BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Ramsey County Historical Society - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Ramsey County Historical Society
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rchs.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ramsey County Historical Society
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20200308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20201101T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20210314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20211107T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20220313T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20221106T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210714T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210714T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210601T203118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T203118Z
UID:10008818-1626283800-1626292800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Evenings at Gibbs: July Grounds and Gardens Tour
DESCRIPTION:Take an evening stroll through the Gibbs Farm grounds and garden on a brand new tour! \nGibbs Farm has a  heritage apple orchard\, restored prairie\, crop gardens\, and medicine garden as well as an eclectic Victorian flower garden\, visit each space in one evening! \nPrograms Manager Clare Holte will lead this tour and provide the historical background of the gardens and her most fascinating plant-based facts. Tour topics range from essential amino acids\, the life cycle of an apple tree\, Victorian flower hunting and Integrated Pest Management. \nCheck-in starts at 5:30\, grab a drink\, visit the farm animals and check out the gardens before the tour begins at 6:00. \n$30 ($22 for RCHS Members) \nPre-registration required. Register online or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629 \nTicket price includes a glass of Wine\, Beer\, Batch Cocktail/Mocktail or choice of themed NA beverage + Light hors d oeuvres and dessert.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/evenings-at-gibbs-july-grounds-and-gardens-tour/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Adults Only Event,Gibbs Events,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/5.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210714T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210714T113000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210302T155616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210302T155616Z
UID:10008786-1626255000-1626262200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:PeeWees: Ducks\, Geese\, and Chickens...Oh My! - Sold Out
DESCRIPTION:PeeWees Camp\nPrice Per Session: $22 \nFor Campers 4-5 \nThese mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature\, pioneer\, and Dakota life in the 1800s. \nEach camp session includes a make and take activity\, story time\, a snack\, and spending time outside!  Peewees play games\, color\, sing songs\, and visit our farm animals. \nNew 2021 Topics!  We are excited to introduce new Pioneer Peewees topics this summer in addition to returning favorites like “All About Bees” and “Pioneer Chores”! \n2021 PeeWees Camp Session Descriptions \nRegister for PeeWees!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/peewees-ducks-geese-and-chickens-oh-my-sold-out/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Day Camp,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Peewees-edited_web-e1582749042863.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210713T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210715T130000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210301T174054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T174054Z
UID:10008779-1626166800-1626354000@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Dakota Camp - Sold out
DESCRIPTION:July 13th – 15th; 9am-1pm \nFor Campers 6-10\nLearn about Minnesota’s first people\, the Dakota\, past & present\, in this unique camp!  Developed with Dakota partners\, including instructors from University of Minnesota’s Dakota Language Program\, this camp allows kids to explore 1830s seasonal life through the lens of Cloud Man’s village\, where a young Jane Gibbs spent many of her childhood years. \nCampers are introduced to the Dakota language and play games to learn names of colors and animals! Activities include practicing with bows & arrows\, learning about the engineering involved with constructing a tipi\, visiting a replica bark lodge\, hearing stories\, and sampling Dakota inspired food on the last day! \nRegister for Dakota Camp!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/dakota-camp/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Day Camp,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/P8010350-scaled-e1578604418175.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210710T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210710T133000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210607T191449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T191449Z
UID:10008820-1625913000-1625923800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Begin with a Bee Book Event + Kid's Nature Investigation Tour
DESCRIPTION:Local Author Phyllis Root will be visiting Gibbs Farm with her new book Begin with a Bee all about the fascinating Rusty Patched Bumblebee!\nThis event is FREE and open to the public\, but space is limited\, so make sure to pre-register HERE or by calling the Gibbs Farm office at 651-646-8629. By pre-registering for the book event\, you also get free admission to the Gibbs Farm site. \nPhyllis Root will read from the book and share her writing and research process. This gorgeous and educational picture book is great for all ages and while everyone is welcome on the nature investigation tour it will be geared for kids 4-8. Younger children may need some help participating from their grown-up! \nAfter the reading\, meet the author\, ask a question\, and buy a copy of Begin with a Bee or Plant a Pocket of Prairie. \nPlus: \n\nJoin a kid focused 20-minute nature investigation tour offered at 11:45 and 12:15.\nChat with Master Naturalists (and Gibbs Farm Volunteers) Kathy Robbins and Cathy Croghan about all things prairie related.\nGrab self-guided tour information and explore the prairie and gardens with your group.\nCheck out the historic Gibbs Farmhouse on a guided history tour. (offered at 12:00\, 1:00 or 2:00)\nVisit the farm animals!\nBring a snack or a picnic to enjoy.\n\nGibbs Farm is an 8-acre site that includes a restored prairie\, gardens historic and replica buildings. This event will take place outside and will be set up to allow social distancing between groups. Masks need to be worn at all times while inside and when on a tour. \nProgram will start at 11:00\, check in begins at 10:30. \nPart of the History Revealed series of programs.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/begin-with-a-bee-book-event-kids-nature-investigation-tour/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Book Event,Children's Events,Community Events,Gibbs Events,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/bee-insta.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210709T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210709T113000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210301T180344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T180344Z
UID:10008785-1625823000-1625830200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:PeeWees: Birds in our Backyard - Sold Out
