapolis Tribune
Date June 11, 1967
1103.
Urban Renewal in Minneapolis: Cedar-Riverside: Cedar Riverside
Associates
Type Oral history interviews
Date 1978
Loc. in Archive Urban Renewal in Minneapolis Oral History Project
Abstract This oral history project was conducted during the spring quarter of 1978 as
part of a class at the University of Minnesota. Three students conducted a series of interviews
dealing with urban renewal in the Cedar Riverside area of Minneapolis. The study focused on
the housing project initiated by Cedar-Riverside Associates in the 1960s and the opposition to
the high-density redevelopment project.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1104.
Values and identity in the working class worlds of late nineteenth-
century Minneapolis
Type Book Section
Author John McCarthy
Series New Directions in Archaeology
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 145-153
Date 2001
Abstract This article uses archeological evidence to reconstruct nineteenth century
working-class life in Minneapolis. It draws on findings from two excavations in downtown
Minneapolis in the 1990s. One was at the site of the new Federal Reserve Bank and the other
was at the site of the Federal Office Building. This work illuminated consumer choice;
sanitation; changing attitudes about childhood; and the increasing separation between work
and home.
Book Title The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes: Exploration in Slumland
265
1105.
Visions of a New World? The Walker Art Center Idea House II
Type Magazine Article
Author Bruce Wright
Issue Summer 1993
Pages 16-31
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1993
Abstract The article looks at the Idea House II, built by the Walker Art Center in 1947.
The house was a model home that demonstrated new designs and features that could make
modern living easier. It also discusses Idea House I.
1106.
Walter Hall Wheeler papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Walter Hall Wheeler
Contributor Joseph H. Ball
Contributor George E. Stratemeyer
Abstract This small collection documents the efforts of Walter Hall Wheeler to prevent
the razing of the Metropolitan Building.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1107.
West Bank Community Development Corporation records
Type Archival Collection
Author West Bank Community Development Corporation
Abstract This collection documents the work of the West Bank Community
Development Corporation, an organization formed in 1975 to promote neighborhood control
of redevelopment in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood. This group worked with the Cedar
Riverside Project Area Committee, the New Riverside Cafe and other organizations.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1108.
When the banners came down: Minneapolis's early community
development corporations
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Fall 2008
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2008
Abstract The article discusses the Community Development Corporations (CDC)
movement in Minneapolis. It looks at where they formed and what they accomplished when
their neighborhoods became the focus of HRA redevelopment efforts.
1109.
Where we live: the residential districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul
Type Book
266
Author Judith A. Martin
Contributor David A. Lanegran
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Published by the University of Minnesota Press in association with the Center
for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Date 1983
Abstract This book describes the neighborhoods of Minneapolis and St. Paul, c. 1983,
when the volume was published. Though it is organized by "residential zones" or geographic
units that made sense to the authors, it conveys considerable information about the history and
development of different sections of each city. It seeks to explain the patterns of land use,
development and redevelopment, taking into consideration the role of mass transit, freeways
and city redevelopment efforts. It makes virtually no mention of race.
1110.
Where-oh-where is the Gateway Phelps Fountain
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 29
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1963
Abstract A brief history of the Phelps Fountain that was once located in the Gateway
District. The fountain was moved to Lyndale Park.
1111.
Woman's work in municipalities
Type Book
Author Mary Ritter Beard
Place New York and London
Publisher D. Appleton and Company
Date 1915
Abstract This book by leading Progressive Era intellectual Mary Ritter Beard describes
how women activists changed the urban environment at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Minneapolis clubwomen were particularly active in this regard.
267
Real Estate Industry
1112.
A guide to Minneapolis: Great City of the Northwest
Type Book
Author Minneapolis Real Estate Board
Date 1906
Abstract Boosterish description of Minneapolis, written at the beginning of the
twentieth century.
1113.
Atlas of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1903
Type Map
Cartographer Minneapolis Real Estate Board
Cartographer James E. Egan
Date 1903
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1114.
Atlas of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota: including parts of
St. Louis Park and Golden Valley Township in Hennepin County: also
part of Ramsey County known as the Midway District
Type Map
Cartographer H. W. Benneche
Cartographer Albert Volk
Publisher Minneapolis Real Estate Board
Date 1914
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1115.
Brochure for Lake Amelia Heights
Type Brochure
Author Thorpe Brothers Real Estate
Abstract Brochure for Lake Amelia Heights, former name for Lake Nokomis. Located
between 12th S and Cedar Ave, 50th and 52st ca. 1910.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1116.
Brochure for Nokomis Terrace
Type Brochure
Author Thorpe Brothers Real Estate
Abstract Brochure advertising lots for sale in Nokomis Terrace (between Minnehaha
Parkway and Minnehaha Creek and between 28th and 34th Avenues South)
Archive Hennepin History Museum
268
1117.
Brochure for Washburn Park Second Addition: Restricted Residence
District for Beautiful Homes
Type Broochure
Author Thorpe Brothers Real Estate
Abstract Advertising for lots in Washburn Park Second Addition (between Nicollet
Avenue and Minnehaha Parkway). Includes map and illustrations.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1118.
Descriptive of Glenwood Heights, An addition platted by Thorpe
Brothers
Type Brochure
Author Thorpe Brothers Real Estate
Date 1908-1910
Type Brochure
Abstract Brochure from 1908 that describes Glenwood Heights, which is located
between Sheridan and Uptown Avenues North and between Laurel Avenue and Cedar Lake
Road. Describes advantages of development and lot restrictions.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1119.
Economic development study, downtown Minneapolis
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Downtown Council
Author Real Estate Research Corporation
Date 1959
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Economic development report for downtown Minneapolis.
1120.
Inventory of commercial real estate, 1967
Type Report
Author Minneapolis city planning department
Place Minneapolis City Hall
Date December 1967
Institution Minneapolis city Planning Department
Abstract Field survey of real estate in Minneapolis. These eight volumes diagram each
block in the city, listing the businesses and describing the properties. 10 ring binders.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1121.
Lake Nokomis Heights
Type Manuscript
Author Thorpe Brothers Real Estate
Abstract Brochure advertising lots for sale in Lake Nokomis Heights (between
Bloomington and 17th Avenues South and between East 50th and Minnehaha Parkway).
Archive Hennepin History Museum
269
1122.
Lyndale Heights
Type Manuscript
Author Thorpe Brothers Real Estate
Place South Minneapolis
Date 1908-1910
Abstract Advertisement for the sale of lots in Lyndale Heights, between Lyndale and
Girard Avenues and between 54th and 56th Streets. Includes photo of "Our Beautiful Little
Lake."
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1123.
McMichael's appraising manual; a real estate appraising handbook for
use in field work and advanced study courses
Type Book
Author Stanley L McMichael
Place New York
Publisher Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Date 1937
Abstract Provides criteria for evaluating the worth of real estate in the 1930s.
Articulates relationship between racial mix of neighborhood and property values.
1124.
Minneapolis realtor
Type Book
Author Greater Minneapolis Area Board of Realtors Greater
Place Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publisher Minneapolis Board of Realtors
Date 1946
Archive Minnesota Historical Society Hennepin History Museum
1125.
Real estate brochure for Franklin Steele Grove
Type Manuscript
Author Thorpe Brothers Real Estate
Date 1912
Abstract Brochure for Franklin Steele Grove, located East of Lake Nokomis between
28th Avenue and 31st Avenue South, 50th St. to North, 52nd St. to south.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1126.
Real Estate Brochure for William Penn Addition
Type Brochure
Author Thorpe Brothers
Date 1912
Abstract Describes residential real estate development between 38th and 42nd Avenues
North and Penn Avenue and Glenwood Parkway.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
270
1127.
Roster and Handbook of the Minneapolis Real Estate Board, 1919 and
1921
Type Document
Archive Hennepin History Museum
271
Historic Preservation
1128.
AIA guide to the Minneapolis Lake District
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2009
Abstract Guide to the historic architecture of the Minneapolis Lake District.
1129.
AIA guide to the Twin Cities: the essential source on the architecture of
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2007
Abstract Guide to historic architecture in the Twin Cities.
1130.
Another for the Wrecker: End to Come for Historic Pillsbury House in
August
Type Magazine Article
Author Anne Gillespie
Pages 27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1963
Abstract Short article on the Pillsbury House, former residence of University
presidents. It gives a very brief history, the efforts to save it and the plans for the location.
1131.
Answering the call from Layman's cemetary [sic]
Type Book
Author Budd Reeve
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Commercial-Legal Print. Co.
Date 1926
1132.
An unembarrassed patriot: Lucy Wilder Morris
Type Magazine Article
Author Marjorie Kreidberg
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1981
272
Abstract Profiles Daughters of the American Revolution leader and historian Lucy
Wilder Morris. She organized the Old Trails Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and coordinated Old Rail Fence Corners, a collection of reminiscences by
Minnesota pioneers.
1133.
Architecture of Minneapolis parks
Type Book
Author Albert D. Wittman
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2010
1134.
Bibliography of historical resources for Northeast Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Lara Kelland
Author Mississippi Corridor Neighborhood Coalition
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization
Date 2000
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1135.
Biography of a building: the personalities of 2615 Park Avenue
Type Book
Author Mary Jo Thorsheim
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Park Press Minneapolis
Date 2008
1136.
Downtown Minneapolis: an historic context, final report
Type Report
Author Hess Roise and Company
Date 2000
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1137.
Ghost of the Gateway: The Metropolitan Building, Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Larry Millett
Pages 112–115
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1992
Abstract Describes history of the Metropolitan Building, which is credited with
sparking the modern historic preservation movement in Minneapolis.
273
1138.
Gone...But Not Forgotten (Metropolitian Building Demolition)
Type Magazine Article
Issue Spring 1963
Pages 8-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1963
Abstract Images from the destruction of the Metropolitan Building and interior of the
building prior to its destruction. The images were featured in the March-April 1963
“Northwest Architect.”
1139.
Historical Research, Inc
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection includes materials covering the subjects of Cedar Riverside,
neighborhoods and general walking tours, Lake Harriet, Minnesota Fairs including King's
Fair, William S. King, Minneapolis National Register Historic Properties (NRHP)
nominations, St. Anthony Falls, River Place, Security Deere, Minneapolis maps, Preservation
Matters, Lindsay Warehouse, Freight Station, etc., Minneapolis movie theaters, South Ninth
Street Historic District National Register Historic Properties (NRHP) nominations, Warehouse
District photos and index cards, Minneapolis architecture, railroads, architect-Kenyon,
storefronts, bridges, Minneapolis Post Office Main Station. It is the research of the company,
Historical Research, Inc. and was donated by its president, Dr. Norene Roberts, in 1994. It
contains articles, documentation, maps, National Register nomination forms, timelines, and
evaluations of buildings and sites. It includes in-depth historical reviews of the sites and
businesses over the course of the history of Minneapolis. Also included are photographs and
photocopies of photographs of the various sites and buildings. The materials are drawn
primarily from the collections of the Minneapolis Public Library, Special Collections, the
Minnesota Historical Society and the National Archives.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1140.
Historic context development and cultural resources evaluation for the
Minnehaha-Hiawatha community works strategic development
framework
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2009
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1141.
Historic Context Study for the Grand Rounds
Type Report
Author Hess Roise and Company
Abstract Short history of the Grand Rounds and Minneapolis Parks.
274
1142.
Historic Survey of the Cedar-Riverside Commercial Area
Type Book
Author Norene Davis Roberts
Author Lynne Van Brocklin Spaeth
Place Cedar Riverside
Date August, 1979
Abstract Historical and developmental overview, architectural review, etc.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1143.
Jewish settlement in Minneapolis, 1860s-1972: historic context for
Minneapolis preservation plan
Type Report
Author Garneth O Peterson
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Landscape Research
Date 1997
1144.
Layman's Cemetery: Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial
Cemetery
Type Magazine Article
Author Susan Hunter Weir
Issue Summer 2003
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2003
Abstract The article gives a history of Layman's Cemetery and efforts to preserve it. It
also discusses some of the more famous individuals and other individuals who are buried in
the cemetery.
1145.
Legacy of Minneapolis: preservation amid change
Type Book
Contributor John R. Borchert
Place Bloomington, MN
Publisher Voyageur
Date 1983
1146.
Linden Hills Walking Tours
Type Book
Author Linden Hills History Study Group
Abstract A neighborhood history of Linden Hills that uses the built environment to
explore the past.
275
1147.
Lost Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1992
Abstract Describes "lost" places in Minnesota, including several spots in Minneapolis.
1148.
Milwaukee Avenue: Community Renewal in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Robert Roscoe,
Author Reilly, Jeri
Publisher The history press
Date 2013
Abstract In the 1970s, a politically savvy and hardworking neighborhood organization,
the Seward West Project Area Committee (PAC), outmaneuvered a public agency’s renewal
plan to demolish approximately 70 percent of a historic neighborhood in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Demolition would have included all the houses on Milwaukee Avenue, a half-
hidden, very narrow two-block-long street flanked by small brick houses. Built in the 1880s,
many of these houses were the very first homes in Minneapolis. Milwaukee Avenue offers a
unique presentation of determined citizens saving their neighborhood in a decade that changed
history.
1149.
Milwaukee Avenue Restoration
Type Magazine Article
Author Jerilee Richtman
Issue Summer 1980
Pages 3-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1980
Abstract The article discusses the restoration efforts of Milwaukee Avenue. It discusses
the Seward Neighborhood Project Area efforts and others in the community to save the
neighborhood.
1150.
Minneapolis Memorial Cemetery: dedicated to the pioneers and
soldiers of our state and nation, just 70 years, 1858-1928.
Type Book
Author Marion P Satterlee
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Minneapolis Cemetery Protective Association
Date 1928
276
1151.
Minneapolis Public Schools historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2005
Institution Landscape Research
Abstract Survey of the historic significance of properties held by the Minneapolis
public schools.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1152.
Historic resources mitigation report: 4610 E. Lake Street (River Lake
Gospel Tabernacle), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 2002
Institution Landscape Research
Abstract Describes history of the River Lake Gospel Tabernacle site on East Lake
Street in Minneapolis. The Tabernacle--and its ministers Luke and Paul Rader--were seen as
the center of anti-Semitism in Minneapolis during the 1930s.
1153.
National Register Application for Lena Olive Smith House
Type Report
Date August 15, 1991
Report Type National Register Application
Abstract Gives biographical information about Lena Olive Smith and describes the
historical significance of her home in Minneapolis.
1154.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Elizabeth C.
Quinlan House
Type Report
Author Barbara Howard
Date June 1, 2012
Abstract Application for the National Register of Historic Places for the Elizabeth C.
Quinlan house. It details the features of the house and articulates the historic significance of its
owner. Legendary businesswoman Elizabeth Quinlan transformed the retailing of women's
clothing in Minneapolis with her landmark store on Nicollet Avenue.
1155.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Lee Family
Home, 46th and Columbus
Type Report
Author Laurel Fritz
Author Greg Donofrio
277
Abstract Describes historical significance of the Lee family home in South
Minneapolis. Makes a case for why it should be placed on the National Register of Historic
Places.
Archive National Park Service
1156.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Advance
Thresher/Emerson-Newton Plow Company Buildings
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/20/1977
Abstract Application for the Advance Thresher Building and the Emerson-Newton
Plow Company. The application emphasis the architectural importance both designed by Kees
and Colburn in 1900 and 1904. Commercial buildings influenced by Louis Sullivan with
Classical Revival-style ornamentation - 700-704 S. 3rd ST
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1157.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - American
Swedish Institute/Swan J. Turnblad Residence
Type Report
Author Brooks Cavin
Date 8/26/1971
Abstract The application for American Swedish Institute/Swan J. Turnblad Residence.
Chatequesque mansion of Swedish American cultural promoter Swan Turnblad (1860-1933),
built 1903-1910 and converted into the American Swedish Institute in 1929
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1158.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Amos B. Coe
House
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 1/12/1984
Abstract Application for Amos B. Coe. Eastlake Style brick house built for a
Minneapolis real estate dealer.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1159.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Architects and
Engineers Building
Type Report
Author David Fey
Date 2/23/1984
Abstract The application for Architects and Engineers Building. Renaissance Revival-
style building with offices and shared spaces for design professionals.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
278
1160.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Augsburg Old
Main
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Author Liz Holum
Date 10/6/1983
Abstract Application for Old Main. 1901 seminary turned campus center, noted for its
integrity and longstanding importance as an educational institution. Now Augsburg College's
Old Main.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1161.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Bardwell-
Ferrant House
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 8/9/1984
Abstract Application for Bardwell-Ferrant House. Queen Anne-style house with a
Moorish Revival makeover.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1162.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Basilica of
Saint Mary
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 3/26/1975
Abstract Application for Basilica of Saint Mary. Beaux-Arts basilica; architect
Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, same architect as the Cathedral of St. Paul.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1163.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Bennett-
McBride House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/19/1977
Abstract Application for Bennett-McBride. Queen Anne style house with a variety of
turned, sawn and beaded wood ornament
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1164.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - B.O. Cutter
House
Type Report
Author Andrea Gilmore
279
Date 1/30/1976
Abstract Application for B.O. Cutter House or Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. House built
by a master carpenter with intricate hand-carved moldings; later sold to John Gifillan, a regent
of the University of Minnesota and a member of the House of Representatives
1165.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Butler
Brothers Building
Type Report
Author Cavin Brooks
Date 3/11/1971
Abstract Application for Butler Brothers Building. Outstanding work of the career of
Harry Wild Jones; 1976 renovation paved the way for more historic building renovations in
Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1166.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Calhoun
Beach Club
Type Report
Author Diane Trout-Oertel
Date 12/23/2003
Abstract Application of Calhoun Beach Club. Lakeside beach club combining
residences, entertainment, and recreational facilities in one building; once served as a hotel
and as radio and TV studios.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1167.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Cappelen
Memorial Bridge.
Type Report
Author Robert M Frame III
Date 11/29/1978
Abstract Application for Cappelen Memorial Bridge. Elegant concrete arch bridge
spanning the Mississippi River and final work of Minneapolis city engineer Frederick William
Cappelen.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1168.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Cedar Avenue
Bridge
Type Report
Author Robert M Frame III
Date 11/6/1989
Abstract Application for Cedar Avenue Bridge. Monumental reinforced concrete arch
bridge, spanning high above the Mississippi River; crowning achievement of architect
Kristoffer Olsen Oustad.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
280
1169.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Chamber of
Commerce-Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Type Report
Author Kari Grabinski
Author Deborah Renz
Date 11/23/1977
Abstract Application for Chamber of Commerce building. First skyscraper in
Minneapolis with an all-steel frame, designed by Kees and Colburn.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1170.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Christ Church
Lutheran
Type Report
Author Rolf T. Anderson
Date 6/20/2001
Abstract Application for Christ Church Lutheran. Eliel Saarinen-designed modern style
church, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1171.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Church of St.
Stephen (Catholic)
Type Report
Author Michael Koop
Date 8/15/1991
Abstract Application for Church of St. Stephen (Catholic) Richardsonian Romanesque
Church designed by Frederick G. Corser and built in 1889
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1172.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Eitel Hospital
Type Report
Author Marjorie Pearson
Date 12/27/2007
Abstract Application for Eitel Hospital. Established by a doctor as "a first rate hospital"
adjacent to Loring Park, with beautifully furnished private rooms
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1173.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Elbert L.
Carpenter House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/13/1977
281
Abstract Application of Elbert L. Carpenter. Georgian Revival brick house built in
1906 for the organizer of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1174.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Eugene J.
Carpenter House
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/13/1977
Abstract Application for Eugene J. Carpenter. Georgian Revival house built by Edwin
H. Hewitt for a lumberman and patron of the Minneapolis Institute of Art
1175.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Farmers and
Mechanics Savings Bank I
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Author Charles Nelson
Date 1/12/1984
Abstract Application for Farmers and Mechanics Saving Bank I. Beaux-Arts/Classical
Revival-styled bank building.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1176.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Farmers and
Mechanics Savings Bank II
Type Report
Author Charlene K Roise
Author Erin Hanafin Berg
Date 3/2/2006
Abstract Application for Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank. Moderne-style bank
building with sculptures of a farmer and a mechanic; now converted to a hotel
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1177.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Fire Station
No. 19
Type Report
Author Robert C. Mack
Date 1/14/1982
Abstract Application for Fire Station No. 19. Queen Anne Style firehouse built in 1893;
birth place of kittenball, forerunner of modern softball.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
282
1178.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First Church
of Christ, Scientist
Type Report
Author Paul Clifford Larson
Date 6/20/1986
Abstract Application for First Church of Christ. Beaux-Arts style church building; first
Christian Science church in the Upper Midwest.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1179.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First
Congregational Church
Type Report
Author Gail Bronner
Author Charles Nelson
Date 1/15/1979
Abstract Application for First Congregational Church. Richardsonian Romanesque
church designed by Warren H. Hayes, built in 1886.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1180.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First National
Bank-Soo Line Building
Type Report
Author Elizabeth Gales
Date 5/12/2008
Abstract Application for First National Bank - Soo Line Building. Designed by Ecole
des Beaux-Arts trained architect Robert Gibson, incorporating Second Renaissance Revival
details; tallest building in Minneapolis when built in 1915.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1181.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Flour
Exchange Building
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 8/29/1977
Abstract Application for Flour Exchange Building. Long and Kees designed brick
office building inspired by Chicago skyscrapers. First major "high-rise" office building.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1182.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Foshay Tower
Type Report
Author Charles Nelson
Date 9/20/1978
283
Abstract Application for Foshay Tower. Office building modeled after the Washington
Monument; was the tallest building in Minneapolis for over 40 years.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1183.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Franklin
Branch Library
Type Report
Author Susan Granger
Author Kay Grossman
Date 5/26/2000
Abstract Application for Franklin Branch Library. 1914 building is oldest of three
existing Carnegie libraries in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1184.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Lawrence A.
and Mary Fournier House
Type Report
Author Holly Wahlberg
Date 5/18/1995
Abstract Application for Fournier House. Bungalow mixing Prairie School and Arts
and Crafts styles, designed by draftsman who later worked with Purcell and Elmslie.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1185.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - L.L.
Chadwick Cottages
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 2/9/1984
Abstract Application for L.L. Chadwick Cottages. Two small cottages built as part of
planned development of cottages between Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1186.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Woodbury
Fisk House
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 10/6/1983
Abstract Application of Woodbury Fisk House. Italian villa-style house built in 1870
for a partner in a local flour milling firm.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
284
1187.
Nicollet Island: history and architecture
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Author Rushika Hage
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2010
1188.
Northeast Minneapolis: Minneapolis historic context study
Type Report
Date 1998
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1189.
North Minneapolis: Minneapolis historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 1998
Institution Landscape Research
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1190.
Old rail fence corners: the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history, authentic
incidents
Type Book
Author Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris; Daughters of the American Revolution.
Minnesota Society. Book Committee.
Place Austin, Minnesota
Publisher F.H. McCulloch Print. Co
Date 1914
Abstract History of Minnesota compiled in the first decade of the twentieth century by
the Daughters of the American Revolution, led by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris. Morris is
an early--and pretty much forgotten--historian of Minnesota. She worked with members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution to collect oral histories of early settlers. These
narratives provide a unique view of early settlement in the state, as well as the concerns of
these early twentieth century citizen-historians. One of her central concerns was to highlight
the role that women played in the development of Minnesota in the nineteenth century. She
hoped to raise "a monument to the Pioneer Women of our State," who Morris called "unsung
heroines. Descriptions of early encounters with Native Americans are central to these
narratives.
1191.
Oral history of the Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral
History Project
Type Oral history interviews
285
Abstract A series of interviews conducted by journalist Linda Mack with individuals
who were influential in the redevelopment of the Mississippi River riverfront in central
Minneapolis. The narrators discuss the social, industrial, architectural and political history of
the Minneapolis riverfront, the many and often conflicting plans for its redevelopment, and the
actions taken to create the successful urban district that exists in 2008-2009. The project
includes 26 interviews with 29 people. An executive summary of the project by interviewer
Linda Mack is also included.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1192.
Our old house: the story of a dwelling in the East Seward
Neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota and of the people who called
it home
Type Book
Author Linda Reverchon
Date 2012
1193.
Restoration of the Ard Godfrey House: Historic House Now
Completely Furnished Wins Prestigious National Award - Part IV
Type Magazine Article
Author Ardis MacGregor
Issue Spring 1980
Pages 17-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1980
Abstract The article explores how the Women's Club of Minneapolis efforts to restore
the Godfrey House, the challenges it presented. The article also discusses the research and
restoration of items, the interpretation program developed and the award received from the
American Association for State and Local History.
1194.
River of History: A Historic Resources Study of the Mississippi
National River and Recreation Area
Type Report
Author John O Anfinson
Author National Park Service
Contributor Thomas Madigan
Contributor Patrick Nunnally
Contributor Drew M. Forsberg
Date 2003
Institution National Park Service
Abstract Historical overview of the Mississippi River corridor in the Twin Cities
prepared by the National Park Service. Includes the geology, geography and history of
settlement and industrial development along the Mississippi River. Includes illustrations.
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1195.
Saint Anthony Falls rediscovered: the architectural heritage of
Minneapolis's St. Anthony Falls historical district
Type Book
Editor Berman, James
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minneapolis Riverfront Development Coordination Board
Date 1980
Abstract A visual survey of the architectural heritage of the St. Anthony Falls district.
This volume was part of the early effort to restore the area around the Mississippi River.
1196.
"Save Met" Gains Momentum
Type Magazine Article
Author John Sherman
Pages 12-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1961
Abstract The article provides a few pictures of the Metropolitan Building and discusses
the potential of saving the building. The writer believed the momentum to save the building
was moving in the right direction. It mentions MIA and Walker having an interesting in
displaying art and how the building could be part of the redevelopment in the area.
1197.
Save the Metropolitan Building: is HCHS rallying cry
Type Magazine Article
Volume 19
Issue 1
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer, 1959
1198.
Snelling Avenue, Minneapolis: History on the History of the African
American Community
Type Report
Author Hennepin County Community Works
Author Carole Zellie
Place Minneapolis
Date 2009
Abstract Describes history of the African American community in South Minneapolis
around Snelling Avenue. Employs city directories, census records and building permits to
reconstruct neighborhood, which was dominated by employees of the railroad. Details growth
of this community after 1900. Includes mention of neighborhood objections in 1907 to African
American firefighters.
1199.
South Minneapolis: an historic context: final report
Type Report
287
Author Marjorie Pearson
Author Charlene K Roise
Author Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission
Publisher Hess, Roise and Co.
Date 2000
Abstract Overview of Minneapolis history with reference to notable structures.
1200.
St. Anthony Falls Interpretive Plan
Type Report
Author St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
Date 1990
Abstract Describes the historic features of the district around St. Anthony Falls.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1201.
Star Tribune building
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Committee
Abstract This report describes the significance of the Star Tribune building, which was
demolished to make way for the new Viking stadium in 2015.
1202.
Tablets, statues, flagpoles, and other memorials throughout the park
system of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Author Minneapolis
Date 1934
1203.
The East Isles Neighborhood of Minneapolis historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2006
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1204.
The Lowry Hill Neighborhood of Minneapolis: historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2006
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
288
1205.
The Wedge Neighborhood of Minneapolis: Lowry Hill East historic
context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2005
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1206.
Thumbnail Sketches of Historic Sites in Minneapolis: Part 1
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 15-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1963
Abstract The article provides brief highlights of 20 historic sites in Minneapolis. It also
includes a map which shows where each site is located. The map is somewhat difficult to read
because it is so small with numerous items on it.
1207.
Thumbnail Sketches of Historic Sites in Minneapolis: Part 2
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 24-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1963
Abstract The article provides brief highlights of 20 historic sites in Minneapolis. It also
includes a map which shows where each site is located. The map is somewhat difficult to read
because it is so small with numerous items on it.
1208.
Twin cities then and now
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1996
1209.
Walter Hall Wheeler papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Walter Hall Wheeler
Abstract This small collection documents the efforts of Walter Hall Wheeler to prevent
the razing of the Metropolitan Building.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
289
Neighborhood Histories
1210.
Cornerstones : a history of North Minneapolis
Type Film
Director Daniel Bergin, Twin Cities Public Television
Contributor University of Minnesota, Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Date 2011
Abstract This documentary explores the diverse past of North Minneapolis through the
stories of historic Plymouth Avenue, Sumner Branch library, houses of worship, Sumner Field
area. It seeks to shed new light on what producers call Minnesota's least understood
neighborhood.
1211.
Defending community: the struggle for alternative redevelopment in
Cedar-Riverside
Type Book
Author Randy Stoecker
Place Philadelphia
Publisher Temple University Press
Date 1994
Abstract This sociological monograph chronicles the development of grassroots
community activism in in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood that prevented the
implementation of an urban renewal plan that slated the neighborhood for total demolition.
Neighborhood activists formed one of the largest community-controlled urban redevelopment
projects in the country. It puts the Cedar-Riverside story in a national context of urban
neighborhood mobilization.
1212.
Down at the lake: a historical portrait of Linden Hills and the Lake
Harriet district
Type Book
Author Linden Hills History Study Group
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Date 2001
1213.
Finntown, Minneapolis: An American Neighborhood
Type Magazine Article
Author K. Marianne Wargelin
Issue Fall 1988
Pages 9-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The articles discusses Finnish immigration to Minneapolis. It focuses on their
life in Minneapolis during these years including social life, churches and other organizations
within the community. It also discusses the politics of the community.
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Archive Hennepin History Museum
1214.
Floyd B. Olson Jr. High School and the History of Camden
Type Book
Author Edythe Scheidigger
Author Roy Arneson
Author Karol Arneson
Date 1974
Abstract This booklet covers first settlers in Camden, a chronology of local history to
1924, and includes interviews with Ide Anderson and other Camden residents, reminiscences,
black history, Northside parks, churches and schools and a history of Olson Jr. High School.
1215.
From Ghettos to Neighborhoods: Jewish Immigration in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Rhoda Lewin
Pages 13-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1992
Abstract The article provides an in-depth look at Jewish immigrants in Minneapolis. It
explores how Jewish neighborhoods developed, the anti-Semitism faced in various aspects of
life.
1216.
Heart and hard work: memories of "Nordeast" Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Genny Zak Kieley
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 1997
Abstract This collection gathers disparate articles written about Northeast Minneapolis
into one anthology. Includes articles originally written for Hennepin History Magazine, the
Northeaster and the Minneapolis Tribune. Includes profiles of individuals and neighborhood
businesses like Elsie's Bowling Center, Emily's Lebanese Delicatessen and Gluek's Brewery.
1217.
Hiding in plain sight: Minneapolis' first neighborhood
Type Book
Author Penny A Petersen
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association/NRP
Date 1999
Abstract History of the area around St. Anthony Falls. This is the oldest section of what
would become modern-day Minneapolis.
291
1218.
Homewood has unique history and population
Type Magazine Article
Volume 13
Issue 2
Publication Preservation Matters
Date March, 1997
Abstract Writer for the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota describes the history of
Homewood subdivision of North Minneapolis, which was "restricted" in 1908 when it was
platted by developer David C. Bell.
1219.
In the shadow of the city: a history of the Loring Park Neighborhood
Type Book
Author Steve Trimble
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Minneapolis Community College Foundation
Date 1989
Abstract History of the neighborhood around Loring Park.
1220.
Interview with Frank Hall
Type Oral history interview
Abstract Ben Kreilkamp interviewed Frank Hall who described the "Hub of Hell" and
life in the Seward neighborhood in the 1940s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1221.
Interview with Hulda Anderson Marsh
Type Oral history interview
Date 1980
Abstract Camille Kudzia interviewed Hulda Anderson, who described life as a child of
new immigrants from Sweden in the Seward neighborhood at the beginning of the twentieth
century. Describes lamplighters coming around in the evenings.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1222.
Interview with Roy Lamere
Type Oral history interview
Date 1980
Abstract Camille Kudzia interviewed Roy Lamere, who described life in the Seward
neighborhood.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1223.
Interview with Ruby Norman
Type Oral history interview
Date 1980
292
Abstract Camille Kudzia interviewed Ruby Norman at her home at 3007 E. 24th Street
in November 1980. Ms. Norman describes attending Seward School and South High School
(which was at 24th and Cedar), her teachers and classes and various school events. She
remembers in great detail thriving businesses along Franklin Avenue and at the intersection of
27th Ave. S. and 25th Street, where a streetcar ran. There were numerous bakeries, hardware
stores, grocery stores, shoe repair shops, drug stores and even a movie theater. She also recalls
the controversy over urban renewal in the early 1970’s, when Seward was divided by people
who wanted the projects to proceed and those who were against them. It bitterly divided the
community for several years. She remembers a number of churches, their locations and
congregations and buildings some of which were moved to new spots in the neighborhood.
She was one of the original members of the Seward Neighborhood Group and was active in
the organization from 1960 to 1973.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1224.
Lyn-Lake
Type Book
Author Thatcher Imboden
Contributor Cedar Imboden Phillips
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, S.C
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2011
Abstract Book shows historic images of the Lyn-Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis.
1225.
Milwaukee Avenue: Community Renewal in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Robert Roscoe,
Author Jeri Reilly
Publisher The History Press
Date 2013
Abstract In the 1970s, a politically savvy and hardworking neighborhood organization,
the Seward West Project Area Committee (PAC), outmaneuvered a public agency’s renewal
plan to demolish approximately 70 percent of a historic neighborhood in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Demolition would have included all the houses on Milwaukee Avenue, a half-
hidden, very narrow two-block-long street flanked by small brick houses. Built in the 1880s,
many of these houses were the very first homes in Minneapolis. Milwaukee Avenue offers a
unique presentation of determined citizens saving their neighborhood in a decade that changed
history.
1226.
North Side memories: an oral history of Minnesota's largest Jewish
neighborhood
Type Magazine Article
Contributor Phil Freshman
Contributor Linda Mack Schloff
Publication Upper Midwest Jewish History
Date 2000
293
1227.
Powderhorn Park: nature, people and community
Type Book
Author Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association
Date 1990
1228.
Prospect Park: One-of-a-Kind Neighborhood - Fighting for What It
Believes to be the Common Good
Type Magazine Article
Author Ann Wick
Pages 3-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1973
Abstract The article explores the history of Prospect Park. It discusses the water tower
on Tower Hill and how the neighborhood fought to save it. It explores how it is unique and
how community members have fought to maintain it despite changes like the interstate going
through it.
1229.
Recycling the central city: the development of a new town-in town
Type Book
Author Martin, Judith A
Publisher Publication (University of Minnesota. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs),
no. CURA 78-1.
