Digital Collections
Minitex News articles tagged with "Digital Collections" (38):
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Interviews with descendants of Minnesota abolitionists in new MDL collection
The Minnesota Digital Library recently added a set of oral history interviews with descendants of abolitionists who lived in Minnesota prior to the Civil War. They were shared by a new contributing organization called Project Get Outdoors.
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Share your story with MDL's creative writing contest
Submit your writing for the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL)'s creative writing contest! Using any item in MDL as a prompt, participants can write a fictional short story, poem, or other creative piece, and winners will be published in an online exhibit.
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Scrapbook of forestry activities near Lake Itasca now available in MDL
The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) recently digitized and uploaded a scrapbook documenting the University of Minnesota College of Forestry’s summer camp at Lake Itasca in 1912.
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Update on the Minitex Wikimedia Project
From August 2024 - February 2025, Minitex partnered with 12 organizations and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to add their open access digital images from the Minnesota Digital Library to Wikimedia Commons. 352,068 files were contributed to Wikimedia Commons, and participants enriched 62 Wikipedia articles, adding 81 images. To date, the images that were added to Wikimedia Commons have over 4 million views.
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Love letters from Civil War general to his future wife now in MDL
The Minnesota Digital Library recently uploaded a set of 74 handwritten love letters from Gen. Theodore H. Barrett to his future wife, Georgia McKee, during the years 1877-1880.
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New MDL exhibit features the photography of Mathias O. Bue
The Minnesota Digital Library recently published a new online exhibit featuring the photography of Mathias O. Bue, who was the leading photographer in Lanesboro from 1912 to 1946.
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Two major collections from northwestern Minnesota added to MDL
New additions to the Minnesota Digital Library include a set of Bemidji city directories and a collection of letters about the World War I service of Maurice Masterson of Barnesville, Minnesota.
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History Center of Freeborn County shares local plat maps with MDL
In their first contribution to MDL since 2005, the History Center of Freeborn County has shared a set of plat map books on Freeborn, Dakota, Mower, and Waseca counties.
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Wright County Historical Society joins MDL with historic school photographs and maps
The Wright County Historical Society is the latest contributor to the Minnesota Digital Library. Their digital collection includes a set of county school photographs and plat maps.
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Roseau County Historical Society adds audio recordings to MDL
The Roseau County Historical Society recently added 95 audio recordings on Roseau County history to its digital collection in the Minnesota Digital Library.