Cass Gilbert Society

Learning Resources

Cass Gilbert Society Video Collection

The Cass Gilbert Society has digitized all their past lectures recorded from 1999-2017. Funding was provided through a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund, and the generous gifts of our members. Online access limited to researchers and Cass Gilbert Society members by request and with permission. 
Two examples are available here for the public to watch.

Download the PDF of the Finding Aid [ 664 kb]

Video ID:  CG-309
"Cass Gilbert: His Vision of the University of Minnesota Mall (1996)", Weismann Art Museum exhibition in 1996. Video program is about architect Cass Gilbert's Vision for the University of Minnesota campus. Director/Producer: Herb Grika. Featuring interviews with Tom Fisher, Lyndel King, Tom Blanck, Mark  Yudof, Clinton Hewitt, and Thora Cartildge. Program length: 00:09:12.

 

Video ID:  CG-066
Presentation by Marjorie Pearson PhD, “Approaching the Capitol: The Story of the Minnesota State Capitol Mall”  MN Capitol designed by architect Cass Gilbert. Recorded on 01/07/2017.  Program length: 1:24:00.

 

This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

 

Additional project funding by The Cass Gilbert Society.