Rich Arpi Retires After Ten Years at RCHS

On March 13, 2025, RCHS celebrated over a decade of service and work from Research Assistant, Rich Arpi.

Rich Arpi’s career has included twenty years at the Minnesota Historical Society, twelve years as a corporate archivist at St. Paul Companies, six years as an archivist at the Ohio Historical Society, and he is an accomplished and frequently published baseball historian who helped create the content for the baseball museum at CHS Field.

Rich has served as RCHS’ Research Associate since December 1, 2014, and during his tenure, he has worked on nearly 15,000 research requests of all kinds. He consistently delivered exceptional service to researchers of all levels of experience that inspired regular and frequent praise for his knowledge, resourcefulness, and friendliness.

On behalf of the entire Ramsey County Historical Society community, we express our deep gratitude to Richard Arpi for helping ensure the public has had exceptional access to the millions of documents and records entrusted to RCHS by our community.