All Projects

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Mary R. Ruth

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$125

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Attend an encaustic painting workshop

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Brave Community Theatre

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$125

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Original play as part of Christmas on Historic Broadway in Spring Valley

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$125

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Collaboration with Lyra Baroque Orchestra

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Zumbrota Community Choir

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$125

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Second annual holiday concert featuring six area choirs

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Gage Elementary School

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

John Paulson Jazz Group

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$200

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Opportunity Grant

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Pinewood Elementary School

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$200

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Red Wing Art Association AKA Red Wing Arts

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Opportunity Grant

Recipient

Wits' End Theatre

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$100

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Opportunity Grant

Optimizing the Nutrition of Roadside Plants for Pollinators

Recipient

U of MN

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$815,000

Fund Source

Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

Optimizing Local Mechanical and Pond Wastewater-Treatment Plants

Recipient

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$500,000

Fund Source

Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund

n/a

Oral History and Research Collection for the Film From These Bohemian Shores

Recipient

Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document the history of Minnesota polka bands and Czech heritage through research and oral history interviews.

Oral History Association Conference Scholarship

Recipient

YWCA Mankato

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,426

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for staff and volunteers at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

Oral History Association Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Itasca County Historical Society

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,335

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for staff and board members at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

Oral History Association Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Goodhue County Historical Society

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$267

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for a staff member at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

Oral History Association Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Scott County Historical Society

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$352

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for staff and board members at the national Oral History Association conference in Minneapolis, October 4-8, 2017.

Oral History Digitization Project

Recipient

Nobles County Historical Society

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,206

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To digitize a collection of oral history cassette recordings, allowing for greater public access to this historic resource.

Oral History of the Salvation Army's Booth Memorial Hospital

Recipient

Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,557

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 9 oral history interviews the history of the Salvation Army's Booth Memorial Hospital.

Oral History Project: The Honeywell Ring Laser Gyro-An Epic Twenty-year Engineering Odyssey

Recipient

AirSpace Minnesota

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,850

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 12 oral history interviews the history of the Honeywell Ring Laser Gyro.

Oral History Collection Video to Digital Transfer Project

Recipient

White Bear Lake Area Historical Society

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,005

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Oral History of The Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage

Recipient

The Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Oral History of Multi-generational Families Working at Federal Cartridge

Recipient

Anoka County Historical Society

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,788

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Oral History of Minnesota Malayalees

Recipient

Minnesota Malayalee Association

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,440

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Oral History Project: Moose Lake State Hospital Employees

Recipient

Moose Lake Area Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 5 interviews the history of the Moose Lake State Hospital.

Oral History Documentary: Academic Contextual Analysis and Script Revision

Recipient

Giants of the Earth Heritage Center

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to edit a documentary script on the history of life on Norwegian Ridge in Houston County.

An Oral History of Homelessness in Minnesota

Recipient

St. Stephen's Human Services

2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,700

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 9 interviews the homeless experience in Minnesota outside of the metropolitan area

An Oral History of the Founding of MN's PACER Center

Recipient

PACER Center

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,894

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 8 oral history interviews the history of the founding of the PACER Center.

An Oral History of Dorothy Molter

Recipient

Dorothy Molter Foundation and Museum

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,240

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 10 oral history interviews the history of Dorothy Molter and her work in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Oral History of Hmong Farmers in Minnesota

Recipient

Hmong American Farmers Association

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 10 oral history interviews the history of Hmong farmers in Minnesota.

Oral History Projects

Recipient

Minnesota Historical Society

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$81,141

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

The Oral History office worked with the Department of Inclusion and Community Engagement on an oral history project related to the History Center's 2015 exhibit Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. Interviewer Mica Anders-Turner completed 10 interviews to complement the exhibit. Plans for FY17 include seven interviews focused on African American cabin- and resort-owners at Lake Adney (Crow Wing County), and working with the nonprofit Oromo Community of Minnesota to document the stories of Oromo immigrants, an Ethiopian ethnic group.

Oral History of Downtown Willmar

Recipient

Kandiyohi County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,095

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in seven oral history interviews the history of downtown Willmar residents and businesses.

Oral History & Digitization for Ragamala Dance Company

Recipient

India Association of Minnesota

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,747

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in oral history interviews the history of the Ragamala Dance Company.

Oral Histories of Intellectual and Cultural Leaders of Minnesota (2000-2012)

Recipient

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

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,974

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 20 interviews the history of Minnesota's arts and cultural leaders.

Oral History Transcription of World War II Veterans' Experiences

Recipient

Eighth Air Force Historical Society, Inc. - Minnesota Chapter

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,827

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To transcribe 12 oral history interviews to provide public access to World War II veterans' experiences.

Oral History for Phyllis Wheatley, Urban Coalition Minnesota Ombudsman for Corrections

Recipient

Phyllis Wheatley Community Center

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 4 interviews the history of inter-racial urban history from the 1960s-1990s.

Oral History Projects

Recipient

Minnesota Historical Society

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$54,385

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

The Oral History office worked with MNHS's Inclusion and Community Engagement staff on an oral history project related to the History Center's 2015 exhibit Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. Interviewer Mica Anders-Turner completed 10 interviews to complement the Inspiring Beauty exhibit.