Learn more about Minnesota's Greatest Generation by exploring these websites.
The Depression
The War
The Boom
General History
Related External Websites
The Depression
- "An Acre of Seats in a Garden of Dreams": Movies and the Movie-Going Experience of the 1930s
- History Topics: Gangsters in St. Paul
- History Topics: Prohibition and the Volstead Act
- History Topics: Rondo Neighborhood & the Building of I-94
- History Topics: 1934 Truckers' Strike (Minneapolis)
- History Topics: WPA Art Project
- Minnesota History Quarterly:
- Union in the North Woods: The Timber Strikes of 1937
by Stacy Mitchell
Spring 1999 (Volume 56, number 5, pages 263-277) - 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)
- Union in the North Woods: The Timber Strikes of 1937
- Photographs from the Depression Era
- WPA Artwork
The War
- Fort Snelling's Last War
- History Topics: Anti-Semitism/Jewish Relations
- History Topics: Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling
- History Topics: United Nation
- History Topics: Women and the Home Front During World War II
- Military Records Request
- Minnesota History Quarterly:
- 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)
- Fifty Years Ago - Exploring World War II at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Photographs from the War Era
- V-E Day Newspapers
- V-J Day
- Veteran's Grave Index
- World War II Posters
The Boom
- History Topics: African American Civil Rights Movement
- History Topics: Coya Knutson
- History Topics: Eugene McCarthy
- History Topics: Heart Pacing
- History Topics: Rosalie Wahl
- History Topics: Hubert H. Humphrey
- History Topics: Sister Elizabeth Kenny
- History Topics: Snowmobiles
- History Topics: Southdale Mall
- History Topics: Taconite
- History Topics: Walter F. Mondale
- Minnesota History Quarterly:
- Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey
by Gary W. Reichard
Summer 1998 (Volume 56, number 2 pages 50-67)
- Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey
- Photographs from the Boom Era
General History
- Collections Up Close
- Minnesota History Index
An index to the back issues of the Minnesota History magazine - Minnesota History Topics
- TimePieces
A database of significant events in Minnesota History