Date 1978
Abstract This history of Cedar Riverside describes the battle over urban renewal in this
fascinating neighborhood, situating redevelopment efforts in the larger context of urban
renewal in Minneapolis. It is written by University of Minnesota professor Judith Martin, one
of the most respected scholars of the urban environment. It is full of all kinds of helpful
information about the history and development of Cedar Riverside.
1230.
Riverside reveries
Type Manuscript
Author Otto Schussler
Date 1928
Abstract Describes life in Cedar Riverside in the 1920s
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1231.
Seven Corners Library Branch
Type Archival Collection
Author Librarians of the Minneapolis Public Library
Loc. in Archive Branch Library Collection
Abstract This manuscript collection documents the history of the Seven Corners library
branch in the first decades of the twentieth century. Located in one of the city's most densely
populated, immigrant neighborhoods, this branch of the Minneapolis library was run more like
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a settlement house than a traditional library. It provided reading material in all languages as
well as an inviting place for neighborhood residents to read and socialize. This collections
includes detailed social surveys of the neighborhood created by the resident librarians and
photos of neighborhood children.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1232.
Seward Neighborhood: Betty Woodward
Type Oral history interview
Abstract Betty Woodward described the transformation of Seward Neighborhood from
the 1930s through the 1960s, with special attention given to the disruptive role played by
freeway construction.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1233.
Seward Neighborhood: Clardy, James
Type Oral history interview
Date 1970s
Abstract This interview with James Clardy illuminates life for an African American in
the Seward neighborhood from the 1920s to 1956, when he moved to the suburbs. James
Clardy was born August 24, 1919 at 2437 27th Avenue south in the present location of what is
now Matthews Park.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1234.
Seward Neighborhood: interview with Don Barton
Type Oral history interview
Abstract This interview with Don Barton discusses the fight over urban renewal and
housing in Seward during the 1970s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1235.
Seward Neighborhood: Ivar Vikingstad
Type Oral history interview
Date 2008
Abstract Jean Johnstad interviewed Ivar Vikingstad, who described his battles with the
city to stay in his house on Milwaukee Avenue during the urban renewal campaign of the
1970s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1236.
Seward neighborhood: Richard Pautz
Type Oral history interview
Date 1997
Abstract Dick Westby interviewed Richard (Dick) Pautz in 1997. Mr. Pautz came to
Seward in 1933, living first at 2512 38th Ave. S. and then at 2554 38th Avenue S. He
graduated from Augsburg College in 1937, and married Gertrude Erling in 1939. Their five
children went to Seward School and South High School. Mr. Pautz was on the faculty and
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staff of Augsburg College. When he opened a real estate office at 27th and Franklin in 1950,
the neighborhood was “run down to some extent.” He describes the negotiations related to the
building of the freeway (Interstate 94) through the neighborhood. He was President of the
Seward Civic & Commerce Association in 1950, and later active in the Seward Neighborhood
Group. He also helped to set up the Augsburg campus when the school decided to stay in the
city.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1237.
Seward Neighborhood: Verona Walter, Evelyn Saterbo and Olga
Prince
Type Oral history interview
Date 1978
Abstract Dick Westby and Al Hage interviewed Verona Walter, Evelyn Saterbo and
Olga Prince who discussed the transformation of the Seward neighborhood between World
War I and the 1970s.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1238.
Snelling Avenue, Minneapolis: History on the History of the African
American Community
Type Report
Author Hennepin County Community Works
Author Carole Zellie
Place Minneapolis
Date 2009
Abstract Describes history of the African American community in South Minneapolis
around Snelling Avenue. Employs city directories, census records and building permits to
reconstruct neighborhood, which was dominated by employees of the railroad. Details growth
of this community after 1900. Includes mention of neighborhood objections in 1907 to African
American firefighters.
1239.
The Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
Type Magazine Article
Author Burt Berlowe
Pages 18-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1988
Abstract The articles provides a historical overview of the Cedar-Riverside
Neighborhood. It highlights some key landmarks in the neighborhood, including Dania Hall,
where immigrants and other in the neighborhood gathered.
1240.
The East Isles Neighborhood of Minneapolis historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2006
296
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1241.
The Jewish community of north Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Rhoda Lewin
Series Images of America
Place Chicago, IL
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Date 2001
Abstract A visual history of the north side of Minneapolis when it was a heavily Jewish
neighborhood.
1242.
The lake district of Minneapolis: a history of the Calhoun-Isles
community
Type Book
Author David A Lanegran
Author Ernest Robert Sandeen
Place St. Paul
Publisher Living Historical Museum
Date 1979
1243.
The Lowry Hill Neighborhood of Minneapolis : historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2006
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1244.
The Maple Hill Community, 1915-1940
Type Book
Author Lisa Knazan
Date 1973
Abstract Study of the Maple Hill Neighborhood Northeast Minneapolis, a largely
Italian ethnic area. Includes study of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, duration of residency,
institutions and neighborhood life. Maps and bibliography.
1245.
The neighborhood by the falls: a look back at life in Longfellow
Type Book
Author Eric David Hart
Author Longfellow History Project
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Longfellow Community Council
297
Date 2009
1246.
The Neighborhood's Not the Same Any More
Type Magazine Article
Author Dave Hage
Volume 43
Issue 2
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer, 1984
Abstract History of Northeast Minneapolis, written by a native son.
1247.
The North Side chronicle
Type Newspaper
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Abstract Newspaper published on the Near North side of Minneapolis from 1883-1884.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1248.
The Old North Side: there's never been anything like it
Type Magazine Article
Author Rosalie Kiperstin
Issue 11
Publication Minnesota Jewish life
Date 1988
Abstract A nostalgic view of the Jewish North Side of Minneapolis before the suburban
exodus of the 1950s and 1960s.
1249.
The Shingle Creek African-American community, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Author Hennepin Community Works
Publisher Landscape Research
Date 2000
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1250.
The Story of Walla-Ka-Zoo Being a History of North High School by
its Friends
Type Book
Author Friends of North High School
Place Minneapolis
Date 1906
298
Abstract History of North High school that profiles students, clubs, teachers and
administrators. Includes many photo illustrations of the school, its students and the
surrounding neighborhood.
1251.
The Tuttle-Columbus Neighborhood: the report of a community study
carried on co-operatively by the Department of Sociology of the
University and the people of a growing community in southeast
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author M. C Elmer
Author University of Minnesota
Author Department of Sociology
Author Tuttle School Neighborhood Club
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University Print. Co.
Date 1922
Abstract Social survey of a Minneapolis neighborhood directed by academics at the
University of Minnesota.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, The Special Collections Deaprtment of
Hennepin County Library
1252.
The Wedge Neighborhood of Minneapolis : Lowry Hill East historic
context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2005
Institution Landscape Research
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1253.
Then and Now...Seven Corners
Type Magazine Article
Author Brian Anderson
Pages 15-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1968
Abstract An article from the Minneapolis Tribune on September 22, 1968. It discusses
the history and redevelopment of Seven Corners.
1254.
Under the witch's hat: a Prospect Park East River Road history
Type Book
Author Dean E Abrahamson
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association
Date 2003
299
1255.
University Village: Utopia on Como Avenue
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert Forman
Issue Winter 1996
Pages 4-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Abstract The article discusses the increase need for housing at the University of
Minnesota after World War II. It discusses the temporary housing that was built and explores
the neighborhoods that developed within these communities.
1256.
Uptown Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Thatcher Imboden
Contributor Cedar Imboden Phillips
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia
Date 2004
Abstract Visual history of the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis.
1257.
Vertical files, neighborhoods of Minneapolis.
Type Archival Collection
Loc. in Archive Vertical files
Abstract This series of clippings files are organized by neighborhood in Minneapolis.
Each folder contains a substantial amount of pertinent material.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1258.
Walking tour of the Whittier neighborhood
Type Book
Publisher Friends of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Abstract This book lays out a self-guided walking tour of prominent homes in the
neighborhood of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. It is illustrated by Jenny Holtzermann.
Includes descriptions of Dorilus Morrison's Villa Rosa and Washburn Fair Oaks.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1259.
West Bank boogie: forty years of music, mayhem and memories
Type Book
Author Cyn Collins
Contributor Garrison Keillor
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Triangle Park Creative
Date 2006
300
Abstract This book tells the history of Cedar Riverside and the West Bank through its
music scene. Author Cyn Collins profiles local musicians who were central to the
neighborhood's counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s, when Garrison Keillor wrote that it was
full of "young people trying scrape up an authentic past" and "old-fashioned grassroots
intellectuals and artists who made a sort of ramshackle paradise."
1260.
What Life was Like in 1860: The Longfellow School Story
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert Forman
Author Ruth Forman
Pages 3-5, 17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1960
Abstract The article discusses the foundation and history of the Longfellow School in
1883 and development of the neighborhood around it. It also goes into the development
around Minnehaha Park, Longfellow Gardens, Wonderland Amusement Park and the street
car.
1261.
Where we live: the residential districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul
Type Book
Author Judith A. Martin
Contributor David A. Lanegran
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Published by the University of Minnesota Press in association with the Center
for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Date 1983
Abstract This book describes the neighborhoods of Minneapolis and St. Paul, c. 1983,
when the volume was published. Though it is organized by "residential zones" or geographic
units that made sense to the authors, it conveys considerable information about the history and
development of different sections of each city. It seeks to explain the patterns of land use,
development and redevelopment, taking into consideration the role of mass transit, freeways
and city redevelopment efforts. It makes virtually no mention of race.
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Mississippi River/Environmental History
1262.
A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts
Type Book
Author Sue Leaf
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract A biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts, considered the father of Minnesota
ornithology, who did his earliest surveys of bird life in the area that would become the parks
of Minneapolis. This volume tells the story not only of Sadler's life but also describes the
environment of early Minneapolis, when the roar of St. Anthony Falls could be heard through
downtown and passenger pigeons roosted in oak trees. Sadler was instrumental in creating the
Bell Museum of Natural History.
1263.
Arts and Culture on the Riverfront
Type Report
Author Hess Roise and Company
Date 2006
Abstract History of the arts and culture of the Riverfront District in Minneapolis beginning in
the 1840s with the first settlement and ranging to the 1970s. Describes the first theaters, music
halls, art galleries and cultural events along the riverfront in Minneapolis.
1264.
Clip File- Rivers: Mississippi: Metro-Area
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1890s-1950s
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of pictures, letters, and brochures pertaining to Mississippi river
navigation. Also includes a series of letters between Minneapolis and New Orleans regarding
the construction of a barge canal and other river improvements.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1265.
Crippled Creek
Type Newspaper Article
Author Meleah Maynard
Publication City Pages
Date December 2, 2013
Abstract A brief history of Basset Creek, the reasons for "covering it," and various attempts
since to clean up the creek and daylight it. Links Basset Creek's condition to lack of municipal
interest in spending development dollars in poor neighborhoods.
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1266.
Documerica Project, Minneapolis.
Type Photos
Author Environmental Protection Agency
Author Donald Emmerich
Date June, 1973
Abstract As part of a larger documentary project, a photographer commissioned by the new
Environmental Protection Agency visited Minneapolis in 1973. Donald Emmerich created
images of the Mississippi River, Nicollet Mall and Lake Calhoun that cast Minneapolis in a
favorable light.
1267.
From Rural to Urban: The Environmental History of Augsburg
College, 1872-2005
Type Report
Author History 331: U.S. Environmental History, Augsburg College
Date Fall 2006
Abstract Environmental history of Augsburg College.
1268.
History of Minnehaha Creek Watershed
Type Report
Author Rich Cairn
Author Susan Cairn
Publisher Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
Date 2003
1269.
Industrial Archaeology of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Report
Abstract Report of archaeology sites on riverfront. Includes information about mills, Eastman
tunnel, Main Street, Railroad sites, etc. Photos and maps.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1270.
Interviews with residents of the Bohemian Flats
Type Oral history interview
Loc. in Archive WPA administrative files
Abstract In the administrative files of the Works Progress Administrative there are summaries
of oral histories with the residents of Bohemian Flats.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1271.
Let Me Be Frank: Growing up on the Mississippi River
Type Book
Author Frank Rog
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Self-published
303
Date 2003
Abstract This self-published autobiography describes a childhood in Northeast Minneapolis
in the middle of the twentieth century. The author was the child of poor immigrants who hated
school, loved sports and embraced the Mississippi River as his playground. This cheerful
account recounts fishing and swimming the river as well as his encounters with the seamier
side of life in Minneapolis. He describes finding dead bodies, scavenging for money in all
kinds of dangerous ways and a police chase.
1272.
Mill city: a visual history of the Minneapolis mill district
Type Book
Contributor Shannon M. Pennefeather
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2003
1273.
Minneapolis past
Type Video Recording
Director Brendan Henehan
Contributor Hyman Berman
Date 1993
Studio Twin Cities Public Television
Abstract This documentary examines the past through several sites in the city: St.
Anthony Falls; the Gateway District; the African-American neighborhood of Snelling Avenue
in South Minneapolis. It also revisits the truck drivers' strike in 1934, the Strutwear strike of
1935 and the Jewish community on the city's North Side.
of Jews in north Minneapolis.
1274.
Minneapolis: First in Hydro-Electric Power
Type Magazine Article
Author Lyle Frost
Pages 16-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1971
Abstract The article provides a history of electric power industry in Minneapolis. It explores
how water was used, the challenges electrical power presented and how it changed over the
years.
1275.
Minnehaha Creek Living Waters
Type Book
Author Jane King Hallberg
Date November, 1988
Abstract Describes the author's walk from the headwaters of Minnehaha Creek at Lake
Minnetonka to its outflow in the Mississippi River. Author narrates history, stories and
personal recollections along her journey.
304
1276.
Minnehikers (Minneapolis Municipal Hikers)
Type Archival Collection
Place The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
Date 1919-1972
Abstract The Minnehikers or the Minneapolis Municipal Hiking Club was founded in
December of 1919, by Mr. Theodore Wirth the Superintendent of Parks. The club was created
as an informal walking club whose main purpose was to acquaint people with the parks and
trails in Minneapolis. The hiking area soon extended to the surrounding town and counties.
Collection consists of newspaper clippings concerning the Minnehikers, correspondence,
photos from hiking trips and banquets, and a banquet menu and program from 1972.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1277.
Nicollet Island
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Contributor Rushika Hage
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2010
1278.
Nicollet Island: history and architecture
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Author Rushika Hage
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2010
1279.
One Hundred Years Later or from Bohemia in Central Europe to the
Bohemian Flats in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Jean Sicora
Issue Spring 1984
Pages 3-22
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1984
Abstract The article is about an immigrant from Bohemia, who came to Minneapolis and
settled in the Bohemian Flats. Some of the article is taken from The Bohemian Flats, a short
book complied by the Workers of the Writers Programs of the WPA. Includes photos and a
map of the Flats.
305
1280.
Oral history of the Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral
History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract A series of interviews conducted by journalist Linda Mack with individuals
who were influential in the redevelopment of the Mississippi River riverfront in central
Minneapolis. The narrators discuss the social, industrial, architectural and political history of
the Minneapolis riverfront, the many and often conflicting plans for its redevelopment, and the
actions taken to create the successful urban district that exists in 2008-2009. The project
includes 26 interviews with 29 people. An executive summary of the project by interviewer
Linda Mack is also included.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1281.
Rivalry for a river; the Twin Cities and the Mississippi
Type Magazine Article
Author Lucile M. Kane
Publication Minnesota History
Abstract Describes early conflict between Minneapolis and St. Paul over the use of the
waterpower at St. Anthony Falls.
1282.
River of History: A Historic Resources Study of the Mississippi
National River and Recreation Area
Type Report
Author John O Anfinson
Author National Park Service
Contributor Thomas Madigan
Contributor Patrick Nunnally
Contributor Drew M. Forsberg
Pages 200
Date 2003
Institution National Park Service
Abstract Historical overview of the Mississippi River corridor in the Twin Cities prepared by
the National Park Service. Includes the geology, geography and history of settlement and
industrial development along the Mississippi River. Includes illustrations.
1283.
Saint Anthony Falls rediscovered: the architectural heritage of
Minneapolis's St. Anthony Falls historical district.
Type Book
Editor Berman, James
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minneapolis Riverfront Development Coordination Board
Date 1980
Abstract A visual survey of the architectural heritage of the St. Anthony Falls district. This
volume was part of the early effort to restore the area around the Mississippi River.
306
1284.
Spirit Island...The Island that is No More
Type Magazine Article
Pages 3-5
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1960
Abstract The article tells the Native American legend about Spirit Island and how it came to
be named Spirit Island. It also highlights that the island is being removed to make way for the
new lock as part of the Upper Harbor project.
1285.
St. Anthony Falls Interpretive Plan
Type Report
Author St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
Date 1990
Abstract Describes the historic features of the district around St. Anthony Falls.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1286.
The "Fashionable tour" on the Upper Mississippi
Type Magazine Article
Author Theodore Christian Blegen
Issue 4
Publication Minnesota history
Date Dec. 1939
1287.
The Bohemian Flats
Type Book
Author Compiled by the Workers of the Writers Program of the State of Minnesota
Place St. Paul
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1941
Abstract A romantic view of the Bohemian Flats neighborhood on the banks of the
Mississippi River, as seen by the writers employed by the Works Progress Administration in
Minneapolis during the 1930s. This rough-and-tumble shantytown of immigrants under the
bridge was endlessly fascinating for social workers and writers, who tried to convey the
unique culture and lifeways of this unique neighborhood. Often flooded, Bohemian Flats was a
close-knit community of immigrants who made much of their living scavenging from the
river. Its homes were flattened during the 1920s and 1930s.
1288.
The river we have wrought: a history of the upper Mississippi
Type Book
Author John O Anfinson
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2003
307
Abstract A history of the upper Mississippi River from early European exploration through
the completion of a navigable channel and a system of locks and dams in the mid-twentieth
century.
1289.
The tonic of wildness: the golden age of the "fashionable tour" on the
Upper Mississippi
Type Book Section
Author Marx Swanholm
Author Susan Zeik
Series Editor Historical Society Minnesota
Series Historic Fort Snelling chronicles
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Describes early tourism along the upper Mississippi River before the settlement of
St. Anthony or Minneapolis.
Book Title Historic Fort Snelling Chronicles
1290.
The Upper Harbor: Its Trials, It Tribulations and Its Final Triumph
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1962
Abstract The article discusses the origins of the project and building of the Upper and Lower
lock and dam. It discusses the challenges of the project and the total cost for its completion.
1291.
The waterfall that built a city : the Falls of St. Anthony in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Kane, Lucile M
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1966
Abstract This classic volume tells the story of St. Anthony Falls, the only major waterfall on
the Mississippi River. The power generated by this waterfall gave birth to a milling district
that became the nucleus of a new metropolis, Minneapolis. These waters powered mills that
sawed logs, spun wool and ground flour; it supported furniture factories and foundries. It
presents the generation of entrepreneurs who devoted their lives to exploiting the industrial
possibilities of this unusual waterfall, almost destroying this natural wonder in the process.
While it looks at the transformation of the falls from a tourist attraction to an industrial center,
this book predates environmental history, writing this story almost exclusively through the
lens of business concerns. Kane's work provides the foundation for the Mill City Museum,
which is in the heart of the once-thriving milling district she describes.
308
1292.
Walking the falls
Type Report
Author St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board
Date 1990
Abstract Map and guide to St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
309
Schools and Education
1293.
"You Can't Legislate the Heart": Minneapolis Mayor Charles Stenvig
and the Politics of Law and Order
Type Journal Article
Author Jeffrey T Manuel
Author Andrew Urban
Volume 49
Issue 3
Pages 195-219
Publication American Studies
Date 2010
Abstract This article analayzes the surprise win of Charles Stenvig, who made a bid to
become mayor of Minneapolis in 1969. Stenvig ran on a “law and order” platform and vowed
to crack down on “racial militants,” student protesters and criminals. President of the police
federation, Stenvig had no previous experience in electoral politics and his victory shocked the
city’s liberal political establishment. He was best known for working to block court-ordered
plans for school desegregation in Minneapolis in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
1294.
A Tribute to a Great Minneapolitan Michael J. Dowling; 1866-1921
Type Magazine Article
Pages 9-10, 27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1967
Abstract The article tells the story of former Representative Michael J. Dowling and
how he lost some of his limbs at 14 after being caught in a blizzard. He went on to be an
advocate for adults and children with disabilities. Mentions the school and health care
institutions that were named for him.
1295.
American Indian Movement Survival Schools in Minneapolis and St.
Paul
Type Dissertation
Author Julie L. Davis
University Arizona State University
Abstract This dissertation describes the creation of Native American survival schools in
Minneapolis and St. Paul.
1296.
Barbara Bearman papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Barbara Schwartz Bearman
Abstract Correspondence, minutes, legal papers, printed materials, notes, clippings, and
other papers relating to Bearman’s involvement in school integration activities in Minneapolis,
especially through the Committee for Integrated Education. Its records center on a suit brought
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by private individuals against the Minneapolis Board of Education to compel it to implement a
judicial order to integrate the public school system. There is also information on a suit against
the board for its policy of firing minority teachers with low seniority. Other local pro-
integration and human rights groups are represented to a minor degree in the papers.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1297.
Booker V. Special School District No. 1: A History of School
Desegregation in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Journal Article
Author Cheryl Heilman
Publication Law and Inequality
Date December, 1993
1298.
Dave Hage vs. the Minneapolis Public Schools
Abstract Court case brought by the parents of Dave Hage against the Minneapolis
public schools in the 1970s, demanding racial desegregation.
Case Name Dave Hage vs. the Minneapolis Public Schools
1299.
Desegregation/integration files
Type Archival Collection
Author Public Schools Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis
Date 1963-2000s
Abstract Documents recording the desegregation/integration of the Minneapolis public
schools during the 1960s-2000s, including various legal proceeding involving the district.
Included are materials donated to the school district by Gregor W. Pinney, Minneapolis Star
and Tribune reporter, concerning the desegregation lawsuits brought against the district;
litigation materials collected by Duane W. Krohnke (Faegre and Benson), legal counsel for the
school district; litigation files from Jeanette Booker, et al., v Special School District No. 1, et
al., and NAACP v State of Minnesota/Xiong, et al., v State of Minnesota; subject files, plans,
and reports kept by the district’s general counsel; and published records and reports, mainly
documenting the district’s desegregation/integration plans.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1300.
Earl D. Craig papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Earl D. Craig
Abstract Personal, political, business, and official papers documenting the life and
career of an African American educator, politician, and consultant from Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1301.
Education & democracy: a history of the Mpls. Federation of Teachers
Type Book
311
Author Steven Trimble
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Date 1979
1302.
Floyd B. Olson Jr. High School and the History of Camden
Type Book
Author Edythe Scheidigger
Author Roy Arneson
Author Karol Arneson
Abstract This booklet covers first settlers in Camden, a chronology of local history to
1924, and includes interviews with Ide Anderson and other Camden residents, reminiscences,
black history, Northside parks, churches and schools and a history of Olson Jr. High School.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1303.
From fjord to freeway: 100 years, Augsburg College
Type Book
Author Carl Henry Chrislock
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Augsburg College
Date 1969
Abstract The centennial history of Augsburg College written by Augsburg professor
Carl Chrislock. Contains the history of Augsburg College 1869-1969 as well as information on
the development of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
1304.
Lawrence E. Johnson Papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Lawrence Johnson
Type Personal papers
Abstract Papers and correspondence from former school board member who dealt with
school desegregation in Minneapolis from 1964-1976.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1305.
Minneapolis Council for Adult Education
Type Archival Collection
Date 1925-1945
Type Archival Collection
Abstract The Minneapolis Council for Adult Education began in 1929. The
organization's objectives were to promote education among the adult population of
Minneapolis; to collect and keep up-to-Date directory information about all agencies in
Minneapolis that were giving service in adult education; to serve as a clearing house for
information; to formulate plans and policies for supplementing present service in the city; and
to give publicity to educational cultural and recreational opportunities that existed in the city.
The organization remained highly active through 1937, but struggled to survive into the early
1940s.
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Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1306.
Minneapolis Public School Desegregation Collection
Document Archival Collection
Abstract This collection includes material related to the desegregation of the
Minneapolis schools in the 1970s. Includes letters and publications from individuals and
organizations either opposed or in favor of this process. Subjects include race relations, busing
and school pairing.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1307.
Minneapolis Public Schools historic context study
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Date 2005
Institution Landscape Research
Abstract Survey of the historic significance of properties held by the Minneapolis
public schools.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1308.
Nathan Hale/Eugene Field Quality Integrated Education Project
records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Public Schools
Abstract In September 1971, the Nathan Hale and Eugene Field elementary schools
were paired by the Minneapolis Public School District to provide a demonstration project in
quality integrated education. Pairing is the merging of two schools so that each school serves
different age levels for a new or larger attendance area. Student achievement and social and
attitudinal changes and other aspects of the pairing were studied during the project period. The
project was part of the district's plan to end de facto racial segregation and improve the quality
of education in the Minneapolis public schools The records include reports, correspondence,
evaluations, newspaper clippings, photographs, applications, newsletters, and samples of
students' work
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1309.
Old South High Celebrates 75th
Type Magazine Article
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1968
Abstract The article is very short history of old South High. It discusses how it began
and the fact it is was being torn down to build a new South High School. Includes a number of
photos.
313
1310.
Overcoming: the autobiography of W. Harry Davis
Type Book
Author W. Harry Davis
Contributor Lori Sturdevant
Place Afton, Minn
Publisher Afton Historical Society Press
Date 2002
Abstract Harry Davis's autobiography provides an invaluable portrait of Minneapolis in
some of its most tumultuous decades. He describes growing up on the North Side of
Minneapolis, in a part of the city he called a "Hellhole." His memories of that neighborhood
are detailed and unflinching. He came out of that environment to become an important figure
in Minneapolis politics. After becoming known as a leader in civil rights, he ended up serving
on the Minneapolis school board, where he shepherding the district through its contentious
desegregation effort in the 1970s. He was the first African American candidate for mayor, a
bid that brought him death threats.
1311.
Race and education in the "citadel of civil rights": a study of how the
Minneapolis Public Schools became segregated
Type M.A. Thesis
Author Martha Lee Sevetson Rush
Place Minneapolis
Date 2001
University University of Minnesota
Abstract Describes how Minneapolis public schools were transformed between the
1950s and the 1970s. The district went from being a model for other institutions seeking to
racially integrate its schools to being served with a court order to devise a desegregation plan
in the late 1960s.
1312.
Race segregation in the public schools: Jim Crow at the judgment seat
Type Journal Article
Author Edward F. Waite
Volume 38
Issue 6
Publication Minnesota Law Review
Date May, 1954
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1313.
Remembering Hale/Field school busing program | Minnesota Public
Radio News
Type Web Page
URL http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/04/education/kstp-
busing-report
Abstract Oral history interviews with participants in the Hale-Field desegregation
experiment in the 1970s.
314
1314.
Reporter's notebook: Being bused to school | Minnesota Public Radio
News
Type Web Page
URL http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/04/education/busing-
reporters-notebook
Date 2013
Accessed 1/3/2013, 10:28:39 AM
Abstract Describes experience of being bused to desegregated school in the 1970s in
Minneapolis.
1315.
School Bulletin, Minneapolis Board of Education
Type Periodical
Author Minneapolis Board of Education
Abstract Official publication for the Minneapolis Board of Education
Archive Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; the Minnesota
Historical Society
1316.
School Desegregation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Staff Report of the
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Type Report
Author United States Commission on Civil Rights
Date May, 1977
1317.
School of Choice
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Winter 1996
Pages 22-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1996
Abstract The article provides a history of the Dowling School, which was the first
school for disabled children in Minneapolis.
1318.
Schools by Name - Not by Number
Type Magazine Article
Author G. Rolf Svendsen
Pages 3-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1974
Abstract The article is about how Minneapolis went about naming schools and what
influenced those decisions.
315
1319.
Segregation and the Minneapolis Public Schools: an overview with
recommendations for its arrest and reversal: a general position
statement presented to the Michigan State University Survey Team
Type Report
Author Human Relations Task Force Minneapolis
Author Michigan State University Survey Team Michigan
Date 1962
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Study of segregation in the Minneaoplis public schools.
1320.
Survival schools: the American Indian Movement and community
education in the Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Julie L. Davis
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract Author Julie L. Davis tells the story of the American Indian Movement
through the prism of the Survival Schools, one of the most enduring institutions to emerge
from the Red Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1972, motivated by prejudice in the
child welfare system and hostility in the public schools, American Indian Movement
organizers and Native American parents in St. Paul and Minneapolis started their own
community school. Davis uses oral histories to recover the history of this effort, situating her
analysis of social conditions for Native Americans in the Twin Cities in a sophisticated
theoretical framework.
1321.
Swedes in the Twin Cities: immigrant life and Minnesota's urban
frontier
Type Book
Editor Philip J. Anderson
Editor Dag Blanck
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2001
Abstract This collection of articles examines all aspects of life for Swedish Americans
in Minnesota, with particular focus on Minneapolis. Topics include Swedish neighborhoods
like Cedar Riverside; Swedes and radical politics; Swedes and the public schools; Swedes and
popular theater; Swedes and religion; the Svenska Amerikanska Posten and the American
Swedish Institute.
1322.
The Anderson chronicles: an intimate portrait of Augsburg College,
1963-1997
Type Book
316
Author Richard C Nelson
Author Dave Wood
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Kirk House Publishers
Date 2000
Abstract A concise history of Augsburg from 1963-1997. Contains information on the
development of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood as well as that of the college.
1323.
The growing seasons: an American boyhood before the war
Type Book
Author Samuel Lynn Hynes
Place New York
Publisher Viking
Date 2003
Abstract The author recounts his Depression-era boyhood in South Minneapolis. Great
descriptions of childhood in the 1930s, Minneapolis schools, adolescence, race relations and
the Truckers’ Strike.
1324.
The Story of Walla-Ka-Zoo Being a History of North High School by
its Friends
Type Book
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Friends of North High School
Date 1906
Abstract History of North High school that profiles students, clubs, teachers and
administrators. Includes many photo illustrations of the school, its students and the
surrounding neighborhood.
1325.
The Union School
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 15-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1964
Abstract The article gives a brief history of the first Minneapolis school house built in
1857. The school was called the Union School; fire destroyed the school in 1865.
1326.
Video footage discussing school desegregation in Minneapolis
Type Web Page
Author KSTP
URL http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage.php?irn=10269049&catirn=10463655
Accessed 9/19/2012, 9:30:36 AM
Abstract Video footage shows discussions over school desegregation in Minneapolis in
the 1970s.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
317
1327.
What Life was Like in 1860: The Longfellow School Story
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert Forman
Author Ruth Forman
Pages 3-5, 17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1960
Abstract The article discusses the foundation and history of the Longfellow School in
1883 and development of the neighborhood around it. It also goes into the development
around Minnehaha Park, Longfellow Gardens, Wonderland Amusement Park and the street
car.
1328.
William B. Riley and the fight against the teaching of evolution in
Minnesota
Type Magazine Article
Author Ferenc Morton Szasz
Publication Minnesota History
Abstract This article describes the controversy over the teaching of evolution in
Minnesota. The man behind this dispute was William Bell Riley, the fundamentalist leader of
First Baptist Church downtown. Riley, who arrived in Minneapolis in 1897, built the largest
Baptist congregation in the state. Before his death in 1947, he was known nationally for his
opposition to evolution, his anti-Semitism and his establishment of Northwestern Bible
College.
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Arts and Culture
1329.
A history of the arts in Minnesota
Type Book
Author John K. Sherman
Author Grace Lee Nute
Author Donald R. Torbert
Editor William Van O'Connor
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1958
Abstract Provides overview of arts and cultural organizations in Minnesota. This book
brings together three histories of the arts in Minnesota. John K. Sherman's Music and theater
in Minnesota history; Grace Lee Nute's A history of Minnesota books and authors; Donald R.
Torbert's A century of art and architecture in Minnesota.
1330.
A history of the theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from its beginning
to 1883
Type Dissertation
Author Donald Z. Woods
Date 1950
University University of Minnesota
1331.
A New Theatre
Type Book
Author Tyrone Guthrie
Place New York
Publisher McGraw-Hill
Date [1964]
Abstract Describes the establishment of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
1332.
A Painterly Sketch of Helen Benton Minnich
Type Magazine Article
Author Susan Margot Smith
Issue Spring 1990
Pages 25-31
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Abstract The articles provides a short biography of Helen Benton Minnich, artist and
art collector. Her print collection was donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
1333.
A saloonkeeper's daughter
Type Book
319
Author Drude Krog Janson
Editor Gerald. Thorson
Editor Orm, Øverland
Place Baltimore
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Date 2002
Abstract Janson's lyrical coming-of-age novel tells the story of beautiful Astrid Holm,
forced by her family's bankruptcy to abandon a comfortable middle-class life in Norway for a
harsh new existence in Minneapolis. Great descriptions of life for Scandinavian immigrants in
the early twentieth century city.
1334.
A Tribute to Emil Oberhoffer
Type Magazine Article
Pages 6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1967
Abstract A short article about Emil Oberhoffer who founded the Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra.
1335.
America's musical inheritance; memories and reminiscences
Type Book
Author Anna Eugénie Schoen-René
Place New York
Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date 1941
Abstract Memoir of German-born singer and voice teacher Anna Schoen-Rene.
Includes section on her life in Minneapolis, c. 1893-1909 which includes music classes at the
University of Minnesota and in the Minneapolis public schools. Also details her role in
organizing a permanent symphony orchestra in Minneapolis.
1336.
Anna Schoen-René, Minnesota musical pioneer
Type Magazine Article
Author Janis White Dees
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1983
Abstract Profiles the woman behind the founding of the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra in 1903.
1337.
Arts and Culture on the Riverfront
Type Report
Author Hess Roise and Company
Date 2006
Abstract History of the arts and culture of the Riverfront District in Minneapolis
beginning in the 1840s with the first settlement and ranging to the 1970s. Describes the first
theaters, music halls, art galleries and cultural events along the riverfront in Minneapolis.
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1338.
Builder of the Name: The Public Life and Service of Edward Chenery
Gale
Type Magazine Article
Author Welles Eastman
Pages 11-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1964
Abstract The article gives a condensed biographical account of Edward Gale and
highlights many of his cultural contributions to Minneapolis.
1339.
Buildings and Grounds Collection, Walker Art Center
Type Archival Collection
Author Walker Art Center
Abstract Collection describes the development of the building and grounds of the
Walker Art Center, including extensive documentation of changes to Hennepin Avenue.
Archive Walker Art Center Archive
1340.
