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2006 Historical Society Annual Report

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Exciting projects are waiting in the wings at the Minnesota Historical Society. A new exhibition at highlights Minneapolis’ vital history in the engaging film, “Minneapolis in 19 Minutes Flat.”Historic stands ready as plans for new exhibition space are explored. The 150th anniversary of Minnesota’s statehood gleams on the horizon. Don’t miss a moment in Minnesota history – begin your journey here. David Koch, President, Minnesota Historical Society

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At the Minnesota Historical Society, history is alive and taking flight. Early architectural sketches for the History Center imagined an airplane hanging in its rotunda. Now, 14 years since we opened our doors, we have our own Jenny airplane – a replica of a Curtiss Model JN-4 World War I trainer plane, which was built by our friends at Minnesota’s Air Guard Museum. History also takes flight through the connections we make between the past, present and future. More than 50,000 visitors came to see “Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs” during its 12-week run at the History Center. Minnesotans continue to visit the History Center’s “Open House,”a new exhibition focused on the immigrant families who have lived in the home that still stands on St. Paul’s East Side. Even more people connected to Minnesota’s past by visiting Mill City Museum and our historic sites or by using our web site and expanded library services. This year, all of us at the Society have joined an invigorating journey to safeguard the story of Minnesota’s Greatest Generation. Workshops are being held across the state to encourage people to collect and care for materials from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. The Society also is conducting oral histories, publishing books, preparing curriculum for schools, encouraging and providing opportunities for documentary filmmakers, working on a major new exhibition, sharing stories on our web site – all part of our effort to tell the story of this remarkable period in our state and national history. Looking forward, the Society has a great opportunity to expand its program at Historic Fort Snelling with the re-use of the 1904 barracks buildings located adjacent to the 1820s fort as a museum and education center. This year, the Minnesota State Legislature appropriated money to pay for design and we look forward to continued support for this project in the years ahead. Such generous support from our elected leaders ensures that the Society will continue to soar to new heights. Our members, volunteers and staff continue their deep commitment to making the past a vital part of our state’s life. The words of Sigurd Olson inscribed under the sky wall mural in the History Center say it better than I ever could:

“If we can move into an open horizon where we can live in our modern world with the ancient dreams that have always stirred us, then our work will have been done.”

Nina Archabal, Director

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Minnesota Historical Society Annual Report

2006 HIGHLIGHTS

SOCIETY REACHES MILLIONS AT HOME AND The Society continued to expand its reach in Minnesota, across the country and AROUND THE WORLD around the world – proving once again that history does indeed matter. Overall web site visits climbed to a phenomenal 6,658,433. The e-commerce sites proved a valuable source of income. The death certificate index alone – invaluable as a source of genealogical research – brought in nearly $110,000. But the Internet didn’t stop people from visiting us in person. The combined total of visitors at the History Center, Mill City Museum and historic sites was nearly 900,000, including 236,000 schoolchildren. The History Center alone welcomed more than 50,000 schoolchildren and 10,000 chaperones from nearly 900 schools across the state.

MINNESOTA’S GREATEST GENERATION PROJECT The Society’s ambitious, ongoing effort to document Minnesota’s Greatest OFF TO BIG START Generation – individuals who were raised in the 1930s, fought in World War II and participated in the postwar boom – got off to a rousing start on Aug. 14, 2005, the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The day of memories, music and celebration included comments by the project’s honorary chairman and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. John Vessey. The project continues to grow. By the end of the fiscal year, the “Share Your Story” page on the Society’s Minnesota’s Greatest Generation web site had 173 entries that were read by 14,637 users. More than 30 professional and amateur filmmakers registered to enter the “Moving Pictures” film festival showcasing short documentaries related to the topic. And more than 700 people attended 23 “Preserving Your Family History: Minnesota’s Greatest Generation” workshops around the state.

IMPORTANT ACQUISITIONS ADDED TO Nearly 1,500 items were acquired for the Society’s collections, including a COLLECTIONS pre-Civil War daguerrotype portrait of Joel E. Whitney, Minnesota’s premier pioneer photographer, who is nationally recognized as one of America’s foremost early photographic artists; rare and long out-of-print books, such as “A Trip to St. Paul” published by the Diamond Jo Line in 1908; and four pamphlets in a 1944 boxed set titled “The Case for Socialism, as Presented at the Famous Minneapolis Labor Trial.”The Society’s impressive art collection was featured in several exhibitions, both at the History Center and the James J. Hill House.“Seth Eastman: Artist on the Frontier,”featured nearly 100 art works and objects, including “View of Mendota, 1848,”a gift from the Zimmermann family in memory of Mary P. and Harry B. Zimmermann. More than 15,000 people visited the exhibition, “Jerome Hill: Beyond the Frame,”a celebration of this multi-faceted artist and grandson of railroad baron James J. Hill that was presented – appropriately – in the Hill House’s restored art gallery.

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NEW, CHANGING EXHIBITS ATTRACT RECORD- “Open House: If These Walls Could Talk” opened at the History Center in BREAKING CROWDS January to rave reviews and an opening weekend audience of nearly 5,000 visitors. The unique, interactive exhibit, set in a recreation of an actual house on St. Paul’s East Side, tells the story of the waves of immigrants – from the Germans who built the house to the Swedes, Italians and Hmong who followed them – that made the house a home for more than a century. Traveling exhibits added new perspectives and audiences.“Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs” brought record-breaking crowds to the History Center. Two exhibits from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum took a closer look at this painful, but important, facet of our history in “The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936” and “Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust.”And “Red Wing Retro: Extraordinary Objects, Everyday Life” focused on this signature Minnesota business, featuring hundreds of artifacts – from the familiar crocks to dinnerware to decorative items and artware.

JENNY BI-PLANE TAKES FLIGHT IN HISTORY A replica of a Curtiss Model JN-4 airplane, better known as a “Jenny,” was CENTER ROTUNDA installed in the rotunda of the History Center in June. The fly-worthy bi-plane was built to original specifications by Minnesota Air Guard Museum volunteers to commemorate the Jennies used in the 1920s by the Minnesota National Guard, 109th Observation Squadron. The instant icon recalls the thrilling barnstormers who introduced the country to the wonders of flight in a simpler era – including Charles Lindbergh who took his first solo flight in a Jenny four years before his historic transatlantic journey in 1927.

HISTORIC SITES OFFER DIVERSE EXPERIENCES Thanks to strong community support and legislative action, the Historic Site, closed due to legislative funding cuts in 2004, re-opened to the public on Memorial Day weekend. This important site explores Dakota life before the reservation era, examines the underlying causes of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, and shares the history of how Dakota people struggled to survive and preserve their culture. In an innovative, cooperative initiative, the Society partnered with Twin Cities Public Television on the production of a 30-minute video on the life of James J. Hill that aired on public television stations around the state. The video,“James J. Hill: Empire Builder,”was nominated for a regional Emmy award in the historical documentary category. At the Sibley Historic Site, visitors enjoyed elegant teas reminiscent of those held there from the 1920s through the 1970s by the Daughters of the American Revolution. And continued to be a popular destination for Minnesotans and people from around the world with more than 100,000 visitors.

