Primary Source Sets

Minitex News articles tagged with "Primary Source Sets" (23):

Cutting ice on Big Stone Lake

New MDL Primary Source Set: Glass Plate Negatives

Learn about the history of an early photographic technique.
Credjafawn Social Club, 1927

New MDL Primary Source Sets on Rondo's Past and Present

Learn about the history of St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood before and after the construction of Interstate Highway 94 with two new Primary Source Sets from the Minnesota Digital Library.
Eight men in exercise clothing balancing to form a gymnastic pyramid in a gymnasium

New MDL Primary Source Set: The Minneapolis YMCA

The Minnesota Digital Library has a new Primary Source Set on the history of the YMCA in Minneapolis.
A streetcar runs down the middle of Main Street in Stillwater while buildings full of small businesses line each side of the road

New MDL Primary Source Set: Main Streets

Learn more about Minnesota's Main Streets in a new Primary Source Set from the Minnesota Digital Library.
Pine Bloom woven swatch by Hilma Berglund

New MDL Primary Source Set: Hilma Berglund

Meet Hilma Berglund, a weaver and founding member of the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, through a new Primary Source Set in the Minnesota Digital Library.
Suffragettes at the Watonwan County Fair

New MDL Primary Source Set: Women's Suffrage

Explore resources related to the women’s suffrage movement with the Minnesota Digital Library’s latest Primary Source Set for educators and students.
Lift bridge in Duluth silhouetted against a blue sky, with a statue of Neptune holding a trident in the foreground

My time with DIME

Abigail Raper was an intern with DIME this summer, working on creating Primary Source Sets for the Minnesota Digital Library.
Portrait of Norman and Florence Stork

New MDL Primary Source Set on Carte de Visites

Learn how Carte de Visite photographs helped commercialize and popularize photography with the Minnesota Digital Library’s latest Primary Source Set.
Cyanotype of Union Depot building in Duluth

New MDL Primary Source Set on Cyanotypes

Learn about cyanotypes, one of the oldest types of photography, with a brand-new Primary Source Set. The Minnesota Digital Library’s Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by exploring historical and cultural artifacts like cyanotypes.
Librarian helps a student while seated at a desk in a library with books and papers

Minnesota Digital Library tips for K12 audiences

The Minnesota Digital Library brings together historical content from a range of Minnesota’s cultural heritage organizations, all in one place. It is full of resources just waiting to be discovered and used by K12 teachers, librarians, and students. Here are some ways you can engage with MDL’s digital collections in an educational setting.