Minnesota History Interpreter
A publication for
county and local historical organizations and heritage
preservation commissions.
The Minnesota
History Interpreter is an illustrated, eight-page
newsletter published six times a year for county and
local historical societies, heritage preservation commissions
and libraries. Occasional issues include a Tech
Talk article.
Each issue will appear as
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Available Issues
Summer 2009, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3
Emerging guidelines for local historical organizations' web presence; State funding cuts; Introducing Carrie Johnston, Mary Ostby, Debra Richardson, Barb Redepenning, Tiffani Atherton, Dustin Heckman, Carolyn Soper, and Charlene Akers; State Grants-in-Aid awarded in 32 counties; New grants program launched.
Spring 2009, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2
How to create a successful end of the year appeal to donors; mergers of local historical organizations in Moorhead and on the Cuyuna Range; an affordable approach to better storage; Grabitske authors book on Sarah Jane Sibley; 2009 Workshop Flier; fall grants awarded in 23 counties; remember to file your 990-N; affordable Internal Revenue Service workshop coming to Minnesota.
Winter 2009, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1
AASLH Museum Standards Pilot Sites in Minnesota near completion of their projects; Checking Your Pulse Tech Talk on collecting and applying user statistics; 2009 Workshop Flier; 'Between Fences' Smithsonian exhibit to travel the state; AASLH 2008 awards for Annette Atkins, James Bell, Mona Nelson, Sherburne County Historical Society and Bruce White; AASLH 2009 awards deadline; Connecting to Collections Bookshelf deadline; State Grants-in-Aid winter cycle details.
Fall 2008, Vol. XXXVI, No. 5
Considerations for managing large photograph donations; introductions of new executive directors at Jackson, Meeker, Murray, Olmsted, Pennington, and Todd County Historical Societies; State Grants-in-Aid awards from Spring 2008; application deadlines for Winter 2009; and reminder to clean up mailing addresses.
Summer 2008, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4
Lifetime memberships build relationships and drain resources; Creating
Outdoor Trail Signage Part 2 (Tech Talk); introducing new directors of Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, and Marshall County Historical Societies; Fall grant rounds.
May/Jun 2008/Vol. XXXVI No. 3
Saving fragments of significant buildings; Minnesota sesquicentennial observance; Creating outdoor trail signage Part 1; deadlines for State Grants-in-Aid; two remaining workshops.
Mar/Apr 2008/Vol. XXXVI, No. 2
Demographic change suggests new directions in local history museums; 2007 survey of archaeological collections held around Minnesota; popular Osakis Area Heritage Center winter programming; disaster resources online; Connecting to Collections Bookshelf available; Local History Services Workshop registration; Melinda Hutchinson named grants associate; how to include an event with the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission.
Jan/Feb 2008/Vol. XXXVI, No. 1
Strategic communication for strong relationships; Tech Talk: Putting Digital Images Online; about the Minnesota Digital Library Coalition; Minnesota sesquicentennial; State Grants-in-Aid awarded; electronic 990-N; AASLH award nominations sought; sign up for spring workshops; David Grabitske heads outreach services.
November/December 2007 Vol. XXXV,
No. 6
AASLH Standards project to help smaller museums; Richfield History Wiki opens door to community collaboration; students create exhibit for Morrison County museum; spotlighting local "notables" raises funds for history; Winter grants cycle announced for State Grants-in-Aid; proposals sought for Minnesota History Conference; dates and locations for 2008 spring workshops.
September/October 2007 Vol. XXXV,
No. 5
Building your collections; new county historical society directors
(Hennepin, Jackson, Lake, Mower, Wadena, Waseca, Yellow Medicine); AASLH
honors nine Minnesota projects with Leadership in History awards; Sesquicentennial
grants deadlines announced; exhibit planning workshops in October.
July/August 2007 Vol. XXXV, No. 4
Don't delay--document today: preserving your own organization's history; Tim Glines retires; new county historical society directors (Anoka, Carlton, Carver, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Freeborn); PastPerfect museum software training schedule; exhibit planning workshops in October; fall grants deadlines announced.
May/June 2007 Vol. XXXV, No. 3
Criteria for accessioning historic properties (Dakota City Heritage Village, Murphy's Landing, Friends of the Wirtanen Pioneer Farm, Kandiyohi County Historical Society); Charlie Nelson's legacy; Minnesota's Greatest Generation conservation workshops in Lake City, Luverne, and Richfield; American Association for State and Local History digitization workshop in St. Paul; scholarships for National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual conference; deadlines for state grants-in-aid applications; regional local history workshops in Chisholm, and Roseau.
March/April 2007 Vol. XXXV, No. 2
Examples of exhibition development (Sherburne County Historical Society, Beltrami County Historical Society, Norman County Historical Society, Clay County Historical Society); results of 2006 survey of how volunteer programs operate; Nicollet County veterans featured in student project; review of new publication on collections management policies ("Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies" by John Simmons, American Association of Museums, 2006); May is Historic Preservation month; conservation workshop schedule for spring 2007; registration form for 2007 spring workshops in Buffalo, St. Peter, Worthington, Chisholm, and Roseau.
January/February 2007 Vol. XXXV, No.
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Partnerships and collaboration for historical organizations; Tech Talk on track for lighting for museums, part 2; state grants-in-aid awarded; AASLH award nomination sought; registration form for 2007 spring workshops in Buffalo, St. Peter, Worthington, Chisholm, and Roseau.
