Annual Report Fiscal Year 2009 As my three-year term as president of the Historical Society draws to a close, I have considered carefully what thoughts I would leave with you as I step down. This is not to say I don’t have more – how could I not after the momentous events at the Society in the last three years, events that will shape its future for years to come. But brevity is the soul of a memorable message, so here they are: First, as the guardian of the state’s history, the Society performs important work for Minnesota’s people. Guardianship of our stories is the essence of the Society’s mission; it comes in many forms, and it is a duty owed to all of us, now and into the future. Second, over the past three years I have observed the unswerving commitment of the Executive Council members and staff of the Society to meeting this responsibility. Whether the moment is one of calm or crisis, long-term planning or painful short-term fixes – or the difficult decision to take a different course than had been planned – the sole consideration has always been how to fulfill our duty to preserve and protect our stories. This is nothing new brought on by this generation. What is different is the frequency, complexity and magnitude of the challenges in the past few years. We can all take pride that through it all, no matter how weighty the problem, we have been true to our mission. The resources available to the Society to fulfill its mission are many and extensive. Its work depends on a combination of public funding, earned revenue, endowment and the generosity of thousands of supporters. We thank you for your continued belief in the worth of our mission. Many thanks also to the Executive Council members who have given so generously of their time and energy in addressing the challenges we have faced. Finally, my deep gratitude to Nina Archabal and her most capable staff for their leadership in keeping the Society on course and true to its mission. Our stories are in caring hands.

Edward C. Stringer, President, Minnesota Historical Society This, the Society’s 160th year, has been remarkable by every measure. At this time last year we faced into a horizon obscured by the clouds of a global financial storm. Then, looking to the strong foundation of our institution, Society President Ed Stringer reassured us we would weather the storm. With thanks to Ed for his steady hand as chair of the Executive Council, we have done that and more. Even as we responded to a reduction of more than 13 percent in our state and non-state operating funds, we experienced increased attendance at our museums and historic sites across the state, greater visibility thanks to innovative marketing strategies, and an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to our programs that connect Minnesotans with their history. On the pages that follow are highlights of our work this year – initiatives such as the restoration of the rare battle flags carried at Bull Run, Shiloh and Gettysburg; our use of social media to connect with new audiences; and the opening of the “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation: the Depression, the War, the Boom” exhibition. In a year of hard times, surely it was providential to open this exhibition, which follows the generation that grew up during the Great Depression. The voices of those who endured the 1930s reassure and inspire us today. They remind us of the values that unite people to a common purpose and foster personal courage and resourcefulness. Is it any wonder that Minnesota’s Greatest Generation, five years in the making, has shattered attendance figures and filled the halls of the History Center with multiple generations of Minnesotans day after day? No one knows if the economic storm has passed completely, yet, as I write this, the Society sees possibilities for history we could not have imagined 12 months ago. These opportunities are the promise of the Legacy Amendment approved by Minnesota voters in November 2008. This legislation bestows both new funding and new obligations on the Society: it is specifically designated for history projects that create a legacy for future generations. What perfect timing! What I see in this Minnesota autumn is a people less distracted by the fleeting, and more focused on the enduring, the very essence of legacy. Thanks to the wisdom of the people of Minnesota in approving the Legacy Amendment, the Society has a renewed opportunity to give the gift of history to the future. This is a transformational moment for the Society. We have a big job to do in the days ahead and we hope for your abiding support. Many thanks to our members, donors, staff and governing board members, our volunteers, and to our elected leaders: Governor Pawlenty, the Minnesota Legislature and local officials around the state. We are grateful for your interest, your generosity and your belief in the enduring value of our history – the story of how life has been lived and experienced in this unique place called Minnesota.

Nina Archabal, Director 2009 Highlights

CREATIVE MARKETING, INNOVATIVE Attendance at all of the Society’s historic sites and museums rose in fiscal year CAMPAIGNS AND POWERHOUSE EXHIBITS 2009, most dramatically at the History Center where it increased 27 percent over PAY OFF IN ATTENDANCE GROWTH the previous year. The last year of a three-year marketing plan put in place in 2006 saw History Center attendance shoot up 41 percent overall. During the three-year time frame, enjoyed a 17-percent increase in attendance. Other sites were up as well, including Historic Fort Snelling, where a 12-percent increase gave this preeminent historic site its largest visitation in years, and Split Rock Lighthouse, which increased 11 percent. Nearly one million visitors experienced Society historic sites and museums this year, nearly one third of that number at the History Center, including a record one-month of 40,000 visitors in October 2008, the first full month that “Vatican Splendors” was on view. School groups accounted for 230,000 visitors statewide and 30,000 students participated in History Day. Fifty-two advanced to national competition winning seven medals: one gold, three silver and three bronze. And this year, History Day staff worked with four SPAN (Special Program for Adolescent Needs) programs in the School District, allowing increasingly diverse students to participate in this invaluable program.

‘MINNESOTA’S GREATEST GENERATION’ “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation: the Depression, the War, the Boom,” EXHIBIT OPENS TO RECORD CROWDS, the capstone of the Society’s multi-year effort to document the lives and ‘VATICAN SPLENDORS’ DRAWS MORE THAN contributions of this seminal generation, opened at the History Center on 100,000 VISITORS AND CHANGING EXHIBITS Memorial Day Weekend. The exhibit, which chalked up a record-breaking EXPAND AUDIENCES opening crowd of over 4,000 people, continued to draw thousands of visitors, many experiencing the History Center for the first time. Contributing greatly to the success of this ambitious effort was funding by individuals and organizations which reached its target of $6 million in support of the project.

The heralded traveling exhibit, “Vatican Splendors: From Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Swiss Guard,” drew 106,340 visitors to the History Center in its nearly four-month run. And changing exhibits continued to attract new and varied audiences. “Ellis Island Portraits, 1905- 1920,” a striking collection of photographs by Augustus Sherman, an amateur photographer and clerk with the immigration center, presented a historical document of unprecedented scope. “Minnesota on the Map” showcased four centuries of stunning maps from the Society’s collection. “Native Words, Native Warriors” told the remarkable story of soldiers from more than a dozen tribes, including the Ojibwe and Dakota, who used their native languages in service to the U.S. military. LEGISLATIVE SESSION BRINGS MIXED RESULTS In the midst of one of the worst economic challenges in recent memory, the Society received a combination of good and bad news from the 2009 legislative session. An 8.9-percent reduction in its state appropriation which, in combination with reductions in other income sources, resulted in a nearly 13-percent overall reduction in the Society’s budget. At the same time, the Society received $2.065 million in the state’s capital budget to preserve historic sites buildings, including statewide roof repairs and preservation work at Historic Fort Snelling and the James J. Hill House. At Split Rock Lighthouse, a two-year capital-funded preservation project was completed, helping to prepare the popular North Shore site for its upcoming centennial celebration in 2010.

LEGACY AMENDMENT PROVIDES NEW In November 2008, Minnesota voters approved a constitutional amendment OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISTORY that provides for an increase in the sales tax which will be dedicated for the next 25 years to support outdoor heritage, clean water, parks and trails, as well as arts, history and cultural heritage. For the first time, the “preservation of Minnesota’s history” was written into the state’s constitution. The funds, which are required to supplement, rather than substitute for, existing funding and programs, provide significant statewide support for history – an estimated $22 million over the next two years. Allocations include $6.75 million for grants to local, county and regional history organizations, to be administered by the Society, and $4 million to support partnerships for organizations working together to increase public access to the state’s historical resources. The Society also will receive funding for new historical and educational programs, including a major exhibition on the regional, local and cultural diversity of Minnesota’s history and cultural heritage.

