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Erin McBrien, curator of the Upper Midwest Literary Archives, poses for a portrait in Andersen Library, on Friday, July 5, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

Archives and Special Collections News

Managing vicarious trauma in the archives

From human rights abuses to personal tragedies, the archives are a repository of trauma, and…

Adria CarpenterAugust 9, 2024

Lisa Janette, head of archival processing at the University of Minnesota Libraries, works through the accessioning process of materials for the Performing Arts Archives, on Monday, July 15, 2024, in the Archives and Special Collections. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

Archives and Special Collections News

Before the Libraries can preserve history, the processing archivists get to work

Accepting new material into the Libraries' archives is a lengthy and laborious process. A small…

Adria CarpenterAugust 7, 2024

Anita Walz, the assistant director of Open Education and the scholarly communication librarian at Virginia Tech, presents on rights-reversion and open education resources during the 2024 Library Publishing Forum hosted at the McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, on Wednesday May 15, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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The University of Minnesota hosts the 2024 Library Publishing Forum

The University of Minnesota hosted the annual Library Publishing Forum earlier this spring at the…

Adria CarpenterJune 6, 2024

Abby Zumbrunnen and Anupama Rao, two peer research consultants, pose for a candid portrait at Walter Library on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Three exceptional student employees who keep the Libraries running

Every year members of the Friends of the Libraries’ awards committee recognizes three outstanding student…

Adria CarpenterMay 31, 2024

Quentin Francis, director of youth development at the Ann Arbor YMCA in Michigan, takes a moment to think during the fellowship program on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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YMCA history fellows are ‘creating a usable past’ for boys and young men of color

The YMCA's Boys and Young Men of Color program helps boys and young men of…

Adria CarpenterMay 28, 2024

Students particpate in the Minimum Viable Product Challenge, as well as the student showcase and investor panel, for Founder's Day at Walter Library on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Robot dogs and genetically engineered flies: Students present their innovative ideas at Founder’s Day

Twenty-one student teams participated in the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Challenge, presenting their prototypes or…

Adria CarpenterMay 13, 2024

Julliette Dannucci learns about the racial covenant on her home with Rebecca Gillette, the Mapping Prejudice community engagement lead, at Sanborn Park in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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The Sanborn family brought racial covenants to Robbinsdale. Now the city is renaming Sanborn Park

At a May 3 event in Robbinsdale, local residents learned about the history of racial…

Adria CarpenterMay 13, 2024

"I was arrested for taking this railway scene. Starved peasants wait weeklong for trains to some objective they vainly imagine is the Promised Land where they may find enough food to keep alive," wrote photographer James Abbe. Image reproduced courtesy of The James Abbe Archive.

Immigration History Research Center Archives News

Breaking the silence: a new documentary grapples with the Holodomor’s legacy in Minnesota

“Holodomor: Minnesota Memories of Genocide in Ukraine,” a documentary by Zina Poletz Gutmanis, was screened…

Adria CarpenterApril 22, 2024

Alatheia Proue uses the Embodied Labs app in the Virtual Reality Studio to learn about dementia and Alzheimer's disease, on Friday, January 5, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

Health Sciences Libraries News

Learning how to treat Alzheimer’s disease with Virtual Reality

A new first-person program in the Virtual Reality Studio is helping medical students understand Alzheimer’s…

Adria CarpenterApril 2, 2024

Amy Lonetree, Cathy Coats, and Robert Pilot.

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‘It was genocide’: The secret society behind an ethnic cleansing in Minnesota

Some of Minnesota’s richest farmland lies in Blue Earth County, and the white settlers of…

Adria CarpenterMarch 29, 2024

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Adria Carpenter

Managing vicarious trauma in the archives

Before the Libraries can preserve history, the processing archivists get to work

The University of Minnesota hosts the 2024 Library Publishing Forum

Three exceptional student employees who keep the Libraries running

YMCA history fellows are ‘creating a usable past’ for boys and young men of color

Robot dogs and genetically engineered flies: Students present their innovative ideas at Founder’s Day

The Sanborn family brought racial covenants to Robbinsdale. Now the city is renaming Sanborn Park

Breaking the silence: a new documentary grapples with the Holodomor’s legacy in Minnesota

Learning how to treat Alzheimer’s disease with Virtual Reality

‘It was genocide’: The secret society behind an ethnic cleansing in Minnesota

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