November/December 2006 Vol. XXXIV, No. 6
Kandiyohi County Historical Society upgrades lighting system; Tech Talk on track lighting for museums, part 1; new publication on Brown County historic sites; electronic message sign at Otter Tail County museum; mailing list update reminder; dates and locations for 2007 spring workshops.
September/October 2006 Vol. XXXIV,
No. 5
Technology planning; Minnesota's AASLH award winners for 2006; new publications from Minnesota Historical Society Press' Minnesota Byways series; registration information for October 4 exhibits planning workshop in Edina; information about log building restoration workshop in Shevlin.
July/August 2006 Vol. XXXIV, No.
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Caring for large functional objects; Sherburne History Center opens; Smithsonian traveling exhibit 'Key Ingredients' opens tour in Scott County; Schroeder Area Historical Society tour of Edwin Lundie cabins; new electronic newsletter, Minnesota Local History News, replaces listserv; conservation workshops on preserving family history; exhibit planning workshop planned for October; fall grants deadlines for state grants-in-aid.
May/June 2006 Vol. XXXIV, No. 3
Guidelines for documenting the local business community; Stearns History Museum's acquisition of architectural records; Otter Tail County Historical Society 'Mysteries in History' series; Steele County Historical Society's agricultural history exhibit; Dakota County Historical Society operates William G. LeDuc House in Hastings; Preservation Month activities in May; deadlines for state grants-in-aid; nominations sought for "Minnesota 150" exhibit.
March/April 2006
Vol. XXXIV, No. 2
Affiliation with Chambers
of Commerce and Convention/Visitors Bureaus; Blue Earth
County Historical Society and Nicollet County Historical
Society participate in InterCity Leadership Visit; Anoka
County historical Society's film series; Washington County
Historical Society's scholarship program; Minnesota maps
online; Minnesota Digital Library Coalition's digital photo
library; Historic Preservation month; AASLH Performance
Management Program; spring workshop schedule and registration
form.
January/February
2006 Vol. XXXIV, No. 1
Diversifying funding
for historical organizations; financial survey results;
state grants-in-aid awarded; AASLH seeks award nominations.
November/December
2005 Vol. XXXIII, No. 6
Transitioning from volunteers
to paid staff; redesigning museum space; new addition
to Stevens County Historical Society building; upgrade
of local history services on Minnesota Historical Society's
web site; sharing newsletters; subscribing to MNLOCALHISTORY
weekly listserv; dates and locations for 2006 workshops;
changes for Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) grants
for 2006.
September/October
2005 Vol. XXXIII, No. 5
Advice for new staff
at historical organizations; Clearwater County Historical
Society gets volunteer help from members of the American
Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works;
Tips from the Olmsted County Historical Society on involving
teenagers in historical organizations; Anoka County Historical
Society's new exhibit on the Vietnam War; AASLH awards
in Minnesota for 2005; Registration information for October
workshop on exhibit planning.
July/August 2005
Vol. XXXIII, No. 4
Carol Kammen's 13-step program
for local history; fundraising ideas from the Carlton
County Historical Society and the Goodhue County Historical
Society; IMLS grants awarded in Minnesota; workshops
on museum software, exhibit planning, and conservation
concerns for construction projects; book award for Denis
Gardner; Statewide preservation conference scheduled
for Duluth in September; Minnesota Association of Museums
annual meeting in October; grants deadlines set.
May/June
2005 Vol. XXXIII, No. 3
Conservation Assessment
Program grants; conservation lending library; Minnesota's
Greatest Generation Project; application deadlines for
State Grants-in-Aid; Minnesota Council on Foundations
seminar; NEH Preservation Assistance grants; National
Preservation Month; Upper Midwest Conservation Association
workshops; Minnesota Historical Society field workshops.
March/April
2005 Vol. XXXIII, No. 2
Anniversary and milestone
publications; Anoka County Historical Society agricultural
history project; Minnesota birth certificates now available
online; publication on assessing collections preservation
needs from the Northeast Document Conservation Center;
guide to volunteer boards of directors from BoardSource;
Library of Congress advice on photographic collections;
National Film Preservation Foundation advice on preserving
film; locations needed for Smithsonian traveling exhibit;
information for planning 2005 Preservation Month activities;
spring workshop registration information.
January/February
2005 Vol. XXXIII, No. 1
Microfilming newspapers
and bulk reduction projects; library and archives survey
results; Carver County sesquicentennial plans; Norman
County Historical Society exhibits plan; state grants-in-aid
awarded; AASLH seeks awards nominations.
November/December
2004 Vol. XXXII, No. 6
Museum Assessment Program;
new Minnesota Museum Property law; dates for 2005 field
workshops; Goodhue County museum name change; Washington
County Historical Society's e-mail newsletter.
September/October
2004 Vol. XXXII, No. 5
Sentencing to Serve program
helps meet funding gaps; two exhibits revisit Minnesota's
Dakota communities; Sherburne County Historical Society
conducts collection inventory; AASLH awards to Minnesota
organizations for 2004; dates for 2005 field workshops.
July/August
2004 Vol. XXXII, No. 4
Microfilm libraries meet
research needs; visitor surveys; new exhibition and video
at Scott County Historical Society; Hometown History
Nights sponsored by Blue Earth County Historical Society;
Minnesota Historical Society Press publishes Minnesota
Treasures: Stories Behind the State's Historic Treasures;
preservation workshops sponsored by Upper Midwest Conservation
Association; application deadlines for State Grants-in-Aid;
online resources for historic building care; new listserv
for small museums.
