Annual Report Fiscal Year 2007 In 1849, a group of history enthusiasts were working to create an organization to preserve the story of their changing times – and they were rewarded when the Territorial Legislature granted an organizational charter to the Minnesota Historical Society–nine years before Minnesota became a state. As the state of Minnesota celebrates its 150th birthday, we honor the legacy of our founders who believed that their dreams for Minnesota’s future depended on preserving the knowledge of Minnesota’s past. Over the course of the Society’s history, an ever-broadening audience of Minnesotans has joined in recording and preserving their history. Collectively, we draw strength and knowledge from their stories. Together, we have built a strong Minnesota Historical Society that stands ready to serve the people of our state for the next 150 years and beyond. Edward Stringer, President, Minnesota Historical Society As Minnesotans look forward to celebrating the state’s Sesquicentennial, we at the Society can look back over more than 158 years of serving the state – and ahead to the promise of fulfilling our mission on a wider scale than ever imagined. The Society’s impact is expanding – owing in part to the once unimaginable reach of the Internet. Millions of people at home and around the world have benefited from the ability to explore history in depth in new and exciting ways. Yet, our day-to-day personal interaction with visitors in the real places where history happened has also grown. The awareness of our programs, educational opportunities, historic sites, collections and exhibitions has increased. This year, our Minnesota’s Greatest Generation project reached new heights, with the Society continuing its commitment to gather and preserve the stories and treasures of the generation that experienced the Great Depression and World War II and went on to create the world as we know it today. The project’s web site received nearly 200,000 visitors interested in personal stories, oral histories, diaries, photographs and artifacts relating to the era. For those who came to the History Center to attend our programs – from the Moving Pictures Film Festival to the exciting “RetroRama” – there was something for everyone. Building on the power of the Internet, the Society began work supported by a grant of nearly a million dollars from The Bush Foundation, which will enable the Society to provide greatly expanded access to our programs and collections. When fully developed, this initiative will provide access to collections not only held by the Society, but also by Minnesota’s county and local historical organizations, the historical societies of North and South Dakota, and even repositories in Canada. The Society’s reach to new audiences is also evident in the work of the Minnesota Historical Society Press. This year the press published 29 new titles and sold 142,000 books, more than ever before in our history. The Society is actively engaged in the commemoration of Minnesota’s 150th birthday in 2008. The innovative “MN150” exhibit, created from nominations from people around the state, identifies the 150 people, places and things that shaped Minnesota. The exhibit promises to be one of the largest and most imaginative Sesquicentennial projects. The Society is also supporting the work of the state’s Sesquicentennial Commission, comprised of legislative and gubernatorial appointees charged in statute “to plan for activities relating to Minnesota’s 150th anniversary of statehood.” Looking forward, the Society is committed to expanding its services and program at Historic , the state’s preeminent historic site and first National Historic Landmark. The effort will broaden the stories told at the fort to extend from the presence of native people in the area long before the fort was established in 1825, to the end of World War II when it was decommissioned. We shall look to our state’s elected leaders and to you, our members, to help us to realize an exciting new program at Historic Fort Snelling. The Society’s work preserving and caring for our state’s history creates a complex and wonderful picture of Minnesota that is broadly inclusive, including the newest arrivals to Minnesota, as well as those whose ancestors have lived here for centuries. There is room for all in the story of our Minnesota. We thank you for your support and look forward to providing ever better service and programs for our members and friends – in Minnesota and everywhere in the world.

Nina Archabal, Director Minnesota Historical Society Report

2007 Highlights

‘Baseball As America’ knocks one “Baseball As America,” an exhibit from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum out of the park! in Cooperstown, N.Y., attracted a record audience of more than 60,000 visitors to the History Center in just over a three-month stay. The exhibit included more than 500 artifacts, historic photographs and other memorabilia. It was accompanied by an exhibition of baseball photos from the Star Tribune and a display of baseball artifacts from the Society’s own collection. Hundreds of Society members and other baseball fans attended an opening party featuring Hall of Famers Harmon Killebrew, Ryne Sandberg and Paul Molitor as well as other former Twins greats.

Hill sapphire makes history; Proceeds from the record-breaking sale of a 22.66-carat sapphire for $3.064 families’ gifts support endowment, million at Christie’s New York in April supported an endowment fund for program the Society’s historic James J. Jill House in St. Paul. The sapphire – originally part of a sapphire and diamond necklace given by “Empire Builder” James J. Hill to his wife, Mary, in 1886 – was given to the Society at the bequest of a descendant of the Hills. The donation is among the largest received by the Society. The Hill House also received a special gift from the descendants of Lena Peterson, a Swedish immigrant who served as the Hills’ head cook and is featured prominently in the historic site’s annual “Hill House Holidays” tours, and Herman Olson, a worker on the construction of the nearby Cathedral of St. Paul. The gift will help keep the stories of all the house’s residents – both “upstairs” and “downstairs” – alive for future generations.

