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Data and Support Resources

for Mapping 1968

Melinda Kernik (Spatial Data Curator), kerni016@umn.edu

Jenny McBurney (Liaison to IAS), jmcburne@umn.edu

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Slides: z.umn.edu/1968resources

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Historical Aerial Photographs

MHAPO:

https://www.lib.umn.edu/apps/mhapo/

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Historical Census Data

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NHGIS:

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https://data2.nhgis.org/main

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University Digital Conservancy

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Including institutional records

such as:

Administrative Documents

Minutes

Newsletters or Bulletins

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Morrill Hall Takeover Documents:

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http://hdl.handle.net/11299/46233

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Physical collections: material in the University Archives

  • Organized in boxes
  • talk to an archivist for help locating the most relevant collections and access to the material

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Digital Archives of Historical Newspapers

Including:

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Minneapolis Star Tribune (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

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Digital archives for daily Minneapolis newspapers from 1867-2001. Each newspaper can be browsed or searched individually or collectively across all years

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Library guides

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https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/selectors

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Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM)

http://arcg.is/b9D5K

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Extra resources!

John R. Borchert Map Library - historical transportation, political, and topographic maps

Select maps from the collection have already been scanned and are available from U-Media

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Historical datasets:

Land-use map of 1968

Timeline of highway construction in the Twin Cities region 1920-1995

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Questions?

slides: z.umn.edu/1968resources

kerni016@umn.edu