A tour of the collections of the Hennepin Medical History Center By CAROL OELTJENBRUNS This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2021, Vol. 80, No. 1. Go back in medical history by visiting this nearly hidden archive embedded inside the [...]
by David Leonhardt This article was originally published in Hennepin History, 2021, Vol. 80, No.1 The Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale was open for nearly 50 years. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people worked there during that time — and made lasting memories, [...]
Japanese Language School at Camp Savage and Fort Snelling shortened World War II and brought people together by Charlie Maguire This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2021, Vol. 80, No. 1 During World War II, some 5,000 to [...]
Edifices for Educators: Buildings Named for University Women By Claire Strom This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, Spring 1991, Vol. 50, No 2 Organizations have always found ways to honor the achievements of their members. The Catholic [...]
by Susan Marks-Kerst This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, Spring 1999, Vol. 58, No. 2 General Mills touted Betty Crocker’s homemaking expertise in this Gold Medal Flour booklet in 1925. Photo credit: General Mills, courtesy of Jeremy [...]
Sarah Harrison Knight: Broader and Grander Work by Mary Hawker Bakeman This article was originally published in Hennepin History, Fall 1993, Vol. 52, No. 4 Sarah Harrison Knight Courtesy of Methodist Hospital A century ago, the Methodists of [...]
Lena Olive Smith: Civil Rights in the 1930s by Jackie Sluss This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, Winter 1995, Vol. 54, No. 1 Lena Olive Smith and client at Olive Hair Store, Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis. Courtesy [...]
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 [...]
