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History Revealed: Booth Girls
Kim HeikkilaBooth Girls: Pregnancy, Adoption, and the Secrets We Kept Kim Heikkila, PhD History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, April 8, 2021 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library “Booth Girls” is a thoughtful, multigenerational story of…
History Revealed: Grace Holmes Carlson
Donna T. Haverty-Stacke, Greg Poferl, Linda Leighton, and Mary WingerdThe Fierce Life of Grace Holmes Carlson A Conversation Between Author Donna T. Haverty-Stacke and Reader/Discussants Greg Poferl, Linda Leighton, and Mary Wingerd History Revealed Series Program Date: 03/04/2021 Video on YouTube On December 8, 1941, Grace Holmes Carlson, the only female defendant…
History Revealed: Sinclair Lewis
Patrick ColemanSinclair Lewis, His Life, Work and Relevance Patrick Coleman History Revealed Series Program Date: November 19, 2020 YouTube Video Ramsey County Historical Society, in partnership with the Roseville Library. Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street turned 100 years old this October. It was a publishing phenomenon…
Minnesota’s Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell
Reviewer: Paul NelsonMinnesota’s Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell Sue Leaf Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2020 280 pages; hardcover, 30 b&w plates, $29.95 Newton Horace Winchell deserves to be remembered. He was probably Minnesota’s greatest nineteenth-century scientist, a giant in not only geology but paleontology and…
Walk on the East Side: Pictures and Stories from Residents of St. Paul’s East Side
Authors: Hans Mouritzen and Carol MacAllister; Reviewer: John M. LindleyWalk on the East Side: Pictures and Stories from Residents of St. Paul’s East Side Authors: Hans Mouritzen and Carol MacAllister St. Paul: East Side Elders, 2017 28 pages; color photos; $20.00; Available from info@EastSideElders.org Reviewed by John M. Lindley Upon opening this slim, but colorful, little…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2009: “Food for a Good Life: John J. Ryan and the Minnesota Grocers Association”
Mary Jo RichardsonFood for a Good Life: John J. Ryan and the Minnesota Grocers Association Author: Mary Jo Richardson This article, written by his granddaughter, is the story of J. J. Ryan, who made his mark both on the state and nation as a spokesman for retail grocers. He was born…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2009: “Minnesota Politics and Irish Identity: Five Sons of Erin at the State Capitol”
John W. MiltonMinnesota Politics and Irish Identity: Five Sons of Erin at the State Capitol Author: John W. Milton The author, a former state senator, researched the five men of Irish extraction who are honored in the State Capitol. The first is “The Senator: Nicholas David Coleman (1925–1981),” a St. Paulite…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2009: “Courthouse Sculptor: Lee Lawrie”
Paul D. NelsonCourthouse Sculptor: Lee Lawrie Author: Paul D. Nelson A look at renowned sculptor Lee Lawrie (1887–1963), who designed the exterior artwork for the New York Rockefeller Center and the St. Paul City Hall and County Courthouse. His specialty was architectural sculpture or, so to speak, carving on buildings. Lawrie…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2009: “Stanford Newel, Proposal Rock, and Newell Park Widows: Newell Park Celebrates Its Centennial”
Krista Finstad HansonStanford Newel, Proposal Rock, and Newell Park Widows: Newell Park Celebrates Its Centennial Author: Krista Finstad Hanson This article was timed to help Newell Park celebrate its hundredth anniversary in 2008. It starts with the early history of the land, which had been bought and sold often in the…