Society’s audiences continue Visits to the Society’s web site continued to grow by leaps and bounds, this year to grow at home and around reaching an incredible 8.6 million – a 33-percent increase over the previous the world year. The library continued to meet the burgeoning demand for online services providing 11,717 death certificates, 4,256 birth certificates and 9,945 photo orders. While use of the Internet continued to be be a growing part of everyday life, the authentic experiences provided by the Society’s museums, historic sites and library attracted nearly a million people, including nearly 250,000 schoolchildren, a 11-percent increase over 2006. Sales increased more than 14 percent at the History Center’s Museum Stores. Revenues from all these sources was nearly $400,000, almost 15 percent more than the previous year. And membership grew to an all-time high of 19,272 households. In August, the Society received a grant of $999,709 from the Bush Foundation to increase public access to the area’s cultural heritage resources and upgrade its technology infrastructure. Over three years, the grant will transform the management of the Society’s collections and delivery of this content to users across Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and around the world through our web site. ‘Camera Ojibwe’ offers unique “Camera Ojibwe: Photos of Ojibwe Life” gave visitors a new perspective on glimpse into American Indian life Minnesota’s American Indian history. Images of leaders wearing headdresses and culture; changing exhibits and holding pipes, birch bark canoes, wild ricing and maple sugaring in draw diverse audiences postcards, stereographs and “carte de visites” provided clues to stories of survival and endurance by Indian people from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries. The exhibit, based on the MHS Press book “We Are At Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People,” by Bruce White, was just one of the changing exhibits that brought new audiences to the History Center, including “Red Wing Retro: Extraordinary Pottery, Everyday Life,” a fascinating look at a signature Minnesota company that was once the largest pottery manufacturer in the country, and “Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust,” the remarkable stories of the Nazis’ most vulnerable victims – Jewish children – and the individuals who risked their lives trying to save them. The exhibit was the second of two traveling exhibitions, sponsored by Target, to come to the History Center from the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Minneapolis filmmaker and teacher Freya Schirmacher and her film “A Satisfied Film Festival, web presence and Life: The Legacy of Ted Wryk” won best film honors at the Society’s Moving public programs keep important Pictures Film Festival, held at the History Center in October. Thirty short project front and center films that explored the lives and legacies of Minnesota’s Greatest Generation were entered in the competition and screened at the festival, attended by more than 500 people. The Share Your Story section of the project’s web site, which won a DotOrg award from the Minnesota Council for Nonprofits for “Best Storytelling for the Ages,” has logged 560 stories and 117,500 readers since its debut in 2005. The Society also launched “RetroRama,” a continuing series that featured an unconventional look at the music, culture, fashions and foibles of the post-war economic boom years. “Preserving Family History” workshops, helping people protect and preserve treasured personal items, were offered in 22 locations around the state.

Kevin Kling film takes Mill City Museum Humorist and playwright Kevin Kling’s look at his hometown is a quirky, visitors on a whirlwind tour of informative history of the city, from the fateful arrival of Father Louis ‘Minneapolis in 19 Minutes Flat’ Hennepin more than three centuries ago, through the rise of St. Anthony as a lumbering and flour milling center, to Minneapolis’ current status as a vibrant, modern city. The film is shown in Mill City Museum’s renovated Engine House, a theater space with a state-of-the-art projection and sound system. “Minneapolis in 19 Minutes Flat” was an instant hit, attracting full houses and providing another signature experience for visitors. 2007 Highlights

Outreach programs reach As part of a long-range plan to strengthen relationships with nearby neigh- diverse audiences borhoods and to increase access to its resources for St. Paul schools, the Society launched the East Side Neighborhood Access Initiative which gives fourth-grade students from the neighborhood featured in the “Open House” exhibit an opportunity to visit the History Center and participate in museum programs designed specifically for them. In another unique program, the Society created “Minnesota’s Greatest Girls,” a filmmaking collaboration between young filmmakers and senior women that allowed the participants to explore the stages of their lives through conversation and shared activities. And, “Generations: A Summer Camp” brought together Hmong students and members of Minnesota’s Greatest Generation to foster intergenerational and intercultural dialogue creating artwork reflecting their shared experiences.

Huggins Papers top a big year for Due to the generosity of more than 40 donors, the Society acquired a rare collections acquisitions collection of items created from the 1830s to the 1860s by missionary Alexander Huggins and his family. In 1835, Huggins and Thomas Williamson organized the Dakota mission at Lac qui Parle. A diary kept by Huggins, one of the items in the collection, offers a glimpse into lives of the Dakota. Also included are a diary kept by Huggins’ son Amos; his daughter Mary’s autograph book; three “carte de visite” albums; and 12 daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes of the missionaries’ families. Other notable acquisitions among the 1,752 items added to the collections include a set of six sketches for the “Battle of Missionary Ridge” painting in the Governor’s Reception Room, by Douglas Volk; “Flight,” a 1980 sculpture by noted Minnesota artist Paul Granlund, a gift of Rev. Richard Hillstrom; and a portrait of Mary T. Hill that originally hung over a fireplace at the Hill House, a gift of the Ffolliott family in memory of Gertrude Hill Boeckmann Ffolliott.

