Convention of Colored Citizens program cover

Proceedings of the Convention of Colored Citizens of the State of Minnesota program, 1869. This program was presented at the first political convention black Minnesotans held after gaining the right to vote. The celebration held on January 1, 1869, in St. Paul also marked the creation of the Sons of Freedom, the first African American civil rights group in Minnesota.

Black and white photograph of tents and "hutments" at Camp Ripley, 1965.

Conversion of tents to "hutments" at Camp Ripley

This image, taken in 1965, illustrates the replacement of tents with aluminum “hutments” (soldiers referred to them as tin huts) in the 1960s. The conversion took five years.

image of a Prussian Model 1809 percussion musket used by the Ninth Infantry

Converted Prussian Model 1809 percussion musket

During the Civil War the Federal Government and the States purchased foreign weapons to complement domestic pieces. This Model 1809 Prussian musket is one of more than 4,500 such weapons added to the Minnesota state arsenal. The outdated Prussian muskets were used for drill training or for issue to troops far behind the front lines, and many were turned over to civilians after the war. This musket was issued to Hans Johan Johnson, a private with Company H of the 9th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

Photograph of Cook’s Bay in Mound c.1950. This is where the Andrews Sisters spent childhood summers. A portion of Maxene Andrews’s ashes were scattered here.

Cook's Bay, Mound

Photograph of Cook’s Bay in Mound, c.1950. This is where the Andrews Sisters spent childhood summers. A portion of Maxene Andrews’s ashes were scattered here.

Cookhouse at Sulphur Camp, 1916. Sulphur Camp was the location of early taconite research, near current-day Babbitt, Minnesota. Peter Mitchell, a prospector from Michigan, explored the area and found that taconite was plentiful on this part of the Iron Range.

Cookhouse at Sulphur Camp

Cookhouse at Sulphur Camp, 1916. Sulphur Camp was the location of early taconite research, near current-day Babbitt, Minnesota. Peter Mitchell, a prospector from Michigan, explored the area and found that taconite was plentiful on this part of the Iron Range.

Page about a physical education program from the 1977 edition of Hawkeye, the annual yearbook of the Cooperative School Rehabilitation Center, Minnetonka.

Cooperative School Rehabilitation Center yearbook

Page about a physical education program from the 1977 edition of Hawkeye, the annual yearbook of the Cooperative School Rehabilitation Center, Minnetonka.

Cootie game

Cootie game

Cootie game, 1949.

Cootie game in its original 1966 packaging

Cootie game in its original 1966 packaging

Cootie game in its original cardboard packaging, manufactured in 1966.

Photgraph portrait of Joseph Volk in his uniform, including his hat.

Copy photoprint of framed tintype, Joseph H. Volk in his Union Army uniform, Fourth Minnesota, Company C.

Joseph H. Volk in his Union Army uniform, Fourth Minnesota, Company C, c.1864.

Photograph of Cora Best's Ice Axe

Cora Best's ice axe

Personalized ice axe used by Cora Johnstone Best. The blade is inscribed with her name. Axes of this type were used by early mountaineers to cut steps in ice and snow. The broken handle pictured here would have originally been approximately four feet long. Used with the permission of the photographer, Cheryl Jacklin-Piraino.

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