April 6, 2022

Heritage Preservation Grants

MNHS Announces January Round of Legacy Small Grants
Recipients received 42 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants ($10,000 and less) totaling $355,452 in 23 counties. Learn more »

TOMORROW: March Grants Open House
April 7 - Online: The Grants Office will hold a virtual Grants Office Open House using Google Meet from 2 to 3:30 pm in order to provide support to our community in this time of social distancing. We encourage people to RSVP to Gillian by email with a short summary of what you want to talk about and she will try to ensure that someone helpful will be available. Learn more »

Small Grant Deadline
The next small grant deadline (requests of $10,000 or less) for the MHCHG program is Friday, April 8, 2022.

Large Grant Deadline
Pre-applications for the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants large grant round (requests over $10,000) will be due Friday, May 20, 2022. This is a required part of the large grant application process. Contact the Grants Office with questions.

From the Blog

This week's blog post is from Beltrami County Historical Society. Have a blog? Let us know!

More MN Blog posts

• Carmel Band, Store and Post Office - Beltrami County Historical Society
• Mankato’s Nickname - Blue Earth County Historical Society
• The Farmer’s Market in Mankato - Blue Earth County Historical Society
• The Labor Movement: Conversations Between Past and Present - East Side Freedom Library
• Little Shipyard on the Prairie, Part 3 - Scott County Historical Society
• Adapting History: The 1222 University Project - Rethos
• Book Review of the Month: April 2022 - Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County

From the Tube

This week's video from April Fool's Day is from American Swedish Institute. Have a video channel or podcast? Let us know!

More MN Tube posts

• The Gut & Liver Line - Itasca County Historical Society
• Growing Up in South Maplewood in the 1950s & 1960s - Maplewood Area Historical Society
• Getting Here From Where?: Following Your Ancestor's Migration Trail - Dakota County Historical Society
• Sea Wing Disaster - Lake City Historical Society
• History of Water Skiing & Lake Minnetonka Clubs - Westonka Historical Society
• Great Episodes: The Adventures of Young Heman Rice Gibbs - Gibbs Farm
• History on Deck - Stearns History Museum
• Artist Talk: Kehayr Brown-Ransaw In Conversation With Rekhet Si-Asar - MAAHMG
• Walk-through video of The Links, Incorporated Exhibition - Ramsey County Historical Society
• History 21 The Podcast: 2.07 Big Stoop Orchestra - Anoka County Historical Society
• ACHS recruits 2 new fellows - Anoka County Historical Society

Job Opportunities

Minnesota Historical Society's Job Announcement, Internship,  Fellowship, and Volunteer Opportunity pages.

MNHS

• Program Assistant, Visitor Services - Historic Forestville
• Site Guide I - Jeffers Petroglyphs
• Site Guide I - Split Rock Lighthouse 
• Archaeologist II - MN History Center
• Digital Infrastructure & Business Application Manager - MN History Center
• Sales Manager, MNHS Press - MN History Center
• Support Services Assistant - MN History Center
• Setup Assistant - MN History Center

LOCAL

• Flaten Art Museum Collections Manager - St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
• Director of Information Systems, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library - College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University. Collegeville, MN
• Strategic Partnerships & Government Relations Specialist - Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• Marketing and Content Coordinator - Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• Social Media and Content Coordinator - Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• KAYSC Freedom School Servant Leader - Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• KAYSC Operations Manager - Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• KAYSC Design Team Instructor - Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN
• Supplemental Museum Educator - Bell Museum, St. Paul, MN
• Community Events Coordinator - Bell Museum, St. Paul, MN
• Visitor Services Associate - The American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
• Membership and Sales - Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul, MN
• Custodian II - Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul, MN
• Visitor Assistant Galleries - Summer Temp - Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul, MN
• Visitor Assistant Box Office - Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul, MN
• Visitor Assistant Galleries - Weekend Only - Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul, MN
• Visitor Assistant Galleries - Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul, MN

REGIONAL

• Education Specialist - The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Platteville, WI
• Tour Guide - The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Platteville, WI
• Museum Specialist, Visitor Services - The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Platteville, WI
• Experience Facilitator (Multiple) - Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI
• Chief Curator - Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
• Archaeologist - Sanford Museum and Planetarium, Cherokee, IA
• Accounting and Office Administrator - Brucemore, Cedar Rapids, IA
• Museum Guide at Montauk Historic Site - Montauk Historic Site, State Historical Society of Iowa, Clermont, IA
• Curator III - Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
• Executive Director - Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum, Fargo, ND
• Chief Executive Officer - Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, Crazy Horse, SD

INTERNSHIPS/VOLUNTEERS/FELLOWSHIPS

• Historical Library Internship - Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Des Moines, IA
• State Archives Internship - Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Des Moines, IA

Additional Job Postings in the Field »

Do History Here

Image used by permission from the Rock County Historical Society.

