Victory: History of the 805th Pioneer Infantry by Paul S. Bliss, published in 1919, documents the service of an African American regiment of the American Expeditionary Forces during the final year of World War I. The volume records the organization, deployment, and wartime duties of the 805th Pioneer Infantry, a......
Northwest Airlines Flight 5 crash archive documenting one of the most deadly commercial aviation disasters in the carrier’s early history, pairing operational views of Northwest’s Douglas airliners with contemporary evidence from the fatal October 30, 1941 crash near Moorhead, Minnesota. Flight 5 was a scheduled transcontinental Northwest Airlines route traveling.....
Railroad labor photo archive documenting manual track rehabilitation work on a rural rail line, likely Minnesota, circa 1960s, during the period when thousands of miles of lightly used American branch line track were being abandoned, salvaged, or transferred into preservation and excursion use. The scenes illustrate the broader contraction of.....
[LGBTQ] [Feminism] Archive of three issues of lesbian-feminist journal So's Your Old Lady: A Lesbian/Feminist Journal. Minneapolis: Lesbian Resource Center, 1974-1978. So’s Your Old Lady provided a space for radical feminist discourse, creative writing, and political commentary in the 1970s. The publications include poetry, essays, plays, and artwork contributed by.....
[Women's Education] Elliott, Vida Coe. The Social Role and Function Family as Analyzed in the Teachings of Confucius and Confucianism. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota, 1926. 97 pages of typed text. Wrapped in solid black cloth hardcovers. The title page notes that this is "A thesis submitted to the Graduate.....
[Women's Education] Red Cross Training School for Nurses Diploma of Graduation. 1 December 1906, Minnesota. 14" x 17." Thick cardboard diploma bearing gilt seal and Red Cross "Semper Fidelis" logo. Reads, "This is to certify that Maria Louisa Hamann having completed the regular course of instruction and practice required by.....
