All Projects

To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.

To document in 32 oral history interviews the history of herbalists and herbalism in Minnesota.

The University of Minnesota Libraries received funding support to digitize the records of the principals of the Green Revolution, the worldwide collaborative effort to expand food crop production that traces its roots to the University of Minnesota in the first half of the 20th century. The project’s centerpiece is the Norman E. Borlaug Papers, which are complemented by the collections of his colleagues and mentors, including Elvin C.

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

To document in 7 oral history interviews the history of Polish World War II survivors living in Minnesota.

To hire qualified consultants to evaluate a 1913 bank building in Polk County for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire a qualified historian to complete the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the 1889 Poorbaugh Building.

The Fridley Historical Society is applying for a grant that will enable us to hire an interviewer to conduct 15 oral histories in order to explore the post World War II suburban development of Fridley, and then have the histories transcribed.  Our intention is to cover the years 1945-1970, by which time Fridley was largely developed.

The grant money was utilized for the creation of Record Drawings and plans.

Record Drawings are documents produced by licensed professionals detailing the existing condition of the a particular structure which is needed in order to proceed with the project's scope of the Chatfield school and Potter Auditorium renovation and creation of a regional arts center.

To provide better organization of archival materials, allowing for greater public access to historic resources.

To hire qualified professionals to produce drawings for restoration of the Blue Valley Creamery, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire a qualified consultant to develop architectural drawings for Central Presbyterian Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire a qualified professional to assess the collections held by the Gunflint Trail Historical Society.

To provide appropriate storage materials for an archival collection.

To microfilm 50 years of Mower County newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.

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

To hire qualified professionals to rehabilitate the Crow Wing County museum and library building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.