Local History News: November 15, 2023

Field Note

Heritage Preservation, Planning & Outreach staff conducted a site visit at Glensheen in Duluth to review progress on a building preservation project. The work is focused on the repair of the carriage house. The National Register site is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior. 

Heritage Preservation Grants

State Capital Projects Grants-in-Aid
The Minnesota legislature and Governor Walz have directed $1 million to the State Capital Projects Grants-in-Aid program. This grant program, administered by the Minnesota Historical Society, supports historic preservation construction projects for publicly owned buildings in Minnesota. Eligible properties must be either listed in the National Register of Historic Places or determined to be eligible for listing by the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. 

Work proposed and completed using the grant funds must meet the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Grants Office Webinar: First Steps Towards a Grant
November 16 @ 2 to 3 pm (CT) - Online: In this webinar, you will learn what you need to do to register for a grants portal login, how to apply, what the grant programs offer, what the programs can fund, and which resources are available for applicants. If you have never applied for a grant before or would like to hear about the basic process again, this webinar is for you. Presented by Grants Associate Gillian Maguire.
Join online: meet.google.com/zwx-krei-com
Join by phone: ‪(US) +1 386-361-3086‬ PIN: ‪420 891 978‬#

Small Grant Deadline
The next small grant deadline (requests of $10,000 or less) for the MHCHG program is Friday, January 12, 2024.

Job Opportunities

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

MNHS

• Site Supervisor - Ramsey & Hill House

LOCAL

• Associate Director - Douglas County Historical Society, Alexandria, MN
• Associate Curator - Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth, MN
• Council Reparations Commission and Committee Aide - City of Saint Paul, St. Paul, MN
• Director of Real Estate - Rethos, St. Paul, MN

REGIONAL

• Curator of Exhibition - Museum of Danish America, Elk Horn, IA
• Curator III - University Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

• Director and CEO - History Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 

INTERNSHIPS/VOLUNTEERS/FELLOWSHIPS

• State Historic Preservation Review Board - MN State Historic Preservation Office
• Internship in Historic Preservation Law - National Trust for Historic Preservation

Additional Job Postings in the Field »

News

St. Louis County Historical Society names first new director in 32 years
Duluth News Tribune --- For the first time since 1991, the St. Louis County Historical Society is under new leadership. The society announced Wednesday that Nicholas Jensen has been named executive director. Continue reading »

Degerstrom becomes Stearns Museum director
The News Leaders --- A new executive director, Amy Degerstrom, has been named to the Stearns History Museum, an appointment that was announced Nov. 7 by the museum’s board of directors. Continue reading »

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