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2006 HIGHLIGHTS

MHS PRESS SALES JUMP 22 PERCENT The publication of a wide variety of books on a multitude of topics – including “Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson,”“Minnesota Weather Almanac” and “Christmas in Minnesota” – helped MHS Press achieve sales figures 22 percent above those for fiscal year 2005. Books by the region’s best and brightest authors – from Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Joan Jensen’s “Calling this Place Home: Women on the Wisconsin Frontier,” to longtime Star Tribune columnist Kim Ode’s “Baking with the St. Paul Bread Club,”to literary greats such as Jon Hassler, who co-authored “Churches of Minnesota” with photographer Doug Ohman – garnered numerous accolades, including Minnesota Book Awards for “A Northern Front: New and Selected Essays” and “Wanda Gág: Storybook Artist.”

THRIVING MINNEAPOLIS RIVERFRONT ADDS This year, the pioneering Mill City Museum was joined on the Minneapolis TO MILL CITY MUSEUM’S APPEAL riverfront by the stunning new Guthrie Theater, bringing a whole new audience to the museum. The Society welcomed its new neighbor with a display on the more than 43-year history of the world-renowned theater and comments by Society Director Nina Archabal and Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling. Mill City Live, the museum’s hugely popular outdoor music series, doubled its attendance over the previous year with an average of 750 people – many of whom experienced the museum for the first time – at its Thursday evening concerts.

NEW LIBRARY SERVICES CAUSE USE TO SOAR The library continued to offer a growing array of services to researchers from around the world. The Veterans Graves Registration online index debuted in November. Subscription to Ancestry Library Edition – a tremendous resource for researchers and staff alike – also became available to researchers in the library. Dakota people from Minnesota and throughout the Upper Midwest have been assisted in their family research by “Researching Dakota Family History at the Minnesota Historical Society” – available as a booklet or in a lengthier version online – produced by the library staff. A valuable new digital resource, Hubert Humphrey’s 1948 civil rights speech, also has been made available. At the time, Humphrey was a little-known Minneapolis mayor, but his fiery eight-minute speech to the Democratic National Convention roused delegates to vote in support a civil rights platform. Along with the audio excerpt, researchers can see a hand-annotated draft of Humphrey’s speech and a film clip from the convention.

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SOCIETY LISTS 10 PROPERTIES TO Ten properties were added to the National Register: New Ulm Commercial NATIONAL REGISTER, AWARDS THOUSANDS Historic District, New Ulm; Elevator, Preston; Phi Gamma Delta IN GRANTS Fraternity House, Minneapolis; Sears, Roebuck and Company Mail-Order Warehouse and Retail Store, Minneapolis; Isabella Ranger Station, Isabella Township; Canadian National Railways Depot, Baudette; Our Lady of Angels Academy, Little Falls; 4-H Club Building, Murray County Fairgrounds, Slayton; Little Falls and Dakota Depot, Starbuck; Duluth Commercial Historic District, Duluth. The Rabideau CCC Camp in was designated a National Historic Landmark. Nineteen State Grants-in-Aid were awarded a total of $58,000; 30 projects were awarded $1,012,000 in Capital Grants-in-Aid; and $68,080 in Federal Certified Local Government Grants was awarded to nine projects. The 26th annual statewide historic preservation conference was held in Duluth. The conference, which included the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota’s annual awards at Glensheen, enjoyed a second year of record- breaking attendance.

HISTORIC FORT SNELLING RESTORATION, On May 21, the Minnesota Legislature completed its legislative session, with EXPANSION ON TRACK good news for the Society – the passage of a capital budget including funds set aside for the restoration of buildings at Historic Fort Snelling, one of the state’s most treasured historic sites. Work has begun on restoring porches, replacing roofs and moving the flagpole to its historically accurate location on the parade ground. The legislature also appropriated $1,100,000 for the design of an exciting new Historic Fort Snelling Museum. With these funds, the Society can begin the process of the construction of a modern museum and visitor center at the fort in currently unused historic buildings that are a part of the Fort Snelling National Historic Landmark

SOCIETY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO The Society’s Student Volunteer Scholarship Program recognizes the volunteer OUTSTANDING STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, contributions that high school students make to the Society by awarding two CONTINUES DOMINANCE AT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION graduating seniors $1,000 scholarships. This year’s winners were Caitlin Loehr, a graduate of Eagan High School who is attending George Washington University, and Andrew Rizzardi, a graduate of White Bear Lake High School who is attending the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. Students from Minnesota were honored with first-place, second-place and Outstanding Women’s History prizes at the National History Day competition at the University of Maryland in June. Several others placed in the top 15 in their categories. In all, 53 young Minnesota historians were among 2,000 finalists in the competition. National History Day in Minnesota is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society and the University of Minnesota Department of History.

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Fiscal Year 2006 Financial Highlights

The Society received $22.8 million in operating More than 1,500 volunteers contributed a support from the State of Minnesota in fiscal record 47,000 plus volunteer hours across year 2006. This represents an increase of $1.2 the state. million from the prior fiscal year. The Society's investments, at market value, In 2006, the Legislature returned to its two- increased 8.1% to $31.4 million during fiscal year cycle of providing capital appropriation year 2006. This increase reflects the net of support for historic site asset preservation new endowment gifts and investment return. projects, Historic Fort Snelling revitalization and county and local Historic Preservation Grants, In June 2005, the Society deaccessioned the providing $5.7 million in funding. Le Duc House to the City of Hastings. As part of the deaccession agreement, the Society Contributions from the Society's members, transferred $604,000 of net assets held for friends, corporations and foundations totaled endowment and repairs and maintenance of $4.8 million, up $1.2 million from fiscal year 2005. the Le Duc House. In fiscal year 2006 the This increase is a result of contributions in support Society transferred the residual endowment of Minnesota's Greatest Generation project. balance of $2,819 to the City of Hastings.

Total non-investment operating revenues increased an average of 6.4% over the previous fiscal year, with increases in every category of revenue, except for admissions and auxiliary services, which were down slightly.

Fiscal year 2006 was the first full year of the Society charging an admission fee at the History Center, which resulted in approximately $319,000 in admission revenue and $101,000 of membership revenue for 1,710 memberships.

