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1. Interview with Keith Ewing, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Ewing, M. Keith
Date Created:
2019-12-18
Description:
Keith Ewing, Coordinator of Library Systems & Digital Services at St. Cloud State University, retired in July 2017. Graduating with an MLS in 1979 from University of Texas at Austin, Ewing went on to work at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration, and in system and digital services roles at St. Cloud State University. In his interview, Keith disccusses internet and digital library technology in libraries, the inception of the Minnesota Digital Library, work on the first Minitex MEIR task force, the building of a new library at St. Cloud State University, mentors, and dinner with Ray Bradbury. This interview includes an audio recording and full transcript.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Interview with Ruth Dukelow, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Dukelow, Ruth H.
Date Created:
2019-12-17
Description:
Ruth Dukelow retired as Director of CLIC (Cooperating Libraries in Consortium) in June 2019. Ruth Dukelow discusses her career as a librarian and director at libraries and consortia in Pennsylvania, Washington DC, North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota, culminating in her role as executive director of the CLIC Library System in the Twin Cities. Dukelow also mentions working with fellow OCLC network librarians from Minitex when she was at the Michigan Library Consortium such as Kathy Drozd, Becky Ringwelski, Mary Parker, and Carla Dewey Urban and traveling to OCLC headquarters for network meeting in the 1990s, and a memorable migration of the CLIC shared catalog to a next-generation library management system. This interview includes an audio recording, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Interview with Barbara Misselt, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Misselt, Barbara
Date Created:
2019-11-07
Description:
Barbara Misselt led the East Central Regional Library as Library System Director for 9 years, retiring April 1, 2017. Misselt's first library job was at the Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, before moving to SELCO (Southeastern Libraries Cooperating) in Rochester, Minnesota, and ending her career at East Central Regional Library in Cambridge, Minnesota. In the interview, she discusses her connection to Minitex, working with former Minitex Director Bill DeJohn, Becky Ringwelski (former Associate Director of Minitex for Resource Sharing), Kathy Drozd (former Assistant Director for Delivery), and other influential colleagues from Minnesota libraries and the State Library. This interview includes an audio recording and full transcript.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. Interview with Wendy Pradt Lougee, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Lougee, Wendy Pradt
Date Created:
2019-07-09
Description:
Wendy Pradt Lougee was the University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Minnesota from 2002-2020. Prior to that role, over a period of 20 years, she held several positions at the University of Michigan, including Director of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library and Associate Director of the University Library for Digital Library Services. In this interview, Lougee traces her career path in Academic Libraries up to her latest role as University Librarian at the University of Minnesota. While at the University of Michigan Lougee put together the team that birthed JSTOR in the mid-1990s, a digital platform for accessing academic journals, which led to launching several other new digital projects and publishing projects. Lougee discusses the national organizations and boards she served on over the course of her career such as the Research Libraries Group, the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources, the Association of Research Libraries, HathiTrust, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance. Other topics discussed include: working with Minitex; colleagues that made an impact on Lougee's work such as Dick Dougherty, Dan Atkins, Paul Courant, and Governor Elmer Andersen; the awarding of the National Medal for Libraries and Museums to the University of Minnesota Libraries; and a few future library environment forecasts. This interview also includes an audio recording, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

5. Interview with Valerie Horton, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Horton, Valerie
Date Created:
2019-05-16
Description:
Valerie Horton retired from her position as the director of Minitex in 2019. In this interview, she discusses her professional career beginning as a systems librarian at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She also worked as a systems librarian at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces and in the islands of Trinidad and Tobago assisting with early library automation. Her career highlights included serving as library director at Colorado Mesa University, Colorado Library Consortium, and Minitex (2014-2019). Horton discusses some initiatives from her time at Minitex, including the Minnesota Digital Library, Ebooks Minnesota, SimplyE, and the Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

6. Interview with John T. Butler, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Butler, John T.
Date Created:
2019-02-18
Description:
John T. Butler has served as the Associate University Librarian for Data and Technology at the University of Minnesota since 2008. Prior to that role, he was the inaugural Director of the University of Minnesota's Digital Library Development Lab, and also led the Science and Engineering Library at the University of Minnesota. In the interview, Butler discusses one of his earliest experiences working in libraries as a student for Minitex and other experiences leading up to his current role at the University of Minnesota libraries. Other topics discussed include: the development of the Minnesota Digital Library and the Minnesota Legacy Amendment funding; early mentors and influential colleagues Hank Rowan (Professor of Art, University of Minnesota), Susan Ardi (Engineering Librarian, University of Texas at Austin), Bill DeJohn, and Wendy Lougee; and his engagement with the Digital Public Library of America and HathiTrust. This interview also includes an audio recording, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

