Materials created/edited/published by Archive team as an assigned project during remote work period in 2020
June 5, 1995 - As part of MPR’s Voices of Minnesota series, Beth Friend speaks with Evelyn Fairbanks, author of "Days of Rondo." Fairbanks talks of her memoir, an interpretive account of events in the life of a black family from the South struggling for survival and meaning in a northern city. Rondo was a St. Paul black neighborhood that vanished with the coming of the freeways in the 1960s.
June 22, 1995 - MPR’s Catherine Winter interviews northern Minnesota forest rangers Jo Barnier and Art Wirtz about fires in the Grand Marais and BWCA area, and the different strategies and criteria in fire management.
July 3, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota segment feature. MPR’s Chris Roberts speaks with Reyn Guyer, inventor of Twister game. Guyer talks of the game’s creation and inventing in general. This is part 1 of 2.
July 21, 1995 - Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads his essay on fishing in the BWCA, titled “The Next Best Thing to Nobody.” Essay was later collected in "Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map," published by University of Minnesota Press.
July 31, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota segment feature. MPR’s Paula Schroeder speaks with Scott Olson, entrepreneur and the inventor of Rollerblades and Rowbike. Scott talks of his early company, and ventures since then. This is part 2 of 3.
August 16, 1995 - MPR’s Paul Schroeder interviews authors Rip Rapson and Kevin Proescholdt about their book “Troubled Waters: The Fight for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.” Rapson and Proescholdt, both environmentalists, detail the historical controversies of logging, mining, and recreation of the Boundary Waters.
September 9, 1995 - MPR’s Bill Wareham and Chris Roberts discuss new local music releases from summer of 1995. Wareham shares his thoughts on The Glenrustles “Brood” album and Tim Mahoney’s self-titled CD.
September 22, 1995 - Lou Bellamy directs "Big White Fog" at the Guthrie Theater. Bellamy talks about the racial issues in play that are still in the contemporary culture. Feature includes clips from play.
September 30, 1995 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews the Minister of Defense of Black Panther Party in Minnesota.
October 7, 1995 - St. Paul poet Kevin Fitzpatrick reads numerous poems.