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Inter-Race group forum on policing and community relations

Minneapolis residents discuss policing and community relations at one of Inter-Race’s group forums, 1991. From the organizational records of the INTER-RACE Institute 1986–2001 (box 123.F.10.4F), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Inter-Race group forum on policing and community relations

Minneapolis residents discuss policing and community relations at one of Inter-Race’s group forums, 1991. From the organizational records of the INTER-RACE Institute 1986–2001 (box 1991 123.F.10.4F), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Irene Gomez of the Police and Community Relations Task Force. Photograph by Erickson Studio, ca. 1983.

Irene Gomez-Bethke

Irene Gomez-Bethke of the Police and Community Relations Task Force. Gomez-Bethke was also the Human Rights Commissioner for the state of Minnesota between 1982 and 1983. Photograph by Erickson Studio, ca. 1983.

Tom Aquilar

Tom Aquilar, a member of the Brown Berets, ca. 1972.

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Rabideau F-50

Camp Rabideau is a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) site established as part of the “New Deal” in 1933 to help alleviate unemployment during the Depression. Located in Beltrami County, it operated until 1942. It later became a satellite campus for University of Illinois forestry and engineering students; a Native American learning center; and an educational center for Chippewa National Forest visitors.

Red Lake County Courthouse Fire, 1909

An effort to move the Red Lake County seat from Red Lake Falls to Thief River Falls in 1909 divided the citizens of the county. A suspicious courthouse fire on April 23 of that year brought the situation to a head.

Minnesota Governor’s Residence

Minnesota’s governors did not have an official residence until 1965, when the daughters of lumber magnate Horace Irvine donated their family home to the state. Over the years, the house on Summit Avenue has provided Minnesota’s First Families with a comfortable home and has served as a ceremonial building for visiting dignitaries and the public alike, though not without controversy.

Governor Karl Rolvaag, Jean Williams, and Karen Erlandson

Governor Karl Rolvaag with St. Paul Winter Carnival Queen of the Snows Jean Williams and Minneapolis Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes Karen Erlandson, riding a Polaris Colt on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, 1967. From box 3 of the Karl F. Rolvaag papers (Government Records Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul).