Fall 2019 Programming: Literature

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$878
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
no
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2019
End Date
October 2019
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Douglas
Grant
Pope
Douglas
Grant
Pope
Project Overview

As part of a fall series of Legacy programs, speakers featured literature and history. In one program, author Matthew Valan explored family dynamics and mental illness in his memoir Sister Secrets: A Brother?s Reveal, which chronicles an infamous local tragedy that resulted in the loss and destruction of several lives. In another program, Retired SMSU professor Ellen Radel presented ?Everyone Has a Golden Story: A Lifetime of Memories with Little Golden Books? and her passion for the history of the Little Golden Books series and the impact these iconic books have made on generations of American children since 1942.

Project Details

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Legal Citation / Subdivision
2017 Minnesota Special Session Laws, Chapter 91 - HF.No 707, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 5
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$878
Other Funds Leveraged
$184
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

75% of respondents will gain insight into the presenters? writing (Sister Secrets) or research (Little Golden Books). 75% of respondents will learn something new about historical context for the topic covered (local family news event or children?s literature).

Measurable Outcome(s)

89% of respondents gained insight into the presenters? writing (Sister Secrets) or research (Little Golden Books). 86% of respondents learned something new about historical context for the topic covered (local family news event or children?s literature)

Source of Additional Funds

Glenwood Public Library, Douglas County Library, Thorson Mem Library, library staff

Project Manager
First Name
Erin
Last Name
Smith
Organization Name
Viking Library System
Street Address
1915 Fir Avenue West
City
Fergus Falls
State
MN
Zip Code
56537
Phone
218-739-5286
Email
esmith@vikinglibrarysystem.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200