MHS Press has another record year MHS Press continued to expand the variety of its offerings with a record 28 titles ranging from books about Minnesota’s lakes and cabins to memoirs to books on the state’s literature, climate, sports and cuisine. Titles include “Where One Voice Ends Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry,” the first comprehensive survey of Minnesota poetry; “Sweet Land,” a collection of short stories by Will Weaver that inspired an award-winning motion picture; and “The AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source of the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul,” by Larry Millett, which details scores of neighborhoods and more than 2,000 buildings. The year’s bestseller was “Hot Dish Heaven” by Ann Burckhardt. Expanded marketing resources A new marketing committee, including community leaders in the field and increase attendance and awareness representatives from the Society’s board, provided increased funding for marketing initiatives, resulting in heightened attendance and awareness. The popular, family- friendly “Ticket to History” program brought hundreds of new visitors to historic sites, many purchasing family memberships. Increased advertising, backed by strong media sponsorships and unprecedented news coverage, also helped drive attendance. A new Mill City Museum advertising campaign positioning the venue as the “Most Explosive Museum in the World” helped increase attendance by 35 percent. Split Rock Lighthouse, Oliver Kelley Farm, House and the History Center also saw strong increases spurred by marketing and programming. Seven sites offered free admission through the Museum Adventure Pass, sponsored by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency and Macy’s, which introduced the Society to many first-time visitors.

Historic Fort Snelling and The State Legislature will consider a funding request of $24.8 million from the Oliver Kelley Farm plan for future Society during the 2008 session for the planned restoration and revitalization of Historic Fort Snelling, the first National Historic Landmark designated in Minnesota in 1960. Plans include a new visitor center designed by award- winning architect Joan Soranno, the preservation of historic buildings, the creation of classrooms and restrooms within the walls of the fort in order to better serve schoolchildren, and an expansion of the site’s interpretive program. The site’s rich history will be told through new and familiar stories, ranging from topics related to the Dakota prior to the 1800s, through the Territorial period, the Civil War, the U.S.-Dakota War, World War II and beyond. The Society also engaged in creating a Comprehensive Interpretive Plan for the Oliver Kelley Farm, involving stakeholders from several communities. Aimed at enhancing the visitor’s experience at the farm, plans include designing a new, modern visitor center and expanded programming relevant to today’s audiences.

Society names 11 properties to Eleven Minnesota properties were added to the National Register: Henry C. National Register, awards $946,472 Oldenburg House, Carlton; Holz Family Farmstead, Eagan; Hagel Family Farm, in grants Hassan Township; Willmar Tribune Building, Willmar; Commerce Building, St. Paul; Payne Avenue State Bank, St. Paul; Walnut Grove Cooperative Creamery, Walnut Grove; Stuntz Bay Boathouse Historic District, Breitung Township; Hewitt Public School, Hewitt; Dr. George R. Christie House, Long Prairie; and Strangers Refugee Lodge, New Richland. Twenty-three State Grants-in-Aid were awarded for a total of $58,000; 40 State Capital Grants-in- Aid were awarded for a total of $822,499; and five cities were awarded $66,973 for project grants. Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Highlights Fiscal year 2007 was the second full year of the Salaries and benefits increased 4.9% in fiscal Society charging for admission at the History 2007 and comprised 49.3% ($22.0 million) The Society received $22.9 million in operating Center, which resulted in approximately of the Society’s total expenses for the year, support from the State of Minnesota in fiscal $339,000 in admission fees, up $20,000 over compared to 51.8% ($21.0 million) for fiscal year 2007, substantially unchanged from 2006, and $101,000 in membership revenue 2006. fiscal year 2006. In 2006, the Legislature for 1,782 memberships. returned to its two-year cycle of providing The Society’s investments, at market value, capital appropriation support for historic site Investment return for fiscal year 2007, of $6.6 increased 25%, or $7.9 million, to $39.4 million asset preservation projects and the Historic million, is up $4.1 million from the prior year during fiscal year 2007. This increase reflects Fort Snelling Revitalization, providing $5.7 due primarily to increased endowment gifts $4.0 million in new endowment gifts and million in funding. Fiscal year 2007 was a and improved investment results. The return improved investment return. non-funding year for capital appropriation. for fiscal year 2007 was approximately 17.5%. 1,742 volunteers contributed more than 40,460 Contributions from members, friends, Total expenses for fiscal year 2007 were volunteer hours across the state. corporations and foundations totaled $44.7 million, up $4.1 million from the prior $8.6 million, up $3.8 million from fiscal year year and related primarily to repairs to 2006. This increase is a result of continued historic sites ($1.0 million), professional and contributions in support of the Minnesota’s technical services ($1.0 million), equipment Greatest Generation project and MN150, as ($0.3 million), and grants to cities & counties well as proceeds from the sale of a sapphire ($0.3 million). in support of the James J. Hill House.

Total non-investment operating revenues increased an average of 5.3% over the B A previous fiscal year, with increases in almost every category of revenue. The “Baseball As America” exhibit was a driving force in many of the revenue categories in fiscal 2007. A C H

G B D F E

C Percentage of Expenses by Program Area: D A Historic Sites...... 26.1% B Library Collections and Archival Services...... 16.3% C Museum Operations ...... 14.1% Sources of Support and Revenue: D Administration, Development, A State Appropriations...... 46.8% Support and Technology...... 18.9% B Federal, State & County Grants . . . 2.2% E History Center...... 7.7% C Support from Individuals, F Outreach and Preservation . . . . . 5.6% Corporations and Foundations. . . .17.6% G Mill City Museum...... 6.5% D Earned Income...... 33.5% H Publications and Research...... 4.9%

Condensed Balance Sheet Year ended June 30, 2007 (000’s) omitted With summarized information as of June 30, 2006

