This collection encompasses 50-plus years of interviews, readings, speeches, and reports on the vibrant literary scene in Minnesota. Not only home to giants F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis, our state has an array of incredible contemporary poets, novelists, and playwrights. Their words make up majority of this collection.
Repeatedly being named the “Most Literate City in the United States,” the Twin Cities has played host to numerous visiting national writers via book tours, festivals, and lectures. Many recordings of these are also included.
This project was funded by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission.
April 13, 1992 - The final installment of the series "Spirits of the Present: The Legacy from Native America." In the first half hour, we'll heard "The Indian in the Global Mind," an examination of global views of Native Americans, including common stereotypes and the use of Indian cultures as mascots for sports teams. A little later in the hour, we'll hear "Religious Freedom," a look at the legal challenges confronting Native Americans in preserving their religious heritage.Spirits of the Present: The Legacy from Native America - a documentary series from field recordings which examines the diverse cultures of Native America. They examine the life of today's Indians; their wisdom and humor, art and music, economics, and education, religion and politics.13 half-hour programs produced by the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium and Radio Smithsonian, broadcast on 410 stations in North America. This documentary series about Native American history and culture looks at the life of today's Indians."The Indian in the Global Mind" - The global fascination with Indians, including the use of Indian mascots for non-Indian sports teams. - Produced by Peggy Berryhill (3/25/1992)"Religious Freedom" - A look at the legal challenges faced by Native Americans in their efforts to maintain religious freedom. - Produced by Peggy Berryhill (3/18/1992)
April 14, 1992 - An interview with Marjorie Dorner who wrote a collection of stories, many based on stories she grew up with on a dairy farm outside of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
April 14, 1992 - Interviews with various people about race and religion.
April 14, 1992 - An interview with Studs Terkel on race and American history.
April 14, 1992 - A commentary on August Wilson's play The Piano Lesson.
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April 15, 1992 - A review of "The Piano Lesson" which is being performed at the World Theater.
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April 17, 1992 - At a garage sale in Minnesota in 1989, a young American photographer, John Barnier, bought eight wooden crates containing over 130 glass plate negatives. Realizing that many of the negatives were of Jerusalem, he brought them to the Harvard Semitic Museum where they were eventually identified as the long-lost work of Mendel John Diness, who lived in Jerusalem in the 1850s and was the first photographer to learn--and practice--the art there.