SAVE AMERICA’S TREASURES GRANT HELPS In December 2008, a project to preserve the Society’s fragile Civil War and PRESERVE SOCIETY’S CIVIL WAR FLAGS Spanish-American War battle flags was selected to receive $181,119 in funding from the Save America’s Treasures program, which is dedicated to preserving, conserving and rescuing the nation’s most significant cultural and heritage resources. Funding from the State of Minnesota provided the required match to the federal grant. The first phase of the project includes conservation of 24 flags, including the banner of the First Minnesota, carried valiantly during the Battle at Bull Run in 1861. Once conserved, the flags will be on display, four at a time in rotation, at the State Capitol and also will be available to historical researchers, some for the first time. An additional 25 remaining flags in the collection will be stored in climate- and security-controlled cases until additional funds can be secured to undertake their conservation. 2009 Highlights

INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS ATTRACTED Attendance at the History Center soared this year, thanks to such such NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES programs as “The Global Hotdish Variety Show,” which featured multi-cultural and multi-generational artists in an eclectic mix of music, song and dance representing cultures around the world. The East Side Neighborhood Access Initiative continued to bring underserved audiences to the History Center. And the newly launched Rondo Neighborhood Access Initiative expanded to students from a nearby inner-city neighborhood. Plans are underway to add more schools in 2010. The perennially popular “Nine Nights of Music” attracted a record-breaking 7,053 to the History Center’s terrace and lawns, and History Pub Crawls took visitors on guided trolley tours of distinctive St. Paul neighborhoods and watering holes. Comics Camp, an intergenerational outreach project, paired teenagers with members of the Greatest Generation to conduct oral histories and create comic books that told the seniors’ stories, while Generations Camp, in partnership with the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent, involved students and seniors telling shared stories through artwork.

MAJOR ACQUISITIONS ENHANCE Two paintings once owned by James J. Hill were given to the Society by Hill SOCIETY’S COLLECTIONS family members and are on permanent display at the James J. Hill House in St. Paul. “Village of Sevres” by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, purchased by Hill in 1896, once again hangs in the home’s art gallery, and “Nuns Making Preserves” by Francois Bonvin, purchased in 1891, is back in the breakfast room. Also acquired was a rare 18th-century DeLisle Globe, which served as the centerpiece of the exhibit “Minnesota on the Map” and will be on permanent display in the Weyerhaeuser Reading Room of the Library. The Society also received items from R. Bruce Laingen, the Minnesota-born American official held hostage in Iran in 1979-81, including the suit he wore, his diary and the American flag presented to him by President Ronald Reagan. The items are on display in the “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation” exhibit.

FINDING AIDS GO DIGITAL INCREASING A redesign of finding aids provided the ability to link digital copies of ONLINE ACCESS TO SOCIETY’S HOLDINGS collection items to their descriptions. Now online visitors can view such rare items as Abraham Lincoln’s hand-written letters in the Edward D. Neill and Family Papers; Walter Mondale’s iconic 1976 memo to President-elect Jimmy Carter that helped transform the vice-presidency; or correspondence, news clippings and reports from the James J. Hill Papers. Selections from Alexander Ramsey’s 40-volume bound pamphlet collection provide a window in to the issues shaping Minnesota during the second half of the 19th century. And thanks to a federal Library Services and Technology grant that funded the bar coding of newspaper microfilm collections, researchers can find which issues of Minnesota newspapers, dating from 1849, are available on microfilm. SOCIAL MEDIA OPEN NEW DOORS The Society delved farther into the new and burgeoning world of social media, and the growing numbers of those who use it, to promote awareness of our collections, programs, events and exhibits. Thousands of people are now learning about and sharing the Society’s events and programs on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube and Flickr. These networks enable us to take advantage of our energized fans’ own social networking, allowing them to share our content and spread our messages. Blogs and podcasts on our own web site also allow direct interaction with multiple and diverse audiences. Nearly 50,000 people visited nine Society blogs during the fiscal year. The latest to be introduced is a popular journal written by Split Rock Lighthouse’s site manager, reminiscent of the log books and diaries kept by early site keepers that are part of the Society’s permanent collections. More than 35 podcasts gave more than 20,000 online visitors entertaining and informational looks into the Society’s collections on topics ranging from the Hill Family Papers to the history of streetcars in Minneapolis and St. Paul to a Dakota writer and scholar’s search for an ancestor who played a key role in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

SOCIETY NAMES TWO PROPERTIES The Society’s Historic Preservation, Field Services and Grants department TO NATIONAL REGISTER, awarded $1,118,647 from three state and federally funded programs. AWARDS $1,118,647 IN GRANTS Awards included 66 State Grants-in-Aid, 13 State Capital Grants-in-Aid and 11 Federal Certified Local Grants. Training workshops offered by the Local History Services section of the department drew participants from county and local historical organizations around the state. After passage of the Legacy Amendment in November 2008, the department also helped coordinate a series of public meetings to obtain input from history and historic preservation partners around the state regarding the use of dollars provided by Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, the Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums, the Council for Minnesota Archaeology, the Minnesota Archaeological Society and Minnesota Historic Northwest partnered with the Society to form the Minnesota History Coalition, which hosted the meetings.

Two historic properties were listed on the National Register during this fiscal year: Franklin Junior High School, Brainerd, a significant example of a time when architecture influenced every aspect of school design; and the Minnesota Building, St. Paul, the first building to introduce Art Deco/Modern, the architectural style which boomed in downtown St. Paul from the 1920s to 1940s. Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Highlights Realized and unrealized Investment losses during The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional The Society received approximately $23.7 million in fiscal year 2009, were $8.8 million. Declines in Funds Act of 2006 (UPMIFA) adopted by the operating support from the State of Minnesota the market value of stocks and bonds held at the Minnesota Legislature became effective August in fiscal year 2009, 70% of total support and close of the fiscal year on June 30 comprised 1, 2008. This Act, along with the guidance revenue. This represents a decrease of $2.5 approximatey $4.2 million of the annual from the Financial Accounting Standards million from fiscal year 2008 due mainly to the investment loss. The investment return on the Board’s Staff Position No. 117-1, requires the absence of one-time appropriations for various endowment funds for fiscal year 2009 was a classification of that portion of investment initiatives in 2008, such as the Minnesota negative 29.5%. return from donor-restricted endowment Sesquicentennial, in addition to a reduction in the funds that are not classified as permanently base appropriation of approximately $0.5 million. Total expenses for fiscal year 2009 were $47.2 restricted net assets, as temporarily restricted million, up $0.2 million from the prior year and net assets until appropriated by the governing In addition, the Society received $2.1 million in related primarily to salary and benefit increases. body for expenditure. The impact of the Act capital bonding appropriations for Historic Fiscal 2009 included an across-the-board wage upon the Society’s financial statements, was to Asset Preservation, or 6.1% of total support and increase of 3.25% for society employees. reclassify $5.1 million in endowment funds from revenue. This level of funding is a $7.1 million Unrestricted Board Designated to Temporarily decrease from the $9.2 million appropriation Salaries and benefits expense increased 3% in fiscal Restricted endowment funds. in fiscal 2008. The Legislature provides capital year 2009 and comprised 50.8% ($24.0 million) appropriations generally every other year. of the Society’s total expenses for the fiscal year, Nearly 2,100 volunteers contributed more than compared to 49.5% ($23.3 million) for fiscal year 48,700 hours at the Society’s museums and Contributions from members, friends, corporations 2008. All other operating expenditures in historic sites across the state. and foundations totaled $5.2 million, or 15.3% total decreased approximately $0.4 million in of the total support and revenue, down $0.8 fiscal 2009. million from fiscal year 2008. This decrease in contributions is mainly attributable to the economic environment during fiscal year 2009. E G A Total non-investment operating revenues overall D were consistent with the previous fiscal year, F with variances in certain categories. Increased revenue from admissions, auxiliary services, B programs, and other sales totaling $0.8 million C can be attributed to the “Vatican Splendors” and “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation” exhibits. E Decreased revenue from Museum Store sales, B publications, and other fees also totaled $0.8 million and tended to reflect the downturn in the A C economy during fiscal year 2009.

