July 16, 1990 - American anthropologist and author Jack Weatherford describes his book Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World.
August 24, 1990 - Midday presents a Soundprint documentary, entitled Mei Mei: A Daughter's Song. D. Roberts' documentary chronicles Dmae and her mother, Chu-Yin, as they travel to Taiwan together and examines how personal boundaries can be complicated by cultural boundaries…one where the mother is Taiwanese and her daughter is American. Mei Mei is Chinese for "little sister" - a term of endearment for any younger girl.
November 16, 1990 - A Morning Edition interview with Francis Carroll, co-author of The Fires of Autumn: The Cloquet-Moose Lake Disaster of 1918. The history book is based upon the Cloquet Moose Lake Fire.
January 30, 1991 - Elie Wiesel, a survivor of World War II concentration camps and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at Winona State University about the importance of remembering the past.
May 16, 1991 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews Alan Ominsky, author of A Catalog of Minnesota-Made Cars and Trucks. Ominsky shares the history of success and failure of auto production in the state.
June 28, 1991 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on the efforts being taken by the local community in staging a history play at the River Inn, located in Fergus Fall. The play, entitled Hooch, Hokum and Horsefeathers at the Hotsy Totsy Inn, presents the real-life drama (including murder) that took place at the inn back in late 1920-early 1930s.
July 12, 1991 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on local find of over a hundred Henry Peter Bosse photographs found in a captain’s desk of a dredge.
August 23, 1991 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Mississippi River researcher and historian John Anfinson about the photographs of Henry Peter Bosse, who captured images of the waterway during the 1880s.
August 24, 1991 - On this special State Fair Midday program, MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with Karal Ann Marling and Jeff Johnson about Minnesota State Fair history and attractions. The two also answer fair audience and listener questions.
September 5, 1991 - Local college professor Robert L. Spaeth comments on the window into history that Ontario’s Old Fort William offers Minnesotans.