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From Minnesota to Mars
Forty years ago on July 20, 1976, the Viking 1 probe landed on the surface…
Erik MooreJuly 21, 2016
Reel to Reel
More than 11,000 reels of recorded audio are now preserved at the University Archives. These…
Rebecca ToovJune 24, 2016
Preserving your heart
February is American Heart Month, which brings awareness to heart disease, the leading cause of…
Rebecca ToovFebruary 25, 2016
Minnesota Seaside Station
The University of Minnesota Archives recently completed a year-long project to digitize the records of…
Erik MooreFebruary 1, 2016
Radio history at the U of M
On January 13, 1922, the University of Minnesota was granted a full license to broadcast…
Rebecca ToovJanuary 13, 2016
The Gopher Yearbook
For 80 years the University of Minnesota junior class published an annual yearbook simply titled,…
Erik MooreDecember 18, 2015
Cycling through history
Earlier this month, the League of American Bicyclists recognized the University of Minnesota with a…
Erik MooreNovember 19, 2015
75 years of Coffman Union
Seventy-five years ago this fall, Coffman Memorial Union opened to the campus community and public.…
Erik MooreNovember 4, 2015
Look back on the Washington Ave Bridge
Fifty years ago this month the new Washington Avenue Bridge opened to connect the main…
Erik MooreOctober 26, 2015
Nachtrieb’s Nuances
Leave it to an archivist to notice an unexplained detail in the current Andersen Library…
Rebecca ToovSeptember 18, 2015