Photograph Collection Inventory 2018
To provide better organization of the museum's photography collection, allowing for greater public access to the community?s historic resources.
$4,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 the second year are for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer these funds using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. grants@mnhs.org
The goals for this project have been exceeded. Planning the project we knew we had scattered pieces of the photograph collection in multiple locations. We also knew that to be able to scan the photographs that we uncovered would help to build a cohesive photograph collection. What we did not anticipate was the excited reaction of so many people to the opportunity to share in the workload and to see what the collection is really about. We are now able to compare the collection we have recorded to the 1983 list to know what pieces are missing, and how many copies of each photograph are there as well as where each is located. We have uncovered another 5,000 images yet to be cataloged and integrated into the collection formally, vastly enhancing the life of Ernest Oberholtzer as photographer, conservationist, canoeist, and friend to so many. But the greatest way in which we have exceeded our expected outcomes has been in the opportunity to educate the public and share the photograph collection in a way that was not imagined 2 years ago, and in a way we are still developing as the photograph collection continues to grow.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org