DESCRIPTION:PeeWees Camp\nPrice Per Session: $22 \nFor Campers 4-5 \nThese mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature\, pioneer\, and Dakota life in the 1800s. \nEach camp session includes a make and take activity\, story time\, a snack\, and spending time outside!  Peewees play games\, color\, sing songs\, and visit our farm animals. \nNew 2021 Topics!  We are excited to introduce new Pioneer Peewees topics this summer in addition to returning favorites like “All About Bees” and “Pioneer Chores”! \n2021 PeeWees Camp Session Descriptions \nRegister for PeeWees!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/peewees-birds-in-our-backyard/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Day Camp,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Peewees-edited_web-e1582749042863.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210708T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210611T164417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210611T164417Z
UID:10008822-1625770800-1625776200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Welcoming the Dear Neighbor
DESCRIPTION:Welcoming the Dear Neighbor?: Housing Inequality and Race in Ramsey County\nDr. Rachel Neiwert and Dr. Kristine West\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nJuly 8\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library \n\nAn interdisciplinary group of St. Catherine University faculty\, staff\, and students have partnered with the Mapping Prejudice project to learn more about the history of housing inequality and race in Ramsey County during the twentieth century. \nDr. Rachel Neiwert\, associate professor of history\, and Dr. Kristine West\, associate professor of economics will share what they have been learning about this history in our community.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-welcoming-the-dear-neighbor/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1886-Environs-Index-2-crop-1280x842-e1551203828642.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210707T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210707T113000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210301T175938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T175938Z
UID:10008784-1625650200-1625657400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:PeeWees: Dakota Seasons - Sold Out
DESCRIPTION:PeeWees Camp\nPrice Per Session: $22 \nFor Campers 4-5 \nThese mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 & 5 year-olds who are ready for some independent fun!  Costumed staff lead campers through adventures in topics relating to nature\, pioneer\, and Dakota life in the 1800s. \nEach camp session includes a make and take activity\, story time\, a snack\, and spending time outside!  Peewees play games\, color\, sing songs\, and visit our farm animals. \nNew 2021 Topics!  We are excited to introduce new Pioneer Peewees topics this summer in addition to returning favorites like “All About Bees” and “Pioneer Chores”! \n2021 PeeWees Camp Session Descriptions \nRegister for PeeWees!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/peewees-dakota-seasons/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Day Camp,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Peewees-edited_web-e1582749042863.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210706T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210708T130000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210301T174344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T174344Z
UID:10008781-1625562000-1625749200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Kids on the Farm - Sold Out
DESCRIPTION:July 6th – 8th; 9am-1pm \nFor Campers 6-10\nTravel back in time to the mid-1800s and live like an early Minnesota farm kid! \nGo to school in a one-room schoolhouse\, help with the weekly wash\, run an errand to the local general store\, make butter\, and more!   Every morning starts with feeding the Gibbs Farm animals. \nFarm kids had a lot of responsibility\, but they also knew how to have fun!  Campers play marbles\, horseshoes\, learn about making (and taste) ice cream. \nCampers will return to the 21st century with a new understanding of 19th century school\, work\, and play! \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/kids-on-the-farm/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Children's Events,Day Camp,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Animal-Chores-Edited-e1546891465274.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T150000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210525T174206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T174206Z
UID:10008812-1625130000-1625151600@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Single Day Camp - Sold Out
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 1st; 9am-3pm \n$60 for a single day session \nCampers will need to bring a lunch \nHere is the perfect summer adventure day! A full day of camp awesomeness featuring activities from Dakota camp and Kids on the Farm camp. Dip a candle made of real beeswax\, race with a travois through a restored prairie\, and feed some friendly farm animals! \nDue to the popularity of our 2021 summer camp selections\, Gibbs Farm is offering two single-day camp sessions on June 29th and July 1st. Please note\, both sessions will consist of identical content\, so it is recommended to only register for one day. \nAll Gibbs Farm 2021 Summer Camp Guidelines will be adhered to during these camp sessions. Please read through the guidelines before registering \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-single-day-camp-2/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Day Camp,Gibbs Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210629T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210629T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210601T183224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T183224Z
UID:10008813-1624987800-1624996800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Evenings at Gibbs: June Farmhouse Tour
DESCRIPTION:Our Evening Farmhouse tour is back with a twist!\nRamsey County Historical Society and Gibbs Farm staff are incredibly excited to welcome Members and guests back for in-person programming. The Evenings at Gibbs event series is a chance for adults to enjoy history and snacks in the beautiful and educational 8-acre Gibbs Farm setting. \nJane and Heman Gibbs purchased 160 acres of land in the new Minnesota Territory in 1849\, shortly after their marriage. For the first five years they lived in a sod house before eventually building a log cabin in 1853. As they expanded their family and their farm business they added and improved on this log cabin\, adding a parlor\, bedrooms and a summer kitchen. The Gibbs Family lived on this land for over 100 years. The farmhouse was purchased by the newly created Ramsey County Historical Society in 1949 and has been an educational space ever since. \nSite manager Sammy Nelson will lead guests through the rooms of the Farmhouse\, connecting the Gibbs Family story to the larger historical context of Minnesota’s early statehood. This tour is great for first time visitors and longtime supporters of Gibbs Farm\, as Sammy will highlight some of her favorite rediscovered facts and anecdotes from her winter research project. \n  \nCheck-in starts at 5:30\, grab a drink\, visit the farm animals and check out the gardens before the tour begins at 6:00. \nTickets $25 ($18 RCHS Members) \nPre-registration is required\, purchase Tickets online or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629 \nTicket price includes: a glass of wine\, beer\, or choice of themed NA beverage and light appetizers. Food will be enjoyed before the tour enters the farmhouse.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/evenings-at-gibbs-june-farmhouse-tour/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Adults Only Event,Gibbs Events,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Evenings-at-Gibbs.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210629T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210629T150000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210525T173707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T173707Z