Investment return for fiscal year 2006 is down Percentage of Expenses by $1 million from the prior year and is due Program Area primarily to the downturn in the market prior to the end of the fiscal year. This decrease is A Historic Sites 23.5% reflected in the change in unrealized gain B Library, Collections (loss) on investment from $8.3 million at June and Archival Services 17.9% 30, 2005, to $7.5 million at June 30, 2006. Sources of Support and Revenue C Museum Operations 15.2% Total expenses for fiscal year 2006 were $40.6 A State Appropriations 61.4% D Administration, Development, million, up $1.3 million from the prior year and related to purchased services and buildings B Federal, State and Support and Technology 17.7% County Grants 2.7% and improvements. A total of 51.8% ($21 million) E History Center 8.1% of the Society's expenses for the fiscal year C Support from Individuals, F Outreach and Preservation 5.1% was for salaries and benefits, compared to 53.2% Corporations ($20.9 million) for fiscal year 2005. and Foundations 10.4% G Mill City Museum 7.4% D Earned Income 25.5% H Publications and Research 5.1%

Condensed Balance Sheet Year ended June 30, 2006 (000’s omitted) With summarized information as of June 30, 2005

Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently Total Undesignated Board restricted Unrestricted Plant designated State Funds fund endowment appropriations Other 2006 2005

Cash and investments $2,805 $13,465 $3,662 $ 7,534 $16,622 $44,088 $ 40,866 Receivables 2,442 11,568 1,439 2,066 17,515 12,207 Museum shop inventories 989 989 888 Property and equipment net $89,860 89,860 90,345

Total assets $6,236 $89,860 $13,465 $15,230 $8,973 $18,688 $152,452 $144,306

Payables and accrued liabilities $ 953 $ 51 $ 3,080 $ 760 $ 374 $5,218 $ 2,764 Net assets: Unrestricted 5,283 $89,860 13,414 108,557 108,209 Temporarily restricted 12,150 8,213 20,363 16,956 Permanently restricted 18,314 18,314 16,377

Total net assets 5,283 89,860 13,414 12,150 8,213 18,314 147,234 141,542

Total liabilities and net assets $6,236 $89,860 $13,465 $15,230 $8,973 $18,688 $152,452 $144,306

These statements are excerpts from the Society’s audited financial statements, which are available upon request.

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Statement of Activities Year ended June 30, 2006 (000’s omitted) With summarized information as of June 30, 2005

Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently Total Undesignated Board restricted Unrestricted Plant designated State Funds fund endowment appropriations Other 2006 2005 Support and revenue: Support: Private contributions $ 1,188 $ 2,047 $ 1,591 $ 4,826 $ 3,597 Federal grants 1,242 1,242 1,290 County and other grants 1 1 156 State operating appropriations $22,845 22,845 21,556 State capital appropriation 5,572 5,572 5,928

Total support 1,188 0 0 28,417 3,290 1,591 34,486 32,527

Revenue: Admission fees 1,977 1,977 1,984 Museum store sales 1,770 1,770 1,705 Membership 904 904 842 Publication sales 1,743 1,743 1,508 Program fees 492 492 385 Contract service fees 860 860 819 Digital product fees 412 412 384 Investment return 1,099 472 605 346 2,522 3,466 Auxiliary services 780 780 830 Other sales and fees 362 362 283

Total revenue 10,399 0 472 0 605 346 11,822 12,206

Total support and revenue 11,587 0 472 28,417 3,895 1,937 46,308 44,733

Net assets released from program restrictions 27,931 $ 971 (23,524) (5,378)

Total support, revenue and net assets released from program restrictions 39,518 971 472 4,893 (1,483) 1,937 46,308 44,733 Expenses: Program services: Library collections and archival services 7,059 224 7,283 6,932 Publications 2,064 9 2,073 1,936 Museum operations, exhibits and education 5,994 176 6,170 6,043 Historic sites 9,250 274 9,524 9,108 Outreach and preservation 2,076 6 2,082 2,111 Mill City Museum 2,504 486 2,989 2,596 History Center 3,023 267 3,290 3,418

Total program services 31,970 1,441 0 0 0 0 33,411 32,144

Supporting services: Management and general 6,213 14 6,227 6,352 Development and membership 974 1 975 831

Total supporting services 7,187 15 0 0 0 0 7,202 7,183

Total program services 39,157 1,456 0 0 0 0 40,613 39,327

Increase (decrease) in net assets before reclassification and transfers 361 (485) 472 4,893 (1,483) 1,937 5,695 5,406 Reclassification of net assets (1,000) 1,000 Transfers (3) (3) (604) Total reclassification and transfers (1,000) 1,000 (3) (3) (604)

Changes in net assets Unrestricted (639) (485) 1,472 348 625 Temporarily Restricted 4,893 (1,486) 3,407 2,012 Permanently Restricted 1,937 1,937 2,165

Net change in net assets (639) (485) 1,472 4,893 (1,486) 1,937 5,692 4,802 Net assets at beginning of year 5,922 90,345 11,942 7,257 9,699 16,377 141,542 136,740

Net assets at end of year $ 5,283 $89,860 $13,414 $ 12,150 $8,213 $18,314 $147,234 $141,542

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DONORS 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, and we use this opportunity to give special recognition and thanks to all who have contributed. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing. If your name has been inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, please contact the Development Office at 651-205-4047 or 1-888-293-4440.