7. Interview with Ken Behringer, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Behringer, Ken
Date Created:
2019-02-06
Description:
Ken Behringer retired from the Metropolitan Library Services Agency (MELSA), a regional public library system that serves the libraries in the seven-county Twin City metro area, in 2019. His career included becoming the first Executive Director of MNLINK, serving as the Director of the Dakota County Library and the Great River Regional Libraries, and library positions in Wyoming and the North Dakota State Library. In this interview, he describes the development of library services in Minnesota that he observed from various points in his career and as a lifelong library user. Behringer often found his role to be in working with local county decisionmakers as well as the state legislature to secure funding for libraries. That led to impacts on budgeting for improved library services, technological advances, and the development of regional and state-wide library systems that have strengthened the library community in the state. He also discusses the colleagues who have been influential throughout his career including Bill Asp, Bill DeJohn, Charlene Mason, Roseanne Byrne, and Mike Turbes. This interview also includes an audio recording, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

8. Interview with Russell Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Russell Albert, 1942-
Date Created:
2018-07-23
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Russell A. Anderson on his life and legal and judicial career. Russell A. Anderson was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1998. He was appointed Chief Justice effective in 2006 and retired in 2008. Subjects discussed: his childhood and family, his legal career, and his experiences as a judge. Interviewed by Susan M. Holden at the studio of Minnesota Continuing Education.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

9. Interview with Joan Roca, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Roca, Joan
Date Created:
2018-07-22
Description:
Joan Roca retired from his role as Dean of Library Services at Minnesota State University Mankato in 2018. In this interview, he discusses his professional history, including his role and recollections of the development of the PALS software, his work on MNLINK systems integration committee, and as a member of other library professional committees. Joan credits several of his mentors -- Dale Carrison, Sylverna Ford, Bill DeJohn, Mary Parker, Keith Ewing, Tom Shaughnessy, and Wendy Lougee -- as having positive and lasting impacts on his career trajectory. This interview also includes an audio recording, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

10. Interview with Tou Saiko Lee

Creator:
Lee, Tou Saiko
Date Created:
2015
Description:
Interview with Tou Saiko Lee in which he discusses his work as a hip hop and spoken word artist as well as his work as a community organizer and activist.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

11. Interview with Sai Nou Vang

Creator:
Vang, Sai Nou
Date Created:
2015
Description:
Interview with Sai Nou Vang in which he discusses his work as General Vang Pao's personal bodyguard and house manager. He also discusses his role as Captain in the CIA Secret War in Laos 1961-1975.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

12. Interview with Dr. Yang Dao

Creator:
Dao, Yang
Date Created:
2015
Description:
Interview with Dr. Yang Dao in which he discusses his work as an educator and his efforts to earn a PhD. He also discusses his work as a member of the National Political Consultive Council of Laos.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

13. Interview with Xang Vang

Creator:
Vang, Xang
Date Created:
2014
Description:
Interview with Xang Vang in which he discusses his work as a CIA operative during the Secret War in Laos 1961-1975 and his work in Minnesota as the Executive Director of the Lao Family Community of Minnesota. He also worked as a Hmong business entrepreneur and one of the first Hmong growers to sell produce at the St. Paul Farmers Market.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

14. Interview with Mao Her

Creator:
Her, Mao
Date Created:
2014
Description:
Interview with Mao Her in which she discusses her work as a registered nurse with Ramsey County Public Health. She also discusses the her work as the founder of the Hmong Professional Healthcare Coalition and as a TV and radio host.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

15. Interview with Ka Zoua Kong-Thao

Creator:
Kong-Thao, Ka Zoua
Date Created:
2014
Description:
Interview with Ka Zoua Kong-Thao in which she discusses her work with the St. Paul Board of Education, as founder and President of the Hmong Education and Resources Today organization and as Chief Operations office at the Hmong Community School of Excellence.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

16. Interview with Foung Heu

Creator:
Heu, Foung
Date Created:
2014
Description:
Interview with Foung Heu in which he discusses his work as a Minnesota State Senator for District 67 and as founder and owner of Digital Motion, LLC.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

17. Interview with Dr. Chia Youyee Vang

Creator:
Vang, Chia Youyee
Date Created:
2014
Description:
Interview with Dr. Chia Youyee Vang in which she describes her work as a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and as the author of ""Reconstructing Community in Diaspora"" and ""Hmong in Minnesota.""
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

18. Interview with Dai Thao

Creator:
Thoa, Dai
Date Created:
2014
Description:
Interview with Dai Thao in which he describes his work as a St. Paul City Council Member, Ward 1 in St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

19. Interview with Cy Thao

Creator:
Thao, Cy
Date Created:
2014
Description:
Interview with Cy Thao in which he describes his work as a former Minnesota State Representative, his efforts as a Hmong business entrepreneur and artist and a co-founder of the Center for Hmong Arts and Talents.
Contributing Institution:
Center for Hmong Studies
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

20. Interview with Nancy Walton, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Walton, Nancy
Date Created:
2013-01-10
Description:
Nancy Walton worked in Minnesota, Maryland, California, and Morocco before returning to Minnesota. In Minnesota, she started out at the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library (1994-1998), State Library Programs Specialist (1998-2010), and ended her career by serving as State Librarian and Director of State Library Services (2010-2013). In her interview, she touches on her first experience working in her school library as a member of the Library Club at Minneapolis's Washburn High School to working as a Peace Corp volunteer in Rabat, Morocco (1971-1974), to working within State Library Services. Other topics touched on in her interview include: working in the Ames Collection in Wilson Library (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) next to Minitex staff in 1969; working with Bill DeJohn (Minitex Director, 1984-2012); her role as State Librarian in providing equity of access to information and resources; the 1994 expansion of the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault; the 2002 closing of the library for the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning and layoffs of State Library staff; the disbursement of State Library Services professional library collection to St. Catherine University's School of Library and Information Science; the long history of the State Library Services and the Regional Public Library systems in Minnesota, and words of wisdom to library staff today. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

