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Photo and architectural illustration from the Making Room exhibit

Archives and Special Collections News Northwest Architectural Archives

When Minnesota’s first women architects couldn’t find a home, they made their own

If you live in South Minneapolis, there’s a chance your house was designed by one…

Adria CarpenterMarch 17, 2025

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

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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

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

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

A cartoon showing the English Kings George III (Revolutionary War period) and George V (WWI era), respectively being angered by American colonists and granting women the right to vote. Historical Era: World War, 1914-1918; Upper Midwest Literary Archives

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Women’s Equality Day is Aug. 26

Following the 1971 request of U.S. Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY), in 1973, Aug. 26 was…

markengeAugust 25, 2022

Archives and Special Collections News

Defining women

An impactful Libraries exhibit, "A Woman's Place: Women and Work," is now online. Curators Kate…

markengeMarch 30, 2021

Archives and Special Collections News Primary Sourcery

Handling the digital stream

Email, PowerPoint presentations, Google documents, and spreadsheets — these are just some examples of born-digital materials…

markengeFebruary 22, 2021

Little Girl Turning Drying Bricks, Nepal

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Seeing child labor

Two students from the Heritage Studies and Public History program converted the "Seeing Child Labor"…

markengeJanuary 28, 2021

Archives and Special Collections News Primary Sourcery

Someone to lean on

In trying times, we all want someone to lean on — someone reliable, professional, and…

markengeJanuary 25, 2021

Archives and Special Collections Immigration History Research Center Archives News Primary Sourcery

Work-from-home updates from the archives

As a Global Studies major with a regional focus in Europe, I gain knowledge and…

Mark EngebretsonMay 19, 2020

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