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Minnesota and Twin Cities History

This guide is designed to serve as your starting point for researching topics in the history of Minnesota and the Twin Cities
Research Guides
Minnesota, Twin Cities, & Augsburg University History

Librarian

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Stewart Van Cleve
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Databases & Websites

Archives and Libraries

While Lindell Library should be your first step, here are additional places in the Twin Cities for local research. You can schedule a research appointment at each one, but note that you will need to visit in person!

Books

Lindell Library Book Search

Newspapers

These open-source databases of full-text newspapers are a rich source of information on American history.

Additional Web Resources

Minnesota Historical Society Links.

The Minnesota Historical Society has created online excellent descriptions of their collections and in some instances digitized an entire collection. This page contains links to those descriptions and collections. This is just a sampling of what is available at the Society!