All Projects

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

To hire qualified professionals to produce a documentary on the history of Ukrainians in Minnesota.

To hire project staff to research the history of Iron Range paleontology, archaeology, and geology in preparation for a future exhibit.

To hire a qualified historian to complete an evaluation to determine eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for United Protestant Church in Duluth.

Partner: The University of Minnesota--Twin Cities

To hire qualified professionals to update and edit a manuscript on the history of Chaska.

To update the 2003 Historic Structures Report to provide more specific guidance on the restoration of the Randolph M. Probstfield House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to produce an updated manuscript on the history of Linden Hills neighborhood in Minneapolis.

This church, built in 1901 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, had its electrical service updated. The main circuit breaker and subfeed panels were replaced. An outdoor electrical outlet was replaced and several more outlets were added to the interior. Larger supply wires were installed to improve capacity for future handicap accessible improvements to the building.

To improve collections care and management through an updated collections management system.

Part of a museum's mission is to preserve it's collection, with the addition of a furnace/air-conditioner the Cottonwood County Historical Society are now able to provide the optimum temperature/humidity necessary in preserving their artifacts for future generations to enjoy.

The project included documenting all existing interpretive panels and markers of the U.S. - Dakota War in the MN River Valley and researching potential sites for new interpretive panels or markers. The end result is a written document with an inventory of existing marked U.S. - Dakota War sites in the MN River Valley, research of unmarked sites and an overall strategy of which sites could be marked to better tell the story. The report will provides guidance in telling a more complete story of the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862 through interpretive markers.

To edit the USS Essex log books in order to make them more publicly accessible.

Editing/Transcription is the second of three projects documenting and preserving the Maritime Heritage Minnesota's historical/archaeological investigation and assessment of the USS Essex Shipwreck, listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Five out of twenty-five of the vessel's previously digitized log books were edited, combined into .pdf e-books, transcribed and processed which included the creation of metadata for the digital images. The information resulting from this project is available for public access on Internet Archive.

As a pilot project  for the grantee, Maritime Heritage Minnesota (MHS) the goal was to digitalize 6-10 of the 62 known log books of the USS Essex log books held at the National Archives and Records Administration and the United States Naval Academy.

After twelve days not only did they digital the entirety of the 62 log books but they were able to digitalize a private journal of a USS Essex sailor as well as a hand written journal of a sailor who served on her maiden voyage within the time allotted for the project (101 hours). In total 21,499 images were produced. 

Archival newspaper storage boxes were purchased to rehouse the Verndale newspaper collection at the Wadena County Historical Society. The newspapers were sorted by oldest dates to newest dates on top. Labels were put on the boxes to identify the contents of each. The newspaper collection is now in better storage conditions than prior to the project.