Historyapolis began in 2013, when the project was launched in the History Department at Augsburg University. Thanks to a grant from the State of Minnesota from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, a team of student, faculty and community researchers spent 2014 working in archives to identify sources relevant to Minneapolis. We organized our findings in a […]
Racial Covenants and Housing Segregation in 20th Century Minneapolis Last Updated December 21, 2016 KEVIN EHRMAN-SOLBERG KIRSTEN DELEGARD Recently featured in the Star Tribune, the Mapping Prejudice Project is an ongoing and collaborative attempt to map racial restrictions attached to Minneapolis property records during the 20th century. While the practice was common throughout the country, […]
Published July 21, 2016 James Eli Shiffer Today’s guest blogger is James Eli Shiffer, author of the newly published book, The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis. If Minneapolis were to create a dive bar hall of fame, the Persian Palms would be the first inductee. A bland […]
Published April 6, 2016 James Eli Shiffer Today’s guest blogger is James Eli Shiffer, author of the newly published book, The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis. This Thursday at the Mill City Museum, James will be talking about his book at the opening of a new exhibit that features […]
Published March 21, 2016 KEVIN EHRMAN-SOLBERG It’s map Monday. Today, we are going back to the 1850s when Minneapolis was little more than a muddy village. Although the city saw a surge of development during the second half of the decade, it was still a far away from the industrial metropolis it would become. The population […]
Published February 22, 2016 KEVIN EHRMAN-SOLBERG It’s map Monday. Our last post here at Historyapolis dug into the buried history of the Minneapolis riverfront, and explored the intricate tunnel system that powered the city’s milling district. These subterranean canals were the lifeblood of 19th century industry. Launch Application x Today, we are going back underground to examine another lost piece of industrial […]
Published February 1, 2016 KEVIN EHRMAN-SOLBERG It’s map Monday. Today, we have an interactive mapping application built by former Historyapolis intern–and current graduate assistant at the Borchert Map Library–Kevin Ehrman-Solberg. This web map digs deep into the buried history of the Minneapolis riverfront. While residents readily embrace the “Mill City” moniker, that celebration is usually limited […]
Published December 9, 2015 by Kirsten Delegard In August, 1946, one year after World War II came to a close, hundreds of demonstrators converged on downtown Minneapolis to protest the man best known for promoting fascism in the United States. Gerald L.K. Smith has been forgotten today, having been long consigned to the proverbial “dustbin […]
Published December 4, 2015 by Kirsten Delegard Early yesterday police cleared away the Black Lives Matter encampment at the Fourth Precinct station. This occupation–which following the police shooting death of Jamar Clark on November 15th–has focused the eyes of the city on this stretch of Plymouth Avenue North. Fifty years ago, this same block was […]
Published November 20, 2015 by Kirsten Delegard It was the summer of 1922 on the near North Side of Minneapolis. After three nights of racial unrest, a group that called itself the National Equal Rights League issued a call for action. This ad-hoc committee asked the community to gather for a “Citizens Meeting For Public […]