Linden Hills Neighborhood History Projects Collection
M/A 2000.183.01-10
Linden Hills Neighborhood History Projects Collection
M/A 2000.183.01-10
Creator:
Linden Hills History Study Group.
Title:
Linden Hills Neighborhood History Projects Collection
Dates:
1993-2001
Quantity:
10.0 boxes
Repository:
James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
History
Material was gathered for three projects: 1) an exhibit on the history of Linden Hills sponsored by the architectural firm of TEA with Joann Ellison, project coordinator, and Greg LaLonde and Peter Sussman as primary researchers/writers. 2) the research from the book, Down at the Lake: an historical portrait of Linden Hills and the Lake Harriet District. The book material includes research from the exhibit, researcher Penny Petersen, and the book committee for the book. 3) An oral history project about Linden Hills, Greg Lelonde was the principal interviewer. The projects dated from 1995 for the exhibit, 2001 for the book and 1993-2000 for the oral histories.
Description of the Collection
The collection consists of ten boxes. The boxes contain an extensive amount of research, grant information, newspaper articles, photos, brochures, etc. All materials are on the Linden Hills neighborhood and are related to the extensive research, planning, and initiation of the Linden Hills history exhibit and the book Down at the Lake. Boxes 1-3, and box 6 are mostly research materials of houses, residents, clubs, politics, events, architecture, schools, and so on of the Linden Hills neighborhood. Boxes 4-5 contain photos, and newspaper clippings from the Harriet Herald, spanning the years 1929-1930. Boxes 7-10 contain materials from the Liden Hills Oral History Project.
Box 1: research materials from Down at the Lake.
Box 2: exhibit material including grant information, research exhibit brochures.
Box 3: research material from exhibit and book.
Box 4: photos of residents and buildings.
Box 5: Harriet Herald, the Lake Harriet School newspaper 1929-1930.
Box 6: oversized box material from research from exhibit.
Box 7: transcripts from oral history interviews
Box 8: documentation and bound transcripts
Box 9: Compact Discs, DVDs and audio cassettes of oral history inteviews
Box 10: Videocassettes and other documentation
Related Material
See also M/A 2000.167.01-02 Lake Harriet School scrapbooks 1921-1933 and 1933-1936.
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