This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1823-10-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Bill Foley and Andrea Stanislav talk to Peter Shea about their recent research trip to Dubai, and an upcoming multimedia sculptural installation exploring the interconnections and competing/clashing themes of environmental sustainability, global pluralism, and Dubai's highly ambitious architecture.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Foley, Bill; Stanislav, Andrea
Created:
2009-12-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1768-02-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
A collection of English language and non-English ads on a billboard in St. Paul, Minnesota. The signs advertise services and stores such as the "Jelinek Bros. Model Clothes Store" and "J.F. Ptacek and Son Machinists." At the center of the board there is a picture of a "Katolicka Beseda," with information about the Church below the picture.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A billboard with a car passing on the street in front of it. The billboard shows a woman standing next to a desk and reaching for a receipt being printed by a Burroughs electronic bookkeeping machine. The billboard reads: "It's here! Electronic Bookkeeping at Trenton State Bank, member: F.D.I.C. Federal Reserve System"
Created:
1958
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The bike tour went through three distinct neighborhoods-the West Side, Capitol City, and Selby-Dale where Jews lived from first settling here in the 1850s to the 1950s, among other locations.
Created:
1992-06-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The bike tour went through three distinct neighborhoods-the West Side, Capitol City, and Selby-Dale where Jews lived from first settling here in the 1850s to the 1950s, among other locations.
Created:
1992-06-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
