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2014 AASLH Conference Scholarship

Recipient
Lyon County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,718
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.

Acquire Primary Resources on Microfilm/fiche

Recipient
Prairieland Genealogical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To add 275 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to broaden public accessibility to primary records

Acquisition of Microfilm Reader/Printer

Recipient
City of Canby
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,385
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.

Acquisition of Microfilm Reader/Printer/Scanner

Recipient
Lyon County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,385
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To purchase a microfilm reader/printer to broaden public accessibility to microfilmed records.

Canby Theatre Historic Structure Report

Recipient
City of Canby
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire a qualified consultant to develop a Historic Structure Report that will help preserve the Canby Theatre, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Exhibit Lighting Evaluation and Redesign

Recipient
Lyon County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,431
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire a qualified museum lighting professional to develop a museum lighting plan.

Historic Canby Theatre Marquee Restoration

Recipient
City of Canby
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire qualified professionals to repair the marquee on the historic Canby Theatre, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Interpretive Plan for the Lyon County Museum

Recipient
Lyon County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire a qualified consultant to write an interpretive plan for Lyon County Historical Society.

Lyon County Township Records Preservation

Recipient
Southwest Minnesota Regional Research Center
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,576
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To survey, preserve, arrange and plan to microfilm records of twenty Lyon County townships.

Microfilm Aquisition for Marshall-Lyon County Library

Recipient
Marshall-Lyon County Library
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,872
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To add 76 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to broaden public accessibility to primary records.

Minnesota History Bookshelf

Recipient
Marshall-Lyon County Library
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$608
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To add 27 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility

Minnesota Museum Bookshelf

Recipient
Lyon County Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$570
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To add 22 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility through well-rounded interpretation.

Preservation and Exploration of an Archaic and Woodland Site at Lake Fremont in Murray County, Minnesota

Recipient
Normandale Community College
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To conduct an expanded excavation of a multi-millenia archaelogical site.

Red Earth, White Road Publication

Recipient
Society for the Study of Local and Regional History
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,845
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To publish "The Joseph LaFramboise Family during the Dakota War of 1862" by Janet Timmerman

The Women of Southwest Minnesota and the Great War

Recipient
Society for the Study of Local and Regional History
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,568
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire a qualified historian to conduct primary source research on the history of women's activities in southwestern Minnesota during World War I.

World War I Traveling Exhibit Research

Recipient
Kandiyohi County Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan for a traveling exhibit on World War I in Kandiyohi County.