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted Restricted Undesignated Board unrestricted Plant designated State funds fund endowment appropriation Other 2007 2006 Cash and investments $ 3,903 $ 15,976 $ 2,929 $ 10,815 $ 19,993 $ 53,616 $ 44,088 Receivables 2,272 7,208 1,543 1,664 12,687 17,515 Museum shop inventories 959 959 989 Property and equipment net $ 89,546 89,546 89,860 Total assets $ 7,134 $ 89,546 $ 15,976 $ 10,137 $ 12,358 $ 21,657 $ 156,808 $ 152,452 Payables and accrued liabilities $ 1,630 $ 79 $ 2,756 $ 434 $ 385 $5,284 $5,218 Net assets: Unrestricted 5,504 $ 89,546 15,897 110,947 108,557 Temporarily restricted 7,381 11,924 19,305 20,363 Permanently restricted 21,272 21,272 18,314 Total net assets 5,504 89,546 15,897 7,381 11,924 21,272 151,524 147,234 Total liabilities and net assets $ 7,134 $ 89,546 $ 15,976 $ 10,137 $ 12,358 $ 21,657 $ 156,808 $ 152,452

These statements are excerpts from the Society’s audited financial statements which are available upon request. Statement of Activity Year ended June 30, 2007 (000’s) omitted With summarized information as of June 30, 2006

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted Restricted Undesignated Board unrestricted Plant designated State funds fund endowment appropriation Other 2007 2006 Support and Revenue Support: Private contributions $ 1,062 $ 6,493 $ 1,044 $ 8,599 $ 4,826 Federal grants 549 549 1,242 County and other grants 511 511 1 State operating appropriation $ 22,904 22,904 22,845 State capital appropriation ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 5,572 Total support $ 1,062 ~ $ 22,904 $ 7,553 $ 1,044 $ 32,563 $ 34,486 Revenue: Admissions fees $ 2,111 $ 2,111 $ 1,977 Museum Store sales 1,952 1,952 1,770 Membership 950 950 904 Publication sales 1,717 1,717 1,743 Program fees 648 648 492 Contract service fees 764 764 860 Digital product fees 427 427 412 Investment return 1,233 $ 2,503 $ 993 $ 1,894 6,623 2,522 Auxiliary services 866 866 780 Other sales and fees 356 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 356 362 Total revenue $ 11,024 ~ $ 2,503 ~ $ 993 $ 1,894 $ 16,414 $ 11,822 Total support and revenue $ 12,086 ~ $ 2,503 $ 22,904 $ 8,546 $ 2,938 $ 48,977 $ 46,308 Net assets released from program restrictions 31,401 $ 1,107 ~ (27,673) (4,835) ~ ~ ~ Total support, revenue and net assets released from program restrictions $ 43,487 $ 1,107 $ 2,503 $ (4,769) $ 3,711 $ 2,938 $ 48,977 $ 46,308 Expenses: Program services: Library collections & archival services $ 7,080 $ 193 $ 7,273 $ 7,283 Publications 2,184 8 2,192 2,073 Museum operations, exhibits & education 6,163 152 6,315 6,170 Historic sites 11,383 273 11,656 9,524 Outreach and preservation 2,484 5 2,489 2,082 Mill City Museum 2,388 496 2,884 2,989 History Center 3,155 281 ~ ~ ~ ~ 3,436 3,290 Total program services $ 34,837 $ 1,408 ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 36,245 $ 33,411 Supporting Services: Management and general $ 7,256 $ 12 ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 7,268 $ 6,227 Development 1,173 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1,174 975 Total supporting services $ 8,429 $ 13 ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 8,442 $ 7,202 Total program services $ 43,266 $ 1,421 ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 44,687 $ 40,613 Increase (decrease) in net assets before reclassifications and transfers 221 (314) 2,503 (4,769) 3,711 2,938 4,290 5,406 Reclassifications and transfers ~ ~ (20) ~ ~ 20 ~ (3) Total reclassifications and transfers ~ ~ $ (20) ~ ~ $ 20 ~ $ (3) Changes in net assets: Unrestricted $ 221 $ (314) $ 2,483 $ 2,390 $ 348 Temporarily restricted $ (4,769) $ 3,711 (1,058) 3,407 Permanently restricted ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 2,958 2,958 1,937 Net changes in net assets 221 (314) 2,483 (4,769) 3,711 2,958 4,290 5,692 Net assets at beginning of year 5,283 89,860 13,414 12,150 8,213 18,314 147,234 141,542 Net assets at end of year $ 5,504 $ 89,546 $ 15,897 $ 7,381 $ 11,924 $ 21,272 $ 151,524 $ 147,234 The Minnesota Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the people of Minnesota who, through appropriations made by the legislature and approved by the Governor, have supported the Society in its mission. The special support of our members and friends named in the following lists is critical to maintaining excellence in our programs and services. The Society is grateful to everyone who has given their financial support, and we use this opportunity to give special recognition and thanks to those who have contributed $250 or more.

