Materials created/edited/published by Archive team as an assigned project during remote work period in 2020
September 18, 1991 - MPR’s Catherine Winter interviews environmentalist Kevin Proescholdt about the physical and experiencial impact of the increase in campers traversing into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
September 20, 1991 - MPR’s Kate Smith reports on jazz funeral of local musician and composer Red Wolfe. Smith interviews attenddees at funeral who reflect on memories of Wolfe.
November 25, 1991 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews author David Backes about his book “Canoe Country: An Embattled Wilderness.” The two talk about the history of the Boundary Waters and the ongoing debate about the use and protections of land and water in area.
December 7, 1991 - David Hilton's basketball poem "The Poet Tries to Turn in His Jock," read by A.S.
January 2, 1992 - American poet Diane Glancy reads her poem "Without Title" (for my Father who lived without ceremony).
January 31, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend interiews playwright Syl Jones about “Shine!”
February 7, 1992 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer profiles the 10th Anniversary of Minnesota Voices Project Competition.
February 14, 1992 - On this Voices in the Heartland episode, MPR’s Marlana Benzie-Lourey talks with central Minnesota poet Joe Paddock about nature, history of the land, and his poetry. Paddock also reads numerous poems.
February 25, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Rochester poet Rose Harmon-Davis. They discuss poetry, race, and identity in the business world. Segment also includes reading of poem.
March 2, 1992 - Midday program presents two documentaries: "Messages from the Grandparents", a look at Cherokee, Winnebago, Pueblo, and Mohawk elders who present oral narratives which provide the basis for community behavior at how oral traditions are passed from one generation to the next; and "Cultural Identity," a look at the cultural and social bases for contemporary Indian identity among the Houma, Lumbee, and Yaqui.