CLA: IHRC Updates

The IHRC invites you to join in celebrating on Tuesday, Dec. 1, the publication of My Flag Grew Stars, a book that captures the journey of Professor Emeritus Tibor Zoltai and Olga Zoltai as refugees and new Americans, with research conducted at Elmer L. Andersen Library archival collections.

Dr. Zoltai was an international pioneer in the sciences and professor at the University for more than three decades. Olga Zoltai assisted in resettling newer refugee groups in Minnesota through International Institute of Minnesota. Their own story as refugees and their contributions offer a gripping narrative as penned by their daughter, Kitty Gogins.

Olga Zoltai will be the event's honored guest, and author Kitty Gogins will speak about the experience of her parents as refugees connecting to newer arrivals.

Kitty Gogins will give author talks at 4 and 6 pm at Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120. From 5 to 6 pm, she will sign books (available for purchase), and IHRC staff will lead tours of the archival cavern.

The Immigration History Research Center holds notable Hungarian-American collections and the records of the International Institute of Minnesota, and the University Archives holds the Tibor Zoltai Papers in the archival cavern beneath Andersen Library.

Refreshments will be available throughout the event, which is open to the public. Hourly parking is available near the library in an attended lot and parking structure.

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The Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, passed in November 2008, raises new funds from a sales tax increase to be divided among projects benefitting the outdoors, clean water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage.

A portion of the newly established Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund - $22 million for the 2010-11 biennium - has been appropriated to the Minnesota Historical Society for a variety of history programs around the state - programs intended to preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's history and its cultural and historical resources.

The Minnesota Cultural Heritage Grants Program, funded by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, was created to preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's cultural and historical resources and to support projects of enduring value for the cause of history and historic preservation across the state.

The program accepts applications on a revolving deadline schedule for small to large projects, in a range of areas related to the goals of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. For more information, contact Minnesota Historical Society.

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Explore "Virtue and Vice in the Stacks" and the Elmer L. Andersen Library caverns the first friday of every month throughout 2009-2010.

The Archives and Special Collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries offer the First Fridays series throughout the year along the theme of vice and virtue. Each month brings a new pairing, with Abstinence and Glutton the theme for the event at noon on Nov. 6 at Room 120 of Andersen Library.

Presentations by the Charles Babbage Institute and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine will follow a brief introduction highlighting materials from archival collections on campus, including the Immigration History Research Center.

A light repast will be served during presentations from noon to 1 p.m., and cavern tours will be offered after the lunchtime talk. If you have not seen the caverns, First Fridays in a convenient opportunity to see one of the real treasures at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus! Tours are offered at the conclusion of First Fridays throughout the coming year.

For more information on First Fridays and the University Libraries' fall exhibition schedule, visit http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/events//

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