Partner Donald and Patricia Garofalo Sage and John Cowles $5,000–7,499 Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Haglin* Dr. James L. and Roberta A. Craig Margie and Pete Ankeny* David and Kim Hakensen David and Kitty Crosby Nina and John Archabal* Marshall and Elizabeth Hatfield* Tom and Ellie Crosby, Jr. The Minnesota Historical Society Athwin Foundation* Betty and Bob Johnson Betty Jayne and Kenneth gratefully acknowledges the Boss Foundation* Janet N. Jones Dahlberg* leadership support of the following Richard Chaffee, Jr. Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Denis J. and Josie T. Daly North Star Circle members who Robert and Teri Crosby Kuhrmeyer Family Foundation John and Martha Daniels* contributed $1,000 or more to the Mark and Mary Davis* Jean R. Ljungkull* Edwin W. and Catherine M. Davis Annual Fund. Thanks to the The Dietz Family Fund of The The Thomas Mairs and Marjorie Foundation* commitment and generosity of these Saint Paul Foundation* Mairs Fund of The Saint Paul Arlene and John Dayton* donors, the Society continues to John and Elizabeth Driscoll* Foundation* Bob and Joanie Dayton* offer quality programs and services Richard D. and Mary Frasch Donald and Alice McIlrath* Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton that engage the public and offer new Bill and Bonnie Frels Clinton and Mary Morrison Ruth and Bruce Dayton* perspectives on Minnesota history. Jim and Sharon Hale Thomas and Laura Rasmussen Cy and Paula DeCosse* For information on the North Star Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison* Elizabeth and Walter Ringer* Olivia Irvine Dodge* Circle, please contact Jackie Maas at Frederick Havemeyer Curt and Joan Roy* Elisabeth and Humphrey 651-284-4801 or Douglas R. Heidenreich* Patty and Barney Saunders* Doermann [email protected]. Douglas and Mary Jones Eugene C. and Gail V. Sit* Katherine D. Doerr Lucy Rosenberry Jones* Kristine Smith* Mary and Bill Dolan* Director's Circle Robert and Alexandra Klas Jan and Bill Spoor Carol M. Duff* $50,000 and above Lorentzsen Family Trust Sharron and Oren Steinfeldt* Peter and Isabelle Dyck Richard DeLeo* Marbrook Foundation* Joanne and Phil Von Blon James Eastman and Cynthia Kriha William and Margaret Marvin* Donald McNeely Family Mary Ann and David Wark* Jane Emison Robert and Carolyn Nelson Michael and Barbara Wigley* Kathy and Bill Farley Guarantor Timothy and Gayle Ober* William Ferguson $25,000–49,999 Phyllis S. Poehler / Walter E. Patron Sheila ffolliott Terry and Sharon Avent* Stremel Charitable Trust $1,000–2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Litton E.S. Field, Jr. Patrick and Aimee Butler John and Lois Rogers* Anonymous (3) Mrs. Litton Field Family Foundation* Ken and Nina Rothchild* John and Catherine Agee* John W. and Dora J. Fitzgerald Matthew Entenza and Lois Quam Robert J. and Sarah-Maud Raymond and Karen Ames* George and Anne Flannery Barbara and David Koch* Sivertsen* Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Tanya Foster David and Janis Larson Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer Foundation* Michael and Maryfaith Fox MAHADH Fund of Winston R. and Maxine H. Wallin Roger E. Anderson* Ruth and Harold Frederick HRK Foundation* Fund of The Saint Paul John E. Andrus III* Mrs. Orville L. Freeman* Susan and Edwin McCarthy* Foundation* Abbot G. Apter Deb Frenzel* Eleanor and Frederick Winston* Charles W. and Peggy Arnason Eugene and Mary Frey Benefactor Jane and Arthur Wong Baker Foundation* Ram and Neena Gada $15,000–24,999 Edward J. Zapp* Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine Charlotte and Robert Gavin Conley and Marney Brooks* Samuel and Shirlee Ruttger Bates* Agnes A. Gerlach Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan* Leader Peter K. Beck Robert Goff The Casey Albert T. O'Neil $2,500–4,999 Beito Foundation* Bernard M. Granum* Foundation* Sarah J. Andersen Carl and Elizabeth Bergquist Michael Gray and Patricia Andrews Mrs. William R. Anderson, Jr.* Theresa Berman* Polly Grose Founder Peter and Sally Anson* Diane Berthel* Mark and Kathryn Tokar Haidet* $10,000–14,999 Annette Atkins and Tom Joyce* Marlene and Ned Bixby Raymond and Sally Haik Anonymous (1) Martha and Bruce Atwater* Suzanne Blue Gerald and Patrice Halbach Ruth and John Huss* The Earl & Doris Bakken Rod and Susan Boren Rosalie Heffelfinger Hall* Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund Foundation* Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. Dale S. Hanson and Elizabeth of HRK Foundation* Alexandra O. Bjorklund* Norlin and Carole Boyum Dickinson Dusty and George Mairs* Patrick J. Bradley and Patty A. James and Judith Brass David Hartwell and Elizabeth Dick and Nancy Nicholson / Carney-Bradley Priscilla Brewster DeBaut Nicholson Family Foundation Sandra and Peter Butler* Paul Bruce and Beth Weimer Lucy Hartwell* Olseth Family Foundation / Chorzempa Family Foundation Rod and Barbara Burwell Douglas and Martha Head Dale and Nancy Olseth Louise Christianson* Cafesjian Family Foundation Barbara and Douglas Hedin Onan Family Foundation* Ann and Michael Ciresi Campbell Foundation Susan Hill and Bert Gross Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle* Mrs. Thomas M. Crosby, Sr. Joanne Carlson* O.C. Hognander, Jr. Julia W. Dayton* Lois L. and Roger A. Carlson Patty and Tom Holloran* Builder Mary Lee Dayton* Nicky Benz Carpenter Jack and Joyce Hooley $7,500–9,999 Dellwood Foundation, Inc.* Jean M. Chesley* Margaret S. Hubbs* Harry G. McNeely, Jr. William and Janice Dircks* Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Chute* Dr. William and Hella Mears Hueg Eleanor S. and Stuart W. 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Bruce E. and Terry L. Hutchins Ruth Reister* INDIVIDUALS AND Mary Ann McCoy Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad James E. Robasse* FAMILY FOUNDATIONS Katherine McGinley Jane and Jerald Jackson Judge James D. and Leanna M. Andrea and Larry McGough Donor Dennis Janni Rogers $500–999 Advised Fund of the Catholic Craig Johnson Diane K. Roth Anonymous (1) Community Foundation Gerald W. and Victoria Johnson John C. and Jacqueline Salisbury Brad and Janet Anderson Thomas and Barbara McLeod James E. Johnson Earl S. and Barbara Flanagan Clifford Anderson Neal and Roxanne Miller Peggy and Sam Johnson Sanford Fund of The Minneapolis Edythe Anderson Jon and Virginia Morris Betsy Johnston Fund of The Foundation* Keith and Martha Anderson Adrienne and T. Morrison Minneapolis Foundation Diane and Darryl Sannes Lynn Betlock Katherine B. Nason Bill and Susan Jolitz Jean and Mark Schroepfer Gina Bonsignore and Richard Philip and Magdelene Olson William Jurewicz Art and Joan Schulze Garber Katherine A. Payne James and Jane Kaufman Molly T. Shields Lillian Bowell Roger Peters and Lorna Reichl Martin and Esther Kellogg* Deborah and Charles Skinner* Bette E. Braasch Dwight and Marjorie Peterson Margee and Bob Kinney Kenneth R. Skjegstad David Broesder and Barbara Elizabeth L. Peyton Arlyn and Elaine Larson Henry N. Somsen* Preston-Broesder John and Margaret Pierce Tom and Mary Gerry Lee Ed and Val Spencer Caroll Brooks Clare Poulose Lewis W. Lehr RoxAnn Splittstozer William Campbell Nancy Powell Steven C. Leuthold Family Irene G. Steiner* Thomas and Anne Carrier Peter and Jacqueline Reis Foundation Larry and Joy Steiner David and Mary Choate Donald Rockenbach Tom and Rhoda Lewin William Stoeri and Sue Johnston Janis Clay and Elam Baer John and Sandra Roe Sheila and Stephen Lieberman James and Merrie Stolpestad Margaret P. Cost through The Thomas and Peggy Rohde Mrs. William H. Likins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Sundet Charles Piper Cost Foundation Laura and Luther Salveson Richard Coyle Lilly Foundation* Gregory Swenson Edward and Karayn Cunnington Richard and Barbara Shank Georgia Ray DeCoster Lindeke* Terhuly Foundation* Douglas and Wendy Dayton Mary Shepherd Christine M. Linsmayer Kent and Kathy Thompson Robert and Norma Dempsey Sieff Family Foundation John Loban and Jean Kummerow Missy Thompson and Gar Hargens Charles and Carol Denny Anne and Robert Simpson Dr. and Mrs. William Ludwick John and Mary Ursu Lyle and Dorothy Doerr Craig Speck John and Brenda Malarchik Mary W. Vaughan Florence Doyle Edson and Harriet Spencer James and Sarah-Jane Markoe Paul and Carolyn Verret Michael Ellingsworth James Stensvold Elisabeth Mason Elisabeth Wakeman George and Joan Fischer Karen Sternal Dorothy and Roy Mayeske Bill and Kathleen Wanner* Don and Sandy Flamm Barbara Stuhler Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland Ann and David Wasson* Rodney Forristall Mark O. Stutrud George D. McClintock Sidney Young Wear Harold Fotsch Tom and Arlene Swain Dick and Joyce McFarland Stuart and Kim Wear Jane Gehrking Henry and Virginia Sweatt W. E. McGuire Charitable Elizabeth Wexler Patricia Goralski Lawrence Thompson Foundation, Inc. Nancy and Ted Weyerhaeuser Jennifer Gross E.R. and Julie Titcomb Mary Bigelow McMillan Whitney Foundation* Anne Hage John Tradewell Helen McNulty Robert Wigley Marion Handt Mildred Vaccarella William C. Melton and Jane M. Clark and Sharon Winslow Hannibal and Robbie Haase Kenneth J. Veith Zimmerman* Mike and Penny Winton Stewart Hazel and Mary Schlosser John and Avis Vessey Joanne Meyer Molly and Bill Woehrlin Jeff and Lucy Heegaard John R. Wald Joseph S. and Jane Y. Micallef* Leo and Helen Wolk* Frank and Barbara Heffelfinger Howard and Joanne Weiner Evelyn Miller Rosita Hawley Wright Peter Herzog and June Wheeler Lois and John Welshons Jacqueline S. Mithun Margaret and Angus Wurtele* Joan Higinbotham Mark and Muriel Wexler Walter and Joan Mondale* Charles and Julie Zelle Elizabeth and Edwin Hlavka Sidney Wold John and Jane Morrison William Horn John and Delores Wood Kingsley and Katherine Murphy *Charter member(s) Philip and Ludmilla Isaacson Mimi Yu Louis and Jean Nelson Wilford and Jean Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Zimmerman Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson Jacqueline Jones Stephen R. Nelson* Phyllis Gene Jones $250–499 Ford J. and Catherine T. Nicholson Dr. Max M. Kampelman Anonymous (2) Noel Foundation* Thomas Kelley and Kathleen Stack H.R. and Mabel Ahrens Dan and Sallie O'Brien Arthur and Peggy Klobe Arlin and Marilyn Albrecht Lawrence M. and Elizabeth Ann Robert Kraska Budd and Marguerite Andrews O'Shaughnessy Charitable John and Shirley Krohn Howard Ansel Income Trust in Honor of Steve and Stacey Lane Ted and Ruth Arneson Lawrence M. O’Shaughnessy* Joseph and Jami Ann LaPray Gordon and Joyce Asselstine Linda Odegard and Harlan Cavert Don and Carole Larson R. Walter Bachman Kandi and Bart Osborn* Mary E. Larson Douglas Bacon Constance S. Otis* Robert and Elaine Larson Gordon and Josephine Bailey Irene M. Ott Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Lavely John and Nancy Baird Patricia Parrish and David Schaffer Knut E. Lavine Julie and Doug Baker Randall S. Pemberton Donald and Joann Leavenworth Daniel and M. Barbara Balik Betty Peyton Mr. and Mrs. Ward B. Lewis Joel and Marilyn Bamford Thomas Turney Peyton Richard and Margaret Lidstad Robert and Adrienne Banks George and Sally Pillsbury B. John and Sarah Lindahl Kenneth and Arliss Banta Bill and Teri Popp Daniel and Helen Lindsay Valeria Barlau John and Brenda Powell Eleanor Lindsay William and Paula Bathke Diane and George Power* H. William Lurton David and Betty Bear Randall Pratt and Clifford Johnson Donald and Anne McCarthy Keith and Mary Bednarowski William and Joan Reiling Douglas and Kathleen McClure William and Lawraine Beery