Dedication Program for Orchestra Hall
Type Manuscript
Date October 21, 1974
Abstract Dedication Concert Program for October 21, 1974 contains much information
on the building, its architects, its sponsors and the Minnesota Orchestra.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1341.
Diary of Frank A. Stone
Type Document
Author Frank Stone
Date January-March 1878.
Abstract Diary of Frank A. Stone (age 23), 120 So 4th St. Minneapolis bookkeeper.
Records his daily activities, including attending plays, operas, dime concerts and lectures.
Mentions attending the Academy of Music.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1342.
Early Theater or the History of Entertainment in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-7
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1960
Abstract The article covers the early theaters from the 1870s through the turn of the
century. It highlights some of the original theaters along Hennepin Ave and Washington Ave;
telling what happen to the theaters.
321
1343.
Edmund Joseph Phelps
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 1967
Pages 4-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1967
Abstract The article provides a brief biography of Edmund Phelps, a Minneapolis
business man who contributed much to the early arts of the Minneapolis.
1344.
Famous Visitors: When Washington Avenue was the Great White-Way
Type Magazine Article
Author Beatrice Morosco
Pages 4-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1972
Abstract The article provides an overview of the theaters in Minneapolis and some of
the famous stars who took part in productions at these theaters. A number of images of
Minneapolis theaters and actors who performed.
1345.
Focus on fine art: the photography of Jerome Liebling
Type Magazine Article
Author Jerome Liebling
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1989
1346.
Joined at the hip: a history of jazz in the Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Jay Goetting
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2011
1347.
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Collection
Type Archival Collection
Abstract To humble beginnings, the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts was founded in
1883 by 25 professional and business leaders at the time, fourteen men and eleven women. In
the beginning they owned six works of art and were housed in one room in the newly built
Minneapolis Public Library. The Society's primary duty was to develop an art culture in the
city and present exhibitions, but they dreamed of a greater "temple for art and music" that
would include galleries, a school, and an orchestra hall. The Society founded the Minneapolis
School of Fine Arts in 1886, which was also initially housed in the library building. The
school would later change its name to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. By 1911 the
Society's members had raised enough funds to build their own building, which was planned to
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be built in stages. In 1915, the central part of the new Minneapolis Institute of Arts building
was finished and the Society, both its art gallery and school, moved into their new home. In
1965, the Society added a third organization, the Children's Theatre Company, which was
given its own theatre in the 1970s expansion of the Society of Fine Arts Park. The
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts was the umbrella organization of the MIA, MCAD, and
Children's Theater Company, all housed on the Society of Fine Arts Park. The Children's
Theater Company separated itself from the Society in 1975. They continued to take charge of
the MIA and MCAD until 1987, when they divided their money and staff amongst the two and
gave them free reign to run the college and the museum as they saw fit, essentially dissolving
the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1348.
Minneapolis Theater: Beatrice Shebel Morosco
Type Oral history interview
Date 1975
Abstract Patty Baker interviewed Beatrice Shebel Morosco for this oral history,
which discusses the history of South Minneapolis, drawing special attention to early theaters
that include the Shubert, Woodmen's Hall, and the Lyceum Theater.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1349.
Minneapolis Theater: John Cowles, Jr.
Type Oral history interview
Date 1984
Abstract Dorothy Lamberton interviewed John Cowles, who discussed the origins
of the Guthrie Theater, which began in the early 1960s. Cowles was a board member of the
Guthrie.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1350.
Minneapolis Theater: Wendy Lehr
Type Oral history interview
Date 1986
Abstract Annie Miller interviewed Wendy Lehr who discussed the the origins of
the Children's Theater with Wendy Lehr. Theater began in the 1960s.
1351.
Minnesota Orchestra at 100: a collection of essays and images
Type Book
Author Sandra Hyslop
Author Minnesota Orchestral Association
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Minnesota Orchestral Association
Date 2002
Abstract History of Minnesota Orchestra at 100.
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1352.
Minnesota Orchestra: Bernice Dalrymple
Type Oral history interview
Date 1972
Abstract Dennis Rooney interviewed Bernice Dalrymple, who became a season ticket
holder in 1914 for the ensemble that eventually became the Minnesota Orchestra. She
describes the evolution of the orchestra over time, from the perspective of an audience
member.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1353.
Music and maestros; the story of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Type Book
Author John K Sherman
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1952
Abstract History of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, the precursor to the
contemporary Minnesota Orchestra.
1354.
Music and theater in Minnesota history
Type Book
Author John K Sherman
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1958
Abstract Early history of music and theater in Minnesota history.
1355.
Oral history of the Jazz in the Twin Cities Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract The Jazz in the Twin Cities Oral History Project documents the lively jazz
scene which has existed in Minneapolis and Saint Paul since the early part of the twentieth
century. The heyday of jazz in Minnesota was perhaps in the twenties and thirties, helped in
part by Saint Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald's glamorous descriptions of flappers and
speakeasies. These interviews describe important music locales like the Arcade and the
Marigold Ballrooms in Minneapolis. Many walk-a-flight Chinese-American restaurants
offered small combos for dancing, while jazz became the rage at the University of Minnesota.
Although black artists were not welcome as members of the powerful Musicians Union during
this era, the Musician's Rest in Minneapolis offered integrated jam sessions. These interviews
provide a window into popular entertainment, race relations, African American life and the
now-disappeared club world of the city's North side.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
324
1356.
Oral history with Anthony Cassius for the Minnesota Artists Oral
History Project
Type Oral history interview
Date 1981
Abstract Thomas O’Sullivan interviewed Anthony Cassius, civil rights leader in
Minneapolis. This is one of several interviews with Cassius in the collections of the MHS.
Interview that is part of the Twentieth Century radicalism is more detailed and pertinent to the
history of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1357.
Oral history with Patrick Scully as part of the Not Waiting for a Cure
Oral History Project
Type Oral history interview
Date 1994
Abstract Interview with Patrick Scully is part of a larger project that documents
the response in Minnesota to the AIDS crisis. This is the interview in this collection most
relevant to the history of Minneapolis.
1358.
Photographs of Walker Art Center events in Minneapolis
Type Archival Collection
Author Walker Art Center
Abstract Collection documenting the many events staged by the Walker Art Center
around the city.
Archive Walker Art Center Archives
1359.
Playhouse for pioneers; the story of the Pence opera house
Type Magazine Article
Author Donald Zacher Woods
Publication Minnesota History
Date Winter 1952
1360.
Report on the paintings of the T. B. Walker Art Collection: with other
testimonials and letters regarding the various Art Collections of the
Walker Galleries
Type Book
Author Eugen Neuhaus
Place Minneapolis
Date 1918
1361.
Robert Koehler: German-American Artist in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
325
Author Paul Merrill
Issue Summer 1988
Pages 20-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract A short biography of Koehler, an artist and director of the Minneapolis School
of Fine Arts (now the Minneapolis College of Arts and Design). Among his more well-known
paintings was "The Strike" which was at the Minneapolis Public Library until 1971.
1362.
Sunday best: collected essays
Type Book
Author John K. Sherman
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Ross and Haines
Date 1963
Abstract This collection reprints essays by John Sherman, a drama and music critic for
the Minneapolis Star.
1363.
Suneson Music Center: Creating Nashville on Lake Street
Type Magazine Article
Author Shari Albers
Issue Spring 2012
Pages 24-33
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2012
Abstract The articles provides the history of Suneson Music Center, which drew
famous and not so famous musicians from Minneapolis and around the world.
1364.
T. B. Walker and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Author T. B. Walker
Abstract Personal papers and business records of a Minnesota lumber magnate and art
collector, and of his descendants. Much of this collection is focused on T.B. Walker's business
empire, particularly the records of the Red River Lumber Company. But it also has material
related to his art collection and gallery, which grew into the Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis. It includes extensive material related to Harriet Walker, a leading philanthropist
and moral reform in nineteenth century Minneapolis. The collection has information relating
to the Walkers’ involvement with the Bethany Home Association and the Northwestern
Hospital, Minneapolis business and civic organizations, the Minneapolis Public Library, and
the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. One notable item in this collection is an
unpublished manuscript by biographer Clara W. Nelson.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1365.
T.B. Walker's philanthropy collection
Type Archival Collection
326
Author Walker, T.B.
Abstract Collection of papers related to T.B. Walker's work as a philanthropist and art
collector. Illuminates his vision for a group of cultural institutions in Minneapolis that
included an art museum, natural history museum and world-class library.
Archive Walker Art Center Archive
1366.
The Development of the Public Library System in Minneapolis, 1859-
1945
Type Magazine Article
Author Garneth O Peterson
Issue Spring 1997
Pages 16-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1997
Abstract The article gives the history of Minneapolis' Public Library System. It
discusses the Athenaeum to the creation of the public library branches in various
neighborhoods. It touches on various individuals who have had an impact on the development
of a public library system.
1367.
The Guthrie Theater: images, history, and inside stories
Type Book
Author Peg Guilfoyle
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2006
1368.
The jazz community the sociology of a musical sub-culture
Type Thesis
Author Robert A Stebbins
Date 1964
University University of Minnesota
Abstract Sociological study of jazz musicians in Minneapolis in the 1960s. It advances
various academic theories about the status of jazz musicians but it also describes the music
venues and street culture of the near North Side of Minneapolis in the 1950s, before
widespread urban renewal.
1369.
The library book: centennial history of the Minneapolis Public Library
Type Book
Author Bruce Weir Benidt
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center
Date 1984
Abstract Official centennial history of the Minneapolis public library. It describes
development of this critical public institution, with special attention to the work of legendary
librarian Gratia Countryman and philanthropist T.B. Walker. It illuminates the unique social
327
vision of the Minneapolis public library, which was inspired by Progressive era social
reformers in the first decades of the twentieth century. The Minneapolis library was one of the
first systems in the country to have a children's section and branch libraries, which were run
more like settlement houses than lending libraries before World War II.
1370.
The long pull: the life of G. Nelson Dayton
Type Book
Author Bruce B Dayton; Ellen B Green
Place Minnetonka, MN
Publisher Sexton Printing Inc.
Date 2013
Abstract The biography of business leader Nelson Dayton, who helped to build
Dayton's Department Stores into one of the most successful retail companies in the country.
Dayton was very involved in the redevelopment of downtown in the 1950s and 1960s, as well
as supporting the growth of arts and culture in Minneapolis.
1371.
The Minneapolis Athenaeum: Part One
Type Magazine Article
Author Betty L Engebretson
Issue Winter 1978-1979
Pages 3-12
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1979
Abstract The article traces the origins and development of the Minneapolis Athenaeum,
established in 1859. It highlights the early challenges faced by this institution, which became
the Minneapolis Public Library. It mentions individuals who lectured in the early years of the
library.
1372.
The Minneapolis Athenaeum: Part Two
Type Magazine Article
Author Betty L Engebretson
Issue Spring 1979
Pages 19-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1979
Abstract The article continues the history of the Minneapolis Athenaeum and the
controversy that developed around opening it up as a resources for the wider public. It
discusses how the Athenaeum would eventually develop a relationship with the Minneapolis
Public Library.
1373.
The New Minneapolis Library and Athenaeum: Its Unusual History
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
328
Date Winter 1961
Abstract The article provides a history of libraries in Minneapolis, starting with the
Minneapolis Athenaeum in 1860. It highlights the old Public Library and the consolidation
with the Athenaeum. It mentions the number of books in the collections and provides a brief
timeline of the “new” library in 1961.
1374.
The opening of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Type Magazine Article
Volume 10
Pages 30-32
Publication The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
Date February 1915
Abstract Describes the opening of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1915.
1375.
The professional legitimate theater in Minneapolis from 1890 to 1910
Type Thesis
Author Audley Mitchell Grossman
Date 1957
Type Dissertation
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation details the development of theater in Minneapolis during its
early decades.
1376.
The Strike Imagined: The Atlantic and Interpretive Voyages of Robert
Koehler's Painting the Strike
Type Journal Article
Author Christopher Phelps
Publication Journal of American History
Date December 2011
Abstract This article traces the journey of an iconic painting by Robert Koehler called
The Strike. This was the first painting that portrayed a strike to be displayed in the United
States and brought new attention to industrial working conditions in the 1880s. The painting
ended up in Minneapolis--displayed in the gallery on the top floor of the public library-- when
Phelps became the director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. The painting became part
of the collection of the library but was hidden from view when the city was roiled by labor
strife and anti-German sentiment during World War I. It was rediscovered in the basement of
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1971 by radical Lee Baxandall, who helped it become
internationally famous in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
1377.
Theatre of wonder: 25 years In the Heart of the Beast
Type Book
Author Colleen Josephine Sheehy
Author Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
329
Date 1999
Abstract Chronicles this community theater of Minneapolis as individuals create
puppets and exhibit during the annual May Day parade as well as other theater productions.
1378.
Thursday Musical in the musical life of Minneapolis
Type Dissertation
Author Barbara Sue Lamb
Date 1983
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This thesis describes the development of the Minneapolis musical
organization founded by young women in 1892 to promote musical culture in the city.
1379.
Thursday Musical: the first century, 1892-1992
Type Book
Author Lois Cooper
Place Golden Valley, Minn.
Publisher Thursday Musical
Date 1992
Abstract Describes the development of the Minneapolis musical organization founded
by young women in 1892 to promote musical culture in the city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1380.
Two Decades of Trouping in Minnesota, 1865-85
Type Magazine Article
Author Andrew F. Jensen
Pages 97–119
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1947
Abstract Describes traveling troupes in Minneapolis between 1865 and 1885. These
troupes did theater performances as well as minstrel shows; opera, operetta, and musical
extravaganza companies; circuses, large and small; variety and burlesque artists; elaborate
tableaux and panoramas; and magicians and sleight-of-hand performers. The focus of this
piece is statewide though it makes mentions of venues and shows in Minneapolis. In this
period, shows would first go to St. Paul, which was the best theater city in the state. The
author asserts that New England-themed shows were popular in the Mill City, thanks to its
large population of Yankee transplants.
1381.
Visions of a New World? The Walker Art Center Idea House II
Type Magazine Article
Author Bruce Wright
Issue Summer 1993
Pages 16-31
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1993
330
Abstract The article looks at the Idea House II, built by the Walker Art Center in 1947.
The house was a model home that demonstrated new designs and features that could make
modern living easier. It also discusses Idea House I.
1382.
William Watts Folwell and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Author William Watts Folwell
Abstract Folwell’s papers document his long and impressive career. The part of this
huge collection that is most relevant to the history of Minneapolis concerns Folwell's work as
a member and president of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners and the
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
331
Popular Entertainment
1383.
100 Flowers
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1970-1971
Abstract Radical weekly paper located in the Cedar-Riverside area. Lots of stuff on
militant protests, anti-war activism and counter-culture in general.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1384.
1945 Victory Aquatennial
Type Film
Contributor A. A. Schwartz
Contributor B. A. Skomars
Director Minneapolis Aquatennial Association
Date 1945
Abstract This film shows the Minneapolis Aquatennial at the end of World War II.
Highlights include: Aquatennial parade, athletic competitions, canoe derby, uniting the nations
ritual, Boy Scout camp footage, Aquatennial milking contest with footage of Mayor Hubert H.
Humphrey milking a cow, the Aquatennial queen and candidates, and the Aqua Follies
featuring Charlie Diehl and Jim Patterson
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1385.
A chronicled history of the Credjafawn Club
Type Manuscript
Author John Lawrence
Date 1939
Abstract Describes development of African American social club.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1386.
A history of the electric fetus
Type Report
Author Penny A Petersen
Author Roise, Charlene
Abstract This history tells the story of the electric fetus record store, one of the most
important purveyors of alternative rock in Minneapolis during the 1960s and 1970s. This study
was prepared for the Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society by Hess, Roise and Company.
1387.
A history of variety-vaudeville in Minneapolis, Minnesota from its
beginning to 1900
Type Thesis
Author Lawrence James Hill
332
University University of Minnesota
Date 1979
Abstract Describes the history of popular theater in Minneapolis in the late nineteenth
century.
1388.
Against obscenity: reform and the politics of womanhood in America,
1873-1935
Type Book
Author Leigh Ann Wheeler
Place Baltimore, Maryland
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Date 2004
Abstract Describes the anti-obscenity movement, which was centered among
Minneapolis club women. This campaign tied together sex education with an effort to regulate
the growing motion picture industry. Describes struggle in the city to establish the parameters
for operation for movie houses. Features clubwoman Alice Ames Winter and Catheryne
Cooke Gilman, both well-known reformers.
1389.
Ahhhquatennial - Fifty Fabulous Years
Type Magazine Article
Author John A. Baule
Issue Summer 1989
Pages 23-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1989
Abstract The article discusses the origin of the Minneapolis Aquatennial. It discusses
some of the events held during the first 50 years of the celebration.
1390.
Aquatennial Collection
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Collection of material related to the Aquatennial Festival from its inception to
the present. Includes programs, photos.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1391.
Aquatennial Summaries, 1939-1988
Type Document
Author Catherine Mitchell
Date 1988
Abstract Written by students of the College of St. Catherine. Includes key events and
other information to give a historical over-view of this Minneapolis festival. In two sections.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
333
1392.
Artists | Nankin Café Orchestra | National Jukebox LOC.gov
Type Web Page
URL http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/artists/detail/id/4445
Date November 11, 1924
Abstract Library of Congress audio file of recording of the Nankin Cafe Orchestra
performing jazz tunes in the 1920s. Numbers include "Bring back those rock-a-bye baby
days"; "Your eyes"; "Hoop em up blues"; "If you don't tell me how am I gonna know." Dick
Long conductor. Made in the 1920s.
1393.
Arts and Culture on the Riverfront
Type Report
Author Hess Roise and Company
Date 2006
Abstract History of the arts and culture of the Riverfront District in Minneapolis
beginning in the 1840s with the first settlement and ranging to the 1970s. Describes the first
theaters, music halls, art galleries and cultural events along the riverfront in Minneapolis.
1394.
Carl Warmington Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Warmington, Carl
Abstract Carl Warmington was a musician, social worker, and Minneapolis resident.
This collection includes biographical reminiscences, about his childhood in Minneapolis; the
Depression and his experience in a Jazz band during the 1920s. Also includes photos from his
days as director of the Homeless Men's Bureau (early 1930s) in Minneapolis. Also contains
letters and some family photos.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Minnesota
Historical Society
1395.
Catheryne Cooke Gilman and the Minneapolis Better Movie
Movement
Type Magazine Article
Author Cynthia A. Hanson
Publication Minnesota History
Date Summer, 1989
1396.
Clipping file on theater strike of 1927
Type Document
Date 1927
Abstract Collection of articles from the Minneapolis Journal and the St. Paul Pioneer
Press from September 1927 chronicling the theater strike.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
334
1397.
Diary of Frank A. Stone
Type Document
Author Frank Stone
Date January-March 1878.
Abstract Diary of Frank A. Stone (age 23), 120 So 4th St. Minneapolis bookkeeper.
Records his daily activities, including attending plays, operas, dime concerts and lectures.
Mentions attending the Academy of Music.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1398.
Dives and Diversions: The Variety Theaters of Early Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Lawrence James Hill
Issue Fall 1987
Pages 4-10
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1987
Abstract The article focuses on the early variety theaters in the Bridge Square district
and how the papers criticized the theaters at indecent, lewd. These theaters were the
forerunners of the vaudeville theaters.
1399.
Early Theater or the History of Entertainment in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-7
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1960
Abstract The article covers the early theaters from the 1870s through the turn of the
century. It highlights some of the original theaters along Hennepin Ave and Washington Ave;
telling what happen to the theaters.
1400.
Famous Visitors: When Washington Avenue was the Great White-Way
Type Magazine Article
Author Beatrice Morosco
Pages 4-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1972
Abstract The article provides an overview of the theaters in Minneapolis and some of
the famous stars who took part in productions at these theaters. A number of images of
Minneapolis theaters and actors who performed.
1401.
From grandeur to bankruptcy
Type Magazine Article
Author Leo J. Harris
335
Issue Spring 2011
Pages 29-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2011
Abstract The article provides a history of the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
building.
1402.
He was a colorful figure Robert "Fish" Jones
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-5
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1861
Abstract The article highlights Fish Jones, his zoo and the lawsuit between his daughter
and the Park Board after his death.
1403.
Hiawatha: A Poem, a legend and Minnesota's First Movie
Type Magazine Article
Author Dean S. Potter
Pages 14-17
Publication Sun Country
Date July-August, 1986
Abstract Describes the making of the first movie in Minnesota, the Song of Hiawatha,
in 1909.
1404.
Joined at the hip: a history of jazz in the Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Jay Goetting
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2011
1405.
Lester leaps in: the life and times of Lester "Pres" Young
Type Book
Author Douglas Henry Daniels
Place Boston
Publisher Beacon Press
Date 2002
Abstract Biography of jazz great Lester "Pres" Young, who was involved with the jazz
scene in Minneapolis.
1406.
Longfellow Gardens
Type Magazine Article
336
Author Joseph Zalusky
Issue Fall 1967
Pages 7-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1967
Abstract The article focuses on "Fish" Jones, his "flair for publicity", the battle over of
his personal zoo and gives a short biography of his life. It includes a number of pictures from
the Longfellow Gardens.
1407.
Longfellow Gardens Guide
Type Book
Author R.F. Jones
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Fish Jones
Date 1928
Abstract Booklet shows the attractions of the Longfellow Gardens Zoo at Minnehaha
Park.
1408.
Memoirs of an Old Unicorn
Type Typed manuscript
Author Arden Benson
Date 1989
Abstract The memoirs of a Minneapolis resident from his early days as a student at
Lowell School in North Minneapolis. This account features the Mississippi River, Glenwood
(later Theodore Wirth) Park, the Empress and Paradise Theaters, Jordan Jr. High, the Camden
neighborhood, North High, friends, family, service in the CCC, students days at the U of MN,
streetcars, dancing, works, cars and finally leaving home in the 1940s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1409.
Minneapolis Aquatennial Collection
Type Archival Collection
Date 1940-2001
Abstract The Aquatennial is the official civic celebration of Minneapolis which is held
annually during the third full week of July. Originating in 1940, the outdoor festival celebrates
the famous waters of Minneapolis —the lakes, streams, and the Mississippi. Historically, the
Aquatennial was under the leadership of the Minneapolis Aquatennial Association, but in 2003
the rights to the festival were sold to the Minneapolis Downtown Association. Originally
known as “The Ten Best Days of Summer,” it is now advertised as “The Best Days of
Summer.” Events include sports, games, parades, music performances, fireworks, and more,
and are held all over the city of Minneapolis, often near the city’s lakes. During the
Aquatennial’s early years, it was one of the most popular summer festivals.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1410.
Minnesota Ice Racing
Type Manuscript
337
Author Bruce E Nowlen
Abstract History of horse trotting races on Lake of the Isles and Crystal Lake.
Description of clothing worn, special shoes used on the horses.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1411.
Movie Debut: Films in the Twin Cities, 1894-1909
Type Magazine Article
Author Lucile M. Kane
Author John A. Dougherty
Pages 342–358
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1995
Abstract Describes history of movie theaters in the Twin Cities.
1412.
Notes on early Minneapolis
Type Archival Collection
Author Paul Gyllstrom
Abstract Reminiscences (typed, 24 p.) of an editor and columnist for the Minneapolis
Times (1904-1905), with information on his boyhood days in Minneapolis in the 1870s. There
is information on the Bohemian Flats and its settlers; St. Anthony Falls and other areas near
the Mississippi River; swimming in the river; herding cows in Minneapolis; roller skating
rinks; fairs and circuses, including Bill King’s Fair; race tracks; theatrical productions at the
Pence Opera House; schools; teachers; policemen; the arrival of Irish immigrants; and the
explosion of the Washburn "A" flour mill in 1878.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1413.
On to Nicollet: the glory and fame of the Minneapolis Millers
Type Book
Author Stew Thornley
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 1988
Abstract An illustrated history of the Minneapolis Millers.
1414.
Oral history of the Jazz in the Twin Cities Oral History Project
Abstract The Jazz in the Twin Cities Oral History Project documents the lively jazz
scene which has existed in Minneapolis and Saint Paul since the early part of the twentieth
century. The heyday of jazz in Minnesota was perhaps in the twenties and thirties, helped in
part by Saint Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald's glamorous descriptions of flappers and
speakeasies. These interviews describe important music locales like the Arcade and the
Marigold Ballrooms in Minneapolis. Many walk-a-flight Chinese-American restaurants
offered small combos for dancing, while jazz became the rage at the University of Minnesota.
Although black artists were not welcome as members of the powerful Musicians Union during
this era, the Musician's Rest in Minneapolis offered integrated jam sessions. These interviews
338
provide a window into popular entertainment, race relations, African American life and the
now-disappeared club world of the city's North side.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1415.
Portrait of my state as a dogless young boy's apartment
Type Book Section
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author Keith Gunderson
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Poet Keith Gunderson describes growing up in South Minneapolis in the late
1930s and 1940s, first in a house across from Powderhorn Park and then in an apartment
building at 31st and Lyndale. His memories includes descriptions of the Southside picnic and
fourth of July celebrations at Powderhorn Park. His family lived in extremely tight quarters.
This overcrowding was relieved when they moved to Richfield in 1955.
1416.
Races at the 'Ha-Ha Track: The Minnehaha Driving Park
Type Magazine Article
Author Eric Hart
Issue Winter 2010
Pages 16-23
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2010
Abstract The article tells the history of the Minnehaha Driving Park. The park was used
for harness racing and other horse racing, high school and college track teams, bicycle racing.
1417.
Recollections of Early Minneapolis; its personalities, theaters, and
anecdotes
Type Manuscript
Author Charles A Parker
Pages 21
Date 1950
Abstract Personal recollections of Charles A. Parker on the early history of
Minneapolis. Includes anecdotes about Minneapolis theaters and various recreational
activities, including swimming in Bassett's Creek and ice skating. The author is the son of
Lucius N. Parker, who came to St. Anthony in 1848.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1418.
Robbins Gilman and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection documents the work done by an important family of
Minneapolis reformers. Robbins and Catheryne Cooke Gilman were social workers with the
North East Neighborhood House in Minneapolis and were active in promoting social
legislation and peace movements. Catheryne Cooke Gilman also was executive secretary of
339
the Women’s Cooperative Alliance of Minneapolis. The collection includes correspondence,
diaries, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and printed materials from the Gilmans. Included in
the collection are records of the Women’s Cooperative Alliance and many subject files related
to the work of this organization in areas of social and public health for women and children.
There is also information about Catheryne Cooke Gilman’s work with several national
organizations involved in the regulation of the motion picture industry.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1419.
Saloons on Snoose Boulevard: the history of community and bars in the
Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
Type Manuscript
Contributor Renae Ellingson
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 2005
Abstract History of bars in Cedar-Riverside.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1420.
See Minneapolis: Where to Go, what to do
Type Magazine Article
Date April 7, 1967
Abstract Magazine for Minneapolis guests describing the dining and entertainment
scene in Minneapolis, April 7-13, 1967. Includes photos of entertainers and ads for restaurants.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1421.
Suneson Music Center: Creating Nashville on Lake Street
Type Magazine Article
Author Shari Albers
Issue Spring 2012
Pages 24-33
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2012
Abstract The articles provides the history of Suneson Music Center, which drew
famous and not so famous musicians from Minneapolis and around the world.
1422.
Swedes in the Twin Cities: immigrant life and Minnesota's urban
frontier
Type Book
Editor Philip J. Anderson
Editor Dag Blanck
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2001
Abstract This collection of articles examines all aspects of life for Swedish Americans
in Minnesota, with particular focus on Minneapolis. Topics include Swedish neighborhoods
340
like Cedar Riverside; Swedes and radical politics; Swedes and the public schools; Swedes and
popular theater; Swedes and religion; the Svenska Amerikanska Posten and the American
Swedish Institute.
1423.
The jazz community the sociology of a musical sub-culture
Type Dissertation
Author Robert A Stebbins
Date 1964
University University of Minnesota
Abstract Sociological study of jazz musicians in Minneapolis in the 1960s. It advances
various academic theories about the status of jazz musicians but it also describes the music
venues and street culture of the near North Side of Minneapolis in the 1950s, before
widespread urban renewal.
1424.
The Joint and The Cabooze
Type Web Page
Author Penny A. Petersen
Author Charlene K. Roise
Author Hess, Roise And Company
URL http://www.gtcbms.org/joint.html
Date January 2005
Accessed 7/11/2014, 4:28:28 PM
Abstract Describes the history of blues music, through various venues, in Minneapolis.
1425.
The Minneapolis Pageant
Type Magazine Article
Author Mrs. Thomas Winter (Alice Ames)
Publication American City
Date January-June, 1912
Abstract Club leader Alice Ames Winter describes the civic pageant organized by her
organization. Held in the city's parks, it narrated the critical events of Minnesota history for a
crowd. Made heavy use of the "cult of Hiawatha" and images of Native Americans.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1426.
The other Minneapolis, or the rise and fall of the Gateway, the old
Minneapolis skid row
Type Book
Author Rosheim, David
Place Maquoketa, Iowa
Publisher Andromeda Press
Date 1978
Abstract This classic study narrates the rise and fall of the Minneapolis Gateway
District, the largest skid row between Chicago and Seattle. Written on the heels of the urban
renewal campaign that swept through the city, Rosheim draws on newspaper accounts of crime
341
and vice to provide a wealth of detail about a notorious neighborhood that was the heart of the
historic city. All later histories of the Gateway have relied heavily on Rosheim's volume.
1427.
Then and Now...Seven Corners
Type Magazine Article
Author Brian Anderson
Pages 15-19
Publication Hennepin County Magazine
Date Fall 1968
Abstract An article from the Minneapolis Tribune on September 22, 1968. It discusses
the history and redevelopment of Seven Corners.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1428.
Tickets to Fantasy: The Little Theater around the Corner
Type Magazine Article
Author Herbert Scherer
Issue Fall 1987
Pages 11-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1987
Abstract The articles gives a history of neighborhood movie theaters built in the 1930s.
It discusses architect Jack Lienbenberg and his partner Seeman Kaplan; they designed many of
the theaters. Some of the art deco theaters included the Varsity and Uptown Theater.
1429.
Twin Cities picture show: a century of moviegoing
Type Book
Author Dave Kenney
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2007
Abstract This book traces the history of moviegoing in the Twin Cities, starting with
the first showing at the Bijou Opera House in Minneapolis in 1896. For this account, Kenney
leans heavily on the research collection assembled by Lucille Kane and John A. Dougherty for
a manuscript that was never published. His account examines how moviegoing grew out of
earlier forms of popular entertainment like vaudeville. It explores the relationship between
moviegoing and battles over racial stereotyping, obscenity and finally pornography during the
1980s.
1430.
Two Decades of Trouping in Minnesota, 1865-85
Type Magazine Article
Author Andrew F. Jensen
Pages 97–119
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1947
342
Abstract Describes traveling troupes in Minneapolis between 1865 and 1885. These
troupes did theater performances as well as minstrel shows; opera, operetta, and musical
extravaganza companies; circuses, large and small; variety and burlesque artists; elaborate
tableaux and panoramas; and magicians and sleight-of-hand performers. The focus of this
piece is statewide though it makes mentions of venues and shows in Minneapolis. In this
period, shows would first go to St. Paul, which was the best theater city in the state. The
author asserts that New England-themed shows were popular in the Mill City, thanks to its
large population of Yankee transplants.
1431.
West Bank boogie: forty years of music, mayhem and memories
Type Book
Author Cyn Collins
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Triangle Park Creative ;
Date 2006
Abstract This book tells the history of Cedar Riverside and the West Bank through its
music scene. Author Cyn Collins profiles local musicians who were central to the
neighborhood's counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s, when Garrison Keillor wrote that it was
full of "young people trying scrape up an authentic past" and "old-fashioned grassroots
intellectuals and artists who made a sort of ramshackle paradise."
1432.
Wonderland Amusement Park
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Collection of material related to the short lived Wonderland Amusement Park,
which operated in South Minneapolis from 1905 to 1911. The park--which was located at 31st
Avenue and 31st Street--was notable for its 120 foot electric light tower, its scenic railway
(roller coaster), old mill, carousel and house of nonsense. One of the park’s most popular
features was the "Infant Incubator Institute", whose owner, Dr. Martin A. Couney, had similar
exhibits at amusement parks and expositions throughout the country and in Europe.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
343
Immigration and Migration
1433.
A Building for Change: Pillsbury Settlement House
Type Magazine Article
Author Ann Beeson Kistler
Issue Winter 1992
Pages 4-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article focuses on the history of the Pillsbury Settlement House. It
discusses the services provide to immigrants and how those services and who was served
changed over the years.
1434.
A Guide for New Americans of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Author The Woman's Community Council
Place Minneapolis
Date 1920
Abstract Provides instruction to newcomers to the city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1435.
A saloonkeeper's daughter
Type Book
Author Drude Krog Janson
Editor Gerald. Thorson
Editor Orm Øverland
Place Baltimore
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Date 2002
Abstract Janson's lyrical coming-of-age novel tells the story of Astrid Holm, forced by
her family's bankruptcy to abandon a comfortable middle-class life in Norway for a harsh new
existence in Minneapolis. She attempts escape through art and love, but finds her calling as a
minister.
1436.
At Home in the Heart of the City
Type Magazine Article
Author Annette Atkins
Pages 286–304
Publication Minnesota History
Date 2003
Abstract History of the Gateway District that challenges many myths about its
inhabitants.
344
1437.
Below Third Street
Type Book
Author Sigurd Jay Simonsen
Place Minnesota
Date 1950
Archive University of California
Abstract Fictional account set in the old Gateway District of the 1930s. Features
Scandinavian-American characters.
1438.
Cedar-Riverside: Imageability of space and the effects on refugee
integration
Type Thesis
Author Aubrie Eisenhart
Date 2013
University Development Planning Unit (BUDD) University College London
Abstract Describes the development of Riverside Plaza and its current status as a
community for new immigrants.
1439.
Chinese in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Sherri Gebert Fuller
Contributor Sheila Chin Morris
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2004
Abstract The history of Chinese-Americans in Minnesota. The state's first Chinese
settlers--who arrived in the 1870s-- were fleeing racial violence in California. They established
scores of businesses. Newspapers eagerly published reports of their activities, including New
Year's festivities, marriages, and restaurant and laundry openings. Beginning in 1882 federal
laws banning Chinese immigration and denying citizenship put particular pressure on the
community.
1440.
Clip File- Colleges: Augsburg
Type Newspaper Articles
Author Multiple
Date 1872-1990
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of articles dealing with Augsburg College. Includes information on
Elroy Stock and racial tensions as well as accusations of Augsburg being "communist."
Archive Hennepin History Museum
345
1441.