UID:10008811-1624957200-1624978800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Single Day Camp - Sold Out
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, June 29th; 9am-3pm \n$60 for a single day session \nCampers will need to bring a lunch \nHere is the perfect summer adventure day! A full day of camp awesomeness featuring activities from Dakota camp and Kids on the Farm camp. Dip a candle made of real beeswax\, race with a travois through a restored prairie\, and feed some friendly farm animals! \nDue to the popularity of our 2021 summer camp selections\, Gibbs Farm is offering two single-day camp sessions on June 29th and July 1st. Please note\, both sessions will consist of identical content\, so it is recommended to only register for one day. \nAll Gibbs Farm 2021 Summer Camp Guidelines will be adhered to during these camp sessions. Please read through the guidelines before registering. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-single-day-camp/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Day Camp,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tipi-kristina-e1520280325477.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210626T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210626T111500
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210601T194528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T194528Z
UID:10008817-1624703400-1624706100@rchs.com
SUMMARY:June Prairie Walk
DESCRIPTION:Come and see what’s blooming on the prairie! \nJoin Master Naturalists Cathy Croghan and Kathy Robbins as they lead a 45 minute tour focusing on Gibbs Farm’s restored prairie. See the effects of our mid-May controlled burn while you learn about the flowers and grasses that make up this important and rare plant community that was once so common in Minnesota. \nGibbs Farm is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays this summer from 10-4. The prairie walk is included in regular Saturday admission price. To reserve your tour spot\, pre-pay admission online (registration is free for RCHS members)\, or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office at 651-646-8629. \nAfter the tour\, stick around for live music from Light of the Moon\, take a history tour or enjoy the prairie on your own\, we suggest bringing a snack or picnic!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/june-prairie-walk/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Special Events,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneprairie-walk-insta.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210408T170735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210408T170735Z
UID:10008805-1624561200-1624566600@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Reviving An 1850s Saloon
DESCRIPTION:Reviving an 1850s Lager Beer Saloon–Do’s and Don’ts\nTom Schroeder\n\n\n\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nJune 24\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting: Registration Link\nRegistration is limited. You will receive a confirmation email after registering.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nSome say business and historic preservation don’t mix. ‘Not so\,’ says Tom Schroeder\, developer and owner of Waldmann Brewery in St. Paul–‘You just have to give it a good shake.’ In this ‘kiss and tell’ description of his discovery\, restoration and ultimate reopening in 2017 of a Territorial Period lager beer saloon near downtown St. Paul–Tom provides a candid retelling of the story of Waldmann: what went well and what didn’t\, how politics and good intentions collide\, the surprising role of our preservation bureaucracy and ultimately how no good deed goes unpunished. \nTom Schroeder\, Waldmann’s owner\, will present numerous images\, historic context and notable vignettes from the story of Waldmann itself.\nFor more on Waldmann Brewery\, see https://waldmannbrewery.com/ \nPast History Revealed Programs\nVideos of some of our past History Revealed programs are available on the RCHS & Gibbs Farm Youtube channel.\nRamsey County Historical Society Youtube Channel \nTo purchase titles from the History Revealed series\, or other books of interest\, see our partner\, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-reviving-an-1850s-saloon/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event,Waldmann's Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Waldmann_HistoryPhoto_TheBuilding-300x200-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210401T200903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210401T200903Z
UID:10008804-1624388400-1624393800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Tulsa Race Massacre
DESCRIPTION:The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre\nKarlos K. Hill\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nTuesday\, June 22\, 2021\, 7:00 pm\nNew registration link: Rescheduled Registration Link\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library \n\n\n\nJoin us for this very special History Revealed program with Karlos K. Hill\, author of the new book\, The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History\, on the centennial of the event in Tulsa\, OK.  \nOn the evening of May 31\, 1921\, and in the early morning hours of June 1\, several thousand white citizens and authorities violently attacked the African American Greenwood District of Tulsa\, Oklahoma. In the course of some twelve hours of mob violence\, white Tulsans reduced one of the nation’s most prosperous black communities to rubble and killed an estimated 300 people\, mostly African Americans. This richly illustrated volume\, featuring more than 175 photographs\, along with oral testimonies\, shines a new spotlight on the race massacre from the vantage point of its victims and survivors. \nHistorian and Black Studies professor Karlos K. Hill presents a range of photographs taken before\, during\, and after the massacre\, mostly by white photographers. Some of the images are published here for the first time. Comparing these photographs to those taken elsewhere in the United States of lynchings\, the author makes a powerful case for terming the 1921 outbreak not a riot but a massacre. White civilians\, in many cases assisted or condoned by local and state law enforcement\, perpetuated a systematic and coordinated attack on Black Tulsans and their property. \nDespite all the violence and devastation\, black Tulsans rebuilt the Greenwood District brick by brick. By the mid-twentieth century\, Greenwood had reached a new zenith\, with nearly 250 Black-owned and Black-operated businesses. Today the citizens of Greenwood\, with support from the broader community\, continue to work diligently to revive the neighborhood once known as “Black Wall Street.” As a result\, Hill asserts\, the most important legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the grit and resilience of the Black survivors of racist violence. \nThe 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History offers a perspective largely missing from other accounts. At once captivating and disturbing\, it will embolden readers to confront the uncomfortable legacy of racial violence in U.S. history. \n \nKarlos K. Hill is Associate Professor and Chair of the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory.\nImage of Professor Hill from https://www.ou.edu/cas/afam/faculty-staff\n \n \nAn additional book for families and children grades 3-6\, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford\, illustrated by Floyd Cooper\, is available from Lerner Publications at https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/20776 \nTo purchase titles from the History Revealed series\, or other books of interest\, see our partner\, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-tulsa-race-massacre/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Online Event,Presentation,Publishing,Special Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Tulsa_web.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210617T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210218T173508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T173508Z
