Houses of Worship and Ethnicity Project: Oral Histories of Twin Cities Neighborhoods, Minnesota records
Abstract
Transcripts of oral histories, and compact discs (CDs) containing digital versions of the interviews conducted in 2011-2012. Historical background information on individual churches. Historical context information and more research data available at the project website. Please see the link under the "Digital Material" tab.
Dates
- Creation: 2011-2022
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
This research project brings together data on congregations and houses of worship created by early settlers in nine neighborhoods that developed in the earliest neighborhoods developed along the Mississippi River in St. Paul and Minneapolis between 1849 and 1924. It explores a number of topics: community creation, ethnicity and identity, relationships among congregations, intra-congregational interactions, the role of houses of worship, and social class structures. Its goal is to document for future generations the legacy of the historic neighborhoods that were one home to their forebearers.
The project is a collaboration between independent scholar Marilyn J. Chiat, Ph.D., and University of Minnesota Director of Religious Studies, Jeanne Halgren Kilde, Ph.D.
Research assistance has been provided by Anduin Wilhide, Jeffrey Kerzner, Molly McDonald, Benjamin Hulett.
Additional research assistance has been provided by the University of Minnesota CLA Dean's Freshman Research and Creative Scholars Awards: Jennifer Phillips and Joseph Meinholz (2016), Annika Heaps and Madeline Chamberlain (2017), Christina Craig (2018).
(From the project website accessed on February 10, 2020 at: https://housesofworship.umn.edu/about )
Extent
2.5 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection acquired from Jeanne Halgren Kilde, Director of Religious Studies at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in 2013-2022.
- Title
- Inventory of the Houses of Worship and Ethnicity Project: Oral Histories of Twin Cities Neighborhoods, Minnesota records.
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Immigration History Research Center Archives Collecting Area
