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Rose Mary Freeman and Horace Huntley

Rose Mary Freeman, president of the Afro-American Action Committee (AAAC), and Horace Huntley inside Morrill Hall during student protests at the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, 1969.

Students rallying in front of Morrill Hall

Students rally in front of Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, 1969.

Morrill Hall Takeover, University of Minnesota

Black students at the University of Minnesota staged a twenty-four-hour protest at Morrill Hall, the school’s administrative building, in 1969. The demonstration led to the creation of the university’s Afro-American Studies Department.

Federal Art Project children’s art class at the Walker Art Center

A children’s art class at the Walker Art Center, then a community art center operated by the Federal Art Project (1941). From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); public domain.

Art class at the Walker Art Center

Art class at the Walker Art Center, 1940. The Federal Art Project held art classes for all ages at the Walker in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Nursing class at University Hospital

Nursing class at University Hospital (University of Minnesota), ca. 1937.

Dr. Sidney Lewis Gulick

Dr. Sidney Lewis Gulick, 1991. Photograph by Bain News Service; public domain.

Kolthoff, Izaak Maurits (1894–1993)

Izaak Maurits Kolthoff was a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Minnesota from 1927 to 1962. He published over a thousand papers, wrote more than a dozen books, and created and edited the first comprehensive treatise of analytical chemistry. He also played a key part in the development of synthetic rubber during and after World War II. He is known as the “father of modern analytical chemistry.”

2014 Chemical Landmark Award program cover

Cover of program for the event held to announce the winner of the Chemical Landmark Award, 2014. Izaak Kolthoff is pictured at top right. Used with the permission of the University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry.

Izaak Kolthoff with University of Minnesota Chemistry Department faculty

Izaak Kolthoff (front row, fourth from left) with University of Minnesota Chemistry Department faculty, 1934. Samuel Lind is at Kolthoff’s right. Used with the permission of the University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry.

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