Creating Africa in America: translocal identity in an emerging world
city
Type Book
Author Jacqueline Copeland-Carson
Place Philadelphia
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Date 2004
Abstract Describes growth of Somali community in Minneapolis at the turn of the 21st
century.
1442.
Ethnic persistence in northeast Minneapolis: maps and commentary
Type Book Section
Author Richard Wolniewicz
Pages 20
Date 1973
Book Title Minnesota Project on Ethnic America
1443.
Evelina Månsson and the memoir of an urban labor migrant
Type Journal Article
Author Byron J Nordstrom
Volume 31
Issue 3
Publication Swedish pioneer historical quarterly.
Date 1980
Abstract Describes the experiences of a Swedish immigrant woman, who spent six
years in Minneapolis, Minn.
1444.
Evolution and revolution in the media: print and broadcast journalism
/ George S. Hage
Type Book Section
Editor Clifford Edward Clark
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Abstract Describes the evolution of the media in Minnesota.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
1445.
Finntown, Minneapolis: An American Neighborhood
Type Magazine Article
Author K. Marianne Wargelin
Issue Fall 1988
Pages 9-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
346
Date 1988
Abstract The articles discusses Finnish immigration to Minneapolis. It focuses on their
life in Minneapolis during these years including social life, churches and other organizations
within the community. It also discusses the politics of the community.
1446.
From fjord to freeway: 100 years, Augsburg College
Type Book
Author Carl Henry Chrislock
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Augsburg College
Date 1969
Abstract The centennial history of Augsburg College written by Augsburg professor
Carl Chrislock. Contains the history of Augsburg College 1869-1969 as well as information on
the development of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
1447.
From Ghettos to Neighborhoods: Jewish Immigration in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Rhoda Lewin
Pages 13-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1992
Abstract The article provides an in-depth look at Jewish immigrants in Minneapolis. It
explores how Jewish neighborhoods developed, the anti-Semitism faced in various aspects of
life.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1448.
From Havana to Minneapolis: the journey of a Cuban-Jewish girl
Type Book
Author Rachelle L. Lisoqurski
Place Baltimore
Publisher Publish America
Date 2008
1449.
Heart and hard work: memories of "Nordeast" Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Genny Zak Kieley
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 1997
Abstract This collection gathers disparate articles written about Northeast Minneapolis
into one anthology. Includes articles originally written for Hennepin History Magazine, the
Northeaster and the Minneapolis Tribune. Includes profiles of individuals and neighborhood
businesses like Elsie's Bowling Center, Emily's Lebanese Delicatessen and Gluek's Brewery.
347
1450.
Heating up the melting pot: settlement work and Americanization in
northeast Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Winifred Wandersee Bolin
Volume 45
Issue 2
Publication Minnesota History
Date Summer 1976
1451.
I know what you mean, Erdupps MacChurbbs
Type Book Section
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author Gerald Vizenor
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Gerald Vizenor describes his life as a young Native American boy in
Minneapolis in the 1930s and 1940s, when the city saw an influx of Indian migrants looking
for economic opportunity. His father was murdered in downtown alley in 1936 and his mother
struggled to support him. He eventually ended up growing up with a sister in north
Minneapolis.
1452.
Immigration and the political economy of home: West Indian Brooklyn
and American Indian Minneapolis, 1945-1992
Type Book
Author Rachel Buff
Place Berkeley
Publisher University of California Press
Date 2001
1453.
Interview with Hulda Anderson Marsh
Type Oral history interview
Date 1980
Abstract Camille Kudzia interviewed Hula Anderson Marsh, who described life
as a child of new immigrants from Sweden in the Seward neighborhood at the beginning of the
twentieth century. Describes lamplighters coming around in the evenings.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1454.
Interviews with residents of the Bohemian Flats
Type Oral history interviews
Loc. in Archive WPA administrative files
348
Abstract In the administrative files of the Works Progress Administrative there are
sumamries of interviews with the residents of Bohemian Flats, many of whom were
immigrants.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1455.
Land of their choice: the immigrants write home
Type Book
Author Theodore Christian Blegen
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1955
Abstract First person narratives from immigrants to Minnesota.
1456.
Let Me Be Frank: Growing up on the Mississippi River
Type Book
Author Frank Rog
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Self-published
Date 2003
Abstract This self-published autobiography describes a childhood in Northeast Minneapolis
in the middle of the twentieth century. The author was the child of poor immigrants who hated
school, loved sports and embraced the Mississippi River as his playground. This cheerful
account recounts fishing and swimming the river as well as his encounters with the seamier
side of life in Minneapolis. He describes finding dead bodies, scavenging for money in all
kinds of dangerous ways and a police chase.
1457.
Letters from the Promised Land: Swedes in America, 1840-1914
Type Book
Author H. Arnold Barton
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Published by the University of Minnesota Press for the Swedish Pioneer
Historical Society
Date 1975
Abstract Descriptions of the United States from Swedish immigrants.
1458.
Liang May Seen and the Early Chinese Community in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Sarah Refo Mason
Pages 223–233
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1995
349
1459.
M.C. Elmer Study of Minneapolis: A Study of a Neighborhood in South
Minneapolis -1922
Type Document
Author M. C. Elmer
Date 1922
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 101
Abstract A study done of South Minneapolis by M.C. Elmer. Focuses on the makeup of
the neighborhood - population, employment, housing, etc.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1460.
Margaret Barry House records, 1939-1961
Author Margaret Barry House
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Records of a settlement house in Northeast Minneapolis established by the
Minneapolis League of Catholic Women in 1912. It merged with the North East
Neighborhood House in 1963.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1461.
Martha Hall Dickson and Samuel Dickson
Type Manuscript
Author The Dicksons
Place Minneapolis
Date 1961
Type Diary
Abstract Biographies of Martha Hall and Samuel Dickson, who came to Minneapolis in
1876, Irish immigrants. Reminiscences of their son Robert H. Dickson.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1462.
Minnesota pioneer sketches, from the personal recollections and
observations of a pioneer resident
Type Book
Author Frank G O'Brien
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher H.H.S. Rowell
Date 1904
Abstract At the age of twelve, Frank G. O'Brien (1843-1920) moved from Maine to
Minnesota with his father and siblings, settling in Anoka County in 1855. After a difficult
winter, the family moved to St. Anthony's Falls where O'Brien spent his adolescence
combining a variety of manual and entrepreneurial jobs with education. Minnesota Pioneer
Sketches is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien that are here
published in book form. The articles describe his own youth as well as notable events during
the second half of the nineteenth century in Minnesota. He discusses farming, transportation,
the U.S. mail, politics, Indians, the Civil War, religious practices, lumber camps, education,
and other topics associated with pioneer life and the growth of the state.
350
1463.
My Minneapolis: a chronicle of what has been learned and observed
about the Norwegians in Minneapolis through one hundred years.
Type Book
Author Carl G. O Hansen
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Privately published
Date 1956
Abstract Autobiographical history of Norwegians in Minneapolis from the perspective
of a journalist and editor. Gives special attention to the founding of Augsburg College and
other early events in the development of the city. Detailed biographies of leading Norwegian
Americans.
1464.
National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records
Type Archival Collection
Author National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records
Date 1890s-1984
Abstract The National Federation of Settlements (NFS) was founded in 1911 by leaders
in the settlement house movement, including Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Robert A.
Woods. The NFS was a social welfare organization devoted to the promotion and
improvement of the settlement movement throughout the United States. This collection is
national in scope. But boxes 75, 76, 77 and 228 have material from Minneapolis settlement
houses.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1465.
'No Jews Allowed'
Type Radio Broadcast
Director John Biewen
URL http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/01/21/midday3
Accessed 2/26/2014, 9:46:51 AM
Network Minnesota Public Radio
Abstract This 1992 radio documentary looks back at anti-Semitism in Minneapolis in
the 1930s and 1940s. Those feelings were so strong that a prominent journalist called
Minneapolis "the capital of anti-Semitism in the United States."
1466.
North East Neighborhood House records
Type Archival Collection
Author East Side Neighborhood Services, Inc.
Abstract Records (1889-1961) of a Minneapolis settlement house organized in 1914 in
an area heavily populated by Slavic immigrants, and of its predecessors, Immanuel Sunday
School Mission and Drummond Hall. The bulk of the collection consists of the records of the
North East Neighborhood House. There is information on the administration of the house;
community service programs such as citizenship classes, nursery schools, employment
services, and clinics; responses to World Wars I and II and the 1930s Depression; and
relationships with such social service organizations as the Minneapolis Council of Social
Agencies, the National Federation of Settlements, the Twin City Federation of Settlements, the
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Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Associations,
and other youth groups. Among the correspondents are head worker Robbins Gilman and his
wife Catheryne Cooke Gilman, Joseph H. Ball, Lotus D. Coffman, Donald J. Cowling, Hubert
H. Humphrey, Walter H. Judd, Ernest Lundeen, Thomas D. Schall, and Stella Louise Wood.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1467.
Northeast Minneapolis: location and movement in an ethnic
community
Type Dissertation
Author Richard Wolniewicz
Date 1979
University University of Minnesota
1468.
Norwegians and Swedes in the United States: friends and neighbors
Type Book
Editor Philip J. Anderson
Editor Dag Blanck
Place Saint Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2012
Abstract A collection of essays on the relationship between Norwegians and Swedes in
the United States. Focus is national rather than local in scope. Includes: Friends and
neighbors? Patterns of Norwegian-Swedish interaction in the United States / Dag Blanck;
Norwegians and Swedes in America: some comparisons / H. Arnold Barton; Preserving a
cultural heritage across boundaries: a comparative perspective on Riksföreningen
Sverigekontakt and Nordmanns-Forbundet / Odd S. Lovoll; Freedom, identity, and double
perspectives: representations of the migrant experience in the novels of Vilhelm Moberg and
O.E. Rølvaag / Ingeborg Kongslien; "Ar du Svensk?" "Norsk! Norsk!" Folk humor and
cultural difference in Scandinavian America / James P. Leary; Long after the immigrant
language shift: Swedish and Norwegian in heritage communities / Angela Falk; Writing
history together: Norwegian American and Swedish American historians in dialogue / Mark
Safstrom; "We are Norwegians and Swedes now, not Scandinavians:" the impact of
Norwegian independence on Scandinavian American politics in the Midwest / Jørn Brøndal;
An end to brotherhood? Swedes and Norwegians in America discuss the 1905 Union
Dissolution / Ulf Jonas Björk; "The sociological factor is not to be underestimated:" Swedes,
Norwegians, and American Lutheran merger negotiations, 1920-60 / Mark Granquist; A
question of conscience: Minnesota's Norwegian American Lutherans and the teaching of
evolution / Kurt W. Peterson; Journeymen or traditional emigrants? Norwegian and Swedish
engineers and architects in North America, 1880-1930 / Per-Olaf Grönberg; Corncobs to
classmates: Swedish Americans at a Norwegian American college / Joy K. Lintelman; The
basis for Pan-Scandinavian cooperation in Minneapolis-St. Paul: Nordic involvement in
American politics prior to 1930 / David C. Mauk.
1469.
Norwegians in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Jon Gjerde
352
Author Carlton C. Qualey
Author Norwegian-American Historical Association.
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2002
Abstract Describes history of Norwegian-Americans in Minnesota.
1470.
Not so wild a dream
Type Book
Author Eric Sevareid
Place New York
Publisher Atheneum
Date 1979
Abstract Autobiography of journalist Eric Sevareid, who became an internationally
renowned correspondent during World War II, when he covered the German blitz of London.
Sevareid spent his earliest years in rural North Dakota before his family joined the migration
to regional cities after the collapse of the agricultural economy. He graduated from
Minneapolis Central High School in 1930 and worked for the Minneapolis Journal, where he
covered the Truckers' Strike and the rise of fascist Silver Shirts in the city. He perhaps best
known locally for his famous canoe trip to Hudson Bay, which he chronicled in the
Minneapolis Star and then his first book, Canoeing with the Cree. Sevareid was a graduate of
the University of Minnesota, where he attended night classes in the 1930s and worked on the
college daily. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was harassed by university administrators
who were dismayed by his advocacy of leftist views and blocked his bid to become editor of
the college daily. His narrative provides a nuanced portrait of life at the University of
Minnesota during the political tumult of the Great Depression and a unique view into the
world of daily journalism in Minneapolis before the establishment of the newspaper Guild,
which provided some modicum of security for reporters.
1471.
Ole and Jensine Thoresen: A family history
Type Manuscript
Author George Edwin Olson
Abstract Biographies of Ole Thoresen, laborer, and his wife Jensine Slettedahl
Thoresen, Norwegian immigrants who came to Minneapolis in 1882. Jensine was a midwife
1882-1918, and delivered more than 2,000 babies.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1472.
One Hundred Years Later or from Bohemia in Central Europe to the
Bohemian Flats in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Jean Sicora
Issue Spring 1984
Pages 3-22
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1984
353
Abstract The article is about an immigrant from Bohemia, who came to Minneapolis
and settle in the Bohemian Flats. Some of the article is excerpts taken from The Bohemian
Flats complied by the Workers of the Writers Programs of the WPA. Includes photos and a
map of the Flats.
1473.
Oral history of Ignatia Broker
Type Oral history interview
Date 1984
Abstract Ignatia Broker, a Minnesota Ojibwe, was born in northern Minnesota. She was
the author of the book "Night Flying Woman" and other works. In this interview, she describes
moving to Minneapolis in the 1950s. She went to school, found work despite racial
discrimination and became active in Native American social advocacy groups.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1474.
Oral history of the Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract In 1972 the Minneapolis Federation of Jewish Service gave the Minnesota
Historical Society four interviews that were conducted as a part of a project to document the
history of the Jewish community in Minneapolis. In 1979 Rhoda Lewin donated seventeen
interviews she conducted in researching her doctoral dissertation. Lewin later conducted and
donated four other interviews. Many of the people interviewed belong to the second wave of
Jewish immigrants who arrived after 1880 from Eastern Europe and settled on the North Side
of Minneapolis, creating a distinctive Jewish community of eight thousand people by 1900.
Others are first-generation Americans who vividly contrast their parents' lives with their own.
This collection of memories reveals the growth, change and diversity of the community.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1475.
Oral history with Oy Huie Anderson
Type Oral history interview
Date February 26, 2003
Abstract Sherri Gebert-Fuller interviewed Oy Huie Anderson, who discussed the
Chinese community in Minneapolis, which was centered on 3rd avenue downtown during the
1930s. He describes how the small Chinese community gathered for weekly gambling sessions
every Sunday.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1476.
Pillsbury Waite Neighborhood Center records, 1911-1966
Type Archival Collection
Date 1911-1966
Type Archival collections
Abstract The Pillsbury Waite Neighborhood Center records include board of directors’
minutes for several Minneapolis, MN settlement houses that merged to form the Pillsbury-
Waite Neighborhood Services, now called Pillsbury United Communities. Included are
records from Pillsbury House, Citizens' Club, Elliot Park Neighborhood House, and the
354
Edward F. Waite Neighborhood House. The collection also contains photographs of Pillsbury
House and Wells Memorial House activities and facilities.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1477.
Raddningslinan
Type Document
Author Scandinavian Home of Shelter
Date April, 1936
Abstract Newsletter of the Scandinavian Home of Shelter, 2010 19th Avenue N.E.,
April 1936. Half in Swedish, half in English. The shelter took in wayward girls and their
babies. Includes a day by day account of events at the shelter in March, 1936.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1478.
Relations between Norwegian Americans and Jewish Americans in
North Minneapolis from the 1920s to the 1950s
Type Dissertation
Author Nina Sandström Angelsen
Date 2005
University Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1479.
Religious belief and behavior
Type Book Section
Editor Clifford Edward Clark
Author Richard M. Chapman
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Abstract This statewide survey of the history of religion makes special mention of
William Riley and his Baptist church in downtown Minneapolis, which was the largest Baptist
church in the state. Riley was known nationally for his leadership of the fundamentalist
movement.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
1480.
Saloons on Snoose Boulevard: the history of community and bars in the
Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
Type Manuscript
Contributor Renae Ellingson
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 2005
Abstract History of bars in Cedar-Riverside.
Short Title Saloons on Snoose Boulevard
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
355
1481.
Seven Corners Library Branch
Type Archival Collection
Author Librarians of the Minneapolis Public Library
Loc. in Archive Branch Library Collection
Abstract This manuscript collection documents the history of the Seven Corners library
branch in the first decades of the twentieth century. Located in one of the city's most densely
populated, immigrant neighborhoods, this branch of the Minneapolis library was run more like
a settlement house than a traditional library. It provided reading material in all languages as
well as an inviting place for neighborhood residents to read and socialize. This collections
includes detailed social surveys of the neighborhood created by the resident librarians and
photos of neighborhood children.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1482.
She did not wimper or complain: Swedish American charity cases in
Minneapolis, 1910-1930
Type Journal Article
Author Joy Lintelman
Volume 45
Issue 1
Pages 5-26
Publication Swedish American Historical Quarterly
Abstract Describes social welfare services for Swedish American women in
Minneapolis in the early 20th century.
1483.
Social saga of two cities; an ecological and statistical study of social
trends in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Calvin F. Schmid
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Bureau of social research, the Minneapolis council of social agencies
Date 1937
Abstract A demographic opus conceived in the style of the Chicago school of social
survey, the "Social Saga" was published in 1937 with the support of the Minneapolis Council
of Social Agencies. The author was demographer Calvin Schmid, who sought to illuminate the
urban landscape of the Twin Cities during the Great Depression. Modern Minneapolitans often
mistake his maps for official city planning document. Schmid’s maps did not designate
sections of the city for different groups. His cartography was descriptive, an early effort at
what we now call data visualization. He recorded– with offensive labels and pejorative terms–
the residential segregation already in place. An invaluable source for understanding race
relations in Minneapolis during the 1920s and 1930s.
1484.
Social services for young women, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Artwork
Artist Lee Brothers
356
Date 1915
Abstract Views of housing and employment provided for young women in Minneapolis
through the Woman’s Christian Association of Minneapolis. Includes images of the Mahala
Fisk Pillsbury Home, Woman’s Boarding Home, Transient Home for Girls, Woman’s Hotel
and W.C.A. Central Club (Kirkbride Club).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1485.
Somali community in MN
Type Book
Author Mohamed Barre
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Junlay of MN 6 Is Group
Date 2012
1486.
Somalis in Minnesota
Type Book
Author Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2012
Abstract Overview of Somali community in Minnesota.
1487.
Swedes in the Twin Cities: immigrant life and Minnesota's urban
frontier
Type Book
Editor Philip J. Anderson
Editor Dag Blanck
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2001
Abstract This collection of articles examines all aspects of life for Swedish Americans
in Minnesota, with particular focus on Minneapolis. Topics include Swedish neighborhoods
like Cedar Riverside; Swedes and radical politics; Swedes and the public schools; Swedes and
popular theater; Swedes and religion; the Svenska Amerikanska Posten and the American
Swedish Institute.
1488.
The American Swedish Institute--Turnblad's castle
Type Book
Author Anne Gillespie Lewis
Author American Swedish Institute
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher American Swedish Institute
Date 1999
357
1489.
The Anderson chronicles: an intimate portrait of Augsburg College,
1963-1997
Type Book
Author Richard C Nelson
Author Dave Wood
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher Kirk House Publishers
Date 2000
Abstract A concise history of Augsburg from 1963-1997. Contains information on the
development of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood as well as that of the college.
1490.
The boat of longing; a novel
Type Book
Author O. E. Rølvaag
Place Westport, Conn
Publisher Greenwood Press
Date 1974
Abstract The story of Nils Vaag and his travels from a poor region of Norway to the
Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis in 1912. This poetic novel contains vivid
descriptions of immigrant life and living conditions in this crowded immigrant enclave and
introduces readers to complex characters who illuminate the challenges of the immigrant
experience at the beginning of the twentieth century.
1491.
The Bohemian Flats
Type Book
Author Compiled by the Workers of the Writers Program of the State of Minnesota
Place St. Paul
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1941
Abstract A romantic view of the Bohemian Flats neighborhood on the banks of the
Mississippi River, as seen by the writers employed by the Works Progress Administration in
Minneapolis during the 1930s. This rough-and-tumble shantytown of immigrants under the
bridge was endlessly fascinating for social workers and writers, who tried to convey the
unique culture and lifeways of this unique neighborhood. Often flooded, Bohemian Flats was a
close-knit community of immigrants who made much of their living scavenging from the
river. Its homes were flattened during the 1920s and 1930s.
1492.
The Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
Type Magazine Article
Author Burt Berlowe
Pages 18-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1988
358
Abstract The articles provides a historical overview of the Cedar-Riverside
Neighborhood. It highlights some key landmarks in the neighborhood, including Dania Hall,
where immigrants and other in the neighborhood gathered.
1493.
The Changing Face of Hennepin County, 1830 to the Present
Type Magazine Article
Author Judith Martin
Pages 8-12
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1987
Abstract The article discusses the history of Hennepin County. It explores the county’s
economic and arts development, creation of parks and how immigration influenced city and
neighborhood development.
1494.
The Neighborhood's Not the Same Any More
Type Magazine Article
Author Dave Hage
Volume 43
Issue 2
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer, 1984
Abstract History of Northeast Minneapolis, written by a native son.
1495.
The new Minnesotans: stories of immigrants and refugees
Type Book
Author Gregg Aamot
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Syren Book Co.
Date 2006
Abstract The author shares the challenges and realities immigrants and refugees face
while assimilating to the Upper Midwest.
1496.
The sentinels of order: a study of social control and the Minneapolis
settlement house movement, 1915-1950
Type Book
Author Howard Jacob Karger
Place Lanham, MD
Publisher University Press of America
Date 1987
Abstract This volume offers a critical analysis of settlement houses in Minneapolis,
which the author sees as institutions of social control. It examines Minneapolis settlement
houses from 1915-1950.
359
1497.
The Somali diaspora: a journey away
Type Book
Author Abdi Roble
Author Douglas F Rutledge
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2008
Abstract This book looks at the Somali diaspora in the United States, with special
attention to Minneapolis.
1498.
The Swedes in Minneapolis: A Complex Community
Type Magazine Article
Author Bryon Nordstrom
Issue Fall 1988
Pages 20-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article provides a statistical breakdown of Swedish immigrants and
highlights their lives in Minneapolis from churches, newspapers, political organizations.
1499.
They chose Minnesota: a survey of the state's ethnic groups
Type Book
Editor June Drenning Holmquist
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1981
Abstract Research from the 1970s provides the basis for this encyclopedic survey of
migration to Minnesota, which uses 32 entries to examine the trajectory of different ethnic
groups as they integrated into the broader community in the state. The focus is statewide. But
several entries provide important information about Minneapolis: "The Blacks"; "The Jews":
"Old Stock Americans"; "The Irish"; "The Norwegians"; "The Swedes'; "The Danes"; "The
Slovaks'; "East Slavs"; "The Hungarians"; "The Greeks'; "The Romanians"; "The Chinese";
"The Japanese".
1500.
Tinsel and dust: disenchantment in two Minneapolis novels from the
1880s
Type Magazine Article
Author Gerald Thorson
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1977
Abstract Describes two authors' disenchantment with 1880s Minneapolis.
360
1501.
Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis
Date 1906-1975
Abstract The Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis began as a protective service for
young women and immigrant groups moving into the city. After years as a department of the
Minneapolis YWCA, it became an independent agency in 1930. It served transient men, omen,
and families until its operations were transferred to Community Information and Referral
Services, a division of the Minneapolis United Way, in 1975. The records contain board and
committee minutes, annual and monthly reports, financial records, and correspondence.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1502.
Two Yankees on the Minnesota frontier: the shared destiny of Ard
Godfrey and John Harrington Stevens
Type Magazine Article
Author Georgia Ray
Issue 3
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1986
Abstract This article describes the lives of two early settlers in Minneapolis, Ard
Godfrey and John Stevens.
1503.
War Relocation Authority, Minneapolis District, 1942-1946: narrative
history
Type Book
Author James Hiner
Publisher Minneapolis District Office
Date 1946
Abstract Official account of the relocation of Japanese Americans to Minnesota during
World War II. Upbeat and positive history of the success of this effort.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
361
Native Americans in Minneapolis
1504.
A good day to die
Type Film
Date 2011
Distributor New York, NY : Distributed by Kino Lorber, Inc.
Abstract Chronicles the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-
founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights of
American Indians, providing an in-depth look at the history and issues surrounding AIM's
formation.
1505.
A review of recent research on Minneapolis Indians: 1968-1969
Type Book
Author Richard G. Woods
Contributor Arthur M. Harkins
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota
Date 1969
Abstract Describes conditions for Native Americans in Minneapolis in the 1960s.
1506.
AIM rally footage
Type Film
Director kstp
URL http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage.php?irn=10269070&catirn=10463693
Abstract This news footage shows a rally organized by the American Indian Movement
in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1507.
American Indian Movement Survival Schools in Minneapolis and St.
Paul
Type Dissertation
Author Julie L. Davis
University Arizona State University
Abstract This dissertation describes the creation of Native American survival schools in
Minneapolis and St. Paul.
1508.
American Indians of Minneapolis, an update
Type Book
Author League of Women Voters of Minneapolis
Editor Marion Hall
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher The League
362
Date 1984
Abstract Social survey of Native American welfare in Minneapolis.
1509.
Article describing the making of the Song of Hiawatha, 1909
Type Magazine Article
Publication Moving picture world
Date October 23, 1909
Abstract Article describing the making of the Song of Hiawatha, 1909 by Carl
Laemmle. This was the first movie made in Minneapolis. Shows how Native Americans were
imagined in the city at the beginning of the twentieth century.
1510.
Auto-biography of Major Lawrence Taliaferro.
Type Book
Author Lawrence Taliaferro
Place St. Paul
Date 1894
Abstract Autobiography of Fort Snelling Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro provides
great descriptions of Native American life and early social relations in the area that would
become Minneapolis. Focused on the period before St. Anthony and Minneapolis emerged as
large settlements.
1511.
Before Statehood: Transforming Land and Cultures
Type Book
Author Bruce White
Author John Wickre
Volume 20
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society
Date Fall 1991
Abstract The article covers the early settlement of Minneapolis and industrial
development in the 1840s-1860s.
1512.
Bridging the Gap - The Twin Cities Native American Community
Type Document
Author US Commission on Civil Rights
Date 1975
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis Public School Desegregation - B149, box 2
Abstract A report from the US Commission on Civil Rights regarding Native
Americans in the Twin Cities and how they are treated in regard to access to education, health,
employment and administration of justice.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1513.
Civil rights collection compiled by Gerald Vizenor.
Type Archival Collection
363
Author Gerald Vizenor
Place Minneapolis
Date 1959-1970
Abstract Newspaper clippings from Twin Cities publications pertinent to civil rights.
Starts in 1959 and goes through the 1970s. Five boxes total.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1514.
Clip File- Buildings: American Indian Center: MPLS
Type Newspaper Article
Author Multiple
Date 1970
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Two planning documents for the American Indian Center in Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1515.
Closing the circle: the Indian in Minneapolis: a new era
Type Book
Author Betty Binkard
Publisher University of Minnesota, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Date 1975
Abstract Describes conditions for Native Americans in Minneapolis in the 1970s.
1516.
Diary of Samuel Gale
Type Magazine Article
Author Edward Gale
Volume 3
Issue 10
Pages 2
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1/1943
Abstract An entry from pioneer Samuel Gale who described a trip around Cedar Lake
viewing geese, ducks, white swans, bears and numerous fish. He also mentions seeing where
he believed Native Americans had camped.
1517.
Early Minneapolis: personal reminiscences of Mary Thayer Hale.
Type Book
Author Mary Thayer Hale
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Privately printed
Date 1937
Abstract Describes early days in Minneapolis. Includes mention of the Red River Carts
and Native Americans.
364
1518.
Ghost dancing the law: the Wounded Knee trials
Type Book
Author John William Sayer
Place Cambridge, Mass.
Publisher Harvard University Press
Date 1997
Abstract After the siege ended at Wounded Knee the real battle had yet to be fought.
The 1973 standoff in South Dakota between Oglala Lakota Indians and federal lawmen led to
the criminal prosecution of American Indian Movement leaders Dennis Banks and Russell
Means. The ten month trial had all the earmarks of a political tribunal; with the defense led by
William Kunstler and the prosecution backed by the Nixon administration, it became a media
battle for public opinion.
1519.
Here and There in America
Type Newspaper Article
Author Francis Wilkinson
Abstract Description of Englishman Francis Wilkinson's life in America, including his
stay in St. Anthony 1856-58, written for an English newspaper. Descriptions of encounters
with Native Americans.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1520.
Hiawatha: A Poem, a legend and Minnesota's First Movie
Type Magazine Article
Author Dean S. Potter
Pages 14-17
Publication Sun Country
Date July-August, 1986
Abstract Describes the making of the first movie in Minnesota, the Song of Hiawatha,
in 1909.
1521.
Historical Sketch and Genealogy of the Peirce Family
Type Manuscript
Author Ella Grimes Eustis
Date 1945
Abstract Thomas W. Peirce and Margaretta Maus Peirce settled on the northwest shore
of Lake Calhoun in 1852. Includes anecdotes of the friendliness of the Indians in early days.
Margaretta Peirce learned to paddle an Indian canoe and used it to go to the spring for water.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1522.
Holding our world together: Ojibwe women and the survival of
community
Type Book
Author Brenda J. Child
365
Place New York
Publisher Viking
Date 2012
Abstract This history of Ojibwe women has one chapter that focuses largely on
Minneapolis and the role that women played in building community institutions in the city
during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
1523.
I know what you mean, Erdupps MacChurbbs
Type Book Section
Editor Chester G. Anderson
Author Gerald Vizenor
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1976
Abstract Gerald Vizenor describes his life as a young Native American boy in
Minneapolis in the 1930s and 1940s, when the city saw an influx of Indian migrants looking
for economic opportunity. His father was murdered in downtown alley in 1936 and his mother
struggled to support him. He eventually ended up growing up with a sister in north
Minneapolis.
Book Title Growing up in Minnesota: ten writers remember their childhoods
1524.
Immigration and the political economy of home: West Indian Brooklyn
and American Indian Minneapolis, 1945-1992
Type Book
Author Rachel Buff
Place Berkeley
Publisher University of California Press
Date 2001
1525.
Indian housing in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Type Book
Author Gregory W. Craig
Contributor Richard G. Woods
Contributor Arthur M. Harkins
Publisher Training Center for Community Programs, University of Minnesota
Date 1969
1526.
Indian Patrol in Minneapolis: Social Control and Social Change in an
Urban Context
Type Journal Article
Author Fay Cohen
Volume 7
Issue 4
Pages 779-786
366
Publication Law and Society Review
Date 1973
Abstract Describes the evolution of the Indian Patrol in Minneapolis in the 1960s
through observation and interviews of AIM members and neighborhood residents. Initially the
police had positive attitudes toward the patrols and frequently turned intoxicated people over
to patrollers. But when incidents of police brutality and discrimination emerged, police
became disturbed by AIM and claimed that the group interfered with police work. This article
shows that the patrols functioned largely as a way for AIM to demonstrate its ideology. The
Indian Patrol ended when AIM became preoccupied with other matters and the Minneapolis
police department hired a Native American liaison officer.
1527.
Indians in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author League of Women Voters of Minneapolis
Publisher League of Women Voters of Minneapolis
Date 1968
Abstract Describes conditions for Native Americans in Minneapolis in the 1960s.
1528.
Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity from YWCA Files
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 9 - Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity
Abstract Document that discusses the need for equal employment opportunities for
African Americans, Native Americans and other minority groups and the efforts of the
Committee to make improves in this area. Second document focuses on discrimination in
housing - problems and suggested changes. Also a sheet on the Characteristics of Housing for
Minneapolis 1950.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1529.
Like a hurricane: the Indian movement from Alcatraz to Wounded
Knee
Type Book
Author Paul Chaat Smith
Author Robert Allen Warrior
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 1996
Abstract This narrative history of the Red Power movement provides the national
context for the rise of the American Indian Movement in Minneapolis. Written by two
American Indians, Paul Chaat Smith and Robert Allen Warrior.
1530.
Loring Park Historical Pageants Will depict History of the Northwest
From Coming of the Early Explorers
Type Newspaper Article
Pages 18
367
Publication Minneapolis Morning Tribune
Date July 2, 1911
Abstract Cast list of upcoming pageant spanning history from the early settlers to the
time when Minnesota became a state. Shows white conceptions of Native Americans in
Minneapolis at the beginning of the twentieth century.
1531.
Minneapolis Girl, Kin of Indian Fighter, Plays Chief "Little Crow” on
the Stage
Type Newspaper Article
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Pages A4
Publication Minneapolis Morning Tribune
Date March 7, 1915
Abstract Article from Minneapolis Morning Tribune detailing how Alice Roch—a
descendant of Native American leader Little Crow—was to play her ancestor in an historic
pageant. Shows white conceptions of Native Americans in Minneapolis at the beginning of the
twentieth century.
1532.
Minneapolis Human Relations Commission Meeting Minutes 1964
Type Document
Date 1964
Loc. in Archive Naftalin Files - Human Relations Files 1964
Abstract This file includes meeting minutes that discuss minority housing,
employment, Native American population in Minneapolis, education and how to handle
human relation complaints.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1533.
Minneapolis Public School Desegregation - Native Americans
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Mpls Public School Desegregation - B149, box 2
Abstract This collection includes various letters from regarding issues around Native
Americans and education. Also a letter regarding AIM taking over an archeological site at
Welch Village where students were working on an archeological dig.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1534.
Minneapolis: Emergence of Indian Power
Type Document
Author Annie Pearse
Loc. in Archive Walter Mondale Papers, 153.L.10.13B
Abstract This paper describes Native American activism in Minneapolis in the 1960s
and the events leading to the formation of the American Indian Movement.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
368
1535.
Minnesota pioneer sketches, from the personal recollections and
observations of a pioneer resident
Type Book
Author Frank G O'Brien
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher H.H.S. Rowell
Date 1904
Abstract At the age of twelve, Frank G. O'Brien (1843-1920) moved from Maine to
Minnesota with his father and siblings, settling in Anoka County in 1855. After a difficult
winter, the family moved to St. Anthony's Falls where O'Brien spent his adolescence
combining a variety of manual and entrepreneurial jobs with education. Minnesota Pioneer
Sketches is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien that are here
published in book form. The articles describe his own youth as well as notable events during
the second half of the nineteenth century in Minnesota. He discusses farming, transportation,
the U.S. mail, politics, Indians, the Civil War, religious practices, lumber camps, education,
and other topics associated with pioneer life and the growth of the state.
1536.
