Clarence ("Cap") Wigington (1883-1967) was the first African-American registered architect to practice for any substantial length of time in Minnesota. In 1915, one year after moving to St. Paul, Wigington took a qualifying exam as a senior draftsman and became the first African American municipal architect in the United States. He had the highe...
Creator:
Wigington, Clarence Wesley, 1883-1967
Contributor:
Tewes, Frank X.; Miller
Created:
1928-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives.
Margaret and Jack Wentling were the children of John Philip Wentling (1878-1952), associate professor of forestry at the University of Minnesota from 1908-1928. The Wentlings resided at the UniversityÕs forestry school in Itasca State Park during the summers of the early 1900s, where Wentling provided instruction in forestry and horticulture du...
Creator:
Bell Museum of Natural History
Created:
1917-09-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Marcus Nornes talks to Peter Shea about his interest in Japanese documentary cinema, including propaganda films of World War Two, and about the ways in which films present moral choices to their audience.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Nornes, Marcus
Created:
2007-11-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Illustration, This is Marc Michael the terrible Celt addressing his ball for a horrible welt. He burns the whiskers off the tee--I'm glad he's not addressing me
Creator:
Steele, Frederic Dorr, 1873-1944
Created:
1920
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Watercolor painting of several pintails, male and female, at the edge of a flooded field. Semi-submerged trees and grasses in distance, and a large number of birds flying in V formation in the sky. This is an early, possibly childhood work by Francis Lee Jaques and may be adapted or copied from other sources. Image is mounted on brown paper; par...
This folder contains materials collected by Wally Swan and Lyle Rossman, Swan's partner of twenty four years. Wally Swan ran for a number of public office positions including The Minneapolis Library Board, Minnesota Treasurer, and the Minneapolis Board of Estimation and Taxation, which he won. He is currently an adjunct professor at three instit...
Creator:
Swan, Wallace
Created:
1993
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This folder contains materials collected by Wally Swan and Lyle Rossman, Swan's partner of twenty four years. Wally Swan ran for a number of public office positions including The Minneapolis Library Board, Minnesota Treasurer, and the Minneapolis Board of Estimation and Taxation, which he won. He is currently an adjunct professor at three instit...
Creator:
Swan, Wallace
Created:
1993
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Members of the Sons of Italy and two March-of-Dimes participants hold up posters advertising the Philadelphia March-of-Dimes. The posters read: "Do you Care Enough to Walk for those who Can't? March of Dimes 20 Mile Walk-A-Thon. Sponsored by Sons of Italy."
Creator:
Schick, Jules
Created:
1976
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Seven women working at the Cleveland March of Dimes fund raiser. Two women are making phone calls and three are using Burroughs portable Adding machines and calculators to tally money raised. A machine is being used for "Cleveland Reports," a second machine for "Grand Total," and the third for "Suburban Reports."
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two OSIA members (one wears a button on his lapel that reads "March of Dimes Sons of Italy Representative") shield two young children from the rain at the March-of-Dimes walk in Philadelphia.
Created:
1976
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Often called "The Great March," the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights took place in Washington, D.C. on October 11, 1987. These videotapes document the events leading upto and including this historic event.
Creator:
West, Dawn
Created:
1987-10-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
