History student Honors Project
Student Demands to the Macalester Administration
Student document outlining demands to the Macalester administration in the wake of hate speech incidents on campus.
Access Not Excess
Small flyer protesting the financial priorities of the college with the building of the new gym.
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.
A History of Macalester College: Its Origin, Struggle, and Growth
Links to versions of an early history of Macalester College, written by a Macalester professor of history in 1910.
Mandatory Training Petition 1990
A student petition asking for mandatory sexual assault and harassment training.
“President Gavin Will Speak on the Title IX Situation”
Flyer about a Title IX event.
Letter from Edward D. Neill to Hon. N. G. Taylor: “Effort and Failure to Civilize the Aborigines”
In this excerpt from an 1868 letter, Edward Neill argues in vitriolically racist terms that the United States and Minnesota governments should not recognize Ojibwe nationhood but should impose assimilationist terms on US-Ojibwe relations. Neill generalizes these views to include all Native peoples and nations with which the United States interacts.
Charles J. Turck, “Religious Faith a Cornerstone”
“Religious Faith a Cornerstone” is an excerpt from a series of reflective texts from then-President Charles J. Turck to the Macalester community. In this one-page note, Turck describes what he sees as the role of Christianity and religious faith more broadly at Macalester.
TMW: Mac Supports UN
The front page of the May 12, 1950 edition of The Mac Weekly shows a large image of three people raising the UN flag below the American flag on Macalester’s flagpole. The caption reads “MAC SUPPORTS UN–Two flags now fly above Mac’s campus. The UN flag was raised to symbolize the interest of our college in the United Nations and world peace. Raising the flag are Dr. Charles J. Turck, Dagmar Cebe-Haberska and Steve Babcock.”