Mni sota makoce: the land of the Dakota
Type Book
Author Gwen Westerman
Author Bruce M White
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2012
Abstract This book narrates the history of the Dakota people in Minnesota. It includes
descriptions of historic Dakota settlements in Minneapolis, pinpointing villages and maple
sugaring groves within the current city limits. It focuses exclusively on the nineteenth century,
analyzing treaties, oral memories, written sources and historical archaeology to describe the
dispossession of the Dakota in Minnesota.
1537.
Modern warriors: mobilization and decline of the American Indian
Movement (AIM), 1968-1979
Type Dissertation
Author Timothy John Baylor
Date 1994
Unviersity University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract This social history of the American Indian Movement gives special attention
to the role that law enforcement surveillance and harassment played in the demise of the
national movement.
1538.
Native activism in Cold War America: the struggle for sovereignty
Type Book
Author Daniel M Cobb
Place Lawrence, Kan.
369
Publisher University Press of Kansas
Date 2008
Abstract This book provides national context for the American Indian Movement that
took shape in Minneapolis in the 1960s.
1539.
Native Americans from YWCA Files
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 9 - Indians Misc. to 1955
Abstract Various items on the concerns about Native Americans in the city. Brochure
from the federal government "Here are the Answers to your questions on American Indians"
and "And for the People" answering questions about Native Americans
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1540.
Newspaper coverage and cultural representations of racial and ethnic
groups in Minneapolis, 1941-1971
Type Thesis
Author Karen E. Faster
Date 2003
University University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract This dissertation examines how Japanese-Americans, Jews, African
Americans and Native Americans were represented in daily newspapers in Minneapolis from
the 1940s through the 1970s.
1541.
Night Flying Woman: an Ojibway narrative
Type Book
Author Ignatia Broker
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1983
Abstract Literary autobiography of Ignatia Broker, Native American leader in
Minneapolis in the post World War II period.
1542.
Ojibwa warrior: Dennis Banks and the rise of the American Indian
Movement
Type Book
Author Dennis Banks
Author Richard Erdoes
Place Norman
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Date 2004
Abstract Autobiography of Dennis Banks, who tells his life story in collaboration with
Richard Erdoes. Ojibwe leader Banks was central to the establishment of the American Indian
Movement in Minneapolis. Key figure in one of the most important civil rights movements of
the twentieth century. Includes striking visuals by Erdoes.
370
1543.
Old rail fence corners: the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history, authentic
incidents
Type Book
Author Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris; Daughters of the American Revolution.
Minnesota Society. Book Committee.
Place Austin, Minnesota
Publisher F.H. McCulloch Print. Co
Date 1914
Abstract History of Minnesota compiled in the first decade of the twentieth century by
the Daughters of the American Revolution, led by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris. Morris is
an early--and pretty much forgotten--historian of Minnesota. She worked with members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution to collect oral histories of early settlers. These
narratives provide a unique view of early settlement in the state and a window on the concerns
of these early twentieth century citizen-historians. One of Morris’ central concerns was to
highlight the role that women played in the development of Minnesota in the nineteenth
century. She hoped to raise "a monument to the Pioneer Women of our State," who Morris
called "unsung heroines. Descriptions of early encounters with Native Americans are central to
these narratives.
1544.
Oral history of Ignatia Broker
Type Oral history interview
Date 1984
Abstract Anne Kaplan interviewed Ignatia Broker, a Minnesota Ojibwe, was born in
northern Minnesota. She was the author of the book "Night Flying Woman" and other works.
In this interview, she describes moving to Minneapolis in the 1950s. She went to school, found
work despite racial discrimination and became active in Native American social advocacy
groups.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1545.
Oral history of the Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History
Project: Minnesota Native American Oral history interviews
Type Oral history interview
Abstract Michael Pindegayosh interviewed Roberta Head McKenzie as part of the
Native American section of the Minnesota Greatest Generational Oral History Project. This
project chronicles the lives of Minnesota Native Americans who lived during World War II
and are part of "Minnesota’s Greatest Generation." Few interviews from this collection touch
directly on Minneapolis. But McKenzie describes her experience working at the University of
Minnesota Department of Medical Laboratories.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1546.
Organizational records, Minneapolis Urban League
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Urban League
Date 1967-1980s
371
Abstract Correspondence and subject files, director’s minutes (1967-1987), clippings,
press releases, studies and reports, position papers, financial information, speeches, some
oversize posters, and other records of a nonprofit human service and advocacy organization for
low-and moderate-income African Americans and other minorities. The collection documents
internal operations of the organization, League work in distressed Minneapolis neighborhoods,
and the activities of executive director Gleason Glover. The Minneapolis Urban League is an
affiliate of the National Urban League. There is information about the organization’s history;
League programs focused on education, health, employment, juvenile delinquency, and
community organization; the Minneapolis Model City Program; the University of Minnesota
Afro-American Studies Department; Zion Baptist Church (Minneapolis); and a host of racial,
economic, and other problems and challenges facing the League’s constituency.
Correspondents include League officers, staff members, and board members; the National
Urban League; city, county, state, and school district officials; the news media; the United
Way; and other African American organizations in Minnesota.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1547.
Our way or the highway: inside the Minnehaha Free State
Type Book
Author Mary Losure
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2002
Abstract Describes protest against plans to reroute Highway 55 through South
Minneapolis. Starting in 1998, this effort brought together a diverse coalition of Native
Americans, neighborhood residents, and young anarchists banded together to try to stop the
highway expansion.
1548.
Personal recollections of Minnesota and its people: and early history of
Minneapolis
Type Book
Author John H Stevens; Marshall Robinson
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Tribune Job Ptg. Co.
Date 1890
Abstract Early history of Minneapolis written by a prominent settler, John Stevens,
who first platted the city's streets. Includes many observations about Native Americans in the
city in the 1850s and 1860s.
1549.
Place among nations: experiences of Indian people
Type Book Section
Author David Beaulieu
Editor Clifford E. Clark
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
372
Abstract This article provides an overview of Native American activism in twentieth
century Minnesota, with special attention to the urbanization of Indians in the period around
World War I. It discusses early Native American efforts like the Society of American Indians
and illuminates how Minnesota Indians have been central to virtually every national
organization of Native Americans. Valuable source for illuminating Native American activism
before the better-known social movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
1550.
Plans for Minneapolis Centennial Observance, 1956
Type Document
Author City of Minneapolis
Date 1956
Archive Minneapolis City Archive
1551.
Politically Purposeful Work: Ojibwe Women's Labor and Leadership
in Postwar Minneapolis
Type Book Section
Editor Carol Williams
Author Brenda J. Child
Place Urbana, Illinois
Publisher Univ. of Illinois Press
Pages 240-253
Date 2012
Book Title Indigenous women and work: from labor to activism
1552.
Prevailing winds: radical activism and the American Indian Movement
Type Master's thesis
Author David Kent Calfee
Date 2002
University East Tennessee State University
Abstract Describes the growth of the American Indian Movement in Minneapolis.
1553.
Primitive Scenes and Conditions: The Earliest Days of St. Anthony
Type Magazine Article
Issue Winter 2003
Pages 4-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2003
Abstract The article provides a firsthand account of E. Sandford Seymour visit to St.
Anthony and the falls in 1849. Includes descriptions of Native Americans.
1554.
Race relations in Minnesota
Type Book
373
Author Governor's Interracial Commission
Place St. Paul
Date 1948
Abstract A series of reports [March 10, 1945-August 15, 1948] to the Governor on
racial and religious climate in the state. The reports are titled: The Negro worker.--The Negro
and his home.--The Indian.--The Mexican.
1555.
Revolutionary activities within the United States: the American Indian
Movement: hearing before the Subcommittee to Investigate the
Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal
Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate,
Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, April 6, 1976.
Type Book
Author United States.
Place Washington
Publisher U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Date 1976
Library Catalog Hathi Trust
1556.
River of History: A Historic Resources Study of the Mississippi
National River and Recreation Area
Type Report
Author John O Anfinson
Author National Park Service
Contributor Thomas Madigan
Contributor Patrick Nunnally
Contributor Drew M. Forsberg
Date 2003
Abstract Historical overview of the Mississippi River corridor in the Twin Cities
prepared by the National Park Service. Includes the geology, geography and history of
settlement and industrial development along the Mississippi River. Illustrations.
1557.
Seeking self-determination: framing, the American Indian Movement,
and American Indian media
Type Dissertation
Author Jeremy Busacca
Date 2007
University Claremont Graduate University
Abstract This dissertation looks at how the American Indian Movement was covered
by the media in the 1960s and 1970s.
374
1558.
Survival schools: the American Indian Movement and community
education in the Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Julie L. Davis
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract Author Julie L. Davis tells the story of the American Indian Movement
through the prism of the Survival Schools, one of the most enduring institutions to emerge
from the Red Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1972, motivated by prejudice in the
child welfare system and hostility in the public schools, American Indian Movement
organizers and Native American parents in St. Paul and Minneapolis started their own
community school. Davis uses oral histories to recover the history of this effort, situating her
analysis of social conditions for Native Americans in the Twin Cities in a sophisticated
theoretical framework.
1559.
Taking AIM: The Origins of the American Indian Movement
Type Film
Director Lucas Langworthy
URL http://www.the1968exhibit.org/reflections/taking-aim-origins-american-
indian-movement-best-film
Date 2009
Abstract Taking AIM is a documentary that explores the origins of the American
Indian Movement. At a time of great social change and unrest, brave American Indians fought
the injustice that had left them beggars in their own land. Lucas competed in the 2009 Film
Festival for the 1968 Project at the Minnesota Historical Society
1560.
The American Indian Movement: a historical perspective
Type Dissertation
Author Steven L Couture
Date 1996
University University of St. Thomas
Abstract This thesis used oral histories to explore the origins of the American Indian
Movement in Minneapolis. It argues that the movement's leaders were skilled in using the
politics of confrontation to bring attention to Native Americans' struggles with police brutality,
substandard housing, unemployment and discrimination in the legal and educational systems.
According to Couture, activists brought fresh attention to the situation of Native Americans in
the United States. But the politics of confrontation made it difficult to sustain the movement
over the long-term.
1561.
The American Indian Movement: the potential of a counter narrative
Type Dissertation
Author Michaly D Segal
Date 2000
University University of Pennsylvnia
375
Abstract Segal looks at the rise and fall of the American Indian Movement, starting
with its origins in Minneapolis. The author argues that activists use "counter narrative" as a
mobilization tool but were unable to sustain the movement past the 1970s.
1562.
The Black Scholar interviews: Dennis Banks
Type Journal Article
Author Banks, Dennis
Volume 7
Issue 9
Pages 29-36
Publication Black Scholar
Date 1976
1563.
The Growth of the Urban Indian community in Minneapolis: 1930-
1980
Type Document
Author Pauline Brunette
Date 1990
Abstract The paper discusses the history of Native Americans in the Twin Cities. It
explores how the population grew, the rise of nationalism (AIM)
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1564.
The Indian and the Great Society series
Type Newspaper Article
Author Sam Newland
Publication Minneapolis Tribune
Date July, 1966
Abstract Series of articles describing life for Native Americans in the upper Midwest in
1966. Not very much about Minneapolis.
1565.
The Indian Patrol in Minneapolis: social control and social change in
an urban context
Type Dissertation
Author Fay Cohen
Place Minneapolis
Date 1973
University University of Minnesota
1566.
The life of Emily Peake: one dedicated Ojibwe
Type Book
Author Jane Pejsa
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Nodin Press
376
Date 2003
Abstract This biography narrates the story of Emily Peake, an early leader to emerge
from the Native American community that began to take shape in Minneapolis in the 1920s. It
describes the challenges faced by Peake in a city that was hostile to Indians. And it charts her
work as a community organizer in the city, where she played a key role in establishing
valuable institutions like the Upper Midwest American Indian Center.
1567.
The Minneapolis Pageant
Type Magazine Article
Author Winter, Mrs. Thomas
Publication American City
Date January-June, 1912
Abstract Club leader Alice Ames Winter describes the civic pageant organized by her
organization. Held in the city's parks, it narrated the critical events of Minnesota history for a
crowd. Made heavy use of the "cult of Hiawatha" and images of Native Americans.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1568.
The Minneapolis Urban Indian community
Type Magazine Article
Author Pauline Brunette
Volume 49
Issue 1
Pages 4-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1989-1990
1569.
The Minnesota Indian in Minneapolis
Type Report
Author Community Welfare Council
Date November, 1956
Abstract A report of the Indian Committee in Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1570.
The Urban Geography of Red Power: The American Indian Movement
in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, 1968-70
Type Journal Article
Author Bruce D'Arcus
Volume 47
Issue 6
Pages 1241-1255
Publication Urban Studies
Date 2010
Abstract Looks at the Red Power movement through the lens of urban historical
geography.
377
1571.
To help Indians: statements from 16 different Twin City organizations
Type Report
Author Edward F. Waite Neighborhood House
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1962
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1572.
Towards An Effective Minnesota Policy against Discrimination
Type Document
Author James Tillman
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A paper that discusses a state wide policy for housing equality. The paper
discusses Native Americans and African Americans. It suggests some legislation to address
the problem. It also talks about fair employment legislation.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1573.
Two volunteer missionaries among the Dakotas; or, the story of the
labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
Type Book
Author Samuel W. Pond Jr,
Place Boston and Chicago
Publisher Congregational Sunday-school and Publication Society
Date 1893
Abstract This joint biography of Samuel and Gideon Pond was written by Samuel
Pond's son. The brothers were legendary missionaries known for their work among the Dakota
and their efforts to record and transcribe the Dakota language. The Pond brothers traveled
from Connecticut to Minnesota in 1834, when they were received by officials at Fort Snelling.
Indian agent Major Taliaferro suggested that they establish their mission house near
Cloudman's Village overlooking Lake Calhoun. The next year the missionaries worked to
establish another mission on Lake Harriet, where they lived until 1840. Their account provides
an invaluable view on Native American life and the environment of South Minneapolis long
before the modern city took shape.
1574.
Urban Indians and ethnic choices: American Indian organizations in
Minneapolis, 1920-1950
Type Journal Article
Author Nancy Shoemaker
Volume 19
Issue 4
Publication Western History Quarterly
Date November, 1988
Abstract This article describes early Native American activism in Minneapolis from the
1920s to the 1950s. It discusses the American Indian Association and Tepee Order, Twin
Cities Chippewa Council, Minnesota Wigwam Indian Welfare Society, Twin Cities Indian
378
Republican Club, Sah-Kah-Tay, Ojibway Tomahawk Band, and the Ojibway-Dakota Research
Society of Minnesota.
1575.
We are still here: a photographic history of the American Indian
Movement
Type Book
Author Dick Bancroft
Contributor Laura Waterman Wittstock
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2013
Abstract Visual history of the American Indian Movement created by two participants.
1576.
Wocante tinza: a history of the American Indian movement
Type Dissertation
Author William Keith Akard
Date 1988
University Ball State University
Abstract This dissertation by a graduate student in political science looks at the impact
of the American Indian Movement. Akard argues that the movement's focus on "self-
awareness, self-determination and self-defense" catalyzed positive social change among
Native Americans and American society as a whole. Chapter one is most relevant to the
history of Minneapolis. This section describes the social context for urban Indians in the 1960s
and mentions the Indian Patrol and "The Reservation" neighborhood of East Franklin Street. It
profiles movement leaders Clyde Bellecourt, Dennis Banks, Russell Means and Eddie Benton
Benai.
1577.
Women of All Red Nations
Type Book Section
Author Lorelei DeCora Means
Date 1974
Abstract This collection of primary sources includes a memo from Women of All Red
Nations, a Manifesto for American Indian Women. It asserts the primacy of race for Indian
women and was meant to be a rejoinder to white feminists who believed all women could be
united in a singular movement for liberation.
Book Title Red Power, The American Indians Fight for Freedom
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Social Welfare
1578.
1919 YWCA Girls Survey - Volumes 1-6
Type Document
Date 1919
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 10
Abstract The six volume survey examined conditions for girls in Minneapolis in 1919.
Replete with wonderful details about everyday life in the city.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1579.
1924-1949, silver anniversary: 25 years a neighbor: the story of the
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Editor Mrs. J. Frank Fraser
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1949
Abstract History of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most important African-
American institutions in Minneapolis.
1580.
A Building for Change: Pillsbury Settlement House
Type Magazine Article
Author Ann Beeson Kistler
Issue Winter 1992
Pages 4-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article focuses on the history of the Pillsbury Settlement House. It
discusses the services provide to immigrants and how those services and who was served
changed over the years.
1581.
A cooperative study of a neighborhood in South Minneapolis: to serve
as a basis for a constructive program of well being
Type Book
Editor M. C. Elmer
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Council of Social Agencies
Date 1922
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1582.
'A Dream Came True': The Story of the Citizen's Aid Building
Type Magazine Article
380
Author David A. Fielding
Issue Winter 2002
Pages 4-13
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2002
Abstract The article gives a brief history of the Citizen Aid Society building and those
responsible for it. The building was restored in 2000. The Citizen Aid Society eventually
became the United Way.
1583.
A Guide for New Americans of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Book
Author The Woman's Community Council
Place Minneapolis
Date 1920
Abstract Provides instruction to newcomers to the city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1584.
A Negro Visitor in Negro Homes
Type Magazine Article
Author Lulu Maxwell
Volume 42
Issue 574
Publication The Survey
Date July 12, 1919
Abstract Lulu Maxwell, Minneapolis social worker, describe social work in the African
American community.
1585.
A Study of Minneapolis, a city of four distinct geographic areas: with a
presentation of the geographic, community, and sociological factors
characterizing each area
Type Book
Author Family Welfare Association
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1940
Abstract A social survey of south Minneapolis done in the 1940s.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1586.
A Tribute to a Great Minneapolitan Michael J. Dowling; 1866-1921
Type Magazine Article
Pages 9-10, 27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1967
Abstract The article tells the story of former Representative Michael J. Dowling and
how he lost some of his limbs at 14 after being caught in a blizzard. He went on to be an
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advocate for adults and children with disabilities. Mentions the school and health care
institutions that were named for him.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1587.
An Interracial Settlement House
Type Magazine Article
Pages 108-9, 125
Publication The Crisis
Date April 1935
Abstract Describes the establishment and growth of Phyllis Wheatley House in
Minneapolis.
1588.
Annual reports of Health Department and Board of Public Welfare
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Health Department and Board of Public Welfare
Date 1920s-1978
Institution City of Minneapolis
Abstract Annual reports from the Minneapolis Health Department and Board of Public
Welfare. Contains reports, statistics and planning.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1589.
Annual reports of the Woman's Christian Association
Type Reports, periodical
Abstract The Woman's Christian Association is the city's oldest and perhaps most
influential female reform organization, established in 1866. Its annual reports detail the the
group's extensive reform in the city over a century of operations.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1590.
Annual Reports, Women's Co-operative Alliance Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Type Report
Author Women's Cooperative Alliance
Date 1920s-1932
Abstract Annual reports featuring a statement by the president, highlights from the
departments and committees (Education and Publicity Department, Research and Investigation
Department, the Big Sister Department, Law Enforcement Committee, Education and
Publicity Committee, and volunteer committees), general information to other agencies,
information on social hygiene, surveys and studies of community conditions, statement of
receipts and disbursements for the year, an organizational chart, and a list of affiliated
organizations.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
382
1591.
Baby Farms
Type Magazine Article
Author David A. Wood
Pages 20-22
Publication Hennepin County Magazine
Date Summer 1989
Abstract The article describe “Baby Farms” where young women would go in the early
1900’s to have unwanted children or illegal abortions. The babies were often abandoned or
severely mistreated by the baby farms.
1592.
Bulletin of the Associated Charities of Minneapolis
Type Serial
Author Associated Charities of Minneapolis
Publication The Bulletin
Date April-May, 1920
Abstract Weekly bulletin of the Associated Charities of Minneapolis, a private
philanthropy group in the city. The collection at the Hennepin History Museum contains three
issues from spring of 1920. Each issue presents cases and discusses the broader issues
involved.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1593.
Carl Warmington Collection
Type Archival Collection
Author Warmington, Carl
Abstract Carl Warmington was a musician, social worker, and Minneapolis resident.
This collection includes biographical reminiscences, about his childhood in Minneapolis; the
Depression and his experience in a Jazz band during the 1920s. Also includes photos from his
days as director of the Homeless Men's Bureau (early 1930s) in Minneapolis. Also contains
letters and some family photos.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Minnesota
Historical Society
1594.
Chappell Erickson Visits to Local Factories: 1902-03 - YWCA Visits to
factories
Type Document
Date 1902-1903
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 10
Abstract A record of YWCA visits to local factories to attract young women to events
at the YWCA.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1595.
Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve: Mother, patriot, reformer
Type Magazine Article
383
Author Bobbie Scott
Issue Winter 2013
Pages 14-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2013
Abstract The article is a biography of Charlotte Van Cleve, a social reformer who
helped to found Sisterhood of Bethany and Bethany Homes.
1596.
Community conditions, a study of the Women's Co- Community
Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin County Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Community Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin County
Date 1960-1975
Abstract The records of the Community Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin
County illuminate the planning and research activities of this organization, which was charged
with coordinating private sector social services in Hennepin County Minnesota from 1960 to
1976.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1597.
Community conditions, a study of the Women's Co-operative Alliance
Type Book
Author Grace E Pratt
Author Fern Chase
Author Erma Robertson
Author M. C Elmer
Author Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies Women's Co-operative Alliance
Author Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
Publisher Women's Co-operative Alliance
Date 1925
Abstract A highly revealing social survey of Minneapolis neighborhoods in the 1920s.
This work was done by women volunteers in conjunction with the University of Minnesota.
The goal was to curb juvenile delinquency and sexual activity of young women.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1598.
Community Survey of Social and Health Work in Minneapolis - Phyllis
Wheatley House, 1938
Type Document
Date 1938
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 87
Abstract Survey of the Phyllis Wheatley completed in 1938, which talks about the
services at the settlement house and the number of people being served.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
384
1599.
Community survey of social and health work in Minneapolis: agency
report
Type Report
Author Community Chest and Councils
Author Council of Social Agencies Minneapolis
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1938
Abstract Unmarried mothers -- Health and organized care of the sick -- Jewish Family
Welfare Association -- Pillsbury Settlement House -- Study of ten Minneapolis settlements --
Public relations -- Camps -- Animal Rescue League -- Care of the aged.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1600.
Council of Social Agencies - Various Minutes from 1919-1926
Type Document
Date 1919-1926
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 13: Council/Board
Minutes
Abstract Various minutes from the Council of Social Agencies that focus on the need
for a home for single black women, which eventually resulted in the Phyllis Wheatley
Settlement House. Also some correspondence from the Women Co-operative Alliance
encouraging passage of legislation to ban carnivals due to concern about behavior the young
people engage in while at the carnivals.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1601.
Department of Public Welfare, Food Stamp Division Collection
Type Public Records
Abstract The food stamp program was to officially begin in Minneapolis on November
29, 1939. This scrapbook documents the years of 1939-1945. It includes an excellent
collection of photographs of the Minneapolis Food Stamp Division's offices and staff, and the
men and women who came to receive the stamps. It has a floor plan diagram of the offices,
photo of a sign stating what foods were available, and later photos of the Millionth Dollar
Food Stamp issued (April 20, 1940). Other materials include press releases, articles about the
food stamps (which were blue stamps) and cotton stamps (brown and green stamps), articles
from various periodicals, reports, regulations and conditions governing the issuance of a food
order stamp, reports from the food industry, radio programs from WCCO, as well as articles
concerning various other cities food stamp programs. The cities included Rochester, N.Y.,
Dayton, Ohio, Des Moines, Iowa, Seattle, Washington, and Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1602.
Edward F. Waite papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, and printed materials (comprising about half the
collection) relating to the involvement of Waite, a juvenile court judge for the fourth judicial
district of Minnesota (1911-1921, 1931-1941), in social welfare, civil rights, and civil liberties
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issues. A few items (1902-1904) pertain to his work as a municipal judge in Minneapolis and
the control of vice in that city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1603.
Employment of Non-Professional Women Study - 1925
Type Document
Author Anne Fenlason
Date 1925
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 101
Abstract Study done in Minneapolis of non-professional women. It explores what type
of work available, the challenges in finding work and who is struggling to find work.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1604.
Ethel Ray Nance Papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Ethel Ray Nance
Place Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Newspaper clippings, correspondence, a few writings, and miscellaneous
printed matter created or collected by an African American woman from Minneapolis who
worked as a secretary and police officer and who was active in African American cultural and
civil rights organizations in Minnesota. In addition to biographical information, there is
printed information about Minneapolis artist Henry Bannarn and about the Harlem
Renaissance, with which Nance was associated; about her service as a Minneapolis police
officer (1928-1934); about the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis (1926-
1951).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1605.
Family Service Association of America records
Type Archival Collection
Author Family Service Association of America
Date 1938
Type Archival Collection
Abstract National organization includes a survey of social welfare needs in
Minneapolis in 1938. See Box 221.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1606.
Fanny F. Brin papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, minutes, news releases,
scrapbooks, printed materials, and related papers documenting Brin’s involvement in social
and political movements of the 1920s and 1930s. She was especially active in the National
Council of Jewish Women, of which she was president (1932-1937); the National Committee
on the Cause and Cure of War; women’s organizations; and Jewish welfare and refugee groups
in which her husband Arthur was also a leader. There is considerable material on Jewish
refugee programs, Palestine, Zionism, and anti-Semitism, as well as on her work in antiwar
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groups, her opposition to compulsory military training, and her support of United States
membership in the World Court and the United Nations, disarmament, and the participation of
women in public affairs.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1607.
Fifty years of association work among young women, 1866-1916: a
history of Young Women's Christian Associations in the United States
of America.
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Wilson
Place New York
Publisher National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United
States of America
Date 1916
1608.
For a moment we had The Way: The story of The Way, 1966-1970, a
nearly forgotten history of a community organization that almost
turned Minneapolis upside down
Type Book
Author Rolland B. Robinson
Place Andover, Minn
Publisher Expert Pub., Inc
Date 2006
Abstract History of a north Minneapolis non-profit that grew out of the urban unrest of
the 1960s.
1609.
Fortieth anniversary of Elliot Park Neighborhood House
Type Book
Author Edward F. Waite
Date 1953
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
Abstract Institutional history of a Minneapolis non-profit
1610.
Frederick Watson Reed Collection
Date 1900-1940s
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Papers document the career of Frederick Watson Reed (1853-1945), attorney
for Legal Aid Society and practicing attorney in a Minneapolis law firm. Collection consists of
miscellaneous letters and papers (early1900s to1940s) presented to the Minneapolis Collection
by the author in 1944. Papers and correspondence cover topics of legal aid issues, Chattel
Loan Business trial (mortgage on personal property as security for an obligation or draft), anti-
saloon League, liquor patrols, Ku Klux Klan, correspondence between Rev David Nelson
Beach of the Plymouth Congregational Church. He was considered the Father of the
Conciliation Court; he was instrumental in the development of the Bethel Sunday School,
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which developed into the Pillsbury Settlement House. He was director of Associated Charities.
Married Selina Brown, a librarian at the Minneapolis Public Library. They were members of
the Saturday Club. Files also include autobiographical writings and biographical clippings.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1611.
History of the Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Woman's Christian Association
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Date 1948
Abstract History of one of important women's reform organization in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1612.
History of the Women's Christian Association
Type Book
Author Women's Christian Association
Date 1992
Loc. in Archive Vertical files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1613.
Holding our world together: Ojibwe women and the survival of
community
Type Book
Author Brenda J. Child
Place New York
Publisher Viking
Date 2012
Abstract This history of Ojibwe women has one chapter that focuses largely on
Minneapolis and the role that women played in building community institutions in the city
during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
1614.
Housing Study from the Hennepin County Federation of Settlements
Type Document
Date 1969
Loc. in Archive Northside Settlement Services, Box 1, folder Hennepin County
Federation of Settlements 1967-1971
Abstract Study done on the challenges facing low income families in finding affordable
house in Minneapolis in the 1960s
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1615.
Industrial Black Business Directory
Type Document
388
Date Nov 1970, Jan 1971
Loc. in Archive Northside Settlement Services, Box 1, folder Black Business
Directory 1970-1971
Abstract Black Business Directories from Nov 1970 and Jan 1971. These were created
in the wake of the urban unrest on the North side to encourage patronage of African-American
owned stores.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1616.
Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity from YWCA Files
Type Document
Loc. in Archive Minneapolis YWCA Box 9 - Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity
Abstract Document that discusses the need for equal employment opportunities for
African Americans, Native Americans and other minority groups and the efforts of the
Committee to make improves in this area. Second document focuses on discrimination in
housing - problems and suggested changes. Also a sheet on the Characteristics of Housing for
Minneapolis 1950.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1617.
Juvenile Delinquency, City of Minneapolis 1940-1944
Type Report
Author Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies
Date 1945
Abstract Report about Juvenile Delinquents in Minneapolis. Includes color maps
showing concentrations.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1618.
A Study of Prostitution and Sex Delinquency in Mpls, St. Paul, and
Duluth
Type Report
Date October 1, 1939
Loc. in Archive Records of the American Social Health Association, Box 99, Folder
10.
Abstract Report from the American Social Health Association on Prostitution in
Minnesota Cities, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1619.
M.C. Elmer Study of Minneapolis: A Study of a Neighborhood in South
Minneapolis -1922
Type Document
Author M. C. Elmer
Date 1922
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 101
Abstract A study done of South Minneapolis by M.C. Elmer. Focuses on the makeup of
the neighborhood - population, employment, housing, etc.
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Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1620.
Margaret Barry House Corporate Documents
Type Document
Date 1940
Loc. in Archive Margaret Barry House Settlement House Box 1, Records 1916-1920,
1940-1963
Abstract A document from the Margaret Berry House that explains mission of the St.
Mary's Hall Boarding Home for young working women.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1621.
Margaret Barry House records, 1939-1961
Type Archival Collection
Author Margaret Barry House
Abstract Records of a settlement house in Northeast Minneapolis established by the
Minneapolis League of Catholic Women in 1912. It merged with the North East
Neighborhood House in 1963.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1622.
Material on the Union City Mission
Type Document
Date 1910-1930s
Abstract Reports and correspondence related to the Union City Mission from 1910 to
1930.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1623.
Maternity, children, and women's homes records
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Records documenting Minneapolis institutions created and operated to
provide care and temporary housing for children and women, the Bethany Home/Harriet
Walker Maternity Hospital (1880-1942), the Children’s Home Society/Home for Children and
Aged Women (1881-1935), and the Maternity Hospital/Ripley Hospital for Women (1884-
1968, bulk 1884-1923), all in Minneapolis. These records, which document patients’ progress
from admission to discharge, and often after discharge, include personal health and familial
histories, many with pregnancy, birth, and adoption information; death records; and a small
amount of data relating to diphtheria (1909-1910) and measles (1918) epidemics. Included are
admission ledgers and registration records; medical history reports, records, and cards; and a
limited number of financial records, particularly relating to boarder payments.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1624.
Mayor's Council on Human Relations from YWCA Files
Type Document
390
Loc. in Archive Box 9 - Minneapolis YWCA, Mayor's Council on Human Relations:
1943-66
Abstract Various items from the file during Humphrey's years as mayor. Included are
proposed plans for improving human relations, the purpose of the committee, summary of the
findings and recommendations of the self-survey and efforts to improve relations through
bowling.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1625.
Metro Youth Advocate - 1972
Type Document
Date 1972
Loc. in Archive Northside Settlement Services, Box 1, folder Metro Youth Advocate
1972
Abstract Metro Youth Advocate from 1972, various articles written by African
American teenagers and what they like to see different in schools, like more African American
teachers and staff.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1626.
Minneapolis Family and Children's Service records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Family and Children's Service records
Date 1876-2000
Abstract The collection comprises annual reports, minutes, studies, correspondence,
memoranda, manuals, pamphlets, photographs, newspaper clippings, and cases records from
the Family and Children's Service and principally its pre-1945 predecessor agencies, the
Minneapolis Associated Charities, the Juvenile Protective League, the Children's Protective
Society, and the Family Welfare Association. This collection illuminates the development of
social welfare services in the city from early volunteer efforts to a professionally staffed
casework agency and document numerous programs, including anti-tuberculosis, visiting
nurse, visiting teacher, legal aid, emergency relief efforts during the Depression, child care,
foster care, casework and family counselling, family budgets, and senior services.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1627.
Minneapolis YWCA Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis YWCA
Date 1891-1987
Abstract The Minneapolis YWCA records document programs for girls and young
women in Minneapolis from the 1890s through the mid-1980s. The Minneapolis Young
Women's Christian Association was established in June, 1891, by a group of young women
representing various Christian church organizations. The organization's aim was to provide a
place for the girls and women who worked in downtown Minneapolis to rest and eat lunch.
The YWCA also offered an employment service. By 1893, the facility included a gymnasium.
A Traveler's Aid program, begun in 1895, helped young women coming to the city in search
of work or education and also assisted many immigrant families. An industrial branch opened
in north Minneapolis in 1898. This collection includes a survey of needs of young women and
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girls in Minneapolis in 1919. This collection is a fantastic source for material on working
women in Minneapolis, containing information about working conditions, leisure pursuits,
physical fitness, and physical dangers faced by young working women in the early twentieth
century city. It details efforts to help these working women--everything from noon rest hours,
libraries and exercise classes to an organization of the Consumers' League to document ethical
retail practices.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1628.
National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records
Type Archival Collection
Author National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records
Date 1890s-1984
Abstract The National Federation of Settlements (NFS) was founded in 1911 by leaders
in the settlement house movement, including Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Robert A.
Woods. The NFS was a social welfare organization devoted to the promotion and
improvement of the settlement movement throughout the United States. This collection is
national in scope. But boxes 75, 76, 77 and 228 have material from Minneapolis settlement
houses.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1629.
Neighborhood House records
Type Archival records
Abstract Correspondence, clippings, minutes, reports, financial data, records of
affiliated clubs and groups, camp records, activity reports and statistics, data on special
projects and services, and printed materials of a social service agency opened in 1913 and
operated thereafter under various names at different locations in south Minneapolis and as
Edward F. Waite Neighborhood House since 1958. Correspondence, reports, and other papers
concern the Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies (Community Chest); the National,
Minneapolis, and Twin City Federation of Settlements; and various social workers’
organizations (1933-1960). This includes information on housing, urban Indians, legislation,
living conditions, social and recreational services, and other data on south Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1630.
No place for white gloves: Women, reform, and the Minneapolis labor
movement
Type Magazine Article
Author Ryan Driskell Tate
Issue Fall 2013
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2013
Abstract The article discusses the relationships between settlement houses and labors
union. It explores how they worked together, and the tensions and conflicts this created at
times. Settlement houses were often looking to improve working conditions for working
women and ensure their morality remained intact, while labor unions were not concerned
about the same issues for women workers.
