All Projects

1001 Dakota Verbs Manuscript

Recipient

Oyate Nipi Kte

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$49,815

Fund Source

To supplement previous work on preserving the Dakota language, which transmits history and cultural heritage, by defining 451 additional verbs.

1832 Boone Land Survey Signage

Recipient

La Crescent Area Historical Society

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,826

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To design and install interpretive signage about the first land survey in Houston County in 1832.

1879 Canton Depot Construction Documents

Recipient

Canton Historical Society

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Otter Tail County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.

2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient

City of St. Cloud

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$575

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.

2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Anoka County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,117

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide professional development for two staff members at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.

25th Anniversary Oral History Project

Recipient

Katha Dance Theatre

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 20 interviews the history of the Katha Dance Theatre's first 25 years.

AASLH StEPs Assessment Program

Recipient

McLeod County Historical Society

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,993

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide McLeod County Historical Society with professional continuing education through a national museum training program.

Abolitionists of Southeast Minnesota Oral History Project

Recipient

Project Get Outdoors, Inc.

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Acquire Microfilm Reader/Printer/Scanner

Recipient

Stearns History Museum

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Aeon

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in oral history interviews the history of Aeon, an affordable housing nonprofit in Minneapolis.

Alpha Archives and Collections Project

Recipient

Raymond W. Cannon Foundation

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,650

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

American Association of Museums Conference Scholarship

Recipient

Anoka County Historical Society

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$870

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To send two people to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis

WW I Anniversary Display Script Research, Writing and Review

Recipient

McLeod County Historical Society

2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire a qualified consultant to research the history of and write an exhibit script about McLeod County during World War I, in preparation for a future exhibit.

Anoka State Hospital Oral History Project

Recipient

Anoka County Historical Society

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,782

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 20 interviews the history of Anoka State Hospital.

Archaeology Alpha Sites Program: Phase Two

Recipient

Scott County Historical Society

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$64,325

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To expand on a partnership program that will provide archaeology and cultural resource management outreach services for alpha sites at three metro area history organizations.

Archaeology of Dugout Canoe

Recipient

McLeod County Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$7,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To identify archaeological collections for enhanced public access to pre-historic McLeod County.

Archaeology Outreach Pilot Program

Recipient

Ramsey County Historical Society

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$74,259

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Partner Organizations: Anoka County Historical Society, Dakota County Historical Society, Scott County Historical Society, and Ramsey County Historical Society Four county historical societies will begin a pilot program in 2015 to provide archaeology and cultural resource management outreach services to local history organizations in the seven-county metro area.The pilot project will address immediate needs of participating organizations, including public programming, data collection, collections care and staff training, while also providing valuable insight into long-term needs of local his

Archival Inventory Project

Recipient

Stearns History Museum

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$93,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To provide better organization of the museum's archival collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

Arts Legacy Grant

Recipient

Palmville Press and Publishing, Inc.

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Arts Legacy Grant

Arts Legacy Grant

Recipient

Palmville Press and Publishing, Inc.

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Arts Legacy Grant

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Hall: Rehabilitation

Recipient

City of Lanesboro

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$179,400

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to repair the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and used as the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge.

Black Men Teach Oral History Project

Recipient

Black Men Teach

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,085

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To document in 15 oral history interviews the history of African American educators in Minnesota.

Blaine History Book

Recipient

Blaine Historical Society

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,733

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Border Country: The Northwoods Canoe Journals of Howard Greene, 1906-1916

Recipient

Regents of the University of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press)

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To hire qualified professionals to publish Howard Greene's journals about the north woods of Minnesota.

CAF General Conservation Assessment & Long-Range Preservation Plan

Recipient

Commemorative Air Force, Minnesota Wing

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,700

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Canton Railroad Depot Condition Assessment

Recipient

Canton Historical Society

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,560

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Cataloging the Collections of the Rushford Depot Museum

Recipient

Rushford Area Historical Society

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,693

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust using PastPerfect Museum Software.

City of Columbia Heights Historical Context Study

Recipient

City of Columbia Heights

2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$9,750

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

City of Fergus Falls Heritage Tourism Brochure

Recipient

City of Fergus Falls

2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

The Fergus Falls Heritage Preservation commission, in cooperation with the Otter Tail County Historical Society, produced a brochure with the help of a qualified historian. The brochure consists of photographs, descriptions and maps to locate historically significant buildings and homes in the city. It was designed for use as a self-guided tour of the city's historical and architectural landmarks. The 40-page brochure is available through the Otter Tail County Historical Society, the Fergus Falls Heritage Preservation Commission and the Fergus Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau.