MNHS Reference Staff

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151st Field Artillery-World War I

Adoption Research

African American Civil Rights Movement

African American Family History Research

Andersonville Prison-Civil War

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Controversy

Breweries in Minnesota

Capital Punishment

Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.: Aviator & International Superstar

Charles M. Schulz: Cartoonist & Creator of "Peanuts"

Civil War Military Units from Minnesota

Commission of Public Safety

Coya Knutson: Groundbreaking Congresswoman

Dakota Family History Research Guide

Dred & Harriet Scott: Slaves in a Free Territory

Eugene McCarthy: Politician, Peace Advocate, & Poet

Eugenics in Minnesota: Charles Fremont Dight

Family Farm Research

Farmer-Labor Movement

First Avenue & 7th Street Entry

First Minnesota Light Artillery- Civil War

First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry-Civil War

Frances Densmore: Recording & Preserving Native American Music

Funk, R & B, & Soul in the Twin Cities

Fur Trade in Minnesota

Gangsters in St. Paul

Governors' Records

Gratia Alta Countryman: Outstanding Librarian & Community Servant

Gubernatorial Recount of 1962

Guthrie Theater

Harold E. Stassen: "Boy Governor" & Presidential Hopeful

Harriet Bishop: Pioneer, Teacher, & Womens Advocate

Hazelden: Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment Center

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

Hinckley Fire of 1894

Hmong-Americans in Minnesota

House & Building History Research

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Iron Range Miners' Strikes of 1907 & 1916

James J. Hill: Railroad Baron

Jane Gray Swisshelm: Journalist, feminist, & abolitionist

Jewish-Americans in Minnesota

Land Records at MNHS

Landmark Center/The Old Federal Courts Building

Mall of America

Metis Family History Research

Military Service Records Research

Minneapolis Aquatennial

Nonpartisan League

Northfield Raid & the James-Younger Gang

Nuclear Power Plants: Development & Controversy

Oliver Kelley Farm: The Grange & Early Farming in Minnesota

Orphan Trains: Placing Out Children in Minnesota

Pacemakers: The Foundation of Minnesota's Medical Industry

Power Line Controversy

Prohibition & the Volstead Act

Prostitution in Minnesota

Public Education Funding Reform: The "Minnesota Miracle of 1971"

Railroad Construction

Railroad Records Research

Recreational Sailing

Republican National Convention of 1892

Rondo Neighborhood & I-94

Rosalie Wahl: Legal Educator & Minnesota Supreme Court Justice

Seth Eastman: Pioneer & Painter

Sister Elizabeth Kenny: Leader in Physical Therapy

Somali-Americans in Minnesota

Southdale Center: The First Indoor Shopping Mall

St. Croix River Valley

State Capitol Building of Minnesota

State Fair: The Great Minnesota Get-Together

State Institutions

Toys: Made in Minnesota

Transportation Research

Truckers' Strike of 1934

Urban Renewal in Minnesota (1960s-1970s)

Walter Mondale: United States Vice President

Wanda Gág: Illustrator & Author

Warren E. Burger: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice

Washburn 'A' Mill Explosion

Women and the Home Front During World War II

Women in the Military - WWII

Women's Suffrage in Minnesota

WPA Art Project

WPA: Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration

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