George Stoppel Emigration to Minnesota: Historical Research
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on George Stoppel's mid-19th century immigration journey.
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on George Stoppel's mid-19th century immigration journey.
$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
We now have a peer-reviewed research report that reviewed and evaluated our existing documentary evidence and sought other documentary evidence that was available without travel. We also clarified and established the basic facts and timeline of the Stoppels' immigration journey, compiling and organizing it within the research report. As one of the critical reviewers wrote, nothing new was learned about the Stoppel family's experiences prior to coming to Minnesota or the cultural influence on the Rochester farmstead. Even given that, the report outlines questions it was not able to answer and recommends further research. This, plus a robust annotated bibliography, will be helpful for future researchers and curators. We are also using the report as a foundation of interpretive planning for the Stoppel farmstead. We are beginning phase 1 which will use the report, the physical site, landscape, and focus group workshops to create our plan foundations--that is, create the Big Idea that informs our tours, exhibits, and programming--particularly from the standpoint of immigration.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org