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1631.
North East Neighborhood House records
Type Archival Records
Abstract Records (1889-1961) of a Minneapolis settlement house organized in 1914 in
an area heavily populated by Slavic immigrants, and of its predecessors, Immanuel Sunday
School Mission and Drummond Hall. The bulk of the collection consists of the records of the
North East Neighborhood House. There is information on the administration of the house;
community service programs such as citizenship classes, nursery schools, employment
services, and clinics; responses to World Wars I and II and the 1930s Depression; and
relationships with such social service organizations as the Minneapolis Council of Social
Agencies, the National Federation of Settlements, the Twin City Federation of Settlements, the
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Associations,
and other youth groups.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1632.
North side commercial club
Type Archival Collection
Date 1916-1938
Abstract The North Side Commercial Club was founded in April 1904. The purpose of
the club was "the promotion of the welfare of that part of the city known as the Third and
Tenth wards." In 1911 the North Side Commercial Club moved into in the Merchants and
Manufacturers Bank Building. This location included Club Rooms where members could
gather socially on a daily basis. In 1911 membership had reached 200 people. The club had an
annual meeting on the first Monday in May each year and organized addition meetings on an
ad-needed basis. Club committees met separately. In later years, meetings were also held at the
Plymouth Masonic Building on 1912 Emerson Avenue. The Club was instrumental in the
development of Camden Park (now called Webber Park) and North Commons Park. The Club
was also involved in cleaning up Mississippi River from abandoned logs, resurfacing roads,
raising funds for local schools.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1633.
Northeast Minneapolis Landmark Starts Second Life: Little Sisters of
the Poor St. Joseph's Home for the Aged becomes Stonehouse Square
Apartments
Type Magazine Article
Author Kathryn Johnson
Issue Fall 1980
Pages 9-20
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1980
Abstract The articles gives the history of Little Sisters of the Poor and how it built the
St. Joseph's Home for Aged. The building is on the National Historic Register and had been
rehabbed into housing. The building is one of six surviving examples of architect Frederick
Corser work.
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1634.
Northeast Social Workers Council Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Northeast Social Workers Council
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Minneapolis social workers at agencies located east of the Mississippi River
organized the North East Social Workers Council in 1927. Meetings were generally given over
to discussions of local problems.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1635.
Northside Settlement Services records
Type Archival Collection
Author Northside Settlement Services Records
Date 1906-1975
Abstract Records of this neighborhood center include administrative and program files,
minutes, financial records, and material about its Involved Teen Center and day care programs.
Limited information regarding the Center's predecessors, Wells Memorial House and Unity
Settlement House is also included.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1636.
Northside Settlement Services, Inc.
Type Archival Collections
Date 1968-1978
Abstract The Northside Settlement Services, Inc. provided a variety of services to
residents of north Minneapolis. The administration offices of the center were located at 2507
Fremont Avenue North. The purpose of the corporation was to continue and expand the work
of the social service agencies on the Minneapolis Northside in order to encourage the growth
of community identification, interest, improvement and advancement through working with
individuals and public and private groups and to foster the economic, social and educational
prospects of the persons living in the community which it served. The Northside Settlement
Services, Inc. was a United Way Agency. In 1984 Northside Settlement Services and Pillsbury
United Neighborhood Services merged to form what is now Pillsbury United Communities.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1637.
Organizational records
Type Archival Collection
Author Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
Abstract The records document the history of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most
important African American institutions in Minneapolis. They contain information on the
history, purposes, management, funding, and facilities of the settlement house, its programs,
including camping, interracial vacation visits, boxing, and other activities; its social services
and those of other Minneapolis settlement houses; human rights, including the Governor’s
Human Rights Commission and the Governor’s Interracial Commission; Black, migrant, and
Indian workers; public housing; state legislation, particularly relating to welfare; community
needs, planning, and redevelopment; juvenile delinquency; rationing during World War II; and
cancellation (1950) of a speech by Eslanda Goode Robeson (Mrs. Paul) on conditions in
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communist China. Included also are data on the National Federation of Settlements, the
Minneapolis Federation of Settlements, the Minneapolis Council of Social Agencies, the
National Urban League and its branches in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Council of Negro
Organizations, and several social workers’ organizations. Correspondence, clippings, minutes,
reports, financial records, and other materials relating to a social service organization
established in 1923 to serve the African American population of Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1638.
"Our Sister's Keepers": The Minneapolis Woman's Christian
Association and Housing for Working Women
Type Magazine Article
Author Lynn Weiner
Volume 46
Issue 5
Pages 189-200
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1979
1639.
Pamphlets relating to social settlements and the homeless in Minnesota
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Pamphlets from Wells Memorial House; Unity House; Pillsbury Settlement
House; Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House; North East Neighborhood House
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1640.
Phyllis Wheatley House
Type Archival Collection
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
Abstract Collection of clippings and other material related to the Phyllis Wheatley
Settlement house on the North Side of Minneapolis. Phyllis Wheatley House is one of the
most important African-American institutions in Minneapolis.
1641.
Phyllis Wheatley House: A History of the Minneapolis Black
Settlement House, 1924 to 1940
Type Journal Article
Author Howard Jacob Karger
Volume 47
Issue 1
Pages 79-90
Publication Phylon
Date 1986
Abstract History of Phyllis Wheatley House, one of the most important African-
American institutions in Minneapolis.
395
1642.
Phyllis Wheatley Self Study
Type Document
Date 11/15/1936
Loc. in Archive Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Records, Box 1, folder Papers
History, undated 1932-1936
Abstract A self-study conducted by the Phyllis Wheatley house on their services
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1643.
Pillsbury Waite Neighborhood Center records, 1911-1966
Type Archival Collection
Date 1911-1966
Abstract The Pillsbury Waite Neighborhood Center records includes the board of
directors’ minutes for several Minneapolis, MN settlement houses that merged to form the
Pillsbury-Waite Neighborhood Services, now called Pillsbury United Communities. Included
are records from Pillsbury House, Citizens' Club, Elliot Park Neighborhood House, and the
Edward F. Waite Neighborhood House. The collection also contains photographs of Pillsbury
House and Wells Memorial House activities and facilities.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1644.
Politically Purposeful Work: Ojibwe Women's Labor and Leadership
in Postwar Minneapolis
Type Book Section
Editor Carol Williams
Author Brenda J. Child
Place Urbana
Publisher Univ. of Illinois Press
Pages 240-253
Date 2012
Book Title Indigenous women and work: from labor to activism
1645.
Poor women and their families: hard working charity cases, 1900-1930
Type Book
Author Beverly Ann Stadum
Place Albany
Publisher State University of New York Press
Date 1992
1646.
Raddningslinan
Type Document
Author Scandinavian Home of Shelter
Date April, 1936
396
Abstract Newsletter of the Scandinavian Home of Shelter, 2010 19th Avenue N.E.,
April 1936. Half in Swedish, half in English. The shelter took in wayward girls and their
babies. Includes a day by day account of events at the shelter in March, 1936.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1647.
Records of the public welfare department.
Type Archival Collection
Author City of Minneapolis public welfare department
Date 1930s-1970s
Abstract Records from the public welfare department of the city of Minneapolis.
Records related to relief and food stamps. Material related to the men relocated by the
Gateway redevelopment.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1648.
Records of the Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Type Archival Collection
Author Woman's Christian Association
Date 1866-1982
Abstract Organization records of the oldest--and most influential-- women's reform
organization in Minneapolis. This group was established in the earliest years of the city to aid
women and children and continued to be active over the next century. It established and
maintained a series of residences for unmarried working women; it created the Jones-Harrison
House for older women; and it raised the funds to open the Phyllis Wheatley House, which
became an important institution in the African-American community. From 1921 to 1946, the
group also ran Janette Merrill Park (1921-1946) which provided country vacations for working
women.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1649.
Red Cross Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis Red Cross
Date 1915-2003
Abstract The Minneapolis Red Cross was founded in 1915 to provide disaster and
emergency relief. The organization had the support of the "first families" of Minneapolis. It
served as a community relief organization in addition to providing lifeguards for the city
beaches and assisting the victims of tornadoes that hit Minneapolis in the 1920s. The
collection--which is particularly strong for the World War I era--includes a charming set of
photographs that illuminate life in the early twentieth century city.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1650.
Report on the Relocation of Residents Businesses Institutions from
Gateway Center Renewal Area
Type Report
Author Dorothy O. Holtz
Date November 1963
397
Institution Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Abstract Plans for the relocation of businesses, residents, and institutions in the
Gateway Center for the purpose of revitalization and redevelopment.
1651.
Robbins Gilman and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection documents the work done by an important family of
Minneapolis reformers. Robbins and Catheryne Cooke Gilman were social workers with the
North East Neighborhood House in Minneapolis and were active in promoting social
legislation and peace movements. Catheryne Cooke Gilman also was executive secretary of
the Women’s Cooperative Alliance of Minneapolis. The collection includes correspondence,
diaries, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and printed materials from the Gilmans. Included in
the collection are records of the Women’s Cooperative Alliance and many subject files related
to the work of this organization in areas of social and public health for women and children.
There is also information about Catheryne Cooke Gilman’s work with several national
organizations involved in the regulation of the motion picture industry.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1652.
"Says there's nothing like home": family casework with the
Minneapolis poor, 1900-30
Type Magazine Article
Author Beverly Ann Stadum
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1988
1653.
School of Choice
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Winter 1996
Pages 22-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1996
Abstract The article provides a history of the Dowling School, which was the first
school for disabled children in Minneapolis.
1654.
Self-analysis survey of Minneapolis settlement houses: made under the
direction of the Twin city federation of settlements
Type Book
Author Twin City Federation of Settlements
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Royal Printing Company
Date 1934
398
1655.
Seven Corners Library Branch
Type Archival Collection
Author Librarians of the Minneapolis Public Library
Loc. in Archive Branch Library Collection
Abstract This manuscript collection documents the history of the Seven Corners library
branch in the first decades of the twentieth century. Located in one of the city's most densely
populated, immigrant neighborhoods, this branch of the Minneapolis library was run more like
a settlement house than a traditional library. It provided reading material in all languages as
well as an inviting place for neighborhood residents to read and socialize. This collections
includes detailed social surveys of the neighborhood created by the resident librarians and
photos of neighborhood children.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1656.
She did not wimper or complain: Swedish American charity cases in
Minneapolis, 1910-1930
Type Journal Article
Author Joy Lintelman
Volume 45
Issue 1
Pages 5-26
Publication Swedish American Historical Quarterly
Abstract Describes social welfare services for Swedish American women in
Minneapolis in the early 20th century.
1657.
Skid row as a way of life
Type Book
Author Wallace, Samuel E.
Place Totowa, N.J.
Publisher Bedminster Press
Date 1965
Abstract This book chronicles Samuel E. Wallace's work in the Gateway District of
Minneapolis as a research assistant in the sociology department at the University of
Minnesota. As a student of Theodore Caplow, Wallace was recruited to survey the residents of
the Minneapolis Gateway District, the region's largest skid row. The survey was part of what
Wallace called the Minneapolis Housing Authority's "Bum Removal Program," in preparation
for the demolition of the district. This project--which was to be funded with federal monies--
was the largest urban renewal project undertaken up until that time in the United States.
Wallace was one of nine graduate students who moved into the Gateway to do "first-hand
observation of the institutional life of skid row." This volume describes what he experienced
and provides an unparalleled portrait of the Minneapolis Gateway right before the wrecking
ball swung.
1658.
Social services for young women, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Artwork
Artist Lee Bros.
399
Date 1915
Loc. in Archive Minnesota Historical Society Sound and Visual Collection Call #: I.47
Abstract Views of housing and employment provided for young women in Minneapolis
through the Woman’s Christian Association of Minneapolis. Includes images of the Mahala
Fisk Pillsbury Home, Woman’s Boarding Home, Transient Home for Girls, Woman’s Hotel
and W.C.A. Central Club (Kirkbride Club).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1659.
Some Extracts from the Personal Diary of Mrs. R.J. Mendenhall
Type Book
Author Abby Grant Swift Mendenhall
Place Minneapolis
Date 1907
Abstract Some extracts from the personal diary of Mrs. R.J. Mendenhall. Also press
notices and some correspondence from this notable Minneapolis reformer and Quaker.
Mendenhall was one of the founders of the Sisterhood of Bethany, which sought to reform
Minneapolis prostitutes and provide them with new ways of making a living. Preface by Mary
Gray Peck.
1660.
Survey of Family and Adult Social Agencies of Minneapolis - 1924
Type Document
Author Frances McLean
Date 1924
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 134
Abstract Study completed in 1924 that looked at the work of the social agencies in
various areas - this file looks at travelers, working girls and homeless men
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1661.
Survival schools: the American Indian Movement and community
education in the Twin Cities
Type Book
Author Julie L. Davis
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2013
Abstract Author Julie L. Davis tells the story of the American Indian Movement
through the prism of the Survival Schools, one of the most enduring institutions to emerge
from the Red Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1972, motivated by prejudice in the
child welfare system and hostility in the public schools, American Indian Movement
organizers and Native American parents in St. Paul and Minneapolis started their own
community school. Davis uses oral histories to recover the history of this effort, situating her
analysis of social conditions for Native Americans in the Twin Cities in a sophisticated
theoretical framework.
400
1662.
T. B. Walker and family papers
Type Archival Collection
Author T. B. Walker
Abstract Personal papers and business records of a Minnesota lumber magnate and art
collector, and of his descendants. Much of this collection is focused on T.B. Walker's business
empire, particularly the records of the Red River Lumber Company. But it also has material
related to his art collection and gallery, which grew into the Walker Art Center in
Minneapolis. It includes extensive material related to Harriet Walker, a leading philanthropist
and moral reform in nineteenth century Minneapolis. The collection has information relating
to the Walkers’ involvement with the Bethany Home Association and the Northwestern
Hospital, Minneapolis business and civic organizations, the Minneapolis Public Library, and
the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. One notable item in this collection is an
unpublished manuscript by biographer Clara W. Nelson.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1663.
The 49th Anniversary of the Salvation Army, Minneapolis No. 4 Corps,
614 Cedar Avenue.
Type Book
Author Salvation Army
Date April 8, 1937
Abstract History of the Scandinavian No. 4 Corps of the Salvation Army in
Minneapolis
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1664.
"The Deserving Poor": Beginnings of Organized Charity in
Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author David Klassen
Issue Spring 1988
Pages 15-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article focuses on the early origins of charity organizations in
Minneapolis. It explores how the various organizations evolved from the Minneapolis Humane
Society to focus on prevention of cruelty to children.
1665.
The Minneapolis urban Indian community
Type Magazine Article
Author Pauline Brunette
Volume 49
Issue 1
Pages 4-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1989-1990
401
1666.
The Minnesota Indian in Minneapolis
Type Report
Author Community Welfare Council
Date November, 1956
Abstract A report of the Indian Committee in Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1667.
The nature and basis of civil disorders-- in Minneapolis: student
reports from Social Work 104 & 105, University of Minnesota, July
1968
Type Thesis
Author University of Minnesota Social Work students, 104 and 105
Date 1968
University University of Minnesota
Abstract In 1968, a group of social work students from the University of Minnesota
examined the roots of civil unrest in north Minneapolis. They wrote papers on welfare and
consumer practices; housing; unemployment and underemployment; police and governmental
relations; and white attitudes and racism.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1668.
The physical bases of crime: from the standpoint of the judge of a
juvenile court
Type Pamphlet
Author Edward F. Waite
Date 1913
Abstract Describes root causes of juvenile delinquency from the point of view of a
juvenile judge in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1669.
The Politics of the Welfare Mothers Movement: A Case Study
Type Journal Article
Author Susan H Hertz
Volume 2
Issue 3
Publication Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Date 1977
Abstract Describes the work of three welfare mothers' organizations active in
Minneapolis in the 1960s: the AFDC League, Direction Action Recipients of Welfare and
Minnesota Welfare Rights Organizations. These groups helped to redefine welfare recipients
as citizens rather than clients.
402
1670.
The sentinels of order: a study of social control and the Minneapolis
settlement house movement, 1915-1950
Type Book
Author Howard Jacob Karger
Place Lanham, MD
Publisher University Press of America
Date 1987
Abstract This volume offers a critical analysis of settlement houses in Minneapolis,
which the author sees as institutions of social control. It examines Minneapolis settlement
houses from 1915-1950.
1671.
The Way
Type Archival Collection
Date 1966-1986
Abstract The Way Center, sometimes referred to as The New Way Center, began in
August 8, 1966 after an outbreak of violence on the North Side of Minneapolis on August 4,
1966. Its short range purpose was to help calm the neighborhood by providing an off-the-street
facility for youth and a meeting place for residents; its long range purpose was to mobilize the
North Side of Minneapolis through youth activities, education, employment referrals, housing,
and law enforcement. The Center was originally located at 1913 Plymouth Ave. N and in 1984
it moved to 12th Ave. and Humboldt Ave. N. Early supporters included Minneapolis Mayor
Arthur Naftalin and local businessman Ray Plank of Apache Corp. Early leaders were Syl
Davis, who was the director until November 1970, Gwyn Jones-Davis, Rev. Rolland
Robinson, Milton Williams and Willie Mae Dixon. Bert Davis was director from 1970-1974.
Harry (Spike) Moss was director from 1974-1986. The Center was noted for reaching out to
people who were affiliated with gangs or were involved in criminal activities. The Way Center
faced ongoing fundraising challenges and in December 1986 they closed. In September 1990 a
new youth center opened in the same location at 12th and Humboldt. City-Northside was
operated by a south Minneapolis youth agency called The City, Inc. Many of the former
employees of the Way Center became employees of The City-Northside.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1672.
To help Indians: statements from 16 different Twin City organizations
Type Report
Author Edward F. Waite Neighborhood House
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1962
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1673.
Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis
Date 1906-1975
Type Archival Collection
403
Abstract The Travelers Aid Society of Minneapolis began as a protective service for
young women and immigrant groups moving into the city. After years as a department of the
Minneapolis YWCA, it became an independent agency in 1930. It served transient men,
women, and families until its operations were transferred to Community Information and
Referral Services, a division of the Minneapolis United Way, in 1975. The records contain
board and committee minutes, annual and monthly reports, financial records, and
correspondence.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1674.
United House after Seventeen Years of Service
Type Document
Date 1914
Abstract Describes evolution of Unity House Settlement House at 250 17th Avenue
North, Minneapolis. Maintained by the Church of the Redeemer.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1675.
United Way of Minneapolis Records
Type Archival Collection
Date 1915-1983
Abstract This collection represents a comprehensive source of information about health
and welfare programs and needs in Minneapolis and Hennepin County. The United Way was
directly involved in analyzing such needs and coordinating and supporting the services of its
many affiliated agencies, and it displayed an active interest in programs not under it auspices.
Topics include the full range of social services provided under United Way auspices, among
which are day care, family services, group work, health care, recreation, settlements and
neighborhood centers, and services for children, youth, and the aged. The collection includes
material about "Community singing" events of the 1920s; juvenile delinquency; settlement
houses; child welfare; union city mission; community surveys.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1676.
Unpublished biography of T.B. and Harriet Walker
Type Manuscript
Author Clara Nelson
Place Minneapolis
Loc. in Archive T.B. Walker Papers
Abstract Unpublished biography of T.B and Harriet Walker written by Clara Nelson.
Never published. Full of salacious details.
Archive Walker Art Center Archive, Minnesota Historical Society
1677.
Urban Indians and ethnic choices: American Indian organizations in
Minneapolis, 1920-1950
Type Journal Article
Author Nancy Shoemaker
Volume 19
Issue 4
404
Publication Western History Quarterly
Date November, 1988
Abstract This article describes early Native American activism in Minneapolis from the
1920s to the 1950s. It discusses the American Indian Association and Tepee Order, Twin
Cities Chippewa Council, Minnesota Wigwam Indian Welfare Society, Twin Cities Indian
Republican Club, Sah-Kah-Tay, Ojibway Tomahawk Band, and the Ojibway-Dakota Research
Society of Minnesota.
1678.
Welfare in Hennepin County: Depression, War, and Civil Rights (1934-
65)
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert G. Neal
Issue Summer 2001
Pages 4-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2001
Abstract The article gives a history of welfare programs and services in Hennepin
County from 1934-1965. It examines the services provided, the challenges in providing the
services, and the various agencies that provided services.
1679.
Welfare in the Early Years of Hennepin County (1857-1934)
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert G. Neal
Issue Summer 2000
Pages 22-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2000
Abstract The article gives a history of welfare programs and services in Hennepin
County from 1857-1934. It examines the causes of poverty, the services provided and the
various agencies that provided services.
1680.
William S. Edmondson papers
Type Archival Collection
Author William S. Edmondson papers
Date 1930s
Type Archival Collection
Abstract The William S. Edmondson papers offer a small glimpse into the activities of
a social worker in a public relief department during the latter years of the Great Depression.
Edmondson was the assistant supervisor and employment manager of the Men's Bureau in the
Division of Relief of the Department of Public Welfare, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The records
document assistance to male clients of the department. They also include the first annual
report of the Employment Office of the Minneapolis Division of Public Relief and "A Survey
of Employment Resources for Seasonal Laborers in Minnesota," both authored by
Edmondson.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
405
1681.
Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis, 1866-1966
Type Book
Author Christian Association of Minneapolis Woman's
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Woman's Christian Association of Minneapolis
Date 1966
Abstract History of most enduring women's reform organization in Minneapolis for its
centennial anniversary. Describes its residence halls and other projects. Lots of illustrations.
Archive Hennepin History Museum, Minnesota Historical Society, Hennepin History
Museum
1682.
Women on the breadlines
Type Book
Author Meridel Le Sueur
Place Cambridge, MA
Publisher West End Press
Date 1977
Abstract This short piece describes social conditions for women in Minneapolis during
the Great Depression. LeSueur describes the struggles that women had in finding work and
how lack of support pushed many of them into prostitution.
406
Religious Life
1683.
A pictorial history of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis,
1857 to 1907
Type Book
Author Westminster Presbyterian Church
Place Minneapolis
Date 1907
Abstract Congregational history of Westminster Presbyterian, one of the most
prominent congregations in Minneapolis.
1684.
Clipping Files on Luke Rader and River Life Tabernacle
Type Archival Collection
Date 1930s-1970s
Loc. in Archive Vertical files
Abstract Collection of material on Luke Rader and the River Life Tabernacle, a well-
known radio evangelist and anti-Semite.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1685.
Council records of the Jewish Community Relations Council of
Minnesota
Type Archival Collection
Author Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota
Abstract Clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence relating to the
investigative activities of this organization created in the 1930s to publicly protest anti-Semitic
activity in Minnesota and the United States. Largely organized as subject files (1922-1967),
they document organizations, individuals, and publications expressing conservative political,
religious, and racial views, as well as a few representing communist organizations. There are
also background and reference files on Judaism, Jewish history and culture, and the American
Jewish experience; and correspondence, clippings, and other papers relating to Samuel
Scheiner's work as the council's executive director (1939-1974).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1686.
From Ghettos to Neighborhoods: Jewish Immigration in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Rhoda Lewin
Pages 13-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1992
Abstract The article provides an in-depth look at Jewish immigrants in Minneapolis. It
explores how Jewish neighborhoods developed, the anti-Semitism faced in various aspects of
life.
407
1687.
God's empire: William Bell Riley and Midwestern fundamentalism
Type Book
Author William Vance Trollinger
Place Madison, Wis
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Date 1990
Abstract Biography of William Bell Riley, Baptist minister and influential
fundamentalist.
1688.
Grave Undertakings: The Business of Death in Early Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Timothy Trent Blade
Issue Spring 1992
Pages 4-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article examines how Minneapolis' early funeral business developed, the
traditions around death and how the causes of death changed.
1689.
Heretics at the First Universalist Society of St. Anthony
Type Magazine Article
Author Penny A Petersen
Issue Spring 2000
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2000
Abstract The article provides a history of Universalist in St. Anthony and Minneapolis.
It discusses the First Universalist Society of St. Anthony and controversial Reverend Herman
Bisbee, who was tried for heresy. The church later became Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
1690.
Historic resources mitigation report: 4610 E. Lake Street (River Lake
Gospel Tabernacle), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type Report
Author Carole Zellie
Author Group, Inc Lander
Author Landscape Research
Place St. Paul, MN
Date 2002
Institution Landscape Research
Abstract Describes history of the River Lake Gospel Tabernacle site on East Lake
Street in Minneapolis. The Tabernacle--and its ministers Luke and Paul Rader--were seen as
the center of anti-Semitism in Minneapolis during the 1930s.
408
1691.
Housing Segregation and Religion in Minneapolis
Type Document
Author James Tillman
Date 12-29-31-1959
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
Abstract A progress report by James Tillman presented at the Council for Christian
Social Action. It discusses the program's goals and how Minneapolis is an ideal laboratory for
testing religious organizations ability to bring about social change.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1692.
Interview with Earl Schwartz, Urban Exodus, St. Louis Park Oral
History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota
Type Oral history interview
Date 2012-06-20
Abstract In this interview, Earl Schwartz discusses his family background from Europe
to settlement on Minneapolis's North Side and their practice of Judaism in the United States,
with particular respect to his own experience. The interview transitions to a focus on his career
as a Talmud Torah teacher and college professor. The conversation moves to black-Jewish
relations on the North Side and class issues illustrated with many anecdotes, particularly with
respect to Jewish businesses on Plymouth Avenue. Crime, urban renewal and civil rights are
discussed at length against the background of and local events and personalities in the late
1960s. The interview concludes with a discussion of the porous relationship between the
suburbs and the North Side, neighborhood covenants in Golden Valley, the building of I-94,
and the North Side today. This interview was conducted by Jeff Norman, oral historian from
California. "Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project" explores the post-
World War II migration of Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the
western suburb of Saint Louis Park. The 35 oral history interviews, representing diverse
perspectives from within and beyond the Jewish community, tell the complex story of how,
from 1945 to 1970, Saint Louis Park became a major center of Jewish life in Minnesota.
Archive University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper
Midwest Jewish Archives
1693.
Jews in transition
Type Book
Author Albert Isaac Gordon
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Univ. of Minnesota Press
Date 1949
Abstract This book looks at the growth of the Jewish community in Minnesota, with
particular attention to the development of anti-Semitism in Minneapolis.
1694.
Living faith: stories from the first 150 years: Westminster Presbyterian
Church, 1857-2007, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Type Book
409
Author Westminster Presbyterian Church
Date 2007
Abstract Congregational history of one of the most influential churches in Minneapolis.
1695.
Minneapolis Community Self-Survey of Human Relations
Type Report
Place Minneapolis
Date 1947-48
Abstract Massive study of race relations in Minneapolis undertaken by a group of
sociologists from Fisk University in the 1940s.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives (city planning records, box 2); Minnesota
Historical Society (Jewish Community Relations Council Collection).
1696.
Minneapolis YWCA Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis YWCA
Date 1891-1987
Abstract The Minneapolis YWCA records document programs for girls and young
women in Minneapolis from the 1890s through the mid-1980s. The Minneapolis Young
Women's Christian Association was established in June, 1891, by a group of young women
representing various Christian church organizations. The organization's aim was to provide a
place for the girls and women who worked in downtown Minneapolis to rest and eat lunch.
The YWCA also offered an employment service. By 1893, the facility included a gymnasium.
A Traveler's Aid program, begun in 1895, helped young women coming to the city in search
of work or education and also assisted many immigrant families. An industrial branch opened
in north Minneapolis in 1898. This collection includes a survey of needs of young women and
girls in Minneapolis in 1919. This collection is a fantastic source for material on working
women in Minneapolis, containing information about working conditions, leisure pursuits,
physical fitness, and physical dangers faced by young working women in the early twentieth
century city. It details efforts to help these working women--everything from noon rest hours,
libraries and exercise classes to an organization of the Consumers' League to document ethical
retail practices.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1697.
My Minneapolis: a chronicle of what has been learned and observed
about the Norwegians in Minneapolis through one hundred years.
Type Book
Author Carl G. O Hansen
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Privately published
Date 1956
Abstract Autobiographical history of Norwegians in Minneapolis from the perspective
of a journalist and editor. Gives special attention to the founding of Augsburg College and
other early events in the development of the city. Detailed biographies of leading Norwegian
Americans.
410
1698.
National Register of Historic Places - Gethsemane Episcopal Church
Type Report
Author Camille Kudzia
Date 3/8/1984
Abstract The national register application for Gethsemane Episcopal Church. One of
the oldest churches in Minneapolis, significant for its Gothic Revival Style.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1699.
National Register of Historic Places - Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Church
Type Report
Author Shawn P. Rounds
Author Charlene K Roise
Date 1/9/1997
Abstract The national register application for Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Gothic Revival church built in 1915-17 by Swedish Lutheran congregation to serve university
students.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1700.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Christ Church
Lutheran
Type Report
Author Rolf T. Anderson
Date 6/20/2001
Abstract Application for Christ Church Lutheran. Eliel Saarinen-designed modern style
church, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1701.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Church of St.
Stephen (Catholic)
Type Report
Author Michael Koop
Date 8/15/1991
Abstract Application for Church of St. Stephen (Catholic) Richardsonian Romanesque
Church designed by Frederick G. Corser and built in 1889
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1702.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First Church
of Christ, Scientist
Type Report
Author Paul Clifford Larson
Date 6/20/1986
411
Abstract Application for First Church of Christ. Beaux-Arts style church building; first
Christian Science church in the Upper Midwest.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1703.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - First
Congregational Church
Type Report
Author Gail Bronner
Author Charles Nelson
Date 1/15/1979
Abstract Application for First Congregational Church. Richardsonian Romanesque
church designed by Warren H. Hayes, built in 1886.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, SHPO
1704.
News item
Type Magazine Article
Pages p.6
Publication Timely Digest
Date May, 1932
Abstract Article describing a ten-day period of interracial goodwill and study
conducted in Minneapolis. One high point was the exchange of white and African American
ministers in the city.
1705.
'No Jews Allowed'
Type Radio Broadcast
Director John Biewen
URL http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/01/21/midday3
Accessed 2/26/2014, 9:46:51 AM
Network Minnesota Public Radio
Abstract This 1992 radio documentary looks back at anti-Semitism in Minneapolis in
the 1930s and 1940s. Those feelings were so strong that a prominent journalist called
Minneapolis "the capital of anti-Semitism in the United States."
1706.
Northeast Minneapolis: A Church on Every Corner
Type Magazine Article
Author Genny Zak Kieley
Author Nancy Doerfler
Issue Fall 1998
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1998
Abstract The article focuses on the various churches in northeast Minneapolis. The
diversity of churches is due in part to the large immigrant population in Northeast
Minneapolis.
412
1707.
Not by prayer alone; a report on the Greater Minneapolis Interfaith
Fair Housing Program
Type Book
Author James A. Tillman
Place Philadelphia
Publisher United Church Press
Date 1964
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1708.
Ponds’ Log Cabin Reconstructed: The Famed Missionary
Brothers...Built Minneapolis’ First Dwelling
Type Magazine Article
Pages 4-7
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1966
Abstract The article talks about a replica cabin built near the site of the original Pond
cabin. The article also talks about Samuel and Gideon Pond and their lives as missionaries in
the area that became Minneapolis.
1709.
Program records
Type Archival Collection
Author Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program
Contributor James A. Tillman
Contributor Louise Walker McCannel
Abstract The files are largely those of chairman Louise McCannel, and executive
director James A. Tillman, including drafts of his book, "Not By Prayer Alone" (Philadelphia,
1964). Other files include records of the Minneapolis Human Relations Task Force (1960-
1964), surveys and questionnaires relating to housing in Minneapolis (1960-1964), and
correspondence and printed materials documenting the contracted work of Morris Milgram’s
Modern Community Developers, Inc. (N.J.) and related organizations. Correspondence (1948-
1989), minutes (1950-1965), corporate and financial records (1959-1966), newspaper
clippings, magazine articles, and subject files (1948-1989), and a map [1961-1962]
documenting the activities of a nonprofit association organized in 1959 to encourage the
support of religious groups in promoting desegregated housing in the city of Minneapolis, and
largely funded by the Christian Council for Social Action of the United Church of Christ. It
was dissolved in 1965.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1710.
Protestant Fair Housing Institute - Minneapolis Interfaith Fair
Housing
Type Document
Date 9-1-1961, 9-26-1961, 10-3-1961
Loc. in Archive Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Fair Housing Program-B504
413
Abstract Various documents from the Protestant Fair Housing Institute held at
Augsburg College on September 19, September 26 and October 3, 1961. Includes speeches on
the need for fair housing and the status and opinions of other dominations.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1711.
Religious belief and behavior
Type Book Section
Editor Clifford Edward Clark
Author Richard M. Chapman
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Abstract This statewide survey of the history of religion makes special mention of
William Riley and his Baptist church in downtown Minneapolis, which was the largest Baptist
church in the state. Riley was known nationally for his leadership of the fundamentalist
movement.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
1712.
River Lake Gospel Tabernacle: 30th anniversary: a record for the
future
Type Booklet
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Date 1958
Abstract Short history of River Lake Gospel Tabernacle, an evangelical ministry in
Minneapolis that was renowned for its fundamentalism and its anti-Semitism in the 1920s and
1930s. Pioneered novel use of media and technology to recruit new followers.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library; Minnesota
Historical Society
1713.
Samuel N. Deinard and the Unification of Jews in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Michael G. Rapp
Volume 43
Issue 6
Pages 213
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1973
Abstract History and overview of Jews in Minneapolis, places of worship, and different
groups through 1940s
1714.
Seven Great Old Churches of Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Robert C. Rasmussen
Issue Winter 2004
Pages 4-23
414
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2004
Abstract The article provides a brief history of seven church congregations that were in
Minneapolis prior to 1880 and continuously occupied the same building since 1900 or early.
The congregations include the First Congregational Church, Episcopal Church of Gethsemane,
Wesley United Methodist Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Augustana Lutheran Church and First Baptist Church.
1715.
Society of Friends records
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection documents the history of the Quaker meeting in Minneapolis,
which was first organized in 1863. The bulk of the collection is focused on the twentieth
century and includes information about race relations, the military draft and alcohol and
temperance in the Mill City. It includes correspondence, minutes (1860-1978), bulletins
(1953-1986), newsletters (1958-1973) and subject files.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1716.
Sunday afternoon on the avenue: a tour of 4 historic places of worship
on Hennepin Avenue
Type Booklet
Author Marilyn Joyce Segal Chiat
Author Carol Frenning
Author Charles Pohlmann
Place Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date 2000
Abstract Illuminates history of Minneapolis through five places of worship on
Hennepin Avenue.