The Minnesota Historical Society Peter and Sally Anson* Julia W. Dayton* Theresa Berman* gratefully acknowledges the Nina and John Archabal* Ruth and Bruce Dayton* Diane Berthel leadership support of the following Annette Atkins and Tom Joyce* Dellwood Foundation, Inc.* Marlene and Ned Bixby North Star Circle members who Boss Foundation* William and Janice Dircks* Dennis and Nancy Blenis contributed $1,000 or more to Mark and Mary Davis* Eleanor S. and Stuart W. Fenton Suzanne Blue the Annual Fund. Thanks to the Mary Lee Dayton* Peter and Patricia Frechette Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. commitment and generosity The Dietz Family Fund of The Saint Donald and Patricia Garofalo Norlin and Carole Boyum of these donors, the Society Paul Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Haglin* Blythe Brenden continues to offer quality programs John and Elizabeth Driscoll* Marshall and Elizabeth Hatfield* Priscilla Brewster and services that engage the Bill and Bonnie Frels Frederick Havemeyer James R. Brown public and offer new perspectives David and Kim Hakensen Janet N. Jones Paul Bruce and Beth Weimer on Minnesota history. Jim and Sharon Hale Phyllis Gene Jones Richard and Joan Brust Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison* Kuhrmeyer Family Foundation Rod and Barbara Burwell Family Director’s Circle Douglas R. Heidenreich* Jean R. Ljungkull* Foundation $50,000+ Betty and Bob Johnson John Loban and Jean Kummerow Carmen and Jim Campbell Barbara and David Koch* Lucy Rosenberry Jones* The Thomas Mairs and Marjorie Joanne Carlson* Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Mairs Fund of The Saint Paul Lois L. and Roger A. Carlson Guarantor Klas Family Foundation Foundation* Anne and Tom Carrier $25,000–49,999 Lorentzsen Family Trust John and Brenda Malarchik Jean M. Chesley* Anonymous (1) Marbrook Foundation* Dick and Joyce H. McFarland Louise Christianson* Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Donald McNeely Family Family Fund of The Minneapolis Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Chute* Foundation* Dick and Nancy Nicholson, Foundation Judith and Richard Corson Richard DeLeo* Nicholson Family Foundation Donald and Alice McIlrath* Bill and Susan Costello* Matthew Entenza and Lois Quam Timothy and Gayle Ober* Clinton and Mary Morrison Dr. James L. and Roberta A. Craig David and Janis Larson Phyllis S. Poehler / Walter E. Kingsley and Katherine Murphy Cassie and Dan Cramer MAHADH Fund of HRK Stremel Charitable Trust Kandi and Bart Osborn* David and Kitty Crosby Foundation* Thomas and Laura Rasmussen Curt and Joan Roy* Ella P. Crosby - The Longview Susan and Edwin McCarthy* Elizabeth M. 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Duff* Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle* Foundation* Charles W. and Peggy Arnason Peter and Isabelle Dyck Bruce and Mary Bean* Bernard and Fern Badzin James Eastman and Cynthia Kriha Builder Alexandra O. Bjorklund* Foundation Jane Emison $7,500–9,999 Patrick J. Bradley and Patty A. Gordon and Josephine Bailey Kathy and Bill Farley Agnes A. Gerlach Carney-Bradley Baker Foundation* Sheila ffolliott John and Lois Rogers* Sandra and Peter Butler* Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine Mr. and Mrs. Litton E.S. Field, Jr. Susan and Jim Cargill Glenn E. Bartsch Mrs. Litton Field Partner Thomas and Josephine Carpenter Becky A. Bates John W. and Dora J. Fitzgerald $5,000–7,499 John and Katha Chamberlain* Samuel and Shirlee Ruttger Bates* George and Anne Flannery Anonymous (2) Chorzempa Family Foundation Beito Foundation* Michael and Maryfaith Fox Keith and Martha Anderson Ann and Michael Ciresi Carl and Elizabeth Bergquist Mrs. Orville L. Freeman* Deb Frenzel* Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland Henry and Virginia Sweatt DeWitt Gravink Eugene and Mary Frey George D. McClintock Gregory and Jeanette Swenson Robin Groenke Ram and Neena Gada Aaron and Carol McGuire Peter H. Taylor Jennifer H. Gross Donald and Adele Garretson Thomas and Barbara McLeod Kent and Kathy Thompson Robert Gumnit and Frances Charlotte and Robert Gavin Mary Bigelow McMillan Missy Thompson and Gar Hargens Graham Earl and Virginia Geiger William C. Melton and Jane M. John and Mary Ursu Hannibal and Robbie Haase Bob and Phyllis Goff Zimmerman* Mildred Vaccarella Anne Hage Bernard M. Granum* Joanne Meyer Mary W. Vaughan Fund of The Marion J. Handt Michael Gray and Patricia Andrews Joseph S. and Jane Y. 