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Ramsey County History – Fall 1992: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: “The Junior League’s First 75 Years: Follies, ‘Friendly Visiting’ and Women’s Changing Roles”
Gareth O. PetersonThe Junior League’s First 75 Years: Follies, ‘Friendly Visiting’ and Women’s Changing Roles Author: Gareth O. Peterson The national Junior League began in 1901; the St. Paul chapter in 1917. Its mission was to find volunteers workers for social good. In its first few decades, it concentrated on…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: “Hope Chests and Honeymoons—Marriages in America Still Wedded to Tradition”
Tamara TruerHope Chests and Honeymoons—Marriages in America Still Wedded to Tradition Author: Tamara Truer This article examines wedding customs and fashions in the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially in the Midwest. It is accompanied by photos of home wedding decorations from an album in the Ramsey County Historical Society collections.
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Father Begged Feed for His Animals”
Margaret ManshipGrowing Up in St. Paul: Father Begged Feed for His Animals Author: Margaret Manship The father in this case was William McMahon, zookeeper at the Como Zoo starting in 1931. This memoir traces the early decades of the zoo, its struggles with lack of money, the animal donations, and the…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: “What’s Historic About This Site? The Cyrus B. Cobb House in White Bear Lake”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? The Cyrus B. Cobb House in White Bear Lake Built in 1885 for a local merchant, this is “one of the most intact of the surviving Victorian era houses in White Bear Lake . . . .” PDF of Historic Site…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyMaud Hart Lovelace, Early Candlelight, reprint edition with an introduction by Rhoda Gilman (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1992). John L. Relf, The Man Whose Dream Came True (Dellwood, Minn.: John L. Relf, 1991). Moira F. Harris, Monumental Minnesota: A Guide to Outdoor Sculpture (Minneapolis: Pogo Press, 1992). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: “A Matter of Time”
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Ramsey County History – Spring 1992: “A Nationwide Sense of Crisis: The 1922 Shopmen’s Strike in St. Paul and the Northwest”
W. Thomas WhiteA Nationwide Sense of Crisis: The 1922 Shopmen’s Strike in St. Paul and the Northwest Author: W. Thomas White The 1922 rail strike was the most severe since 1894. Workers endured the loss of a wildcat strike in 1920, then a series of wage reductions. On July 1 some 400,000…