21. Interview with Rosemary Mock, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Mock, Rosemary
Date Created:
2012-08-31
Description:
Rosie Mock started and ended her library career at Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato (1969-2012). In her interview, she discusses what it was like to work in Cataloging in the 1970s, before automation, and in Systems. Other topics touched on include: early OCLC searching (1976), development of the PALS online catalog (1980), using early electronic databases such as Dialog, and the migration from the PALS system to the Aleph ILS (2004). This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

22. Interview with Peter Jarnstrom, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Jarnstrom, Peter
Date Created:
2012-08-31
Description:
Peter Jarnstrom began his career at the library of Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1980. He started out in cataloging and moved into interlibrary loan where he works at present as ILL Technician. In his interview Peter discussed: using the new OCLC Interlibrary Loan system in the early 1980s; major innovations (custom holdings and interlibrary loan fee management) to the OCLC interlibrary loan service that resulted in less manual and more automated workflows for staff; development of PALS (Project for Automated Library Systems) to include a fully integrated interlibrary loan module, making it easier for libraries within the consortium to borrow and lend materials; and an early 90s periodical disaster at Memorial Library. Peter also shared his experience working on two major projects that Memorial Library underwent in the 1980s when he was in the cataloging department. The first project involved reclassification of their entire library collection from the Dewey Decimal Classification system to Library of Congress classification system. The second major project involved retrospective conversion of catalog cards to tape, eventually forming the basis of the first union catalog of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, PALS. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

23. Interview with Jeanne DeMars, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
DeMars, Jeanne
Date Created:
2012-08-31
Description:
Jeanne DeMars was a graduate assistant at St. Cloud State University when they began the great conversion of their card catalog to the MARC format via the OCLC union catalog (early 1970s). Shortly thereafter, after getting her master's degree from St. Cloud, Jeanne became the library director at Willmar Community College, began the process of converting from cards to MARC in preparation for their move to the PALS (Project for Automated Library Systems) system, and trained library staff to help with the project. From there Jeanne worked at PALS (program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities initiated at Mankato State University in 1978) for a number of years before arriving at Traverse des Sioux Library System in Mankato, MN, where she currently works as Assistant Director for Technology Services. Jeanne DeMars's interview questions focused on the topic of library automation. In the early 1970s, the MARC standard was relatively new, the OCLC union catalog was new (now known as OCLC WorldCat), and projects to convert library card catalogs to machine readable MARC records were just beginning. In her interview, Jeanne also describes searching the OCLC union catalog when it first became available, when PALS (shared union catalog of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities) was first rolled out to students and faculty, and other stories about automating library card catalogs. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interview with Edward Stringer, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Stringer, Edward C., 1935-
Date Created:
2011-12-20
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Edward Stringer on his legal and judicial career. Edward C. Stringer was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1994. He retired from the Court in 2002 and continued to work as a private attorney until he retired fully in 2011. Subjects discussed: his lawyer ancestors, his legal career, and his experiences as a judge. Interviewed by Tom Boyd and Justice Paul Anderson at the studio of Minnesota Continuing Legal Education.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interview with Helen Stub, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Stub, Helen
Date Created:
2011-07-28
Description:
Helen Stub was the secretary-treasurer of the Twin City Library Club (TCLC) when the organization dissolved around 1959. Founded in 1906, the Twin City Library Club was an organization intended to help librarians in St. Paul and Minneapolis become acquainted with each other and the library collections of the Twin Cities. Helen reflects in the interview: "This group of people were active participants in the intellectual, aesthetic, educational, political life of that period between 1906-1959. And, that period included two World Wars, a depression, the recovery, the New Deal, droughts, and, of course, the invention of the automobile." Helen Stub discusses the founding of the organization by Clara Baldwin (Director, Public Library Commission, 1889-1936), John King (Director, Minnesota State Library), Gratia Countryman (Director, Minneapolis Public Library), W.W. Folwell (President, University of Minnesota, 1869-1884) and relays tales from the Secretary-Treasurer's books that chronicle the events of the library profession in the Twin Cities. These include summaries of lectures, reports on library successes, and descriptions of a 1908 list of periodicals of the libraries in Minneapolis and St. Paul, early interlibrary loan, site visits to libraries, announcement of the first bookmobile, parties at the H.W. Wilson company, boat trips on the Mississippi, road tours by car, and elegant dinners. Helen began her library career in Fairfax, MN, in 1948, moving to St. Paul Park in 1952, and, then, as a librarian in the Minneapolis School District from 1955-1980. She served as President of Minnesota Educational Media Organization from 1977-1978. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

