What's New
The Minnesota History
Center's exhibit Green Card
Voices: Immigrants Telling Their Life Stories closes at the
end of the month on May 27. This exhibit presents a diverse set of
stories about coming to Minnesota from a variety of places and
circumstances. Similarly, this month's highlighted collection
explores the life story of refugees from Czechoslovakia and the
Sudetenland following World War II. Covering a span of more than 70
years, the Jaroslav and Edeltraud Vnoucek and family papers tell the
story of a refugee couple from their early lives in Czechoslovakia,
through their early relationship and marriage as displaced persons
living in West Germany, to their life in the United States where
Jaroslav (Jerry) and Edeltraud (Trudy) settled in Crystal,
Minnesota.
Digital copies of the majority of the collection were donated with the papers making quick and remote public access possible. Of particular note are the documents that chronicle their time with the International Refugee Organization and their U.S. naturalization process, photograph albums that illustrate the family's life as refugees and their first years in Minnesota, and correspondence written in Czech to and from family that remained in Czechoslovakia.
New and Updated Finding Aids - April 2019
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ARC Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records | 00598 |
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Daniel and Rhoda Belcher Family Film Collection: An Inventory of Their Films | sv000170 |
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Beltrami County: Bemidji: Municipal Court: An Inventory of Its Records | gr01560 |
Minutes (1912-1951), judgment records (1908-1973), civil and criminal registers (1908-1973), default judgment records (1908-1941), and criminal docket cards (1960-1971). | |
George D. Dayton: An Inventory of His Papers | 00743 |
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Fergus Falls State Hospital: An Inventory of Its Patient Records | gr00750 |
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Film In The Cities: An Inventory of Its Records | 00195 |
Administrative and programmatic records, and photographs and films of a gallery and resource center formed in 1970 to sponsor exhibitions and provide education in the media arts. | |
First Avenue & 7Th Street Entry: An Inventory of Its Band Files | 00233 |
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Alfred P. Gale and Leona R. Gale: An Inventory of Their Oral History Interview | oh116 |
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Governor's Task Force on Utility Shut-Offs: An Inventory of Its Records | gr01566 |
Reports, meeting minutes, and subject files of the Governor's Task Force on Utility Shut-Offs. | |
Grain Belt Breweries: An Inventory of Its Records | 00660 |
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Jews In Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Oral Histories | oh131 |
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Kittson County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Judgment Records | gr01559 |
Judgment records of the District Court of Kittson County. | |
Frederick P. Leavenworth: An Inventory of His Papers | 01205 |
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Legislature: Senate: An Inventory of Its Senate Bills | gr00707 |
Senate bills and resolutions, including engrossments. The 1987-1988 bills are missing. | |
Links, Inc. Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter: An Inventory of Its Records | 01225 |
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Mahnomen County: Extension Office: An Inventory of Its Records | gr01565 |
Minutes of the Mahnomen County Extension Committee and other groups; and subject files including 4-H articles and handbooks, drill team photographs, extension information, group photo, homemakers achievement night programs and annual booklets, program offerings, and shooting sports activities. | |
Mille Lacs County: District Court: An Inventory of Its Minutes | gr01561 |
Minutes of the Mille Lacs County District Court. | |
Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral History Project: An Inventory of Its Oral History Interviews | oh117 |
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Murray County: Welfare Board: An Inventory of Its Minutes | gr01564 |
Minutes of the Murray County Welfare Board. | |
Ernest C. Oberholtzer: An Inventory of His Sound and Visual Collection | sv000035 |
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Public Art Saint Paul (Organization : Saint Paul, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Save Outdoor Sculpture! Project Files | 01300 |
Administrative and survey files of an outdoor sculpture inventory project in Minnesota conducted by Public Art Saint Paul, a private, non-profit organization that in the 1990s contracted with the Smithsonian Institution and Heritage Preservation, Inc. to conduct an inventory of outdoor sculpture in public places. Files include survey forms, photographs, and background data on individual sculptures and artists. | |
Ramsey County: St. Paul: Police Department: An Inventory of Its Identification Photograph Cards | gr01563 |
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Ramsey County: St. Paul: School Records: Independent School District No. 625: An Inventory of Its Miscellanous School Materials | gr00531 |
Photographs, histories, dedication programs, design development proposals, correspondence, reports, newsletters, handbooks, scrapbooks, and other assorted materials documenting over 100 St. Paul elementary, junior high, high, and special schools. | |
Reed and Hyde Families: An Inventory of Their Papers | 00726 |
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Jo Lutz Rollins: An Inventory of Her Artwork Slide Collection | sv000290 |
Photographs of watercolors painted by Jo Lutz Rollins. All are Minnesota scenes, mainly houses, but also street scenes and miscellaneous buildings. | |
Saint Louis County: Public Health and Human Services Department: An Inventory of Its Adoption Records | gr01562 |
St. James Orphan Home admission registers (1900-1920), child history record books (1919-1965), and adoption register (1966-1969), and maternity hospital registers (1922-1953). | |
St. Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee (Saint Paul, Minn.): An Inventory of Its Records | 00160 |
Articles of incorporation and bylaws (1965-1998), correspondence (1952-2004), minutes (1965-2005), membership lists, newspaper clippings, annual reports, financial information, a scrapbook (1960-1976), photographs (1976?-1995), and related material of a volunteer organization formed in 1955 to promote understanding and fellowship between the two cities. The sister city concept originated from President Dwight Eisenhower's People-to-People Program in 1956. Nagasaki was chosen by the U.N. Secretariat and was the first Asian city to become a U.S. sister city. | |
Silent Witness National Initiative An Inventory of Its Records | 00722 |
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Jannette DeCamp Sweet: An Inventory of Her Family Papers | 01301 |
Papers and a scrapbook of a woman living with her husband and children near Minnesota's Lower Sioux Agency in the 1860s, who was captured and held captive during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Includes correspondence, genealogical materials, photographs, travel diaries, and baby books of several of her descendants, most of whom lived in California. | |
Twin City Rapid Transit Company: An Inventory of Its Photograph Collection | sv000291 |
Views of streetcars and work equipment operated by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company and its subsidiaries. Includes exterior and interior views of cars, company shops and yards, Lake Minnetonka express boats, and Wildwood Park. | |
Jaroslav Vnoucek: An Inventory of His Family Papers | 01295 |
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Watonwan County: Saint James Township: An Inventory of Its Birth and Death Records | gr01567 |
Birth and death registers (1871-1907), and birth (1907, 1914-1951) and death (1915-1953) certificate records. | |
Watonwan County: South Branch Township: An Inventory of Its Birth and Death Records | gr01568 |
Birth and death registers (1872-1907), birth (1908-1946) and death (1908-1953), and burial/removal permits (1908-1921). |
New and Updated Catalog Records
Brown, LeRoy, 1855-1932. LeRoy Brown and family papers, 1878-2016 (bulk 1878-1959). |
A family history volume and miscellaneous papers of a Saint Paul physician and letters written by his daughter Lucia, who taught school in small towns in Minnesota. |
Perfect Photo Los Angeles 6, creator. Slide views of Minnesota participation in the Tournament of Roses, 1962. |
Images from the Rose Parade and 48th Rose Bowl Game in which the University of Minnesota beat the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins 21-3. Views show Minnesota-associated parade floats, the University of Minnesota's marching band, and inside the stadium during the game including football players. |
Ryan, J. C. Writings on Minnesota logging and lumbering, 1968-1990. |
Writings of J.C. Ryan, a Minnesota forest ranger, historian, author, and lecturer on the logging and lumbering industries in northern Minnesota. |