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Ramsey County History – Winter 2014: “Fighting to Keep Seeger Running: Ralph M. Scalze and His Leadership of Local No. 20459, AFL-CIO, 1949–1955”
Gerald E. ScalzeFighting to Keep Seeger Running: Ralph M. Scalze and His Leadership of Local No. 20459, AFL-CIO, 1949–1955 Author: Gerald E. Scalze A World War II veteran, Ralph Scalze was the leader of Local No. 20459 of the Refrigerator Workers’ Union of the AFL-CIO from 1949 to 1955, the largest…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2014: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews Larry Haeg, Harriman vs. Hill: Wall Street’s Great Railroad War (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013). Meyers Communications Group, producer, with the Ramsey County Historical Society and Twin Cities Public Television, University Avenue: One street, a thousand dreams (St. Paul, 2013). PDF of Book Reviews…
The German Friend: War and Postwar Letters from German Anti-Nazi Prinz Hubertus zu Lowenstein to American Hans Christian, 1942-1947
John W. LarsonThe German Friend tells the fascinating story of Prinz Hubertus zu Lowenstein through his letters to his American friend, John W. Larson, (known to his family and friends by the nickname Hans Christian). The letters cover not only politics, but philosophy, ideals, and the day-to-day activities of the two men.
Ramsey County History – Fall 2013: “Remembering Heroes: The Midway Transfer Fire of 1900”
Patrick L. ShannonRemembering Heroes: The Midway Transfer Fire of 1900 Author: Patrick L. Shannon A major fire broke out at a packing house in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul on the night of October 21, 1900. It soon spread to nearby buildings. Eventually, four fire companies fought the blaze. When…
“Ramsey County History – Fall 2013: “Growing Up in St. Paul: My Family and La Nuova Vita”
Eugene A. RanconeGrowing Up in St. Paul: My Family and La Nuova Vita Author: Eugene A. Rancone This is a memoir of a man who grew up in the neighborhood of St. Paul’s Upper Levee in the 1930s and ’40s. He recounts his immigrant forebears who came to the city from…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2013: “Present at the Creation: The Turbulent Sixties and Seventies in St. Paul Politics”
Ruby M. HuntPresent at the Creation: The Turbulent Sixties and Seventies in St. Paul Politics Author: Ruby M. Hunt Ruby Hunt, who served on the Saint Paul City Council between 1972 and 1982 and on the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners between 1983 and 1995, recalls several key personalities, primarily Mayor…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2013: “Fine Art Exhibits at the Minnesota State Fair, 1885–1914”
Leo J. HarrisFine Art Exhibits at the Minnesota State Fair, 1885–1914 Author: Leo J. Harris The first Minnesota art exhibit was held in St. Paul at the 1857 territorial fair. From that year until 1884, few art exhibits were displayed at the fair, partly because the location Fair moved to different…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2013: “St. Paul Union Depot: Decline and Rebirth”
John W. DiersSt. Paul Union Depot: Decline and Rebirth Author: John W. Diers St. Paul’s first Union Depot opened in 1881, but it was destroyed by fire in 1884. Fire also destroyed its replacement in 1913. This article is about the building of the third depot, which took place between 1917…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2013: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews Gary J. Brueggemann, Minnesota’s Oldest Murder Mystery: The Case of Edward Phelan; St. Paul’s Unsaintly Saint (Minneapolis: Beaver’s Pond Press, 2012). John Watson Milton, For the Good of the Order: Nick Coleman and the High Tide of Liberal Politics in Minnesota, 1971–1981 (St. Paul: Ramsey County Historical Society, 2012). William Swanson, Black…