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Ramsey County History 2026 Issue 2
Jeremiah E. Ellis, James Fleming and Paul Nelson, Frank M. WhiteVolume 61, No. 2 Jeremiah E. Ellis, James Fleming and Paul Nelson, Frank M. White PDF of full issue: Ramsey County History 2026, Issue 2 Articles in this issue: “James and Frances Hughes and the Architecture of Black Excellence in Minnesota” Author: Jeremiah E. Ellis At a…
Pierce Butler’s Seventeen Years Serving as St. Paul’s First US Supreme Court Justice
Paul Nelson and James Fleming“Horseman of the Court” by James Fleming and Paul Nelson To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. The following is the second of a two-part series about the life and career of Pierce Butler. To read the first article on…
Rights and Reasoning: Pierce Butler’s Supreme Court Opinions
Paul Nelson and James FlemingView this online sidebar as a PDF. Rights and Reasoning Pierce Butler’s Supreme Court Opinions by James Fleming and Paul Nelson Buck v. Bell In 1927, the Supreme Court ruled that sterilization of female dependents by a state was lawful.1 Carrie Buck, an eighteen-year-old resident of a…
Ramsey County History 2026 Issue 1
Paul Nelson and James Fleming, Kate Dietrick, Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor)Volume 61, No. 1 Paul Nelson and James Fleming, Kate Dietrick, Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor) PDF of full issue: Ramsey County History 2026, Issue 1 Articles in this issue: “Hired to Carry the Dagger: Pierce Butler in St. Paul” Authors: Paul Nelson and James Fleming…
Pierce Butler in St. Paul
Paul Nelson and James Fleming“Hired to Carry the Dagger” by Paul Nelson and James Fleming To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. Pierce Butler, St. Paul, circa 1917. Photo by Golling Studio, courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society. Attorney Pierce Butler could be a…
The Day Camp That Launched St. Paul’s Adaptive Recreation Program
Nancy Sanchelli Guertin“Close to You” By Nancy Sanchelli Guertin To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. It seems like every time Twin Cities Public Television has a pledge drive, they haul out concerts and documentaries designed to hit us baby boomers right…
Ramsey County History Spring 2025
Andrea Swensson, Chia Youyee Vang, PhD, Janice R. Quick, Pete BoulayRamsey County History Spring 2025 Volume 60, No. 2: Spring 2025 Chia Youyee Vang, PhD, Janice R. Quick, Pete Boulay Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Spring 2025 Articles in this issue: Reflections from the 1.5 Generation Fifty Years of Hmong Lives in Ramsey County…
Ramsey County History Fall 2024
John W. Diers, Jim McCartney, Adam BledsoeRamsey County History Fall 2024 Volume 59, No. 4: Fall 2024 John W. Diers, Jim McCartney, Adam Bledsoe Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Fall 2024 Articles in this issue: Growing Up on the Empire Builder Author: John W. Diers John W. Diers’…
Communist Clarence Hathaway and His Powerful Impact on Minnesota Politics
Jim McCartneyThe Communist Party played an influential role in Farmer-Labor Party politics in the 1930s and early ’40s, thanks, in part, to relationships that Minnesota-born Clarence Hathaway developed with Gov. Floyd B. Olson and Gov. Elmer Benson. Hathaway image in Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection, courtesy of Hennepin County Library; Olson/Benson images…