Featured Articles

Published since 1915, Minnesota History magazine contains a wealth of articles on a wide range of topics and eras. The articles featured here explore or expand on themes from exhibits, sites, and programs of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Editor’s Picks

• Convention City: The Republicans in Minneapolis, 1892 (PDF)
  by June Drenning Holmquist
  June 1956 (Volume 35, number 2, pages 64-76)
• The Origins of the Minnesota State Flag: A Theory(PDF)
  by William M. Becker
  Spring 1992 (Volume 53, number 1, pages 2-8)
• “A Major Contender”: Harold Stassen and the Politics of American Presidential Nominations
  by Alec Kirby
  Winter 1996-97 (Volume 55, number 4, pages 150-165)
• Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey
  by Gary W. Reichard
  Summer 1998 (Volume 56, number 2 pages 50-67)
• Minnesota Miracle: A Roundtable Discussion
  by Steven Dornfeld
  Winter 2007-2008 (Volume 60, number 8, pages 312-325)
• The Origins of Minnesota Butter Sculpture
  by Karal Ann Marling
  Spring 1987 (Volume 50, number 6, pages 218-228)
• “Without Careful Consideration”: Why Carp Swim in Minnesota Waters
  by Steven R. Hoffbeck
  Summer 2001 (Volume 57, number 6, pages 305-320)

Historic Sites

• The Alexander Ramsey House: Furnishing a Victorian Home
  by Barbara Ann Caron
  Spring 1995 (Volume 54, number 5, pages 194-209)
• The James J. Hill House: Symbol of Status and Security
  by Barbara Ann Caron
  Summer 1997 (Volume 55, Number 6, pages 234-249)
• “My Own Mind and Pen” Charles Lindbergh, Autobiography, and Memory
  by Brian Horrigan
  Spring 2002 (Volume 58, number 1, pages 2-15)
• Oliver Hudson Kelley: Minnesota Pioneer, 1849-1868
  by Rhoda R. Gilman and Patricia Smith
  Fall 1967 (40, number 7, pages 330-338)
• West Hails East: Cass Gilbert in Minnesota
  by Sharon Irish
  Spring 1993 (Volume 53, number 5, pages 196-207)

Lumbering

• A Winter in the Woods
  by Wilfred Nevue
  Spring 1954 (Volume 34, number 4, pages 149-153)
• Minnesota Log Marks
  by Elizabeth M. Bachmann
  Summer 1945 (Volume 26, number 2, pages 126-137)
• Revolt of the "Timber Beasts"
  by John E. Haynes
  Spring 1971 (Volume 42, number 5, pages 163-174)
• William T. Roleff: Master Photographer
  by Robert C. Wheeler
  Spring 1983 (Volume 48, number 5, pages 213-217)
• Union in the North Woods: The Timber Strikes of 1937
  by Stacy Mitchell
  Spring 1999 (Volume 56, number 5, pages 263-277)

Minnesota’ Greatest Generation

Learn more about Minnesota's Greatest Generation

• The WPA Federal Arts Projects in Minnesota, 1935-1943
  by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.
  Spring 1993 (Volume 53, number 5, pages 17-183)
• A Job and a Movement: The WPA Federal Art Project in Minnesota
  by Thomas O'Sullivan
  Spring 1993 (Volume 53, number 5, pages 184-195)
• The CCC Indian Division
  by Calvin W. Gower
  Spring 1972 (Volume 43, number 1, pages 3-13)
• The Civilian Conservation Corps: A New Deal for Youth
  by Frederick K. Johnson
  Fall 1983 (Volume 48, number 7)
• Fifty Years Ago – Exploring World War II at the Minnesota Historical Society
  by Anne R. Kaplan
  Fall 1995 (Volume 54, number 7, pages 316-322)
• Gopher Ordnance Works: Condemnation, Construction, and Community Response
  by Patricia L. Dooley
  Summer 1985 (Volume 49, number 6, pages 214-228)
• Loyal Linguists: Nisei of World War II Learned Japanese in Minnesota
  by Masaharu Ano
  Fall 1977 (Volume 45, number 7 pages 273-287)
• Out of the Attic, or What Price Memorabilia? A Minnesota Couple’s World War II Letters
  by John S. Sonnen
  Summer 1992 (Volume 53, number 2, pages 58-67)

Open House: If These Walls Could Talk

An exhibit at the Minnesota History Center

• Open House Journal: Telling Their Story
  by Benjamin Filene
  Winter 2004-05 (Volume 59, number 4, pages 153-157)
• Open House Journal: A Vision of History
  by Benjamin Filene
  Summer 2004 (Volume 59, number 2, pages 72-73)
• Open House Journal: Meeting at the Doorstep
  by Benjamin Filene
  Fall 2003 (Volume 58, number 7, pages 366-367)

Transportation

• The 1890s Bicycling Craze in the Red River Valley
  by Ron Spreng
  Summer 1995 (40, number 6, pages 268-282)
• Minnesota’s Good Railroad: “The Omaha Road”
  by H. Roger Grant
  Winter 2000-2001 (Volume 57, number 4, pages 198-217)
• Pioneer Aeronaut: William Markoe and His Balloon
  by Rhoda R. Gilman
  Winter 1962 (Volume 38, number 4, pages 166-176)