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201 Results for
Recipient
Oyate Nipi Kte
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,815
To supplement previous work on preserving the Dakota language, which transmits history and cultural heritage, by defining 451 additional verbs.
Anoka
Hennepin
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
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
Redwood Falls Public Library
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,326
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.
Redwood
Recipient
Redwood County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,795
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.
Redwood
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
Renville County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,879

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

Redwood
Renville
Recipient
Kittson County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,879
Kittson
Recipient
Redwood Falls Public Library (Plum Creek Library System)
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Redwood
Renville
Recipient
Wabasso Public Library
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To make accessible primary records through a new microfilm reader/printer
Redwood
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
Redwood Falls Public Library
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,041

With the grant the Redwood Falls Public Library purchased 122 rolls of microfilm for newspapers published in Redwood County for Belview, Delhi, Lamberton, Lucan and Milroy.

Quote from their final report:

“The very day we added the new microfilm to the genealogy room it was used by an excited patron researching Milroy baseball.  It was a treat to see her delight and to also know that we were meeting her needs as well as the needs of many more to come thanks to the Legacy Grant and its additions to our collection.”

Redwood
Recipient
Redwood Falls Public Library
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,540

Redwood Falls Public Library added 140 rolls of microfilms of local newspapers published in Redwood County.

Redwood
Recipient
Redwood Falls Public Library
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,234
To add 111 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to broaden public accessibility to primary records.
Redwood
Renville
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
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
City of Belview
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

As preparation to additional historic preservation work on the Odeon Theatre, listed in the national Register of Historic Places, a qualified historical architect was hired to inspect and evaluate the building. Issues of safety/building codes, accessibility concerns, weather-tightness and future functional improvements were addressed. The final report included a mechanical/electrical evaluation of the building and its proposed future addition. Improvements will include accessible restrooms, a second accessible exit, expanded storage space and the repair of the stage floor.

Redwood
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 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