MSU Digitization of Student/Mankatonian magazine

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,498
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato - Library Services
Start Date
September 2010
End Date
June 2011
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Blue Earth
Blue Earth
Project Overview

199 issues of the monthly periodicals, The Student and The Mankatonian, from Mankato state Normal School (1888-1913) were digitzed to preserve them and make them more readily available to researchers, geneologists and the MN public at large.

Digitized copies were placed in the University Archives Digital Collections at Minnesota State University, Mankato and at the MN Reflections site as part of the Minnesota Digital Library.

Project Details
To digitize and make accessible student periodicals from Mankato State Normal School, 1888-1913
Legal Citation / Subdivision
LAWS of MINNESOTA for 2009 Ch. 172, Art. 1, Subd. 4 (b), Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
Appropriation Language

(b) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants. (i) $2,250,000 in 2010 and $4,500,000 in 2011 are appropriated 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 grants process. The Minnesota Historical Society shall administer these funds using established grants mechanisms, and with assistance from the advisory committee created herein.

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,498
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,644
Project Manager
Salutation
Ms.
First Name
Daardi
Last Name
Sizemore
Street Address
Library Services - MSU Mankato, P.O. Box 8419
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56002
Administered By
Administered by
Location

345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
651-259-3000