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Volunteers at the Andersen Horticultural Library booth ask trivia questions at the Minnesota State Fair on Thursday, August 29, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Plant trivia, premodern maps, and medical artifacts at the Great Minnesota Get-Together

Between grabbing buckets of cookies, watching the dog show, and riding the Giant Wheel, State…

Adria CarpenterSeptember 9, 2024

Two Libraries staff members hold a banner that says "M Libraries University of Minnesota" in front of a crowd of people wearing matching Libraries T-shirts at the 2023 Homecoming Parade

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Our favorite stories of 2023 from the Libraries

The University of Minnesota Libraries marches in the annual homecoming parade on Friday, Sept. 29,…

Adria CarpenterJanuary 5, 2024

James Ford Bell Library News Past Exhibits

Maps that shaped the world

As premodern voyagers returned from overseas expeditions, bringing strange tales from strange lands, their perspectives…

Adria CarpenterOctober 27, 2023

James Ford Bell Library News

We cooked a 235-year-old French recipe for lentil soup

Boeuf bourguignon, blanquette de veau, bouillabaisse. The French have perfected soups and stews. But even…

Adria CarpenterAugust 29, 2023

James Ford Bell Library News

We cooked a 250-year-old recipe for ‘hodge podge’

It’s London in 1773, shortly before the Revolutionary War, but a different revolution was about…

Adria CarpenterAugust 24, 2023

Attendees at the Bell Room's grand opening admire the stained-glass windows.

Archives and Special Collections James Ford Bell Library News Primary Sourcery

The Bell Room is back with a new look

After two years of construction, the Ford W. and Amy Bell Room has a new…

Adria CarpenterJune 21, 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

Manuscript page in Arabic, showing image of blue cat

Contours of the Premodern World

Unboxing a New Acquisition at the James Ford Bell Library

By Anne Good, Assistant Curator One of the most fun things that we get to…

Anne GoodAugust 30, 2022

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