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Ramsey County History – Fall 2018: “St. Paul’s Mary Griggs Burke, Abby Weed Grey, and Aimee Mott Butler: Three Extraordinary Women Who Supported Art and Artists”

Moira F. Harris

St. Paul’s Mary Griggs Burke, Abby Weed Grey, and Aimee Mott Butler: Three Extraordinary Women Who Supported Art and Artists Author: Moira F. Harris Although most histories of the visual arts in the Twin Cities celebrate the contributions of men who were collectors, much less well-known are…

Ramsey County History – Summer 2018: “A St. Paul Artist Behind Enemy Lines: Carl Bohnen, World War I, and Americanism”

Steve Trimble

A St. Paul Artist Behind Enemy Lines: Carl Bohnen, World War I, and Americanism Author: Steve Trimble St. Paul artist Carl Bohnen (1872–1951) was an accomplished pencil-and-charcoal portrait artist. In 1914, a group of local, wealthy arts patrons underwrote the cost of sending Bohnen and his family to Germany…

Ramsey County History – Summer 2018: “‘Dr. Nellie:’ One Physician’s Experience at the Front in the Great War”

Johannes R. Allert

“Dr. Nellie:” One Physician’s Experience at the Front in the Great War Author: Johannes R. Allert Nellie N. Barsness (1873–1966) was the first woman from the State of Minnesota to graduate from the University of Minnesota’s medical school (1902). She then set up her practice in St.

Ramsey County History – Summer 2017: “Can America Be Bombed? The St. Paul Science Museum’s Answer”

Brian McMahon

Can America Be Bombed? The St. Paul Science Museum’s Answer Author: Brian McMahon In the spring of 1941, the St. Paul Science Museum (predecessor to today’s Science Museum of Minnesota) opened an exhibit provocatively titled “Can America Be Bombed?” The museum’s president, Charles Lesley Ames, was alarmed…

Ramsey County History – Winter 2017: “William T. Francis, at Home and Abroad”

Paul D. Nelson

William T. Francis, at Home and Abroad Author: Paul D. Nelson William T. (Billy) and Nellie Francis were a “Golden Couple” in Ramsey County in the 1920s. They were good-looking, intelligent, talented, ambitious, and successful. Then they went to Africa, and things went terribly wrong. This article presents the…

Ramsey County History Podcast #3 – Fall 2014: The German Friend; MNopedia

Paul Nelson, John Larson, and Molly Huber

The German Friend; MNopedia Part 1: What can an anti-Nazi writer and intellectual, exiled in the United States, do for his beloved Germany? Nearly eighty years ago, Prince Hubertus zu Lowenstein visited St. Paul and met Hamline University student John Larson. A lifelong friendship and flood of…

The German Friend: War and Postwar Letters from German Anti-Nazi Prinz Hubertus zu Lowenstein to American Hans Christian, 1942-1947

John W. Larson

The German Friend tells the fascinating story of Prinz Hubertus zu Lowenstein through his letters to his American friend, John W. Larson, (known to his family and friends by the nickname Hans Christian). The letters cover not only politics, but philosophy, ideals, and the day-to-day activities of the two men.

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Ramsey County History – Spring 2013: “A Monument to Freedom, a Monument to All: Restoring the Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Memorial in Como Park”

Colin Nelson-Dusek

A Monument to Freedom, a Monument to All: Restoring the Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Memorial in Como Park Author: Colin Nelson-Dusek Beginning in 1907, a bronze sculpture of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller has reigned over the Gateway to Como Park. Despite its long and ubiquitous presence, little…

Ramsey County History – Fall 2011: “Living la Vida en Ramsey County: A Journey through Ramsey County’s Mexican Past”

Leila Renee Albert

Living la Vida en Ramsey County: A Journey through Ramsey County’s Mexican Past Author: Leila Renee Albert In September 2011, the Ramsey County Historical Society (RCHs) opened an exhibit in its gallery space in the Landmark Center focused on Ramsey County’s Mexican past titled, “Living la Vida en Ramsey…