Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120
The Elmer L. Andersen Library is located on the West Bank of the Twin Cities Campus of the University of Minnesota.
September 2022
‘Keep Your Food Safe & Fresh’: Simple Canning & Preservation Tips
Are you looking for a way to keep fruits and vegetables fresh for longer? Do you want to extend the shelf life of summer and fall foods from your garden?
If so, join USDA’s National Agricultural Library and the University of Minnesota Libraries Doris Kirschner Cookbook Collection for a free webinar and cooking demo at 12 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, Sept. 29.
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‘Minneapolis: The Curious Twin,’ A Reexamination
Journalist Carey McWilliams wrote a famous article in 1946 called “Minneapolis: The Curious Twin.” It established an enduring impression of Minneapolis as the “capital of antisemitism” in mid-20th-century America. Join historian Laura Weber as she takes a close look at the “Curious Twin.” What was the article’s genesis? Who was its author? What was its contemporary reception? The discussion is based on her recent article in Middle West Review, which demythologizes McWilliams’ characterization of Minneapolis as the U.S. capital of antisemitism. The event is free and open to all. Reservations requested for this event, Wednesday, Oct. 19, noon-1 p.m. at Elmer L. Andersen Library.
Find out more »Meet Ellen and Yalile: A Conversation about Universities and Power
How can we better understand universities and their power? How do we negotiate the impacts they have had on surrounding communities, on students, and on an array of pressing and challenging issues shaping society? How do these questions play out when it comes to University of Minnesota history? Come hear Yalile Suriel, Assistant Professor of Universities and Power, and Ellen Holt-Werle, Institutional Archivist, talk about how they are beginning to tackle these questions here at the University of Minnesota. This…
Find out more »The James Ford Bell Lecture, featuring Michael Gaudio
Michael Gaudio, U of M Professor, Art History, presents the James Ford Bell Lecture, ”Speaking Images: The Art of Travel Literature in Early Modern Europe.” Please join us on Thursday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. at Elmer L. Andersen Library. The event is free and open to all, but space is limited. Please make a reservation.
Find out more »November 2022
First Fridays: Dressed to Move and Impractical Sports
Join us on Friday, Nov. 4 at noon for two archival talks in the First Fridays series. Jean McElvain, Goldstein Museum of Design, presents “Dressed to Move: Women’s Activewear” and Ryan Bean, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, presents “Wide World of Impractical Sports.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
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First Fridays: Food! Glorious Food!
Join us on Friday, Dec. 2 at noon for a First Fridays archival talk. Marguerite Ragnow, Curator of the James Ford Bell Library presents “Food! Glorious Food! Food and Feasting in the Pre-modern World.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
Find out more »Keeping the Past with Eliza Winston
Mary Moore Easter will in turn amplify the voice of Eliza Winston in live performance from her chapbook Free Papers: poems inspired by the testimony of Eliza Winston a Mississippi slave escaped to freedom in Minnesota in 1860. In moments of discovery, ancestor story and full- throated song, hear Eliza’s courage, doubt, love and personal critique of her situation come alive. Event Details What: Keeping the Past with Eliza Winston When: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m. Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, Givens…
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First Fridays: Playing Ball and Neighborhood Home Festivals
Join us on Friday, Feb. 3 at noon for two archival talks in the First Fridays series. Anne Good, Assistant Curator of the James Ford Bell Library presents “Playing Ball in the James Ford Bell Library” and Ellen Engseth, Curator of the Immigration History Research Center Archives presents “‘Get Together Americans!’ Through Neighborhood Home Festivals.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
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First Fridays: Fun With a Purpose
Join us on Friday, March 3 at noon for a First Fridays archival talk. Linnea Anderson, Archivist, Social Welfare History Archives presents “Fun With a Purpose: Pageants and Parades in the Social Welfare History Archives.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
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First Fridays: Computer Gaming, Campus Traditions
Join us on Friday, April 7 at noon for two archival talks in the First Fridays series. Amanda Wick, Curator of the Charles Babbage Institute Archives presents “Checkmate: The Untold Story of Computer Gaming” and Ellen Holt-Werle and Rebecca Toov, University Archives, present “The Games People Play…” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
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First Fridays: Jewish Country Clubs, Maps and Leisure
Join us on Friday, May 5 at noon for two archival talks in the First Fridays series. Kate Dietrick, Archivist at the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives presents “Having a Ball: Minnesota’s Jewish Country Clubs” and Ryan Mattke, Head of the John R. Borchert Map Library presents “Recreation and Leisure Through a Cartographic Lens.” Presentations resume in person this year with the option to attend online.
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