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Women on the Air: Geraldine Ferraro visits Minnesota

Four months after the 1984 presidential election, Geraldine Ferraro visited Minnesota where she was greeted…

Rebecca ToovMarch 14, 2019

The 1927 Report of the Comptroller featured a detailed outline of the University’s General Accounting System, including a description of how tabulating or punch cards are used.

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The Power of the Punch Card (and the Punch Card Operator)

Machines and people have been working together for decades, perhaps more than you had thought,…

University LibrariesNovember 28, 2018

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Women on the Air: People Worth Hearing About

The program series People Worth Hearing About originated with The Minnesota School of the Air…

Rebecca ToovNovember 1, 2018

Destroyed woods south of Automba, Minnesota, 1918. Photographer: T.J. Horton.

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The fires of October 12, 1918

On the afternoon of October 12, 1918 in northeastern Minnesota, several forest fires killed over…

Erik MooreOctober 11, 2018

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Women on the Air: Eugenie Anderson

This episode features a woman who achieved many notable firsts, a political leader who used…

Rebecca ToovOctober 2, 2018

Forrest O. Wiggins, 1947. Hired by the University of Minnesota as an instructor in Philosophy, Prof. Wiggins was the first African American to teach at the University of Minnesota. Dismissed from the University in 1951, Wiggins believed the reasoning was directly related to his socialist ideology.

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Portraits of the Past

A preview of Calling to Question: 150 of Liberal Education at the University of Minnesota…

Noah BarthSeptember 28, 2018

Wilson Library card catalog, 1968, http://purl.umn.edu/226242

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Wilson Library – a valued facility

Plans for a library on the West Bank campus had been discussed and debated for…

University LibrariesSeptember 23, 2018

Construction of the Social Sciences Tower and School of Business Administration Tower (now known as Heller Hall), circa 1961, http://purl.umn.edu/81313.

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The West Bank rises

The West Bank we know today on the Twin Cities campus looked quite different five…

University LibrariesSeptember 18, 2018

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Northrop Field rediscovered

Long before TCF Bank Stadium became home to Golden Gopher football, there was Northrop Field…

University LibrariesSeptember 6, 2018

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University high school

University High School was established at the University of Minnesota by the Board of Regents…

Erik MooreAugust 16, 2018

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Women on the Air: Geraldine Ferraro visits Minnesota

The Power of the Punch Card (and the Punch Card Operator)

Women on the Air: People Worth Hearing About

The fires of October 12, 1918

Women on the Air: Eugenie Anderson

Portraits of the Past

Wilson Library – a valued facility

The West Bank rises

Northrop Field rediscovered

University high school

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