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Painting on the Art Speak Machine: CBI acquires the collection of Computer Artist Maureen A. Nappi

The digital world would be entirely opaque without screens and graphics, without computer artists and…

Adria CarpenterJune 29, 2026

Archives and Special Collections News University Archives

Restoring the Sexual Violence Program: a new oral history project documenting feminist student activism

When the University of Minnesota abruptly closed the Sexual Violence Program’s peer counseling service in…

University LibrariesJune 22, 2026

Archives and Special Collections Featured Blog Post Immigration History Research Center Archives News

Both positive and negative: a closer look at microfilm in 2026, and the IHRCA’s holdings

Microfilm is often touted as a thing of the past – has the average person…

University LibrariesJune 22, 2026

Aiden Bettine, curator of the Tretter Collection, poses with a photo of Roy Blakey, on Friday, May 22, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

Archives and Special Collections News Tretter Collection

Sequins, feathers, and fringe: The world’s largest ice show archive comes to the Tretter Collection

Roy Blakey was the caretaker of the world’s largest ice show archive, containing over 33,000…

Adria CarpenterJune 12, 2026

Immigration History Research Center Archives News

The IHRCA at 60 is showing how immigration shapes society

As the IHRCA celebrates its 60th anniversary, its mission to provide a fuller understanding of…

Adria CarpenterFebruary 26, 2026

Archives and Special Collections News Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Curator Tim Johnson retires after 27 years at the Libraries

Tim Johnson officially retired this past October after 27 years as the Curator of Special…

Adria CarpenterOctober 29, 2025

A bronze statue at the "Sherlock Holmes at 50" exhibit at Elmer L. Andersen Library on Friday, July 26, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

News Sherlock Holmes

The Sherlock Holmes Collections celebrates its 50th anniversary

The Sherlock Holmes Collections isn’t just the world’s largest collection of materials related to the…

Adria CarpenterAugust 30, 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

Charles Babbage Institute News Primary Sourcery

CBI’s newest exhibit shows the marriage of technology and psychology

From early video games like the Atari 1050 to chunky laptops from the ‘90s, the…

Adria CarpenterAugust 18, 2023

Archives and Special Collections James Ford Bell Library News

‘A tactile connection to the past’

Anne Good, the Assistant Curator at the James Ford Bell Library, has unveiled her first…

Adria CarpenterMay 31, 2023

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