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SUMMARY:June Tree Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join a 45-minute walking tour through the Gibbs Farm site lead by Master Naturalists Cathy Croghan and Kathy Robbins. Learn to identify woody plants\, and find out about Minnesota trees and how settlers and the Dakota used them. \nGibbs Farm is open to the public on Fridays from 12-3 and Saturdays  from 10-4 this summer. The Tree Tour is included in regular Saturday admission price. \nTo reserve your tour spot\, pre-pay admission online\, or by calling the Gibbs Farm Office at 651-646-8629. After the Tour\, stick around to take a history tour or enjoy the prairie on your own\, we suggest bringing a camera\, snack or picnic! \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/june-tree-tour/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Gibbs Events,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220609T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220609T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Dejsiab
DESCRIPTION:Dejsiab: From My Liver to Yours\nwith Mai Neng Vang\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, June 9\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \n“Dejsiab: From My Liver to Yours” is a one of a kind poetry book that explores colonialism\, patriarchy\, hope\, and healing through a critical Hmong womxn’s lens. Author Mai Neng Vang will share her poems and process. \n“Through the years\, I’ve come to realize that healing is not a linear process – there are no definitive steps to take before one can say they have healed from their traumas. More than this\, healing looks different for everyone\, but regardless of how we heal or how long it takes us to heal\, healing is so necessary for us to reconcile with the generations of trauma and hurt that our ancestors\, mothers\, sisters\, aunties have endured…The poems found in this book are a series of love letters: love letters to who I was\, from who I am\, for who I will become. As a reader\, you bear witness to the struggles\, the joys\, and the thoughts that I have as someone who is constantly becoming. In this way\, we\, too\, are having a heart-to-heart throughout this book. I hope that you find relevance and solace in my words and are able to draw strength and dejsiab from these pages.” – Mai Neng Vang\, Author. \nImage: Front cover illustrated by: Peevxwm Lauj
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-dejsiab/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220528T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220528T160000
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SUMMARY:2022 Gibbs Farm Opening Day & Book Launch!
DESCRIPTION:Come visit us on our opening day and learn all about RCHS’s new publication Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs\, Minnesota Farm Girl\, 1877! \nGrasshoppers in my Bed author Terry Swanson and illustrator Peggy Stern will be on site at Gibbs Farm Opening Day with author talks\, activities\, and book signings scheduled in the Red Barn at 10:30 am\, 12:30\, and 2:30 pm. Also that day\, guests at Gibbs may take farmhouse and Dakota lifeways tours\, see farm animals\, and participate in a chore obstacle course and other farm demonstrations. \nAdmission is $8 adults\, $7 seniors\, $5 children over four. RCHS members are free. Pre-registration is recommended (but not required). Click here to register. \nThe new book Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs\, Minnesota Farm Girl\, 1877 by author Terry Swanson and illustrator Peggy Swanson is a work of historical fiction created to capture a year in the life of Jane and Heman Gibbs’ youngest daughter Lillie Belle Gibbs. The idea for the book sprouted during the first Gibbs Girl Day Camp years ago when a curious participant wondered aloud: “What was it really like to live on this farm back then?” \nBooks will be for sale at the author talk and in the Gibbs Farm giftshop for a reduced price of $16 for this event only. Regular cost is $20 and $18 for RCHS members.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/2022-gibbs-farm-opening-day/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Book Event,Children's Events,Gibbs Events,Publishing,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220519T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Swedish Foodways & Immigration
DESCRIPTION:Swedish Foodways & Immigration\nwith Patrice Johnson\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, May 19\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nFrom Spam to Tater Tot hotdish\, Minnesotans have their unique and diverse traditions centered around food. Join author Patrice Johnson as she explores how Swedish immigrant recipes and eating patterns help define our state’s cuisine and make mealtimes more interesting for all of us. \nPatrice Johnson is the author of Land of 10\,000 Plates: Stories and Recipes from Minnesota and Jul: Swedish American Holiday Traditions. She lives in Roseville\, Minnesota and teaches Nordic cooking classes throughout the Twin Cities and beyond.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-swedish-foodways-immigration/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220514T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220514T130000
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SUMMARY:May Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our May 14 Volunteer Day from 10:00-1:00.\n\nGibbs Farm staff will lead volunteers in active outdoor projects to for summer 2022. Projects will include: planting\, light landscaping and site clean-up.\n\nRegister using this link OR email Clare@RCHS.com\n\nProjects are great for volunteers 12+ or 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!\n\n\n\nQuestions? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/may-volunteer-day/
LOCATION:Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220512T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220512T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Sunrise Over Wat Thamkrabok
DESCRIPTION:Sunrise Over Wat Thamkrabok\nwith Dr. Brian V. Xiong & Marlin L. Heise\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, May 12\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nWhen Thailand closed refugee camps in December 1992\, Wat Thamkrabok (called Tha Ka Bo or Vaj Loog Tsua by Hmong) became a Hmong settlement until the last wave of some 15\,000 Hmong refugees were resettled in the United States in 2004-2006. At a 2017 Wat Thamkrabok Reunion in Minnesota held at the East Side Freedom Library\, “The Past in the Present: An Exhibition and Reunion Celebration for Hmong Families from Wat Thamkrabok\,” hundreds of photos and many items left behind were displayed\, including marbles\, an armless Barbie doll\, two small wooden stools\, and a skirt later identified. \n“SUNRISE OVER WAT THAMKRABOK: A Photographic Legacy of the Last Hmong American Refugees” is a history told in photographs and stories that encompasses the experiences of Wat Thamkrabok former residents in Minnesota and across the United States. Dr. Brian V. Xiong & Marlin L. Heise will talk about the making of the book and will give insight into the conditions of crowded refugee existence and the lives of our Hmong neighbors before they came to America.  \nThis book is made possible by Minnesota Humanities Center Legacy Cultural Heritage & Identity Grant\, Hmong Archives Wat Thamkrabok Collections\, and Hmong Educational Resources Publisher. \nMarlin L. Heise began working with a high school student\, Chia Thao in May 1981\, fostering his connection with Hmong all over the world. In 1982 he lived in Ban Vinai with Chia Thao’s uncle and family. Marlin crossed the Mekong to Vientiane in early 1998 and became connected with Hmong college students that continues. After retiring\, he had the opportunity to become involved with the Hmong Archives as its chief volunteer for daily work since it became a nonprofit in February 1999. \nDr. Brian V. Xiong is a Hmong American scholar\, researcher\, and higher education professional. He is an in-demand\, highly sought-after presenter\, speaking regularly to various groups of diverse students\, faculty\, and staff on the importance of diversity\, equity\, inclusion\, access\, and equal opportunity in higher education. He has served at both\, public and private\, two-year community colleges and four-year universities. \nDr. Xiong holds a bachelor’s degree in Justice Administration and Sociology from Southwest Minnesota State University\, a master’s degree in Multicultural and Ethnic Studies from Minnesota State University-Mankato\, and a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) from MSU-Mankato. Dr. Xiong is a former Page Scholar\, Wallin Scholar\, Cornwell Scholar\, Diversity & Equity Fellow\, Chief Diversity Officer & Affirmative Action\, and an Advisory Chief Diversity Officer for the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity. He is an active Executive Board member of numerous community services and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Xiong is the author of: \n\n A Clan of Our Own: Coming Out Experiences of Gay Hmong Men\nA New Journey: Hmong College Student Experiences\nPuag Thaum Ub: Hmoob Xeem\nMartha L. Zimmerman Paj Ntaub Collection\nSunrise Over Wat Thamkrabok\nHmong Teacher Experiences: Voices from the Field
