Joyce Yu was born in 1946 in Washington, D.C., where her father was employed as a Chinese area specialist by the U.S. Department of Agriculture during World War II. Her parents, Robert and Victoria Yu, arrived in the United States from China in about 1939. They lived in southeast Minneapolis from the time of their arrival until 1941, while Robert Yu was a graduate student in agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota. Two sons, Robert and Victor, were born to the family during this period. The elder Yu completed his degree in 1941, but the family could not return to China because of war conditions in the Pacific, and they moved to Washington. In 1947, after Joyce's birth and the war's end, the family returned to China, where Robert Yu accepted a job as vice-president of the Farmers' Bank of China in Shanghai. Postwar conditions in China grew increasingly unstable, however, and the family returned to the United States in 1949, when Joyce was two and a half years old. The Yus settled in southeast Minneapolis again, and Joyce spent most of her childhood and youth in this neighborhood. She attended University High School and the University of Minnesota, from which she received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1968. After graduation she was employed by the university's Office of Student Affairs from 1968 to 1973, and she also completed a year of graduate study in educational psychology. From 1973 to 1975 she worked for VISTA on the West Bank in Minneapolis. In the fall of 1975 she went to Taiwan for a year of study in Chinese language and tai chi (martial arts). Upon her return to the United States, Yu worked as student internship coordinator at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and in August of 1977 she took a job with the Otto Bremer Foundation in St. Paul, working as a program officer, reviewing and evaluating grant proposals. In 1979 she left the Bremer Foundation to become the director of the Women's Funding Assistance Project for the Ms. Foundation, and in 1981 she was appointed executive director of the Ms. Foundation. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family background - class and regional differences within the Chinese community in Minnesota - family structure and child rearing in the state's Chinese settlement - and the developing ethnic consciousness of young Asian Americans at the University of Minnesota during the 1960s. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: This interview provides valuable information on the northern intellectuals (Mandarin speakers) in the Chinese community in Minnesota, the subgroup in which Yu grew up. It also provides insight into the experience of Chinese families who have settled in the state since World War II, and of Asian students at the University of Minnesota in the 1960s.
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-06-16
Description:
Annual report of the 20th year's work of the Minneapolis YMCA containing financial and narrative reports by the president, other officers, and committee chairmen. Committees, departments, and branches cover employment, education, housing, railroads, and religion, among additional administrative duties. Included in the report are the list of members, articles of incorporation, and the organization's constitution and by-laws.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1884-05-28
Description:
Annual report of the 18th year's work of the Minneapolis YMCA containing financial and narrative reports by the president, other officers, and committee chairmen. Committees cover employment, education, housing, and religion, among additional administrative duties. Included in the report are the list of members, articles of incorporation, and the organization's constitution and by-laws.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1885-06-08
Description:
Annual report of the 19th year's work of the Minneapolis YMCA containing financial and narrative reports by the president, other officers, and committee chairmen. Committees cover employment, education, housing, and religion, among additional administrative duties. Also features reports by the Railroad and Junior Departments. Included in the annual report are the list of members, articles of incorporation, and the organization's constitution and by-laws.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1887-06-13
Description:
Annual report of the 21st year's work of the Minneapolis YMCA containing financial and narrative reports by the president, other officers, and committee chairmen. Committees cover employment, education, housing, and religion, among additional administrative duties. Included in the report are the list of members, articles of incorporation, and the organization's constitution and by-laws.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1889-05-18
Description:
Annual report of the 23rd year's work of the Minneapolis YMCA containing financial and narrative reports by the president, other officers, and committee chairmen. Committees cover employment, education, housing, and religion, among additional administrative duties. Included in the report are a list of contributors, a sketch of the exterior of the Association Building, and floor plans for the basement, first and second floors of the Association Building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Yetka. He was on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1973 until 1993. Subjects covered: his childhood, lawyers and public service, Hubert Humphrey, political history, and being on the Court. Interviewed by law professor Steve Young.
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Yetka. He was on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1973 until 1993. Subjects covered: his father and some history of Cloquet, Minnesota politics in the 1920s-1930s, his time in the Legislature, his years on the Court, his life after leaving the Court, and more political history. Interviewed by attorney Tom Boyd and retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson.
Tenzin Yangdon was born in Rajpur, India. She moved to Minnesota in 1996. Yangdon graduated from high school in Minnesota and is pursuing her undergraduate degree at HamlineUniversity. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Parents, family, being sent to boarding school, differences and similarities between schools in India and the United States, family separation, coming to Minnesota, initial reaction to Minnesota, making friends, deciding to go to college, selecting a college, selecting a career, Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Middle-Way, autonomy, independence, Tibetan politics, Students for a Free Tibet (SFT), Westerners and the Tibetan cause, community, college experiences, Tibetan Cultural Center, preserving culture, differences and similarities between Tibetan, Indian, and American culture, working on the Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project.
Members of the HamlineUniversity Glee Club in front of the theater in Windom, Minnesota, after a February blizzard. From left: Ray Temple, Wallace Ramstad, George Smith, and Charles V. Covell.
