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Prince’s residence and studio
This now-demolished single family home served as Prince's primary residence from 1985 through the mid-2000s. It was his studio from 1985 until the completion of Paisley Park in 1987. He used its recording facilities to craft tracks later…
Lincoln Junior High School
Prince attended his neighborhood school, John Hay Elementary (demolished), until the end of third grade (1964-1967). For his fourth grade year in 1967-1968, his family enrolled him in a voluntary program that bussed him to Kenwood Elementary School,…
Sound 80
Built in 1970, Sound 80 Studio attracted artists as varied as Bob Dylan, Lipps, Inc., the Suicide Commandos, and Cat Stevens to record in their state-of-the-art studio. During the early months of 1977, the relatively-unknown Prince took a turn at…
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Votes for Women: Hennepin County
12 Locations ~ Curated by Jacqueline deVries and students in the Augsburg University History Department, in partnership with the Hennepin History MuseumCedar-Riverside: From Snoose Boulevard to Little Somalia
15 Locations ~ Curated by Anduin (Andy) WilhidePurple Places: A Digital History Tour of Prince's Minneapolis
26 Locations ~ Curated by Kirsten Delegard, University of Minnesota; Michael Lansing, Augsburg University; Kristen Zschomler, Minnesota Department of Transportation. Technical support for this project provided by Christy Mattingly and Stewart Van Cleve, Augsburg University.Centennial of the Armistice: The Commemoration of World War I in the Twin Cities
11 Locations ~ Curated by Matt Berning (Author and Creator), Dr. Maheen Zaman (Advisor)Recent Stories
After Suffrage: Becoming Citizens
On September 8, 1919, the Minnesota state legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, becoming the 15th state to do so. Eleven months later, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. Once it became law in August 1920, the…
Women's Suffrage and World War I
A turning point for the suffrage movement came in April 1917, when the United States entered the First World War. Historians have argued that suffrage volunteerism during the war helped persuade opponents of women's civic capacities. …
Racial and Ethnic Tensions in Minnesota's Suffrage Movement
When Jamar Clark died after being shot by Minneapolis police in November 2015, hundreds of people gathered in the square outside Minneapolis's City Hall to demand justice. #BlackLivesMatter, then only two years in existence, led the march. The fight…
The Press and Women's Suffrage
The main sources of news in 1914 were either neighborhood gossip or the local newspaper. Radio only became widely available in the late 1920s. Local papers could easily sway public opinion, so suffragists were keen to attract positive news coverage.…
Arts and the Suffrage Movement
The arts can be powerful tools for social and political change. Local suffrage organizations used a variety of creative strategies to engage the public. They organized historical pageants and skating carnivals. On special “suffrage days” they…
Women Who Opposed Suffrage
Not all women believed in equal suffrage. Minnesota was among twenty states that had an organized anti-suffrage movement.
There were two anti-suffrage organizations based in Hennepin County -- the Minnesota Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage…
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