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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

Children attending the University Nursery School play in a wading pool while being observed, 1939.

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Ideas of the week

Materials documenting a department’s, college’s, or center’s history can be found in a variety of…

University LibrariesAugust 10, 2018

The James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History on Church Street, Minneapolis, 1940.

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The modern Bell Museum

The modern Bell Museum will play an indispensable part in the formal education and the…

Rebecca ToovJuly 13, 2018

Digital panel from the exhibit "Gone Into History: 90 Years of the University of Minnesota Archives" displayed in the Elmer L. Andersen Library, January 19 through April 27, 2018.

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Gone into history online exhibit

2018 marks the 90th anniversary of the University of Minnesota Archives, giving us a prime…

University LibrariesJuly 10, 2018

U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial with retro radio icon

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A cover-up at the Met

From 1938-1979, the Minnesota School of the Air brought educational programs into the classrooms of…

Rebecca ToovMay 11, 2018

Photograph of the University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry faculty in 1936. Lillian Cohen is pictured front row center.

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Meeting Professor Cohen

While working with the University Archives collections to research a recent exhibit, I learned about…

University LibrariesApril 20, 2018

From the Archivist News U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial Podcast University Archives

At the Zoo

On this episode of U of M Radio on your Historic Dial take a field…

Rebecca ToovMarch 30, 2018

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An act to re-organize

The 1868 Act to Re-Organize the University established the University's mission, an academic framework, and…

Erik MooreFebruary 23, 2018

The dedication program extolled the financing of the Field House, which had been “erected without a cent of cost to the taxpayers for construction purposes.”

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Happy 90 years, Williams Arena!

From its dedication as the Field House in 1928 to its remodeling and re-naming as…

University LibrariesFebruary 6, 2018

University Archives, Walter Library, 1968.

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Gone into history: 90 years of the University Archives

On New Year's Eve 1927, former University President William Watts Folwell wrote to then President…

Erik MooreJanuary 26, 2018

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University high school

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The modern Bell Museum

Gone into history online exhibit

A cover-up at the Met

Meeting Professor Cohen

At the Zoo

An act to re-organize

Happy 90 years, Williams Arena!

Gone into history: 90 years of the University Archives

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