History student Honors Project
Macalester Land Plot History
This post gives a brief overview of the history of the land on which Macalester’s campus stands. It discusses when and how Macalester College came to be considered the owner of this land and how that process reflects Mac’s place in discussions of settler colonialism.
PIPE History Poster
This PIPE History Poster is titled “Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with PROUD INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION!” It contains four text boxes with information about Native American history at Macalester. Each box contains a timeline from a different period: the 1950s-1960s, the 1970s, the 1990s, and the 2000s. Also pictured are images and news clippings depicting Native news and events on campus.
Colonial Macalester: A Mac Weekly special issue
In Fall 2020, The Mac Weekly undertook a special reporting project, published as Colonial Macalester.
Macalester Indigenous/Students of Color Enrollment: Fifty Years since EEO
A color-coded graph shows the changing enrollment of Indigenous students and students of color at Macalester from 1967 to 2018.
Disorientation: A People’s History Tour of Macalester
Disorientation: A People’s History Tour of Macalester is a zine, tour, and website created by students in the Fall 2013 class AMST 294-02 Resisting Minnesota. The site is available to viewers with a Macalester login. The zine is attached here in printable and web-viewable versions.
Post About “Black House Newspaper Article”
This text is part of a collection of student work from the Fall 2017 class HIST 294-04/AMST 294-01, Public History: African American Life — Past, Present and Future. Students selected, described, and analyzed items from the Macalester Archives pertaining to Black history. The entire class collection can be found in the Fall 2017 Public History Class tag.
Post About “Dear Brothers and Sisters BLAC Publication”
This text is part of a collection of student work from the Fall 2017 class HIST 294-04/AMST 294-01, Public History: African American Life — Past, Present and Future. Students selected, described, and analyzed items from the Macalester Archives pertaining to Black history. The entire class collection can be found in the Fall 2017 Public History Class tag.
Post About “Catharine Lealtad, Class of 1915, Macalester’s First Black Graduate”
This text is part of a collection of student work from the Fall 2017 class HIST 294-04/AMST 294-01, Public History: African American Life — Past, Present and Future. Students selected, described, and analyzed items from the Macalester Archives pertaining to Black history. The entire class collection can be found in the Fall 2017 Public History Class tag.
Post About “Resolution in Support of Freedom Riders”
This text is part of a collection of student work from the Fall 2017 class HIST 294-04/AMST 294-01, Public History: African American Life — Past, Present and Future. Students selected, described, and analyzed items from the Macalester Archives pertaining to Black history. The entire class collection can be found in the Fall 2017 Public History Class tag.