Fiscal year 2009 was the fourth full year of the Society charging for admission at the History D Center, which resulted in approximately $266,000 in admission fees. This represents a decrease of $47,000 in admissions sold at the History Center, however, $66,000 in excess of the budget. Sources of Support and Revenue: Percentage of Expenses by Program Area: Though total admissions revenue increased during A State Operating Appropriations ...... 70.0% A Library Collections and fiscal 2009, the decrease in admissions sold at the B State Capital Bond Appropriation...... 6.1% Archival Services...... 16.1% History Center was due to the use of Ticketmaster C Federal, State & County Grants ...... 6.4% B Publications ...... 4.4% for the “Vatican Splendors” exhibit. During fiscal D Support from Individuals, C History Center Museum...... 22.6% year 2009, memberships were sold at the History Corporations and Foundations ...... 15.3% D Historic Sites ...... 28.3% Center generating over $135,000. E Earned Income ...... 2.2% E Outreach and Preservation ...... 10.8% F Management and General ...... 14.0% G Development/Membership ...... 3.9%

Condensed Balance Sheet As of June 30, 2009 (000’s) omitted

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted Restricted Board Operating Plant designated State funds fund endowment appropriation Other Endowment 2009 2008 Cash and investments $ 2,412 $ 5,932 $ (24) $ 9,959 $ 16,135 $ 34,414 $ 49,378 Receivables 1,122 15,548 4,122 2,164 22,956 20,922 Museum shop inventories 922 922 980 Property and equipment net $ 86,829 86,829 88,075 Total assets $ 4,456 $ 86,829 $ 5,932 $ 15,524 $ 14,081 $ 18,299 $ 145,121 $ 159,355 Payables and accrued liabilities $ 1,337 $ 2,952 $ 650 $ 336 $ 5,275 $ 6,131 Net assets: Unrestricted 3,119 $ 86,829 $ 5,932 95,880 105,809 Temporarily restricted 12,572 13,431 26,003 27,746 Permanently restricted 17,963 17,963 19,669 Total net assets 3,119 86,829 5,932 12,572 13,431 17,963 139,846 153,224 Total liabilities and net assets $ 4,456 $ 86,829 $ 5,932 $ 15,524 $ 14,081 $ 18,299 $ 145,121 $ 159,355

These statements are excerpts from the Society’s audited financial statements which are available upon request. Statement of Activities Year ended June 30, 2009 (000’s) omitted

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted Restricted Board Operating Plant designated State funds fund endowment appropriation Other Endowment 2009 2008 Support and Revenue Support: Private contributions $ 1,869 $ 1,840 $ 1,460 $ 5,169 $ 5,992 Federal grants 2,087 2,087 2,403 County and other grants 62 62 0 State operating appropriation $ 23,656 23,656 26,216 State capital appropriation - - - 2,065 - - 2,065 9,192 Total support $ 1,869 - - $ 25,721 $ 3,989 $ 1,460 $ 33,039 $ 43,803 Revenue: Admissions fees $ 2,610 $ 2,610 $ 2,146 Museum Store sales 1,814 1,814 1,882 Membership 416 416 626 Publication sales 1,166 1,166 1,602 Program fees 679 679 625 Contract service fees 790 790 891 Digital product fees 384 384 412 Investment return 88 $ (2,126) (3,586) (3,166) (8,790) (4,653) Auxiliary services 1,183 1,183 1,047 Other sales and fees 493 - - - - - 493 342 Total revenue $ 9,623 - $ (2,126) - $ (3,586) $ (3,166) $ 745 $ 4,920 Total support and revenue $ 11,492 - $ (2,126) $ 25,721 $ 403 $ (1,706) $ 33,784 $ 48,723 Net assets released from program restrictions 32,835 $ 240 - (27,962) (5,113) - - - Total support, revenue and net assets released from program restrictions $ 44,327 $ 240 $ (2,126) $ (2,241) $ (4,710) $ (1,706) $ 33,784 $ 48,723 Expenses: Program services: Library collections & archival services $ 7,409 $ 192 $ 7,601 $ 7,318 Publications 2,045 8 2,053 2,349 History Center Museum 10,175 485 10,660 10,254 Historic sites 12,578 769 13,347 13,767 Outreach and preservation 5,092 5 - - - - 5,097 4,482 Total program services $ 37,299 $ 1,459 - - - - $ 38,758 $ 38,170 Supporting services: Management and general $ 6,554 $ 26 $ 6,580 $ 7,126 Development/Membership 1,822 1 - - - - 1,823 1,728 Total supporting services $ 8,376 $ 27 - - - - $ 8,403 $ 8,854 Total expenses $ 45,675 $ 1,486 - - - - $ 47,161 $ 47,024 Increase (decrease) in net assets before reclassifications (1,348) (1,246) (2,126) (2,241) (4,710) (1,706) (13,377) 1,699 Reclassification of board designated endowment 13 (132) 119 - - Reclassification due to FAS 117-1 - - $ (5,090) - $ 5,090 - - - Changes in net assets: Unrestricted (1,335) (1,246) (7,348) (9,929) (5,138) Temporarily restricted (2,241) 499 (1,742) 8,440 Permanently restricted - - - - - (1,706) (1,706) (1,603) Net changes in net assets (1,335) (1,246) (7,348) (2,241) 499 (1,706) (13,377) 1,699 Net assets at beginning of year 4,454 88,075 13,280 14,813 12,932 19,669 153,223 151,524 Net assets at end of year $ 3,119 $ 86,829 $ 5,932 $ 12,572 $ 13,431 $ 17,963 $ 139,846 $ 153,223 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 all those who have given their financial support, and we use this opportunity to give special recognition and thanks to those who have contributed $250 or more.