May/June
2004 Vol. XXXII, No. 3
Giving Voice to Newcomers:
historical programs on new immigrants; Rockford Area
Historical Society audience survey; Review of Museum
Administration: An Introduction; Winona County Historical
online library project; Barn Again traveling exhibition;
Grand Excursion events for 2004.
March-April
2004 Vol. XXXII, No. 2
Morrison County Historical
Society photo documentary project; funding shortage forces
reduction in field services; improved collection storage
at Otter County Historical Society; upgrade of temperature
and humidity controls at Olmsted County Historical Society;
Stearns History Museum venue for Smithsonian exhibit, "Latino
Life in the United States"; regional teacher workshops;
Springboard for the Arts' fundraising workshops; Seminar
for Historical Administration; National Park Service
seeks home for lookout tower; registration for spring
field workshops in Anoka, Windom, Bemidji, and Rochester.
January/February
2004 Vol. XXXII, No. 1
Managing government records;
technology survey results; AASLH seeks award nominations;
teacher workshops; grants awarded; registration for spring
workshops.
November/December
2003 Vol. XXXI, No. 7
Internship programs; historical
organizatons cope with public funding cuts; dates for
2004 workshops; Ramsey County Historical Society web
site; new books on Sibley County, Cokato, Minnesota religious
architecture, and bookkeeping basics.
September-October
2003/Vol. XXXI, No. 6
Calendar projects as fundraisers;
making the case for support of local history; critical
factors for nonprofit survival; newly revised Minnesota
history curriculum for schools and schedule for educators' training;
AASLH award winners for 2003; MAP grant applications;
dates for 2004 workshops.
July-August
2003/Vol. XXXI, No. 5
Strategic planning for
historical organizations; State budget reductions to
affect grants program; Olmsted County Historical Society
plans to preserve historic landscape at Mayowood; State
Grants-in-Aid awarded in winter 2003 cycle; Interpreter
publication schedule changes to six issues per year;
grants deadlines.
May-June
2003/Vol. XXXI, No.4
Furnishings plan guides
interpretation of Wright County log cabins; Grants support
projects in northeast Minnesota (North Shore Commercial
Fishing Museum's storage project, Lake County Historical
Society's restoration of Light Station, Cook County Historical
Society's oral history project to document resorts);
Beltrami County Historical Society's veteran's exhibit;
family history/genealogy at Chisago County Historical
Society; Le Sueur mural; Goodhue County Historical Society
photograph database; new history pocket guides from MHS
Press; Upper Midwest conservation Association workshops;
Statewide historic preservation conference scheduled
for New Ulm on Sept. 18 -19, 2003; State grants-in-aid
deadlines; National preservation week events.
April
2003/Vol. XXXI, No. 3
Budget reduction forces
cuts in State Grants-in-Aid; History organizations and
a sense of belonging; spring workshop scheduled in Fairmont,
Alexandria, and Virginia; Mille Lacs County depot centennial
celebration; Morrison County Historical Society textile
collection; Wright County Historical Society program
on history of German prisoners of war; early Stillwater
newspapers discovered; book reviews; web resources; NEH
preservation grants; conservation workshops.
March
2003/Vol XXXI, No. 2
History Day and Otter Tail
County Historical Society; state revenue shortfall affects
winter grants cycle; Sibley Historic site attendance
increase; emergency grants to Fairmont Opera House and
Roseau County Historical Society; new exhibit at Clay
County Historical Society in Moorhead features the experience
of eating away from home; genealogy project in Cottonwood
County; new exhibit at St. Louis County Historical Society
in Duluth features hardware firm; Washington County Historical
Society's fundraising venture using bricks from burned
Territorial Prison; annual survey of historical organizations
for 2004; local history listserv a year old; "Forests,
Fields & the Falls" web site and posters; dates for 2003
workshops.
January
/ February 2003/Vol XXXI, No. 1
A question of
ownership: Clay County Historical Society's collection
records; legislation to address museum property issues;
results of annual survey of historical organizations;
genealogy classes at the History Center; web site for
preservation funding sources; state grants-in-aid awarded;
job opening at Dakota County Historical Society; spring
workshops in Red Wing, Fairmont, Alexandria, and Virginia.
November
/ December 2002/Vol XXX, No. 9
Washington County
veterans' program; New directors at Rice, Clay, and Otter
Tail county historical societies; NEH preservation grants
awarded; Sibley County Historical Society restoration
project; Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
completes collection management project; roles and responsibilities
of boards of directors in historical organizations; new
books; Northeast Document Conservation Center's online
course on document preservation; observing anniversaries;
dates for 2002 field workshops.
October
2002/Vol XXX, No. 8
Heritage tourism efforts
throughout Minnesota; Washington and Richfield historical
societies learn about challenges behind the scenes of
facility improvements; Orphanage film premiere; Internet
resources for artists; IMLS introduces Learning Opportunities
Grants; MHS library classes; Researcher seeks materials
on Third Minnesota Regiment, Civil War; State Grant deadlines;
Field workshops set for 2003.
September
2002/Vol XXX, No. 7
Organizations using PastPerfect
software for museum collections; documenting your organization's
history; Brown County Historical Society acquires vintage
popcorn wagon; Carver County day camp revisits 20th century;
Norman County Historical Society dedicates museum; Itasca
County history class proves popular; CAP grant helps
museums assess collections care; Two generations of artists
profiled in book about Gágs; House history research tips
in new book; MHS library classes; New order fulfillment
plan for Minnesota Historical Society Press.