26. Interview with Mark Eckes, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Eckes, Mark
Date Created:
2011-07-07
Description:
Mark Eckes worked at Minitex from 1974 to 1984, when Minitex was just three years in to the program. He managed the Minitex staff (payroll, vacation, sick leave) and was responsible for office purchasing and OCLC billing. In his interview, he describes early technology used at Minitex for processing interlibrary loan requests, such as the TWX machine, and Minitex's first computer. Other topics discussed include the Minitex traveling slideshow, what it was like to work with Alice Wilcox (the first Minitex director), and the Minitex tennis and softball team. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

27. Interview with Jerry Baldwin, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Baldwin, Jerry
Date Created:
2011-07-01
Description:
Jerry Baldwin's first library job was as a student at the St. Paul Campus Library (now Magrath Library). From there, he went to library school at the University of Minnesota, and, then, on to the Minnesota Department of Highways (now the Minnesota Department of Transportation) Library as Director from 1972-2007. In his interview, he talks about staff from the Minitex Union List of Serials (MULS) visiting the MnDOT library to record their serial holdings, the development of the Transportation Libraries Catalog (TransCat) as one of the first OCLC Group catalogs, creation of the National Transportation Library (1998) and the Transportation Knowledge Networks, and reauthorization of the National Transportation Library. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

28. Interview with Roger Sween, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Sween, Roger
Date Created:
2011-06-30
Description:
Roger Sween began his professional library career in Wisconsin at UW-Platteville before moving back to Minnesota in the mid-1970s. He worked at Red Wing Public Library and St. Cloud State University Library before he joined State Library Services, Minnesota Department of Education as library cooperation specialist from 1984-2000. In the interview Roger Sween talks about his first library job as a student working in Rolvaag Memorial Library at St. Olaf; events in Minnesota that led to the development of Minitex; evolution of the multicounty, multitype library systems in Minnesota; his work with the Minnesota Educational Media Organization (MEMO) and creation of the first school library media standards (2000) in the state; and involvement in a 1984 report on economic vitality that resulted in the theme of the American Library Association Annual Conference and the Minnesota Library Annual Conference. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

29. Interview with Dave Paulson, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Paulson, Dave
Date Created:
2011-06-15
Description:
Dave Paulson joined Minitex staff as a student in 1973. Throughout his career at Minitex, he has worked in nearly every campus library at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Today he is the Resource Sharing Manager who oversees retrieval at our campus libraries. In this interview, Dave talks about what the work in Resource Sharing was like in the early days, the staff softball team, and how Minitex electronic delivery got started. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

30. Interview with Cecelia Boone, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Boone, Cecelia
Date Created:
2011-06-09
Description:
Cecelia Boone began her career at University of Minnesota Libraries in the Social Welfare History Archives (June 1976-1978). There, she was a writer and editor on a project called the Women's History Sources Survey before joining Minitex and the MULS program in 1978. In her interview, she describes the MULS service and how it operated in the 1970s and 1980s; hand-writing library holdings data; typing up and storing the holdings data in the homegrown database at the University of Minnesota; supervising and working with student staff; the migration of the MULS records from the database to OCLC WorldCat in 1987 and 1988, and her experience working with Alice Wilcox (Minitex Director, 1969-1982). This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

31. Interview with Kathy Drozd, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Drozd, Kathy
Date Created:
2011-06-07
Description:
Kathy Drozd began working for the University of Minnesota Libraries INFORM Service (for-fee article delivery service) before joining Minitex as a student in the early 1970s. In her interview, she discusses Minitex Delivery Services in the 1970s; using painted beer boxes for transporting library materials and the Greyhound bus for delivering those materials to other libraries in Minnesota; working in cramped quarters at the former Minitex office location in Wilson Library; what it was like to work with Alice Wilcox, the first Minitex director; her foray into the Minitex Union List of Serials (MULS) program; planning the Elmer L. Andersen Library and the caverns for high density storage of library materials; the office move to Elmer L. Andersen Library from Wilson Library; early beginnings of the Minnesota Library Access Center (MLAC); and the best parts of her job. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

32. Interview with Suzanne Mahmoodi, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Mahmoodi, Suzanne H.
Date Created:
2011-06-03
Description:
Suzanne Mahmoodi was the first continuing education coordinator at Library Development and Services (1978-2001), Minnesota Department of Education. In her interview she discusses her first library job as a student in special libraries; early education in Southern Iowa (near Lucas, Iowa, known for John Lewis Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor); early Resource Sharing in special, academic, and public libraries; conversation with U of M Libraries director Edward Stanford about the 1969 Minitex pilot project; Control Data Corporation's Plato system (one of the earliest computer based learning systems, originally developed at University of Illinois) and developing a program for libraries; how MN Opportunities for Reference Service Excellence (MORE) and MN Opportunities for Technical Services Excellence (MOTSE) began; and the decision to close the library at State Library Services. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

33. Interview with John J. Todd, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota 2011

Creator:
Todd, John J., 1927-
Date Created:
2011-06-01
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice John J. Todd on his legal and judicial career. John J. Todd was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1972 and served until 1985. Subjects discussed: his childhood and family, his legal career, his experiences as a judge, and his life after the Supreme Court. Interviewed by Tom Boyd and Justice Paul Anderson at the studio of Minnesota Continuing Legal Education.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

