Blue-and-white Chinese tea set for a doll

Tea set for a doll

Blue-and-white Chinese tea set for a doll. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Sewing chest for a doll

Sewing chest for a doll

Doll-sized sewing chest with four drawers, pin cushion, gold-painted design, and silver hardware. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Chest of drawers for doll clothes

Chest of drawers for doll clothes

Black chest with five drawers for a doll with gold painted designs and silver hardware. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Doll bedding trunk

Doll bedding trunk with gold painted design and silver hardware. Part of the Miss Miyazaki Japanese friendship doll trousseau, ca. 1927.

Miss Miyazaki doll

Miss Miyazaki doll

Miss Miyazaki (Tokushima) Japanese friendship doll made by Yoshitoku Doll Corporation, ca. 1927.

St. Paul Resettlement Committee

The St. Paul Resettlement Committee formed in October of 1942 to assist with the relocation of Japanese Americans from the concentration camps established by the US government in March of 1942. It was one of thirty-five such committees that operated across the country during World War II.

US flag raised in Georgia during the Civil War and preserved by William Gates LeDuc

US flag raised in Georgia during the Civil War and preserved by William Gates LeDuc

United States flag raised in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, during Sherman's March to the Sea. Gift of Brigadier General William G. LeDuc.

Brigadier general’s uniform worn by William Gates LeDuc

Brigadier general’s uniform worn by William Gates LeDuc

United States Army brigadier general's double-breasted wool flannel frock coat. It was worn during the Civil War by Brigadier General William Gates LeDuc, who served in the quartermaster's department throughout the war. The coat has quilted cotton lining, a velvet faced collar and cuffs, brigadier general's shoulder straps, and gilded brass general-staff buttons.

Photograph of sport hijab

Sport hijab made by Minnesota company

Sport hijab with storage bag and tag. Designed by Fatimah Hussein and Jamie Glover and made by Minnesota activewear company Asiya, 2017. The sport hijab was created so Muslim women and girls could participate in sports and physical activity while still upholding their religious and cultural beliefs.

Scan of Ilhan Omar campaign sticker

Ilhan Omar campaign sticker

Sticker promoting Ilhan Omar's campaign for Minnesota State Representative, 2016. Omar won Minnesota's DFL state primary over forty-four-year incumbent DFL Representative Phyllis Kahn and was elected the nation's first Somali American legislator on November 8.

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