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In Our Collection – Lao Refugee Orientation Handbook and Hmong Embroidery, Paj ntaub, Story Cloth
Youa VangDonated by: Youa VangAcquired: 2024RCHS Collection: 2025.7 In Our Collection shares the pieces acquired by Ramsey County Historical Society. The collection contains tens of thousands of pieces, including archives, books, objects, and photographs, which are maintained by Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Mollie Spillman, in downtown St. Paul.
In Our Collection – Minnesota Frost Maddie Rooney’s Signed Goalie Stick
Youa VangDonated by: The Minnesota frostAcquired: 2024RCHS Collection: 2025.1.4 In Our Collection shares the pieces acquired by Ramsey County Historical Society. The collection contains tens of thousands of pieces, including archives, books, objects, and photographs, which are maintained by Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Mollie Spillman, in downtown St.
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…
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…
Ramsey County History Winter 2025 – Additional Reading
Andrea Swensson, Youa Vang, Meredith CummingsAdditional Reading For the past sixty-one years, Ramsey County History and the publishing staff of Ramsey County Historical Society have documented the stories of this region through magazine articles and books—occasionally turning inward to examine the people at the center of this very organization. Below is a brief overview of…
Ramsey County History Fall 2024
John W. Diers, Jim McCartney, Adam BledsoeRamsey County History Fall 2024 Volume 59, No. 4: Fall 2024 John W. Diers, Jim McCartney, Adam Bledsoe Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Fall 2024 Articles in this issue: Growing Up on the Empire Builder Author: John W. Diers John W. Diers’…
Growing Up on the Empire Builder
John W. DiersPhotography by Hedrick-Blessing PR By John W. Diers To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. John Diers’ article is reprinted with permission from the publishers of TRAINS magazine, with minimal style adaptations. The original first-person story titled, “A night on…
Communist Clarence Hathaway and His Powerful Impact on Minnesota Politics
Jim McCartneyThe Communist Party played an influential role in Farmer-Labor Party politics in the 1930s and early ’40s, thanks, in part, to relationships that Minnesota-born Clarence Hathaway developed with Gov. Floyd B. Olson and Gov. Elmer Benson. Hathaway image in Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection, courtesy of Hennepin County Library; Olson/Benson images…
Clarence Hathaway and the 1934 Riot at Madison Square Garden
Jim McCartneyBy Jim McCartney How did Minnesota native Clarence Hathaway find himself bruised, beaten, and dangling from a railing in front of a packed house at Madison Square Garden in New York City? The year was 1934. The poverty and social unrest from the Great Depression had warmed many citizens in America…