August
2002/Vol XXX, No. 6
Settlement ends dispute over
control of Scott County's Stans Museum; What is historical
interpretation?; Brown County Historical Society history
essay contest; mentorship grants from the Upper Midwest
Conservation Association; Lake Hubert Conservation Association
restores depot; Cokato Historical Society mural; conservation
lending library; oral history guides; writing local history;
NEH public program grants; grants funds vetoed; veterans
history project; listserv.
June/July
2002/Vol XXX, No. 5
Anoka County historical society
moves to new home; Keys to applying for state grants;
Murphy's Landing under new management; Long-range plan
sought for Willmar locomotive; Carlton County creates
toys exhibit; Swift County travels for outreach; St.
Louis County art collection; Tips for cleaning mailing
lists.
May
2002/Vol XXX, No. 4
Former State School for Dependent
and Neglected Children resident heads effort to preserve
children's stories; Dakota County historic interpreters;
Mankato observes 150th anniversary; fishing museum hosts
art fair; field trips help museum professionals share
ideas; AASLH seminar for history administrators; museum
loan network; family history class at Minnesota History
Center; fundraising seminar; preservation conference
set for Owatonna.
April
2002/Vol XXX, No. 3
Cottonwood County has new
exhibit gallery; Update on grants program; Tips for renewing
museum programs; Exhibit about St. Peter; Pope County
hosts play premiere; Ness Church restoration; Kanabec
County Timeline program; Technical leaflets available
online and via mail; Director of North American historical
organizations updated; Heritage tourism book reviewed;
Conservation workshop schedule; Swedish Institute workshop
on "time travel"; Announcement of preservation conference;
Farmamerica to host barn workshop.
March
2002/Vol XXX, No. 2
Probstfield collections reflect
legacy in Red River Valley; Carver County curator discusses
career; Douglas County society offers advice on buying
equipment; Starting an endowment; Book clubs with a history
bent; Hennepin History Museum challenges viewers to see
connections; Minnesota Local History Listserv debuts;
Photo collectors group announces first publication; Conservation
workshop preview; New grant program funds transportation
history projects.
January-February
2002, Vol. XXX, No. 1
Martin County Historical
Society researched and mapped "lost" towns to document
their existence; the winter grant cycle is uncertain
due to the state revenue shortfall; Valspar grants help
spruce up historic buildings; St. Louis County Historical
Society gets new logo; Interest in round barns grows
through paintings; Milaca area municipalities join forces
for records repository; NEH challenge grants help small
organizations; AASLH seeks award nominations; Minnesota
History Center offers family history classes; list of
state grants recipients; spring field workshop sessions
announced.
November-December
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 9
New St. Louis County exhibits
grow from cross-cultural collaboration; history as service
to community; historic Austin theater restored; Isanti
County 'pour the floor' draws crowd; Albert Lea district
adopts 'Discover History' program; State Archives online
manual offers guidelines for managing government records;
curator seeks information about bandolier bags.
October
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 8
Otter Tail County museum
revamps agricultural wing; planning a capital campaign
at Anoka County Historical Society; oral history projects
record stories of World War II; historic Chippewa City
opens season; Melrose convent finds new life as museum;
endowment funds provide income and a safety net; Pipestone
County restores local monument; damaged buildings repaired;
two new books tell personal histories – Ojibwe:
Waasa Inaabidaa by Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri,
and The Brooklyns: A History of Brooklyn Center and
Brooklyn Park; East Otter Tail County puts local
history records online; researcher seeks veteran WWII
shipbuilders; Winter 2002 grant deadlines.
September
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 7
Murray County remembers
its downtowns with a project that combines walking tour,
video and exhibit; recruit members to advertise your
history center; apprentice local historians to pass along
what you've learned; Rachel Barduson becomes director
of the Douglas County Historical Society; Goodhue County
day camp meets in six cities; St. James group begins
opera house restoration; small-scale fund-raisers fill
budget gaps; video project brings Edina history to life;
classic book Minnesota Place Names updated and
goes online; index to Minnesota death records from 1908
through 1946 goes online; field workshops for Spring
2002; Winter 2002 grant deadlines; Annandale paintings
seek new home; genealogy classes at the History Center.
August
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 6
Lake County restores four
1906 paintings in courthouse; "Outside the Fence," by
Morrison County Historical Society museum manager Mary
Warner; Beltrami society opens new museum in restored
1913 Great Northern depot; vintage 1860s Saint Croix
Base Ball Club defends championship; exhibit openings:
Minneapolis Rock in the '80s at the Hennepin History
Museum, "Life in Small Town USA" at the Moose Lake Area
Historical Society, and "When the Weather Goes Bad" at
the Clay County Museum in Moorhead's Hjemkomst Center;
Eveleth and Brown County projects promote heritage tourism;
student interns tackle research in Carlton, Cottonwood
and Clay counties; St. Louis County Historical Society
adds sixth affiliate: Sisu Heritage Inc.; state grants-in-aid
awarded; Researcher asks for help in locating new and
historic murals; workshop helps museums respond to disasters;
Statewide Historic Preservation Conference, Sept. 20-21
in Glenwood; fall and winter grant cycle deadlines for
fiscal year 2002.
