Here's a list of Minnesota-related topics to get you thinking. It's not a complete list, but it should be enough to get you started. All resources are available for use through the Library, located at the Minnesota History Center.
History Topics Helps
- Researching History: What Are the Steps?
- Research Project Calculator (for high school students)
- Assignment Calculator (for college students, especially UM students)
Agriculture
American Indians
Arts & Culture
Business & Industry
- Honeywell
- Mall of America
- Merritt Brothers
- Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator
- Southdale Mall
- Taconite
- Washburn "A" Mill Explosion
Communication
Crime & Punishment
Education
Environment
- Boundary Waters Canoe Area Controversy
- Hinckley Fire of 1894
- Nuclear Power Plant Protests
- Power Line Controversy
- Taconite
Exploration
Famous Minnesotans
- Eugenie Moore Anderson
- Harriet Bishop
- Harry Blackmun
- Warren Burger
- J.A.A. Burnquist
- Frances Densmore
- Bob Dylan
- Wanda Gág
- Hubert H. Humphrey
- Frederick McKinley Jones
- Sister Elizabeth Kenny
- Coya Knutson
- Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
- Eugene McCarthy
- Walter Mondale
- Josiah Snelling
- Jane Grey Swisshelm
- Rosalie Wahl
- Roy Wilkins
Health & Medicine
- Bone Marrow Transplants
- Health Maintenance Organizations
- Heart Pacing
- Sister Elizabeth Kenny
- Minnesota Eugenics Society
Labor Movement
- 1907 Mesabi Range Strike
- 1916 Iron Range Strike
- 1917 Twin City Rapid Transit Company Street Railway Strike
- 1934 Truckers' Strike (Minneapolis)
- 1970 Minneapolis Teachers Strike
- 1985-86 Hormel P-9 Strike (Austin)
Military History & Wartime
- 151st Field Artillery in World War I
- Women and the Home Front During World War II
- Women in the Military During World War II
Politics & Government
- Abortion Rights/Pro-Life Movements
- African-American Civil Rights Movement
- Eugenie Moore Anderson
- Harry Blackmun
- Warren Burger
- J.A.A. Burnquist
- Commission of Public Safety
- Communism in China
- Farmer-Labor Movement
- GLBT Movement
- Hubert H. Humphrey
- Coya Knutson
- League of Nations
- Eugene McCarthy
- Military Intelligence Service Language School
- Minnesota Governors
- Walter Mondale
- Nonpartisan League
- Prohibition & the Volstead Act
- Prostitution
- Dred Scott
- Jane Grey Swisshelm
- United Nations
- Vietnam War Protests
- Rosalie Wahl
- Women's Suffrage
Religion
Social Issues
- Abortion Rights/Pro-Life Movements
- African-American Civil Rights Movement
- Anti-Semitism/Jewish Relations
- GLBT Movement
- Minnesota Eugenics Society
- Prostitution
- Rondo Neighborhood & I-94
- Jane Grey Swisshelm
- Roy Wilkins
- Women's Suffrage
Transportation
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email reference@mnhs.org for assistance.
