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James and Frances Hughes and the Architecture of Black Excellence in Minnesota
Jeremiah E. Ellis“The Merit of Service” by Jeremiah E. Ellis To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. My mother once told me about a day in her childhood when a teacher offered to drive her home from school. As they pulled out…
Growing Up Dos Culturas
Frank M. Whiteby Frank M. White To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. When I think back on my family history, where do I begin? I was born in November of 1945, which seems like a long time ago, into a bicultural…
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…
Myth, Memory, and the Origins of the St. Paul Jewish Community Center Symphony Orchestra
Kate Dietrick“Under Lisowsky’s Baton” by Kate Dietrick To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. Conductor Peter Lisowsky in action. Part of the St. Paul Jewish Community Center records, courtesy of the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, University of…
Looking Back at the Black Community
Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor)“Growing Up in St. Paul” By Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor) To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. Eula T. Murphy in 1961 when she was forty-one years old. The photographs with this article are from the author.
Ramsey County History Summer 2025
Andrea Swensson, Diane Trout-Oertel, Robin J. Doroshow, Nancy Sanchelli Guertin, Frederick L. JohnsonRamsey County History Summer 2025 Volume 60, No. 3: Summer 2025 Diane Trout-Oertel, Robin J. Doroshow, Nancy Sanchelli Guertin Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Summer 2025 Articles in this issue: The Matriarch of the Art Colony Early Twentieth Century Art in St. Paul as…
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 Winter 2025
Andrea Swensson, Youa Vang, Meredith Cummings, Rebecca E. BenderRamsey County History Winter 2025 Volume 60, No. 1: Winter 2025 Andrea Swensson, Youa Vang, Meredith Cummings, Rebecca E. Bender Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Winter 2025 Articles in this issue: The Women Who Have Shaped the Ramsey County Historical Society Author: Andrea Swensson,…
The Women Who Have Shaped the Ramsey County Historical Society
Andrea Swensson, Youa Vang, Meredith CummingsThe Gibbs Farm team. (L-R): youth programs manager Janie Bender (holding her dog Matilda Jubilee), director Sammy Nelson, and volunteer and adult program manager Clare Holte. Photo by Youa Vang, Ramsey County Historical Society. Seventy-Five Years of Making History By Andrea Swensson, Youa Vang, Meredith Cummings To see this…