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Ramsey County History – Fall 2022: Book Review

Volume 57, Number 3: Fall 2022 Book Review Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota by Chad Montrie Reviewed by Renoir W. Gaither RCHS_Fall 2022_Book Review…

March of the Governors #20: Jacob A. O. Preus

Paul Nelson and Matt Wright

March of the Governors, Governor #20 Jacob A. O. Preus (Series Podcast #21) By age forty-one, Jacob A. O. Preus had been Minnesota’s insurance commissioner and state auditor and had served two successful terms as governor (1921-1925). On his watch, the Minnesota…

History Revealed: Vikings in the Attic

Eric Dregni

Vikings in the Attic: In Search of Nordic America with Eric Dregni History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library Growing up with Swedish and Norwegian grandparents with…

History Revealed: Gichigami Hearts

Linda Legarde Grover

Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong Linda Legarde Grover History Revealed Series Program Date: October 10, 2022, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Program Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library Award-winning author Linda LeGarde Grover interweaves family and…

March of the Governors, Governor #19 Joseph AA Burnquist

Paul Nelson and Fred Johnson

March of the Governors, Governor #19 Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist (Series Podcast #20) Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist (1879-1961), born in Dayton, Iowa, was destined for leadership from an early age. A star student and orator at Carleton, he was in the…

History Revealed: Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Katrina Phillips

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Traditions & Celebrations Dr. Kate Phillips History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library The second Monday in October is a day to honor Native…

March of the Governors, Governor #18 Winfield Scott Hammond

Paul Nelson and Ken Peterson

March of the Governors, Governor #18 Winfield Scott Hammond (Series Podcast #19) Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) was Minnesota’s eighteenth governor and the last of only four from the Democratic Party (decades before, by merger, it became the DFL.) He was the…

History Revealed: A Shared Community

Dionicio Valdes

A Shared Community: Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota with Dionicio Valdes, PhD History Revealed Program Date: September 8, 2022 Video on YouTube Dr. Valdes takes us on an examination of the birth and 20th century history of the Chicano Studies Department at…

Ramsey County History – Summer 2022: “Traveling Without Aggravation: How Victor H. Green Changed Travel for Black Americans: Green Book Locations in the Historic Rondo Community (1940-1956)” – Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums 2024 History Award Winner and 2024 Virginia B. Kunz Honorable Mention

Nieeta L. Presley

Traveling Without Aggravation: How Victor H. Green Changed Travel for Black Americans: Green Book Locations in the Historic Rondo Community (1940-1956) Author: Nieeta L. Presley Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums 2024 History Award Winner 2024 Virginia B. Kunz Honorable Mention Traveling, especially with young…