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Johnson Diane and George Power* Thelma Boeder Mary E. Melzarek Peggy and Sam Johnson Randall Pratt in Memory of Clifford Lillian Bowell Marlene and Frank Messin Bill and Susan Jolitz Johnson David W. Broesder and Barbara Henry and Donna Morgan Jacqueline Nolte Jones William and Joan Reiling Preston-Broesder Gary Morke and Candy Rishauy William Jurewicz Ruth Reister* Caroll Brooks Adrienne and T. Morrison Andrea and Kevin Kajer James E. Robasse* Twiss and Patrick Butler Katherine B. Nason Mary Keating John and Sandra Roe David and Mary Choate Katherine A. Payne Martin and Esther Kellogg* Jon and Delores Roeder Sage and John Cowles Roger Peters and Lorna Reichl Timothy and Holly Kelly Judge James D. and Leanna M. John and Eva Cross Elizabeth L. 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Likins, Jr. Susan and Jonathan Seltzer Lucy and Brooks Fields Anthony and Heather Smith Richard Coyle Lilly Foundation* Sieff Family Foundation George and Joan Fischer John G. Smith B. John and Sarah Lindahl Michael and Barbara Sill Family John and Tess Fitch Kate Smith Georgia Ray DeCoster Lindeke* Fund of The Minneapolis Richard and Carol Flint The Harriet and Edson Spencer Christine M. Linsmayer Foundation Rodney H. Forristall Foundation John Loban and Jean Kummerow Kenneth R. Skjegstad Tanya Foster Barbara Stuhler Lydia Lucas Henry N. Somsen* Harold and Ruth Frederick Tom and Arlene Swain Dr. and Mrs. William Ludwick Ed and Val Spencer David and Terry Gilberstadt E.R. and Julie Titcomb James and Sarah-Jane Markoe RoxAnn Splittstozer David and Rosemary Good Jacqueline Urban Elisabeth Mason Larry and Joy Steiner Patricia J. Goralski John Wald and Marianne Remedios Dorothy and Roy Mayeske Donald Steinkraus Jim Grantman Barbara and William Welke John Wert and Sisdel Horgen Wert Grant and Sue Fair Skip and Sarah Krawczyk John and Margaret Pierce Mark and Muriel Wexler Mrs. Harry G. Fair Ralph and Virginia Kurtzman Mike and Linda Pirrotta Sidney Wold David E. Feinberg James W. and Gail LaFave Lollie Benz Plank Mimi C. Yu Nancy Feldman Russell and Karen Larsen Sally B. Polk Dallas and Eileen Zimmerman Joseph and Mary Finley Elizabeth and David Lee Ron and Molly Poole Gerald and Catherine Fischer Timothy and Lynn Lee Clare Poulose Contributing Alfred and Phil France James and Patricia Lehmann Mark A. Pridgeon $250–499 Hillary Freeman and Carol Mork A. Patrick and Katherine Leighton Brad and Linda Quarderer Anonymous (2) William and Ruth Frenzel Jane Leonard and Lori Lippert Verna Rausch Steven and Erin Adams Charles and Louise Frost Rod Leonard Ann Regan and Bruce White Richard and Beverly Anderson Terence Fruth and Mary McEvoy Allen and Nancy Levine Bruce and Joan Richard Sidney R. Anderson Lynn L. Fumuso Lisa and Jonathan Lewis Jane H. Richards Budd and Marguerite Andrews Charlie Gallup Stephen Lewis and Judith Frost Thomas and Carolyn Richards Judy and Ray Appel James and Joan Gardner Lewis Norman Rickeman Ted and Ruth Arneson Robert and Karen Garland Bruce and Cheryl Little Nathaniel and Mary Robbins Van Backman Lavonne and Scott Garoutte George and Jean Logan Clifford M. Roberts Douglas Bacon Alice O. Gelinas Anne E. Lowe Carolyn Roby Duncan H. Baird R. James and Rene Gesell David and Peggy Lucas Thomas and Peggy Rohde John and Nancy Baird Mary Gilman Deane and Nancy Manolis Charlene Roise Julie and Doug Baker Timothy C. Glines and Barbara Davis John and Bonnie Manthey James and Helen Rood Daniel and M. Barbara Balik Bernice Cowl Gordon Edward G. Maranda Thomas and Karen Rose Richard and Deborah Bancroft Irving and Carol Gottesman Merritt and Betty Marquardt Robert and Joyce Rosene Robert and Adrienne Banks William and Janet Green A. Jerri Marsden Brynhild Rowberg Kenneth and Arliss Banta Jeff Griffin and Terry Farley Nancy Martin Peter Rudolf and Sherry Holtz Robert and Dorothy Bartels Amy Gudmestad Charles H. and Carolyn Mayo Robert Rupp John and Ruth Bean Howard and Elizabeth Guthmann Tom and Sue McCarthy Mary Russell Betty Bear Mary Habstritt and Gerald Mary Ann McCoy Linda Sandell Keith and Mary Bednarowski Weinstein Linda McGowan Martin and Dorothy Sathre William and Lawraine Beery Donald V. Harper Christopher and Cheryl McHugh Thomas Saylor and Kimberly Richard and Josephine Beitzel Julie and David Harrison C. McKay, MD Johnson Andrew and Audrey Benjamin William and Helen Hartfiel James and Pamela McKenna Timothy and Mary Scanlan Jack Bergen James and Sharon Haselmann James L. McLaughlin Brad and Angie Scheib Alfred and Darlene Bertke Lorraine Hasselquist James and Rebecca McLennan Leonard and Linda Schloff Carolyne Bisson and Richard Miller Ronald and Lisa Have David Mealman Lois Schulstad Mark Bixby and Keelin Kane Lila Hertzberg Eric J. Meester Lawrence and Mary Schwanke John and Andrea Brainard Michael Herzberg Christopher and Diane Merz Rodney and Ruth Searle John R. Brand Robert and Ramona Hess Paul and Lesley Meyer Laura Secord and Mary Coyne Steve A. and Gail G. Brand Helen Hocker Rita Meyer Janet and Irving Shapiro Margery J. Brewster Susan M. Hoel Violet and Charles Meyer Stanley and Lucy Shepard Brad and Joan Brolsma John and Linda Hoeschler Eric T. Michael Mary Shepherd Paul H. Brown Peter A. Hoffman Russ and Jan Michaletz Richard and