It’s sometimes said that news is the first rough draft of history. Access Press is among the newspapers and other media outlets that has followed the case of Jensen et…
Category: History Notes
Christmas at Crowley School: Cookies, carols and tradition
This month’s History Note is from the book, A Collection of Teacher Memories, 1910-1960. The book was compiled by the St. Paul Association of Retired Teachers. The book includes dozens…
The Arc Minnesota marks 70 years of change and progress
The Arc Minnesota is marking 70 years of service to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families this fall. Here are some highlights from that history. Dr. Reynold…
Hadamar documentary is a haunting story of many lives lost needlessly
The Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities presents a new documentary, Hadamar: The Forgotten Holocaust, detailing Hitler’s extermination of people with disabilities On September 1, 1939, World War II began…
Social Security program marks 85 years of helping the nation
Security was attained in the earlier days through the interdependence of members of families upon each other and of the families within a small community upon each other. The complexities…
Blind Minnesotans have been well-served for a century
Great change took place in the Minnesota of the 1910s and 1920s. Many households marked firsts – a telephone, electricity, a motor vehicle, even a radio to listen to. But…