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Conserving Minnesota’s Battle Flags
Posted byadmin on 03 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
The Minnesota Historical Society recently began a project to conserve several Civil War and Spanish American War battle flags. Doug Bekke, Assistant to the Textile Conservator, explains the painstaking process of examining and treating each of these historic banners.
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Preserving Death: Funerary Objects
Posted byMatt Anderson on 19 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
We get into the Halloween spirit with a podcast on death-related objects in the Society’s collection. Curator Matt Anderson provides an overview of changing funeral customs, and then shares a look at a casket, a hearse, tombstones, and more.
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Posted byLori Williamson on 08 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
Through the Library of Congress’ National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) the Minnesota Historical Society and its partners are developing a way to preserve and provide access to the digital records of state legislatures. Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and Robert Horton, Minnesota Historical Society’s Director of Library, Publications and Collections, discuss the importance of creating a digital trail that documents, records, and preserves the records of today’s electronic legislature.
Good Government through Digital Infrastructure and Preservation [5:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Podcast Video [5:50m]: Download (182) View Transcript: Download (41)The Ferrell Collection: Cataloging and Photography
Posted byMatt Anderson on 09 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
Collections Assistants Jane Wong and John Fulton discuss their efforts to catalog and photograph more than 3,000 different objects in the Richard Ferrell Flour Milling Industry History Collection. The size of the collection, together with some of the unusual items it contained, presented special challenges. You can learn more about the collection from Mr. Ferrell himself in an earlier podcast.
The Biggest Thing in the Collection
Posted byMatt Anderson on 06 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
One of our most frequently asked questions is, What is the biggest thing in the Society’s collection? Objects Curator Matt Anderson provides the answer in this podcast. It certainly stands out - even among the various cars, boats and wagons in the collection.
Highlights from the Hill Family Collection
Posted byJillian Odland on 20 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
Hill project cataloger Jillian Odland shares some fun and quirky objects, photos and letters she’s found while working on the papers of St. Paul railroad baron James J. Hill, his son Louis W. Hill, and other Hill family members.
Flour Power: The Richard Ferrell Collection
Posted byJohn Fulton on 26 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
Avid collector and donor Richard Ferrell describes how he got into collecting and the lessons he learned on the way to amassing the Richard Ferrell Flour Milling Industry History Collection, now a part of the Historical Society’s collections.
In Search of Lorenzo Lawrence
Posted byEllen Miller on 26 May 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
In Search of Lorenzo Lawrence is a story about identity lost and found. Dr. Elden Lawrence (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) is a Dakota scholar and writer. For the past several years, Elden has been doing research in the MHS collections, trying to find out more about his ancestor Lorenzo Lawrence, who played a key role in the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War. Lorenzo Lawrence is an enigmatic and controversial figure. Well-known in the 1860s, by the late 1880s he disappears into the mists of time. Elden is slowly piecing together the puzzle of Lorenzo’s life. His biggest thrill came in September 2008 when, through a chance meeting with a stranger, he found a photograph of Lorenzo Lawrence. Directed and produced by Ellen Miller and John Fulton.
1955 Ford Sedan: Vehicle for Family History
Posted byMatt Anderson on 04 May 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
Collections Curator Matt Anderson presents the story of a 1955 Ford Sedan MHS acquired for the Minnesota’s Greatest Generation exhibit. The car was purchased new, and then driven by three generations of the Bergan-Carr family before arriving in our collection. Oral history, family photos, and film of the St. Paul Ford plant add to the story.
Read more about the car’s technical specifications in a separate post under “Our Favorite Things.”
The Ramsey Piano
Posted byMatt Anderson on 08 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Podcasts
Cindy Olsen, Acting Site Manager at the Alexander Ramsey House, discusses conservation work recently done to the house’s 1872 Steinway grand piano, and the unusual circumstances involved in the preservation of a musical instrument. Pianist Jeremy Roth accompanies her comments with Bach’s “Prelude in C Major.”
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