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Photo of an undated letter in black typescript, with letterhead of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee.

Archives and Special Collections Immigration History Research Center Archives Primary Sourcery

Archives provide valuable sources for dissertation on the topic of ‘Humanitarian Capitalism’

Spotlight on Research: Our guest author Andrew Marion visited the Immigration History Research Center Archives…

markengeFebruary 5, 2020

Banner for "Women and Work" exhibit, with woman in an apron holding canned foods

Archives and Special Collections Featured Blog Post News Primary Sourcery

A Woman’s Place: Women and Work

"A Woman’s Place: Women and Work" is a new exhibit at Elmer L. Andersen Library…

markengeJanuary 6, 2020

Black and white illustration by K. A. Suvantoo showing man inspecting immigrants at Ellis Island, New York

Archives and Special Collections Featured Blog Post Immigration History Research Center Archives News Primary Sourcery

A visit from Australia to research Finnish-America

Guest author Alana Kosklin visited the Immigration History Research Center Archives recently, and shares her…

markengeDecember 11, 2019

Cover of an annual journal that benefited Russian children, courtesy IHRCA.

Archives and Special Collections Immigration History Research Center Archives Primary Sourcery

Nina Bogdan’s archival research on Russian Emigrés to Northern California

Spotlight on Research: Our guest author Nina Bogdan was awarded the Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA) Grant-in-Aid Award…

markengeNovember 19, 2019

Archives and Special Collections News Performing Arts Archives Primary Sourcery

New treasures from the Minnesota Opera

The Performing Arts Archives recently received a treasure trove of new archival materials from the…

markengeFebruary 21, 2019

Archives and Special Collections News Performing Arts Archives Primary Sourcery

Dominick Argento papers acquired by Performing Arts Archives

This fall, the Performing Arts Archives welcomed the archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento.…

markengeJanuary 9, 2019

Archives and Special Collections News Primary Sourcery Video

Using archives to create art

Artists Valerie Caesar, Johnnay Leenay, and Rini Yun Keagy presented about their experience in the…

Mark EngebretsonJune 28, 2018

Archives and Special Collections News

‘Digging Up the Past’ highlight’s rich African American history from University Libraries’ collections

Historical material documenting the lives and culture of African Americans is represented in a new…

Mark EngebretsonFebruary 23, 2018

Brianna Lane Nofil PhD Candidate, Columbia University

Archives and Special Collections Migration and Social Services Collections Primary Sourcery Social Welfare History Archives YMCA Archives

Chambers Fellows visit the archives

Four research fellows are now using the Social Welfare History Archives and Kautz Family YMCA…

Mark EngebretsonNovember 8, 2017

Broadsides featuring artwork and poetry from the “New Focus: Arts & Corrections” program.

Archives and Special Collections News Primary Sourcery Upper Midwest Literary Archives

Margaret Hasse, the ‘Artist-Teacher’

Margaret Hasse is known for her candid poetry and down-to-earth point of view. But from…

Mark EngebretsonMay 24, 2017

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