June-July
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 5
FFA students link past
and present for children at Minnesota's Machinery Museum
in Hanley Falls; "Once upon a time: A museum tale," by
Bev Jackson, Freeborn County Historical Society; Tech
Talk: "Caring for Musical Instruments," Part 2, by Paul
S. Storch; Around the State: exhibits opening include
Itasca County Historical Society fishing exhibit, Dakota
City exhibit on market gardening, Pipestone County Historical
Society children's area developed with United Way funds,
Clay County Historical Society on a century of cycling,
Minnesota Military Museum at Camp Ripley on Pearl Harbor's
60th anniversary, Crow Wing County Historical Society
children's activity area on changing fashions, and Carlton
County Historical Society on a history of communication;
deadlines for fall grants; Beltrami County Historical
Society hosts two-day workshop on constructing mannequins
for historic costumes.
May
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 4
More than 7,400 Century
Farms honor Minnesota agriculture; stories help objects
talk; Tech Talk: "Caring for Musical Instruments," Part
I, by Paul S. Storch; Sounds Good to Me exhibit
looks at music in everyday Minnesota; Around the State:
historical society volunteer-driven gardening and landscaping
projects; 2001 is International Year of Volunteers with
conference in Minneapolis; heirloom preservation workshops
to visit Renville and Moorhead.
April
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 3
Murphy's Landing fire offers
lessons; resources for disaster preparedness; musical
opens in Texas about life in Cokato in the 1930s; Northern
States Conservation Center helps with collections care;
MHS disaster resources available online; regional workshops
to help with emergency response; grants support collections
care; Arlington begins restoration of historic buildings;
Grove City Area Historical Society opens exhibit space;
Ramsey House to host AASLH workshop.
March
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 2
MInneapolis, New Ulm and
Waseca restoration projects stir community pride; Tim
Glines new outreach coordinator; traveling exhibit celebrates
Fargo-Moorhead's 125th anniversary; Winona State U. hosts
History Discovery Day for teachers; AAM guidelines on
exhibiting borrowed objects; new books on Goodhue County
and caring for heirlooms, collections and historic houses;
workshops on preserving family treasures; oral history
group to meet at U of M; Stillwater Warden's House Museum
seeks site manager; genealogy classes.
January-February
2001/Vol. XXIX, No. 1
Otter Tail County Historical
Society offers taped museum tours in different languages;
recruiting business leaders to support museums; children's
games in county museums; corner of history museum/church
collapses in East Perham; lightning strikes historic
New Ulm Post Office; photo mini-exhibits take history
to Minneapolis places; new books on Minnesota people
and places; Blandin report looks at rural concerns; web
sites address preservation issues; Stearns History Museum
goes online; state grants awarded in 18 counties; Minnesota
Agricultural Interpretive Center seeks director; AASLH
to conduct first study of Indian museums; spring workshops
in Hutchinson, Albert Lea and Duluth.
November-December
2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 11
Winona County Courthouse
fights for survival; field services in transition; community
support pays off in unexpected ways; putting Yellow Medicine
County on the map; new venues add to Minnesota's museum
mix; collections management workshops to set standards
for smaller museums; digital camcorder serves many uses;
new book celebrates Norwegian holiday traditions; project
grants from the Minnesota Humanities Commission; spring
field workshops set; greetings from the editor; deadlines
for winter grants-in-aid.
October
2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 10
Jean Chesley creates
fund for local and county historical organizations; new
editor for Interpreter; Chippewa County Historical
Society Norsk Reise Fest; R.R. museum magazine issue
devoted to 1943; architect "Cap" Wigington honored; Washington
County Historical Society publishes Historic 2001 calendar;
Kandiyohi County publishes ABC history books with Willmar
middle school; MHS research grants; Minnesota ethnic
resources directory online; Crow Wing County Historical
Society garage sale; Smithsonian has projects about stone
carvers and builders; archaeology and anthropology conference
opens in November; Roots magazine index online;
new AAM ethics guidelines for borrowed objects; Ojibwe
exhibit at Jaques Art Center; David Nystuen retires.
September
2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 9
Early 1900s landscape
mural in downtown Montgomery; Daedalus devotes
issue to Minnesota; Ojibwe exhibit at Jaques Art Gallery
in Aitkin; Institute for Minnesota Archaeology's new
vision statement; Goodhue County Historical Society seeks
librarian/archivist; new museum assessment program; lecture
series on Métis in Minnesota; MHS music exhibit
in October; conservation workshops topics and schedule;
IRS warns non-profits not to campaign for candidates;
improving relations between group tourism and museums;
Stearns History Museum web project wins AASLH award;
American Swedish Institute holiday programs announced;
AAM conference; NEH book on doing local history wins
national publishers' award.
August
2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 8
Lake County Historical
Society opens 3M museum; Interpreter changes announced;
Blue Earth County Historical Society displays Mankato
diorama; Cuyuna Country Heritage book published; Washington
County Historic Courthouse plans brewing exhibit; Minnesota
students win National History Day honors; St. Paul's
House of Hope Presbyterian Church publishes book on 150th
year; Pioneer Public TV produces series on historic churches
in Upper Midwest; excerpts from talk by former Winona
County Historical Society president Brother Paul Ostendorf;
genealogy classes; Northfield Historical Society seeks
executive director; MHS grant materials on Internet.
July
2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 7
Project Breckenridge
hosts Red River canoe tour; Afton Historical Society
publishes book about small towns; Burnsville community
history updated; log building workshop announced; Tech
Talk: "Applying accessing numbers to museum objects," part
II, by Gina Nicole Delfino; report from Ben Leonard on
project for documenting change in Red River Valley; new
SHPO grants assistant, David Grabitske; Swift County
Historical Society fundraiser changes themes; Winona
County Historical Society Victorian Fair in September.