1717.
Swedes in the Twin Cities: immigrant life and Minnesota's urban
frontier
Type Book
Editor Philip J. Anderson
Editor Dag Blanck
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2001
Abstract This collection of articles examines all aspects of life for Swedish Americans
in Minnesota, with particular focus on Minneapolis. Topics include Swedish neighborhoods
like Cedar Riverside; Swedes and radical politics; Swedes and the public schools; Swedes and
popular theater; Swedes and religion; the Svenska Amerikanska Posten and the American
Swedish Institute.
415
1718.
The 49th Anniversary of the Salvation Army, Minneapolis No. 4 Corps,
614 Cedar Avenue.
Type Book
Author Salvation Army
Date April 8, 1937
Abstract History of the Scandinavian No. 4 Corps of the Salvation Army in
Minneapolis
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1719.
The Basilica of Saint Mary: voices from a landmark
Type Book
Author Peg Guilfoyle
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Basilica of Saint Mary
Date 2000
Abstract This congregational history of the Basilica of Saint Mary in downtown
Minneapolis looks at the evolution of this diverse Catholic church in downtown Minneapolis.
The volume uses interviews and photographs to tell its story.
1720.
The Bell of 1853
Type Magazine Article
Pages 7-9
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1958
Abstract The article tells the story of the first bell church in Minnesota. It was located
in the First Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1721.
The First Congregational Church of Minneapolis: A Retrospect of
Eighty Years
Type Book
Author Guy Ford
Abstract An Overview of the first eighty years of First Congregational Church from
1857-1931
1722.
The history of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis,
Minnesota: and of the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, 1857-
August-1907
Type Book
Author Westminster Presbyterian Church
Place Minneapolis
Date 1907
416
1723.
The Jews in Minnesota; the first seventy-five years
Type Book
Author W. Gunther Plaut
Place New York
Publisher American Jewish Historical Society
Date 1959
Abstract Rabbi Plaut wrote this history of Jews in Minnesota in the 1950s using census
records, selected interviews, newspapers and manuscript collections from the Minnesota
Historical Society, most notably the papers of Hiram D. Frankel. The book focuses largely on
the Jewish communities of Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis, with special attention given to
the different social climates in the three cities. While Jews were integrated in civic life in St.
Paul, in Minneapolis they faced isolation and strident anti-Semitism. The author also traces the
emergence of different strains of Jewish thought, looking at the development of Reform and
Conservative congregations as well as a growing commitment to Zionism.
1724.
The story of Temple Israel, Minneapolis, Minnesota: a personal
account
Type Book
Author Albert Greenberg Minda
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Date 1971
Abstract The history of Temple Israel written by Rabbi Minda.
1725.
The Swedes in Minneapolis: A Complex Community
Type Magazine Article
Author Bryon Nordstrom
Issue Fall 1988
Pages 20-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article provides a statistical breakdown of Swedish immigrants and
highlights their lives in Minneapolis from churches, newspapers, political organizations.
1726.
They chose Minnesota: a survey of the state's ethnic groups
Type Book
Editor June Drenning Holmquist
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1981
Abstract Research from the 1970s provides the basis for this encyclopedic survey of
migration to Minnesota, which uses 32 entries to examine the trajectory of different ethnic
groups as they integrated into the broader community in the state. The focus is statewide. But
several entries provide important information about Minneapolis: "The Blacks"; "The Jews":
"Old Stock Americans"; "The Irish"; "The Norwegians"; "The Swedes'; "The Danes"; "The
417
Slovaks'; "East Slavs"; "The Hungarians"; "The Greeks'; "The Romanians"; "The Chinese";
"The Japanese".
1727.
Two volunteer missionaries among the Dakotas; or, the story of the
labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
Type Book
Author Pond Jr, Samuel W.
Place Boston and Chicago
Publisher Congregational Sunday-school and Publication Society
Date 1893
Abstract This joint biography of Samuel and Gideon Pond was written by Samuel
Pond's son. The brothers were legendary missionaries known for their work among the Dakota
and their efforts to record and transcribe the Dakota language. The Pond brothers traveled
from Connecticut to Minnesota in 1834, when they were received by officials at Fort Snelling.
Indian agent Major Taliaferro suggested that they establish their mission house near
Cloudman's Village overlooking Lake Calhoun. The next year the missionaries worked to
establish another mission on Lake Harriet, where they lived until 1840. Their account provides
an invaluable view on Native American life and the environment of South Minneapolis long
before the modern city took shape.
1728.
"Urban Exodus: The Saint Louis Park Oral History Project"
Type Oral history interviewst
Author Jeff Norman
Author Jeanne Andersen
Date 2012
Abstract This oral history collection explores the post-World War II migration of
Minneapolis's Jewish community from the city's North Side to the western suburb of Saint
Louis Park. The 35 interviews, representing diverse perspectives from within and beyond the
Jewish community, tell the complex story of how, from 1945 to 1970, Saint Louis Park
became a major center of Jewish life in Minnesota.
Archive University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper
Midwest Jewish Archives
1729.
William B. Riley and the fight against the teaching of evolution in
Minnesota
Type Magazine Article
Author Ferenc Morton Szasz
Publication Minnesota History
Abstract This article describes the controversy over the teaching of evolution in
Minnesota. The man behind this dispute was William Bell Riley, the fundamentalist leader of
First Baptist Church downtown. Riley, who arrived in Minneapolis in 1897, built the largest
Baptist congregation in the state. Before his death in 1947, he was known nationally for his
opposition to evolution, his anti-Semitism and his establishment of Northwestern Bible
College.
418
1730.
William Bell Riley: architect of fundamentalism
Type Magazine Article
Author C. Allyn Russell
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1972
Abstract Biography of William Bell Riley, the pastor of First Baptist Church in
downtown Minneapolis from 1897 to 1942. Under his stern stewardship, First Baptist became
the largest Baptist congregation in the state. Riley used his ministry as a pulpit to advance a
brand of religious fundamentalism which mixed opposition to the theory of evolution with
anti-Semitism. Riley was the head of the Northwestern Schools and played a role in nurturing
the career of the young evangelical Billy Graham.
419
Economics and Employment
1731.
A City and a Savings Bank
Type Magazine Article
Author Russell Fridley
Pages 5-22
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1974
Abstract The article gives the history of the Farmer and Mechanics Saving Bank. It also
gives a brief overview of the banking industry in Minneapolis.
1732.
A guide to Minneapolis: Great City of the Northwest
Type Book
Author Minneapolis Real Estate Board
Date 1906
Abstract Boosterish description of Minneapolis, written at the beginning of the
twentieth century.
1733.
A History of the Hennepin Island Mills
Type Magazine Article
Author Welles Eastman
Pages 14-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1962
Abstract The article discusses the first flour mill in Minneapolis, which was built on
Hennepin Island and was completed in October 1854.
1734.
A Letter from Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Pages 23-26
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1990
Abstract A letter written on July 26, 1866 by Charles Henry Woods to his friend
Gilman Henry Tucker. He describes his impressions of the city and the benefits he sees in the
growing city of Minneapolis vs. Boston. He is encouraging his friend to relocate and go into a
legal practice with him.
1735.
A Star Shines on Minneapolis' First National Bank
Type Magazine Article
Author Lyman Wakefield
Pages 8-15
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
420
Date Spring 1968
Abstract The article provides a historical overview of the First National Bank, one of
the first banks in Minneapolis.
1736.
Abdallah Candies: Four generations strong
Type Magazine Article
Author Cherie Randall
Issue Fall 2009
Pages 26-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2009
Abstract The article provides a history of Abdallah Candies in Minneapolis.
1737.
An Experiment in Industrial Democracy
Type Magazine Article
Author Newman, Cecil E.
Publication Opportunity
Date Spring, 1944
Abstract Describes efforts to open up war time employment for African Americans.
1738.
At Home in the Heart of the City
Type Magazine Article
Author Annette Atkins
Pages 286–304
Publication Minnesota History
Date 2003
Abstract History of the Gateway District that challenges many myths about its
inhabitants.
1739.
Betty Crocker: Marketing the Modern Woman
Type Magazine Article
Author Susan Kerst-Marks
Issue Spring 1999
Pages 4-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1999
Abstract The article tells how the fictitious spokeswoman came to be, rose to
popularity and evolved over the years.
1740.
Bringing Home the Bacon: Meat Markets and Grocery Stores
Type Magazine Article
Author Chris Olson
Issue Spring
421
Pages 8-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1990
Abstract The article discusses the history of the grocery industry and meat cutters in
Minneapolis.
1741.
Case files, Minneapolis Fair Employment Practices Commission
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis
Abstract Case files for employment discrimination cases in Minneapolis, 1947-1967
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1742.
Employment of Non-Professional Women Study - 1925
Type Document
Author Anne Fenlason
Date 1925
Loc. in Archive United Way of Minneapolis Records - Box 101
Abstract Study done in Minneapolis of non-professional women. It explores what type
of work available, the challenges in finding work and who is struggling to find work.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1743.
Federal Reserve Recovers Its Time Capsule
Type Magazine Article
Author Bernadette Pyter Muck
Pages 10-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Winter 1974
Abstract An article about the Federal Reserve Time Capsule being recovered in 1973.
The time capsule was from the old Federal Reserve building and placed in April 9, 1923. The
article discusses the items in the capsule, which included Federal Reserve Charter, early
history of the reserve and items related to the reserve and WWI.
1744.
Finding Betty Crocker: the secret life of America's first lady of food
Type Book
Author Susan Marks
Place New York
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Date 2005
1745.
From Southdale to the Mall of America: Urban Models for Cities of
Our Time
Type Magazine Article
Issue Summer 1992
422
Pages 4-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article provides a history of Southdale and the Mall of America. It
explores how it changed shopping and influenced society.
1746.
From the Land of the Golden Grain: The Origins and Early Years of
the Minneapolis Brewing Company
Type Magazine Article
Author Michael R. Worcester
Issue Fall 1992
Pages 4-14
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1992
Abstract The article focuses on the history of the Minneapolis Brewing Company and
how it came to be through the merger of four smaller breweries. It gives a short history of
those four breweries.
1747.
"Gentiles Preferred" - Minneapolis Jews and Employment 1920-1950
Type Magazine Article
Author Laura E. Weber
Volume 52
Issue 5
Pages 166-182
Publication Minnesota History
Date Spring 1991
Abstract The article discusses the Jewish community, economics and jobs between the
1920's and 1950's
1748.
Grabbing a Bite: "Fast Food" in Hennepin County
Type Magazine Article
Author Timothy Trent Blade
Issue Spring 1991
Pages 4-12
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1991
Abstract The article discusses the history of many "fast food" restaurants in
Minneapolis before the chain restaurants took over. Some places mentioned include - White
Castle, Ivey's, Child's, Miller's Cafeteria, Forum Cafeteria.
1749.
Guide book: information for employees
Type Book
Author Co Washburn-Crosby
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Washburn-Crosby Co.
423
Date 1921
1750.
Henry Ford's Minneapolis Assembly Plants
Type Magazine Article
Author Franklin Ryder
Pages 4-11
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1973
Abstract The article discusses the Ford assembly plant that was originally based in
Minneapolis at Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue. It discusses how the assembly line worked and
how it developed. It also explores how Ford's company mass production changed the nation.
1751.
In the mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's claim to underwear fame
Type Book
Author Susan Marks
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2011
1752.
Industrial Black Business Directory
Type Document
Date Nov 1970, Jan 1971
Loc. in Archive Northside Settlement Services, Box 1, folder Black Business
Directory 1970-1971
Abstract Black Business Directories from Nov 1970 and Jan 1971. These were created
in the wake of the urban unrest on the North side to encourage patronage of African-American
owned stores.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1753.
Keeping Minneapolis An Open-Shop Town: The Citizens' Alliance in
the 1930s
Type Magazine Article
Author Lois Quam
Author Peter J. Rachleff
Volume 50
Issue 3
Pages 105-117
Publication Minnesota History
Date Fall 1986
Abstract The article discusses the Citizens’' Alliance efforts to keep Minneapolis an
open-shop town
424
1754.
Listen to the Bottle Say "Gluek, Gluek, Gluek"
Type Magazine Article
Author Roland C. Amundson
Issue Winter 1988-1989
Pages 4-9
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article provides a history of the Gluek Brewing Company, which was
founded in 1857.
1755.
March of Time, Vol. 03, No. 05, 1936
Type Web Page
URL http://research.archives.gov/description/97534
Date November 5, 1936
Accessed 12/11/2012, 1:22:11 PM
Abstract This newsreel segment from 1936 features leading businesswomen from
across the United States, including Elizabeth Quinlan, retail executive from Minneapolis.
Quinlan owned Young Quinlan, a high-end department store on Nicollet Avenue downtown
that pioneered the sale of fashionable ready-to-wear clothing for women.
1756.
Minneapolis Golden Jubilee
Type Book
Date 1917
Abstract Description of festivities for 50th anniversary of the founding of Minneapolis.
This booklet includes advertisements for most businesses in town in 1917.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1757.
Minneapolis Human Relations Commission Records
Type Archival Collection
Date 1960s
Loc. in Archive Naftalin Files - Human Relations Files
Abstract Material documenting the history of the city's Human Relations Commission.
Includes mission statements, commission minutes, survey results and reports.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
1758.
Minneapolis, Financial Center and Gateway of the Northwest
Type Book
Author Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Date 1914
Library Catalog Digital Public Library of America
Abstract Briefs and statistics presented to the Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
showing why the Northwest should have a Federal Reserve Bank and why Minneapolis is the
logical place for its location.
425
1759.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Elizabeth C.
Quinlan House
Type Report
Author Barbara Howard
Date June 1, 2012
Abstract Application for the National Register of Historic Places for the Elizabeth C.
Quinlan house. It details the features of the house and articulates the historic significance of its
owner. Legendary businesswoman Elizabeth Quinlan transformed the retailing of women's
clothing in Minneapolis with her landmark store on Nicollet Avenue.
1760.
Negroes and the Retail Job Ceiling
Type Thesis
Author Robert Oscar Blood, Jr.
Date 1950
University University of Minnesota
Abstract A study of employment barriers in twin cities.
1761.
Newspaper series on women workers in Minneapolis by Eva Valesh
Type Series of newspaper articles
Author Eva Gay
Publication St. Paul Daily Globe
Date 1888
Date Added Describes conditions for women workers in Minneapolis in 1888.
1762.
Nicollet Mall
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Issue Summer 1968
Pages 2-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1968
Abstract A collection of articles on Nicollet Mall, the history of Nicollet Ave. The
collection includes a number of photos. It mentions the first and second suspension bridges
over the Mississippi.
1763.
'No Jews Allowed'
Type Radio Broadcast
Director John Biewen
URL http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/01/21/midday3
Accessed 2/26/2014, 9:46:51 AM
Network Minnesota Public Radio
426
Abstract This 1992 radio documentary looks back at anti-Semitism in Minneapolis in
the 1930s and 1940s. Those feelings were so strong that a prominent journalist called
Minneapolis "the capital of anti-Semitism in the United States."
1764.
No place for white gloves: Women, reform, and the Minneapolis labor
movement
Type Magazine Article
Author Ryan Driskell Tate
Issue Fall 2013
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2013
Abstract The article discusses the relationships between settlement houses and labors
union. It explores how they worked together, and the tensions and conflicts this created at
times. Settlement houses were often looking to improve working conditions for working
women and ensure their morality remained intact, while labor unions were not concerned
about the same issues for women workers.
1765.
Palaces of Dreams: Minneapolis Department Stores
Type Magazine Article
Author Joel Thoreson
Issue Spring 1990
Pages 15-16
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1990
Abstract The article gives a history of Minneapolis department stores from 1880s
through to the 1990s.
1766.
Pillsbury's "A" Mill: Part 2
Type Magazine Article
Author Richard Ferrell
Issue Summer 1981
Pages 9-19
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1981
Abstract The article continues the history of Pillsbury A mill. This article focuses on
the mill's history through the 1960s.
1767.
Purple Packages: Bachman's 100 Years
Type Magazine Article
Volume 44
Issue 1
Pages 3-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1985
427
Abstract The article presents the history of Bachman’s and how it has been a family run
business from the beginning. Henry Bachman, a German immigrant started to the company in
1885 as a produce farm. It evolved over the years into a floral and nursery business that is
known the world over.
1768.
Reminiscences of Eva MacDonald Valesh
Type Manuscript
Abstract Combination oral history/reminiscence from Eva Valesh, crusading labor
journalist who focused on the conditions of female workers in Minneapolis in the 1880s.
These memories were collection in 1957 and were in the possession of Frank M. Valesh.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1769.
Report on the Relocation of Residents Businesses Institutions From
Gateway Center Renewal Area
Type Report
Author Dorothy O. Holtz
Date November 1963
Institution Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Abstract Plans for the relocation of businesses, residents, and institutions in the
Gateway Center for the purpose of revitalization and redevelopment.
1770.
Revolt in the Northwest
Type Magazine Article
Pages 113-119, 178-190
Publication Fortune Magazine
Date April, 1936
Abstract This landmark article in Fortune magazine provided a critical look at
Minneapolis and St. Paul in the wake of the 1934 Truckers' Strike. It describes the long-
running conflict between the Citizens' Alliance and labor activists in Minneapolis as well as
the intense rivalry between the two cities. Besides probing the roots of what it calls the "social
unrest" in Minneapolis, it illuminates the city's long tradition of political radicalism,
speculating that "the revolution may come from the Minneapolis Gateway District." The text is
illustrated with wonderful watercolors by noted author Ludwig Bemelmas.
1771.
Scrapbook regarding fair employment practices in Minneapolis.
Type Archival Collection
Author City of Minneapolis
Date 1948-1960
Abstract Newspaper clippings from 1948-1960 regarding fair employment practices in
Minneapolis. Two oversized volumes.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
428
1772.
Self-help and sauerkraut: the Organized Unemployed, Inc. of
Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author George D. Tselos
Volume 45
Issue 8
Publication Minnesota History
Date Winter, 1977
1773.
The Changing Face of Hennepin County, 1830 to the Present
Type Magazine Article
Author Judith Martin
Pages 8-12
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Summer 1987
Abstract The article discusses the history of Hennepin County. It explores the county’s
economic and arts development, creation of parks and how immigration influenced city and
neighborhood development.
1774.
The Cooperage Trade in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Martha Frey
Issue Spring 1996
Pages 22-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1996
Abstract The article gives the history of the cooperage trade in Minneapolis during the
mid-19th century. The trade was vital to the flour milling industry until the raise of cotton and
wool sacks.
1775.
The first fifty years, 1894-1944.
Type Book
Author Young-Quinlan Co
Author Minneapolis
Publisher Jones Press
Date 1945
Abstract Authorized history of Young-Quinlan, a landmark women's clothing store that
changed the retailing of women's clothing in Minneapolis. Founded by legendary
businesswoman Elizabeth C. Quinlan.
1776.
The Human Side of Minneapolis Banking
Type Magazine Article
Author Evadene Burris Swanson
429
Issue Winter 1988
Pages 18-27
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article discusses the early banking industry in Minneapolis and how it
evolved, grew and changed over the next 100+ years.
1777.
The Minneapolis labor movement in the 1930's
Type Dissertation
Author George Dimitri Tselos
Date 1970
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation describes the labor movement in Minneapolis during the
1930s, surveying the level of unionization in various industries. It provides a good overview of
social, political and economic conditions in Minneapolis during the Great Depression. It
chronicles the Truckers' Strike as well as all of the other strikes and labor unrest that roiled the
city during the decade.
1778.
The Pillsbury A Mill: Its Early Years in the Public Eye
Type Magazine Article
Author James A. Roe
Issue Winter 1988-1989
Pages 10-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1988
Abstract The article focuses on the Pillsbury A mill and how it was architecturally
different than other mills built at this time. It also discusses the early milling industry.
1779.
The story of Fred Beal Snyder as told by himself
Type Manuscript
Author Fred Beal
Date 1950
Abstract Autobiography of Fred B. Snyder, son of Simon Peter Snyder, the man who
started the first bank on the west side of the Mississippi in 1855. Includes Fred's reminiscences
of his childhood of Bridge Square (1860s-1870s).
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1780.
The Story of Young-Quinlan
Type Book
Author Young-Quinlan
Date 1926
Abstract Describes the new Young-Quinlan Company store for women's clothing.
Illustrated with sketches of the building and its interior. Includes a brief history of this
landmark retail establishment which was founded in 1894 by legendary businesswoman
Elizabeth C. Quinlan.
430
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1781.
The technology that launched a city: scientific and technological
innovations in flour milling during the 1870s in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Alison Watts
Publication Minnesota History
Date 2000
Abstract This article by a South High School student illuminates how technological
innovation shaped the milling industry in Minneapolis in the 1870s and 1880s.
1782.
The Tower and W.B. Foshay
Type Magazine Article
Pages 4-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1967
Abstract The article provides a brief history of the rise and fall of W.B. Foshay. It
discusses the building of the Foshay Tower, the celebration upon the building's completion
and what happen to Foshay in the years after the Great Depression.
1783.
The Upper Harbor: Its Trials, It Tribulations and Its Final Triumph
Type Magazine Article
Author Joseph Zalusky
Pages 3-6
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Fall 1962
Abstract The article discusses the origins of the project and building of the Upper and
Lower lock and dam. It discusses the challenges of the project and the total cost for its
completion.
1784.
The Workers of St. Anthony Falls: As Pictured in the Manuscript
Censuses of 1895, 1900, and 1910
Type Magazine Article
Author Tasslyn Frame
Issue Winter 1994
Pages 22-35
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1994
Abstract The article looks at the censuses data to determine who was working and
living in various areas around St. Anthony falls. It explores how the neighborhoods varied in
diversity, class and occupations. It looks at the challenges faced by African American, both
men and women.
431
1785.
Vanishing giants: The grain elevators of Minneapolis and their legacy
Type Magazine Article
Author William E. Stark
Issue Spring 2007
Pages 4-21
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 2007
Abstract The article discusses milling, the grain exchange and grain elevators within
Minneapolis. It focuses on why elevators were developed, the types of elevators and efforts to
preserve the remaining elevators or finding other uses for them.
1786.
William S. Edmondson papers
Type Archival Collection
Author William S. Edmondson papers
Date 1930s
Abstract The William S. Edmondson papers offer a small glimpse into the activities of
a social worker in a public relief department during the latter years of the Great Depression.
Edmondson was the assistant supervisor and employment manager of the Men's Bureau in the
Division of Relief of the Department of Public Welfare, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The records
document assistance to male clients of the department. They also include the first annual
report of the Employment Office of the Minneapolis Division of Public Relief and "A Survey
of Employment Resources for Seasonal Laborers in Minnesota," both authored by
Edmondson.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1787.
Women in banking in the city of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Woman’s Occupational Bureau
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Vocational Information Service of the Woman's Occupational Bureau
Date 1919
1788.
Women production workers, welcome to Minneapolis-Moline
Type Book
Author Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company
Publisher The Company
Date 1940
Abstract Introductory handbook for women workers at Moline, World War II.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1789.
Women Workers at St. Anthony Falls
Type Magazine Article
Author Tasslyn Frame
432
Issue Spring 1994
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1994
Abstract This article looks at working women in Minneapolis after the Civil War
through the beginning of the twentieth century. It looks at the growth of women in the
workplace and the facilities that were created to house them. It also analyzes concerns about
women's morality and prostitution.
433
Labor Relations
1790.
A "New Dealized" Grand Old Party: Labor and the Emergence of
Liberal Republicanism in Minneapolis, 1937 - 1939
Type Journal Article
Author K Smemo
Volume 11
Issue 2
Pages 35-59
Publication Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas Labor Studies in
Working-Class History of the Americas
Date 2014
Abstract Describes the transformation of the Republican Party during the 1930s in
Minneapolis and across the urban North. Under Governor Harold Stassen, the Republican
Party applauded trade unionism while pledging to restrict workers' ability to strike and
ridiculing labor's program of social reform as a threat to economic recovery.
1791.
A union against unions: the Minneapolis Citizens Alliance and its fight
against organized labor, 1903-1947
Type Book
Author William Millikan
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2001
Abstract Describes the rise of the conservative Citizens' Alliance and its effect on labor
relations in Minneapolis. Narrative turns on a description of the Truckers' Strike of 1934.
1792.
American city: a rank and file history of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Charles R. Walker
Place Minneapolis
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 2005
Abstract Charles Rumford Walker offers a vivid account of the 1934 Minneapolis
Truckers' Strike, one of the most significant labor clashes in the twentieth century.
1793.
American Committee of Minneapolis Collection
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Organized in 1919. The purpose of the committee was to fight against
socialism through every channel possible. It was composed of citizens from all walks of life.
James H. Ellison was chairman. The educational campaign included public speakers and
circulation of literature. This campaign hoped to maintain and encourage better citizenship by
434
furthering a better understanding of the government and the capitalist system. The group
provided speakers and published and distributed many pamphlets.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1794.
“An Eight-Hour Day or a Big Strike,” The 1903 Operative Millers’,
Nailers’, Packers’, and Loaders’ Strike in the Minneapolis Flour Mills
Type M.A. Thesis
Author Shannon Murray
Place Calgary, Alberta
Date 2008
University University of Calgary
Abstract This thesis describes the millers' strike of 1903, which failed in the face of
opposition from the powerful employers' organization called the Citizens' Alliance. This defeat
for labor activists solidified the influence of the CA, which ensured that Minneapolis remained
an open shop town until the Truckers' Strike of 1934.
1795.
Black fire: the making of an American revolutionary
Type Book
Author Nelson Peery
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 1994
Abstract First book in a two-volume autobiography of an African-American man coming of
age in the 1940s. Includes rich description of race relations in the city during the 1930s and
1940s and rare glimpses into the bars and streets of North Minneapolis. Central to this
narrative is the author's political radicalization, as he becomes a dedicated Communist just as
the Cold War heats up.
1796.
Citizens Alliance records
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Clippings, reports, bulletins, printed materials, and some correspondence kept
by John W. Schroeder, executive director of the Citizens Alliance, formed by a group of
business and professional men in 1903 to promote "industrial peace" and steady employment,
and to support the "open-shop" principle. The Alliance also ran a free employment service
from 1919 to 1936. The records consist primarily of topical subject files of newspaper
clippings and printed ephemera on labor-related topics (1920s-1930s): unions, strikes, political
activity, political parties and radical movements, personalities, employment, legislation,
government agencies and policies, and other businessmen’s organizations.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1797.
Claiming the city: politics, faith, and the power of place in St. Paul
Type Book
Author Mary Lethert Wingerd
Place Ithaca
Publisher Cornell University Press
435
Date 2001
Abstract This history of St. Paul provides critical information on the development of
Minneapolis and the relationship between the "Twin" cities.
1798.
Clip File- Strikes: Truckers MPLS 1934
Type Newspaper Article
Date May 1934
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Two leaflets published by the General Drivers and Helpers Union, Local 574,
asking for help in supporting the Truckers Strike.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1799.
Clip File- Unions: Tenants
Type Booklet
Author Minnesota Tenants Union
Date September 1973
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Contains multiple newspaper clippings as well as the booklet: "If You Pay
Rent, You've Got Rights Too!" Booklet prepared by the Minnesota Tenants Union in the early
1970s. Encourages unionization, and offers advice on everything from pest control to suing
your landlord.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1800.
Clipping file on theater strike of 1927
Type Document
Date 1927
Abstract Collection of articles from the Minneapolis Journal and the St. Paul Pioneer
Press from September 1927 chronicling the theater strike.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1801.
Community of suffering & struggle: women, men, and the labor
movement in Minneapolis, 1915-1945
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Faue
Place Chapel Hill
Publisher University of North Carolina Press
Date 1991
Abstract Labor history of Minneapolis told from the perspective of women workers.
Gives particular attention to the labor activism of the 1920s and 1930s.
1802.
Defenders of business: the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce
Association versus labor during W.W. I
Type Magazine Article
436
Author William Millikan
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1986
1803.
Education & democracy: a history of the Minneapolis Federation of
Teachers
Type Book
Author Steven Trimble
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Date 1979
1804.
Evelina Månsson and the memoir of an urban labor migrant
Type Journal Article
Author Byron J Nordstrom
Volume 31
Issue 3
Publication Swedish pioneer historical quarterly.
Date 1980
Abstract Experiences of a Swedish immigrant woman, who spent six years in
Minneapolis.
1805.
Grace Carlson: a life of rebellion
Type Thesis
Author Traci D Swenson
Place St. Paul
Date 2004
University Hamline University
Abstract A biography of Grace Carlson who was a Trotskyite and member of the
Socialist Workers' Party. Carlson was one of a group of radicals tried for Seditious Conspiracy
and violation of the Smith Act in 1941.
1806.
Guide book: information for employees
Type Book
Author Washburn-Crosby Co
Place Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher Washburn-Crosby Co.
Date 1921
1807.
Keeping Minneapolis An Open-Shop Town: The Citizens' Alliance in
the 1930s
Type Magazine Article
Author Lois Quam
437
Author Peter J. Rachleff
Volume 50
Issue 3
Pages 105-117
Publication Minnesota History
Date Fall 1986
Abstract The article discusses the Citizens’' Alliance efforts to keep Minneapolis an
open-shop town
1808.
Labor, politics, and African American identity in Minneapolis, 1930-50
Type Magazine Article
Author Jennifer A. Delton
Publication Minnesota History
Date 2001
1809.
Life in Minneapolis in the 1930s: Nellie Stone Johnson
Type Oral history interview
Date 1983
Abstract Vivien Loken interviewed labor activist Nellie Stone Johnson, one of the most
prominent African American women in the history of Minneapolis.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1810.
Maintaining "law and order": the Minneapolis Citizen's Alliance in the
1920s
Type Magazine Article
Author William Millikan
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1989
1811.
Minneapolis Labor Strife - images
Type Magazine Article
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date Spring 1972
Abstract A number of images from the Teamster's Strike of 1934. A very short
summary of the labor issues in the 1930s.
1812.
Minneapolis teamsters strike of 1934
Type Book
Author Philip A Korth
Place East Lansing
Publisher Michigan State University Press
Date 1995
438
1813.
Minneapolis YWCA Records
Type Archival Collection
Author Minneapolis YWCA
Date 1891-1987
Abstract The Minneapolis YWCA records document programs for girls and young
women in Minneapolis from the 1890s through the mid-1980s. The Minneapolis Young
Women's Christian Association was established in June, 1891, by a group of young women
representing various Christian church organizations. The organization's aim was to provide a
place for the girls and women who worked in downtown Minneapolis to rest and eat lunch.
The YWCA also offered an employment service. By 1893, the facility included a gymnasium.
A Traveler's Aid program, begun in 1895, helped young women coming to the city in search
of work or education and also assisted many immigrant families. An industrial branch opened
in north Minneapolis in 1898. This collection includes a survey of needs of young women and
girls in Minneapolis in 1919. This collection is a fantastic source for material on working
women in Minneapolis, containing information about working conditions, leisure pursuits,
physical fitness, and physical dangers faced by young working women in the early twentieth
century city. It details efforts to help these working women--everything from noon rest hours,
libraries and exercise classes to an organization of the Consumers' League to document ethical
retail practices.
Archive Social Welfare Archives, University of Minnesota
1814.
Nellie Stone Johnson: the life of an activist
Type Book
Author Nellie Stone Johnson
Author David Brauer
Place Saint Paul, Minn.
Publisher Ruminator Books
Date 2000
Abstract Biography of Nellie Stone Johnson, legendary Minneapolis activist. Stone was
known for her work in the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the Democratic
Farmer Labor Party. She was the first African American to win elected office in Minneapolis.
1815.
Newspaper series on women workers in Minneapolis by Eva Valesh
Type Newspaper Series
Author Eva Gay
Publication St. Paul Daily Globe
Date 1888
1816.
No place for white gloves: Women, reform, and the Minneapolis labor
movement
Type Magazine Article
Author Ryan Driskell Tate
Issue Fall 2013
Pages 4-17
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
439
Date 2013
Abstract The article discusses the relationships between settlement houses and labors
union. It explores how they worked together, and the tensions and conflicts this created at
times. Settlement houses were often looking to improve working conditions for working
women and ensure their morality remained intact, while labor unions were not concerned
about the same issues for women workers.
1817.
Not so wild a dream
Type Book
Author Eric Sevareid
Place New York
Publisher Atheneum
Date 1979
Abstract Autobiography of journalist Eric Sevareid, who became an internationally
renowned correspondent during World War II, when he covered the German blitz of London.
Sevareid spent his earliest years in rural North Dakota before his family joined the migration
to regional cities after the collapse of the agricultural economy. He graduated from
Minneapolis Central High School in 1930 and worked for the Minneapolis Journal, where he
covered the Truckers' Strike and the rise of fascist Silver Shirts in the city. He perhaps best
known locally for his famous canoe trip to Hudson Bay, which he chronicled in the
Minneapolis Star and then his first book, Canoeing with the Cree. Sevareid was a graduate of
the University of Minnesota, where he attended night classes in the 1930s and worked on the
college daily. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was harassed by university administrators
who were dismayed by his advocacy of leftist views and blocked his bid to become editor of
the college daily. His narrative provides a nuanced portrait of life at the University of
Minnesota during the political tumult of the Great Depression and a unique view into the
world of daily journalism in Minneapolis before the establishment of the newspaper Guild,
which provided some modicum of security for reporters.
1818.
Oral history with Vincent Raymond Dunne
Type Oral history interview
Date April 27, 1969
Abstract Lila Johnson Goff interviewed Vincent Raymond Dunne, who
discussed his early work experiences and his involvement with the IWW and the Communist
Party in the 1920s, philosophical differences between the Trotskyites and the Communists, the
Socialist Workers Party, the 1934 Truckers’ Strike in Minneapolis, and organizing radical
labor groups. Dunne became active in the IWW while a migrant worker on the West Coast and
in 1920 joined the Communist Party. He was a major organizer of the 1934 Truckers’ Strike
and an active Trotskyite throughout his life.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1819.
Organizational records
Type Archival Collection
Author Northern Information Bureau
Abstract Correspondence, reports, financial information, political literature, and similar
records documenting the activities of an organization begun around 1901 as a private detective
440
agency, but which after 1914 devoted its resources to the investigation and infiltration of
various Minnesota radical political organizations, particularly the Industrial Workers of the
World and (after 1919) the Communist Party. The collection consists mainly of reports to the
Bureau from its investigators within the radical groups reporting information on meetings,
including minutes; membership information; names of individuals associated with the
organization; speakers at meetings, conventions, and rallies; some financial information; and
educational activities, such as workers’ colleges, schools, lectures, and bookstores. After 1919
the Bureau concentrated its investigations on the new American Communist Party and its
relation to the IWW. Also included are records of the Bureau’s investigations for a number of
lumber firms, dealing with radical activities, thefts by employees, strike rumors, and similar
problems. There are also materials from investigations of radical groups.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1820.
