March 2011
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Minneapolis Oral History Collection
Guest blog post from one of our hard-working volunteers, Ben:
Special Collections only deals with books and records on paper right? Follow me and prepare to have your mind blown. Correct it is a collection of tapes and CDs, and no, you probably didn’t see them when you walked in. What are they? Oral histories and they cover many topics about Minnesota that you might want to know more about. ...
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Placeography
Placeography is a wonderful way to learn more about your surroundings or share your research on a city, building, house, neighborhood, etc.
Here is a page we did for one of our libraries, Linden Hills Community Library.
You also can do a Placeography page for your house. If you are interested in doing house history research on your house in Minneapolis, you can go here for more information.
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When was Grain Belt Beer born?
A lot of historical sources credit Grain Belt first being used in 1893 to describe beers brewed by Minneapolis Brewing Company. Two major changes happened around 1893, the new brewhouse was built in 1892 and the company was reorganized and offered stock in March 1893. Historians had previously believed the name “Golden Grain Belt” was also rolled out at that time.
Using our trusty “Historical...
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