June 2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 6 [Not yet available
online]
Beltrami County Historical Society renovating
Great Northern Depot in Bemidji; SHPO grants program calendar;
getting young people interested in history in Douglas County;
Lyon County Historical Society immigration projects; rural
women conference at MHS in June; MHS book about Duluth
lynchings published; media relations tips from Barbara
Averill, MHS media relations manager; conservation workshops
in June; listing of laws authorizing municipalities to
provide funds to county historical organizations; calendar:
statewide historic preservation conference; Unpacking
on the Prairie now a traveling exhibit and on Internet;
Chippewa County Historical Society hosts Norwegian immigration
anniversary program; Nicollet County Historical Society
seeks executive director; last field program workshop scheduled.
May
2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 5
Washington County Historical
Society finds "time capsule"; Stearns History
Museum merges library records with GRRL system; Carver
County Historical Society begins photo documentary project;
Isanti County Historical Society sponsors Swedish programs;
Tech Talk: Artifact Labeling, Part I, by Gina Nicole
Delfino, MHS library and archives staff; Internet resources,
by Shawn Rounds, MHS archives staff; "Emerging Preservation
Leaders" scholarship program.
April
2000/Vol. XXVIII, No. 4
Cook County Historical
Society restores Chippewa City Church; Interpreter, Planner,
Tech Talk online on MHS web site; editorial access information;
Blue Earth County Historical Society has "Travel Like
Bert" tours; Swift County Historical Society seeks items
from recent history; Wright County Historical Society
needs items from 1900; new Univesity library houses Immigration
History Research Center; improving public presentations;
working with reporters; conservation outreach workshops
for May and June; Index to Folsom's "50 Years in Northwest";
Blue Earth County Historical Society history to be reprinted;
center for rural and regional studies in Marshall; AAM
new book; MAM starts up again; Resources and Counseling
for Arts workshops; Minnesota Council on Foundations;
new wing for Wright County Historical Society; 3 field
workshops to go; Crow Wing County Historical Society
collects quarters in film canisters.
March
2000/Vol.XXVIII, No.3
War poster exhibit at Carlton
County Historical Society; field workshops reminder;
Minnesota authors' biographies database on MHS web
site; slight editorial change for Interpreter and Planner; "The
Argus," new name for Winona County Historical Society
newsletter; Tech Talk: Museum Security, by Diane Adams-Graf
and Claudia Nicholson, MHS museum collections curators;
programs commemorating 175th anniversary of Norwegian
immigration and 1,000th anniversary of Leif Ericson's
voyage; eight conservation workshops.
February
2000/Vol.XXVIII, No. 2
Scott County veterans
exhibit; MHS conservation outreach to Northwestern Minnesota;
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota 1999 awards; photographic
exhibit at MHS; 4 books: Lake Superior logging history,
expanded preservation manual, Paul Gruchow essays on
scientific and natural area preserves, NEH do-it-yourself
history; Minnesota Humanities Commission grants and teacher
programs; staff positions at AASLH, Scandia museums,
Rice County; Conferences: Midwest Open Air museums, Women
historians of midwest; Paul Martin on exhibit-making.
January
2000/Vol.XXVIII, No. 1
Dakota City Heritage Village's
Grand History Days; India and Minnesota Oral History
project; Tech Talk: Minnesota's Architecture, Part V,
Styles of Modern Era, Charles Nelson, MHS historical
architect; MHS state grants-in-aid awards, FY 2000 cycle;
Central Minnesota history groups form self-help organization.
December
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 12
Winona cemetery walk
program; newsletter surveys of historical places; Dakota
County 150th anniversary program and video; Lyon County
museum's Christmas Tree collection; Warroad museum
displays models of historic industries; Cottonwood County
Historical Society uses exhibit to raise funds; "Wildflower
Safaris by Car" guidebook by Schroeder Area Historical
Society president; Chippewa County Historical Society
collecting pennies for church window fund; MHS grant
cycle schedule for fiscal year 2000.
November
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 11
Development process of
exhibit at Wright County Historical Society; AAM communications
kit; Tech Talk: Minnesota's architecture, part IV,
Academic Revival styles, by Charles Nelson, MHS historical
architect; Paul Bunyon genealogical tall tales contest
winners; Minnesota Fishing Museum one-year anniversary;
ground-breaking at St. Benedict's Monastery for
new heritage center.
October
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 10
Web site for Institute
for Minnesota Archaeology; gathering information about
historic markers; Crow Wing County Historical Society
opens children's area; doing grant research.
September
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 9
AASLH Award of Merit to
William C. Melton for Veblen Farmstead rescue; historic
preservation grant availability; Tech Talk: Minnesota's
Architecture, part III, Bric-a-Brac styles, Charles Nelson,
MHS historical architect; success in historical society
annual meetings.
August
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 8
Carlton County Historical
Society exhibit on Co-ops; innovative fund-raising methods
in county historical societies; using information technology
in historical society work, by Robert Horton, State Archivist;
National History Day winners.
July
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 7
St. Louis County Historical
Society exhibit on Antarctica; Stenstrom paintings exhibited
at Beltrami County fair grounds; Tech Talk: Storing glass
plate negatives by Robert Herskovitz, MHS chief conservator;
FY 1999 state grants-in-aid awards; volunteers on the
front line, 3 of 3, by Jackie Maas.