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Andrew and Audrey Benjamin David and Sandra Gerdes A. Jerri Marsden Ginny Schafer Stephen Benton and Daniel and Patricia Gerhan James McCarthy and Gloria Brad and Angie Scheib Manuela Georg R. James and Rene Gesell Peterson Susan Schlomka Arthur Bergstrom Nora and Paul Gill Tom and Sue McCarthy John and Mary Schmitz Shayna Berkowitz and Mary Gilman Samuel and Patricia McCullough Steve and Lucia Schroeder Phyllis Wiener Timothy Glines and Barbara Davis Linda McGowan Susan and Jonathan Seltzer Carolyne Bisson and Richard Miller Michael and Barbara Goldner Christopher and Cheryl McHugh Janet and Irving Shapiro Muriel Bochnak Bernice Cowl Gordon James L. McLaughlin Richard and Charleen Shields Thelma Boeder Howard and Elizabeth Guthmann James and Rebecca McLennan Kenneth and Eleanor Siess Paul and Marjorie Boening Mary Habstritt and Gerald James McMenemy Helen Silha George and Irene Boomer Weinstein David Mealman Dave Simpkins Paul E. Boucher Ann T. Hackett Eric J. Meester Gretchen and Jack Sjoholm Steve and Gail Brand Charles and Earleen Hanson Gerald and Jeanne Meigs Dick and Ella Slade Brad and Joan Brolsma Donald V. Harper Alex and Cyndy Mellgren James and Jenella Slade Edgerton Bronson William and Helen Hartfiel Mary Melzarek Curtis Sloan and Helen Duritsa Anne and David Brown Ronald and Lisa Have Christopher and Diane Merz Elizabeth L. Smith Paul H. Brown John R. Heneman Rita Meyer John G. Smith Carolyn J. Brusseau Lila Hertzberg Violet and Charles Meyer Kate Smith Marilyn Burbank Robert and Ramona Hess Eric T. Michael Margaret E. Spear John and Caryl Busman Helen Hocker Russ and Jan Michaletz Michael and Sherry Spence Patrick and Twiss Butler Susan M. Hoel Mr. Harold W. Michie Steinberg Family Foundation Norma Buxton Wayne and Dianne Hoeschen Robert and Lucy Mitchell Dennis and Ruth Stephens Norman and Brenda Canedy Peter Hoffman Chad Moffett Neil Stokes and Judy Faber Norman Carpenter W.H. Hollinshead James and Carol Moller Ben Storey Joe and Cathy Carroll William Houlton Laura Mollet R.W. and Carol Stotts H. Mead and June Cavert James and Ann Howard Henry and Donna Morgan John and Barbara Strandell Mark Chapin Richard and Meredith Howell Bob and Sandy Morris Richard Stryker Margaret Chase F.B. Hubachek, Jr. John and Marlene Mulrooney Constance Sullivan Felicia R. Cochran Mr. John Q. Imholte and Mrs. Lucy Ms. Gladys Murray and Ms. Timothy A. Sullivan John Coe Imholte Barbara Pihlgren-Warner Evelyn Swenson Burton and Rusty Cohen Rex and Monica Ingram Godan Nambudiripad George Tesch Paul and Barbara Courneya W. Chuck and Marie Irrgang Mark and Gretchen Noordsy Mr. and Mrs. Jon Theobald John Crippen and Sheila Stuhlman Joel Jacobson Warren Olson Betty Tisel and Sarah Farley Laura and John Crosby Barry and Karmen Johnson Herbert and Donna Opp Ann Tracht Sherry Cyza Michael and Emily Johnson Gary and Linda Ostberg Blair and Linda Tremere Mitchell and Laurie Davis Mr. and Mrs. Neel C. Johnson Dr. John Overton and Walter and Mary Jane Trenerry Ariel Dickerman Pamela and Kevin Johnson Dr. Ann Lowry Terry Troutner Deane Dierksen Sigrid Johnson David and Valerie Pace Ole and Ruth Tweet Dan Dodds Martin and Kris Johnston Mike and Joyce Palazzotto Linda and Jerry Urevig Robert J. Dolle, Jr. Charles and Sally Jorgensen David Pauba Eugene and Kathleen Vader Daniel and Catherine Donovan John Keller and Sandra Jo Shill Walker Pearce and Jack Larry and Suzanne Vanden Plas James and Dee Dorsey Diane and Gordon Kepner Weatherford Karen Viskochil William and Elizabeth Dresser David and Anne Ketz Gary Pearson and Lucia Ann Bryan and Kim Volk David Drew Louise King Pearson Col. William D.R. Waff and Rev. Mary Dunlap John and Judy Kinkead Ronald Pederson Kathleen Busby David Durenberger and Susan Robert N. Kisch Karin M. Peterson Denise Wagner Foote Richard L. Klaus Julien and Charlotte Petit Frederick and Alice Wall Robert Dwinnell Michael and Carine Knight Kathleen Petit Charles and Susan Ward Stanley and Suzanne Efron Karen Knoll Walter Pickhardt and Sandra Dale and Ann Warner Albert and Helga Emrich Ken and Marlys Knuth Resnick Marcus Waterbury Betty Engebretson Bradley Kolberg Peter and Gene Pierce Karin Wentz Kimberly and Jeffrey Engelhardt Mr. and Mrs. Skip Krawczyk Mike and Linda Pirrotta Helen Thomas Erickson and Katherine Lori and David Krieger Louise Plank Robert Wilke Solomonsen Richard Kvam Perry C. Plank Frank and Frances Wilkinson Anna Marie Ettel Russell and Karen Larsen Julian G. Plante John W. Windhorst, Jr. Nancy Evans Charles and Hope Lea Mr. and Mrs. Ron Poole Renata Rolf Winsor Grant and Sue Fair Elizabeth and David Lee Brad and Linda Quarderer Sally A.C. Wood Jane Fair Timothy and Lynn Lee Verna Rausch Alan R. Woolworth John and Therese Fitch James and Patricia Lehmann Bruce and Joan Richard Donald and Jan-Suzanne Yaeger Gerald Foley A. Patrick and Katherine Leighton Jane H. Richards Akiyoshi Yonehara and Carol Olivia and Silas Ford Allen and Nancy Levine Tom and Vicky Richards Anderson Barbara Forster and Lawrence Lisa and Jonathan Lewis Nathaniel and Mary Robbins Robert and Lorene Youngquist Hendrickson Stephen Lewis and Judith Frost Clifford Roberts Andrew Yurista Edward and Erin Fox Lewis James and Helen Rood Gary and Carmen Ziemer William and Ruth Frenzel Paul Lipetzky Robert and Joyce Rosene Jerry and Marjorie Fruin George and Jean Logan Peter Rudolf and Sherry Holtz Mary Ella Galbraith Daniel Loritz Dianne and James Safley Charlie Gallup Gerald and Shirley Louiselle Michael and Shirley Santoro James and Joan Gardner David and Peggy Lucas Martin and Dorothy Sathre Robert and Karen Garland Deane and Nancy Manolis Thomas Saylor and Kimberly Lavonne and Scott Garoutte Edward G. Maranda Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Garretson Merritt and Betty Marquardt Timothy and Mary Scanlan