UID:10008774-1623956400-1623961800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Irvine Park
DESCRIPTION:Neighborhood Architecture: Irvine Park\nJeanne Kosfeld and Richard Kronick\n\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nJune 17\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting: Zoom Registration Link \nRegistration is limited. You will receive a confirmation email after registering.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the Roseville Library\n \n\nTwin Cities-based illustrator Jeanne Kosfeld and author Richard Kronick have together transformed a simple sketchbook featuring pen and ink drawings into a brief storytelling of the Irvine Park neighborhood’s unique 172-year history. The author and illustrator will share the history and the architecture of Irvine Park’s fanciful Queen Anne-style homes\, simple clapboard houses\, and elaborate French Second Empire-style mansions\, and the story of the area and its inhabitants. \nWhat began as a casual sketch outing in Saint Paul’s charming Irvine Park neighborhood during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic became Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book. Twin Cities-based illustrator Jeanne Kosfeld and author Richard Kronick have together transformed a simple sketchbook featuring pen and ink drawings into a brief storytelling of the Irvine Park neighborhood’s unique 172-year history. Artists of all ages and abilities can colorize their own imagined versions of these historic edifices. \nNeighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book will be available from RCHS in April.\nNeighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book will be available in softcover with 18 house sketches\, brief histories of the homes’ owners and architecture; and an architectural style guide and glossary at the end of the 48-page book. $18.99 regular price\, $15.00 for RCHS members. Shipping will be additional. \nTo order books\, use the order form here. \nAbout the Illustrator: Artist Jeanne Kosfeld paints primarily with water-based media\, but her large body of work also includes print and board game design and public sculpture. She started her career as a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist. Along her creative path\, she led the design department at the University of Alaska\, where she was also an adjunct faculty member. In Minnesota\, she worked as the creative director at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for eighteen years. \nKosfeld has won several awards\, and her work resides in many public and private collections. She has been honored with artist-in-residences around the globe. \nAbout the Author: Richard Kronick has been a full-time freelance writer since 1985\, specializing in architecture and engineering. He is the co-author with Rick Harrison and Greg Yoko of a 2010 book on suburban planning titled Prefurbia: Reinventing the Suburbs from Disdainable to Sustainable. Kronick has written over one hundred articles and reviews on the built environment and has planned and led more than sixty architecture tours in the Twin Cities\, the Midwest\, and Italy. He is a member of the board of directors of the nonprofit Preserve Minneapolis (PM) and is editor-in-chief of PM’s MinneapolisHistorical.org\, a guide to the city’s architecture. He often lectures and teaches continuing education courses on the history of architecture and is an expert on the Prairie School architects Purcell & Elmslie.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-irvine-park/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Book Event,History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event,Presentation,Publishing
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IrvinePark_CoverBox_web.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210612T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210612T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210524T135634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T135634Z
UID:10008810-1623492000-1623506400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:June 12 Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our June 12th volunteer Day from 10:00-2:00. Gibbs Farm staff will lead volunteers in active outdoor projects to prepare for our 2021 season. Projects will include: gardening\, light landscaping and site clean-up.\n\n\n\nProjects are great for individuals\, volunteers 12+ and family groups! Perfect for students needing to complete service hours.\nInstructions\, materials and snacks provided. Please wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in! Bring work gloves and a lunch if you wish!\nQuestions? Interested in volunteering but can’t make this event? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.\nThere is plenty of space to spread out\, masks and social distancing required\n\nLet us know you are coming by RSVPing using this link: https://signup.com/Group/37005712280864030/\nOR email Clare@RCHS.com.\n\n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/june-12-volunteer-day/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/volunteercollage.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210610T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210610T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210419T184623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T184623Z
UID:10008806-1623351600-1623357000@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Scandinavian Woman Suffrage Association
DESCRIPTION:The Scandinavian Woman Suffrage Association of Minnesota\nAnna Peterson\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nJune 10\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\n \n\n\nDuring the fight for women’s suffrage\, Minnesota was home to one of the only ethnic suffrage organizations in the country. The Scandinavian Woman Suffrage Association (SWSA) operated from 1907 to 1919 and used cultural connections to garner support for women’s suffrage at the state and national levels.  Its leaders played on ethnic afficilitation and identity to lobby Scandinavian-American legislators and members of the general public to vote for women’s enfranchisement.  The SWSA had members from all walks of life\, serving to counter anti-suffragist claims that suffragists were only elite\, society women who did not represent the typical American woman. This talk will detail the history of the SWSA and the ways in which its membership’s varied ethnic and class backgrounds “spiced up” the women’s suffrage movement.\n\nAnna M. Peterson is associate professor of history at Luther College in Decorah\, IA. She also serves as editor for the Norwegian-American Historical Association. Her many publications include two articles on the Scandinavian Woman Suffrage Association published in Minnesota History and The Journal of American Ethnic History.\n\n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-scandinavian-woman-suffrage-association/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WOMAN_SUFFRAGE_web.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210608T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210429T164228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T164228Z
UID:10008809-1623178800-1623184200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Research & Restoration
