Threatened Duluth treasures demand lawmakers' urgency

Threatened Duluth treasures demand lawmakers' urgency

Some of Duluth’s most-prized treasures — old maps, newspaper clippings, historic photos, original lift bridge and Glensheen blueprints, and more — are stored deep on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth, in an annex building that’s one of the school’s oldest and that’s hidden behind the Kathryn A. Martin Library. And they’re deteriorating. Nothing has been lost yet or has even been really damaged. But the storage rooms the materials …