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CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, Brighton Development SPECIAL PROJECTS The Society is grateful to Target AND ORGANIZATIONS Corporation The following donors have and to The Jay and Rose Phillips Elizabeth C. Quinlan made gifts in support of Family Foundation for special Director's Circle Foundation, Inc. special initiatives: support in bringing two traveling $50,000 and above Faegre & Benson, LLP exhibits from the United States Katherine B. Andersen Fund of Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Saint Paul Foundation Inc. $500,000+ “The Nazi Olympics: Berlin, 1936” Institute of Museum and Library Horton Holding, Inc. Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen and “Life in the Shadows: Hidden Services The Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation Children and the Holocaust.” Foundation Eugene C. and Gail V. Sit Mayo Clinic Foundation / Sit Investment Mill City Museum Guarantor National Film Preservation Associates Sawmill Model Project $25,000–49,999 Foundation Dan and Polly Bowles 3M Foundation National Society of Colonial $250,000–499,999 Rod and Barbara Burwell The Cargill Foundation Dames of America Marney B. Brooks and Conley Craig D. Peterson George A. MacPherson Fund Rhode Island State Grange Brooks Mark B. and Teresa Peterson Great River Energy Foundation, Inc. Julia W. Dayton Scott J. Peterson The May Department Stores Sherman Associates, Inc. Greycoach Foundation Todd and Jodi Peterson Company Sibley House Association Robert and Alexandra Klas Frank W. Veden Charitable Trust St. Paul Radiology ‘Minnesota 150’ Star Tribune Foundation $100,000–249,999 Best Buy Children's Foundation Benefactor UMI Company, Inc. Mary Lee Dayton $15,000–24,999 H.E. and Helen R. Warren Hawley Family Foundation ‘Open House’ Exhibition Frey Foundation Foundation Lewis W. Lehr Donald and Patricia Garofalo General Mills Foundation Watkins, Incorporated Dusty and George Mairs McNeely Foundation Thrivent Financial for Lutherans St. Paul Travelers Foundation Foundation Sustaining $50,000–99,999 Western Bank $500–999 Arthur E. Anderson Founder Ainsworth Engineered (USA) LLC The Graco Foundation ‘Red Wing Retro’ Exhibition $10,000–14,999 Blandin Paper Company Mardag Foundation Red Wing Pottery and Shops Agnes M. Bendorf Charitable Trust Burlington Northern Santa Fe Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Schilling David and Kim Hakensen Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota Chinese American Association of Minnesota $25,000–49,999 Other Projects Partner Crown Holdings, Inc. Harry G. McNeely, Jr. AIA Minnesota–St. Paul/ $5,000–9,999 Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson Minneapolis Architectural Guide Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Federated Insurance Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer Comstock Land Company - Foundation Foundation, Inc. Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable H.B. Fuller Company $10,000–24,999 Ruth and John Huss – ‘Capture the Foundation IBM Corporation John M. and Elizabeth W. Baker Moment: The Pulitzer Prize CHS Foundation Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc. Huss Foundation Photographs’ Exhibition Columbus Memorial Association of The Pfizer Foundation Lorentzsen Family Trust Jerome Foundation, Inc. – Jerome St. Paul P.G.N. Foundation Charles F. Murphy Hill Centennial Exhibition Connexus Energy Ramsey Hill Association Bob and Sara Lumpkins – Diversity Education Minnesota Foundation RSP Architects $1,000–9,999 Outreach Initiative Jostens Foundation, Inc. Thomson West Elizabeth A. Biorn Duncan and Nivin MacMillan – Margaret Rivers Fund Wells Fargo History Museum Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. ‘Seth Eastman: Artist on the Hardenbergh Foundation Donald W. and Anne McCarthy Frontier’ Exhibition Villaume Industries, Inc. Contributing Robert Maynard Marvin R. O’Connell – MHS Press $250–499 Cleve Pettersen – Library/Archives Leader Biesanz Stone Company Archeology Workshop Katherine B. Andersen Fund of $2,500–4,999 East Downtown Council Bois Forte Reservation The Saint Paul Foundation - Deluxe Corporation Foundation Financial Women Tribal Council International Committee for The Ford Foundation International, Inc. Lower Sioux Community Museums of GE Foundation Gannett Foundations, Inc. Mather Heritage Group LLC Archeology and History Meeting GMAC-RFC Hess, Roise and Company Minnesota Association of Realtors Dennis J. Schapiro – Publications Minnesota Jamboree Council Michaud Cooley Erickson Minnesota Department of The Scrooby Foundation – Historic The National Grange Mills Fleet Farm Transportation Fort Snelling Restoration Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Red Wing Collector’s Society Prairie Island Tribal Council L.L.P. Foundation Foundation Two Pines Resource Group Securian Foundation Ryan Companies US, Inc. Upper Sioux Community Southways Foundation Steinberg Family Foundation Tozer Foundation, Inc Tapemark Company ‘Baseball As America’ Exhibition The Valspar Foundation Minnesota Twins Community Fund Women's Organization of MHS Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation Patron $1,000–2,499 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Friends of the Forest History Anchor Bank Family Foundation Center Andersen Corporate Foundation Grand Rapids Area Community Briggs and Morgan Foundation Foundation