Charleen Shields Carolyn J. Brusseau W.H. Hollinshead Harold Michie and Darci Michie Kenneth and Eleanor Siess Marilyn Burbank Jane K. Homme Dan and Alice Mikel Anne Simonson Louis H. Buron, Jr. Stanley and Jane Hooper Lucy and Robert Mitchell Donald and Elaine Skaar John and Caryl Busman William H. Houlton Chad Moffett Kerry and Kristen Skelton Mark Butterbrodt James and Ann Howard Family James and Carol Moller Terry and Leah Slye Norma Buxton Fund of The Minneapolis Bjorn and Margot Monson Elizabeth L. Smith Charles and Elizabeth Bye Foundation Vivian B. Morales Margaret E. Spear Ann Calvert Richard and Meredith Howell Richard and Carol Morgan Sheila Steiner Norman and Brenda Canedy F.B. Hubachek, Jr. Louis J. Moriarty James Stensvold William and Charlotte Carlson Marc Hugunin and Alice Pepin C. Robert and Sandra Morris Bill and Lois Stevens Leon and Donnie Carr Mr. John Q. and Mrs. Lucy Imholte Peter Morrow Lorraine G. Stewart Joe and Cathy Carroll Rex and Monica Ingram Dr. John and Marlene Mulrooney Hazel S. Stoeckeler H. Mead and June Cavert W. Chuck and Marie Irrgang Gladys Murray and Barbara Neil Stokes and Judy Faber Felicia R. Cochran Russell and Eileen Iverson Pihlgren-Warner Ben Storey, Jr. John Coe Joel D. Jacobson Paula Nelson Barbara Storslee Jim and Brenda Coulter Steven and Susan Jedlund Larry and Mary Margaret Neumann Mark O. Stutrud Elizabeth H. Cowie Barry and Karmen Johnson Russell and Marcelle Noyes Loretta Stutsman Edward and Karayn Cunnington Gary Johnson and Joan Hershbell Mike and Jean Oberle Donald and Virginia Swanson Mitchell and Laurie Davis Neel and Pegge Johnson Robert J. O’Donnell Evelyn J. Swenson Jerome Degerness Sigrid Johnson David and Audrey Olsen Jon and Lea Theobald Robert and Norma Dempsey Dr. Charles and Sally Jorgensen Scott and Judith Olsen Mary Ida Thomson Cathy Dessert Andrea and Kevin Kajer Herbert and Donna Opp Wawa J. Thorson Ariel Dickerman Carol Kelleher Dr. John Overton and Dr. Ann Donald A. and Dolores M. Traxler Dan Dodds John Keller and Sandra Jo Shill Lowry Blair and Linda Tremere Daniel and Catherine Donovan Dorothy Kettner Sarah Ozment Terry Troutner William and Elizabeth Dresser Eleanor and Jim Kilbane Mike and Joyce Palazzotto Noelle Turner Joan Duddingston Robert N. Kisch Ronald Pederson Ole and Ruth Tweet Minnie E. Dunbar Richard L. Klaus Dorset Penick and Randy Kurth Larry G. Tyson Albert and Helga Emrich Karen L. Knoll Julien and Charlotte Petit Linda and Jerry Urevig Kimberly and Jeffrey Engelhardt Ken and Marlys Knuth Walter Pickhardt and Sandra Eugene and Kathleen Vader Nancy L. Evans Bradley J. Kolberg Resnick Karen Viskochil Peggy Vogel-Otto and Matthew GE Foundation Contributing Mardag Foundation Otto Hardenbergh Foundation $250–499 Onan Family Foundation Bryan and Kim Volk Hugh J. Andersen Foundation AgMotion, Inc. The Southways Foundation Frederick and Alice Wall Margaret Rivers Fund Alliant Techsystems Lee and Mary Jo Wall Qwest Foundation The Building Restoration Company $25,000–49,999 Charles and Susan Ward Hess, Roise and Company Virginia D. Brooks Dale and Ann Warner Leader Mills Fleet Farm Harry G. McNeely, Jr. Marcus R. Waterbury $2,500–4,999 Moss and Barnett Elliot and Eloise Kaplan Charles and Nancy Webster GMAC-RFC New Jersey State Grange CGA Meadowood Foundation Mary Ann and Jerome Weigenant Imation Tapemark Company Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson Howard and Joanne Weiner The National Grange WSB & Associates, Inc. Robert and Carolyn Nelson Lois and John Welshons Rahr Foundation Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer Donald and Kathryn Westerman Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P. Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle John and Annette Whaley Foundation The Whitney Foundation J. Kimball and Helen W. Whitney Securian Foundation Kenneth E. and Norma Wilcox The Valspar Foundation Special Projects $10,000–24,999 Thomas A. Wilde The following donors have made John M. and Elizabeth W. Baker Frank and Frances Wilkinson Patron gifts in support of special initiatives Federated Insurance Companies Duane Willroth and Nancy $1,000–2,499 that were completed in Fiscal Year Preston and Patricia Haglin Hendrickson Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 2007 or are in process: Huss Foundation Leonard and Adelia Wilson Anchor Bank Family Foundation Lorentzsen Family Trust John W. Windhorst, Jr. Andersen Corporate Foundation Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Charles F. Murphy Louis and Carole Winslow Associated Bank The Society has undertaken a Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors John and Delores Wood Best & Flanagan LLP $6 million initiative to collect, (History Channel) Robert J. Wood, MD Briggs and Morgan Foundation preserve, and tell the stories of the Sally A.C. Wood Brighton Development Corporation men and women who