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To hire a qualified historian to conduct a conditions assessment of St. Stefan Romanian Orthodox Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Saint Paul Police Oral History Project Phase 8

Recipient

HAND in HAND Productions

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 2-4 interviews the history of the Saint Paul Police Department.

SCHS Collections Project

Recipient

Steele County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$40,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To inventory, catalog, digitize, and rehouse the archives collection during transfer to a new facility.

Schwyzer Lodge Beam and Joist Repair

Recipient

Audubon Center of the North Woods

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to repair joists and beams on the Schwyzer Lodge, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Scott County Biking & Walking Tours: Research Phase

Recipient

Scott County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of Scott County.

Security System for the Depot Museum

Recipient

Rushford Area Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,487

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To install a security system for a collection that documents history in the Rushford area.

MN Services for Infants/Toddlers With Disabilities Oral History

Recipient

MN Administrators of Special Education

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

In 1984-87, MN became and remains one of just six states with mandated cross agency services for infants/toddlers with disabilities beginning at birth.

Sesquicentennial History of the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf

Recipient

Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To research and develop a history of the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf.

SGSM Collection Development: Minnesota Swedish Lutheran Church Microfilm

Recipient

Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$770

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To acquire 22 rolls of primary records on microfilm for increased public access to history.

She Who Would Giants Fight

Recipient

Washington County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$76,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To produce a one-hour documentary on the life and significant contributions of Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Rosalie Wahl based on thorough and completed research.

Shorthand Language Translation of the Florence Stork Diaries and Letters

Recipient

Rockford Area Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to produce a

Siceca Wowapi Dakota Language Publication

Recipient

Oyate Nipi Kte

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To publish two children's books that transmit cultural heritage through the Dakota language.

Sig Olson Writing Shack Exhibit

Recipient

Listening Point Foundation

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,325

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install an exhibit on the history of Sigurd Olson's work to preserve the gray wolf in northern Minnesota

Small-scale Food Initiatives in Southwest Minnesota: Oral History

Recipient

Regents of the University of Minnesota (Institute for Advanced Study)

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 20 interviews the history of growing and marketing food in southwest Minnesota.

Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church: Re-Roofing

Recipient

Spring Valley Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$58,800

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To replace the roof of the Methodist Episcopal Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and currently used as the Spring Valley History Museum.

Spring Grove Research and Exhibit Design

Recipient

Giants of the Earth Heritage Center

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To research, develop themes for, and design an exhibit on the history of Spring Grove, 1850-1900.

StEPs: Professionalizing Museum Direction

Recipient

Lanesboro Historical Preservation Association

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$290

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To grow the capacity of the organization to preserve and interpret history through a national training standard.

StEPs Workbook

Recipient

Steele County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,144

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To grow the capacity of the organization to preserve and interpret history through a national training standard

StEPs Assessment

Recipient

Minnesota Transportation Museum

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,575

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To grow the capacity of the organization to preserve and interpret history through a national training standard.

StEPs Assessment

Recipient

Pennington County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To grow the capacity of the organization to preserve and interpret history through a national training standard

Stone Beach House National Register Nomination

Recipient

City of Park Rapids

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To prepare a National Register nomination for a WPA-era stone beach house.

Structural Assessment and Work Plan for Pattern Shop at Jackson Street Shops

Recipient

City of St. Paul

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,600

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to complete a structural assessment and work plan.

Le Sueur Tiger Marker

Recipient

MHIS, Inc

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,616

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install a historical marker for the two infantry companies from Le Sueur, who participated in the defense of New Ulm, 1862.

Textile Collection Cataloging and Record Update

Recipient

Steele County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,755

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.

The History of Environmental Education in Minnesota

Recipient

Hamline University - Center For Global Environmental Education

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,999

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct Phase II of research on the History of Environmental Education in Minnesota through oral history transcriptions.

The Wagon Wheel Book Project

Recipient

Minnesota State University, Mankato

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To print and publish a book on the history of Mankato's Wagon Wheel Café and its patrons.

The Clothesline Project Collections/Exhibit Preservation

Recipient

Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a preservation consultant to improve intellectual control and proper storage of the Clothesline Project collection.

The Red Pipestone Quarry of Minnesota: Archaeological and Historical Reports, Second Revised Edition

Recipient

Minnesota Archaeological Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To revise, supplement, and reprint "Red Pipestone Quarry of Minnesota" (1983).

The History of Community Theater Productions of the Northfield Arts Guild, 1959-2012

Recipient

Northfield Arts Guild

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,600

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To assemble historical resources pertaining to 50 years of theater productions, 1959-2012, preparatory to digitization

The Minnesota Liberal Arts College Student Experience in the 1960’s: Carleton College 1968

Recipient

Carleton College

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To assemble historical resources and draft an essay pertaining to history of residential experience at small liberal arts colleges in the 1960s

The Minneapolis American Indian Community – An Unexpected Outcome of the Federal Urban Indian Relocation Program

Recipient

MIGIZI Communications

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$39,220

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To research the historical evolution of Minneapolis as an urban American Indian center.

The Burntside River Community

Recipient

Ely-Winton Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to research and assemble materials concerning the former Burntside River Community

The Persistence of German Bohemian Culture in Brown County

Recipient

Minnesota German-Bohemian Heritage Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in twelve oral history interviews the history of German Bohemians in Brown County, Minnesota.

The Presidency of John Nason at Carleton College 1962-1970

Recipient

Carleton College

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,684

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of Carleton's fifth president.

The Historyapolis Project: The Research Phase

Recipient

Augsburg College

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$82,486

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To research the history of Minneapolis preparatory to student-centered scholarship that will create a central hub for the interpretation of Minneapolis history and an innovative model for urban collegiate history departments.

The Sam S. Shubert Theatre and Shubert Building Historic Structure Report

Recipient

The

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$100,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire an architect to write a Historic Structure Report to guide future restoration of the 1910 Sam S. Shubert Theatre and Shubert Building, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Thirty Years after the Dream: The Hjemkomst Legacy

Recipient

Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$15,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 12 oral history interviews the experiences of the crew of the Hjemkomst on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of ship's voyage.

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