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society Presents\nResearch + Restoration: Using History to Inspire Your Home’s Rehabilitation\nElyse Jensen\, Mollie Spillman and Rich Arpi\nHistory Revealed Series\nJune 8\, 2021\nTuesday\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with Rethos: Places Reimagined\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nJoin Irvine Park homeowner and restorer Elyse Jensen\, RCHS Curator Mollie Spillman and RCHS Research Associate Rich Arpi in a panel discussion. They will share insights on how you can research the history of your home or property\, to help you make choices that are functional\, but also respect your home’s history. \nRestorer Elyse Jensenwill talk about the research they did on their home in Irvine Park to guide their rehab & design projects. Using archival data\, old newspapers\, stories from former owners\, etc.\, they were able to make choices that preserved and renovated their home and also kept the historic nature of the house and the neighborhood. Their experience can help inspire & teach other homeowners about using research to explore their homes’ histories & futures. \nRCHS Curator Mollie Spillman and Research Associate Rich Arpi will provide insights on what the RCHS Collection has to offer homeowners looking to research their property\, including building permits\, plat maps\, survey photos and more. They will share the process of how to go about researching your home\, and where to go for assistance. \nZoom registration is required:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdOGtqDMvHN0ixtsvyNy8CmQ4f7PUkMbU \nFor past History revealed programs\, see History Revealed Online. \nFeatured image: The Ohage House in the Irvine Park neighborhood of St. Paul\, undergoing restoration\, date unknown (built in 1889). From the RCHS Collection.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-research-restoration/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event,Special Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/198011115_Ohage.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210520T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210108T164309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210108T164309Z
UID:10008766-1621537200-1621542600@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Historic Ballparks
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society Presents\nHistoric Ballparks of the Twin Cities\nStew Thornley\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nMay 20\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the Roseville Library \nFrom the rickety to the palatial\, ballparks have grown up with and defined baseball in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some old-timers have vivid memories of cheering for Willie Mays and Roy Campanella at Nicollet and Lexington. Others marveled at a majestic Killebrew home run at the Met. Many a lucky resident celebrated two world championships in the Metrodome and witnessed one of the greatest pitching performances in World Series history. More recently\, fans have enjoyed the return of sunshine and even raindrops at Target Field. Described by City Pages as “the most respected local baseball historian\,” Stew Thornley leads a tour of where we—as well as our grandparents and now our children—discovered baseball. \nStew Thornley has been researching Minnesota baseball history for more than forty years. He is an official scorer for Minnesota Twins home games and is a member of the Major League Baseball Official Scoring Advisory Committee.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-historic-ballparks/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/HistoricBallparks_web.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210515T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210515T133000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210426T175045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T175045Z
UID:10008808-1621077300-1621085400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Irvine Park Coloring Book Walking Tours
DESCRIPTION:Irvine Park Walking Tour and Book Release Event for\nNeighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book\nSaturday\, May 15\, 2021\nTwo sessions: 11:15 am and 12:30 \nJeanne Kosfeld and Richard Kronick have created a unique first book featuring the lovely Irvine Park neighborhood. Readers may color or paint eighteen sketches of old homes while learning about the area’s history and architecture. \nFor tour registrations\, see our secure form here. \nRCHS will host a COVID-safe kickoff event for the coloring book and short tour of the Irvine Park neighborhood on Saturday\, May 15\, 2021. \nTickets are $30 each or $27 for members and include a copy of the coloring book\, which will be distributed at the end of the tour. \n\nThe first tour begins at 11:15 am followed by a second tour at 12:30 pm.\nTours are limited to sixteen people\, two people per registration.\nMasks are required to be worn throughout the event.\nPlease meet ten minutes before the start of the tour at 223 Walnut Street.\nPark at the Alexander Ramsey House lot\, 265 Exchange Street South.\nRain date: June 5\, 2021.\n\nPlease contact RCHS at events@rchs.com if concerned about the weather or to cancel your registration.\nThere are no refunds\, but we will contact you to get a mailing address to ship your coloring book. \nExtra copies of Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book are available in softcover with eighteen house sketches\, brief histories of the homes’ owners and architecture; and an architectural style guide and glossary at the end of the forty-eight-page book. Cost is $20; $18 for RCHS members.\nOrder at https://rchs.com/publishing/books/. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/irvine-park-coloring-book-walking-tours/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,Publishing,Special Events,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IrvinePark_CoverBox_web.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210508T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210508T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210421T151541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T151541Z
UID:10008807-1620468000-1620482400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm May 8th Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our May 8th volunteer Day from 10:00-2:00. Gibbs Farm staff will lead volunteers in active outdoor projects to prepare for our 2021 season. Projects will include: gardening\, light landscaping and site clean-up.\n\nLet us know you are coming by using our SignUp page or emailing Clare@RCHS.com.\nRegister by using Signup.com\n\nProjects are great for volunteers 12+ or family groups! Perfect for students needing to complete service hours. Instructions\, materials and snacks provided. Please wear close-toed shoes and clothes you can work in. Bring work gloves and a lunch if you wish!\n\nQuestions? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.\nThere is plenty of space to spread out\, masks and social distancing required
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-may-8th-volunteer-day/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Gibbs Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Photo-Jun-03-11-34-29-AM-1-scaled-1-e1664482132607.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210506T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210506T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210325T155235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210325T155235Z
UID:10008801-1620327600-1620331200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang
DESCRIPTION:Alvin Karpis and the Barker Gang in Minnesota\nDeborah Frethem & Cynthia Schreiner Smith\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nMay 6\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting: Registration Link\nRegistration is limited. You will receive a confirmation email after registering.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nFrom their home base in Minnesota\, the Karpis-Barker Gang cut a swath of crime and terror across the Midwest in the early 1930s. They kidnapped two important businessmen and held them for exorbitant ransoms. They stole payrolls and robbed banks as the bullets flew. Corrupt police and wily crime bosses helped Alvin Karpis and the Barker brothers\, Freddie and Doc\, every step of the way. Who were these men and women? What made them into killers and kidnappers? How did their reckless lifestyles lead to their downfall? From Ma Barker to Volney Davis to Edna Murray the Kissing Bandit\, authors Deborah Frethem and Cynthia Schreiner Smith delve into the crimes\, personalities and motivations of one of the most successful and infamous gangs in American history.\nCynthia Schreiner Smith is an actor/writer/producer born and raised in St. Paul\, Minnesota\, where she still lives in a suburb outside the city. This is her first book\, but she he has published short pieces on St. Paul history in the St. Paul Almanac in 2012 and 2014. Since 1998\, she has worked as a tour guide for “Down in History Tours” in St. Paul\, researching and writing scripts for its historical tours. She is best known there for performing the St. Paul Gangster Tour as Barker-Karpis gang member Edna Murray\, the Kissing Bandit. Cynthia and her husband\, Bick Smith\, are co-owners of CyBick Productions\, producing corporate videos and short films. In 2011\, they produced Gangsterland\, a documentary-style movie about 1930s gangsters in St. Paul.\nDeborah Frethem previously published Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg\, Clearwater\, and Pinellas County with The History Press in 2007\, Haunted Tampa: Spirits of the Bay in 2013 and Haunted Ybor City in 2014. She has also written scripts for historical tours in Minnesota and Florida and conducted these tours for more than twenty years. She has a bachelor’s degree in history from Olaf College and has served as tour manager for “Down in History Tours” in St. Paul. She is currently a writer and storyteller\, living on a boat in the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. \nTo purchase titles from the History Revealed series\, or other books of interest\, see our partner\, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-alvin-karpis-and-the-barker-gang/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Karpis-Book-e1616687482467.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210302T220414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210302T220414Z
UID:10008800-1619722800-1619728200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: St. Paul Hiking Club
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society Presents\nThe St. Paul Hiking Club\nRobert Tholkes\, with Janice Quick\, Donna Naumann Jensen and Pat Hustings\nHistory Revealed Series\nApril 29\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nJoin Bob Tholkes\, Janice Quick and Pat Hustings as they share the history and stories of the St. Paul Hiking Club from its beginnings one hundred years ago on January 15\, 1921. \nOn January 15\, 1921\, twenty-five hardy young people bundled up in their warmest boots\, knickers\, hiking skirts\, and woolen mittens and socks for a six-mile round-trip jaunt on the east side of St. Paul in 10°F weather. With that inaugural trek\, the St. Paul Municipal Hiking Club was formed. A century on and a few days past the anniversary of that first frigid excursion\, members of what is today simply called the St. Paul Hiking Club recreated the journey—in warmer weather—15°F!  When not walking\, Bob Tholkes\, president of the club since 2014\, spent the better part of two years researching the story of one of St. Paul’s early social clubs that formed to promote exercise and create opportunities to get to know one another and explore Minnesota’s great outdoors. Join Bob and historians/members Janice Quick and Pat Hustings for this anniversary event and get inspired to hike this spring! \nZoom Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlduGrqjkuGtOLt65-fg6PAtbsO6a0OEmN \nFeatured image: In 1940\, the City of Saint Paul honored the St. Paul Municipal Hiking Club (now the St. Paul Hiking Club) for their volunteer work at one of the local parks. From the RCHS Collection.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-st-paul-hiking-club/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RCHM_Winter-2021_TEXT_F_high-res-4.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210423T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210330T144239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T144239Z
UID:10008802-1619202600-1619208000@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: From Hurt to Healing
DESCRIPTION:The East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society Present\n\nFrom Hurt to Healing: An Intergenerational Activity Book\n\nJan Mandell and Mariana Morgan-Sawyer\nHistory Revealed Series\nApril 23\, 2021\nFriday\, 6:30 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nHow do we move from hurt to healing? The murder of George Floyd and the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic brought together young people and elders in a three-month Zoom conversation focused on healing from trauma. Elders shared stories of how they persevered in their racial justice struggles when they were young\, and young people asked questions\, listened\, and led mind-body medicine breathing tools they were practicing to heal from their stress and burn-out in the aftermath of intensive activism responding to the traumatic events of 2020. \nIn From Hurt to Healing: An Intergenerational Activity Book\, there are coloring pages of community elders including blocks of texts and inspirational quotations where they share their wisdom and experiences for moving from hurt to healing as well as beautifully hand drawn coloring pages of breathing tools with directions and other healing practices such as humming\, hair braiding\, and dancing. There are word searches and writing prompts to encourage intergenerational dialogue and includes the wisdom of the St. Paul Rondo community with coloring pages of the Selby Avenue Jazz Fest\, Rondo Days\, and other local festivals. \nJoin some of the creators of From Hurt to Healing and members of the ESFL community in an exploration of how this coloring activity book can promote cross-generational connection and healing from trauma. From Hurt to Healing: An Intergenerational Activity Book\, a collaboration between Every Body’s In and Irreducible Grace Foundation (IGF)\, two black-led non-profits in the Rondo Community of St. Paul\, MN\, is available now! Books can be ordered on the Irreducible Grace website.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-from-hurt-to-healing/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event,Special Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hurt-to-Healing.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210422T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210217T211712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T211712Z
UID:10008773-1619118000-1619123400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Charles Malchow