June
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 6
Marian Anderson paintings
of historic houses benefits Blue Earth County Historical
Society; Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's 10
most endangered properties; state History Day winners;
volunteers on the front line, 2 of 3, by Jackie Maas;
web site design using Internet resources; Minnesota Humanities
Commission grants.
May
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 5
Early photographs of Moorhead
used for fund-raising leverage by Clay County Historical
Society; Tech Talk: Minnesota architectural styles, part
II, Post-Civil War Architecture, by Charles Nelson, MHS
historical architect; volunteers on the front line, part
1 of 3, by Jackie Maas, MHS volunteer coordinator.
April
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 4
Chisago County Historical
Society finds way to relocate bats from historic house
attic; Minnesota Military Museum joins with casino to
sponsor fund-raising coupon program; Mississippi River
Corridor programs; history-related web site addresses;
Center for Book Arts mounts exhibit on printing sesquicentennial.
March
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 3
Otter Tail County Historical
Society mounts exhibit about the next millennium; Tech
Talk: Monitoring museum environments, by Beth Doyle,
MHS intern, and Robert Herskovitz, MHS chief conservator;
Emergency Preparedness Kit (A.R.K.) availability; underwater
archaeology lectures.
February
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 2
Stearns History Museum
displays circus and carnivals collection; Minnesota Council
on Foundations resources; planning and producing local
history maps, by historian and journalist Bill Wolston,
member, Dakota County Historical Society.
January
1999/Vol. XXVII, No. 1
Caring for and disposing
of government records, by Robert Horton, head of State
Archives, MHS; Tech Talk: Minnesota Architectural history,
Part 1, Early Architecture, by Charles Nelson, MHS historical
architect.
December
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 12
Freeborn County Historical
Society exhibit, meatpacking in Albert Lea; Great Northern
Depot in Bemidji to be home for Beltrami County Historical
Society; Tech Talk: conservation treatment of firearms,
part II, by Paul Storch, MHS objects conservator; Stearns
County Historical Society puts interactive web page for
history teaching on the Internet.
November
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 11
Water main flooding in
Clay County Historical Society; Itasca County Historical
Society commemorative miniatures of historic buildings;
new IRS ruling about conflicts of interest in tax-exempt
organizations; IMLS grants.
October
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 10
Minnesota Alliance of
Local History's Mutual Assistance Program; Clay
County Historical Society outreach traveling trunks;
Stavkirke dedicated in Moorhead; June 1998 Minnesota
Humanities Commission grants; survey of Interpreter readers;
Accessibility symbols for museums.
September
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 9
Anoka County Historical
Society "Drums, Dreams and History" festival; Minnesota's
new graduation standards; Tech Talk: Conservation treatment
of firearms, Part I, by Paul Storch, MHS objects conservator;
Spring 1998 Minnesota Humanities Commission grants; recruiting
and recognizing volunteers.
August
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 8
Becker County Historical
Society program on World War II era; Chippewa City historic
church gets new roof; restoration of two harbors lighthouse;
National History Day 1998 winners; Charnell's exhibit
about work in Minnesota; Accessibility in museums: Smithsonian
recommendations.
July
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 7
Traveling exhibits outreach
from Clay County Historical Society; re-enacting old-time
baseball by Washington County Historical Society; Tech
Talk: Care of photographic prints, part II, by Bonnie
Wilson, MHS curator of sound and visual collections and
Eric Mortenson, MHS staff photographer; books about MacMillan
family and artist George Morrison.
June
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 6
Moose Lake Area Historical
Society marks 80th anniversary of fires of 1918; collaboration
among historical societies in NW Minnesota; History Day
1998; Civil War display commemorates 1st Minnesota at
Gettysburg; new national history organization called
the Historical Society.
May
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 5
After the tornado: Review
of preservation and conservation in St. Peter; state
grants-in-aid awards, winter 1998; Tech Talk: Care of
photographic materials, by Bonnie Wilson, MHS curator
of sound and visual collections.
April
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 4
Stearns County Historical
Society production of annual report; Heritage Hjemkomst
Center dinosaur exhibit; Goodhue Area Historical Society
and schools in local history program; approaches to history
in historical organization newsletters; Aurora historic
buildings for sale for one dollar; "intellectual property" meaning,
issues and symbols.
March
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 3
Minnesota Machinery Museum
new security measures; Tech Talk: Conserving political
buttons, by Paul Storch, MHS objects conservator; Preservation
Alliance of Minnesota 1997 awards; Valspar and McKnight
Foundation sponsor community spruce-up campaign.
February
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 2
Territorial sesquicentennial
project ideas; intern program at Beltrami County Historical
Society; Institute for Minnesota Archaeology activities;
planned giving program at Olmsted County Historical Society; Unpacking
on the Prairie traveling exhibit schedule.
January
1998/Vol. XXVI, No. 1
Kandiyohi County Historical
Society collapsed roof being replaced; Minnesota Transportation
Museum; Tech Talk: Treatment and maintenance of masonry,
Part II, by Charles Nelson, MHS historical architect;
AASLH awards program; Minnesota Humanities Commission
grants.
December
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 12
Lyon County Museum program
for 125th anniversary of founding of Marshall; 1997 state
grants-in-aid; county and local preservation project
grants; William Mulligan's 1998 MHO keynote address;
Carver County Historical Society new addition nearing
completion; MHS newspaper project seeks copies of statewide
newspapers.
