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March of the Governors #25: Harold Stassen
Paul Nelson with Ken PetersonMarch of the Governors Harold Stassen, Governor #25 March of the Governors Podcast #27 Harold Stassen, Minnesota’s twenty-fifth governor, is among our most intriguing. He sprang to national attention as the state’s “Boy Governor,” elected in 1938 at…
History Revealed: Interrupted Childhood Part 2
Katarzyna LitakAn Interrupted Childhood: Histories of Polish WWII Survivors in MN, Part Two Katarzyna Litak History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023 Video on YouTube In partnership with the Minnesota Polish Medical Society and in conjunction with a photographic exhibition…
History Revealed: An Interrupted Childhood, Part One
Katarzyna LitakAn Interrupted Childhood: Histories of Polish WWII Survivors in MN, Part One History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023 Video on YouTube In partnership with the Minnesota Polish Medical Society and in conjunction with a photographic exhibition in Landmark Center, March 5-April…
Ramsey County History Winter 2023: Children’s Preventorium – Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums 2024 History Award Winner
Paul NelsonVolume 57, Number 4: Winter 2023 The Children’s Preventorium of Ramsey County Author: Paul Nelson Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums 2024 History Award Winners History is challenging to piece together, but author Paul Nelson got…
Ramsey County History Winter 2023: My Harley Grandma
Eleta PierceVolume 57, Number 4: Winter 2023 Growing Up in St. Paul: My Harley Grandma Mary Eileen Kehoe and the St. Paul Motorcycle Escort Club Author: Eleta Pierce When friends introduced Mary Kehoe, fresh out of high school in 1944, to the world of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, it didn’t take…
History Revealed: Invisible Warriors
Jeremiah Ellis & Gregory CookeInvisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II with Gregory S. Cooke and Jeremiah Ellis History Revealed Series Thursday, April 14, 2022 Video of the Discussion on YouTube Screening of the film is not included in this video. In partnership with the…
Confluence: A History of Fort Snelling
Reviewer: Matthew W. Wright2022 Minnesota Book Award Winner Confluence: A History of Fort Snelling Hampton Smith St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2021 256 pages; hardcover; $34.95 The past six years have seen the publication of two new histories of Fort Snelling…
March of the Governors, Governor #1, Henry Hastings Sibley
Paul Nelson and Ken PetersonHenry Hastings Sibley Podcast Link This is the first in a new series of podcasts. We call it March of the Governors because we will examine the lives and careers of governors of the State of Minnesota, one by one. We start with our first governor, Henry…
History Revealed: Democracy on Hold
Greg GautDemocracy on Hold, Minnesota during the Great War Greg Gaut History Revealed Series Program Date: November 11, 2020 YouTube Video A special Armistice Day/Veterans Day program presented by Greg Gaut and sponsored by the Ramsey County Historical Society and the East Side Freedom Library.