34. Interview with Mary Rae Oxborrow, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Oxborrow, Mary Rae
Date Created:
2011-05-26
Description:
Mary Rae Oxborrow was one of the first full-time professional staff to be hired at Minitex in 1969. In the interview she describes what is was like to work with Minitex's first director, Alice Wilcox; her main role at Minitex in bibliographic problem solving; a Halloween South Dakota trip gone bad on Needles Highway near Rapid City; early technology used at Minitex for sending interlibrary loan requests (for example, teletype machines); staff parties; Minitex office locations during the pilot project and beyond; and the first Minitex logo, the winged messenger. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

35. Interview with William (Bill) DeJohn, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
DeJohn, William
Date Created:
2011-05-13
Description:
William (Bill) DeJohn received his Masters in Library Science in 1967 from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences. He was the Director of Minitex, which serves academic, public, state agency, and other special libraries in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, from 1984-2012. DeJohn was actively involved in efforts to further library resource sharing throughout the Minitex region and beyond. In the interview he answers questions submitted to him by library staff in the Minitex region. Bill discusses: his first library job at Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Missouri; early interlibrary loan work at the Missouri State Library; former University of Minnesota Librarian Edward Stanford and the beginning of Minitex; additional funding for technological developments in the 1990's that led to ELM, MLAC, and the MnLINK Gateway; influential people for library services during Bill's tenure; the future of Minitex; his secret reading addiction; and words of wisdom for library staff today.This interview also includes the following: An audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

36. Interview with Mary Treacy, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Treacy, Mary
Date Created:
2010-11-18
Description:
Mary Treacy is former director of Metronet (1981-1999), one of seven state-funded multitype library networks created by the Minnesota Legislature in 1979. During her interview, Mary describes her first job as a librarian at Washington D.C. Teacher's College (1965) in a post Brown v Board of Education climate; emerging technologies, such as beta testing ERIC on microfiche; The Twin Cities Library Club; the 1982 Metronet sponsored conference, ""Question of Balance, Public Sector/Private Sector Interaction in the Delivery of Information Services""; the role of Metronet and Minitex; starting a college library at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1999); SMILE (Southcentral Minnesota Inter-Library Exchange) before funding was available for multitype library networks, and her time at the ALA Washington office (1996). This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

37. Interview with Charlene Mason, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Mason, Charlene
Date Created:
2010-10-11
Description:
Charlene Mason was Minitex Interim Director (1983/1984), and was on the search committee that hired Bill DeJohn, current Minitex director (1984-present), before finishing her library career at the University of Minnesota Libraries (1976-2001). She discusses her first library job held in 7th grade at Ames Public Library, early fax machines used for resource sharing, the hiring climate at the University of Minnesota after the 1979-80 Rajender v. University of Minnesota lawsuit, and working with Anita Branin (Minitex Associate Director for Document Delivery and MULS, 1980-1996) and MJ Rossman (Minitex Assistant Director for Reference and OCLC, 1980-1996) during the transition to a new Minitex director. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

38. Interview with Bill Asp, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Asp, William G.
Date Created:
2010-09-17
Description:
William Asp served as Minnesota State Librarian from 1975-1996. In the interview he reflects on early 20th century resource sharing among libraries belonging to the Twin Cities Library Club, Regional Public Library System development, early library automation in Minnesota, and the Extension of Access Law (1987 law passed that required the counties to levy a tax for public library service and join a regional public library system). This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

39. Interview with Doris Ott, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Ott, Doris
Date Created:
2010-09-10
Description:
Doris Ott served for eight years as North Dakota State Librarian (2002-2010). A native of Carson, ND, Ott graduated from Dickinson State University, and earned her MLS from George Peabody College (now, Vanderbilt University) in Nashville. She started her professional librarian career as an Assistant Professor of Library Science at Dickinson State, was the first librarian at Magic City Campus in Minot, and held positions at a school library and a public library in Indiana before returning to North Dakota in 1986. From 1986-2002 she worked at the North Dakota State Library and held various positions before being named State Librarian in 2002. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

40. Interview with Mike Kathman, Minitex Oral History Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kathman, Michael D.
Date Created:
2010-08-06
Description:
Mike Kathman is the former director of libraries at the College of St. Benedict (St. Joseph, MN) and St. John's University (Collegeville, MN). St. John's and St. Ben's was one of the 11 original participants in the pilot project that was known as the Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype Experiment (MINITEX), January 1969-June 1970. This interview also includes an audio recording, recording table of contents, transcript, and photograph of the interviewee.
Contributing Institution:
Minitex
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

41. Interview with John Simonett, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Simonett, John E., 1924-2011
Date Created:
2009-10-12
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice John Simonett on his legal and judicial career. Simonett was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1981 and served until 1994. Subjects discussed: his education and family life, and his experiences as a judge. Interviewed by Tom Boyd and Paul Anderson at the studio of Minnesota Continuing Legal Education.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

42. Great River Road Design Guide: Aitkin County, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
2000
Description:
A design guide for a segment of the Great River Road in Aitkin County, Minnesota, created with emphasis on protecting the area's natural beauty.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

