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Itasca County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$63,130
To implement recommendations from an HVAC evaluation that will ensure better climate control for the preservation of historic resources documenting Itasca County history.
Itasca
Recipient
Proctor Area Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire a qualified museum consultant to develop an interpretive plan for a railroad history gallery.
Carlton
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Transportation Museum
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To complete an interpretive plan for the museum in order to make more effective use of limited resources to better serve the public.
Statewide
Ramsey
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Saint Louis County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,585
To document in 10 interviews the history of "B" Company, 4th Marine Battalion, in the Korean War
St. Louis
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Itasca County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,887
To prepare new artifact storage space in the museums collections area by installing appropriate lighting.
Itasca
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Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,893
To create restrooms that meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements in the Litchfield Opera House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Meeker
Recipient
City of Luverne
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,600
To acquire professional services that will comprehensively evaluate Luverne's commercial district for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
Rock
Recipient
Northern Itasca Joint Powers Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,520
To rehabilitate plumbing, electrical, and weather-tightness, and restore interior finishes on the log residence of the Marcell Ranger Station, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Itasca
Recipient
Scott County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,650

This grant application is being submitted for funding for the implementation portion of the Scott County Historical Society’s upcoming exhibit “Marking Time:  The Rituals of Life & Death”.  Virtually every society in the world practice rituals marking the significant transitions between birth and death.

Scott
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Martin County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,022
To hire a qualified professional to develop a comprehensive disaster plan.
Martin
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Marshall-Lyon County Library
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,872
To add 76 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to broaden public accessibility to primary records.
Lyon
Recipient
Scott County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,159
To microfilm two years of Scott County newspapers to broaden public accessibility.
Scott
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Minnesota Council on Foundations
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,797
To document in eight oral history interviews the history of philanthropy in Minnesota.
Statewide
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The Performance Lab
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To document in 3 interviews the history of modern dance educators in the 1960s.
Statewide
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Minnesota's Historic Northwest
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

To hire a qualified museum consultant to create a detailed exhibit concept for a traveling exhibit about northwestern Minnesota's fur trade history.

Becker
Beltrami
Clearwater
Kittson
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Red Lake
Roseau
Recipient
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,230
To research and analyze the few existing dugout canoes in the State of Minnesota.
Aitkin
Carver
Chippewa
Dodge
Hennepin
McLeod
Meeker
Ramsey
Wright
Recipient
Preserve Minneapolis
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To set up the Preserve Minneapolis website with update technology to support the Old Highland Neighborhood Association walking tours.
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,949
To develop a portable exhibit for campus buildings and the school museum.
Statewide
Rice
Recipient
Minnesota's Historic Northwest
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
To add 39 standard Minnesota museum studies titles to increase capacity for preserving and interpreting history
Pennington
Recipient
Friends of B'nai Abraham Synagogue
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,760
To mitigate moisture damage to the rear egress of the B'nai Abraham Synagogue, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
St. Louis
Recipient
Winona State University
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,400
To hire a qualified historian to complete the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for Phelps and Somsen Halls on the campus of Winona State University.
Winona
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato - Department of Anthropology
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,995
To hire qualified project personnel to evaluate the Nelson Site, a Late Woodland archaeological site, for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Blue Earth
Recipient
Headwaters Science Center
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,279
To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.
Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Recipient
Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers, Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,375
To re-install the historic steam-powered log carrier to the J.Neil's/Red Lake Indian Sawmill, a historically significant industrial artifact in northern Minnesota
Clearwater
Recipient
Ramsey County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,985
To fabricate and install the exhibit "New Land, New Life" that documents the first 100 years of Norwegian immigration to Minnesota
Ramsey
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
To design and fabricate visual assets for an exhibit documenting human uses of the Red River of the North
Clay
Recipient
City of New Prague
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To hire a qualified historian to conduct a historic context study for the City of New Prague.
Le Sueur
Scott
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Northfield Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$79,320
To provide storage that meets museum standards through improving lighting and purchase of compressible shelving for the NHS artifact collections
Rice
Recipient
Duluth Playhouse Inc.
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
To preserve and restore brick and terracotta on the NorShore Theatre, a contributing feature of the Duluth Commercial Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places
St. Louis
Recipient
BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000


PROJECT OVERVIEW

Aitkin
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Mille Lacs
Pine
St. Louis
Wadena
Recipient
Mindekirken Foundation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
To hire a qualified historian to evaluate the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church (Mindekirken) for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
Red Lake Economic Development and Planning
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To convene an advisory group to determine next steps for promoting and preserving Red Lake history and the Ojibwe language.
Beltrami
Clearwater
Recipient
Pipestone County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a historic architect to assess the restoration needs for the historic Pipestone City Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and current home of the Pipestone County Museum.
Pipestone
Recipient
Chippewa County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$119,410
To re-roof the barn on the Olof Swensson Farmstead, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and operated as a museum by the Chippewa County Historical Society
Chippewa
Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,150
To hire qualified professionals to complete an ethnobotanical inventory of the Crites/Sheffield Site, St. Croix Valley.
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
City of Osseo
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,564
To hire qualified consultants to evaluate the Osseo Water Tower for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hennepin
Recipient
Scott County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,171
To improve care and management of oversize and flat file collections through proper storage.
Scott
Recipient
Carver County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To preserve wood components of the north barn, a contributing feature of the Andrew Peterson Farmstead, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Statewide
Carver
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City of Minneapolis
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
To acquire professional services for an assessment of structural condition preparatory for preservation and reuse of the drive tunnel infrastructure of the Pillsbury A Mill, a National Historic Landmark
Hennepin
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City of Minneapolis
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$118,688
To complete restoration of the historic steel fence enclosing the Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Hennepin