experienced $1,000–9,999 Alan R. Woolworth CIGNA Foundation the Great Depression, World War II, The Bibelot Shops Irma Wyman Faegre & Benson Foundation and the post-war Boom years. Elizabeth A. Biorn Donald and Jan-Suzanne Yaeger Friends of the Forest History This multi-faceted project will Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. Robert and Lorene Youngquist Center culminate with a major exhibition William A. King Andrew Yurista Froid Corporation Our Lives; Our Stories: Minnesota’s Donald W. and Anne McCarthy Gary and Carmen Ziemer H.E. and Helen R. Warren Greatest Generation opening in Robert Maynard Ken Zieminski Foundation 2009. We gratefully acknowledge Joachim F. Pusch Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Inc. the following donors for their Jack and Ann Ruttger IBM Corporation generous support of this project: Irene G. Steiner Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation $500,000+ ‘Baseball as America’ Exhibition Corporations, Foundations Mayo Clinic Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen $50,000+ and Organizations McNeely Foundation Foundation Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family National Society of Colonial Dames Katherine B. Andersen Fund of the Foundation Guarantor of America Saint Paul Foundation $25,000+ The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Betty Jayne and Kenneth H. $25,000–49,999 Cargill Foundation Foundation, Inc. Dahlberg Cambria Frank W. Veden Charitable Trust RSP Architects Eugene C. and Gail V. Sit Federated Insurance Foundation, General Mills Foundation Realtors Housing Foundation, Inc. Foundation/Sit Investment Inc. George A. MacPherson Fund Rhode Island State Grange Associates Minnesota Twins Community Fund Target Foundation Foundation, Inc. Touchstone Energy Sherman Associates $250,000–499,999 ‘MN150’ St Paul Radiology Marney and Conley Brooks To commemorate the 150th Benefactor Superior Women Davisco Foods Int’l, Inc. anniversary of Minnesota’s $15,000–24,999 UBS Julia W. Dayton becoming a state in 1858, the Connexus Energy UMI Company, Inc. Greycoach Foundation Society has developed a special Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Western National Mutual Robert and Alexandra Klas exhibition “MN150”. We are Foundation Insurance Company grateful to the following donors $100,000–249,999 for their leadership gifts that made Founder Sustaining Mary Lee Dayton this exhibition possible: $10,000–14,999 $500–999 Hawley Family Foundation 3M Foundation Burlington Northern Santa Fe Lewis W. Lehr Presenting Sponsor $500,000+ Agnes M. Bendorf Charitable Trust Foundation Dusty and George Mairs Best Buy Corporation, Inc. The James F. Bell Foundation Crown Holdings, Inc. J.G. and Margaret Ordway SuperValu, Inc. Deluxe Corporation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Schilling $250,000–499,999 Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota Dorsey and Whitney Foundation The Scrooby Foundation F.R. Bigelow Foundation H.B. Fuller Company Sundet Foundation The Saint Paul Foundation Partner Mead and Hunt, Inc. $5,000–9,999 Michaud Cooley Erickson $50,000–99,999 $100,000–249,999 Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen The Pfizer Foundation Arthur E. Anderson 3M Foundation Foundation Ramsey Hill Association Athwin Foundation Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Tamarack Habilitation Patrick and Aimee Butler Family $10,000–99,999 Foundation Technologies, Inc. Foundation Best Buy Children’s Foundation CHS Foundation Thomson West Frey Foundation The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Deluxe Corporation Foundation Wells Fargo History Museum The Graco Foundation Foundation, Inc. Federated Insurance Companies Marbrook Foundation Additional Special Projects Agnes A. Gerlach The following donors contributed In-Kind Gifts Tributes Rhoda A. Gilman a minimum of $250 to Acquisitions 3M Gifts were received in honor of the Horizon Health and Collections, the Civil War Flag Kathy and Russ Adams following individuals: Rosemary Martin Restoration Project – State Capitol, Bone Adventure Beverly Mercil Columbus Statue Maintenance, Book and Paper Artifacts Nina Archabal Robert and Marveen Minish FHC Youth Interpreter Intern General Mills Roman and Teresa Borkan Raleigh and Barbara Nelson Program, The Geography of Imation Joan DeMarce Doris J. Ocel Minnesota Publication, Great Rivers Little and Company Sherri Gebert-Fuller Allegra Parker Cultural Heritage Network, Hill Macpherson Towne Warren Hegman and Clarene Lucille N. Pavlicek House, Historic Preservation, Field Saint Paul Saints Nyberg-Hegman RSP Architects, Ltd. Services and Grants, Holocaust Sara Lee Corporation Alice Hollingsworth Noel Ann Ryan Museum Traveling Exhibits, SuperValu Inc. John and Dorothy Homme Sharon R. Sorensen Alexander G. 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