Kuhrmeyer Family Foundation of Missy Thompson and Gar Hargens Carol M. Duff Fund of The Saint Paul The Saint Paul Foundation Jane and Arthur Wong Foundation* B. John and Sarah Lindahl Margaret and Angus Wurtele* Peter and Isabelle Dyck Norman Lorentzsen and Donna Boller Jane Emison The Minnesota Historical Society Charlie and Teri Mahar Patron: $1,000-2,499 Engelbert Family Fund of The Saint gratefully acknowledges the Manitou Fund on behalf of Donald Anonymous (2) Paul Foundation leadership support of the following McNeely Russ and Kathy Adams Bill and Kathy Farley Schwab North Star Circle members. These Elizabeth M. Ringer* John and Catherine Agee* Charitable Fund friends have contributed $1,000 or Ken and Nina Rothchild* Raymond and Karen Ames* Sheila ffolliott more for annual membership during Curt and Joan Roy* Marcia G. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Litton E.S. Field, Jr. our 2009 fiscal year running from Hugh and Margaret Schilling* Roger E. Anderson Fund of Fidelity Mrs. Litton Field July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. Robert J. Sivertsen* Charitable Gift Fund* Dr. George and Joan Fischer Jan and Bill Spoor° Abbot G. Apter Rodney H. Forristall Director’s Circle: $50,000+ Irene G. Steiner* Allan Apter and Brenda Ion Maryfaith and Michael Fox David and Barbara Koch* Summer Fund on behalf of Harry G. Charles W. and Margaret Arnason Hillary Freeman and Carol Mork McNeely Thomas J. Arneson Jane C. Freeman* Guarantor: $25,000-49,999 Winston R. and Maxine H. Wallin Fund Jo and Gordon Bailey Frenzel Foundation on behalf of Conley and Marney Brooks* of The Saint Paul Foundation* Glenn Bartsch Deb Frenzel* Richard V. DeLeo* The Frederick and Margaret L. Becky Ruttger Bates Gerald and Jan Freund Art and Martha Kaemmer† Weyerhaeuser Foundation Samuel F. and Shirlee Ruttger Bates* James and Mary Frey David and Janis Larson Eleanor and Fred Winston* Gay and Ronald Baukol Pat Gaarder Susan and Edwin McCarthy* Edward J. Zapp* Beito Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Garretson The James Ford Bell Foundation on Charlotte and Robert Gavin Benefactor: $15,000-24,999 Leader: $2,500-4,999 behalf of Ford W. Bell* Earl and Virginia Geiger Terry and Sharon Avent* Sarah J. Andersen The James Ford Bell Foundation on David and Terry Gilberstadt Ruth and John Huss* Mrs. Wm. R. Anderson, Jr.* behalf of Samuel H. Bell, Jr.* Rosemary H. and David F. Good Betty and Whitney MacMillan* Martha and Bruce Atwater* Theresa Berman* Family Foundation Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine Diane Berthel* Bernard M. Granum* Founder: $10,000-14,999 Bruce and Mary Bean* Dennis and Nancy Blenis Michael Gray and Patricia S. Andrews Anonymous Fund of The Minneapolis Alexandra O. Bjorklund* Elizabeth Cherne Book Robert and Susan Greenberg Foundation Patrick J. Bradley and Patty A. Susan S. Boren Bert Gross and Susan Hill Gross Mark and Mary Davis* Carney-Bradley Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. Jennifer Gross and Jerry LeFevre Dusty and George Mairs* Brenden-Mann Foundation Carole and Norlin Boyum Earl Gutnik Onan Family Foundation Sandra and Peter Butler* Steve and Gail Brand Hannibal and Robbie Haase Emily Anne Staples Tuttle Fund of Susan and Jim Cargill Priscilla Brewster Patrice and Gerald Halbach Minnesota Community Foundation* Chorzempa Family Foundation James R. Brown David Hartwell and Elizabeth DeBaut Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer° Ann and Michael Ciresi Paul Bruce and Beth Weimer Lucy Hartwell Judith and Richard Corson Tyrone and Delia Bujold Hasselquist Fund of The Minneapolis Builder: $7,500-9,999 Ella P. Crosby Rod and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation The Dietz Family Fund of Julia W. Dayton* Foundation Barbara and Douglas Hedin The Saint Paul Foundation* Dellwood Foundation, Inc.* Carmen and Jim Campbell Peter Herzog and June M. Wheeler Matthew Entenza and Lois Quam° George and Anne Flannery Joanne Carlson* Louis F. and Kathrine E. Hill Carolyn and Bob Nelson Peter and Patricia Frechette Lois L. and Roger A. Carlson Melanie Ruttger Hjelm and Rick Hjelm John and Lois Rogers* Eugene and Mary Frey CCI Properties Elizabeth and Edwin Hlavka Neena/Ram Gada Family Jean M. Chesley* Wayne and Dianne Hoeschen Partner: $5,000-7,499 Charitable Fund Leslie and Michael Connelly Diane and Anthony Hofstede The Allegro Fund of The Saint Paul Donald and Patricia Garofalo William and Susan Costello* Tom and Patty Holloran* Foundation* Jim Grantman Sage and John Cowles* Jack and Joyce Hooley Martha Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Haglin* Dr. James and Roberta Craig° Feng and Jennie Hsiao Margaret and Pete Ankeny* Mark and Kathryn Tokar Haidet* Cassie and Dan Cramer Margaret S. Hubbs* Sally and Peter Anson* Dale S. Hanson Foundation Fund of David and Kitty Crosby Bill Hueg and Hella Mears Hueg Nina and John Archabal* The Saint Paul Foundation Robert and Teri Crosby Donald and Carin Huizenga Annette Atkins and Tom Joyce* Marshall and Elizabeth Hatfield* Tom and Ellie Crosby, Jr. Anne and Hadlai Hull Suzanne Blue O.C. Hognander, Jr. Andrew C. Currie Karen A. and Charles W. Humphrey Boss Foundation* Betty Wold Johnson Betty Jayne and Kenneth H. Dahlberg* Mary Ingrebrand-Pohlad Conley and Carol Brooks† Janet N. Jones Denis and Josie Daly Chuck and Marie Irrgang Nicky B. Carpenter Cynthia Kriha and James Eastman Carol Daniels and Richard Jacker* Philip and Ludmilla Isaacson Mary Lee Dayton* Jean R. Ljungkull* Edwin W. and Catherine M. Davis Dennis Janni William and Janice Dircks* John Loban and Jean Kummerow Foundation* Gerald W. and Victoria Johnson Driscoll Foundation Inc. on behalf of The Thomas Mairs and Marjorie Mairs John B. and Joy Lee Davis James E. Johnson W. John and Elizabeth Driscoll* Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation* Mathew and Kristi Davis Peggy and Sam Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William B. Frels Dick and Joyce McFarland Fund of Mitchell and Laurie Davis Wilford and Jean Johnson Agnes A. Gerlach The Minneapolis Foundation Bob and Joanie Dayton* Bill and Susan Jolitz David and Kim Hakensen Donald and Alice McIlrath* Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton Jacqueline N. Jones† Jim and Sharon Hale Clinton and Mary Morrison Elisabeth J. Dayton Kathleen Jones Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison* Richard and Nancy Nicholson Fund of Ruth and Bruce Dayton Andrea and Kevin Kajer Douglas R. Heidenreich* the Nicholson Family Foundation Cy and Paula DeCosse* Sylvia and Sam Kaplan* Jane and Jerald Jackson Kandi and Bart Osborn* Elisabeth and Humphrey Doermann The Martin and Esther Kellogg Fund Phyllis Gene Jones Diane and Darryl Sannes° Katherine D. Doerr of The Saint Paul Foundation* The Lucy Rosenberry Jones Kristine M. Smith* Dolan Family Fund of The Minneapolis Dorothy Kettner† Charitable Trust* William R. Stoeri and Susan K. Johnston° Foundation* The William H. and Janet M. King Family Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Terhuly Foundation* Dotson Iron Casting Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation Robert and F. Alexandra Klas Margee and Bob Kinney Ruth Reister* Caroll Brooks E.R. and Julie Titcomb John and Shirley Krohn James E. Robasse* John and Caryl Busman Stephanie Van D’Elden Jami and Joseph LaPray John and Sandra Roe Anne and Tom Carrier Larry and Suzanne Vanden Plas Arlyn and Elaine Larson Susan Roe and Rene duCret Mary Carson