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Ramsey County History – Winter 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Everyone Knew the Rules for the Rites of Passage and Transportation Was Mainly on Foot”
Brenda RaudenbushGrowing Up in St. Paul: Everyone Knew the Rules for the Rites of Passage and Transportation Was Mainly on Foot Author: Brenda Raudenbush The author grew up in St. Paul in the 1940s and ‘50s. “To every child . . . the very bricks, dogs, and all growing things of…
Ramsey Couny History – Summer 1996: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst”
John W. LarsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst Author: John W. Larson Because the author’s grandfather rarely talked about himself even to family members, Joel Larson was something of a “mysterious stranger” to his grandson. This affectionate account of Joel Larson gives insight into…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1995: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Gas Stoves, Gas Jets, Gas Lamps and Coal through an Open Chute to the Cellar”
Frieda ClaussenGrowing Up in St. Paul: Gas Stoves, Gas Jets, Gas Lamps and Coal through an Open Chute to the Cellar Author: Frieda Claussen The author, born in 1897, grew up in a well-to-do German-American home. This delightfully detailed memoir describes life in her privileged childhood milieu, college “out east,” and…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1995: “Growing Up in St. Paul: ‘Grandfather Durkee Was a Crusty Gentleman’”
Rueul D. HarmonGrowing Up in St. Paul: ‘Grandfather Durkee Was a Crusty Gentleman’ Author: Rueul D. Harmon Adapted from an interview with the author done shortly before his death, he recounts his sometimes uneasy relationship with his grandfather during the author’s years growing up in St. Paul. PDF of Growing…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1994: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Yankeedom: Goal of the 19th Century Immigrant”
John W. LarsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Yankeedom: Goal of the 19th Century Immigrant Author: John W. Larson The author’s fond recollections of his Swedish grandparents who when they reminisced would never talk about Sweden and whose ideal was to become a Yankee. In researching his family’s origins in Sweden and their…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1994: “Growing Up in St. Paul: A Grandchild’s Journey into a Swedish Past”
Growing Up in St. Paul: A Grandchild’s Journey into a Swedish Past Author: John W. Larson An exceedingly amusing and well-written memoir of the author’s childhood and the mysteries surrounding his Swedish immigrant forebears. PDF of Growing_Up…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1993: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Albert Fuller and the Family Business”
Liz Holum JohnsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Albert Fuller and the Family Business Author: Liz Holum Johnson Excerpts from the diary of Albert Fuller document the early days of the H.B. Fuller Company, and lots more: Archbishop Ireland, mucilage and paste, gambling at the State Fair, patents, and more. The frequently witty…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1993: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community—Part II”
David V. TaylorGrowing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community—Part II Author David V. Taylor The author, historian and former Dean of the General College at the University of Minnesota, was born in St. Paul in 1945. This memoir recounts his childhood in a close-knit, socially conservative community; Maxfield…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community”
Eula T. Murphy and David V. TaylorGrowing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community Author: Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor) The author, born in Alabama in 1919, moved with her family to St. Paul in 1920. She grew up mostly in Frogtown during the Depression. The family suffered unemployment, her mother’s…