Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants worth $3.8 million have been awarded to 59 organizations.
The Minnesota Historical Society announced this round of grants as part of a report to the governor and Legislature.
David Grabitske, manager of outreach services for the Minnesota Historical Society, said: “In this round of recipients, awards address a great many ways that history makes life in Minnesota so rich, deep and vibrant, from the preservation of historic spaces for arts and low-income housing, to preserving modern experiences that will become history, and fostering films with solid historical content.”
The cultural and historical grants in this round, by county:
- Brown County, Brown County Historical Society, Brown County’s U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Core Exhibit, $54,836.
- Brown County, The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, Inc., Grand Hotel: Grand Center for the Arts and Culture Accessibility and Interior Systems, $100,000.
- Carver County, Carver County Historical Society, Andrew Peterson Farmstead: Barn Foundation Restoration, $27,140.
- Clay County, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Thirty Years After the Dream: The Hjemkomst Legacy, $15,000.
- Cottonwood County, Cottonwood County Historical Society, Interpretive Exhibit: Cottonwood County Citizens Serving Their Country, $19,000.
- Dakota County, Dakota County Historical Society, Going Digital: Converting DCHS Oral History and Film Collection to Digital Files, $33,172.
- Dakota County, Minnesota Genealogical Society, Microfilm Reader/Scanners, $11,000.
- Fillmore County, Preston Historical Society, Milwaukee Elevator: Reconstruction of Additions, $25,103.
- Fillmore County, Spring Valley Historical Society, Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church: Re-Roofing, $58,800.
- Grant County, Grant County Historical Society, ADA Accessibility — Bathrooms & Entry Door, $29,215.
- Hennepin County, City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery: Fence Restoration Project, Phase IV, $150,000.
- Hennepin County, Emerge Community Development, Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch: Roof Replacement, $82,000.
- Hennepin County, Friends of Christ Church Lutheran, Christ Church Lutheran: Historic Structures Report, $38,000.
- Hennepin County, Friends of the Immigration History Research Center, Houses of Worship: The Mosaic of Religion and Ethnicity in the Twin Cities, 1849-1924, $23,794.
- Hennepin County, Heart of the Earth, Inc., American Indian Movement Interpretive Center Collections Development: Establishing the Collection, $39,706.
- Hennepin County, Hennepin County Library, Musical Score Preservation Project, $30,000.
- Hennepin County, MIGIZI Communications, The Minneapolis American Indian Community — An Unexpected Outcome of the Federal Urban Indian Relocation Program, $39,220.
- Hennepin County, Minnesota African American Museum & Cultural Center, Amos B. Coe House: Minnesota African American Museum & Cultural Center HVAC Upgrade, $155,250.
- Hennepin County, Regents of the University of Minnesota (American Indian Studies), Ojibwe People’s Dictionary Phase Two, $270,820.
- Hennepin County, Three Rivers Park District, Pierre Bottineau House Interpretive Exhibit Fabrication and Installation, $47,850.
- Hennepin County, University of Minnesota Libraries, Preserving Minnesota’s Performing Arts Heritage, $159,205.
- Isanti County, Isanti County Historical Society, Microform Reader/Printer & Newspaper Microfilm, $22,865.
- Koochiching County, Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation, Ernest C. Oberholtzer Rainy Lake Islands Historic District: House Fireplace and Chimney Preservation, $48,822.
- Mahnomen County, Mahnomen County Historical Society, Interior Environmental Control Project, $21,247.
- Meeker County, Greater Litchfield Opera House Association, Inc., Litchfield Opera House: Exterior Preservation, $208,298.
- Meeker County, Meeker County Historical Society, Collections Care & Management: Cataloging Artifacts from Litchfield’s Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Hall Museum, $25,811.
- Morrison County, Minnesota Military Museum, Collection Management, $43,403.
- Morrison County, Morrison County Historical Society, Digital Access to Morrison County History Resources, $11,090.
- Mower County, Mower County Historical Society, MCHS Interpretive Plan Development, $10,000.