DESCRIPTION:Charles W. Malchow and the Story Behind “The Sexual Life”\nDr. Ryan Hurt with Paul Nelson\n\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nApril 22\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegistration Link\nRegistration is limited. You will receive a confirmation email after registering.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nAt the turn of the twentieth century\, a progressive doctor named Charles W. Malchow\, who worked at Hamline University’s short-lived Department of Medicine\, wrote a book—a book about sex. Trained at the Minneapolis College of Physicians and Surgeons and in Europe\, the young doctor believed it was important for readers\, particularly women\, to better understand sexual relationships as healthy and normal. He partnered with publisher Olly Burton. Together\, they ran their work by test audiences. They even contacted the postal authorities to make sure they could send promotional materials and the book itself through the mail. They were reminded by one postal official of the Comstock Law. Despite that\, they proceeded as planned. \nAuthors Ryan T. Hurt and Paul Nelson\, will share the story of Dr. Malchow\, Olly Burton and the aftermath of their publication. \nFor a PDF of their article in Ramsey County History magazine\, “A Doctor Ahead of His Time and the Trouble that Followed: The Sexual Life by Charles W. Malchow\,” see the link here. \nRyan T. Hurt is a physician and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester\, MN. Born in Rochester\, he attended Hamline University as an undergraduate. He serves on the Mayo Clinic Historical Committee and has an interst in the history of medicine. \nPaul Nelson is an amateur historian living in St. Paul. Born and raised in Ohio’s Connecticut Western Reserve\, he is the author of many publications on Minnesota history\, including for Ramsey County History magazine\, and the RCHS podcast series\, and is a graduate of University of Minnesota’s Law School.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-charles-malchow/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event,Special Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Malchow_web.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210415T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210108T170012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210108T170012Z
UID:10008767-1618513200-1618518600@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Clara Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society Presents\nClara Anderson: A Woman’s Fight to Save Her Job in the Face of Discrimination\nJohn Guthmann\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nApril 15\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the Roseville Library \n“Bartenders Wanted: Women Need Not Apply.” In the early 1940s\, Clara Anderson worked as a bartender at a local hotel until the St. Paul City Council enacted an ordinance barring women from working behind the bar once men returned from World War II. Rather than lose her job to a man\, Anderson went to court. Her battle lasted three years and involved one tenacious lawyer and nine judges along the way. Ramsey County Chief Judge John Guthmann accidentally discovered this long-forgotten case when conducting research for a judicial portrait dedication at the Ramsey County Law Library. Intrigued\, he wanted to learn more about this feisty woman. Using court records\, family stories and photographs\, and newspaper accounts\, Guthmann brings Anderson’s story and her fight against discrimination to life.\n \nJohn H. Guthmann is a former Chief Judge of Minnesota’s Second Judicial District and a member of the Ramsey County Board of Directors. He graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon\, Iowa\, with a double major in history and political science\, and received his JD from William Mitchell College of Law. After clerking for Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Robert Sheran\, he spent twenty-seven years in private practice until his appointment to the bench in 2008. \nImage: Clara Anderson\, sometime between 1941-1943\, when she was about 33-35 years old and working as a bartender at the Frederic Hotel during the war years. Photo courtesy of Monte Anderson.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-clara-anderson/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ClaraAnderson.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210408T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210408T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210119T205922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T205922Z
UID:10008771-1617908400-1617913800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Booth Girls
DESCRIPTION:Booth Girls: Pregnancy\, Adoption\, and the Secrets We Kept\nKim Heikkila\, PhD\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nApril 8\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting: Registration Link\nRegistration is limited. You will receive a confirmation email after registering.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library \nBooth Girls is a thoughtful\, multigenerational story of contested motherhood\, equal parts biography\, oral history\, history\, and memoir. \nKim Heikkila’s mother had a secret: in 1961\, two years before her marriage\, she became pregnant. After several months hidden in her parents’ attic bedroom\, she gave birth to a daughter at the Salvation Army’s Booth Memorial Hospital\, a home for unwed mothers in St. Paul\, and surrendered her for adoption. \nKim’s older sister reunited with her birth family in the 1990s. Kim’s mother wrote about these experiences\, but after she died\, Heikkila still had questions. Using careful research and sensitive interviews with other “Booth girls\,” she tells the stories of the Booth hospital and the women who passed through it—and she learned more about her own experience as an adoptive mother. \nKim Heikkila\, PhD\, is an independent scholar and president of Spotlight Oral History. She has also taught courses on US history\, US women’s history\, the Vietnam War\, and the 1960s at colleges and universities in the Twin Cities area. She is the author of Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam. \nTo purchase titles from the History Revealed series\, or other books of interest\, see our partner\, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-booth-girls/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event,Presentation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BoothGirls.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210318T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20201210T165154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T165154Z
UID:10008764-1616094000-1616099400@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: The Fight for the Right to Vote
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society Presents\nRedefining Citizenship: The Fight for the Right to Vote in Minnesota and the Midwest\nSara Egge\nHistory Revealed Series\nMarch 18\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nIn partnership with the Roseville Library \n\nExamining how women won the right to vote in Minnesota and the Midwest reveals how Midwesterners changed their conceptions of citizenship in the early twentieth century. Women earned the ballot during World War I\, when demonstrating patriotism became an expected part of the war effort. Mobilizing for the war\, which so many midwestern suffragists did quite willingly\, served as a testament to their loyalty to both community and country. They also leveraged that mobilization against the alleged disloyalty of immigrants in the region whom they attacked as slackers. Suffragists claimed that exercising the right to vote was an expression of duty\, rather than just a natural right.\n\n\n\nSara Egge is the Claude D. Pottinger Professor of History at Centre College in Kentucky. She received her PhD from Iowa State University. She is the author of the award-winning book Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest\, 1870-1920. She also serves as the President of the Midwestern History Association. Her research examines how the woman suffrage movement intersected with immigration and the nativist sentiments that accompanied its rise. She teaches courses on women’s and gender history as well as histories of citizenship\, food systems\, and environments in the US. She is originally from South Dakota.\nFor more about Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest\, 1870-1920\, see this link.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-the-fight-for-the-right-to-vote/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WOMAN_SUFFRAGE_web.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210304T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210216T175015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T175015Z