"Punishment of Mere Political Advocacy'': The FBI, Teamsters Local
544, and the Origins of the 1941 Smith Act Case"
Type Journal Article
Author DT Haverty-Stacke
Volume 100
Issue 1
Pages 68-93
Publication Journal of American History
Date June 2013
Abstract Describes how 29 Trotskyist activists were prosecuted in 1941 for advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States government. This article situates the beginning of
the postwar Red Scare in Minneapolis.
1821.
Radio script for Minneapolis United
Type Manuscript
Author United Minneapolis
Place KSTP, Minneapolis
Date 1937
Abstract A typed carbon copy of a radio script for broadcast over radio station KSTP
on December 15, 1937. The script for Minneapolis United, an organization of Minneapolis
businessmen, discusses the problems for businesses in Minneapolis (Minnesota) in 1937. The
script includes a story about Franklin Steele, his first claim for land on the east bank of the
Mississippi River at the Falls of St. Anthony, and the future for industry in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1822.
Reminiscences of Eva MacDonald Valesh
Type Manuscript
Abstract Combination oral history/reminiscence from Eva Valesh, crusading labor
journalist who focused on the conditions of female workers in Minneapolis in the 1880s.
These memories were collection in 1957 and were in the possession of Frank M. Valesh.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
441
1823.
Revolt in the Northwest
Type Magazine Article
Pages 113-119, 178-190
Publication Fortune Magazine
Date April, 1936
Abstract This landmark article in Fortune magazine provided a critical look at
Minneapolis and St. Paul in the wake of the 1934 Truckers' Strike. It describes the long-
running conflict between the Citizens' Alliance and labor activists in Minneapolis as well as
the intense rivalry between the two cities. Besides probing the roots of what it calls the "social
unrest" in Minneapolis, it illuminates the city's long tradition of political radicalism,
speculating that "the revolution may come from the Minneapolis Gateway District." The text is
illustrated with wonderful watercolors by noted author Ludwig Bemelmas.
1824.
Teamster bureaucracy
Type Book
Author Farrell Dobbs
Place New York
Publisher Published by Monad Press for the Anchor Foundation, distributed by
Pathfinder Press
Date 1977
1825.
T
eamster politics
Type Book
Author Farrell Dobbs
Place New York
Publisher Published for the Anchor Foundation by Monad Press : distributed by
Pathfinder Press
Date 1975
1826.
Teamster Power
Type Book
Author Dobbs, Farrell
Place New York
Publisher Monad Press
Date 1973
1827.
Teamster rebellion
Type Book
Author Farrell Dobbs
Place New York
Publisher Pathfinder
Date 1972
442
1828.
The Citizens Alliance of Minneapolis--Its Purpose and Activities. An
address given to the Woman's Club of Minneapolis, January 28, 1936
Type Manuscript
Author William Taber
Date January 28, 1936
Abstract An address given by one of the leaders of the Citizens' Alliance in the 1930s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1829.
The Cooperage Trade in Minneapolis
Type Magazine Article
Author Martha Frey
Issue Spring 1996
Pages 22-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1996
Abstract The article gives the history of the cooperage trade in Minneapolis during the
mid-19th century. The trade was vital to the flour milling industry until the raise of cotton and
wool sacks.
1830.
The Depression, interview with Ed Silberman
Type Oral history interview
Date 1983
Abstract Audrey Parish interviewed Ed Silberman who described his childhood in
North Minneapolis in the 1930s. Includes memories of North Minneapolis, the Great
Depression and the Truckers' Strike of 1934.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1831.
The growing seasons: an American boyhood before the war
Type Book
Author Samuel Lynn Hynes
Place New York
Publisher Viking
Date 2003
Abstract The author recounts his Depression-era boyhood in South Minneapolis. Great
descriptions of childhood in the 1930s, Minneapolis schools, adolescence, race relations and
the Truckers’ Strike.
1832.
The Minneapolis Club; a review of its history, 1883 to 1920
Type Book
Author William C Edgar
Author Loring M Staples
Author William C Edgar
Place Minneapolis
443
Publisher Minneapolis Club
Date 1974
Abstract An official history of the most powerful social club in Minneapolis, which
included some of the richest and most influential members of the community in its ranks. This
was the center of power for employers in the city.
1833.
The Minneapolis labor movement in the 1930's
Type Dissertation
Author George Dimitri Tselos
Date 1970
University University of Minnesota
Abstract This dissertation describes the labor movement in Minneapolis during the
1930s, surveying the level of unionization in various industries. It provides a good overview of
social, political and economic conditions in Minneapolis during the Great Depression. It
chronicles the Truckers' Strike as well as all of the other strikes and labor unrest that roiled the
city during the decade.
1834.
The Other Bloody Labor Disturbance
Type Magazine Article
Author Iric Nathanson
Issue Summer 1995
Pages 28-34
Publication Hennepin History Magazine
Date 1995
Abstract The article discusses the labor dispute at the Flour City Ornamental Iron
Works that happen in September 1935. It details the efforts to stop the unionization and the
violence that occurred to the bystanders and innocent victims in the Seward neighborhood.
1835.
The political career of Floyd B. Olson
Type Book
Author Mayer, George H
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Date 1951
Abstract Biography of Floyd B. Olson, considered one of the most influential
governors in Minnesota history. Olson grew up on the north side of Minneapolis
1836.
The rise of organized labor in Minnesota
Type Magazine Article
Author George Barker Engberg
Issue 4
Publication Minnesota History
Date December 1940
Abstract Overview of the labor movement in Minnesota before the 1880s. It mentions
the printers', coopers' and millers' unions in Minneapolis as well as the Minneapolis Trades'
Assembly.
444
1837.
The stool-pigeon and the open shop movement
Type Book
Author Jean E Spielman
Place Minneapolis
Publisher American Publishing Company
Date 1923
Abstract This book was meant to illuminate the methods used by employers to break
strikes and destroy labor unions. While its scope is national, it gives particular attention to
these efforts in Minneapolis, which were led by the Citizens' Alliance. Included in these pages
are many reprinted reports from "stool pigeons" or private detectives, who were hired to
infiltrate labor groups in the immediate aftermath of World War I. Of greatest concern was the
IWW. Agents spent many nights at "wobbly hall" in Minneapolis, tracking the organizing
work of this feared radical organization.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society, Hathi Trust
1838.
The Strike Imagined: The Atlantic and Interpretive Voyages of Robert
Koehler's Painting the Strike
Type Journal Article
Author Christopher Phelps
Publication Journal of American History
Date December 2011
Abstract This article traces the journey of an iconic painting by Robert Koehler called
The Strike. This was the first painting that portrayed a strike to be displayed in the United
States and brought new attention to industrial working conditions in the 1880s. The painting
ended up in Minneapolis--displayed in the gallery on the top floor of the public library-- when
Phelps became the director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. The painting became part
of the collection of the library but was hidden from view when the city was roiled by labor
strife and anti-German sentiment during World War I. It was rediscovered in the basement of
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1971 by radical Lee Baxandall, who helped it become
internationally famous in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
1839.
The Twin Cities, an addendum: --in which Fortune reappraises an
article it published in April 1936, reaffirms some conclusions,
acknowledges a controversy
Type Magazine Article
Issue 1
Publication Fortune
Date July 1936
Abstract A follow-up to the well-known article in Fortune magazine that seeks to
understand the roots of the radical labor uprising of 1934.
1840.
Truckers' strike, Minneapolis
Type Film Footage
Date 1934
445
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1841.
Turning points in the labor movement: three key conflicts
Type Book Section
Editor Clifford Edward Clark
Author Peter J. Rachleff
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1989
Abstract This article provides a broad overview of labor history in Minnesota during
the twentieth century. It focuses on the northern Minnesota strikes of 1916-17, the
Minneapolis teamsters' strike of 1934 and the Hormel strike of 1985-86. These conflicts
provide a window on the development of labor organizing and labor activism throughout the
century. For Minneapolis history researchers, it is valuable for its description of the labor
climate in the 1920s.
Book Title Minnesota in a century of change: the state and its people since 1900
1842.
Vince A. Day papers
Type Archival Collection
Author Vince A. Day
Abstract This collection documents the service of Vince A. Days in the 1930s as the
private secretary for Floyd B. Olson and as a municipal judge from 1935 to 1945. His position
gave him insights into the Minneapolis Truckers' Strike of 1934; third party politics; labor
relations; radicalism and the murder of Minneapolis journalist Walter Liggett. An invaluable
source for researchers interested in radicalism and class conflict in Minneapolis during the
1930s.
Archive Minnesota historical society
1843.
Walter M. Frank papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection documents the activism of Walter Malte Frank, a Swedish
immigrant who was an early organizer of the Farmer-Labor Party and was involved in the
militant progressive elements of the labor movement and politics in Minneapolis. Most of the
materials in the collection relate to the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s. There is also
information on the struggle of organized labor to gain economic and social rights, its activities
in the Farmer-Labor party, its progress under the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, and
some information on labor’s role in World War II.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1844.
Watchdog of loyalty: the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
during World War I
Type Book
Author Carl Henry Chrislock
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
446
Date 1991
Abstract This history of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission describes the
campaign against labor activists and radicals in the name of patriotism during World War I.
Minneapolis figures into the story as one of the centers for the Industrial Workers of the
World, the radical organization so reviled by many Americans. Chrislock documents the raids
on the group in Minneapolis as well as the efforts to curb prostitution. This "social hygiene"
campaign was led by Minneapolis clubwoman Alice Ames Winter.
1845.
Where I was a person: the Ladies' Auxiliary in the 1934 Minneapolis
Teamsters' strikes
Type Book Section
Editor Ruth Milkman
Author Marjorie Penn Lasky
Place London; New York
Publisher Routledge & Kegan Paul
Date 1987
Abstract Describes the contribution of women to the teamsters' strike in 1934.
Book Title Women, work, and protest: a century of US women's labor history
1846.
Women of Minnesota
Type Book
Author Women's History Month, Inc
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Women's History Month, Inc
Date 1987
Abstract This collective biography of Minnesota women includes sketches of several
Minneapolis women, most notably African American activist Ethel Ray Nance and labor
organizer and legislator Myrtle Cain.
1847.
WPA strike and trials of 1939
Type Magazine Article
Author Herman Erickson
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1971
Abstract This article describes the work relief program of the WPA during the 1930s.
Workers went on strike in July, 1939 after learning that their hours and wages would be
drastically cut. Violence was the result, as strikers clashed with police and undercover FBI
agents.
1848.
Writing the wrongs: Eva Valesh and the rise of labor journalism
Type Book
Author Elizabeth Faue
Place Ithaca
Publisher Cornell University Press
Date 2002
447
Abstract Biography of labor journalist Eva Valesh, who started her career describing
working conditions for women in Minneapolis for the St. Paul Globe in the 1880s.
448
Radicalism
1849.
100 Flowers
Type Newspaper
Author Multiple
Date 1970-1971
Abstract Radical weekly paper located in the Cedar-Riverside area. Lots of stuff on
militant protests, anti-war activism and counter-culture in general.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1850.
American Committee of Minneapolis Collection
Type Archival collection
Abstract Organized in 1919. The purpose of the committee was to fight against
socialism through every channel possible. It was composed of citizens from all walks of life.
James H. Ellison was chairman. The educational campaign included public speakers and
circulation of literature. This campaign hoped to maintain and encourage better citizenship by
furthering a better understanding of the government and the capitalist system. The group
provided speakers and published and distributed many pamphlets.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1851.
America, song we sang without knowing: the life and ideas of Meridel
LeSueur
Type Book
Author Neala Schleuning
Author Meridel Le Sueur
Place Mankato, Minn.; Minneapolis
Publisher Little Red Hen Press ; Don Olson Distribution
Abstract First full length, critical study of writer, philosopher, feminist Meridel Le
Sueur examines her life and work in the context of American radicalism.
1852.
A report tells the truth about the Silver Shirts: An expose of un-
American activities in Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Sevareid, Eric
Place Minneapolis, Minn.
Publisher ADC of Minnesota
Date 1938
Abstract Award-winning reporter Eric Sevareid describes the rise of the pro-fascist
Silver Shirts in Minneapolis during the 1930s.
449
1853.
Black fire: the making of an American revolutionary
Type Book
Author Nelson Peery
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 1994
Abstract First book in a two-volume autobiography of an African-American man coming of
age in the 1940s. Includes rich description of race relations in the city during the 1930s and
1940s and rare glimpses into the bars and streets of North Minneapolis. Central to this
narrative is the author's political radicalization, as he becomes a dedicated Communist just as
the Cold War heats up.
1854.
Black radical: the education of an American revolutionary
Type Book
Author Nelson Peery
Place New York
Publisher New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton
Date 2007
Abstract Sequel to Black Fire. Describes life for young, radical African American in
Minneapolis in the 1930s and 1940s.
1855.
Clip File- Colleges: Augsburg
Type Newspaper Articles
Author Multiple
Date 1872-1990
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Collection of articles dealing with Augsburg College. Includes information on
Elroy Stock and racial tensions as well as accusations of Augsburg being "communist."
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1856.
Clip File- Unions: Tenants
Type Booklet
Author Minnesota Tenants Union
Date September 1973
Loc. in Archive Vertical Files
Abstract Contains multiple newspaper clippings as well as the booklet: "If You Pay
Rent, You've Got Rights Too!" Booklet prepared by the Minnesota Tenants Union in the early
1970s. Encourages unionization, and offers advice on everything from pest control to suing
your landlord.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1857.
Coffeehouse Collective records
Type Archival Collection
450
Date 1975-1989
Abstract Correspondence (1976-1989), minutes (1981-1990), financial statements
(1981-1985), calendar (undated and 1981-1989), flyers (undated and 1975, 1981-1989),
contracts (1980-1989), a mailing list (1989), and a directory of performers that document the
history of one of the first women’s coffeehouses in the U.S. The coffeehouse was promoted as
"a chemically-free meeting place for all women which supports and nurtures the social,
cultural, and political life of the Twin Cities lesbian community." A Woman’s Coffeehouse
originally opened as a fund raiser for the Lesbian Resource Center (Dec. 20, 1975). The
Coffeehouse Collective assumed management (Feb. 1976) and operated the coffeehouse until
its closing (Sept. 9, 1989). Topics include the collective’s philosophy, routine management,
hiring of collective members, fund raising, publicity, programming (which included live
performances, dancing, and political or educational presentations), and the coffeehouse’s
dissolution.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1858.
Crusaders: the radical legacy of Marian and Arthur Le Sueur
Type Book
Author Meridel Le Sueur
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1984
1859.
Dan Minturn
Type Book
Author M. H. Hedges
Date 1927
Abstract Novel describing social conditions and politics in Minneapolis in the 1920s. A
dark view of a city divided by class and ethnicity.
1860.
Defending community: the struggle for alternative redevelopment in
Cedar-Riverside
Type Book
Author Randy Stoecker
Place Philadelphia
Publisher Temple University Press
Date 1994
Abstract This sociological monograph chronicles the development of grassroots
community activism in in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood that prevented the
implementation of an urban renewal plan that slated the neighborhood for total demolition.
Neighborhood activists formed one of the largest community-controlled urban redevelopment
projects in the country. It puts the Cedar-Riverside story in a national context of urban
neighborhood mobilization.
1861.
Female liberation newsletter
Type Newspaper Serial
451
Author Twin Cities Female Liberation Group
Date 1969
Abstract Newsletter published by the Twin Cities Female Liberation group from 1970-
1971. Published by the Twin Cities Female Liberation Communication Center.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1862.
Finding the movement: sexuality, contested space, and feminist
activism
Type Book
Author Anne Enke
Place Durham
Publisher Duke University Press
Date 2007
Abstract Describes the women's liberation movement in Minneapolis. Situates the
movement in urban geography, explaining how women activists staked a claim to public space
in the city.
1863.
Grace Carlson: a life of rebellion
Type M.A. Thesis
Author Traci D Swenson
Place St. Paul
Date 2004
University Hamline University
Abstract A biography of Grace Carlson who was a Trotskyite and member of the
Socialist Workers' Party. Carlson was one of a group of radicals tried for Seditious Conspiracy
and violation of the Smith Act in 1941.
1864.
History of Minneapolis, gateway to the Northwest
Type Book
Author Marion Daniel Shutter
Publisher S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Date 1923
Abstract This three volume history recounts the city's past from the perspective of its
elite. One volume provides a narrative account. The other two profile businesses and
individuals deemed significant to the life of the city, a "who's who" for Minneapolis. The
author was a prominent minister and reformer known for his work starting a settlement house,
serving on the 1911 vice commission and crusading against radicalism in the immediate
aftermath of World War I.
1865.
Interview between Walter M. Frank and Lila M. Johnson and Donald
Sofchalk
Type Oral history interview
Date August 11, 1969
452
Abstract Lila M. Johnson and Donald Sofchalk interviewed Walter M. Frank about his
participation in the labor union movement in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, particularly his
efforts to obtain passage of social legislation. Frank discusses his membership and activities in
the Industrial Workers of the World, the Lather’s union, the American Federation of Labor,
and the Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council; the IWW’s program; labor
efforts to obtain unemployment insurance; the movement in the 1930s to free Tom Mooney
from prison; lack of support by labor leaders for social legislation and industrial unionism; and
Frank’s support of the Nonpartisan League and the Farmer-Labor Party.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1866.
Lesbian Insider/Insighter/Inciter
Type Periodical
Date August, 1980-Febuary/March, 1984
Abstract A lesbian periodical published in Minneapolis from 1980-1984. A self-
described "dyke space," the paper covers both local and national issues pertaining to lesbian
issues.
Archive Quatrefoil Library
1867.
Midwest: A review
Type Magazine
Author Meridel LeSueur, Midwest Federation of Arts and Professions
Date August 1936-January 1937
Abstract radical publication put out from the Gateway building, downtown
Minneapolis
1868.
Minneapolis and the Pragmatic Socialism of Thomas Van Lear
Type Magazine Article
Author David Paul Nord
Pages 2–10
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1976
1869.
Minnesota in the 70s
Type Book
Author Dave Kenney
Author Thomas Saylor
Date 2013
Abstract This history of Minnesota during the 1970s includes many references to
Minneapolis, touching on neighborhood activism, the growth of the counter-culture and the
rise of gay liberation. It describes how the city achieved new national prominence after the
governor of Minnesota appeared on the cover of Time magazine; Mary Tyler Moore became a
hit television show; and Minneapolis was touted as an urban paragon. Its subjects include
Allan Spear, American Indian Movement, the first Earth Day, the Dayton's bombing, school
desegregation battles, and highway construction protests. Richly illustrated.
453
1870.
Minnesota radicalism pamphlet collection
Type Pamphlets
Date 1910
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1871.
Oral history of the 20th Century Radicalism in Minnesota Oral History
Project
Type Oral history interviews
Abstract This collection of interviews documents the role of left-wing radicalism in
shaping Minnesota's political culture. Radicals who were active in the decades up to 1960
were interviewed, including men and women, members of various left-wing political parties
and unaffiliated activists, artists, organizers and WPA workers. The bulk of this collection was
generated between 1986 and 1989 as part of the Radicalism Project at the Minnesota Historical
Society, under project director Carl Ross. Twenty-two of these interviews are particularly
relevant to the history of Minneapolis. Taken as a whole, these interviews provide a rich view
of labor activism; race relations; social conditions in the 1930s; radical politics; anti-
communism and anti-Semitism. They are most detailed for the 1930s and 1940s. They are
particularly valuable for their descriptions of the 1934 Truckers' Strike as well as the early
civil rights movement in the city.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1872.
Interview with Vincent Raymond Dunne
Type Oral history interview
Abstract In this interview Vincent Raymond Dunne discusses his early work
experiences and his involvement with the IWW and the Communist Party in the 1920s,
philosophical differences between the Trotskyites and the Communists, the Socialist Workers
Party, the 1934 Truckers’ Strike in Minneapolis, and organizing radical labor groups. Dunne
became active in the IWW while a migrant worker on the West Coast and in 1920 joined the
Communist Party. He was a major organizer of the 1934 Truckers’ Strike and an active
Trotskyite throughout his life.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1873.
Organizational records, Northern Information Bureau
Type Archival Collection
Abstract Correspondence, reports, financial information, political literature, and similar
records documenting the activities of an organization begun around 1901 as a private detective
agency, but which after 1914 devoted its resources to the investigation and infiltration of
various Minnesota radical political organizations, particularly the Industrial Workers of the
World and (after 1919) the Communist Party. The collection consists mainly of reports to the
Bureau from its investigators within the radical groups reporting information on meetings,
including minutes; membership information; names of individuals associated with the
organization; speakers at meetings, conventions, and rallies; some financial information; and
educational activities, such as workers’ colleges, schools, lectures, and bookstores. After 1919
the Bureau concentrated its investigations on the new American Communist Party and its
relation to the IWW. Also included are records of the Bureau’s investigations for a number of
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lumber firms, dealing with radical activities, thefts by employees, strike rumors, and similar
problems. There are also materials from investigations of radical groups.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1874.
"Punishment of Mere Political Advocacy'': The FBI, Teamsters Local
544, and the Origins of the 1941 Smith Act Case"
Type Journal Article
Author DT Haverty-Stacke
Volume 100
Issue 1
Pages 68-93
Publication Journal of American History
Date June 2013
Abstract Describes how 29 Trotskyist activists were prosecuted in 1941 for advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States government. This article situates the beginning of
the postwar Red Scare in Minneapolis.
1875.
Revolt in the Northwest
Type Magazine Article
Pages 113-119, 178-190
Publication Fortune Magazine
Date April, 1936
Abstract This landmark article in Fortune magazine provided a critical look at
Minneapolis and St. Paul in the wake of the 1934 Truckers' Strike. It describes the long-
running conflict between the Citizens' Alliance and labor activists in Minneapolis as well as
the intense rivalry between the two cities. Besides probing the roots of what it calls the "social
unrest" in Minneapolis, it illuminates the city's long tradition of political radicalism,
speculating that "the revolution may come from the Minneapolis Gateway District." The text is
illustrated with wonderful watercolors by noted author Ludwig Bemelmas.
1876.
Revolutionary activities within the United States: the American Indian
Movement: hearing before the Subcommittee to Investigate the
Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal
Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate,
Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, April 6, 1976.
Type Government Document
Author United States.
Place Washington
Publisher U.S. Govt. Print. Office
Date 1976
1877.
The red-baiting of Kenneth C. Haycraft: a Minnesota all American
Type Magazine Article
455
Author William Millikan
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1994
1878.
Trina Porte papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection charts the life and activism of Trina Porte, a Minneapolis poet,
theater stagehand and lesbian activist who was involved in the campaign to ban pornography
in the city during the 1980s. It includes diaries, correspondence, high school and college
papers, poetry, and activism files documenting the childhood, young adulthood, education,
family dynamics, romantic relationships, sexual orientation, and protest activities of a
Minneapolis radical feminist. Porte was involved with A Woman's Coffeehouse, which is
documented in another MHS collection.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1879.
Vince A. Day papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection documents the service of Vince A. Days in the 1930s as the
private secretary for Floyd B. Olson and as a municipal judge from 1935 to 1945. His position
gave him insights into the Minneapolis Truckers' Strike of 1934; third party politics; labor
relations; radicalism and the murder of Minneapolis journalist Walter Liggett. An invaluable
source for researchers interested in radicalism and class conflict in Minneapolis during the
1930s.
Archive Minnesota historical society
1880.
Walter M. Frank papers
Type Archival Collection
Abstract This collection documents the activism of Walter Malte Frank, a Swedish
immigrant who was an early organizer of the Farmer-Labor Party and was involved in the
militant progressive elements of the labor movement and politics in Minneapolis. Most of the
materials in the collection relate to the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s. There is also
information on the struggle of organized labor to gain economic and social rights, its activities
in the Farmer-Labor party, its progress under the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, and
some information on labor’s role in World War II.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1881.
Watchdog of loyalty: the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
during World War I
Type Book
Author Carl Henry Chrislock
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1991
Abstract This history of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission describes the
campaign against labor activists and radicals in the name of patriotism during World War I.
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Minneapolis figures into the story as one of the centers for the Industrial Workers of the
World, the radical organization so reviled by many Americans. Chrislock documents the raids
on the group in Minneapolis as well as the efforts to curb prostitution. This "social hygiene"
campaign was led by Minneapolis clubwoman Alice Ames Winter.
1882.
Woman writer in the CP: The case of Meridel LeSueur
Type Journal Article
Author Linda Ray Pratt
Volume 14
Issue 3
Pages 247-264
Publication Women's Studies
Date 1987
Abstract Biography of Meridel LeSueur, radical writer.
1883.
Women on the breadlines
Type Book
Author Meridel Le Sueur
Place Cambridge, MA
Publisher West End Press
Date 1977
Abstract This short piece describes social conditions for women in Minneapolis during
the Great Depression. LeSueur describes the struggles that women had in finding work and
how lack of support pushed many of them into prostitution.
1884.
Women's liberation newsletter
Type Periodical
Date 1969
Abstract Newsletter for the Minneapolis Women's Liberation Group located at the
University of Minnesota. Continues as Female Liberation Newsletter.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1885.
WPA strike and trials of 1939
Type Magazine Article
Author Herman Erickson
Publication Minnesota History
Date 1971
Abstract This article describes the work relief program of the WPA during the 1930s.
Workers went on strike in July, 1939 after learning that their hours and wages would be
drastically cut. Violence was the result, as strikers clashed with police and undercover FBI
agents.
457
1886.
Writing red: an anthology of American women writers, 1930-1940
Type Book
Place New York
Publisher The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Date 1987
Abstract This anthology includes work of Meridel LeSueur, who describes the social
conditions for women in Minneapolis during the 1930s.
1887.
You can't do that! Marv Davidov, nonviolent revolutionary
Type Book
Author Carol Masters
Contributor Marv Davidov
Place Minneapolis, MN
Publisher Nodin Press
Date 2009
Abstract Biography of Marv Davidov, longtime Minneapolis activist. Davidov was one
of the original Freedom Riders, who traveled to the South on integrated buses in 1961 to
protest segregation laws. This experience launched Davidov's activist career. He was one of
the central figures in the Honeywell Project, which first protested the manufacture of cluster
bombs used in the Vietnam War and later the building of nuclear armaments.
458
Visuals and Visual Histories
1888.
AIM rally footage
Type Film footage
Director kstp
URL http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage.php?irn=10269070&catirn=10463693
Abstract This news footage shows a rally organized by the American Indian Movement
in Minneapolis.
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1889.
City Public Works Photos
Type Photographs
Author Minneapolis Public Works
Date 1890's-1950's
Abstract Collection of photos of sewer and tunnel construction
Archive Archives, City of Minneapolis, City Hall
1890.
Down on skid row
Type Film
Contributor John Bacich
Director John Lightfoot
Date 1999
Distributor KTCA
Abstract From 1955 to 1961, John Bacich documented life on the streets outside his
Washington Avenue bar in Minneapolis' Gateway District. His footage and narration is a
candid look at lives filled with drinking, violence and camaraderie between men.
1891.
Footage from Plymouth Avenue, urban unrest of 1966
Type Film footage
Author KSTP
URL
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage.php?irn=10269010&catirn=1046
3530
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1892.
Gateway redevelopment collection, Community planning and
Economic Development Archive
Type Photographs
Author Minneapolis Housing Authority
Author Community Planning and Economic Development, City of Minneapolis
Abstract This collection documents the redevelopment of the Minneapolis Gateway
District, the region's largest skid row in the heart of the historic city. This area was demolished
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between 1958 and 1963 as part of one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in American
history. It includes plans, reports, maps and thousands of visuals documenting the area before
and after the project.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1893.
Historic photos of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Heather Block Lawton
Place Nashville, Tenn
Publisher Turner Pub. Co
Date 2007
Abstract Visual history of Minneapolis.
1894.
Lyn-Lake
Type Book
Author Thatcher Imboden
Contributor Cedar Imboden Phillips
Place Charleston, S.C
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2011
Abstract Abstract Visual history of the Lyn-Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis.
1895.
Metroscapes: the Minneapolis gateway photographs of Jerome Liebling
and Robert Wilcox: suburban landscapes of the Twin Cities and
beyond
Type Book
Author Robert B Silberman
Author Jerome Liebling
Author Robert Wilcox
Author Colleen Josephine Sheehy
Author Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Place Minneapolis; Seattle
Publisher Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum/University of Minnesota ; Distributed by
the University of Washington Press
Date 1998
1896.
Minneapolis album: a photographic history of the early days in
Minneapolis : a collection of views illustrative of the city growth from
the earliest settlement down to 1880, with accompanying descriptive
matter and portraits of pioneer citizens, forming a complete historical
picture
Type Book
Author Edward A Bromley
460
Author Harold C Chapin
Author Chicago Photogravure Co
Author Beal's Photographic Studio
Author Zimmerman's Photographic Gallery
Place Minneapolis
Publisher F. L. Thresher
Date 1890
Abstract This classic collection of historic photographs shows Minneapolis in its early
days. Some images are from daguerreotypes.
1897.
Minneapolis Fire Department: A History of Its Development, Souvenir
book, 1868-1893
Type Book
Author O.D. Douglas
Place Minneapolis
Publisher Minneapolis Fire Department Relief Association
Date 1893
Abstract History of the first decades of the Minneapolis Fire Department. Includes
many visuals.
Archive The Special Collections Department of Hennepin County Library
1898.
Minneapolis through a Camera
Type Book
Author Minneapolis Board of Trade
Date 1896
Abstract Shows images of Minneapolis from 1896.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1899.
Nicollet Island
Type Book
Author Christopher Hage
Contributor Rushika Hage
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia Pub
Date 2010
Abstract Visual history of Nicollet Island.
1900.
One Hundred Views of Minneapolis
Type Book
Publisher Hudson's Publishing Company
Date 1910
Abstract Shows photos of businesses in Minneapolis in 1910.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
461
1901.
Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Minneapolis
Type Book
Publisher Phoenix Publishing Co
Date 1893
Abstract Description of city with focus on business enterprises and World's Columbia
Exposition.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1902.
Photographs of Walker Art Center events in Minneapolis
Type Photos
Author Walker Art Center
Abstract Collection documenting the many events staged by the Walker Art Center
around the city.
Archive Walker Art Center Archives
1903.
Potluck supper with meeting to follow
Type Book
Author Andy Sturdevant
Date 2013
Abstract Essays by Andy Sturdevant on walks through history. Includes Sturdevant's
distinctive drawings.
1904.
Reform Jews of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Rhoda Lewin
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, S.C
Publisher Arcadia
Date 2004
1905.
Scrapbook of photographs, North side redevelopment, 1930s
Type Photographs
Author City Planning Department
Place North side, Minneapolis
Date 1930s
Abstract Compilation of hundreds of black and white photographs of North side
neighborhoods in the 1930s. Meant to document urban blight before demolition and
redevelopment. Unique set of sources to reconstruct a neighborhood of the city that has been
lost to history.
Archive Minneapolis City Archives
462
1906.
Sewer Scrapbook
Type Photographs
Author Minneapolis Public Works Department
Date 1920's
Abstract A scrapbook containing images of the construction of the Minnehaha sewer
tunnel.
Archive Minneapolis City Archive
1907.
Souvenir Album of Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Falls in 1886
Type Document
Date 1886
Abstract Souvenir album of Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Falls.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1908.
Souvenir Album, Minneapolis
Type Document
Publisher Harper Brothers
Date 1892
Abstract Album with approximately 14 pages of text, 31 pages of photos.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1909.
Souvenir Book, Minneapolis Police Department
Type Book
Author Talbot, F.L.
Abstract Book of photos compiled by F.L. Talbot to benefit the Minneapolis police
emergency fund. Includes historical sketch, biographies of police officers and photos of the
men and the police stations.
1910.
Spectacular...Downtown in pictures
Type Magazine Article
Publication Hennepin County Magazine
Date Spring 1968
Abstract A series of photos taken of downtown Minneapolis from the 1850’s through
the 1960’s.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1911.
Strange days, dangerous nights: photos from the speed graphic era
Type Book
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Borealis Books
Date 2004
463
Abstract Visual history of daily journalism in the Twin Cities that features sometimes
shocking photos of headline grabbing events.
1912.
The Business Heart of Minneapolis
Type Book
Author H.A. Strong
Date 1882
Abstract Hand-drawn panorama of Washington Avenue in 1882. Images show
incredible detail but presents a sanitized vision of this thoroughfare, which would become
home to most of the city's saloons in the 1890s when the heart of the shopping district moved
to Nicollet Avenue.
Archive Hennepin History Museum
1913.
The Jewish community of north Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Rhoda Lewin
Series Images of America
Place Chicago, IL
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Date 2001
Abstract A visual history of the north side of Minneapolis when it was a heavily Jewish
neighborhood.
1914.
Twin Cities African American community
Type Photos
Author Charles Chamblis
Date 1970s
Abstract Collections of photographs taken by Chamblis, a professional photographer
working in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He photographed events in the Black
community, families, the nightclub scene, musicians, fashion models, weddings, and
landscape views, mainly in Minneapolis (including downtown views and parks).
Archive Minnesota Historical Society
1915.
Twin Cities album: a visual history
Type Book
Author Dave Kenney
Author Minnesota Historical Society
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2005
1916.
Twin cities then and now
Type Book
464
Author Larry Millett
Place St. Paul, Minn
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1996
1917.
Twin Cities: a pictorial history of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Lucile M. Kane
Author Alan Ominsky
Place St. Paul
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 1983
Abstract This coffee-table style visual history provides an overview of the history of
both Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as the relationship between the two cities. The authors
frame this work as a history of photography in the region as much as a work of social and
political history. It is particularly valuable for its narrative explanations to accompany early
panoramas.
1918.
Uptown Minneapolis
Type Book
Author Thatcher Imboden
Contributor Cedar Imboden Phillips
Series Images of America
Place Charleston, SC
Publisher Arcadia
Date 2004
Abstract Visual history of the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis.
1919.
We are still here: a photographic history of the American Indian
Movement
Type Book
Author Dick Bancroft
Contributor Laura Waterman Wittstock
Place St. Paul, MN
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date 2013
Abstract Visual history of the American Indian Movement created by two participants.
1920.
Who's Who in Caricature
Type Book
Author Carl Rawson
Date 1910
Loc. in Archive Rare books
Abstract Caricatures of people prominent in Minneapolis in the first decade of the
twentieth century.
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