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American RadioWorks view detail comment email this

"The national documentary unit of Minnesota Public Radio ... [that] creates public affairs documentaries, series projects, and investigative reports for the public radio system and the Internet." Online documentaries supplement all radio projects, "providing background, original photography, interactive elements and streaming audio of the radio documentaries." Documentaries explore noteworthy "social and cultural subjects through stories with strong narrative threads." The site provides audio files and transcripts of the programs. Searchable.
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/
Topics: Media, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment
Last updated Apr 5, 2004


The Betsy-Tacy Society view detail comment email this

This group is dedicated to Maud Hart Lovelace, the children's book author who is best known for her "Betsy-Tacy" series. The site has information about the book series, which provides a fictionalized account of Lovelace's childhood at the turn of the twentieth century in Mankato (renamed Deep Valley), Minnesota. Also includes a brief biography, photos, information about the society's activities and newsletter, and directions for subscribing to the Maud-L listserv.
http://www.betsy-tacysociety.org/
Topics: Children's Literature, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States
Last updated May 27, 2003


Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) view detail comment email this

This archive and research center, located at the University of Minnesota, is "dedicated to promoting study of the history of information technology and information processing and their impact on society." The site contains searchable catalogs of CBI collections of oral histories, photographs, manuscripts, and other materials; bibliographies; links to related resources; online exhibits; and more.
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/
Topics: Computers, Computers, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States
Last updated Jan 17, 2006


Duluth Lynchings Online Resource: Historical Documents Relating to the Tragic Events of June 15, 1920 view detail comment email this

This digital collection provides access "to a variety of primary source materials relating to the 1920 lynching of three young black men--Isaac McGhie, Elias Clayton, and Elmer Jackson--in Duluth, Minnesota." It includes background information on the event, newspaper accounts, legal documents, photographs, oral histories, a timeline, and recommended additional online and print resources. Searchable. From the Minnesota Historical Society.
http://collections.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/
Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Social Issues, U.S. History By Place
Last updated Jan 26, 2005


Geology By Lightplane view detail comment email this

A collection of over three hundred aerial photos displaying geological features taken above Minnesota, Illinois, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. From a geology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air.html
Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States
Last updated Feb 21, 2004


Hmong Center: Multicultural Resources and Education view detail comment email this

"The work of the Hmong Resource Center [in Minnesota] is to provide information to Hmong and non-Hmong for the purpose of promoting positive race relations, human rights, multicultural education, information about cross-cultural health and medicine, teacher education, family literacy education and community-based research." The site features resources for Hmong immigrants, a bulletin board, newsletters, a photo gallery, biographies of notable Hmong individuals, a bibliography of Hmong materials back to 1778, and more. Searchable.
http://www.hmongcenter.org/
Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Social Issues, Society & Social Science
Last updated Apr 6, 2004


Minneapolis Photo Collection Web Database view detail comment email this

A searchable collection of approximately 10,000 photographs from the Minneapolis Public Library's historical photo collection. "The strength of the photo collection is in images of people, buildings, and events dating from the 1850s to 1960." Information is provided for each photo including date, photographer, and title.
http://www.mplib.org/dbtw-wpd/phosrc.htm
Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place
Last updated Jun 3, 2003


Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources Database view detail comment email this

This searchable database contains information about photographs, artwork, posters, and other visual works from the extensive Minnesota Historical Society collections. These items "visually represent Minnesotans, their lives, landscapes, leisure and occupations from the pre-territorial period to the present." More than 180,000 items have been entered in the database. Of these, sixty percent have a corresponding visual image.
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/
Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place
Last updated Mar 30, 2004


A Prairie Home Companion view detail comment email this

The official Web site for the Minnesota Public Radio variety show, "A Prairie Home Companion" with host Garrison Keillor, archives entire broadcasts, along with scripts and guest photos from previous shows. View Webcasts of the live weekly show, interact with the host and fellow listeners through message board postings, and see the schedule and ticket information for upcoming shows. Searchable.
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
Topics: Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment
Last updated Apr 4, 2004




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