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Ramsey County History – Summer 2022: “Bob Brown: ‘Paint What You See'”
Paul NelsonBob Brown: “Paint What You See” Author: Paul Nelson This is the story of a solitary St. Paul resident named Bob Brown. Attempting to make a living in the midst of the Great Depression was difficult, to say the least, but Brown took long walks around the…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2022: “All Hail Young Historians: Minnesota Represented at National History Day 2022”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyAll Hail Young Historians: Minnesota Represented at National History Day 2022 Everyone loves a good competition, including the Minnesota junior high and high school students whose thirty-six projects advanced from local, regional, and state levels all the way to the top—the National History Day national competition, which took…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2022: “Addressing the ‘Trust Gap’ Harming History in the Twin Cities”
Chad P. RobertsAddressing the “Trust Gap” Harming History in the Twin Cities Author: Chad P. Roberts Museum directors try to create institutions where everyone interested in and impacted by their institutions will be represented, welcomed, and engaged. However, following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, as museum staff…
History Revealed: Land Acknowledgments
Jacob JurssHistory Revealed: Land Acknowledgments, Land Back, & 10,000 Lakes: Indigenous History in Minnesota With Dr. Jacob Jurss History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, August 11, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library What do land acknowledgments…
History Revealed: Grasshoppers In My Bed
Terry Swanson & Peggy SternGrasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs, Minnesota Farm Girl, 1877 Terry Swanson and Peggy Stern History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, August 4, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library Author Terry Swanson…
March of the Governors, Governor #17, Adolph Olson Eberhart
Paul Nelson and Ken PetersonAdolph Eberhart Podcast Link Adolph Eberhart (1870-1944) was a penniless, immigrant child from Varmland, Sweden, who embraced the opportunities the United States offered. Despite minimal schooling, he was named valedictorian of his class at Gustavus Adolphus College. He later became…
History Revealed: Natural Curiosity
Don LuceA Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum with Don Luce History Revealed Series Program Date: July 21, 2022 Video on YouTube Since its humble start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities, the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of natural history…
History Revealed: Daybreak Woman
Jane Lamm CarrollDaybreak Woman with Jane Lamm Carroll History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library A remarkable woman’s life spans nearly a century of peace, invasion, war, exile, return, and…
March of the Governors, Governor #16, John Albert Johnson
Paul Nelson and Ken PetersonJohn Albert Johnson Podcast Link Minnesota’s sixteenth governor, John Albert Johnson, was our fourth from St. Peter. He had a “rags-to-riches Horatio Alger life.” The son of Swedish immigrants, he quit school at age twelve to support his mother and siblings. Self-educated, he eventually became a newspaper…