A History of Minneapolis: Religion, Social Services, & Medicine (an Overview by Staff at the Minneapolis Public Library)
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Websites

Catholic Charities
http://www.ccspm.org/services.html
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches
http://www.gmcc.org/
Hennepin County Community Health Department
http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/wchdept.html
Hennepin History Museum
http://www.hhmuseum.org/
Jewish Community Relations Council
http://www.minndakjcrc.org/sitemap.htm
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
http://www.lssmn.org/
Minneapolis Foundation
http://www.minneapolisfoundation.org/
Minnesota Historical Society
http://www.mnhs.org/
Minnesota Hospital and HealthCare Partnership
http://www.mhhp.com/
Minnesota Human Rights Resource Guide
http://www.therightsplace.org/accsite/docs1/resources_resguide.html
Minnesota Legal Services Coalition
http://www.mnlegalservices.org/publications/publications.shtml
Minnesota's National Register Properties
http://nrhp.mnhs.org/
United Way of Minneapolis Area
http://www.uwmsp.org/mpls

Religion, Social Services, and Medicine - General Resources

Atwater, Isaac. History of Minneapolis. Find a Copy!
New York, Munsell Pub. Co., 1895.
Hennepin, Louis. Father Louis Hennepin's Description of Louisiana, newly discovered to the southwest of New France by order of the king. Find a Copy!
[Minneapolis] Pub. for the Minnesota society of the Colonial dames of America, The University of Minnesota press, 1938.
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, Clark Publishing Company, 1923.
Stevens, John Harrington. Personal recollections of Minnesota and its people: and early history of Minneapolis. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis : [Tribune Job Ptg. Co.], 1890.

Religion, Social Services, and Medicine - Specific Resources

Church of the Holy Cross. Church of the Holy Cross, 1886-1986, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Find a Copy!
[Minneapolis, Minn.: The Church, 1986?]
Guilfoyle, Peg. The Basilica of Saint Mary: voices from a landmark. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis, MN: Basilica of Saint Mary, c2000.
Hazel, Robert, Reverend. Notre Dame de Minneapolis: the French-Canadian Catholics. Find a Copy!
[S.l.:s.n.,1977] ([New Hope, Minn.]: Post Pub. Co.)
Karger, Howard Jacob. The sentinels of order: a study of social control and the Minneapolis settlement house movement, 1915-1950. Find a Copy!
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, c1987.
Kenny, Elizabeth. And they shall walk; the life story of Sister Elizabeth Kenny, written in collaboration with Martha Ostenso. Find a Copy!
New York, Dodd, 1943.
Lyon, Fred A. Mount Sinai Hospital of Minneapolis, Minnesota: a history. Find a Copy!
St. Paul: Stanton Publication, Inc., [1994?].
Minda, Albert Greenberg. The story of Temple Israel, Minneapolis, Minnesota: a personal account. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis, Minn.: [s.n.], 1971.
125 years of service: a history of the Hennepin County Medical Society, an anniversary project of the Hennepin County Medical Society. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis: Hennepin County Medical Society, 1980.
Osteen, Mame. Haven in the heart of the city: the history of Lakewood Cemetery. Find a Copy!
Minneapolis, Minn.: Lakewood Cemetery, c.1992.
Pond, Samuel William. Two volunteer missionaries among the Dakotas; or, the story of the labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond. Find a Copy!
Boston and Chicago, Congregational Sunday-School and Public Society, [c.1893].
Sampson, Ann Thomasine. Care with prayer: the history of St. Mary's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1887-1987. Find a Copy!
[Minneapolis, Minn.] : St. Mary's Hospital & Rehabilitation Center, 1987.
The story of a hundred years, 1849-1949: St. Anthony of Padua Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Find a Copy!
[Minneapolis: s.n., 1949?]
Weber, Nicholas A. A short history of French Catholic congregation of east Minneapolis in Minnesota (1849-1949). Find a Copy!
Minneapolis: Lund Press, 1949.

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  • Social Agencies: name of organization
  • Charities: name of organization
  • Hospitals: name of hospital
  • Biography: name of individual
  • Religion: name of group or organization

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