Wikipedia:WikiProject Minnesota/Minneapolis Central Library

The James K. Hosmer Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library has hosted events as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries initiative. The library's special collections hold archival/manuscript collections on subjects and people that can be used for creating and improving Wikipedia articles. Special Collections employees have produced topic lists for these events which are reproduced below.

Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2011
Topics from the October 22, 2011 event:


 * People
 * Category:Minnesota politician stubs
 * Category:People from Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Stanley R. Avery (stub)
 * Carol Ryrie Brink (short)
 * Gratia Countryman (short)
 * Betty Crocker (and creator Marjorie Husted)
 * W. Harry Davis (detailed)
 * Donald M. Fraser (detailed)
 * Joan Growe (Secretary of the State of MN)
 * Dick Guindon (detailed)
 * James J. Hill (detailed)
 * Hubert Humphrey (detailed)
 * Harry Wild Jones (detailed)
 * Frank Kellogg (detailed)
 * George E. Leach (short)
 * Dimitri Mitropoulos (detailed)
 * Walter Mondale (detailed)
 * Arthur Naftalin (short)
 * Bronko Nagurski (detailed)
 * Cecil Newman (African American; founder, editor, publisher of Minneapolis Spokesman)
 * Emil Oberhoffer (short)
 * Anna Dickie Olesen
 * Floyd B. Olson (detailed)
 * Eiji Oue (short)
 * Edwin Rawlings (detailed)
 * Martha Ripley (physician)
 * Maria Sanford (educator)
 * John H. Stevens
 * Henrik Shipstead (short)
 * Brenda Ueland (detailed)
 * Newton Horace Winchell (short)
 * Theodore Wirth (short)
 * Luther Youngdahl (short)


 * Places
 * Gateway District (Minneapolis)
 * Lake of the Isles, Cedar Lake (Minnesota), Lake Calhoun
 * Loring Park
 * Nicollet Island
 * Seward, Minneapolis (all neighborhoods and communities could be added to)
 * Wonderland Amusement Park (Minneapolis)


 * Events
 * 1892 Republican National Convention
 * Minneapolis Aquatennial


 * Buildings
 * Amazon Bookstore Cooperative
 * Hennepin Center for the Arts (formerly Masonic Temple Building)
 * Hospitals and medical centers (Abbott Northwestern Hospital and others)
 * Lumber Exchange Building
 * Minneapolis Auditorium


 * Schools
 * Edison High School (Minnesota)
 * Roosevelt High School (Minneapolis)


 * Topics without entries
 * Ruth Boynton
 * Myrtle Cain (elected to MN Legislature 1922)
 * Emily Goodrich Grey
 * Sue Dickey Hough (elected to MN Legislature 1922)
 * Nellie Stone Johnson
 * Hannah Kempfer (elected to MN Legislature 1922)
 * Laura Naplin (first MN State Senator)
 * Mabeth Hurd Paige (elected to MN Legislature 1922)
 * Elizabeth Quinlan
 * Clara Ueland
 * Young-Quinlan Department Store

Wikipedia Loves Libraries 2012
Topics from the November 3, 2012 event:
 * Note: italicized entries were designated by library staff as higher priority and bolded entries were started/expanded during the event


 * People
 * Category:Minnesota politician stubs
 * Category:People from Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Carol Ryrie Brink (short)
 * Betty Crocker (and creator Marjorie Husted)
 * W. Harry Davis (detailed)
 * Donald Fraser (detailed)
 * Joan Growe (Secretary of the State of MN)
 * Dick Guindon (detailed)
 * Hubert H Humphrey (detailed) his stint as mayor could be expanded
 * Harry Wild Jones (detailed)
 * Alvin Karpis
 * Frank Kellogg (detailed)
 * Kid Cann
 * George E. Leach (short)
 * Walter Liggett
 * Lord Gordon Gordon
 * Hans Mattson
 * Dimitri Mitropoulos (detailed)
 * Walter Mondale (detailed)
 * Arthur Naftalin (short)
 * Bronko Nagurski (detailed)
 * Cecil Newman (African American; founder, editor, publisher of Minneapolis spokesman)
 * Wallace G. Nye - mayor
 * Emil Oberhoffer (short)
 * Floyd B. Olson (detailed)
 * Fred Ossanna (short)
 * Eiji Oue (short)
 * Edwin Rawlings (detailed)
 * Martha Ripley (physician)
 * Maria Sanford (educator)
 * Charles Stenvig
 * John H. Stevens
 * Henrik Shipstead (short)
 * Brenda Ueland (detailed)
 * Newton Horace Winchell (short)
 * Max Winter – short, Minnesota Vikings President, owner of 620 Club restaurant
 * Theodore Wirth (short)
 * Luther Youngdahl (short)


 * Places
 * Gateway District
 * Hub of Hell – there is a little in City Pages, see also Organized crime in Minneapolis
 * Lake of the Isles, Cedar Lake, Lake Calhoun
 * Longfellow Zoological Gardens
 * Loring Park
 * Neighborhoods – under “Neighborhoods of Minneapolis”
 * Nicollet Island – was worked on at last edit-a-thon
 * Wonderland Amusement Park


 * Events
 * 1892 Republican National Convention
 * Minneapolis Aquatennial


 * Buildings
 * Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts – could have Shubert/Academy Theater info
 * Hennepin Center for the Arts (formerly Masonic Temple Building)
 * Hospitals and medical centers (Abbott Northwestern Hospital and others)
 * Lumber Exchange Building
 * Minneapolis Auditorium
 * Northwestern National Bank – weatherball entry could be expanded
 * Northwestern National Life Building
 * Northwestern National Life Insurance Company Home Office
 * Orpheum/Hennepin Theater
 * Pantages Theater
 * State Theater
 * Uptown Theater


 * Schools
 * Edison High School
 * Roosevelt High School


 * Businesses
 * James Page Brewery
 * Nash Finch Company
 * Northrup King


 * Topics without Wikipedia entries:


 * People
 * Ferris Alexander
 * Ruth Boynton
 * George Brackett, mayor 1873-1874
 * Myrtle Cain (elected to MN Legislature 1922)
 * Annette Fawcett
 * Emily Goodridge Grey (early settler in St. Anthony, see F614.M553 G74 2004)
 * Sue Dickey Hough (elected to MN Legislature 1922)
 * Laura Naplin (first MN State Senator)
 * Anna Dickie Oleson
 * George A. Pillsbury – mayor 1884-1886
 * Virginia Piper – kidnapping victim
 * Elizabeth Quinlan
 * Dr. Kirby Spencer
 * Clara Ueland (last president of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association, which could also use a Wikipedia entry.)
 * Reiko Weston – Fuji Ya


 * Restaurants
 * Band Box Diner
 * Charlie’s Café Exceptionale
 * Forum Cafeteria – there is a stub on Forum Cafeterias chain
 * Jax Cafe
 * Murray’s Restaurant
 * Nankin Restuarant
 * Nye's Polonaise Room
 * Peter’s Grill
 * Pizza Luce


 * Buildings – some have entries at the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission website
 * Avalon Theater
 * El Largo Theater
 * Hollywood Theater
 * Loring Theater
 * Suburban World/Granada Theater
 * Young-Quinlan Department Store


 * Businesses
 * Gluek Brewing Company
 * Munsingwear
 * Tenant Company