‘Bring warm clothes’ at History Museum

On Saturday, Nov. 11, from 2-3:30 p.m., Hennepin History Museum (HHM) will host Peg Meier, longtime and award-winning reporter for the StarTribune, for a talk about the recently released new edition of her beloved book “Bring Warm Clothes: Letters and Photos from Minnesota’s Past.” Meier’s classic work uses vintage photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, as well as excerpts from secret diaries and personal journals to give today’s readers a firsthand account of life in those early, challenging days.

 

In her presentation, Meier will explain how she went about researching these archives and, in doing so, some of the people she encountered - whom she calls “simply amazing.” The event will include a question-and-answer session and will be immediately followed by a book-signing event.

 

Copies of the new edition of Bring Warm Clothes are available for purchase that day or can be ordered ahead of time at Hennepin History Museum’s online store.

 

Admission for this event is Pay As You Can - any amount is appreciated. Reservations are required. Go to hennepinhistory.org/events to register.

 

While at the museum for this event, visitors are encouraged to tour the museum exhibit galleries - especially Faraway Home: Tibetans in Minnesota, a photographic exhibit about a much more recent immigration story. Minnesota is the second largest community of Tibetans in North America and this exhibit, done in partnership with the local Tibetan community and the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (TAFM}, highlights their history, their resettlement to Minnesota, and their life in Minnesota today.