Bryan and Kim Volk Richard and Madrienne Larson Jon and Delores Roeder David and Mary Choate William Volkmar and Sheri Brandvold Charles and Hope Lea Judge James D. and Leanna M. Rogers John and Elizabeth Curtin John Wald and Marianne Remedios Jim and Linda Lee Tom and Peggy Rohde Wendy and Douglas Dayton Joshua Walker Tom and Mary Gerry Lee Paul and Diane Roth Denny Fund of The Minneapolis Howard and Joanne Weiner Allen and Kathy Lenzmeier Vincent and Barbara Ruane Foundation Barbara and William Welke Kurt Leuthold† Shelly and Steve Rucks James and Cynthia DeRuyter Sidney Wold Steve Leuthold† Laura and Luther Salveson Lyle and Dorothy Doerr Dallas and Eileen Zimmerman Jane Leonard and Loretto Lippert Earl S. and Barbara Flanagan Sanford Florence E. Doyle Tom and Rhoda Lewin Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund* Michael L. Ellingsworth Contributing: $250-499 Ward B. Lewis Michael and Shirley Santoro Betty Engebretson Anonymous (3) Peg and Dick Lidstad Patty and Barney Saunders* Richard and Carol Flint Phil and Kim Almeroth Stephen and Sheila Lieberman Charles and Birgitta Schoen Patricia Florance William and Suzanne Ammerman R C Lilly Foundation* Stephen W. and Maureen D. Schroeder Terence Fruth and Mary McEvoy Paul and Janice Anderson Georgia Ray DeCoster Lindeke* The Jean and Mark Schroepfer Fund Family Fund of The Minneapolis Budd and Marguerite Andrews Christine M. Linsmayer of The Saint Paul Foundation Foundation John and Cherl Andrews William J. and Pamela A. Lowe The Schulze Family Foundation Mark and Becca Gottschalk Peter and Sally Anson Peggy and Dave Lucas The Sieff Family Foundation Mark and Tricia Grimes Mary and Robert Archer William and Katherine Mackenzie Kenneth R. Skjegstad Polly Grose Ted and Ruth Arneson Family Fund of The Saint Paul Vivian R. Skoog Larry Grubryn Kathy Baarsch Foundation Kate Smith Anne Hage Bruce and Barbara Bachman Marilyn and Hugh Madson Marschall Smith and Debra Mitts-Smith Marion J. Handt Paul and Jennifer Bagdade Deane and Nancy Manolis RoxAnn M. Splittstozer James and Sharon Haselmann Duncan H. Baird Roy and Dorothy Ode Mayeske Robert S. and Jean Spong Douglas and Martha Head Richard and Deborah Bancroft Donald W. McCarthy Larry and Joy Steiner Joan Higinbotham Mary Bang Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland Sharron and Oren Steinfeldt* Helen Hocker Valeria Barlau Burt and Rosalyn McGlynn† Donald Steinkraus° Laurie Houle Marge and Tom Barrett Thomas and Barbara McLeod Simon Stevens and Maggie Thurer Bruce and Terry Hutchins Elizabeth and Lawrence Baun Mary Bigelow McMillan Lee and Louise Sundet† Joel D. Jacobson Glen A. Bean McNulty Family Account of Fidelity Lloyd and Annelotte Svendsbye Sigrid Johnson Betty Bear Charitable Gift Fund Edward Swanson and Carsten Slostad James and Jane Kaufman Keith and Mary Bednarowski Kathleen B. and William L. McReavy Gregory and Jeanette Swenson Timothy and Holly Kelly Richard and Josephine Beitzel Peg Meier and Rebecca Lindholm Jon and Lea Theobald Peggy Korsmo-Kennon and Michael Michael and Ellen Bendel-Stenzel Jerry and Jeanne Meigs Kent and Kathy Thompson Kennon Andrew and Audrey Benjamin William C. Melton and Jane M. Noelle and Jeff Turner David M. King James and Lois Berens Zimmerman* Two Pines Resource Group Thomas and Jean King Vernon W. Berglund Mary E. Melzarek Mary W. Vaughan Arthur and Peggy Klobe Arthur Bergstrom and Alice Stelling Joanne T. Meyer Paul and Carolyn Verret Martin and Judith Kuretsky Iris Bierbrauer Joseph S. and Jane Y. Micallef* John and Avis Vessey Don R. Larson Herman J. Birnberg Evelyn Miller° Joanne and Phil Von Blon Donald and Joann Leavenworth Linda Black Neal and Roxanne Miller David M. and Mary Ann Barrows Wark* Timothy and Lynn Lee Diane Blake The John W. Mooty Foundation Trust Dr. Ann and David Wasson* Iantha LeVander Jim Bodine and Joan Krikava Angus T. Morrison Watkins, Incorporated Lisa and Jonathan Lewis Fred and Mary Boos John and Jane Morrison David J. Weiner* Bruce and Cheryl Little Paul E. Boucher Beth and Joe Naughton E. J. Wexler Gift Fund of The John and MaryAnne Mauriel Tim and Audra Boyer Dean M. Nelson° Minneapolis Foundation Robert and Polly McCrea John and Andrea Brainard Lou and Jean Nelson Nancy and Ted Weyerhaeuser Alvin and Mary Agnes McQuinn Brad and Joan Brolsma Marybeth Nelson Whitney Foundation* Mary H. and J. Milo Meland Family Fund Paul H. Brown Stephen R. Nelson* James and Judith Wicker of The Minneapolis Foundation Carolyn J. Brusseau David and Barbara Nicholson John and Renata Winsor Fund of The Walter and Joan Mondale Jon Brusven and Christine Arrell Ford and Catherine Nicholson Fund of Minneapolis Foundation Sandy and Bob Morris Dale and Elizabeth Bryan the Nicholson Family Foundation John Wirth and Jim Buchta Adrienne and T. Morrison Marilyn and Mahlon Burbank Todd and Martha Nicholson Fund of Molly and Bill Woehrlin Charitable Charles F. Murphy Tim A. Burns the Nicholson Family Foundation Fund of Minnesota Community Kingsley and Katherine Murphy Louis H. Buron, Jr. The Dan and Sallie O’Brien Fund of Foundation Gladys Murray and Barbara Pihlgren- Dale and Janel Busacker The Saint Paul Foundation Leo and Helen Wolk* Warner John Busman Marvin R. O’Connell Rosita H. Wright Jean M. O’Brien Norma Buxton Linda Odegard and Harlan Cavert Charles and Julie Zelle Elizabeth L. Peyton Jack and Jean Buys John and Marla Ordway Greg and Nancy Pickering Michael and Martha Cagley Lawrence M. O’Shaughnessy * Charter Member Randall Allan Pratt Mary Campbell Charitable Annuity Trust in honor † Honorary Member Doug and Jenni Raeder-Devens William and Charlotte Carlson of Lawrence M. O’Shaughnessy* ° Matching Gift Kathryn Rettig Donnie and John Carr Constance S. Otis Fund of Donald Rockenbach Joe and Cathy Carroll The Saint Paul Foundation* Jim and Sheren Rogne Richard and Marcia Carthaus Irene M. Ott John and Jacqueline Salisbury A.W. and Sharon Clapp Nancy Owen and John Lavander Membership and Annual Fund Timothy and Mary Scanlan Jim and Brenda Coulter Patricia Parrish and David Schaffer Mary Schlosser and Stewart Hazel Paul and Barbara Courneya John and Norma Paulson Sustaining: $500–999 John and Mary Schmitz Edward and Karayn Cunnington Roger Peters and Lorna Reichl Gordon Asselstine Joyce and Jim Schnobrich Kristin and Jeffrey Dahl Dwight and Marjorie Peterson Daniel and M. Barbara Balik Jaclyn and James Schroeder Robert and Patricia Danaher Betty Eastman Peyton Kenneth and Arliss Banta Richard and Barbara Shank Chad and Maggie Dayton Dean and Karin Phillips William Beery Anne and Robert Simpson Jerome Degerness Pierce Family Fund of Carolyne Bisson and Richard Miller Kerry and Kristen Skelton Karen Demarco The Minneapolis Foundation Marlene and Ned Bixby Anthony and Heather Smith Ariel Dickerman Sally and George Pillsbury* Rolf and Idelle Bjelland Elizabeth L. Smith James and Mary Dietz Kate K. Piper Muriel Bochnak Barbara Storslee Dan Dodds Diane and George Power* Lillian Bowell The Henry and Virginia Sweatt Family Robert J. Dolle, Jr. Ralph R. Rayner David W. Broesder and Barbara Fund of Schwab Charitable Fund James and Dee Dorsey Joan and Bill Reiling Preston-Broesder Betty Tisel and Sarah Farley William and Elizabeth Dresser Joan Duddingston Drs. Charles and Sally Jorgensen David W. Montgomery Norman and Gail Schnieder Robert Dwinnell George and Karen Kaczor Vivian B. Morales Lois Schulstad Hugh and Joyce Edmondson Gloria Kaste Richard and Carol Morgan Bill and Julie Schwietz Stanley and Suzanne