UID:10008772-1614884400-1614889800@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Grace Holmes Carlson
DESCRIPTION:History Revealed: The Fierce Life of Grace Holmes Carlson\nA Conversation with Author Donna Haverty-Stacke\nand Greg Poferl\, Linda Leighton\, and Mary Wingerd\nHistory Revealed Series\nMarch 4\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting: Register Here\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded. \nOn December 8\, 1941\, Grace Holmes Carlson\, the only female defendant among eighteen Trotskyists convicted under the Smith Act\, was sentenced to sixteen months in federal prison for advocating the violent overthrow of the government. After serving a year in Alderson prison\, Carlson returned to her work as an organizer for the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and ran for vice president of the United States under its banner in 1948. Then\, in 1952\, she abruptly left the SWP and returned to the Catholic Church. With the support of the Sisters of St. Joseph\, who had educated her as a child\, Carlson began a new life as a professor of psychology at St. Mary’s Junior College in Minneapolis where she advocated for social justice\, now as a Catholic Marxist. \nThe Fierce Life of Grace Holmes Carlson: Catholic\, Socialist\, Feminist is a historical biography that examines the story of this complicated woman in the context of her times with a specific focus on her experiences as a member of the working class\, as a Catholic\, and as a woman. Her story illuminates the workings of class identity within the context of various influences over the course of a lifespan. The long arc of Carlson’s life (1906–1992) ultimately reveals significant continuities in her political consciousness that transcended the shifts in her particular partisan commitments\, most notably her life-long dedication to challenging the root causes of social and economic inequality. In that struggle\, Carlson ultimately proved herself to be a truly fierce woman. \nDonna Haverty-Stacke\, Professor of History at Hunter College of the City University of New York\, is a historian of working-class and radical politics. She is interested in the intersection of that history with nationalism and collective memory\, national security and free speech\, gender identity\, and Catholic activism. Her first book was America’s Forgotten Holiday: May Day and Nationalism\,1867-1960 (NYU Press\, 2009) and her second\, which she discussed four years ago here at ESFL\, was Trotskyists on Trial: Free Speech and Political Persecution since the Age of FDR (NYU Press\, 2015). \nGreg Poferl is a lifelong labor and Catholic social activist and a generous collaborator at ESFL. Last year\, Greg wrote his memoir\, Turning Points: Never Give Up on Anyone\, Especially Yourself (East Side Freedom Library\, 2020). \nLinda Leighton is a lifelong labor activist who has played a major role in maintaining local memory of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters’ strikes. \nMary Wingerd is Emerita Professor of History at St. Could State University and the author of Claiming the City: Politics\, Faith\, and the Power of Place in St. Paul (Cornell University Press\, 2001) and North Country: The Making of Minnesota (Minnesota Historic al Society Press\, 2010). \nTo purchase titles from the History Revealed series\, or other books of interest\, see our partner\, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-grace-holmes-carlson/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GraceCarlson.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210223T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T124901
CREATED:20210119T175158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T175158Z
UID:10008770-1614106800-1614112200@rchs.com
SUMMARY:History Revealed: Hope in the Struggle
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society Presents\nHope in the Struggle\nDr. Josie Johnson\nHistory Revealed Series\nFebruary 23\, 2021\nTuesday\, 7:00 pm\nwith Tish Jones and Peter Rachleff \nand in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nRegister Here\n \nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nThe presentation will be recorded. \nHope in the Struggle tells the story of how a Black woman from Texas became one of the most well-known civil rights activists in Minnesota\, detailing seven remarkable decades of fighting for fairness in voting\, housing\, education\, and employment. \nJosie Johnson will share her memoir about shouldering the cause of social justice during the darkest hours and brightest moments for civil rights in America\, and\, specifically\, in Minnesota. Hope in the Struggle shines light on the difference one person can make. For Josie Johnson\, this has meant making a difference as a Black woman in one of the nation’s whitest states. She will be joined by Peter Rachleff of the East Side Freedom Library. \nJosie’s story begins in a tight-knit community in Texas\, where the unfairness of the segregated South\, so antithetical to the values she learned at home\, sharpened a sense of justice that guides her to this day. From the age of fourteen\, when she went door to door with her father in Houston to campaign against the Poll Tax\, to the moment in 2008 when\, as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention\, she cast her vote for Barack Obama for president\, she has been at the forefront of the politics of civil rights. Her memoir offers a close-up picture of what that struggle has entailed\, whether working as a community organizer for the Minneapolis Urban League or lobbying for fair housing and employment laws\, investigating civil rights abuses or co-chairing the Minnesota delegation to the March on Washington\, becoming the first African American to serve on the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents or creating the university’s Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs with a focus on minority affairs and diversity. An intimate view of civil rights history in the making\, Hope in the Struggle is a uniquely inspiring life story for these current dark and divisive times\, a testament to how one determined soul can make the world a better place. \nBorn in 1930 in San Antonio\, Texas\, Josie R. Johnson has been an educator\, activist\, and public servant for more than seven decades. Along with her work for the Urban League and the University of Minnesota\, she has been office manager\, campaign manager\, and chief of staff for multiple political campaigns and public officials\, including campaign manager for the first African American lieutenant governor of Colorado\, and co-chair of the African American DFL Caucus in Minnesota. She holds degrees in sociology\, education\, and education administration. She lives in Minneapolis and continues to serve her community\, advocating for equal rights and social justice. \nTish Jones is the Founder & Executive Director of TruArtSpeaks. She is a poet\, organizer and educator from Saint Paul\, Minnesota and is currently serving as the Brave New Voices Leadership Fellow at Youth Speaks in San Francisco. She has performed at The Walker Art Center\, Intermedia Arts\, The Cedar Cultural Center and more. Her work can be found in the Minnesota Humanities Center’s upcoming anthology entitled\, Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2015)\, the 2011 and 2013 Saint Paul Almanac\, the Loft Literary Center’s Nation of Immigrants audio CD. \nTo purchase titles from the History Revealed series\, or other books of interest\, see our partner\, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-hope-in-the-struggle/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event,Presentation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hope.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Ramsey County Historical Society":MAILTO:info@rchs.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR