Discussions and Questions
Necessary Museums? (1 new message) The growth in use of library collections suggests that library and archives are broadly accessible. Is it necessary for a historical organization to have a library also?
Collecting Trophies (New Post) From a cost-benefit point of view, trophies may not fit many collections. From a mission point of view, trophies may be a story worth preserving despite the cost in time and space. How do you solve the trophy issue at your organization?
Job Announcements
Interpretive Planner
The Texas Historical Commission seeks an interpretive planner to perform advanced interpretive planning and research work, and develop an overall historic site strategic interpretive plan as well as interpretive plans and programs for individual historic sites.
Local Events
History Corps lecture for November
Hamline Midway History Corps presents Stew Thornley, author of "Six Feet Under: A Graveyard Guide to Minnesota" (MHS Press, 2004) on Thursday, November 15, 2007, 7:00 p.m. at
Hamline Midway Branch Library Auditorium 1538 West Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul.
Harvest Festival
An old-fashioned Harvest Festival will be held at the Gibbs Museum on Sunday, October 7 from noon to 4 p.m.
Automotive history
Ramsey County Historical Society presents an illustrated lecture titled "Henry Ford Wins the Power Struggle for the High Dam," on Thursday, September 27 at 6 p.m. in the Weyerhaeuser Auditorium in Landmark Center in St. Paul.
News
Your advice sought on preserving electronic documents
Under the provisions of Minnesota Laws 2007, Chapter 148, Article 2, Section 77, the state’s Chief Information Officer will study the preservation of electronic documents.
The survey instrument will be available from September 24, 2007 until October 15, 2007. The CIO must report back to the Legislature on findings and recommendations by January 15, 2008.
Loom available
The Olmsted County History Center is de-accessioning a Deen Loom
used for making rugs at the Buur Rug Company in Rochester, Minnesota. Please contact:
Karl Wolff, Olmsted County History Center,
1195 West Circle Drive SW,
Rochester, MN 55902,
507-282-9447. Note: Party must pick up loom.
Piano available
Marathon County Historical Society in Wausau, Wisconsin, has an 1848 piano made by Hazelton Brothers out of
New York. If anyone is interested, contact Mary Forer.
Grant Deadlines
State Grants-in-Aid
There will be a winter cycle for the Minnesota Historical Society's State Grants-in-Aid program. Pre-applications are due January 11, 2008; final applications are due February 22, 2008.
Field Note
Lineal history is often told in points along the way. Below is a roadside rest and marker noting a stagecoach station in modern Osakis that accomodated people on their way from St. Paul to the Red River Valley. The marker is a good reminder that the history our organizations preserve is connected to other places and stories.
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