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-sunrise-over-wat-thamkrabok/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220505T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220505T170000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: A Natural Curiosity
DESCRIPTION:A Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum\nDon Luce\n\nThursday\, July 21\, 2022\n7:00 PM – 8:30 PM\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \n\n\nSince its humble start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities\, the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of natural history has become one of the state’s most important cultural institutions. From its conception as part of a state-mandated geological and natural history survey\, to its most recent ventures into technology\, environmental science\, and DNA sequencing\, the Bell Museum has informed\, explained\, and expanded our relationship to the natural world. Drawing on a wealth of materials unearthed during the museum’s recent move\, the gorgeously illustrated book\, A Natural Curiosity\, chronicles the remarkable discoveries and personalities that have made the Bell Museum what it is today. \n\nTo order the book\, see University of Minnesota Press: A Natural Curiosity \n\nDon Luce is Bell Museum Curator of Exhibits. For more than forty years he has curated most of the museum’s temporary exhibitions\, including Exploring Evolution\, The Lion’s Mane\, Wildlife Art in America\, and Audubon and the Art of Birds. He initiated the Bell’s traveling exhibitions program\, developed and expanded its natural history art collection\, and played a key role in the conception and design of the new museum’s permanent exhibit gallery\, Minnesota Journeys.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-a-natural-curiosity/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Online Event,Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220503T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Poor Farm
DESCRIPTION:History Revealed: Geographies of the Ramsey County Poor Farm\, from Minnesota Territory to the New Deal\nwith Jack Acomb\, Eva Stromgren\, Marisa Williamson\, and Henry Yackel\, Macalester College Geography Department\, Prof. Jesse McClelland\nHistory Revealed Series\nTuesday\, May 3\, 2022\n7:00-8:30 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library \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 questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to History Revealed: Geographies of the Ramsey County Poor Farm\, from Minnesota Territory to the New Deal\, a special presentation by Macalester College Geography students. \nRegister here to join this event on Zoom \nPoor farms were government-run homes for poor and vulnerable people that doubled as working farms. As a local response to extreme poverty\, poor farms spread across the US in the 19th Century up until the federalization of anti-poverty relief in the New Deal era. Minnesota’s first poor farm was founded by pioneer landholders in Ramsey County in 1854\, making it one of the first residential facilities in Minnesota Territory. Across four different sites\, the Ramsey County Poor Farm would shelter thousands of unpaid county residents while providing income to paid supervisors and workers and would provide nutrition to countless patients at the county hospital. Yet abuse and neglect at the Poor Farm – as well as ableist\, classist\, and anti-immigrant stigmatization of poor farm residents – kept this program a continual target of criticism. \nThe presentation explores the regulation of livelihood as a key mode of power in the colonial frontier. We seek to honor the often overlooked lives and ambitions of impoverished and marginalized people who lived and died on poor farms. We ask\, How might consideration of this often-overlooked institution and its residents shape ongoing popular debates about land\, dispossession\, welfare and belonging? \nPresenters are Jack Acomb\, Eva Stromgren\, Marisa Williamson\, and Henry Yackel – students in Geography at Macalester College. Jesse McClelland is their Professor. The presentation traces main archival findings for a practice-based advanced course\, Unearthing the Poor Farm: Local Geographies of Land\, Law and Livelihood\, which will be shared on a forthcoming website. \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-poor-farm/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Working to Assimilate
DESCRIPTION:Working to Assimilate: Irish Immigrants and Employment\nwith Jane Kennedy\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, April 21\, 2022\n7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library \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 questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nWe’ve heard the expression “Irish Need Not Apply\,” but what was it like in the mid- and late-19th century when Irish immigrants came to Minnesota/Ramsey County to seek employment? Were the Irish able to transfer the skills from their homeland to work opportunities here? This program captures Irish immigrant employment – its challenges and opportunities – at a time when the Irish were trying to gain a foothold in a new land. \nJane Kennedy lives in St. Paul\, MN. Her interest in exploring Irish immigration is linked to her family’s emigration in the 1880s from County Mayo\, Ireland. She has a B.A. in English and Journalism from St. Catherine University and an M.A. in Business Communications from the University of St. Thomas. Kennedy obtained Irish citizenship in 2016 (dual citizenship) following two visits to her grandfather’s homeland in the Belmullet Peninsula\, Co. Mayo. \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home. \nImage: Irish woman spinning. Courtesy of Jane Kennedy and the Minnesota Historical Society.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-working-to-assimilate/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T203000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: A Natural Curiosity
DESCRIPTION:History Revealed Book Launch:\nA Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum\nWith Don Luce and Barbara Coffin\, Hosted by Dr. George Weiblen\nWednesday\, April 20\, 2022\n7:00 PM – 8:30 PM\nHosted by the Bell Museum\nLive program on Zoom. Free. \nFor registration\, see Natural Curiosity Book Launch Tickets \n\n\nSince its humble start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities\, the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of natural history has become one of the state’s most important cultural institutions. From its conception as part of a state-mandated geological and natural history survey\, to its most recent ventures into technology\, environmental science\, and DNA sequencing\, the Bell Museum has informed\, explained\, and expanded our relationship to the natural world. Drawing on a wealth of materials unearthed during the museum’s recent move\, the gorgeously illustrated book\, A Natural Curiosity\, chronicles the remarkable discoveries and personalities that have made the Bell Museum what it is today. \nJoin us for a special evening book launch event with co-authors Barbara Coffin and Don Luce. Hosted by the Bell’s Science Director Dr. George Weiblen\, the event will feature brief presentations by the authors and a moderated discussion focused on the museum’s leadership and innovation in public education throughout its long history. \n\nTo order the book\, see University of Minnesota Press: A Natural Curiosity \n\nAbout the speakers \nDon Luce is Bell Museum Curator of Exhibits. For more than forty years he has curated most of the museum’s temporary exhibitions\, including Exploring Evolution\, The Lion’s Mane\, Wildlife Art in America\, and Audubon and the Art of Birds. He initiated the Bell’s traveling exhibitions program\, developed and expanded its natural history art collection\, and played a key role in the conception and design of the new museum’s permanent exhibit gallery\, Minnesota Journeys. \nBarbara Coffin has promoted the conservation and understanding of Minnesota’s natural world throughout her career. She is the former head of media productions and adult programs at the Bell Museum and played an important role in the design of the new museum’s exhibit galleries. She is executive producer of the Emmy Award–winning television documentary Minnesota: A History of the Land and coeditor of Minnesota’s Endangered Flora and Fauna (Minnesota\, 1988).
