100 Years Appreciation Post. The University of Minnesota Press was made official at a Board of Regents meeting on July 16, 1925. We have marked this milestone with a UMN Libraries exhibit and content that can be viewed at z.umn.edu/ump100. Thank you for following us. 💯

Having worked there myself, I wrote about the craziness of working at the actual Ohio newspaper (The Blade) that partly inspired the fake paper in Peacock’s The Paper chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/col…

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An important Midwestern studies conference will take place in November -- details here: networks.h-net.org/group/announce… Western History Association City of Sioux Falls David Burge Nebraska State Historical Society Wisconsin Historical Society Press Midwestern History Association American Historical Association Andrew Berzanskis David Strittmatter chris borrelli Robert Loerzel The Midwest Newsroom John Wilson

Kelly Chrisman Jacques will be the next director of the University Press of Kansas news.ku.edu/news/article/k…

#OnThisDay Oct 9, 1949: The Leif Erikson statue is dedicated on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. The monument was part of a Scandinavian American campaign to credit their ancestors - and definitely not Christopher Columbus - with the “discovery” of North America

Bas Relief Friday Paulding, Ohio Post Office Industry - Charles Umlauf (1940) Photo by Joey Harrison

55 years ago Iowan Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifelong efforts to fight hunger and boost food production around the world

The sky did this a year ago tonight in South Dakota

The Big Sioux River, at Iverson Crossing, at dusk

Happy Dedication Day (and Homecoming) to all the Waldorf Warriors! On October 11, 1903, a large crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of Waldorf College in Forest City. Forerunner of today’s Waldorf University, the college grew out of a local hotel war to offer education.

Sunset, Minnehaha County, SD, October 2025

Call-for-Proposals: please send us your ideas for essays about the American Midwest, 1989-2025 networks.h-net.org/group/announce…

Today #MiStateLibrarian Randy Riley and Special Collections Manager Dave Votta explored John K. King Used & Rare Books in Detroit to find items for the #LibraryofMi.

New Book on the Midwest: "Between Loving and Leaving: Essays on the New Midwestern History" from OU Press oupress.com/9780806196022/… Midwestern History Association Midstory The Midwest Newsroom Midwest Modern Western History Association Nebraska State Historical Society

Harvest, Lake County, SD

First there was the "Oxford Handbook of Central American History" and then the "Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History" and then the "Oxford Handbook of Medieval Central Europe" and now comes the "Oxford Handbook of Midwestern History"! global.oup.com/academic/produ… Oxford University Press

One of Albert Kahn’s monumental Greek Revival bank branches for the Detroit Savings Bank, built 1921.