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IN-KIND GIFTS DEFERRED GIFTS NAMED ENDOWMENT FUNDS The F. T. Gustavson Fund for 3M Foundation During the past year, members of Endowment gifts provide valuable Museum Collections Little and Company the households listed below notified program support now and for Marshall R. and Elizabeth Hatfield New Moonshine Huskies the Society that they have provided generations to come. The Society Fund J.M. Smuckers for its long-term future through an is most grateful to the donors Donald and Gladys Henslin Fund Target estate or life income gift. Deferred who have established the 80 Helen Henton Fund gifts are a way for individuals of all named endowment funds listed The Harriet Thwing Holden Fund financial circumstances to leave a below with a gift or commitment for American Indian History MEDIA SPONSORS lasting legacy, supporting a program of $50,000 or more. For information June D. Holmquist Publications Charter Media or historic site that is of special about named funds, please visit and Research Fund KARE 11 interest to them. To learn more about www.mnhs.org/plannedgiving Ronald and Margaret Hubbs St. Paul Pioneer Press these opportunities, please call the or call 651-205-4047 or Collections and Acquisition Fund Star Tribune Development Office at 651-205-4047 1-888-293-4440. The Gerald W. and Victoria K. WDIO-TV or 1-888-293-4440, e-mail Johnson Fund for Historic Sites The Current 89.3 [email protected] or visit Elmer L. and Eleanor Andersen Carl and Helen W. Jones Fund for City Pages www.mnhs.org/plannedgiving. Publications Fund Archives and Manuscripts KAXE Radio The Eugenie M. Anderson Women Herschel V. Jones Collections KGPZ Radio Loris Sofia Gregory in Public Affairs Fund Acquisition Fund M. Jane Loeffler T. R. Anderson Rare Collections Helen Katz Fund Lydia Lucas Acquisition Fund The Elsie A. Keasling Fund MEMORIALS Brynhild Rowberg The Ed and Elly Asplin Mill City Dorothy Hagen Kettner Fund for Gifts were received in memory Paul and Carolyn Verret Museum Fund Library and Archives of the following individuals: Renata Rolf Winsor Sharon and Terry Avent Fund Mary E. Lahiff Historic Harry D. and Jeanette Ayer Fund Preservation for Buildings in Arnold C. Anderson for the Mille Lacs Museum Minneapolis DeWalt and Marie Ankeny ENDOWMENT DONORS Julian B. Baird Fund Anne Morrow Lindbergh Vivian Bixler The Society is grateful to the The Earl E. Bakken Fund for Endowment Herbert Bloomberg following donors who contributed Creativity and Innovation Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Mary Jo Burnett to the endowment fund in fiscal The Bean Family Fund for Fund Gerald Christenson year 2006. Business History The Jean R. Ljungkull Textile Fund Isis E. Dean Beito Foundation Fund for The Lydia Lucas Fund for Archives Charlotte Drake Anonymous (2) Northwestern Minnesota History and Library Processing Everett Evanson Nina and John Archabal Charles H. and Lucy Winton Bell Fred and Elvina Mathison Fund Gertrude B. Ffolliott Terry and Sharon Avent Endowment Fund The Donald and Alice McIlrath David W. Goff John B. and Nancy Baird Marney B. Brooks and Conley Fund Elizabeth Hedin Samuel and Shirlee Ruttger Bates* Brooks Fund for the History The Joseph S. and Jane Y. Micallef Samantha Hutton Beito Foundation Center Education Fund Muriel Jacobson Richard DeLeo Marney B. Brooks and Conley Morrison Family Fund for Mill City Kari Ann Koskinen Ruth G. Dyer Brooks Fund – Minnesota’s Museum Bruce Larson George and Anne Flannery Greatest Generation George W. Neilson Fund Rodney C. Loehr The Ford Foundation Isabella and Leo Capser Fund Charlie Nelson Fund for Historic Dolores Madigan Richard and Helen Frye Horace F. and Esther J. Preservation William Monahan Johanna A. Ghei Chamberlain Fund For Historic Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson Ken and Dorothy Nordstrom Michelle Hall Preservation Fund Susan Mary Okie HRK Foundation The Jean and Frank Chesley Fund The Betty Scandrett Oehler Fund Luther Olson Jane and Jerald Jackson for Local and County Historical E. M. Pearson Foundation Fund Rozella Parish Jim Karn Societies Dorothy Peterson Fund for Three- Julia Morrow Payton Scott C. Magnuson Chute Family Fund for Dimensional Objects Dean B. Randall Dick and Joyce McFarland Mill City Museum John Newton and Julia Morrow Clementine Rardin Richard Moe Comstock Memorial Fund for the Peyton Fund Raymond A. Reister Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson Comstock House Andrew Ansel Rowberg and Marie John Rivard Susan Okie The Sage and John Cowles Fund Christine Rollag Rowberg Fund Walter S. Rosenberry Constance S. Otis The Elisabeth W. Doermann Fund Evelyn Robinson Fund for the George A. Smith Joan and William S. Reiling for the James J. Hill House Forest History Center Betty Weisberg Noel A. Ryan The Richard and Shirley DeLeo Louise D. Rose Fund for David L. Wood Vivian Skoog Fund for Historic Sites Processing Renata Rolf Winsor Janna P. De Lue Fund for The Ken and Nina Rothchild Fund Thomas C. and Judith E. Winter American Indian History for Business History and TRIBUTES Women’s Organization of MHS The Florence Donohue Fund for Women’s History Gifts were received in honor Historic Forestville The Joseph and Josephine of the following individuals: The James Taylor Dunn Fund for Ruttger Descendants Fund BEQUESTS St. Croix Valley History Noel Ann Ryan Fund Nina Archabal The following individuals have Janet L. Erickson Hill House Fund The Otto and Martha Schmaltz Norman Biorn generously and thoughtfully Charles E. Flandrau Research Education Fund Ronnie and Roger Brooks benefited the Society’s endowment Leave Fund The Otto and Martha Schmaltz Patricia Johnston and in the past year through a bequest. Anna E .R. Furness Fund Fund for the Grey Cloud Island Malcolm McDonald Their gifts will be lasting legacies, The Paul S. and Aileen M. Gerot Lime Kiln Property David Koch supporting in perpetuity what they Fund for Mill City Museum The Nel Schweiss Fund for Charles John LaVine valued highly during their lifetimes. The Lila Johnson Goff Collections Valley Joel and Elizabeth Sullivan Endowment Historic Sites Denise Dunnell Wells Josephine Harper Darling Loris Sofia Gregory Art Fund Jane and Bill Spoor Fund for Mary Elizabeth Lahiff Mill City Museum