URL:https://rchs.com/event/book-launch-a-natural-curiosity/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220414T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Invisible Warriors
DESCRIPTION:Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II\nwith Gregory S. Cooke and Jeremiah Ellis\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, April 14\, 2022\n7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library \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 questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nInvisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II\, share the untold story of 600\,000 Black women – “Rosie the Riveters” – who worked in factories and government offices during WWII\, including here at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP). Prior to the war\, nationally more than 80 percent of employed Black women were locked in life-stifling jobs as sharecroppers and domestics\, according to Invisible Warriors creator and World War II historian\, Gregory S. Cooke.  After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor\, many women quit their jobs as domestics. \nJeremiah Ellis will talk about some of the women who worked at TCAAP\, and Greogory Cooke will share the making of his film\,  Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II in a brief discussion. After the discussion\, attendees are invited to view a special screen of the entire film of Invisible Warriors\, about 60 minutes long. \nThe film Invisible Warriors shares the stories of women in the Philadelphia area who became “Black Rosies.” One of the women featured in the film\, Ruth Wilson\, left her job as a domestic and received training at Bok Technical High School before working as a sheet metal specialist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Wilson helped build the aircraft carrier\, USS Valley Forge.  For Wilson\, the job paid significantly more\, but it was also about patriotism\, helping her country win the war. “I did something to help the cause\, and I was doing something to help the boys. It just made me feel special.”  “Wilson’s resilience and determination typified the spirit of Black Rosies as they sought brighter futures for themselves and family members in a country dominated by systemic racism and gender discrimination\,” according to Cooke. \nThe Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II screening is sponsored by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. \n \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-invisible-warriors/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220406T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220406T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Whiteness in Plain View
DESCRIPTION:Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota\nwith author Chad Montrie\nHistory Revealed Series\nWednesday\, April 6\, 2022\n7:00 pm\nSponsored by the East Side Freedom Library and Minnesota Historical Society Press\, in partnership with the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to the book launch of Whiteness in Plain View: Racial Exclusion in Minnesota with author Chad Montrie. \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 questions\, please email events@rchs.com \n\nMinnesota is a paradox. Widely seen as a progressive stronghold of the Midwest\, the state also has some of the greatest racial disparities in the nation. Those disparities have their roots in Minnesota’s earliest days as a territory and in the decades that followed. From enslaved people brought to the territory by military officers to migrants traveling to the North Star State after the Civil War\, African Americans have long been present in Minnesota’s history. Yet while many came here looking to establish new lives\, they were often met with White resistance and attempts to exclude them.Whiteness in Plain View examines the ways White residents across Minnesota acted to intimidate\, control\, remove\, and keep out African Americans over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their methods ranged from anonymous threats\, vandalism\, and mob violence to restrictive housing covenants\, realtor deceit\, and mortgage discrimination\, and they were aided by local\, state\, and federal government agencies as well as openly complicit public officials. What they did was not an anomaly or aberration\, in some particular place or passing moment\, but rather common and continuous. Chapter by chapter\, the book shows that Minnesota’s overwhelming Whiteness is neither accidental nor incidental\, and that racial exclusion’s legacy is very much woven into the state’s contemporary politics\, economy\, and culture. \nProfessor Montrie will be engaged in conversation at the East Side Freedom Library by a panel of invited discussants. The ESFL team will create a hybrid format in which online audience members\, both via zoom and Facebook\, will be able to participate in the conversation.  Join us! \n \n\n\nChad Montrie is a professor in the history department at the University of Massachusetts\, Lowell. He is the author of four books\, including The Myth of Silent Spring: Rethinking the Origins of American Environmentalism. His article “In that Very Northern City: Recovering a Forgotten Struggle for Racial Integration in Duluth” appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Minnesota History magazine. \n  \n\nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-whiteness-in-plain-view/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220317T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Tikkun Olam
DESCRIPTION:Tikkun Olam: Jewish Women Serving Their St. Paul Community\nwith Kate Dietrick\, Gabrielle Horner\, and Janet Kampf\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, March 17\, 2022\n7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library \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 questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home. \nFive women from St. Paul’s Jewish community—Hannah Austrian\, Sophie Wirth\, Annie Paper\, Gretta Freeman\, and Rhoda Redleaf embraced and helped resettle impoverished Jewish immigrants through education efforts\, job training\, and by providing relief. They also rallied for basic rights\, stepping up in times when progressive actions by women were often frowned upon. While their names may have been forgotten by most\, their work to make the world a better place still impacts the local community to this day. Their lives provide insights into Jewish immigrant life in the upper Midwest in the late nineteenth century. \nAuthors and historians Kate Dietrick\, Gabe Horner and Janet Kampf will present the stories of these women and the long-lasting effects that their efforts have had on the Jewish community. \nTo learn more\, see the Ramsey County History article in the Fall 2021 issue. \nImage: Boys at the Lake Rest Vacation Home\, established in 1911 was renamed Sophie Wirth Camp in 1926 to honor the work of Sophie Wirth. \nKate Dietrick is the archivist for the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives at the University of Minnesota. She is a resident of St. Paul and a member of Mount Zion Temple. \nGabrielle Horner is a descendant of Italian\, German and English immigrants to St. Paul and is a lifelong resident. She is coauthor of A Grand History: The Summit Hill Neighborhood’s First 200 Years. \nJanet Kampf joined Mount Zion Temple in 1968 and is a member of The Women of Mount Zion Temple. She is the past chair and the current secretary-treasurer of Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-tikkun-olam/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220310T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Romanian Contributions
DESCRIPTION:Romanian Contributions to the Minnesota Landscape\nwith Vicki Albu\, Gina Popa & Dana Voller\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, March 10\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in MN (HORA) will share information about Romania and Moldova’s history\, geography\, tourism and traditions. The presentation will also include information about the history of Romanian immigration to Minnesota and the current Romanian American community. \nImage: Early Romanian immigrants. Courtesy of HORA. \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library\, and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home. \nSpeakers: \n\nVicki Albu is a co-founder of Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in Minnesota (HORA)\, Romanian Genealogy Society (RGS)\, and the Dakota County Genealogical Society. Her interests in genealogy and immigration led her to pursue a degree in History. She researched and wrote the screenplay for the award-winning documentary\, “A Thousand Dollars and Back: Recollections of Early Romanian Immigration to Minnesota.” \n\nGina Popa (HORA President) has dedicated her life to educating young minds. Her teaching career spans almost 4 decades working with students of all ages\, from pre-school to young adults\, in Europe and the United States. She currently teaches ESL (English as a Second Language) in St. Paul. In 2019 she was a finalist for the MN Teacher of the Year. \n\nAs a founder of HORA and its current president\, Gina believes that what brings Romanians together is the ACASA (at home) feeling that we are all longing for. “I think geography is relative. Romania is in our hearts and in our minds and it’s in our power to bring it here with us. That is HORA’s role\, to invite everyone to experience the unique Romanian culture\, history\, and traditions right here in Minnesota.” \n\nDana Voller (HORA vice-president) came to Minnesota and the US in 2003. She has a French and English teaching degree from the University of Pitesti\, Romania and a Masters in ESL from Hamline University\, Minnesota. Her first job was with Peace Corps\, Romania\, and that is where she discovered her passion about sharing her cultural and linguistic heritage. She is currently a learning and development consultant for Wells Fargo and HORA’s vice president. Dana has been happy and proud to volunteer and share her knowledge of Romanian history\, culture and language through the HORA language classes and events.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-romanian-contributions/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220217T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Scottie Primus Davis
DESCRIPTION:Scottie Primus Davis: A Story Forgotten to Time\nwith Mary K. Boyd\, Chester C. Owens Jr.\, Granvile T. O’Neal and Steve Trimble\nOther panelists may be announced. Moderated by Meredith Cummings\, RCHS Editor\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, February 17\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library. \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nScottie Primus Davis spent her formative years in St. Paul\, Minnesota\, growing up under the tutelage of involved parents and well-respected “movers and shakers\,” including J. Q. Adams\, the Farr sisters\, Nellie Francis\, and others. So\, it wasn’t a surprise when the determined Davis became the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Minnesota\, hired on as a no-nonsense English teacher\, and continued her lifelong learning\, completing a master’s degree from Harvard University. But now we have the honor of learning about the incomparable\, the unforgettable (Miss) Scottie Primus Davis. \nHistorian Steve Trimble\, author of an article in Ramsey County History magazine on Miss Scottie Primus Davis\, will be joined by educator Mary K. Boyd in a panel discussion moderated by RCHS Editor Meredith Cummings. \nImage: Scottie P. Davis in her graduation photo from the University of Minnesota. Photo courtesy of University of Minnesota archives and the Saint Paul Almanac. From Ramsey County History magazine. \n\n\n\nMary K. Murray Boyd is President and CEO of MKB & Associates\, Inc.\, an education and human services consulting business. Ms. Boyd has extensive experience in management\, leadership\, communications and coalition building\, serving in a variety of roles professionally and in the Saint Paul community. She held several positions in the Saint Paul Public Schools beginning as a teacher’s aide and retiring in 2001 as an Area Superintendent. Since retiring from Saint Paul Public schools\, Boyd has served in three interim positions\, Manager of Ramsey County Child Protection\, Director of Ramsey County Community Human Services Department’s Family and Children’s Services Division and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Hamline University. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas and at the University of Minnesota. \nChester C. Owens Jr. is a retired business owner\, veteran\, historian\, community activist\, and student of Miss Scottie P. Davis in the late 1940s/early 1950s. He served in the U.S. Air Force. In the early 1960s\, he worked with the Northwest District Citizens Committee and the NAACP to desegregate the downtown shopping district in Kansas City\, Kansas\, and served as chairman of the NAACP’s Labor and Industry Committee from 1960 to 1963. In 1976\, Owens bought H.W. Sewing and Co.\, serving as president of the agency. In 1983\, he was elected to the City Council of Kansas City\, making him the first African American elected in the 20th century. Serving two terms on the council\, he also briefly served as deputy mayor in 1984. Owens retired as president of H.W. Sewing and Co. in 1998. Owens has also served on numerous boards and as president of the Northeast Business Association\, on the boards of Homeowner’s Task Force for the State of Kansas\, the Economic Opportunity Foundation\, and Sumner High School Alumni Association. He is also a member of Sigma Pi Phi and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternities. He is the recipient of numerous awards\, among which are the Kansas City\, Kansas Leadership Award in 1989\, of which he was the first ever recipient; the Kansas City Globe’s One Hundred Most Influential Citizens in 1990; the 2012 Outstanding Leadership Award presented by the Kansas House of Representatives;  the NAACP Civil Rights Award; and the Friends of Yates’ Black Man of Distinction Award. Owens has also been honored through the naming of the Chester C. Owens Sumner Alumni Room and The Chester Owens Jr. Construction Skills Training Center\, which houses a U.S. Department of Labor-run program called YouthBuild\, both named in 2011. \nMr. Owens will be joined by Granvile T. O’Neal\, an actor and fine arts professional based in Kansas City\, Kansas. O’Neal serves on the board of the Traditional Music Society and is curator for the Chester C. Owens Sumner Alumni Room\, which maintains artifacts\, memorabilia\, and historical information on Sumner High School. He also has numerous commercial\, voice overs\, and film credits. \nSteve Trimble is an author\, a historian\, and a frequent contributor to the Dayton’s Bluff District Forum. He is a member of the Ramsey County Historical Society Editorial Board\, and has written a number of articles for our magazine\, Ramsey County History\, including an article on Scottie Primus Davis in the Winter 2022 issue. Steve is a frequent lecturer\, author\, and book collector.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-scottie-primus-davis/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Harriet Scott
DESCRIPTION:Settler Colonialism Seen Through the Life of Harriet Scott\nwith Jane Henderson\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, February 10\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library. \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nScholars of institutionalized racism have used the term “settler colonialism” to characterize the development of the United States — and many other countries. While this has been a useful concept leading to the asking — and answering — of productive questions\, it has often\, perhaps too often\, been deployed at a level of abstraction that seems remote from the ways that indigenous people\, white people\, immigrants\, and African Americans have lived their lives and interacted with each other. \nJane Henderson’s research engages the conversation around American slavery in the North within the framework of the expansion of the U.S. nation state through the frontier.  Fort Snelling\, the first white American settlement in the Minnesota territory\, was also the site of the first Black community in the state.  Henderson’s research draws on letters of prominent military officials\, merchants\, and others involved in “Indian business.”  She probes the letters and records of Lawrence Talliaferro\, an Indian agent for the Federal Government tasked with administering  annuity payments to Dakota and Ojibwe peoples\, in exchange for claims to their land.  Talliaferro was one of the largest slave owners in the Minnesota territory.  