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Minnesota Discovery Center
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000
Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
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
Blue Earth County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$865
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.
Statewide
Blue Earth
Recipient
Nicollet County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,357
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.
Nicollet
Blue Earth
Brown
Le Sueur
Sibley
Recipient
Koochiching County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,387
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.
Koochiching
Recipient
Schroeder Area Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,116
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.
Cook
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
70 Years Project/IFP Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,500
To research and write a script for a documentary on innovations developed in Minnesota that contributed to victory in World War II.
Cook
Recipient
Kittson County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,879
Kittson
Recipient
Minnesota State University, Mankato (Library Services)
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,893
Blue Earth
Recipient
Blue Earth County (Library System)
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,995
Statewide
Blue Earth
Recipient
Blue Earth County Historical Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,990
Blue Earth
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
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
Minnesota State University, Mankato - Library Services
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,691

The Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant allowed the Library at Minnesota State University, Mankato to acquire 17 new manuscript collections and fill in gaps for 3 additional collections.

The primary mission of the Library at Minnesota State University, Mankato is to support the curriculum of the University, with the secondary mission being to serve as a regional information center for the residents of southern Minnesota.  The Legacy grant made possible the acquisition of Minnesota focused microfilm that will have an enduring value to both the campus and the region.

Blue Earth
Recipient
Blue Earth County Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,837

Blue Earth County Historical Society added of 126 microfilm reels of the local newspapers: The Free Press, Lake Crystal Tribune, Lake Region Times, Maple River Messenger and The Land magazine.  These additions complete the collection with what is currently available through the Minnesota Historical Society's microfilm lab.

Blue Earth
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
Blue Earth County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To purchase two microfilm reader/printers to make microfilmed records more accessible to the public.
Statewide
Blue Earth
Recipient
Koochiching County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.
Koochiching
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
Cook County Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct a survey of the area near St. Francis Xavier Church, Chippewa City.

Cook
Recipient
Cook County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,999
Cook
Recipient
Afton Historical Society Press
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
Cook
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Citizens for Backus/AB
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,534

To improve security of a National Register building by adding eleven cameras to the security system.

Citizens for Backus/AB added eleven cameras to a basic five camera security system, replaced locks and updated the electronic entry of the historic E.W. Backus Jr. High School, now known as the Backus Community Center in International Falls.

Koochiching
Recipient
Bois Forte Tribal Government
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To gather information about military service of Bois Forte Band of Chippewa members, to be placed in the Bois Forte Heritage Center research library.
Koochiching
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
Minnesota State University, Mankato (Department of Anthropology)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,770
To provide better organization of archaeological collections, allowing for greater public access to historic resources.
Blue Earth
Brown
Recipient
Minnesota Department of Transportation
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$235,131
To restore the WPA stone wall of the Cascade River Wayside, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Cook
Recipient
Cook County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,580
To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.
Cook
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
Cook County Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,987
To create and install an exhibit about the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Cook County
Cook
Recipient
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Koochiching
Recipient
Gunflint Trail Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,124
To acquire professional services that will write a cultural landscape report for the Chik Wauk Lodge, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, preparatory to future historic preservation projects
Cook
Recipient
Gunflint Trail Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,733
To make publicly accessible three films documenting the Gunflint Trail through copy to modern media formats.
Cook
Recipient
Gunflint Trail Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
To install an exhibit about life in the Gunflint Trail area.
Cook
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