Materials created/edited/published by Archive team as an assigned project during remote work period in 2020
August 27, 1975 - KCCM’s Bill Siemering reports on Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street" and small town life. Report includes commentary and interviews.
August 27, 1975 - Jim Klobuchar discusses local professional sports teams, specifically the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Twins, as well as the benefits of a new stadium.
August 28, 1975 - MPR’s Connie Goldman and Bruce Wall decide to explore the Midway rides at Minnesota State Fairgrounds. It does not go well for Goldman.
September 4, 1975 - MPR’s Bill Siemering presents a feature on the Poetry Out Loud program in Minnesota. Siemering interviews John C. Rezmerski, the coordinator of poetry readings in local communities, who highlights the importance of poets in conversation with their audiences.
September 22, 1975 - Over the years, Minneapolis Star columnist Jim Klobuchar has written about virtually every aspect of life in Minnesota. MPR's Gary Eichten asks Klobuchar about some of his impressions of life in the state.
October 1, 1975 - MPR’s Terri Keefe reports on a speech by feminist author Kate Millett at the University of Minnesota about Millet talks about the rules of sexuality in classical literature, Oedipus and Medea, and about erotic literature.
October 13, 1975 - Archie Holmes says equal educational opportunity changes the way people operate.
October 15, 1975 - MPR’s Dick Daly interviews U.S. Representative Jim Oberstar about his proposed idea to expand the Boundary Waters Canoe Area that would comprise both a wilderness and a national recreation area by act of Congress.
October 16, 1975 - MPR’s Tom Steward reports on Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar's proposed bill prohibiting the removal of natural resources in BWCA, including logging. It also states no snowmobiling except in designated areas. A similar bill was submitted by Representative Doug Johnson.
October 30, 1975 - Randall Tigue, of the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, discusses unconstitutional nature of devising a scholarship, similar to the Williams Scholarship, at the University of Minnesota that would only be awarded to female student athletes.