All Projects

The Saint Paul Police Oral History Project (Phase Five) documents the history and culture of this unique 157 year-old metropolitan department and explore the important contributions of public service the men and women officers make to our Capital City of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Saint Stefan Romanian Orthodox Church Conditions Assessment

Recipient

St Stefan Romanian Orthodox Church

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

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.

South Oak Street Local Historic District Nomination

Recipient

City of Lake City

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to complete the nomination for a local historic district along South Oak Street in Lake City.

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

StEPs Program Assessment

Recipient

Prospect House Museum

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,221

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified professional to begin the American Association for State and Local History's StEPs self-assessment program.

Stickney Building National Register Evaluation

Recipient

Schroeder Area Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,375

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified historian to write an evaluation to determine eligibility for listing the Stickney Building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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.

Storage & Preservation Improvement Project

Recipient

Kittson County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,660

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide appropriate storage materials for museum collections.

Strangers Refuge Lodge Number 74 (IOOF): Preservation

Recipient

City of New Richland

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$99,114

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To repoint masonry and restore first floor façade and architectural details on the Stranger's Refuge Lodge #74 IOOF, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, to be reused as the public library.

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 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 Children Remember" Oral History Digitization

Recipient

Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum, Inc.

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,743

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To make an oral history collection accessible through copy to modern digital format.

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