43. Interview with Justice Sandra Gardebring, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Gardebring, Sandra S., 1947-2010
Date Created:
1999-01-13
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Sandra Gardebring as part of the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society's oral history project. Gardebring was a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1991 to 1998. Subjects discussed: her childhood in North Dakota; her decision to attend law school; her entry into Minnesota state politics; her views on feminism; her experiences on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

44. Interview with Walter Rogosheske, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Rogosheske, Walter Frederick, 1914-1998
Date Created:
1995-09-26
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Walter Rogosheske on his legal and judicial career. He was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1962 and served until 1980. Subjects discussed: his family and childhood, education, early career, and his experiences as a judge. Interviewed by Randall Tietjen at the Minnesota Judicial Center.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

45. Interview with Robert Sheran, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Sheran, Robert J., 1916-2012
Date Created:
1995-09-26
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Sheran on his legal and judicial career. Sheran was first appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1963 and served until 1970. He was reappointed to the Court as Chief Justice in 1973 and served until 1981. Subjects discussed: his education and experiences as a judge. Interviewed by Tim Baland at the Minnesota Judicial Center.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

46. Interview with John J. Todd, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1995

Creator:
Todd, John J., 1927-
Date Created:
1995-09-26
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice John J. Todd on his legal and judicial career. John J. Todd was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1972 and served until 1985. Subjects discussed: his childhood and family, his legal career, and his experiences as a judge. Interviewed by John Brian at the Minnesota Judicial Center.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

47. Interview with Douglas Amdahl, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1995

Creator:
Amdahl, Douglas Kenneth, 1919-2010
Date Created:
1995-09-26
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Douglas K. Amdahl on his legal and judicial career. Douglas K. Amdahl was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1980 and was Chief Justice from 1981 to 1989. Subjects discussed: his early life and education, and his experiences as a judge. Interviewed by James Morrow in Landmark Towers.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

48. Interview with Rosalie E. Wahl, Minnesota Supreme Court Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Wahl, Sara Rosalie Erwin, 1924-2013
Date Created:
1994-08-17
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Wahl on her legal and judicial career. E. Wahl was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1977 and served until 1994. Subjects discussed: her childhood, family life and education, her early career, and her experiences as a judge. Interviewed by Laura Cooper in Justice Wahl's chambers.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

49. Minnesota Department of Transportation Biennial Report 1992-1994

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1994
Description:
This report contains a message from the commissioner, Mn/DOT's highlights and achievements over the biennium, the revenue and expenses breakdown, and district highlights.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

50. Minnesota Department of Transportation Biennial Report 1990-1992

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1992
Description:
The report contains a message from the commissioner, Mn/DOT's highlights and achievements over the biennium, the revenue and expenses breakdown, and district highlights. First report after the creation of the Metro District.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

51. Interview with Chief Justice Peter Stephen Popovich, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Popovich, Peter Stephen, 1920-1996
Date Created:
1991-09-02
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Popovich as part of the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society's oral history project. Popovich was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1987 and was Chief Justice from 1989 to 1990. Subjects discussed: his early decision to become a lawyer; growing up on the Iron Range in the 1920's and 1930's; being the son of an immigrant; his experiences as a lawyer, a legislator, and a judge.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

52. Interview with Maynard Pirsig, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Pirsig, Maynard E., 1902-1997
Date Created:
1990-07-06
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Maynard Pirsig on his legal and judicial career. Maynard Pirsig was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1942 and served for three months to finish the term of the late Justice Royal A. Stone. Subjects discussed: his legal career and his views on the role of the judiciary. Interviewed by Steve Young.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

53. Interview with Justice Alexander MacDonald Sandy Keith, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Keith, Alexander MacDonald, 1928-
Date Created:
1990-06-20
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Sandy Keith as part of the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society's oral history project. Keith was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1989 and was Chief Justice from 1990 to 1998. Subjects discussed: His childhood in Rochester, Minnesota near the Mayo Clinic, and his mother's influence; his experiences at Amherst; race and the law; the selection of U.S. Supreme Court Justices; his experiences with family law; being in the Legislature; the creation of the Minnesota Court of Appeals; his experiences being on the Minnesota Supreme Court and the role of the courts.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

54. Interview with Glenn Kelley, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Kelley, Glenn E., 1921-1992
Date Created:
1990-01-29
Description:
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Glenn E. Kelley on his life and legal and judicial career. Kelley was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1981 and served until 1990. Part one of the interview recorded on January 29, 1990 and part two was recorded on August 16, 1990. Interviewed by Steve Young at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Law Library
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

55. Minnesota Department of Transportation Biennial Report 1988-1990

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1990
Description:
This report contains a message from the commissioner, Mn/DOT's highlights and achievements over the biennium, the revenue and expenses breakdown, and district highlights.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

56. Minnesota Department of Transportation Biennial Report 1986-1988

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1988
Description:
First trifold report. This report contains a message from Commissioner Leonard W. Levine to the people of Minnesota, highlights of MnDOT's work in general and by district, and revenue and expenditure graphs.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

57. Great River Road Route Selection & Development Guide: Bemidji to Ball Club, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1988
Description:
Booklet containing background information, route selection data and route development recommendations for the section of the Great River Road from Bemidji to Ball Club, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

