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UPCOMING EVENTS Speaker Series Transportation History Along University Avenue with Brian McMahon Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 7:00-8:30 p.m. Hamline Midway Branch Library auditorium 1558 W. Minnehaha (1/2 block West of Snelling) Hear the stories and explore the transportation history of University Avenue with architectural historian and University United Executive Director Brian McMahon. Join us for an engaging discussion of the history of transportation along University Avenue from hot air balloons and horses, railways and streetcars, to airplanes and automobiles. McMahon’s extensive research over the past 8 years merges with his other interests including the history of Ford Motors in Minnesota, industrial architecture, and the urban built environment. McMahon has a collection of artifacts and historic images from University Avenue to share with neighbors and history lovers. The Hamline Midway History Corps Speaker Series is a free event and is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.   EVENT & SPEAKER ARCHIVES Don Empson (Jan. 11), Stew Thornley (Mar. 8), and Paul Clifford Larson (May 10), and Krista Finstad Hanson (July 19), and John Diers & Aaron Isaacs (Sept. 20), and Stew Thornley (Nov. 15) See the Archives >   FEATURES Historic Matchbook Covers NEW! Neighborhood history documented in this amazing collection! Researching Residential History POPULAR A How-To by Kristi Mather Neighborhood History through Maps Updated See how the Hamline Midway neighborhood has changed over the years

RESOURCES [Links open new browser window] > HISTORY Local Interest Cass Gilbert Society Great American History Theatre Hamline University Archives Historic Preservation Commission (St. Paul) Historic Saint Paul Luther Seminary Archives Midwest Preservation Institute Minnesota Historical Society - MNHS Library - Visual Resources Database Minn. Transportation Museum Preservation Alliance of Minnesota Ramsey County Historical Society - Hamline Midway Profile Saint Paul Collection Schubert Club Museum Traces.org Twin Cities Bungalow Club Yesterday's News (Star Tribune) Other History Detectives (PBS) Natl. Trust for Historic Preservation U.S. Library of Congress - American Memory Collection > ORGANIZATIONS Hamline Midway Coalition Hamline University - Archives - Current Events - Bush Memorial Library - Hamline 150th Anniversary Hancock School Junior League of Saint Paul Midway Chamber of Commerce St. Paul Library, Hamline Branch Sparc: Community Development University UNITED > PLACES OF WORSHIP Church of St. Columba Hamline United Methodist Church - Church Tour Jehovah Lutheran Church St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Zion Lutheran Church - History > FRIENDS Farm in the City History Cooks Neighborhood Groups SE Como History Group (Mpls.) > LOCAL BUSINESSES Black Sea Restaurant Ginkgo Coffeehouse Midway/Como Monitor Mosaic on a Stick