RONDO AVENUE, INC. (SAINT PAUL,
MINN.):
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota
Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Rondo Avenue, Inc. (Saint Paul,
Minn.), creator.
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| Title: | Rondo Avenue, Inc. records. |
| Dates: | 1974-2010 (bulk 1983-2010). |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Annual reports, articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes
of board and committee meetings, reminiscences, a few photographs, and some project
files of an organization involved in commemorating and resurrecting the memory of
the historic Rondo community, a largely-African American neighborhood in St. Paul
that was displaced in the 1960s by the construction of Interstate Highway 94.
Materials include files on annual Rondo Days festivals held in the early 1980s and
in 2003 and 2008. |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversize
folder in a partial box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Rondo
Avenue, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.). Rondo Avenue, Inc. Records. Minnesota
Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,794
Processing Information:
Processed by: David B. Peterson, October 2013
Catalog ID number: 990077498350104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Box |
| 153.I.6.2F | 1 | Annual reports, 1983-1984. |
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| | Articles of incorporation and certificate: Rondo Street, inc., 1982. |
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| | Board and committees meeting minutes, agendas, and related
miscellany, 1982-1985. 2 folders. |
| | | Incomplete; contents may relate to materials in Rondo Days gathering files.
Includes materials relating to Rondo Street, inc. |
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| | Bylaws: Rondo Street, inc., 1983. |
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| | Correspondence, 1982-1984. |
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| | General member meetings, 1983-1984. |
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| | Letterhead: Remember Rondo, July 1983. |
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| | Map of Rondo Avenue: Commercial buildings and other establishments
covering the period of 1926-1964, circa 1999. |
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| | Membership materials and directories, 1983-1984. |
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| | News releases, press, and outreach, 1983. |
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| | Photographs, undated, circa 1980s-2010. |
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| | Proclamation: I Remember Rondo Days and related materials, 1983. |
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| | Projects: |
| | | Accentuating the Positive documentary project, 1984. |
| | | Home matters: locating self through lost home spaces, 2006. |
| | | | Unpublished paper prepared by Sarah Johnson for her Anthropology Senior
Seminar. Includes a section on the destruction of the Rondo
neighborhood. |
| | | Road Signs/Ghosts Along the Freeway, 1991. |
| | | Rondo Oral History Project catalog, 2004. 1 volume. |
| | | Environmental studies senior seminar materials, 2006. |
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| | Proposals for funding and related materials, 1984-1987. |
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| | Related organizations and events: |
| | | Regalettes week and extravaganza, 1974. |
| | | Queen of Hearts Ball, 1984. |
| | | Spirit of Rondo black & white ball, 1999. |
| | | | Includes photographs from the ball. |
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| | Reminiscences: |
| | | Remembering Rondo, 1983. |
| | | | An original play by Alex D. Pate; edited by August Wilson. |
| | | Writings and poetry, undated and 1983. |
| | | What Rondo means to me essays, undated and 1988. |
| | | Interview with Marvin Anderson, 2006. |
| | | | Marvin Anderson was one of the founding members of Rondo Days, Inc. |
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| | Rondo Days gathering: |
| | | Remember Rondo: First annual event brochures and planning
materials, 1982-1983. 2 folders. |
| | | 20th Anniversary of Rondo Days, 2003. |
| | | 25th Anniversary of Rondo Days, 2008. |
| | | | [0.5 cubic feet empty, letter sized] |
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| 123.J.12.2F-1 | | Spirit of Rondo events and 25th anniversary Rondo Days performance
posters, 1999-2008. 1 oversize folder. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- African Americans -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul --
History.
- Festivals -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
- Persons:
- Anderson, Marvin Roger,
author.
- Pate, Alex D., author
- Wilson, August, author.
- Organizations:
- Rondo Street, inc. (Saint Paul,
Minn.), author.
- Places:
- Rondo (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- History.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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