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Stans Lectureship Fund NAMED POOLED Mill City Museum Processing Vera Stanton Memorial Fund for ENDOWMENT FUNDS The G. Richard Slade Fund for The Kathryn A. Johnson Fund an Interpreter Award Program The Minnesota Historical Society Mill City Museum for Manuscript Processing The Sibley Flandrau Stewart Fund gratefully recognizes donors who Whitney Eastman Fund for Museum Collections have created named endowment Public Affairs O. W. Stone Fund funds that are pooled with other gifts Sibley House Historic Site Richardson B. Okie Fund for Paul and Carolyn Verret Fund to support a general program area or The Robert and Marveen Minish Public Affairs George W. Wells, Jr. and Mary historic site. Individuals or families Fund for the Sibley House Cobb Wells Exhibition Fund can create such funds with gifts or Historic Site Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Rare commitments of $10,000 to $49,999. Split Rock Lighthouse Books Fund Allan L. Apter and Brenda J. Ion Harrison Hayes Whiting Fund for Historic Fort Snelling Fund for Split Rock Lighthouse Mill City Museum Robert Loring Jackson Fund Henrietta W. Willus Conservation for Historic Fort Snelling Oral History Fund Joseph and Marie Winter Rodney N. Searle Fund for Renata R. Winsor Fund for Historic Family Fund for Historic Oral History Fort Snelling Fort Snelling Women’s Organization of the Photography Minnesota Historical Society Library and Collections Virginia P. Moe Fund for the Fund Josephine L. Darling Fund Acquisition and Preservation for Preservation of Manuscripts of Historic Photographs and Photographs

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY GOVERNING BOARD AND MANAGEMENT STAFF, JUNE 30, 2005

Officers Ex-Officio Council Members MHS Honorary Council E. Neil Mattson David A. Koch, Governor Arnold C. Anderson Mary Ann McCoy President Lowell C. Anderson Joseph S. Micallef Edward Stringer, Lt. Governor D. H. Ankeny Jr. Walter F. Mondale 1st Vice President Carol Molnau Charles W. Arnason Richard T. Murphy, Sr. Sharon Avent, Secretary of State Norbert Arnold Thomond R. O’Brien Vice President Mary Kiffmeyer Edward W. Asplin Larry G. Osnes Brenda J. Child, Attorney General Earl Bakken John Parker Vice President Mike Hatch Bruce W. Bean Gordon Parks William R. Stoeri, State Auditor Gretchen U. Beito Fred Perez Vice President Patricia A. Anderson Marney B. Brooks Julien V. Petit Nina M. Archabal, Thomas C. Buckley Kennon V. Rothchild Secretary Management Committee Mary Griggs Burke Curtis L. Roy Peter R. Reis, Nina Archabal, Clarke A. Chambers Ramedo J. Saucedo Treasurer Executive Director Jean M. Chesley Rodney N. Searle Michael Fox, John B. Davis Jr. Janet R. Shapiro Executive Council Members Deputy Director, W. Harry Davis Eugene C. Sit Abbot G. Apter Historic Programs Richard DeLeo Robert J. Sivertsen Sharon Avent and Education Charlton Dietz George A. Smith Diane Berthel Bill Keyes, Director, Roland P. Dille F. L. Spanier Brenda J. Child Historic Sites Elisabeth W. Doermann William H. Spoor Judith S. Corson and Museums Hiram M. Drache Walter N. Trenerry Mark E. Davis Robert Horton, Carl B. Drake Jr. Emily Anne Tuttle Ram Gada Acting Director, Elizabeth S. Driscoll Vernell Wabasha James T. Hale Library and Collections Jeanne Dunsworth Lorenzo D. Williams Margaret Johnson Pat Gaarder, Richard L. Ferrell John J. Wood Martha H. Kaemmer Human Resources and Ardene L. Flynn Jayne B. Khalifa Volunteer Services Rhoda R. Gilman David A. Koch Mark Haidet, Margaret L. Gunther David M. Larson Development Rosalie H. Hall Mary Mackbee W. Chuck Irrgang, Marshall R. Hatfield Susan B. McCarthy Finance and Robert E. Hess Pierce A. McNally Administration Margaret Hill William C. Melton David Kelliher, Roy O. Hoover Robert W. Nelson Government Relations Karen A. Humphrey Richard Nicholson Rose Sherman, Lucy Rosenberry Jones Dale Olseth Web and Business Max Kampelman Peter R. Reis Development Lucile M. Kane William R. Stoeri Lory Sutton, Sylvia C. Kaplan Edward C. Stringer Marketing and Robert Loeffler Paul Verret Communications Rodney C. Loehr Eleanor C. Winston Elizabeth S. MacMillan Edward J. Zapp Margaret Marvin

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