Origins of the Minneapolis Homeless Shelter Movement
People without housing in St. Stephen’s Church, Minneapolis. Photo by Minneapolis Tribune photographer Mike Zerby taken on July 2, 1982. From box 485 of the Minneapolis and St. Paul newspaper negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. Original caption: “Men, women and children share sleeping quarters at St. Stephen’s; curtains separate the men’s and women’s sections.” Published with “Church Gathers in the Poor, But Its Neighbors Worry,” Peg Meier, Minneapolis Tribune, July 10, 1982, 1B.
Bibliography
Baumohl, Jim, ed. Homelessness in America. Oryx Press, 1996.
Brown, Jeff. “Welfare—the Safety Net Slips.” Minneapolis Star, November 13, 1981.
City of Minneapolis. Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Minneapolis, 1981–1982. Special Collections, Hennepin County Library.
https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C3428663
Donald M. Fraser papers,1951–2014 (bulk 1962–1994)
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Papers of a Minneapolis lawyer and politician who served as Minnesota state senator (1954–1962), as US congressman from Minnesota's fifth district (1962–1978), as mayor of Minneapolis (1979–1994), and as a consultant and lecturer in his post-mayoral years (1994–2014).
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00290.xml
Records of the Social Services Division, 1972–1984
Minnesota Department of Public Welfare
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
Description: See the office memorandum from Arthur E. Noot to James B. Campbell, January 15, 1982, in box 109.I.7.4F.
https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MNPALS_MHS/ge68j0/alma990017290990104294
Minutes and Reports of Hennepin County Agencies, 1933–2011 (bulk 1970–2011)
Hennepin County Office of Planning and Development
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: See “The Impact of State and Federal Changes in Human Service Programs and Funding Levels in Hennepin County: 1982 Year End Report, February 1983” in box 116.I.4.5B.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00593.xml
Miller, Kay. “Homeless Have Places to Go If There’s Room.” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, December 25, 1982.
Newlund, Sam. “Groups Search for Sleeping Spots for Homeless.” Minneapolis Tribune, November 29, 1981.
Smetanka, Mary Jane. “Homeless Finding Doors Open.” Minneapolis Star, January 7, 1982.
Staats, Elmer B (Comptroller General, General Accounting Office of the United States). “Report to The Congress of the United States, Rental Housing: A National Problem That Needs Immediate Action,” November 8, 1979.
https://www.gao.gov/products/ced-80-11
United States Congress Task Force on Rental Housing. “Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives, Ninety‐sixth Congress, Second Session,” 1980.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002950488
Chronology
1600s–1800s
1929–1941
1934–1937
1940s–1960s
1945–1946
1949
1955–onward
1965–1982
1973–1974
1981–1988
July 1, 1981
December 1981
1982
1983
1987
1989
Bibliography
Baumohl, Jim, ed. Homelessness in America. Oryx Press, 1996.
Brown, Jeff. “Welfare—the Safety Net Slips.” Minneapolis Star, November 13, 1981.
City of Minneapolis. Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Minneapolis, 1981–1982. Special Collections, Hennepin County Library.
https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C3428663
Donald M. Fraser papers,1951–2014 (bulk 1962–1994)
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Papers of a Minneapolis lawyer and politician who served as Minnesota state senator (1954–1962), as US congressman from Minnesota's fifth district (1962–1978), as mayor of Minneapolis (1979–1994), and as a consultant and lecturer in his post-mayoral years (1994–2014).
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00290.xml
Records of the Social Services Division, 1972–1984
Minnesota Department of Public Welfare
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
Description: See the office memorandum from Arthur E. Noot to James B. Campbell, January 15, 1982, in box 109.I.7.4F.
https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MNPALS_MHS/ge68j0/alma990017290990104294
Minutes and Reports of Hennepin County Agencies, 1933–2011 (bulk 1970–2011)
Hennepin County Office of Planning and Development
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: See “The Impact of State and Federal Changes in Human Service Programs and Funding Levels in Hennepin County: 1982 Year End Report, February 1983” in box 116.I.4.5B.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00593.xml
Miller, Kay. “Homeless Have Places to Go If There’s Room.” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, December 25, 1982.
Newlund, Sam. “Groups Search for Sleeping Spots for Homeless.” Minneapolis Tribune, November 29, 1981.
Smetanka, Mary Jane. “Homeless Finding Doors Open.” Minneapolis Star, January 7, 1982.
Staats, Elmer B (Comptroller General, General Accounting Office of the United States). “Report to The Congress of the United States, Rental Housing: A National Problem That Needs Immediate Action,” November 8, 1979.
https://www.gao.gov/products/ced-80-11
United States Congress Task Force on Rental Housing. “Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives, Ninety‐sixth Congress, Second Session,” 1980.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002950488