Republic of Kinney passport

Titles: Republic of Kinney passport (Supplied title)

Description: Rectangular white paper passport from the Republic of Kinney in Kinney, Minnesota, issued to Jennifer Rian, 2007. The original passports were created in 1977, when the city attempted a tongue-in-cheek secession from the United States to acquire aid to fix the city's infrastructure. New passports were printed for the event's 30th anniversary celebration.

Dates

• Exactly 2007 (New set of passports printed starting at No. 4,000.) (Creation)
• Exactly 07/13/1977 (Date on passport, when originals were created.) (Content)

Creation

• used by: Kleinjung, Jennifer

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2018.27.1

Notes

• Donor Statement: "In 2007 when the city of Kinney celebrated the 40th anniversary of the secession and reissued passports, I was thrilled to buy one at Liquid Larry's bar and become part of this event in Iron Range history. I was the education coordinator at Ironworld (Chisholm, MN) at the time and felt very strongly about this regional history being preserved and celebrated. As I left the Iron Range in 2009 to attend grad school in Florida, I made sure the passport was in my wallet--where it remained ever since as a reminder of who I was an an Iron Ranger and an opportunity to share the story of the Republic of Kinney with anyone who was interested."
• See related article "Rural Revolution: A Retrospective on the Kinney Secession" here: http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/62/v62i01p018-028.pdf

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 2 1/2 inches length
• 3 7/8 inches width

Subjects