Local Researcher Talks About The Hopkins Library’s 100 years
Kristin Kaspar researched and wrote a history of the Hopkins Library in celebration of the library’s centennial.
Kristin Kaspar studied history in Augsburg College and was a member of the school’s history club. She works as a software quality assurance analyst, so she considered it fortuitous when a chance encounter led to an offer to write an article on the Hopkins Library’s 100th anniversary. “It’s fate,” she marveled. “They didn’t know me. I didn’t have anything published.” Kaspar, a Hopkins resident, was well suited to delving into the library’s past, though. In addition to a love of writing and history, she grew up in Minnetonka, just on the other side of Shady Oak Road. Her family has deep roots in this area and worked at the businesses that made Hopkins. As the library prepares to celebrate its anniversary Sunday, Hopkins Patch sat down with …
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Jay Strachota
7:46 am on Friday, August 26, 2011
It didn't suprise me a bit to read this story about Jim. He has been a huge help volunteering and helping with the exhibition program at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Keep up the great work Jim! Jay Strachota more ›