Event: Festival of History 
April 6 to 11 - Duluth: The Twin Ports Festival of History aims to provide those with an interest in history an opportunity to listen to and discuss various history topics with authors and historians of local, regional, national and international renown. Learn more »

Presentation: History From the Balcony - Community Theater in New Ulm  
April 7 - New Ulm: 12 to 1 pm. Brown County Historical Society - Local historian Dan Groebner will share his research about community theater in New Ulm. Live plays have entertained audiences in New Ulm since its earliest days. Turner Hall’s home talent drew crowds for German-language plays, and its large new theater (1901) attracted nationally prominent shows. Learn more »

Historic Context of Russia’s War in Ukraine: A round table discussion with three historians of Eastern Europe
April 7 - Winona: 4 pm. Winona County History Center. - The Winona County Historical Society is hosting a community discussion with three local historians specializing in Eastern European and Russian history. Julia Barr earned her Ph.D. in Russian/Soviet History at the University of Chicago in 2012, specializing in the history of Russian empire/imperialism. Matthew Lungerhausen is a professor in the History Department at Winona State. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of Minnesota in 2004. His research focuses on photography and nationalism in the Habsburg Monarchy between 1867 and 1918. Erich Lippman is an Associate Professor of History at Saint Mary's University. He earned his Ph.D. in Russian history at the University of Minnesota in 2007. Cost: No cost. For more information call 507-454-2723 ext. 3.

Author Discussion: The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade
April 7 - St. Paul: 7 to 8 pm. University of Minnesota Press - Virtual event. Gary Goodman in conversation with Pat Coleman, previously acquisitions librarian for the Minnesota Historical Society. Location: SubText Books. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

Movie night: His Girl Friday
April 7 - Stillwater: 7 pm. Washington County Heritage Center - His Girl Friday” (1940), starring Cary Grant, has been selected for April as a part of the monthly “Black & White Movie Night” series. For more information call 651-439-5956. 

Opening Reception for the J. C. “Buzz” Ryan Forest History Room
April 8 - Duluth: 4 to 6 pm. St. Louis County Heritage & Arts Center - Over 25 vintage framed photographs by 20th-century photographer William Francis Roleff are on view. His images were selected to chronicle the lumber industry in northern Minnesota from 1912 to 1916. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

Drop-in Program - Learn Dakota
April 9 - Bloomington: 1 to 4 pm. Pond Dakota Mission Park - During tours of the historic Pond House hear about the work Gideon and Samuel Pond did in creating the first Dakota alphabet, see resources for learning the Dakota language today, and learn about the annual Dakota Language Camp and free weekly language classes. Cost: No cost. For more information call 952-563-8674.

Book Launch: Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota
April 9 - Minneapolis: 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Hennepin History Museum - Author and historian Chad Montrie discusses his book, which documents a legacy of racial exclusion in Minnesota state politics, economy, and culture. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

Our Worlds Intertwined: Benedictine Native American Boarding Schools in Minnesota
April 9 - St. Cloud: 1 pm. Stearns History Museum - This presentation and exhibit explore the history of Native American Boarding Schools operated by Benedictines in Minnesota. Beginning in the late 1800s, these schools supported, and at times subverted, federal assimilation policies. Cost: No cost members/$7 nonmembers. Learn more »

Presentation on the Red River Métis by Historian Fritz Anderson
April 12 - Stillwater: 7 to 8 pm. Washington County Heritage Center - Historian Fritz Anderson will present on the fascinating and oft-overlooked community of the Red River Métis. Learn more »

Civil War Roundtable: Lincoln and the Hellgate
April 12 - St. Cloud: 3:30 pm to 5 pm. Stearns History Museum - George Romano discusses Lincoln and the Hellgate. Learn more »