Henderson uses these sources to trace the life of Harriet Robinson\, who was owned by Talliaferro and held at Fort Snelling. In 1836/37\, she met and married Dred Scott\, who 20 years later would earn a place in history by suing for his freedom\, his case reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.  Henderson uses Harriet (and Dred) Scott’s lives not only as pathways into reconstructing the lives of enslaved women and men at Fort Snelling but also to illuminate the shifting political economy of the region from centering the fur trade toward an economy based on the commodification of land\, the commercialization of trade\, and the exploitation of labor\, both enslaved and free.  Her presentation\, while centered on the previously little told story of an individual enslaved woman\, will raise important questions about the relationships between U.S. militarism\, slave labor\, genocide\, and emancipation on the frontier. \nImage: Harriet Robinson Scott\, from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated\, New York\, June 17\, 1857. \n \nJane Henderson grew up in the Twin Cities before earning a BA in Ethnic Studies and Spanish at the University of San Diego. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at UC-Berkeley\, and she has returned to Minneapolis to research her dissertation on Black place-making in Minnesota. \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-harriet-scott/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Making Minnesota,Online Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220120T203000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Making Minnesota - Saint Paul
DESCRIPTION:Making Minnesota: The Story of Saint Paul\nBill Lindeke\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, January 20\, 2022\n7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library \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 questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe Ramsey County Historical Society\, in partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\, the Ramsey County Roseville Library and other community organizations\, will present a series of programs and events during 2022 that will center on the experiences of indigenous people\, African Americans\, and immigrants in Ramsey County from the 1800s through the current day\, Making Minnesota: Natives\, Settlers\, Migrants\, and Immigrants. These programs focus on the too often lost\, erased\, forgotten or misrepresented histories and stories of Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota. We expect these presentations to enrich and complicate our understanding of the development of the county and the state that we call home. \nBill Lindeke will explore this topic as it relates to the history of Saint Paul in the second program in the series. The first will be “We Are Meant To Be Here” on January 13\, 2022. More information on both these programs and the series will be coming soon. \nBill Lindeke is an urban geographer and writer who focuses on how our environments shape our lives. He wrote MinnPost’s “Cityscapes” column from 2014 to 2017\, has written articles on local food and drink history for City Pages and the Growler\, and has taught urban geography at the University of Minnesota and Metro State University. He writes a local urban blog at Twin City Sidewalks and is a member of the Saint Paul Planning Commission. He is the author of Minneapolis–Saint Paul: Then and Now and the coauthor of Closing Time: Saloons\, Taverns\, Dives\, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities with Andy Strdevant. His most recent book is St. Paul: An Urban Biography\, a concise history of St. Paul. \nTo purchase titles from the History Revealed series\, or other books of interest\, see our partner\, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/ \nImage: Postcard titled “St. Paul\, 1856\,” describing the cover as an oil painting by S. Holmes Andrews. The first Minnesota Territorial Capitol building is in the center far background. From the RCHS Collection.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-making-minnesota-saint-paul/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220113T190000
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: We Are Meant to Rise
DESCRIPTION:We Are Meant to Rise\nwith Carolyn Holbrook\, David Mura\, Suleiman Adan\, Marcie Rendon and Kevin Yang\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, January 13\, 2022\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library and the Roseville Library.\nWe Are Meant to Rise is presented in partnership with More Than a Single Story and the University of Minnesota Press. \nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting\, register on Zoom here. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to join us for our first History Revealed for 2022 with a panel discussion of We Are Meant to Rise as we kick off our series\, “Making Minnesota” which will explore the often untold stories\, histories and experiences of the immigrant\, African American and Indigenous communities that make up our most diverse county. \nWe are Meant to Rise (published by the University of Minnesota Press) is a brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience of this past year and beyond\, from Indigenous writers and writers of color from Minnesota. These writers bear witness to one of the most unsettling years in U.S. history\, with essays and poems that vividly reflect the traumas we endured in 2020. \nArising out of Carolyn Holbrook’s work with her organization\, More Than a Single Story\, We Are Meant to Rise merges the events of today\, the past year\, and the centuries before\, in works that are powerful testaments to the intrinsic and unique value of all who make up our community\, lifting up the often overlooked voices of BIPOC writers in Minnesota. \nWe are honored to have some of these writers join us in a panel discussion about their writing and experiences. Editors Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura will be joined by authors Suleiman Adan\, Marcie Rendon and Kevin Yang\, who will share their perspectives on the events of the past year\, from the Covid pandemic to the murder of George Floyd\, to the world-wide demands for racial justice\, and how those recent experiences tie into past histories. \nWe Are Meant to Rise contains works from authors with international reputations to those newly emerging; and features people from many cultures\, including Indigenous Dakota and Anishinaabe\, African American\, Hmong\, Somali\, Afghani\, Lebanese\, Korean\, Vietnamese\, Japanese\, Puerto Rican\, Colombian\, Mexican\, transracial adoptees\, mixed race\, and LGBTQ+ perspectives. \nAs editor David Mura says in the book’s introduction\, “Diversity is our strength. Each new voice who becomes part of America is our strength. The writers in this anthology provide us with individualized portraits of who we are\, and in doing so they can help us to know each other\, our neighbors\, our fellow citizens. These writers prove we are indeed more than a single story.” \nPanelist Bios \n \nCarolyn Holbrook is founder and director of More Than a Single Story\, as well as the founder of SASE: The Write Place. She is a writer\, educator\, and an advocate for the healing power of the arts. Her essay collection Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify (Minnesota\, 2020) received a Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative Nonfiction. She is coauthor of Dr. Josie Johnson’s memoir Hope in the Struggle (Minnesota\, 2019)\, and her essays have been published widely\, in A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota and Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota\, as well as many other publications. She was the first person of color to win the Kay Sexton Award from the Minnesota Book Awards and the Friends of the St. Paul Public Libraries for contributions to Minnesota literature\, and was a “50 over 50” honoree in 2016. \n \nDavid Mura has written ten books\, including the memoirs Turning Japanese\, a New York Times Notable Book; Where the Body Meets Memory; and four poetry collections\, After We Lost Our Way\, a National Poetry Contest winner; The Colors of Desire\, which received the Carl Sandburg Award; Angels for the Burning; The Last Incantations; and A Stranger’s Journey: Race\, Identity\, and Narrative Craft in Writing. He teaches at VONA\, a writers’ conference for writers of color\, and has worked with Alexs Pate’s Innocent Classroom\, a program designed to improve relationships between teachers and students of color. \n \nSuleiman