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Otter Tail County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
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.
Otter Tail
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,783
To provide professional development for one staff member at the national American Association for State and Local History Conference in St. Paul, September 17-20, 2014.
Clearwater
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,385

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.

Clearwater
Recipient
Kittson County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,879
Kittson
Recipient
Douglas County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To make accessible primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer
Douglas
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$673

Grant was used to purchase 24 microfilm rolls of the local newspapers in Clearwater County and fill in from neighboring counties newspapers.

Clearwater
Recipient
Friends of the Museum
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,495

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer/scanner to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.

Otter Tail
Recipient
Carlton County Historical Society
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer/scanner to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.

Carlton
Recipient
Todd County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,385
To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.
Todd
Douglas
Morrison
Stearns
Recipient
Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,745
Douglas
Recipient
City of Alexandria
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To draft a Historic Context Study and integrate the study with the city's comprehensive plan.
Douglas
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
To send one person to the American Association of Museums annual meeting and conference, April 29-May 2, 2012, in Minneapolis.
Clearwater
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press)
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

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

Statewide
Cook
Koochiching
Lake
Otter Tail
St. Louis
Recipient
Prairie Skyline Foundation, Inc.
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$206,608
Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Clearwater
Hubbard
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Recipient
Prairie Skyline Foundation, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,000
To hire a qualified architect to prepare a conditions assessment and planning documents for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, proposed to be used as a community center, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Clearwater
Hubbard
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Recipient
City of Fergus Falls
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

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.

Otter Tail
Recipient
Prospect House Museum
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,984
Becker
Clay
Douglas
Grant
Hubbard
Otter Tail
Traverse
Wadena
Wilkin
Recipient
Clearwater County Veterans Memorial Association
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,982

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan for interpretation of the Clearwater County Veterans Memorial.

Clearwater
Recipient
Prospect House Museum
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,733
Otter Tail
Recipient
Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,478

To provide appropriate storage materials for museum collections.

Douglas
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,997
Clearwater
Recipient
Minnesota's Historic Northwest
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,876

Twelve northwestern MN museums joined together to form the Minnesota's Historic Northwest group. The group, which includes: Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Norman, Lake of the Woods, Roseau, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk County Historical Societies, the East Polk heritage Center and the McIntosh Arts and Heritage Center collaborated to purchase supplies and to conduct workshops about artifact storage.

Clearwater
Recipient
Douglas County Historical Society
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,473
Douglas
Recipient
Otter Tail County Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire qualified technicians to upgrade Otter Tail County Historical Society's fire and burglar alarm systems.

Otter Tail
Recipient
MIGIZI Communications
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,490
To complete research on the impact of the Federal Urban Indian Relocation Program in Minneapolis.
Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Goodhue
Hennepin
Mahnomen
Mille Lacs
Pine
Ramsey
Scott
Recipient
Judy Garland Children's Museum
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified consultant to write an interpretive plan for the Gumm historic house (Judy Garland Museum).

Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Itasca
St. Louis
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan on the importance of water in Dakota history in Minnesota.

Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pennington
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
St. Louis
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,890

To support the development and restructuring of regional history groups.

Becker
Brown
Carlton
Clay
Cook
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Houston
Lake
Le Sueur
Martin
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pope
Rice
St. Louis
Sibley
Steele
Stevens
Traverse
Wabasha
Waseca
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Statewide
Recipient
Prospect House Museum
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Becker
Clay
Douglas
Grant
Hubbard
Otter Tail
Traverse
Wadena
Wilkin
Recipient
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$33,664
To hire consultants to develop an exhibit on Dakota culture and history.
Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chisago
Cottonwood
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Freeborn
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Pennington
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
St. Louis
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wright
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (Morris Campus)
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Big Stone
Chippewa
Douglas
Grant
Pope
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Recipient
Douglas County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,800

Three radio theatre scripts were produced using the synthesized oral histories of Douglas County's elder residents. The oral histories had been gathered earlier as part of the Minnesota Historical Society's oral history project to preserve the stories of Minnnesota's Greatest Generation. The topics for the scripts were: the Great Depression, World War II and the post-war economic Boom. Each script was vetted by knowledgeable content experts and the information presented is historically accurate.

Douglas
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,800
To hire a qualified and experienced HVAC engineer to evaluate current system preparatory to better control of the Clearwater County History Museum environment
Clearwater
Recipient
Friends of the History Museum of East Otter Tail County
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,800
To hire a historian to evaluate the Church of St. Stanislaus in Perham for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
Otter Tail
Recipient
Clearwater County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,375
To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.
Clearwater
Recipient
Otter Tail County Historical Society
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Otter Tail
Recipient
Otter Tail County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$900
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of the Fergus Falls State Hospital (Kirkbride).
Otter Tail
Recipient
First Baptist Church, Battle Lake
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,750

To hire a qualified historian to complete an evaluation to determine eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for First Baptist Church, Battle Lake.

Otter Tail
Recipient
First Baptist Church, Battle Lake
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,880
Otter Tail
Recipient
City of Underwood
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Otter Tail