All Projects

In 2010, the Minnesota Historical Society researched the development of an Online Fur Trade Interactive Learning Experience as a supplement to the Northern Lights history textbook.

This web-based application, geared toward middle school students, will not only offer a glimpse of Minnesota's history, but also provides a lesson about the foundation of today's complex global economy.

Partner: The Minnesota Humanites Center

With the help of Arts and Cultural Heritage funds, the Minnesota Historical Society is the first institution of its kind to fully digitize its entire oral history collection. This project promotes the discovery and use of the Minnesota Historical Society's oral history collection by digitizing 2,000 hours of recorded audio and making more existing oral histories available to the public on the "Becoming Minnesotan" website, education.mnhs.org/immigration. This collection represents a rich and unique source of history through the experiences of Minnesotans in their own words.

To enhance public accessibility to archival collections through an online database.

A secure online database for off-site historical records indexing was created by the Otter Tail County Historical Society. Existing databases were consolidated and imported to the new database. Web pages were created for trained volunteers to retrieve documents and enter indexing information. Staff is now better able to coordinate with volunteers who have electronic access to multiple finding aids via the internet.

To document the history of Minnesota polka bands and Czech heritage through research and oral history interviews.

To provide professional development for staff and volunteers at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

To provide professional development for staff and board members at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

To provide professional development for a staff member at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

To provide professional development for staff and board members at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

To digitize a collection of oral history cassette recordings, allowing for greater public access to this historic resource.

To document in 9 oral history interviews the history of the Salvation Army's Booth Memorial Hospital.

To document in 12 oral history interviews the history of the Honeywell Ring Laser Gyro.

To hire qualified professionals to edit a documentary script on the history of life on Norwegian Ridge in Houston County.

To hire a qualified historian to research and assemble materials in preparation for a heritage tourism map.

To hire a qualified historian to complete the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the 1915 Osseo Water Tower.