Field Note

The Ramsey County History Network met on March 14, 2023 at the North St. Paul Museum in North St. Paul. The meeting, which occurs a few times per year, included representatives from the Hill Farm Historical Society, the Little Canada Historical Society, the Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums, the Minnesota Historical Society, the Maplewood Area Historical Society, the New Brighton Area Historical Society, the Ramsey County Historical Society, Roseville Historical Society, and the Shoreview Historical Society. 

NOTICE

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this week's Local History News is a lighter version. We hope to offer all of the usual content you know and love in upcoming editions. Thanks for your patience and keep sending in your job postings and event listings. 

Heritage Preservation Grants

Grants Office Webinar: Making Films Using the Grants Program

March 16 - Online: 2-3 pm (CT). The Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants program has helped to complete a broad range of historical films. Let’s talk about how grants can fund the research, the script writing, the visual appearance, and sound of your future moving image and film projects. We’ll look at how some films are made and how to obtain the funding to start, polish and complete them. Presented by John Fulton, Grants Specialist. Learn more »

Small Grant Deadline

The next small grant deadline (requests of $10,000 or less) for the MHCHG program is Friday, April 14, 2023.

Job Opportunities

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

MNHS

• Program Facilitator I - Historic Fort Snelling
• Site Guide II - Split Rock Lighthouse
• Museum Guide - MN History Center

LOCAL

• Curator of Collections (reopened) - Rice County Historical Society, Faribault
• Music Museum Guide - Schubert Club, St. Paul
• Project Archivist/Librarian - Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
• Historic Site Interpreter - Ramsey County Historical Society, Gibbs Farm Museum, Falcon Heights

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

• Curator of Education - Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, ID
• Museum Collections Supervisor - U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL
• Curator of Exhibits and Collections - U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL

INTERNSHIPS/VOLUNTEERS/FELLOWSHIPS

• History Documentary Internship - Twin Cities PBS, St. Paul, MN
• Archaeology Collections Assistant Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Archaeology Resource Management Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Architectural History Resource Management Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Community Engagement Research Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Folsom House Program Development Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Internship Program Recruitment & Outreach - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Lindbergh Public History Program - MNHS, Charles Lindbergh House and Museum, Little Falls, MN
• MNHS Press Design Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Multimedia Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Native American Undergraduate Museum Fellowship (NAUMF) Program Support Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
• Northern Lights Textbook Revision Intern - MNHS, MN History Center, St. Paul, MN
  

Additional Job Postings in the Field »

Funding & Awards

Bush Foundation Ecosystem Grants
March 14 - (Opens) | April 13 (Deadline): The Ecosystem program primarily supports organizations helping people solve problems across a number of issues, rather than organizations focused on a particular issue area. The exceptions to this are organizations working on spreading student-centered learning or using the arts to address community challenges. (These exceptions reflect our long-standing commitments to education and the arts.) We also want to make sure we are funding organizations focused on Native nation building in ways that support sovereignty. Learn more »

Featured Book The Big Leaf Leap, by Molly Beth Griffin; illustrations by Meleck Davis. Minnesota Historical Society Press.	Featured Article Minnesota History When Women Went Public: Feminist Reforms in the 1970s Volume 61, Issue 2, 2008	Featured Article MNopedia Escape from Shakopee State Reformatory for Women, 1949 Featured MNopedia Article
Minnesota History Organizations Directory  • County, Chapters, and Local • Statewide/Topical Historical • Regional History Coalitions • Professional Organizations	Minnesota Main Streets Reinvigorate your community's commercial district.	Preservation Specialists Directory Look up products or services.

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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