All Projects

To provide better organization of museum collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan and designs for McLeod County Historical Society's upcoming World War I exhibit.

To develop a lasting partnership among historical organizations in McLeod County to strengthen their community impact.

To hire a qualified historian to work with program partners in developing a strategic plan for heritage tourism in Meeker County.

To provide better organization of an important media collection, allowing for greater public access to these historic resources.

To document in 10 interviews the history of Mesaba Co-op Park and related cooperative movement history.

To hire a qualified architect to conduct a condition assessment of Mesaba Cooperative Park, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To provide better organization of the library collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's genealogy resources.

The Minnesota Genealogical Society (MGS) acquired city directories on 96 rolls of microfilm and 12 microfiche cards to fill gaps and replace volumes in its collection that are too fragile for patron use. The purchase completed a collection of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth city directories through 1920.

MGS purchased 100 rolls of microfilm of City directories for small and medium-sized Minnesota communities. The acquisition represents 35% of the total collection of microfilmed directories.

To provide better organization of the museum collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

To microfilm Waseca County newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.

To microfilm issues of Scott County area newspapers, allowing for greater public access to this historic resource.

The Cloquet Public Library would like to purchase a new microfilm/microfiche reader/scanner to access our collection of microfilmed Cloquet newspapers from 1890 to 2008.

To purchase 128 rolls of microfilmed newspapers from Redwood County.