- Olmsted County, Olmsted County Historical Society, George Stoppel Farmstead: Historic Structures Report, $27,300.
- Otter Tail County, Otter Tail County Historical Society, Geophysical and Archaeological Evaluation of Fort Juelson, Otter Tail County, $21,947.
- Pine County, Audubon Center of the North Woods, Arnold Schwyzer Summer House and Farmstead: Windows Upgrade, $45,000.
- Pope County, Ann Bickle Heritage House, Ann Bickle House: Roof Reshingling, $18,810.
- Pope County, Pope County, Pope County Courthouse: North Entry Restoration, $152,655.
- Pope County, Pope County Historical Society, HVAC Update Phase 2, $81,391.
- Ramsey County, Historic Saint Paul, Tour Saint Paul: Web & Mobile, $49,410.
- Ramsey County, James J. Hill Reference Library, James J. Hill Reference Library: Main Entrance Stair Restoration, $36,300
- Ramsey County, Minnesota Landmarks Inc., U.S. Post Office, Courthouse and Customs House (Landmark Center): Copper Restoration: North and South Tower Roofs, $126,625.
- Ramsey County, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Cataloguing Project, $31,356.
- Ramsey County, North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, North Star Museum Lighting Project, $49,955.
- Ramsey County, Ramsey County Historical Society, University Avenue Documentary, $59,800.
- Ramsey County, Regents of the University of Minnesota (Labor Education Service), Who Built the Capitol? — Video and Web Site, $24,724.
- Redwood County, Redwood County, Ramsey Park Swayback Bridge: Preservation, $32,000.
- Rice County, District One Hospital, Johnston Hall: Roof Replacement, $110,700.
- Saint Louis County, American Indian Community Housing Organization, Young Women’s Christian Association of Duluth (YWCA): Gimaajii Mino Bimaadiziyaan, $250,000.
- Saint Louis County, City of Duluth, Sacred Heart Cathedral: Roof and Tower Restoration, $168,525.
- Saint Louis County, Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance, Virginia Commercial Historic District: Lyric Center for the Arts Street Façade Rehabilitation Design, $50,500.
- Saint Louis County, Regents of the University of Minnesota – Duluth, Archaeological Survey and GIS Development in the Cloquet River Valley, $62,338
- Saint Louis County, Sisu Heritage Inc., Alex Seitaniemi Barn, House Restoration Phase 2, $100,000.
- Scott County, Scott County Historical Society, Microfilm Digital Reader, $9,990.
- Steele County, Steele County Historical Society, SCHS Collections Project, $40,000.
- Todd County, Staples Historical Society, Northern Pacific Railway Depot: Restoration Pans and Specifications Development, $90,000.
- Wabasha County, Wabasha County Historical Society, Reads Landing School: Rehabilitation Project Construction Documents, $18,290.
- Waseca County, City of New Richland, Stranger’s Refuge Lodge Number 74 (IOOF): Preservation, $99,114.
- Waseca County, Waseca County Historical Society, Waseca County Historical Society ADA Compliancy, $48,185.
- Washington County, Afton Historical Society and Museum, Collections Care and Management: Cataloging Items into PastPerfect, $24,941.
- Washington County, Washington County Historical Society, She Who Would Giants Fight, $76,000.
- Winona County, Winona County Historical Society, Winona Commercial Historical District: Winona Armory Battlement, $156,295.
- Yellow Medicine County, Yellow Medicine County Historical Society, Digital Archiving of the Yellow Medicine County Birth Records, $16,545.
MHS also announced “four partnerships for history-minded organizations”:
- Carleton College and Veblen Farmstead, Veblen Farmstead: Hay Barn Stabilization and Preservation, $125,000.
- Old Highland Neighborhood Association and Preserve Minneapolis, Homeowner Restoration Workshops, $23,000.
- Macalester College and Carleton College, Environmental History Conference, $102,522.
- Public Art Saint Paul and the City of Saint Paul, Johann Friedrich von Schiller Sculpture: Restoration and Preservation, $35,000.
