Newspaper Photo Preservation Project
To digitize a collection of local newspaper photographs (1893-1969), allowing for greater public usage of these historic resources.
$5,982,000 the first year and $7,000,000 the second year are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money 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. Contact: grants@mnhs.org
Targets were exceeded: now 796 previously missing local images have been digitally preserved and are searchable in the DAHS Past Perfect database for exhibits, family research and historical records. Samples of the old newspapers are being preserved, and the archives area will have additional storage capacity once the old boxes and volumes of newspapers are recycled.
Also, an article and photos about the MHS-funded project appeared in the Jan. 2024 Dassel Dispatch newsletter. (Copy available on request).
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org