58. Along the Mississippi: The Great River Road from Lake Itasca to Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1987
Description:
A brochure detailing points of interest along the Great River Round between Lake Itasca and Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

59. Outdoor college chapel in Kresge courtyard, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Dahlberg, Woody
Date Created:
1985-09
Description:
Outdoor college chapel in Kresge courtyard.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60. Bethel broomball player about to shoot a goal, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Kim, Lynn
Date Created:
1985-01
Description:
Broomball player about to shoot on goal with teammates and opponents in front of goal. Icy ground, cold temperatures, and slippery footing are no deterrent for this popular intramural sport.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

61. 1985 Estimate of the Cost of Completing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the State of Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1985
Description:
The 1985 cost estimate for the construction of the U.S, Interstate System in Minnesota. Contains pavement diagrams, bridge standards and detailed maps.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

62. Minnesota Department of Transportation Biennial Report 1982-1984

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1984
Description:
The biennial Report for July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1984. Mn/DOT's activities are reported based districts and categorized as: "What We Did," "What We're Doing," and "Challenges We Faced." Contains graphs showing income and expenditure for each fiscal year.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

63. Along the Mississippi: The Great River Road in Southeastern Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1984
Description:
A brochure detailing points of interest along the Great River Round between Hastings, Minnesota, and the Iowa border.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

64. Great River Road Route Selection & Development Guide: Aitkin to Brainerd, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1983
Description:
Booklet containing background information, route selection data and route development recommendations for the section of the Great River Road from Aikin to Brainerd, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

65. Transportation Minnesota's Lifelines Minnesota Department of Transportation Biennial Report 1980-1982

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1982
Description:
The biennial Report for July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1982. Breaks down Mn/DOT's work over the biennium. Includes graphs showing come and expenditure, broken down by fiscal year.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

66. Great River Road Site Design Guide, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Document setting out the standards for construction of the Great River Road and surrounding rest areas and public facilities.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

67. Great River Road Route Selection and Development Guide: Aitkin-Itasca County Line to Ball Club, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1982
Description:
Booklet containing background information, route selection data and route development recommendations for the section of the Great River Road from the Aitkin-Itasca County line to Ball Club, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

68. Nurse saying goodbye to football player leaving the Bethel Campus Health Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Howell, Barry
Date Created:
1981-11
Description:
Nurse saying goodbye to football player patient on crutches leaving Campus Health Center.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

69. Basketball player shooting near the basket over St. Olaf defender, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981 - 1986
Description:
Bethel player shooting basketball under the basket with opponents and teammates still running to catch up.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

70. Basketball player jumping with ball, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981 - 1986
Description:
Bethel basketball player jumping with ball in the air near the basket while playing against Concordia. Members of both teams surround the basket.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

71. Nurse examining football player, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981
Description:
Football player in dirty uniform sitting on medical examining table with nurse in full uniform standing next to him. Several sport team posters on wall in background.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

72. Great River Road Route Selection & Development Guide: Sartell, Minnesota to Monticello, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1981
Description:
Booklet containing background information, route selection data and route development recommendations for the section of the Great River Road from the Sartell, Minnesota to Monticello, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

73. Four female student musicians in Scandinavian folk dress for Bethel's Festival of Christmas, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Christenson, Kurt
Date Created:
1980-12
Description:
Four female student musicians in Scandinavian folk dress playing from book of ""Christmas Strings"". Full-length bulletin board about Bethel in background.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

74. Female students dressed for Bethel's Festival of Christmas in St. Lucia costumes, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Christenson, Kurt
Date Created:
1980-12
Description:
Six female students in white robes and silver tinsel belts around female student in white robe, red belt and wreath with lighted candles around her head. This dress is for the traditional celebration of Saint Lucia, which is a Scandinavian celebration of Christmas.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

75. Choir and orchestra performing in Scandinavian folk dress during Bethel's Festival of Christmas, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Christenson, Kurt
Date Created:
1980-12
Description:
Choir and orchestra performing in Scandinavian folk dress during the 1980 Festival of Christmas. Conductor in foreground and horse drawn sleigh landscape mural in the background.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

76. Nursing student in the laboratory, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Christenson, Kurt
Date Created:
1980-10
Description:
Portrait of a nursing student in a Bethel laboratory pouring liquid from a beaker.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

77. MN/DOT Biennial Report Minnesota Department of Transportation 1978-1980

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1980
Description:
The biennial Report for July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1980. Addresses the reorganization and streamlining of Mn/DOT divisions that took place in 1979. Contents are divided into: Transportation Activities, Transportation Planning, Mn/DOT Organization and Financial Statement.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

78. Great River Road Route Selection & Development Guide: Itasca State Park to TH 2 Bypass, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1979
Description:
Booklet containing background information, route selection data and route development recommendations for the section of the Great River Road from Itasca State Park to Trunk Highway 2 in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

79. Great River Road Route Selection & Development Guide: I-694 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota to Prescott, Wisconsin

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1979
Description:
Booklet containing background information, route selection data and route development recommendations for the section of the Great River Road from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota to Prescott, Wisconsin.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