Efron Michael Kelly Jon and Virginia Morris Rodney and Ruth Searle Lee and Beverly Ekola Kurt Kelsey and Mary Lynch Susan and Richard Muench Laura Secord and Mary Coyne Dean and Heidi Emanuel Linda and Bruce Kennedy Robert and Joan Murray Patrick Sellner and Angela Kline Tim and Rebecca Emory Bonnie Kern Edwin and Mary Nakasone David Senf and Shannon Marting Albert and Helga Emrich David and Anne Ketz John and Sue Nelson Joseph and Kristina Shaffer Kimberly and Jeffrey Engelhardt Janet Keyes and Mark Hatherly Paula Nelson Mary Shepherd Ross and Julie Erickson Terri Kimker Robert and Barbara Nelson Richard F. Shields Thomas Erickson and Katherine Louise E. King Stanley Nelson Molly T. Shields Woods Solomonsen Susan and Gorman King Martin Nergaard Kenneth and Eleanor Siess Ed and Margie Fairbairn William A. King Richard and Joan Newmark Edward Silberman Armand and Ardis Falk Robert N. Kisch Ruth Nolte Miriam Simmons and James Schenz Joseph and Mary Finley Richard L. Klaus Vern Nordling Dave and Linda Simpkins David Finn Rodney and Betty Kloster Russell and Marcelle Noyes Gretchen and Jack Sjoholm John and Therese Fitch Michael and Carine Knight Michael O’Brien Donald and Elaine Skaar Carolyn D. Fiterman Karen L. Knoll Michael and Celeste O’Donnell Dick and Ella Slade Dana Flanders-Turman Ken and Marlys Knuth Robert J. O’Donnell Terry and Leah Slye Barbara Forster and Lawrence Ted and Marjorie Kolderie James O’Hagan and Ann Barkelew Charles and Susanne Smith Hendrickson Linda Krach Mike and Jean Oberle Mrs. J. Bradner Smith Tanya Foster Lori and David Krieger Douglas and Cheryl Olsen Robert and Anne Smith Sharon Fowler Maureen Kucera-Walsh Nancy Olsen Wyman Spano and Marcia Avner Alfred and Phil France Joyce F. Kunz Scott and Judith Olsen Margaret E. Spear Myron Frans and Susan Segal Ralph and Virginia Kurtzman Deborah Olson Carolyn St. Germain William and Ruth Frenzel Gregory A. Kvam Michael Olson Robert Stanich and Jeanne Schleh Carol Fritsch James and Gail LaFave Warren H. Olson Tyrone Steen and Deidra Roefer-Steen Charles and Louise Frost Nick and Connie Lafond Donna Opp Sheila Steiner Jerry and Marjorie Fruin Russell and Karen Larsen Gary and Linda Ostberg Carole Stempfley and Gary Hillman Mary Ella Galbraith Robert T. Laudon Louise Otten James Stensvold James and Joan Gardner Knut E. Lavine Cindy Page Bill and Lois Stevens Robert and Karen Garland James K. Lawrence Mike and Joyce Palazzotto Hazel S. Stoeckeler Linda Gawthrop John and Lyn Lawyer Anita Pampusch and Frank Indihar Ben Storey, Jr. David and Sandra Gerdes Barry and Mary Lazarus Edward J. Paster Mark O. Stutrud R. James and Rene Gesell Elizabeth and David Lee Helen Patrikus Joel and Elizabeth Sullivan Loraine Gilbertson James and Patricia Lehmann Ronald Pederson Tom and Arlene Swain Mary Gilman A. Patrick and Katherine Leighton Mark Perrin and Ron Beining Donald and Virginia Swanson Peter Goss and Karma Walker Allen and Nancy Levine Julien and Charlotte Petit Evelyn J. Swenson Irving and Carol Gottesman Stephen Lewis and Judith Frost Lewis Janet O. Philips Andrew J. Thomas Jeff Griffin and Terry Farley Wilfred and Margaret Lind Felix and Ann Phillips Stephen P. Thompson H. Theodore Grindal John and Evodia Linner Eugene L. Piccolo Mary Ida Thomson Sue Grove J. Nicholas and Linda Linsmayer Walter Pickhardt and Sandra Resnick Curtis and Nancy Thorpe Amy Gudmestad Brad Linzie Mike and Linda Pirrotta Janet and David Tilstra Robert Gumnit and Frances Graham William and Sybil Lipschultz Louise Plank Christopher Tollafield Howard and Elizabeth Guthmann George M. Logan Julian G. Plante Marcia Townley Mary Habstritt and Gerald Weinstein Daniel Loritz Laura Platt John Tradewell Connie and Will Haddeland H. William Lurton The Molly and Ronald Poole Family Donald and Dolores Traxler Deborah and James Hannigan D.R. and Carol Luthringshauser Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Blair and Linda Tremere Robert and Joann Hanson Michael and Marta Maddy Anil and Clare Poulose John and Nina Tuttle Donald V. Harper Paul Mamula and Patricia Goodman Nancy Priedeman Linda and Jerry Urevig Mollie and Ernest Harper Joanne Manthe Brad and Linda Quarderer Rebecca and Jim Vanderlinde Carol and Peter Harris Family Fund John and Bonnie Manthey Fred and Mindy Quivik Karen Viskochil Barbara and William Harrison Edward G. Maranda Verna Rausch Denise Wagner Julie and David Harrison Merritt and Betty Marquardt David and Marty Raymond Frederick and Alice Wall Jean and B.C. Hart A. Jerri Marsden Joseph Reding James Wall and Mary Haxby Ronald and Lisa Have Pat Martinson Joe and Mary Regenscheid Charles and Susan Ward Nicholas P. Heille James and Sydney Massee Julie and Jim Reimer Dale and Ann Warner John R. Heneman Tom and Sue McCarthy Peter and Jacqueline Reis Tracey L. Watkin Lila Hertzberg Jayne B. McCoy Rich and Jane Remiarz Wendy C. Wehr Grant and Lori Heslep Mary Ann McCoy Sarah and Michael Renner Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Welch Robert and Ramona Hess Linda McGowan Russell and Kathryn Rhode John and Annette Whaley Peg and Jim Hicks Christopher and Cheryl McHugh Bruce and Joan Richard J. Kimball and Helen Whitney Richard and Carrie Higgins C. McKay, MD Jane H. Richards Kenneth and Norma Wilcox Richard and Mary Himes James L. McLaughlin Karen L. Richner Frank and Frances Wilkinson Rebecca Hinz Richard T. McMurray Karen T. Richter Mark and Susan Williamson W.D. and Myra Hirsch Paddy and Susan McNeely Walter and Jane Ringer Mark and Sara Willis Susan M. Hoel Joan McTeer Joanne Robson Kent and Ann Wilson Alan and Judith Hoffman David Mealman Frank and Rosemary Roehl Leonard and Adelia Wilson Stanley and Jane Hooper Audrey C. Mears James and Helen Rood John W. Windhorst, Jr. James and Ann Howard Thomas and Joan Mears Thomas and Karen Rose Louis and Carole Winslow F.B. Hubachek, Jr. Merle and Darla Menssen Robert and Joyce Rosene Ernest and Sharon Woizeschke Heather L. Iannacone H. Eugene and Adelyn Menzel Peter Rothe and Gail Amundson Delores Wood Rex and Monica Ingram Christopher and Diane Merz Scott and Leah Rued Bob and Nan Woodburn Jerome and Nancy Irsfeld Laurence and Linda Meyer James and Dianne Safley Jim and Darlene Wuollet Pamela Jamma Eric T. Michael Robert E. Salisbury Irma Wyman Mark and Paula Jelinek Russ and Jan Michaletz Robert and Elizabeth Sande Lawrence and Ellen Yetka Barry and Karmen Johnson Harold Michie and Darci Michie A. William and Susan Sands Carol O. Johnson Charles Moldow Martin and Dorothy Sathre Clayton L. Johnson James and Carol Moller Ramedo and Catalina Saucedo Duane and Janice Johnson Laura Mollet Ginny Schafer Gary Johnson and Joan Hershbell Michael Monahan Brad and Angie Scheib Harry and Marian Johnson Bjorn and Margot Monson Allan and Deborah Schneider Catholic Community Foundation $250,000-499,999 Lorentzsen Family Trust Corporations, Foundations Century High School Marney and Conley Brooks Burt and Rosalyn McGlynn and Organizations Deluxe Corporation Foundation Davisco Foods International, Inc. Charles F. Murphy Fergus Falls Noon Rotary Julia W. Dayton Donald W. Nyrop Honoring the Great Guarantor: $25,000+ Head Foundation David A. and Barbara G. Koch People He Worked with While Patrick and Aimee Butler Family IBM Corporation National Endowment for the President of Northwest Airlines, Foundation Kiwanis Club of North Suburban Humanities 1954-1984 Cargill Foundation Golden K Olseth Family Foundation Foundation Meadowood Foundation $100,000-249,999 Onan Family Foundation in