A History of Minneapolis: Education (an Overview by Staff at the Minneapolis Public Library)
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Public and Private Schools
University of Minnesota

Websites

Hennepin History Museum
http://www.hhmuseum.org/
Minneapolis Public Schools
http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/
Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning
http://children.state.mn.us/
Minnesota Historical Society
http://www.mnhs.org/
Minnesota's National Register Properties
http://nrhp.mnhs.org/
University of Minnesota
http://www.umn.edu/

Education - General Resources

Atwater, Isaac. History of Minneapolis. Find a Copy!
New York, Munsell Pub. Co., 1895.
Preservation plan for the City of Minneapolis: phase I. Find a Copy!
[Minneapolis, Minn.] : Heritage Preservation Commission, [1990]
Shutter, Marion Daniel. History of Minneapolis, gateway to the Northwest. Find a Copy!
Chicago, Minneapolis, Clarke Publishing Company, 1923.

Education - Specific Resources

Forty years of the University of Minnesota. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis [Minn]: General Alumni Association, 1910.
Gray, James. The University of Minnesota. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press [1951].
Minneapolis Public Schools. Directory of teachers and general information regarding Minneapolis Public Schools. Find a Copy!
[Minneapolis, Minn.: The Schools]
Minneapolis Public Schools. Directory. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Public Schools.
Minneapolis Public Schools. Personnel Directory. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Public Schools.
The University of Minnesota preservation plan. Find a Copy!
Saint Paul, Minn.: Landscape Research, 1998.

Materials available in the Special Collections Department

Special Collections, 3rd floor of the Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, 612/630-6350, email: specialcollections@mplib.org

Vertical Files

  • Art: Schools: school name
  • Colleges and Academies: school name
  • Schools: school name
  • Sports: name of sport: High School
  • Sports: name of sport: University of Minnesota
  • University of Minnesota

Photo Collection

  • Art: Schools: school name
  • Colleges and Academies: school name
  • Schools: school name
  • Sports: name of sport: High School
  • Sports: name of sport: University of Minnesota
  • University of Minnesota

Yearbook Collection: From Minneapolis schools. Included are high school yearbooks for public and private schools as early as 1890, junior high yearbooks as early as 1966 (most date after 1980), elementary yearbooks as early as 1970 (most date after 1985), high school newspapers as early as 1946, and the University of Minnesota 1888 to 1966/67.

Manuscripts and Archives: Filed under individuals such as Betty Bridgman (material on West High School)

Chart: Minneapolis Public Schools 1851-2000, a history of past and present schools and sites showing tenure of site ownership, duration of enrollment, school building construction in order of school enrollments.

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