Brought to Light: The University of Minnesota’s heritage of slavery by Christopher P. Lehman This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, Spring-Summer 2016, Vol. 75, No. 2. The grand, stately William Aiken House of Charleston, South Carolina, is [...]
Twin Cities’ black golfers have a legacy of fighting discrimination by Tina Burnside This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, Summer 2018, Vol. 77, No. 2 Charles Rodgers started playing golf at age five in his hometown of Memphis, TN, [...]
Spokesman for the Community: Cecil Newman and His Legacy of African American Journalism by Iric Nathanson This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, Fall 2010, Vol. 69, No. 3 "Because we believe in Minnesota and its people [...]
January 6, 2021 This handkerchief, now in the collection of Hennepin History Museum, is one of many commemorative items made to celebrate the centennial of Minnesota’s statehood in 1958. It bears the Minnesota Centennial logo, with one face looking toward the [...]
December 2, 2020 Today, it seems too bizarre to have happened, but it did. What’s more, it happened twice. The John H. Stevens House was transported by schoolchildren. This piece of rope, held in the collection at Hennepin History Museum, is [...]
How will we look back at the events of 2020? A perspective from Augsburg University historians This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2020, Vol. 79, No. 3 Augsburg University has a rich history going back to 1869 when it [...]
November 3, 2020 This marching music stand in the collection at Hennepin History Museum was used by a clarinetist in the Minneapolis Journal Newsboys’ Band. It would have screwed into a bracket on the front of the clarinet and held sheet music so that he [...]
A Minneapolis phone book’s moment of Hollywood fame By Gary Hornseth and Chris Steller This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2020, Vol. 79, No. 3 Phone book from 1972 that Robert Redford, playing Bob Woodward, reaches for in [...]
Desegregating South Minneapolis Housing: Tilsenbilt Homes of 1954 by H. Lynn Adelsman This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, Spring 2005, Vol. 64, No. 2 In 1952 Camille Keller bought a home on 43rd Street and Third [...]
September 25, 2020 The last Saturday in September is Save Your Photos Day. Here is a handy infographic from our archivist with tips on organizing and storing your old photos. Want to print it? Download PDF here
