All Projects

History of the Red Wing Public Library Manuscript

Recipient

Red Wing Public Library

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,950

Fund Source

To hire a qualified consultant to complete a publication-ready manuscript on the history of the Red Wing Public Library.

A History of the Salvation Army's Booth Memorial Hospital

Recipient

Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to research the history of Booth Memorial Hospital, St. Paul.

A History of Philanthropy in Minnesota

Recipient

Minnesota Council on Foundations

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified researchers to document the history of philanthropy in Minnesota.

A History of the Northfield Public Schools 1855-2010

Recipient

Independent School District #659

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,994

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to produce a manuscript on the history of Northfield Public Schools, 1855-2010.

History of the Northfield City Hospital, 1910-2010

Recipient

City of Northfield (Northfield Hospital and Clinics)

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,917

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of the Northfield City Hospital.

History of the Northfield Minnesota Public Schools

Recipient

Independent School District #659

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a consultant to research and prepare materials for a history of Northfield public schools.

A History of the Prairie Creek Community School at Castle Rock, 1984-2014

Recipient

Prairie Creek Community School

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to take grant-funded research materials and write a manuscript on the history of Prairie Creek Community School.

History of the New Ulm Battery

Recipient

New Ulm Battery, Inc

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to research the history of the New Ulm Battery since 1863.

HIV/AIDS Healthcare Providers Oral History Project

Recipient

Hennepin History Museum

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 10 interviews the history of HIV/AIDS treatment in the Twin Cities.

Hmong Minnesota History Exhibit Implementation Project

Recipient

Hmong Cultural Center

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To install an exhibit on Hmong history in Minnesota.

Hokah City Hall National Register Nomination

Recipient

City of Hokah

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to complete the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for Hokah City Hall.

Houses of Worship and Ethnicity in the Twin Cities Oral History

Recipient

Friends of the Immigration History Research Center

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

This project requests funding to conduct and transcribe twelve oral history interviews focusing on the religious experience and interactions among immigrant groups in nine Twin Cities neighborhoods in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Houses of Worship: The Mosaic of Religion and Ethnicity in the Twin Cities, 1849-1924

Recipient

Friends of the Immigration History Research Center

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$23,794

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To research immigrant strategies for community creation in the Twin Cities prior to World War II in eleven distinct neighborhoods.

Houston County Courthouse Historic Structure Report

Recipient

Houston County

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to write a historic structure report for the Houston County Courthouse, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

HVAC Planning at Ames-Florida-Stork House

Recipient

City of Rockford

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a professional heating, ventilation and air conditioning engineer to evaluate the Ames-Florida House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and make recommendations for meeting climate standards.

HVAC Evaluation

Recipient

Cook County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate current system preparatory to better control of the North Superior Lifeboat Station Lightkeeper's House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and current home of the Cook County Historical Society.

HVAC Update Phase 2

Recipient

Pope County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$81,391

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To install climate control that meets museum standards in order to better preserve collections that document Pope County history.

HVAC Building Mechanical System Evaluation

Recipient

McLeod County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate the current system preparatory to better control of the McLeod County Historical Society museum environment.

HVAC System Update: Phase I

Recipient

Brown County

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$148,101

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified technicians to upgrade Brown County Historical Society's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

HVAC and Building Systems Peer Review and Architectural Engineering Design Plan

Recipient

McLeod County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$83,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified technicians to assess McLeod County Historical Society's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

HVAC evaluation

Recipient

Northfield Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,600

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate the current system in preparation for better control of the Northfield Historical Society museum environment.

HVAC Evaluation for Collections Storage

Recipient

Itasca County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide an engineering assessment of the museum's environmental systems.

I-35 Duluth Area Construction Oral History Project

Recipient

City of Duluth

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 10 interviews the history of the development of Interstate 35 through Duluth.

I-35W Bridge Collapse Exhibit: Firefighter Response

Recipient

Firefighter's Hall and Museum

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,950

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To assemble historic resources necessary to complement a traveling exhibit about emergency response.

I-35W Bridge Collapse Exhibit: Panel Construction

Recipient

Firefighter's Hall and Museum

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install an exhibit about the Interstate 35W Bridge Collapse for the fifth anniversary in 2012

Identifying World War One Veterans of Pipestone County

Recipient

Pipestone County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to identify and research World War I veterans in Pipestone County.

ImageData Microfilm Scanner Purchase

Recipient

Nicollet County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,999

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide greater accessibility to, and use of, the NCHS microfilm research collection.

Immigrant and Ethnic Farming Traditions in Frogtown

Recipient

District 7 Planning Council

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 10 interviews the history of the immigrant gardening in Saint Paul

Implementing the Ojibwe Exhibit

Recipient

Minnesota Discovery Center

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$85,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To finalize, fabricate, and install the Ojibwe exhibit segment in the "People" permanent exhibit

Implementation of Timeline Exhibit Panels

Recipient

Waseca County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,640

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire consultants to develop and install an exhibit on Waseca County history.

Index, Printing, and e-book for Northern Slave, Black Dakota

Recipient

Pond Dakota Heritage Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To publish "Northern Slave, Black Dakota: The Life and Times of Joseph Godfrey," a new book by Walt Bachman

Indian Treaty Signers Project

Recipient

Indian Land Tenure Foundation

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To analyze and synthesize 450 biographies of Minnesota treaty signers preparatory to an online exhibit.

Install a new alarm system at Historic Chippewa City

Recipient

Chippewa County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To enhance security of the Chippewa County Historical Society to preserve documentary evidence of the county's history

Installation of Power Door Operators

Recipient

Scott County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,625

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To install power-door operators at the front entry of the museum to become compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Installation of Alarm System at Historic Chippewa City

Recipient

Chippewa County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To install a security system in order to protect the collections from theft.

Installation of HVAC System at the Ames-Florida-Stork House

Recipient

City of Rockford

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$121,274

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified technicians to install a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in the Ames-Florida House, now part of the Rockford Area Historical Society's museum facilities, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.