The program of the Winona High School Alumni Association's 25th Anniversary gathering at the High School Alumni Room, June 18, 1895, Winona, Minnesota.
Ninth issue of the first volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in summer 1976 and containing descriptions of upcoming workshops, shows and exhibits, the Guild show at Northwestern National Bank, summer classes, and going away parties; reports of the May board meeting including standing committee annual reports, annual exhibit awards, Stitchery '76 Show and Sale, and the Spin-in; the columns "From Woods & Fields", "Metrics for Weavers", "Frame Loominations", "Of Baskets", and "Swap Shop"; information on waving with linen; a list of new members; and a letter from the president.
Third issue of the second volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in November 1976 and containing descriptions of upcoming guild meetings, workshops, classes, exhibits, open house, Art Institute Christmas tree, and Fiber Fair; reports on the September board meeting, the October Guild meeting, and study groups; articles on spinning, "The Rigid Heddle", "From Woods & Fields", and "Of Fiber".
Sixth issue of the first volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in March 1976 and containing descriptions of upcoming programs, workshops, exhibits, classes, shows and exhibits, and Fiber Fair; reports of the February board meeting, Planning Committee survey results, and the floor loom study group; the columns "From Woods & Fields", "Frame Loominations", "Of Baskets", and "We Have a Past"; a draft of waffle weave; and an announcement for a craft tour to Turkey.
Ninth issue of the second volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in June 1977 and containing descriptions of a going-away party for a guild member and upcoming classes; Guild news including a message from the administrative assistant; reports on visiting artists; the annual report including information on the search for a new Guild location, a review of the year's programs, workshops, classes, equipment purchases, studio exhibits, publicity, and the newsletter; library news; a review of locals shows and exhibits; an announcement of an opening for an educational coordinator; a ballot for a special election of officers; and articles on "From Woods & Fields", "Of Fiber", the galloon braid, and a biography of Kathy Mahon.
Fifth issue of the first volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in February 1976 and containing descriptions of upcoming programs, workshops, classes, shows, and exhibits; reports on the January board meeting, the Bolivian study group, and workshops with Clint MacKenzie; library news; the columns "We Have a Past", "From Woods & Fields", "Metrics for Weavers", "Of Baskets", and "frame Loominations"; an announcement of a new educational coordinator; a draft of crackle weave; and a questionnaire on the future of the guild.
Fourth issue of the first volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in December 1975 and January 1976, and containing descriptions of upcoming open house, exhibits, programs, workshops, classes, Fiber Fair; a report of the November board meeting; a report from the Studio Exhibit committee; the columns "Frame Loominations", "We Have a Past", and "Of Baskets", "Metrics for Weavers", and "From Woods & Fields"; a story on Hardanger embroidery; guild news including a job opening for an educational coordinator, and a draft and swatch of shadow weave.
Seventh issue of the second volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in April 1977 and containing descriptions of the upcoming April meeting, workshops, Wool Festival, exhibits, conferences, and classes; reports on the Yarn Co-op and study groups; articles on "From Woods & Fields", "Of Fiber", "The Rigid Heddle", Guatemalan twill skips, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts textile collection; and a yarn directory.
Third issue of the first volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota for spring of 1983, and containing descriptions of upcoming workshops and exhibits; reports on the Peter Collingwood workshop, the Fiber Source and Educations Committees, the Ely Guild, and the Midwest 84 conference; and the articles "Design", "On Design", "Symmetry as an Element of Design", A Perspective on Rug Design", "Design Process: Pursuing Design Ideas", "Design in Spinning: An Overview", "Handknitting with Handspun", and "Intellectual vs. Reactionary Design".
First issue of the seventh volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in September of 1981 and containing descriptions of upcoming workshops, exhibits, the October guild meeting, and the Federation of Minnesota Weavers Guilds and Fiber Artists; a summary of the June board meeting, Wool Day, and the Midwest Weavers Conference; reports from the co-chairpersons, the treasurer, and the newsletter editor; school news; an introduction to study groups; the columns "On Tapestry" and "From Woods & Fields"; and a draft for double corduroy.
Second issue of the third volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in October 1977 and containing descriptions of the upcoming guild meeting, courses, and symposia; an announcement about the Art Institute Christmas tree; notes on the September board meeting; reports from the president, the administrative assistant, and the treasurers; a list of guild committee chairmen; biographies of board members Lindy Westgard and Helen van der Berg; and information about the upcoming Fiber Fair.
Third issue of the third volume of "The Minnesota Weaver" newsletter by the Weavers Guild of Minnesota published in November 1977 and containing a summary of the October Guild meeting; descriptions of upcoming shows, exhibits, and workshops; updates on the Art Institute Christmas tree and Fiber Fair; reports from the the president and administrative assistant; biographies of board members Lila Nelson and Faye Sloane, and Mary Temple; the columns "Garment", "From Woods & Fields", "Telas de los Muertos", and "The Rigid Heddle"; School news; and an overshot draft.