memory George A. MacPherson Fund Northmarq Real Estate Services Alexandra O. Bjorklund of June and Lawrence Jessen Target Foundation The Pfizer Foundation Mary Lee Dayton Jerome and JoAnn Pederson in honor Public Relations Society of America Hawley Family Foundation of Pfc. A. Robert Pederson Benefactor: $15,000-24,999 Ramsey Hill Association Lewis W. Lehr Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Illinois State University Roseville Schools Activities George A. and Mary Mairs (History Channel) MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation Saint Paul College Foundation J.G. and Margaret Ordway Mary L. Schilling and Paul K. Schilling RAFT Charitable Foundation Split Rock Partners Hugh and Margaret Schilling Thrivent Financial for Lutherans The Scrooby Foundation $2,500-9,999 Founder: $10,000-14,999 Foundation Leland and Louise Sundet Foundation Comcast Archer Daniels Midland Company Robert Maynard Farfellow Foundation Contributing: $250-499 $50,000-99,999 Donald W. and Anne McCarthy Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of Bluestem Holding, LP Arthur E. Anderson Jane and John Morrison HRK Foundation Como Park High School Athwin Foundation Jack and Ann Ruttger McNeely Foundation GE Foundation Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Irene G. Steiner Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota Minnesota Forest Industries Foundation Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation National Society of Colonial Dames of Frey Foundation Partner: $5,000-9,999 America The Graco Foundation $1,000-2,499 3M Foundation Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc. Marbrook Foundation Anime Twin Cities, Inc. Andersen Corporate Foundation Ryan Companies US, Inc. Mardag Foundation BAE Systems Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Symantec Harry G. McNeely, Jr. The Bibelot Shops Foundation Thomson Onan Family Foundation Elizabeth A. Biorn Athwin Foundation Thursday Club Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. Federated Insurance Company WSB & Associates, Inc. Foundation Caliber Foundation Grand Rapids Area Community Ken and Nina Rothchild Judith A. Christensen in memory of Foundation Sponsorship The Southways Foundation Fritjof E. and Dagny Christensen, Hardenbergh Foundation Best Buy Co., Inc. and Leslie J. and Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation Touchstone Energy Cooperatives $25,000-49,999 Walterine Gustafson Marbrook Foundation UPM Blandin Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Gertrude Esteros Meristem Foundation Marshall R. Hatfield The National Grange In-Kind Virginia D. Brooks William A. King Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc. 3M Foundation Charles and Carol Denny In respect and admiration of Jim Margaret Rivers Fund A Time for Expression, LLC The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation and Pat Feeney from their Knapp DAR, Monument Chapter to honor the memory of Stanley E. nieces and nephews Leader: $2,500-4,999 Little & Company Hubbard and the leadership role John and Maryanne Mauriel in CHS Foundation Nortrax Equipment Company that he played as a radio and telvision memory of Governor Elmer L. Imation Pearson Candy Company pioneer dedicated to gathering and Andersen and in honor of Eleanor Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation Tapestry Folkdance Center telling the news of the era Johnson Andersen The Minneapolis Foundation Two Pines Resource Group Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Glen and Marilyn Nelson Phyllis S. Poehler and Walter E. Valspar Meadowood Foundation Nancy Owen and John Lavander Stremel Charitable Trust Warners’ Stellian Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson John R. Paulson in honor of Lois V. RBC Foundation - USA Robert and Carolyn Nelson Paulson and Stanley G. Hall Rahr Foundation Media Partners Edward C. Stringer and Virginia L. Joachim F. Pusch Securian Foundation 89.3 The Current Stringer Ronald and Janet Schutz in honor of TCF Foundation City Pages Emily Anne Staples Tuttle Fund of Harold Schutz and Donald Jensen The Valspar Foundation Comcast Minnesota Community Foundation Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel FM107.1 Radio The Whitney Foundation Foundation Patron: $1,000-2,499 KARE 11 Margaret E. Spear Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen KOZY-KMFY Radio $10,000-24,999 Foundation Minnesota Public Radio Anonymous gift in memory of 1st Lt. $500-999 The James Ford Bell Foundation Star Tribune Robert E. Lee Betty and Bob Johnson Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Vita.mn Lawrence W. Bachman Joan L. Thayer in memory of Lt. Faegre & Benson Foundation WCCO Radio John M. and Elizabeth W. Baker H. John Thayer, B-17 Pilot and Gray Plant Mooty Foundation Roger and Lois Carlson Prisoner of War Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Inc. The Walter S. and Elsa N. Carpenter John Holten Mayo Clinic Family Foundation of Minnesota Wilford F. and Jean F. Johnson Trust Pearson Education Special Projects Community Foundation Laurie and David Dahl in honor of Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc. Carol Daniels and Richard Jacker John Ronald Paulson Rhode Island State Grange The following donors made gifts in in memory of Forrest Daniels, Foundation, Inc. support of special initiatives that were Gardner White, John Daniels, $250-499 Sala Architects, Inc. completed in fiscal year 2009 or are David Daniels, and Norbert Jacker William and Suzanne Ammerman The Saint Paul Foundation in process: Federated Insurance Companies Gordon Asselstine UBS Preston and Patricia Haglin Austin J. Baillon and Caroline M. Baillon UMI Company, Inc. Minnesota’s Greatest Generation F. Peter and Sally O. Herfurth in Julie Drake in honor of Orville and Union Pacific Foundation $500,000+ memory of Addison Breckenridge Harriet Halverson H.E. and Helen R. Warren Foundation Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen (Brack) Overstreet, Mary Ella Galbraith Watkins Incorporated Foundation Katherine Mordaunt Overstreet Laird, Vincent Grundman Henry and Sarah Wheeler Historical Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Fredrick Carl Herfurth and Diane and Tony Hofstede Awareness Fund of the Duluth Saint Paul Foundation Joan Stockwell Herfurth Anne and Hadlai Hull Superior Area Community Foundation Kenneth H. and Betty Jayne Dahlberg Hella Mears and Dr. William F. Hueg Patricia G. Kielb Robert and Alexandra Klas Huss Foundation Linda Krach Sustaining: $500-999 Eugene C. and Gail V. Sit Foundation/ Martin and Esther Kellogg Betty and Gordon Lee 4Charity Foundation, Inc. Sit Investment Associates Arthur and Peggy Klobe Harold and Shirley Miller Ameriprise Financial, Inc Andrew and Gloria Kuehn William E. Mullin David Nelson and Susan Stuart Ramona and Curtis Pearson Miriam Lein In addition, we are grateful to Joan K. O’Brien Doris M. Pearson in memory of Donald Dick Lickteig the following persons who have Steven R. Sarafolean in memory of D. Pearson (died 10-8-07) Vera Likins contributed gifts of $250 or more Steve Sarafolean, US Army and in Sylvia and William Rahm Charles A. Lindbergh to the Society’s endowment: honor of John Scanlan, Peter and Betty Rogers Patricia Lowenberg US Navy Patricia Palon Rolewicz in honor of Anne L. McCarthy Anonymous Brad and Angie Scheib my father, Thomas Palon, Pfc., William J. Moore The Beito Foundation Dave and Linda Simpkins deceased in the Battle of