Minnesota Book of Days


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A chronological compendium of remarkable and curious events in the history of the North Star State




They Chose Minnesota


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Based on ground-breaking research, this book describes the unique concerns of individual ethnic groups and delves into their personal Minnesota stories: farmers and factory workers, families and single people, idealists and pragmatists, people who were devout or irreligious -- those who cut ties with their homeland and formed part of Minnesota's ethnic saga.




Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society for the Year 1867


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"Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society for the Year 1867" by A. J. Hill, Charles Edwin Mayo, Henry M. Rice, and Gideon H. Pond is a history of Minnesota written by politicians and writers. The book served as a reference for the larger population as to the inner workings of the historical society. It includes the annual reports for the year 1867 from the society's scretary, as well as notes about the landscape, geography, and historical notes about the United States Land Office.







Minnesota Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture


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Describes the Archive of Folk Culture's unpublished ethnographic collections that document the traditional music and other aspects of Minnesota folklife.




Lost Minnesota


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Tells the stories behind 89 of the lost buildings and landmarks of Minnesota, from rural and small-town Minnesota, as well as from the state's metropolitan and suburban areas.










A Guide to Family History Resources at the Minnesota Historical Society


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This guide is an essential tool for all genealogists researching Minnesota family, local, and state history. Highlighting the many holdings of the society, this unique handbook features a lengthy, annotated listing of resources in subject areas such as: biographical, census, naturalization, cemetery, school, religious, business, court, government, legal, military, and veterans' records; official state-wide death records and index, 1908-96; photographs, personal papers, oral histories, ethnic resources, and local and county histories; family histories, newspapers, directories, passenger ship lists, and publications of genealogical organizations; maps, atlases, and other geographical resources.




Collections


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