Jan 4, 2023
MDL Outreach Coordinator Molly Huber is hosting a Minitex Conversation on how to put together new MDL projects on Tuesday, January 17th.
Minnesota Digital Library News
Dec 6, 2022
Timelines are useful tools for teaching and learning about people, places, and events in the past. The Minnesota Digital Library has started creating interactive online timelines that place historical images, documents, maps, and more at specific moments in time. Explore these timelines to engage with our digital collections in a new way.
Oct 19, 2022
The Minnesota Digital Library has published a resource guide exploring this year's National History Day theme: Frontiers in History using materials from our digital collections.
Oct 17, 2022
Are you looking for new ways to teach students how to develop critical thinking and historical analysis skills? Help them “Think Like a Historian” with Primary Source Sets from the Minnesota Digital Library. These sets bring together primary and secondary sources in new ways to help students better understand historic events in their context.
Sep 27, 2022
The Minnesota Digital Library released a new online exhibit that explores the history of apple growing in Minnesota and traces the impact of early fruit breeding to today.
Aug 16, 2022
The Minnesota Digital Library is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 project year.
Aug 3, 2022
The Minnesota Digital Library recently added interactive map exhibits to place our materials in their actual locations within Minnesota. Each map features photographs and documents that help tell stories about these significant places.
Jul 27, 2022
The Minnesota State Horticultural Society recently added over 200 photographs to their collection in the Minnesota Digital Library, including many from past Minnesota State Fairs.
Jul 13, 2022
A new group of Prohibition-related materials was recently added to the Norwegian-American Historical Association's collection in the Minnesota Digital Library.
Jun 15, 2022
On Tuesday, June 28th at 11 am, MDL Outreach Coordinator Molly Huber and the American Swedish Institute's Collections Manager Inga Theissen will host Minitex Conversations: Weird and Wonderful Collections Objects. At this event, they will virtually share unusual and interesting objects from the collections they work with and then open up the discussion for attendees to share information about weird and wonderful items they are responsible for.
Historical content from Minnesota's cultural heritage organizations, all in one place