Adan is a writer\, educator\, and grassroots organizer in the Twin Cities. He works as a program manager with Reading and Math Inc. and is also a Quran/Arabic and Islamic studies teacher at the Northwest Islamic Community Center in Plymouth\, Minnesota. He is a project manager and board chair for the Global Alliance of Muslims for Equality\, an international NGO. \n \nMarcie Rendon\, White Earth citizen. Girl Gone Missing\, Soho Press\, second in the Cash Blackbear series was nominated for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award\, 2020. Murder on the Red River\, Soho Press\, received the Pinckley Women’s Debut Crime Novel Award 2018 and was a Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist 2018. Sinister Graves\, third in the Cash Blackbear series\, will be published by Soho in 2022. Rendon has children’s books\, plays\, short stories and poetry published. Her script\, Sweet Revenge had a staged reading at the Playwright Center in partnership with the Guthrie\, 2021. Rendon received the 2020 McKnight Distinguished Artist Award\, to honor a Minnesota artist who has made significant contributions to the state’s cultural life. She curated TwinCities Public Television’s Art Is… CreativeNativeResilience 2019. Diego Vazquez and Rendon received the 2017 Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship for work with incarcerated women. \n \nKevin Yang is a multimedia storyteller born and raised in the Twin Cities who finds most of his inspiration unraveling his Hmong American experience with others. He creates in the mediums of spoken word poetry and documentary filmmaking. He represented Hamline University at the College Union Poetry Slam invitational and was a New Angle Documentary Fellow at Saint Paul Network. \nTo purchase We Are Meant to Rise and other History Revealed titles\, we hope you will visit our partner\, Subtext Books at 6 West Fifth Street in downtown Saint Paul\, or check out their website at https://subtextbooks.com/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-we-are-meant-to-rise/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211214T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Jean Follett
DESCRIPTION:A Little-Known Story: Jean Follett\, Women Artists\, and the St. Paul School of Art\nwith Melissa Rachleff Burtt\nHistory Revealed Series\nTuesday\, December 14\, 2021\n7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the East Side Freedom Library\nLive presentation on Zoom\nRegister in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdeyhrDsiGtXe9f_bxxmOQk0vJTnhZ0xQ After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\nFor questions\, please email events@rchs.com \nThe East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to our final “History Revealed” for 2021. \nJean Follett grew up on the East Side of St. Paul\, served in the U.S. military during World War II\, and moved to New York City\, where she played an active role in the development of the post-war art scene. In 1962\, Follett returned to St. Paul where she joined other local women in the contentious arguments around aesthetics\, the roles of art in society\, and the roles of gender and the places of immigrants in the art world. These arguments had swirled around the St. Paul School of Art (today the Minnesota Museum of Art\, or the “M”) since the Progressive Era (before World War I) and they continued through the Great Depression\, World War II\, and the Cold War years. \nMelissa’s focus on Jean Follett\, who has never received the attention her artistic work deserves\, provides a window into these arguments and their impact on the art world\, including the “applied arts\,” architecture\, engineering\, natural history (including the founding of the Science Museum)\, art museums\, and more\, from St. Paul to New York City. \nMelissa Rachleff is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Visual Arts Administration Program at NYU: Steinhardt\, where she concentrates on the nonprofit sector. In 2017 she curatedInventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City\, 1952-1965 for NYU Grey Art Gallery and wrote/edited the accompanying book\, which is co-published by the Grey and Prestel Publishing. Melissa began her career as the assistant curator at Exit Art and co-curated exhibitions on the intersection of visual art and documentation. She also worked on exhibits about under-examined artists at mid-career. As a program officer for the New York State Council on the Arts from 1999-2007\, Melissa was an advocate in supporting contemporary art projects done in collaboration with local communities. She has written about artist organizations for a variety of publications\, and her essay\, “Do It Yourself: A History of Alternatives” was published in Alternative Histories: New York Art Spaces (MIT Press) in 2012. For the fiftieth anniversary of 1968\, Melissa curated Narrative & Counternarrative: (Re)Defining the Sixties for NYU’s Bobst Library.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-jean-follett/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20211109T165958Z
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SUMMARY:Holiday Bazaar
DESCRIPTION:Landmark Center “Old-Fashioned Holiday Bazaar”\nThursday\, December 2\, 2021 10 am – 7 pmFriday\, December 3\, 2021 10 am – 7 pmSaturday\, December 4\, 2021 10 am – 5 pm\nLandmark Center75 Fifth St. West\, St. Paul\, 55102 \n$5.00 Landmark Center entry fee per person\, under 12 free (fees benefit Landmark Center) \nCome on down to the Holiday Bazaar at Landmark Center\, and receive a 20% discount off ALL books in the RCHS Office\, #323! \nAll in-person book sales will be discounted 20%. Includes RCHS publications and some previous History Revealed titles and backstock. \nNeighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book will also be 20% off during the Bazaar! \nFor more information\, see https://www.landmarkcenter.org/old-fashioned-holiday-bazaar/
URL:https://rchs.com/event/holiday-bazaar-2/
LOCATION:Catalog
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211203T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211203T190000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20211109T165655Z
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SUMMARY:Holiday Bazaar
DESCRIPTION:Landmark Center “Old-Fashioned Holiday Bazaar”\nThursday\, December 2\, 2021 10 am – 7 pmFriday\, December 3\, 2021 10 am – 7 pmSaturday\, December 4\, 2021 10 am – 5 pm\nLandmark Center75 Fifth St. West\, St. Paul\, 55102 \n$5.00 Landmark Center entry fee per person\, under 12 free (fees benefit Landmark Center)\nThursday & Friday Twilight Shopping Special:\nEnjoy a complimentary refreshment from Landmark Center\, 4 – 7 pm \nCome on down to the Holiday Bazaar at Landmark Center\, and receive a 20% discount off ALL books in the RCHS Office\, #323! \nAll in-person book sales will be discounted 20%. Includes RCHS publications and some previous History Revealed titles and backstock. \nNeighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book will also be 20% off during the Bazaar!\nJoin Jeanne Kosfeld and Dick Kronick on Friday evening from 4-7 pm! Jeanne and Dick will be available to sign books and answer questions during Friday’s Twilight Shopping!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/holiday-bazaar/2021-12-03/
LOCATION:Catalog
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20211109T165655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211109T165655Z
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SUMMARY:Holiday Bazaar
DESCRIPTION:Landmark Center “Old-Fashioned Holiday Bazaar”\nThursday\, December 2\, 2021 10 am – 7 pmFriday\, December 3\, 2021 10 am – 7 pmSaturday\, December 4\, 2021 10 am – 5 pm\nLandmark Center75 Fifth St. West\, St. Paul\, 55102 \n$5.00 Landmark Center entry fee per person\, under 12 free (fees benefit Landmark Center)\nThursday & Friday Twilight Shopping Special:\nEnjoy a complimentary refreshment from Landmark Center\, 4 – 7 pm \nCome on down to the Holiday Bazaar at Landmark Center\, and receive a 20% discount off ALL books in the RCHS Office\, #323! \nAll in-person book sales will be discounted 20%. Includes RCHS publications and some previous History Revealed titles and backstock. \nNeighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book will also be 20% off during the Bazaar!\nJoin Jeanne Kosfeld and Dick Kronick on Friday evening from 4-7 pm! Jeanne and Dick will be available to sign books and answer questions during Friday’s Twilight Shopping!
