Collection
Early MPR Recordings
Minnesota Public Radio was founded in 1967 by Bill Kling and Colman Barry, president of St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. After the first station, KSJR 90.1-FM, went on the air, Kling began building a statewide network. Here's a sampling of some early recordings found in the MPR Archive.
63 Collection Items
- A Prairie Home Morning Show - February 12, 1980
A broadcast of A Prairie Home Morning Show on February 12, 1980. Program includes, news, performances, and interviews.
- British economist E. F. Schumacher on agriculture
A news feature of British economist E. F. Schumacher, author of the book, Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Schumacher talks about need for change in agriculture and energy practices.
- A look at senior citizen and bus poetry
A news feature highlighting poetry written later in life and on presenting poetry to diverse audience on public buses.
- Farmer poetry with David R. Solheim
Two poems read by David R. Solheim, North Dakota's Poet in the Schools.
- An interview with Halina Rodzinski, author of the book "Our Two Lives"
Madame Halina Rodzinski, author of Our Two Lives, talks about her love and marriage to her husband, the conductor Artur Rodzinksi.
- Highlights from 7th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference "New Journalism and the Novel"
On this Midday program, a broadcast of highlights from the 7th Annual Writers Conference at the University of North Dakota. Participants include Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, B. J. Phillips (from Ms. Magazine), North Dakota poet Larry Woiwode and others.
- Tom Wolfe at the 7th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference
Tom Wolfe, the author credited for developing “The New Journalism,” speaks at the University of North Dakota-Grand Forks on the direction in news writing and journalism for the 7th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
- Reflections of the North - A documentary on two Minnesota naturalists and artists
Reflections of the North documentary presents two Minnesota naturalists and artists: writer Sigurd Olson and photographer Les Blacklock, who offer readings and personal commentary on life in the ‘North.’
- Excerpt on commentary of Beat poetry scene
An All Things Considered audio excerpt of activist Pierre Delattre providing an introduction to the Beat poetry scene, an American style of poetry.
- Interview with poet Richard Lyons
An interview with Richard Lyons, poet and professor of English at North Dakota State University, about his work of poetry and photography that offers a unique view of North Dakota. Feature includes excerpt of Lyons reading poetry.