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Gone into history: 90 years of the University Archives

On New Year's Eve 1927, former University President William Watts Folwell wrote to then President…

Erik MooreJanuary 26, 2018

A Matter of Facts News

Facts about off-shore oil drilling

Offshore drilling for oil and natural gas is detrimental to the environment, but economically beneficial…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 26, 2018

Children's Literature Research Collections News Primary Sourcery Read This Book!Video

Ridgway Award winners

Lisa Von Drasek talks about the 2017 Marion Vannett Ridgway Award winners in this episode…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 26, 2018

News Primary Sourcery YMCA Archives

Anthony Comstock, the YMCA, and the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice

Anthony Comstock is well-known as the instigator of the Comstock Law, which was passed by…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 24, 2018

A wall covered in Post-It Notes with comments from exhibit viewers.

Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives News Primary Sourcery

An archivist’s reflections on the success of ‘A Campus Divided’

By the time the exhibit went up in August, the topic had been with us…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 16, 2018

News Video

330 students took part in Gopherbaloo

Nearly 330 students from grade 6-12 attended Gopherbaloo 2018 at Wilson Library January 13. The…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 16, 2018

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Artists take up residence in Libraries

A new residency program at the University of Minnesota Libraries aims to highlight historical collections…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 16, 2018

Email from Bly to Tranströmer about Airmail book.

News Primary Sourcery Upper Midwest Literary Archives

Cascades of letters: Correspondence in the Robert Bly Papers

Letters written to and from Robert Bly speak volumes about Bly’s impact — not only…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 4, 2018

Health Sciences Libraries News

To really see: Exploring the medication taking experience through art

"To really see: Exploring the medication taking experience through art," presented by Avivo ArtWorks, is…

Erinn AspinallJanuary 2, 2018

Health Sciences Libraries News Wangensteen Library

Potluck explores the history of premodern food

It turns out that a potluck is a perfect way for ending a semester of…

Erinn AspinallDecember 22, 2017

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UMN Libraries news and events have moved to www.lib.umn.edu/news

Gone into history: 90 years of the University Archives

Facts about off-shore oil drilling

Ridgway Award winners

Anthony Comstock, the YMCA, and the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice

An archivist’s reflections on the success of ‘A Campus Divided’

330 students took part in Gopherbaloo

Artists take up residence in Libraries

Cascades of letters: Correspondence in the Robert Bly Papers

To really see: Exploring the medication taking experience through art

Potluck explores the history of premodern food

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