All Projects

Interpretive Plan

Recipient

Twin City Model Railroad Museum

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To prepare a comprehensive interpretive plan for better public access to the history of model railroading.

Interpretive Exhibit: Cottonwood County Citizens Serving Their Country

Recipient

Cottonwood County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$19,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install an exhibit based on thorough research about all veterans associated with Cottonwood County.

Interpretive Exhibit on the History of Seed Corn

Recipient

Dassel Area Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$47,298

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install an exhibit on the history of seed corn.

Interpretive Exhibit Plan for Natural History Exhibit

Recipient

Otter Tail County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified museum consultant to develop a thematic concept plan for a woodland diorama.

Inventors, Innovators & Entrepreneurs: An Exhibit About People From Minnesota's Northwest Who Made a Difference

Recipient

Minnesota's Historic Northwest

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To develop a traveling exhibit about the inventors, entrepreneurs, and companies from Northwest Minnesota.

Inventory of Historical Collection

Recipient

City of Jordan

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,189

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To begin to gain intellectual and physical control over a significant historical collection documenting the City of Jordan

Inventory of the Brigadier General Ray Miller Collection

Recipient

Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,925

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified archivists to make publicly accessible the Gen. Ray Miller Papers documenting the beginning of the Minnesota Air National Guard.

Inventory of Museum Collections

Recipient

Polish Cultural Institute

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,800

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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

James J. Hill Reference Library: Main Entrance Stair Restoration

Recipient

James J. Hill Reference Library

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$36,300

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To restore and abate water infiltration of the marble entrance stairs on the James J. Hill Reference Library, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Jewish Identity & Legacy: A Cross-Generational Exploration

Recipient

Sholom Community Alliance

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 6 intergenerational interviews the history of how Jewish migration to Minnesota is transmitted to succeeding generations.

Jewish MNopedia

Recipient

Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,660

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To create 15 entries about Minnesota's Jewish institutions using text, photos and videos from the collections of JHSUM for MNopedia.

John Runk Photo Collection Reprographic and Rehousing Project

Recipient

Stillwater Public Library

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,505

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To preserve and make accessible the library's historic photo collection.

John M. Rohr Historic Film Digital Conversion Project

Recipient

Heritage Group North, Inc.

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To digitize the contents of the John M. Rohr Film Collection, 16mm film shot in Pine River MN from the 1940s through the 1960s.

St. John's Episcopal Church Evaluation

Recipient

Historic Hutchinson

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,250

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to evaluate St. John's Episcopal Church for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

Kensington Area Heritage Society HVAC Evaluation

Recipient

Kensington Area Heritage Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,000

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 Kensington Area Heritage Society museum environment.

Lac qui Parle County Museum Lighting System Upgrade

Recipient

Lac qui Parle County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$79,700

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide lighting that meets museum standards in order to reduce deterioration of artifacts

Lake Minnetonka Survey 2

Recipient

Maritime Heritage Minnesota

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,998

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To conduct a side and down imaging remote sensing survey of Upper Lake Minnetonka to recognize submerged cultural resources.

Lake Minnetonka Nautical Archaeology 1 Project

Recipient

Maritime Heritage Minnesota

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,999

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To research 16 prioritized anomalous readings on two previously undocumented maritime wrecks in Lake Minnetonka

Lake Superior Ojibwe Gallery & Storage Redesign

Recipient

St. Louis County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To produce construction documents for a gallery and adjacent museum storage to preserve Eastman Johnson art works and Ojibwe artifacts.

Lake Minnetonka Nautical Archaeology 3 Project

Recipient

Maritime Heritage Minnesota

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,410

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To determine the nature of objects discovered through marine archaeology research in Lake Minnetonka.

Lake of the Woods County Historic Transportation and Settlement Exhibit

Recipient

Depot Preservation Alliance

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$49,900

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To fabricate and install an exhibit on the history of transportation around the Lake of the Woods.

Lanesboro Arts Center HVAC Assessments

Recipient

Lanesboro Arts Center

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate current system preparatory to better control of the Lanesboro Art Center.

Lebanon Lutheran Church Evaluation for National Register Eligibility

Recipient

Peace Lutheran Church

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,730

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to evaluate the Lebanon Church for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places

Legacy Letters Educational Curriculum

Recipient

Envision Minnesota

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To professionally design web access to historical content of Legacy Letters vignettes

Legacy Grant Proposal: Mille Lacs Band History

Recipient

Regents of the University of Minnesota (Duluth Campus)

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$100,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To begin the research for and drafting of a scholarly manuscript on history of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

LGBT Newspaper Digitization

Recipient

Quatrefoil Library

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,432

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To digitize and make accessible two Twin Cities-area LGBT newspapers, 1977-2000.

LGBT Literature Review

Recipient

Preservation Alliance of Minnesota

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,850

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To write a literature review of the LGBT community in the Twin Cities.

LHSC National Register Nomination Preparation

Recipient

Lake Harriet Spiritual Community

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,750

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to prepare a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Lake Harriet Methodist Episcopal Church.

Library Digital Microfilm Reader/Printer

Recipient

Houston County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,385

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.

Library Digital Microfilm Reader/Printer

Recipient

City of Hokah

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,385

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.

Litchfield Opera House HVAC

Recipient

Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate current system preparatory to better control of the Litchfield Opera House, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Litchfield Original Plat Survey

Recipient

City of Litchfield

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To record structures in the original 1869 plat of the Village of Litchfield.

Litchfield Opera House: Exterior Preservation

Recipient

Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$208,298

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To complete stabilization and rehabilitation of the exterior envelope of the Litchfield Opera House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and used as a community space.

Lodge Zare Zapadu #44 Historical Marker

Recipient

Freeborn County

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,830

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To purchase 81 rolls of microfilmed newspapers from bordering communities that include Freeborn County history.

Loft Clothing Collections Project Phase 2

Recipient

Norman County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,130

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To rehouse a collection of historic clothing pieces in order to better preserve them.

St. Louis Park Oral History Project Phase Two

Recipient

Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 18 oral history interviews the history of the migration of the Minneapolis Jewish community from the city's North Side to St. Louis Park, 1945-1975.