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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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
St. Paul’s Forgotten Radio Pioneer Maurice G. Goldberg
Rebecca E. Bender“St. Paul Radioman” M.G. Goldberg was photographed working at his Beacon Radio Service Shop, 142 East Fourth Street, St. Paul. In Radio and Television Retailing, December 1944. Catching Waves: St. Paul’s Forgotten Radio Pioneer Maurice G. Goldberg By Rebecca E. Bender To see this complete magazine article with endnotes…