November
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 11
Granlund sculpture installed
at Cook County Historical Society; MHS director Nina
Archabal receives National Humanities Medal; quilting
bee program at MHS; Tech Talk: Masonry, part I, by Charles
Nelson, MHS historical architect; NEH publishes wheel-like
finding aid for advice on damage to collections; sampler
of holiday programs.
October
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 10
Clay County Historical
Society narrow escape in flood of 1997; Braham festival
of folklore and pies; hosting school groups in Freeborn
County Historical Society program; returning donated
objects; Winona County Historical Society completes renovation;
basic rules for documentation.
September
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 9
Civil War program at Moose
Lake Area Historical Society; Humphrey Museum continues
recovery from fire; History Day 1997; Tech Talk: Preserving
historic quilts, by Deborah Bede, MHS textile conservator;
quilt exhibit at MHS.
August
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 8
Oral history project of
people affected by floods of 1997; Scott County Historical
Society indexes newspaper; Carlton County Historical
Society exhibit on Northwest Paper's famous Mounties
advertising; grant to Washington County Historical Society
to preserve tax records; reprint of classic travel essays
and new journal for prairie advocates; notice for protecting
rural historic landscapes project; Phelps Mill video
from Otter Tail County Historical Society wins national
award.
July
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 7
MHS state grants-in-aid
program restored; Tech Talk: Care of sports memorabilia,
by Paul Storch, MHS objects conservator; AASLH awards
to Minnesota Lakes photography project and Mille Lacs
museum; Cokato Museum mural unveiled.
June 1997/Vol. XXV, No. 6 [Not available online]
Otter
Tail County Historical Society program for township historians;
programs for schools, parents and kids at Anoka County
Historical Society, Pioneer Park in Annandale, Isanti County
Historical Society, Brown County Historical Society, Wright
County Heritage Center and Goodhue County Historical Society;
book about Joseph R. Brown.
May
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 5
20th anniversaries for grants
review committee and chair Karen Humphrey; Tech Talk:
Media relations, by Barbara Averill, MHS media relations
manager; Traverse des Sioux encampment at Nicollet County
Historical Society; Gag family history projects by Brown
County Historical Society; Zumbrota covered bridge moved
by Zumbrota Covered Bridge Society.
April
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 4
Sherburne County Historical
Society involved in national TV show about the Klondike
Gold Rush; 10th year for Kanabec History Center school
program; opening of Hubert H. Humphrey museum in Waverly;
state grants-in-aid for fiscal year 1997; computerized
archaeological predictive model, Mn/Model; Sibley County
Historical Society collection of music boxes.
March
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 3
Weather exhibit at Clay
County Historical Society; Tech Talk: How and when to
preserve newspapers, by Kathy Ludwig and Bryan Johnson,
MHS paper conservators; grassroots history: Scott County
Historical Society exhibit on Dan Patch; MHS Theodore
Blegen conference; History Day Rhodent scholars seek
help; use of the word "history" in school curriculum.
February
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 2
Lost properties in Cokato;
AASLH awards; proliferation of communications towers;
bell towers on North Hennepin Community College grounds
and in front of Cook County Historical Society; roof
collapses at Kandiyohi County Historical Society; volatile
issues in museum exhibits.
January
1997/Vol. XXV, No. 1
Bev Jackson radio show for
Freeborn County Historical Society; Tech Talk: conservation
of archaeological artifacts from below water, by Paul
Storch, MHS objects conservator; history of French impressionist
painting in area: exhibit at Tweed Museum in Duluth and
book by Rena Neumann Coen; Stearns County Historical
Society puts exhibit on Internet; Edward Linenthal gives
MHO annual meeting keynote speech.
December
1996/Vol. XXIV, No. 12
Becker County Historical
Society helps with "historians" program for
area students; Itasca County Historical Society commemorative
figurine series; Scott County ghost town revived; Minnesota
Preservation Alliance gives grassroots preservation awards;
three books on women in history; tips on finding and
keeping historical society members.
November
1996/Vol. XXIV, No. 11
Kandiyohi County Historical
Society receives mounted buffalo fish (Kandi in Dakota
language); Tech Talk: research in cemeteries, by James
Smith, Interpreter editor; Winona capital campaign
successful; professional ethics standards for historical
organizations; new award for work in architectural history.
October
1996/Vol. XXIV, No. 10
History Day program in
Minnesota; art history in Mankato; collecting over 60
years in Clay County; 120th anniversary of state's
first hospital for mentally ill; Swedish Institute Christmas
programs; touring exhibit and videotape of performing
arts in immigration history; grassroots approach to quilts
section of MHS exhibit.
September 1996/Vol. XXIV, No. 9 [Not available online]
Paul
Bunyon genealogical tall tales essay contest; Tech Talk:
writing exhibit labels, by Kate Roberts, MHS exhibit curator;
Stearns County Historical Society exhibit about sports
personalities; Brown County Historical Society hosts teacher
workshop; Hennepin History Museum closes gallery and program,
but library remains open.
August 1996/Vol. XXIV, No. 8 [Not available online]
Suggestions
for shows, festivals and fairs by historical organizations;
Lake Museum of Transportation exhibit on transporting silk
between the two World Wars; Treaty of 1851 program at Nicollet
County Historical Society; AASLH awards to Renville County
Genealogical Society and Taylors Falls Historical Society;
Gammelgarden Museum director receives Swedish heritage
award; traveling trunk programs at Yellow Medicine County
Historical Society and Wadena County Historical Society;
Institute for Minnesota Archaeology starts endowment fund.
