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Tools of the tailoring trade - November 19th, 2009
Recently, we acquired well-worn tailors' tools used by a custom tailor in Duluth. C. Paul Nelson emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden with his four daughters in early 1900. Though tailoring has t...
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How Your Library Book Gets to You - November 18th, 2009
Patrons of the Society’s library know that it has “closed stacks.” Reference Assistants retrieve your requested books and bring them to you. In this episode, Acquisitions Librarian Patrick Colem...
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Veterans Grave Index - November 11th, 2009
Beginning in 1927, Minnesota statutes required that the Adjutant General maintain a permanent registry of the graves of all persons "who served in the military or naval forces of the United States...
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Contemporary Minnesota Voices - October 19th, 2009
Currently on display in our Library Lobby are selected objects collected by the Society and whenever possible labels include a quote from the artists–revealing in their own words their thoughts ab...
150 Best Minnesota Books - view all
Home Grown Smut - November 4th, 2009 - 8 Comments
Wilford (Billy) H. Fawcett returned to Minnesota from World War I with a footlocker full of dirty jokes. On a slow night in 1920 while he was working at the Minneapolis Tribune he sorted through t...