URL:https://rchs.com/event/holiday-bazaar/2021-12-02/
LOCATION:Catalog
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211118T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20210831T184318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T184318Z
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Hazel Belvo
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society presents \n\nThe Spirit Tree: Hazel Belvo and the Art of Nature\nJulie L’Enfant\nNovember 18\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\n\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nIn partnership with the Roseville Library & the East Side Freedom Library\n \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.\nThe program is free and open to all.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \n\nHazel Belvo has been an influential artist\, art educator\, and feminist leader for more than fifty years. Her prodigious output ranges from delicate drawings to monumental paintings exploring nature\, spirituality\, and the feminine psyche. She is best known for over four hundred works on the legendary Spirit Little Cedar Tree on the North Shore of Lake Superior whose ancient\, twisted form embodies the endurance and majesty of nature. In this talk Julie L’Enfant\, author of the new book Hazel Belvo: A Matriarch of Art\, will introduce Belvo’s eventful life and the many friendships and associations in the art world that fostered the evolution of her unique expressionist vision. \nJulie L’Enfant\, former professor of art history at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul\, is the author of seven books\, including The Gag Family: German-Bohemian Arts in America (2002)\, Pioneer Modernists: Minnesota’s First Generation of Women Artists (2011)\, both winners of Minnesota Book Awards\, and Nicholas R. Brewer: His Art and Family (2018). \nTo purchase the book\, see our partner\, Subtext Books: Hazel Belvo: A Matriarch of Art by Julie L’Enfant
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-hazel-belvo/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Library Programs,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211111T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20211025T172733Z
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Lost St. Paul Mansions
DESCRIPTION:Lost St. Paul Mansions\nwith Larry Millett\n\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nThursday\, November 11\, 2021\n7:00 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 questions\, please email events@rchs.com \n\nScores of mansions that once stood on the bluffs around downtown St. Paul and in other parts of the city have been demolished over the years. Larry Millett will offer a slide presentation showcasing some of the grandest and most fascinating of these long lost homes. \nLarry Millett\, a native of Minneapolis\, is a graduate of St. John’s University\, Collegeville\, Minnesota (BA\, English\, 1969) and the University of Chicago (MA\, English\, 1970). He spent much of his career as a writer\, reporter and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press\, joining the newspaper in 1972. In 1984\, he won a Knight Fellowship to the University of Michigan to study architectural history and theory. When he returned to St. Paul in 1985\, Millett became the newspaper’s first architecture critic. He held that post until his retirement from the Pioneer Press in June of 2002. While at the Pioneer Press\, Millett and fellow reporter Don Boxmeyer also served for several years as clue writers for the annual Winter Carnival medallion hunt. \nMillett has written articles for many publications\, including Architecture\, Inland Architect\, Architecture Minnesota and Minnesota History magazines. \nHe has also written fourteen works of non-fiction and nine mystery novels. His non-fiction books are: \n\nMetropolitan Dreams: The Scandalous Rise and Stunning Fall of a Minneapolis Masterpiece\, University of Minnesota Press\, 2018. The story of the legendary Metropolitan Building\, razed in 1962 as part of the Gateway Center urban renewal project.\nHeart of St. Paul: A History of the Pioneer and Endicott Buildings\, Minnesota Museum of American Art\, 2016. An illustrated history of two historic office buildings in downtown St. Paul.\nMinnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury\, University of Minnesota Press\, 2015. An illustrated study of the Midcentury Modern style of architecture that shaped Minnesota after World War II. Minnesota Book Award winner.\nMinnesota’s Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2014. A profusely illustrated book featuring the stories of 22 great Minnesota houses built between 1865 and 1950.\nOnce There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities\, University of Minnesota Press\, 2011. The book includes descriptions and photographs of  more than 90 lost mansions in the Twin Cities area. It is in its fourth printing.\nAIA Guide to Downtown St. Paul\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2010. An illustrated guide to important buildings and places in Minnesota’s capital city.\nAIA Guide to Downtown Minneapolis\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2010. An up-to-date guide to the architecture of downtown Minneapolis and nearby areas.\nAIA Guide to St. Paul’s Summit Avenue and Hill District\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2009. A first-ever guide to St. Paul’s largest historic district.\nAIA Guide to the Minneapolis Lake District\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2009. A guide to Minneapolis’s signature residential precinct.\nAIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2007. This is the first complete guidebook to Minneapolis and St. Paul architecture. It contains over 1\,500 entries.\nMurder Has a Public Face: Crime and Punishment in the Speed Graphic Era\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2008. A look at four prominent murder cases in the Upper Midwest in the decade after World War II\, when tabloid-style press coverage in the Twin Cities reached its zenith. Includes numerous photographs. \nStrange Days\, Dangerous Nights: Photographs from the Speed Graphic Era\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 2004. A collection of over 200 black-and-white pictures taken in the 1940s and 1950s by photographers for St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch. Includes detailed captions that tell the story behind each image. It is in its third printing.\nTwin Cities Then and Now\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 1996. A book of comparative photographs showing how the Twin Cities have changed over time.\nLost Twin Cities\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 1992. This book\, now in its eighth printing\, won an International Book Award from the American Institute of Architects. It also served as the basis for three popular videos made by Twin Cities Public Television.\n The Curve of the Arch: The Story of Louis  Sullivan’s Owatonna Bank\, Minnesota Historical Society Press\, 1985. A critically acclaimed study of one of Sullivan’s most famous buildings and the three men behind it.\n\n Millett has also written an essay on the history of architecture in Minnesota for MNopedia\, an on-line encyclopedia published by the Minnesota Historical Society. The essay can be found at mnopedia.org/three-thousand-years-building-minnesota. \nMillett’s mystery novels\, which feature Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson as well as St. Paul saloonkeeper and part-time detective Shadwell Rafferty\, are: \n\nRafferty’s Last Case\, University of Minnesota Press\, Spring 2022.\nSherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma\, University of Minnesota Press\, 2017.\nStrongwood: A Crime Dossier\, University of Minnesota Press\, 2014.\nThe Magic Bullet\, University of Minnesota Press\, 2011.\nThe Mystery of the Jeweled Cross (chapbook)\, Minnesota Center for the Book Arts\, 2002.\nThe Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes\, Viking Penguin\, 2002.\nSherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance\, Viking Penguin\, 2001.\nSherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery\, Viking Penguin\, 1999.\nSherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders\, Viking Penguin\, 1998.\nSherlock Holmes and the Red Demon\, Viking Penguin\, 1996.\n\nOther published works of fiction include “The Adventure of the American Drifter\,” a short story in Strand Magazine\, Oct-Jan. 2016; “The Opera Thief\,” a short story in the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories\, MX Publishers (London\, 2015; and “The Brewer’s Son\,” a short story in Twin Cities Noir\, an anthology published by Akashic Books (New York\, 2006).
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-lost-st-paul-mansions/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211030T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211030T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT Gibbs Farm Trick-or-Treat Trail 2021
DESCRIPTION:Gibbs Farm Trick-or-Treat Trail \nSaturday\, October 30\, 2021 \n10:00-2:00 (last entry is at 2pm) \nGrab your costume and venture down the Gibbs Farm trick-or-treat trail on Saturday\, October 30th!  Candy\, games\, and family fun!  Try your hand at pumpkin toss or pin a smile on the jack-o-lantern! Guests will be introduced to the Gibbs Farm animals and trick-or-treat at the doors of the historic farmhouse. \nThe start of the trail is timed\, approximately 40 minutes long\, and ends at the exit of the site.  Prior registration is required.  Masks will be required for all visitors three and older. \n $8 for trick-or-treaters 3 and older\, $5 for non-trick-or-treaters (adults)\, free for children 2 and under. Members receive free admission.  \nPlease arrive within your 15 minute arrival time frame. Please expect to wait up to 5 minutes before entering the trail.  \nCancellation Policy: \n-Registration cancellations must be made one week in advance in order to be eligible for a refund.\n-If Gibbs Farm cancels the event due to Covid-19 related business closures\, all registrants will be contacted and receive refunds.