80. Great River Road Route selection & Development Guide: Aitkin-Itasca County Line to the Junction of Aitkin County State Aid Highway 1 and County State Aid Highway 21, Aitkin County, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1979
Description:
Booklet containing background information, route selection data and route development recommendations for the section of the Great River Road from Aitkin-Itasca County Line to the junction of Aitkin County State Aid Highway 1 and County State Aid Highway 21.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

81. Winona Public Library Children's Department Checkout Desk, Winona, Minnesota

Date Created:
1978 - 1980
Description:
A photograph showing Mary Lou Stutzka, Library Assistant, checking out a book at the Children's Department Checkout Desk in the Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

82. MN/DOT Biennial Report 1976-1978

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1978
Description:
First biennial report after the name change. Contains section on Mn/DOT's organization, operations, policy and planning and tables and graphs showing income and expenditures for the biennium July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1978.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

83. Great River Road Master Plan: Monticello, Minnesota to I-694 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1978
Description:
Booklet with the master plan for the segment of the Great River Road between Brooklyn Center and Monticello, Minnesota. It includes background information, route development data, and information regarding recreation and conservation along the Great River Road.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

84. Festival of Christmas concert in Robertson Center auditorium, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1977 - 1994
Description:
Orchestra and choir during Festival of Christmas with banner in background that reads, ""Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to God in the Highest"". Photo was taken from back of Robertson Center auditorium and shows the front and right side of audience.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

85. Project Development Report for the Great River Road, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1977
Description:
A report on the history of the Great River Road in Minnesota, from the first proposals to the construction.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

86. Minnesota Great River Road: Cost Estimate, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration
Date Created:
1977
Description:
Cost estimate for the construction of the Great River Road in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

87. 1977 Estimate of the Cost of Completing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the State of Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1977
Description:
The 1977 cost estimate for the construction of the U.S, Interstate System in Minnesota, 1957. Contains pavement diagrams, bridge standards and detailed maps.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

88. Festival of Christmas concert with time-lapse of candlelight procession, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Fredericks, Dave
Date Created:
1976-03-12
Description:
Choir, orchestra and banner visible in background with silhouetted audience in foreground during the Festival of Christmas concert. Extended exposure shows streaks of light from candlelight procession onto the stage at the Robertson Center. The banner on the wall reads, "In the beginning was the word, the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us we beheld his glory."
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

89. Bethel College women's basketball team, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976 - 1980
Description:
Sixteen players and coach of the Bethel College women's basketball team pose for a silly, fun photograph in Robertson Center gym. Uniforms include the word "Bethel" and their number on the front of the shirts.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

90. Construction of addition to a Bethel College building, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Fredericks, Dave
Date Created:
1976
Description:
Heavy construction vehicles digging the basement for the addition to on of the College buildings, the Clausen Fine Arts Building, in 1976.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

91. Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Highways of Minnesota 1974-1976 Statistical Supplement

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1976
Description:
Tables showing income and expenditures, contracts, construction and maintenance from July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1974.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

92. Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Highways of Minnesota 1974-1976

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1976
Description:
The last biennial report before the name change to Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT). Table of Contents: Highlights, District operations, State aid, Engineering Services, Planning and Programming, Government and Community relations, Administration and Financial data.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

93. Preschool storytime, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Kelley, Harriet J.
Date Created:
1975
Description:
A photograph of children in the 1975 10:30am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

94. State of Minnesota: Priority Primary Route Study, April 1974

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways; Federal Highway Administration
Date Created:
1974
Description:
Narratives, maps and data about the Minnesota state highways that were designated as Priority Primary routes.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

95. Preschool storytime, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Kelley, Harriet J.
Date Created:
1974
Description:
A photograph of children in the 1974 9:15am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Winona Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

96. Opening college chapel of 1974 on hillside next to Lake Valentine, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1974
Description:
Fall 1974 opening college chapel outdoors on hillside by Lake Valentine
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

97. Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Highways of Minnesota 1972-1974 Statistical Supplement

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1974
Description:
Tables showing income and expenditures, contracts, construction and maintenance from July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1974.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

98. Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Highways of Minnesota 1972-1974

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1974
Description:
This report covers the Department of Highways' activies from July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1974. Table of Contents: Administration, Financing your highways, Office of state aid, Office of Financial administration, Right of way operations, Office of road design, Office of Bridge and Structural Design, Office of traffic engineering, Office of materials, Maintenance standards, Construction standards, Programming, Planning, Office of Personnel, 1973 Legislative measures, 1974 Legislative measures, Electronic communications section, Office of Surveying and Mapping, Office of Public Information, Office of Systems planning and Data Processing, Districts, and Retirees, 1972-1974
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

99. Construction of Arden Village Student housing during winter on Bethel's Arden Hills Campus, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973 - 1983
Description:
Construction site of Bethel Student housing, Arden Village buildings, during winter on Arden Hills Campus. Trucks, cars, and various construction equipment is spread across the area.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

100. Hilltop view of Scandia Chapel and Seminary grounds, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973 - 1978
Description:
Hilltop view of Scandia Chapel in background, Seminary entrance and building in bottom left of foreground.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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