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Minneapolis Auditorium and Convention Hall. History

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on the Kimball Organ Preservation Steering Committee

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0292
Description of Contents

Newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, promotional material, and correspondence from the Kimball Organ Preservation Steering Committee. Files contain some historical documents from the 1920s, the time in which the organ was built, but most records pertain to the preservation efforts of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Dates: 1927 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1986 - 1993

Collection on the Minneapolis Auditorium

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0100
Description of Contents

The collection includes newspaper clippings on building construction, grand openings, performances, events, tradeshows, expositions, and more that took place in the facility over its history. It also includes various programs, construction plans, budgets, and related records from expansion projects from the early 1920s, 1960s, and 1980s. Also included are three scrapbooks that cover 1923-1929 and 1958-1981.

Dates: 1923 - 1988

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Auditoriums -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. 1
Convention facilities -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis. 1
Minneapolis Auditorium and Convention Center -- History 1
Organ (Musical instrument) 1