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-trick-or-treat-trail-2021/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Children's Events,Family Events,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211023T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211023T140000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20211004T154015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T154015Z
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SUMMARY:Gibbs Farm Oct 23 Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our October 23 volunteer Day from 11:00-2:00. Gibbs Farm staff will lead volunteers in active outdoor projects to prepare for the end of our 2021 season. Projects will include: gardening\, light landscaping and site clean-up.\n\nLet us know you are coming by registering using the sign up link: https://signup.com/go/QFLGpsW\nOR email Clare@RCHS.com.\n\nProjects are great for volunteers 12+ or 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!\n\nThere is plenty of space to spread out\, masks and social distancing required.\n\nQuestions? Email Clare@rchs.com or call the Gibbs Farm Office 651-646-8629.\n\nhttps://signup.com/go/QFLGpsW
URL:https://rchs.com/event/gibbs-farm-oct-23-volunteer-day/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Community Events,Gibbs Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211021T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20210222T162806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T162806Z
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: St Paul
DESCRIPTION:St. Paul: An Urban Biography\nBill Lindeke\n\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nOctober 21\, 2021\nThursday\, 7:00 pm\nNote new date! \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 and the East Side Freedom Library\n \n\nAuthor Bill Lindeke will share stories and research from his new book\, St. Paul: An Urban Biography\, a concise history of St. Paul\, featuring stories that are familiar\, surprising\, and sure to change the way you see Minnesota’s capital city. \nHow did the city of St. Paul come to be where and what it is\, and what does that show us about the city today? Bill Lindeke provides intriguing insights and helpful answers. He tells the stories of the Dakota village forced to move across the Mississippi by a treaty—and why whiskey sellers took over the site; the new community’s close ties to Fort Snelling and Winnipeg; the steamboats and railroads that created a booming city; the German immigrants who outnumbered the Irish but kept a low profile when the United States went to war; the laborers who built the domes over the state capitol and the Cathedral of St. Paul; the gangsters and bootleggers who found refuge in the city; the strong neighborhoods\, shaped by streets built on footpaths and wagon roads—until freeway construction changed so much; and the Hmong\, Mexican\, East African\, and Karen immigrants who continue to build the city’s strong traditions of small businesses. \nThis thoughtful investigation of place helps readers to understand the city’s hidden stories\, surrounding its residents in plain sight. \nBill Lindeke is an urban geographer and writer who focuses on how our environments shape our lives. He wrote MinnPost’s “Cityscapes” column from 2014 to 2017\, has written articles on local food and drink history for City Pages and the Growler\, and has taught urban geography at the University of Minnesota and Metro State University. He writes a local urban blog at Twin City Sidewalks and is a member of the Saint Paul Planning Commission. He is the author of Minneapolis–Saint Paul: Then and Now and the coauthor of Closing Time: Saloons\, Taverns\, Dives\, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities. \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-st-paul/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Book Event,History Revealed,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211016T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211016T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20210928T211508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T211508Z
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Twin Cities Book Festival 2021\nSaturday\, October 16\, 10:00 am-5:00 pm\nMinnesota State Fairgrounds \nFree admission \nJoin RCHS authors at the Fairgrounds for the Twin Cities Book Festival! We’ll have a selection of the books publiched by RCHS and some of our authors will be available for signing and discussion. RCHS will also have some great promotions! See below for the schedule of authors\, books\, and promotions. \nLink to more information: Twin Cities Book Festival at Minnesota State Fairgrounds \nSchedule of Authors & Books\n\n10:00 am: Festival begins\n11:00 am to noon: Dick Kronick and Jeanne Kosfeld\, author and illustrator of  Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book \n12:15 pm: Promotional giveaway drawing #1\nPurchase any Ramsey County Historical Society magazine or history book at our booth on October 6 and register for the opportunity to win your choice of a featured RCHS book AND a 1-year RCHS individual membership (includes 4 issues of the quarterly magazine Ramsey County History\, free general admission to Gibbs Farm\, 10% discounts\, and more!)\n12:30 to 1:30 pm: Jim Stolpestad\, author of Great Northern Iron: James J. Hills’s 109-Year Mining Trust and Custom House: Restoring A Saint Paul Landmark in Lowertown will have both books available.\n2:00 to 3:00 pm: Eileen McCormack\, with The Dutiful Son: Louis W. Hill Life in the Shadow of the Empire Builder \n4:45 – Promotional giveaway drawing #2\nPurchase any Ramsey County Historical Society magazine or history book at our booth on October 6 and register for the opportunity to win your choice of a featured RCHS book AND a 1-year RCHS individual membership (includes 4 issues of the quarterly magazine Ramsey County History\, free general admission to Gibbs Farm\, 10% discounts\, and more!)\n5:00 pm: Book Festival ends
URL:https://rchs.com/event/twin-cities-book-festival/
LOCATION:MInnesota State Fairgrounds\, 1265 Snelling Ave N\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211009T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211009T160000
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SUMMARY:Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park Saint Paul
DESCRIPTION:Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul\nSaturday\, October 9\, 2021\n2:00 pm–4:00 pm\n\n\nGeorge Latimer Central Library\nFor more information and to register\, please see the Saint Paul Central Library webpage.\nPlease register if you plan on taking the tour to Irvine Park. The tour is limited to 25 attendees.\nThe program is free and open to all.\n \n\nJeanne Kosfeld and Richard Kronick have created a unique first book featuring the lovely Irvine Park neighborhood. The book’s author\, Richard Kronick\, will speak about the history of Irvine Park. If weather permits\, this will be followed by a short walk from the library to Irvine Park\, where Mr. Kronick will give a 50-minute tour of the neighborhood. \nIf you wish to purchase your own copy of the coloring book in advance of the talk or tour you may order it online. Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park\, Saint Paul: a coloring book contains 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. \nMore About the Book: What 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 may colorize their own imagined versions of these historic edifices\, including fanciful Queen Anne-style homes\, simple clapboard houses\, and elaborate French Second Empire-style mansions\, while learning about the architecture and history of the area and its inhabitants at the same time. \nThis coloring book\, the first in a series of Saint Paul neighborhoods featuring local architecture and history\, is published by the Ramsey County Historical Society and celebrates the far-reaching results of the Irvine Park residents’ hard work and dedication. \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. Kosfeld 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. \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/neighborhood-architecture-irvine-park-saint-paul/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:Library Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210928T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T055151
CREATED:20210831T165538Z
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SUMMARY:History Revealed: Archaeology at Fort Snelling
DESCRIPTION:Ramsey County Historical Society presents \nConducting Archaeological Construction Monitoring at Upper Post Fort Snelling \nJeremy Nienow\, PhD\n\n\nHistory Revealed Series\nSeptember 28\, 2021\nTuesday\, 7:00 pm\nIn partnership with the Friends of Fort Snelling \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.\nThe program is free and open to all.\nFor registration or other questions\, please email events@rchs.com \n\n\nJoin archaeologist Jeremy Nienow\, Ph.D.\, RPA of Nienow Cultural Consultants\, as he discusses his company’s ongoing archaeological work at Fort Snelling’s Upper Post. Nienow Cultural Consultants (NCC) has been completing archaeological survey\, evaluation\, and now construction monitoring for the Upper Post Flats project for the past several years.  Dr. Nienow will briefly discuss the process leading up to the current monitoring activities\, how his team does their work on a regular basis\, and the types of archaeological materials they have encountered while working out at the Fort this year. \nPresented by Jeremy Nienow\, Ph.D.\, RPA. Jeremy is a Registered Professional Archaeologist focused on historical archaeology in the Upper Midwest. He has 30 years of archaeological experience and is the owner of Nienow Cultural Consultants LLC.\n \n \n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-archaeology-at-fort-snelling/
LOCATION:MN
CATEGORIES:History Revealed,Online Event
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