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Postcards: Building a Legacy
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- Postcards: Building a Legacy
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Part one of a two-part series about the founding of Worthington, and the influence of the Dayton family there. Also, jazz music at the University of Minnesota-Morris, and some thoughts from Ortonville writer Brent Olson.
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- Postcards: Honored Author
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Minnesota native T.J. Stiles won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Stiles talks about his life growing up in central Minnesota. Music from a New London-based folk ensemble that performs weekly at a local coffee house. Also, Ortonville writer Brent Olson.
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- Postcards: Tales from Norway
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Originally from Norway, Minnesota folk-storyteller Lise Lunge-Larsen is featured. Also, the authors of a new cookbook, "The Minnesota Table," which promotes local foods. Music from the historic Opera House.
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- Postcards: On the Farm
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
This episode is devoted to life on the farm. A Foley woman won a national FFA honor for her research about agriculture. She and her family are interviewed along with her high school agriculture instructor.
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- Postcards: 1913 Farm Expo
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
The 1913 Morris Farm Exposition attracted tens of thousands of people to town. There was even a song composed for the historic event. Also, New London potter Bill Gossman and a multicultural art exhibit in Marshall.
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- Postcards: Honor Flight Southwest Minnesota, Part 2
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
An overview of 2010 programming produced by Pioneer Public Television with funding provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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- Postcards: 1950's Tourism
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Rare film footage of a 1950's trip to Alexandria, along with a modern-day profile of the city. Also, Willmar artisan Jan Olney.
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- Postcards: Danebod Folk School
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Morris teacher and poet Athena Kildegaard profiles "Danebod," a unique Danish family camp located in the Lincoln County community of Tyler. Then, Country School Day at Benson Elementary School. Also, a member of a high school speech team performs, and jazz music from the Joe Carucci Trio.
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- Postcards: Artist Art Norby
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Sculptor Art Norby has pieces displayed in many locations around the United States. He holds a class at the Milan Village Arts School. Also, the 34th Infantry Division "Red Bull" Band and Detroit Lakes singer Carrie Sorensen.
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- Postcards: Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
The culture of small towns is expressed through the words of Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, a western Minnesota native. Also, the history of Fergus Falls and an essay from Ortonville writer Brent Olson.
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- Postcards: Brule'
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
A Worthington man discovers his Native American ancestry and then
launches a successful music career. Paul LaRoche leads the musical group Brule', performing original music across the country.
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- Postcards: 100th Anniversary of the Murray County Fair
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
The centennial of the Murray County Fair is celebrated. Also, making furniture from native willow branches, and Scandinavian music from "Ole Olsson's Oldtime Orkestra."
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- Postcards: Pipestone National Monument
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Pipestone quarries in southwest Minnesota are a sacred place for Native American Indian tribes. Also, we will visit an old-time threshing bee, and college students learn to speak Chinese through song.
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- Postcards: History of UM-Morris, Part Two
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
The conclusion of a documentary recalling the history of the University of Minnesota-Morris, with a focus on the present-day campus. Produced by UMM.
- Title
- Postcards: History of UM-Morris, Part One
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
The site where the present-day University of Minnesota-Morris stands has actually been home to three different educational facilities over the past 124 years. This documentary, produced by UMM, delves into the rich and surprising history of the University and its predecessors.
Part Two: http://youtu.be/ykrFrCFl1Cg
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- Swedish Immigration to MN | Postcards
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- Concordia College professor Dr. Joy Lintelman won a Minnesota Book Award for her new history of Swedish immigration. "I Go to America"
For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
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- Postcards: The Hjemkomst of Robert Asp
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
A special presentation of this 1986 documentary which captures the passion and resilience of Robert Asp, a Moorhead school guidance counselor, who built the Hjemkomst Viking Ship replica in Hawley, Minnesota, in honor of his Norwegian heritage.
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- Postcards: The History of New Ulm
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
We'll explore the history of New Ulm, and we'll end with some great Minnesota guitarists who take the stage at the Fergus Falls Guitar Summit.
- Title
- Postcards: Honor Flight Southwest Minnesota, Part 1
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- For more information about Pioneer Public TV, including how you can become a member, go to http://www.pioneer.org. Additional Pioneer productions can also be viewed online at http://video.pioneer.org.
Part 1 of a 2010 documentary detailing a trip to Washington, D.C. by 100 World War II veterans from southwest Minnesota.
Watch part two: http://youtu.be/AeVjMMYbi_M
