Northfield History Collaborative Primary Source Sets
To research and write a collection of Primary Source Sets that will interpret digitized materials from the online Northfield History Collaborative.
$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 short-term outcome for this project was to ensure that Northfield-specific historical topics were well-researched and examined using a variety of questions. This short-term outcome was met in the creation of the research reports and annotated bibliographies that I submitted as Milestone 2 in June 2018. These research reports will also be added to the Northfield Historical Society's general research files so that future researchers may benefit from the work that was done and follow the sources to find more information.
Our intermediate outcome was that the online materials of the NHC would be interpreted within historic contexts and that we would create at least 10 primary source set drafts. During the writing phase, ten drafts were completed for the topics of Settlement & Immigration, the James-Younger Gang bank raid, Malt-O-Meal, Agriculture, Milling, Women, World War II, Architecture, Religion, and Entertainment. With the submission of the final drafts along with this final report, this benchmark will be made.
Our long-term goal for this project was that these primary source sets will be shared with a wide audience once they are published as web pages. This goal will be met after the drafts are approved and reviewed, since we have web page templates ready to use on the NHC's website. The information drafted in these sets will easily transfer onto web pages. The NHC also will be able to share the completed sets using our established connections with various media, including but not limited to college list-serv's, social media and the local newspaper.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org