2007 Fall Grant Awards
With the generous support of the Minnesota Legislature through a one-time increase, the Minnesota Historical Society awarded forty grants totaling $171,557 in thirty counties during the fall cycle of the FY 2008 State Grants-in-Aid program. Applicants this year sought to transform public encounters with the past in museums and at historic sites by improving collection storage, collection management, access to information, and improving the safety of collections and historic properties.
Big Stone - City of Ortonville for the Ortonville Free Library front stairs repair project, $5,000
Chippewa - Chippewa County Historical Society to expand of archival storage, $3,334
Clearwater - Clearwater County Historical Society to install a museum security system, $859
Cottonwood - Cottonwood County Historical Society to purchase microfilm copies of newspapers, $2,370
Crow Wing - City of Ironton to write a historic structure report for Ironton City Hall, $14,125
Dodge - Dodge County Historical Society to purchase PastPerfect museum software to inventory its collection, $3,370
Douglas - Douglas County Historical Society to upgrade the handicap ramp and porch of the Knute Nelson House, $1,000
Faribault - Faribault County Historical Society to preserve the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd foundation, $18,792
Freeborn - Freeborn County Historical Society to purchase microfilm copies of newspapers, $509
Goodhue - Goodhue Area Historical Society to improve its museum lighting, $468
Hennepin - Brooklyn Historical Society to purchase PastPerfect museum software to inventory collections, $509
Hennepin - Metropolitan Medical Center Historical Library to upgrade its storage, $1,478
Hennepin - Three Rivers Park District for its Three Rivers Park District oral history project, $4,890
Hennepin - Westonka Historical Society to publish the book, Classroom Voices, $7,500
Hubbard - Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers, Inc. for the J. Neils/Red Lake Sawmill interpretation project, $8,000
Itasca - Itasca County Historical Society to preserve the Grand Rapids Review photographic collection, $2,725
Kittson - Kittson County Historical Society to replace its aging microfilm reader/printer, $3,500
Lake of the Woods - Depot Preservation Alliance to upgrade the furnace and ductwork of the Canadian National Railways Depot, $3,500
Lake of the Woods - Lake of the Woods County Historical Society for its Web site development project, $1,585
Le Sueur - LeSueur County Historical Society to purchase microfilm copies of Le Sueur County newspapers, 1997-2003, $575
Marshall - Old Home Town Museum to purchase PastPerfect museum software to inventory collection, $1,732
McLeod - McLeod County Historical Society for its quilt storage and preservation project, $1,772
Morrison - Morrison County Historical Society to preserve the Stanek Photography collection, $4,058
Mower - Mower County Historical Society to conserve the Co. K, 4th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry flag, $5,372
Nicollet - Nicollet County Historical Society for its artifact storage initiative, $885
Otter Tail - Friends of the History Museum of East Otter Tail County to implement the audiovisual component of the "Coming Home" exhibit, $4,500
Pope - Pope County Historical Society to upgrade it exhibit lighting, $6,349
Ramsey - White Bear Lake Area Historical Society to purchase microfilm copies of newspapers, $391
Red Lake - Lake Pleasant Township for the Lake Pleasant Town Hall and School restoration, $4,975
Renville - Danube Historical Society to purchase PastPerfect museum software to inventory its collection, $1,493
Renville - Renville County Historical Society to microfilm township records, $1,717
Saint Louis - City of Tower for security and fire detection at the Tower Depot Historical Center, $1,410
Saint Louis - Friends of B'nai Abraham Synagogue for the B'nai Abraham Synagogue heating and ventilation systems upgrade, $10,000
Sherburne - Sherburne County Historical Society to preserve its newspaper photograph collections, $875
Stearns - Stearns History Museum to upgrade its collections storage environmental controls, $10,000
Traverse - Traverse County Historical Society to purchase PastPerfect museum software to inventory its collections, $1,311