Presentation: History of Curling in Minnesota
April 14 - Golden Valley: 7 pm. Golden Valley Historical Society - Tim McMahon, an avid curler, author, history buff, and past president of the St. Paul Curling Club, will give a presentation entitled, "What the Heck is Curling? The Proud and Storied History of Curling in Minnesota." Cost: No cost. Learn more »

Presentation: History Revealed - Invisible Warriors
April 14 - Online: 7 to 8:30 pm (CT). Ramsey County Historical Society, East Side Freedom Library, and Roseville Library - Wilkins Community Fellow Jeremiah Ellis will talk about some of the women who worked at Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, and Greogory Cooke will share the making of his film, Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II, in a brief discussion. After the discussion, attendees are invited to view a special screen of the entire film of Invisible Warriors, about 60 minutes long. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

Climate Change with Richard Leitch
April 15 - Online: 12:30 to 2 pm. Ramsey County Library - Join Richard Leitch as he examines what role the United States will play in future negotiations on climate. Richard Leitch, Ph.D. is a professor of Political Science Department at Gustavus Adolphus. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

Continuing Education

Highlighted Museum: Hay Lake School, operated by Washington County Historical Society, Scandia, MN.
Photograph by McGhiever, distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license.

Historic Preservation and Affordable Housing Panel
April 14 - Online: Dumbaton House - During this panel the presenters will discuss combining historic preservation and affordable housing, major challenges to their work, and legal and social changes needed to further that work. Additionally, they will examine a local example of historic preservation and affordable housing coming into conflict. Presentations and panel discussion with be followed by Q and A. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

LGBTQ+ Museum Staff & Students Town Hall
April 14 - Online: 3 to 4 pm (CT). New England Museum Association - How can the LGBTQ+ Museum Staff & Students PAG better support you? How can you be more involved in the PAG? The PAG co-chairs want to hear from you! Join with other queer and allied museum professionals to discuss 2022 events, how to foster community, and opportunities to become a leader in the PAG. All are welcome to join. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

From the Ground Up: Starting a Museum
April 20 – Online: 10 am (CT). Texas Historical Commission - Hear how one group started their own museum. They’ll share their experience starting the museum from the ground up, together with its failures, experiments, and modest successes. In addition, they’ll talk about the challenges that museums face when addressing complex contemporary events. Cost: No cost. Learn more »

TIPS & TOOLS

The Reframing History Podcast has launched with the first episode: “When I Say History…” - AASLH

Additional Educational Opportunities »

Fund Your Mission

Humanities Initiatives at Community Colleges
May 9 - (Deadline): Humanities Initiatives at Community Colleges support community colleges’ commitment to educating students on a variety of educational and career paths. The program funds curricular and faculty development projects that help strengthen humanities programs and/or incorporate humanistic approaches in fields outside the humanities. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes, drawn from humanities areas of studies such as history, philosophy, religion, literature, and composition and writing skills. Each project must also incorporate a broader institutional vision for the humanities at a community college.
Learn more »

Humanities Initiatives at Tribal Colleges and Universities
May 9 - (Deadline): National Endowment for the Humanities - This grant program helps strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities by developing new humanities programs, resources, or courses, or by enhancing existing ones. Applicants are encouraged to draw on the knowledge of outside scholars who would contribute expertise and fresh insights to the project. Learn more »

Publishing Historical Records in Documentary Editions Grants
June 8 - (Deadline): National Archives - The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish documentary editions of historical records.
Learn more »

Archives Collaboratives: Implementation Grant
June 8 - (Deadline): National Archives - Seeks projects to make collections from small and under-represented archives more readily available for public discovery and use.
Learn more »

Peter H. Brink Leadership Fund
This fund helps to build the capacity of existing preservation organizations and encourages collaboration among these organizations by providing grants for mentoring and other peer-to-peer and direct organizational development and learning opportunities. Grants from the Peter H. Brink Leadership Fund support travel costs and mentor honoraria with a maximum reimbursement of $2,500. Learn more »

TIPS & TOOLS

Nine must-see examples of successful crowdfunding campaigns

Additional Funding Opportunities »  

News

The AASLH Public History Research Lab has extended the deadline to complete the annual National Visitation Survey for History Organizations to April 8. TAKE SURVEY »

From the Heritage Preservation Department
Reminder: Due to COVID-19 all Heritage Preservation Department staff (Grants Office and Local History Services) are working remotely until further notice. If you need to connect with a specific staff member, please email them directly.

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