Topic: Social Issues - Minnesota Digital Library Search Results

Date Created:: 1978-09-28
Description:: Former Minnesota Vikings player Karl Kassulke, resident manager Brian Johnsen, and others celebrate following the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Meridian Apartments. The 39-unit Meridian Apartments, developed by United Cerebral Palsy, opened in Duluth in 1978 and offered barrier-free living for people with disabilities.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Creator:: McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: The Aftenro Society was organized in 1908 by a group of Norwegian women to raise money for the construction of a good Christian old people's home. Their first building was opened in 1921 with 30 residents and was named for the Norwegian word meaning �Evening�s Rest� (Aftenro). The Aftenro home presently continues its function as a home for the aged, in its location at 1423 North Nineteenth Avenue East. In this view of the new building, the entire front grounds area is a vegetable garden.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1911?
Description:: This card features an organization and its upcoming event in Duluth. The Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Minnesota held a convention in Duluth in 1911.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

Date Created:: 1937
Description:: Members of the Adath Jeshurun Young People's League posing for a cast photo of their production, "Headin' South." Youth organizations in synagogues offered opportunities for socializing and other types of group activities. Adath Jeshurun's youth group organized theatricals and model Seders.
Contributing Institution:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Creator:: Unitarian Universalist Service committee
Description:: Newsletters about Central America from Richard Scobie of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.
Contributing Institution:: Unity Church Unitarian
Type:: Text
Format:: Newsletters

Creator:: Minnesota Anti-Saloon League
Date Created:: 1911?
Description:: Pamphlet of an address given by P. J. Youngdahl. Youngdahl was the state superintendent for the Minnesota Anti-Saloon League.
Contributing Institution:: Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

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