the Bulge Jonathan H. Morgan Dorothy Bennett Nancy and Everett Rotenberry in Eleanor Motter Ruth Dyer $100-249 memory of Gladys and Martin H. Charles Nelson Ellen and Robb Empson American Legion Post 67 Reitz Randall Pemberton Elizabeth Fesler Neil P. Anderson Paul Stephenson and Barbara Swan Dr. Thomas Potts Agnes Gerlach Marvel Anderson in memory of Derlyn in memory of Arthur R. Swan and Floyd Risvold Alpha Gustafson Estate E. Moe and Everett B. Anderson in honor of Gerry Seldon Michelle Hall James W. and Florence M. Anderson Jacqueline V. Swan Helen Shelley Dale S. Hanson Dorothy Baker Ralph and Grace Sulerud Andrew Shish Hazel Toppari Estate Patricia L. Belois Elfa Taylor in memory of Charles R. Marcia Werser Dorothy Kettner Bob and Helen Bergland in honor Bitner, Jr. and Delbert (Boots) Jean V. West Richard Moe of our parents, Sam and Mable Shaffer Helen White Angus Morrison Bergland, and Roger and Carol Upcraft Family John Wood Don Nyrop Felip and Pauline Grahn in memory of Robert and Edith Doris Ocel John C. Bergstrom Upcraft and in honor of Merrill and Roger Preuss Estate Arland Brusven Shirley Burgstahler Carl J. Remick Estate Tom and Cherie Burke in honor of Anne and Mary Ann Uram Tributes Robert Rulon-Miller Walter J. Burke Jr. and Lucy K. Burke Pauline R. Utzinger in memory of Gifts were received in honor of the Noel Ann Ryan Norman R. and Janet G. Carpenter Richard R. Clampitt (1925-1981), following individuals: RoxAnn Splittstozer Elizabeth K. Clausen Joan Utzinger Adelia Wilson Sally and Leigh Countryman Clampitt (1932-2004), Lois Utzinger Charles Arnason Thomas and Judith Winter Irma M. Cragun Carey (1926-1991), and Lyle Chester Kathy Blair Women’s Organization of MHS Matthew Crellin and Joan Cochran Utzinger (1894-1968) Ted Bore Edward and Karayn Cunnington Margaret A. Varney Ann Calvert Sherry Cyza in memory of William and Walter Riley American Legion Post 307 Cary Carson Eleanor Bigelow Nancy J. Walsh in memory of Colonel Joan DeMarce Endowment Donors Reidar Dittmann Richard A. Walsh, III ( John Dougherty The Society is grateful to donors Betty L. Dols in memory of Richard Air Force, Diane Eagon who have established more than 126 J. Dols Missing in Action, Laos, 1969) Joan Ferguson endowment funds. Named funds Wanda Driver William B. Webster Dave Geister and Pat Bauer are invested separately and can be Judy and Gerry Duffy in memory of David and Marion Williams Tim Glines created with a commitment or gift of Adam Scherer (St. Paul, MN) David Hakenson $50,000 or more. Pooled funds are George H. Elliot VFW Post 7902 Additional Special Projects Dick Hanson invested with other endowment gifts David and Paula Foley in honor of Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Nicholas Hennen to support a general program area John and Eva Mae Regnier Saint Paul Foundation Mary Hoeve or historic site. Pooled funds can be Bartley and Mary Lou Foster Burlington Northern Santa Fe Martha Kaemmer created with a gift or commitment of John and Leslie Garner Foundation Eric Mortenson $10,000 or more. Funds starred were Barbara Gerlach in memory of Bush Foundation Tom Peyton newly created during fiscal year 2009. Lawrence and Dorothy Gerlach Grotto Foundation Felix Phillips For more information on setting up a K. C. and R. J. Grayson in memory of The Hubbard Broadcasting Alison Purgiel fund, please call 651-259-3121. Richard A. Grayson, Foundation Thomas Regnier Carl and Ruth Grewe, and E. C. Institute of Museum and Library Chuck Stone Unrestricted Grayson Sr. Services Elizabeth Sullivan Named Endowment Funds June Heinz Jerome Foundation Joel and Elizabeth Sullivan An Anonymous Fund (2) Kenneth and Bette Jensvold Library of Congress Brian Szott The Terry and Sharon Avent Fund Sue and Tim Kennedy Minnesota State Library Services Douglas Verdier The Julian B. Baird Fund Paul A. Kief National Historical Publications and Sandra White The Isabella and Leo Capser Fund Debbie Korthof-Stanton and Lee Records Commission The Anna E.R. Furness Fund Korthof in honor of James O. Mann Northwest Area Foundation The Marshall R. and Elizabeth Hatfield Ruth J. Laube Pro Suecia Foundation Fund Allen and Shirley Lavanger in memory Save America’s Treasures MINNESOTA LEGACY The Donald and Gladys Henslin Fund of Edmund Bolstad and Dale Nelson Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Minnesota Legacy recognizes The Helen Henton Fund Ernest and Sarah Lehmann in memory Foundation individuals who have made a provision The Waring Jones Fund* of Charles L. Jones (died 11-22-07) for the Society through their estate The Martha and Art Kaemmer Fund Bernard Lieder in honor of Hubert F. plan, made an outright gift to The Helen Katz Fund Lieder and Armin C. Lieder the Society’s endowment fund or The Elsie A. Keasling Fund Lucy Low in memory of Douglas A. Low Memorials established a named endowment fund The Fred and Elvina Mathison Fund Oliver Lundebrek Gifts were received in memory of the at the Society. We are grateful to all The Donald and Alice McIlrath Fund Duane and Beverly Mattheis following individuals: Minnesota Legacy members for their The Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson William and Virginia McDonald generosity and foresight. Fund Thomas and Theresa McLaughlin Dorothea Nell Auten The Glen and Inez Oehlke Family Fund Cindy Mertens Grace Beek We are pleased to honor those who The E.M. Pearson Foundation Fund Marie Michel Lawraine Beery have established funds in this fiscal The Julien Petit Fund Norm and Joan Midthun Margie Burchell year: The Paul and Carolyn Verret Fund Donna and Robert Mirick Frederick Chute Gregory Mitton in honor of W. E. Kelly Davis Hiram M. and Ada Drache Collections Mitton and Richard Mitton Anne B. Green David and Kim Hakensen Named Endowment Funds Don and Pat Moberg in memory of Daniel Hardy Marybeth Nelson An Anonymous Fund for Acquisition the Greatest Generation Diane Hirte Jacqueline Nolte Jones and Care of Three-Dimensional Carol Mork and Hillary Freeman Fred Honoroff Waring Jones Estate Objects Norman T. Nelson Trust in memory Roy Hoover David and Barbara Koch An Anonymous Fund for Three- of Norman T. Nelson and Victor R. Jim Hurley Peg Meier Dimensional Objects Nelson Gorman King, Sr. Patrick O’Dougherty The T.R. Anderson Rare Collections Terry and Jane Olson Ruth Kostohris Roger Preuss Estate Acquisitions Fund Sotirios Parashos and Christina Phill Irving Kreidberg RoxAnn M. Splittstozer The Ballinger/Boeder Fund for Historic Sites – General Sites SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE PROCESSING Collections and Historic Sites Named Endowment Funds Named Pooled Endowment Funds Named Pooled Endowment Funds The Arthur Franklin Bergstrom Fund The Richard and Shirley DeLeo Fund The Allan L. Apter and Brenda J. Ion The Kathryn A. Johnson Fund for for Collections for Historic Sites Fund for Split Rock Lighthouse Manuscript Processing The Josephine L. Darling Fund for The Gerald W. and Victoria K. Johnson The Odyssey Development PUBLIC AFFAIRS Preservation of Manuscripts Fund for Historic Sites Corporation Fund Named Pooled Endowment Funds The Lila Johnson Goff Collections The Vera Stanton Memorial Fund HISTORICAL SUBJECT FUNDS The Richardson B. Okie Fund for Endowment Fund The Women’s Organization of the Named Endowment Funds Public Affairs The Loris Sofia Gregory Art Fund Minnesota Historical Society An Anonymous Fund for Norwegian The F.T. Gustavson Fund for Museum Historic Sites Enhancement Fund American History* PUBLICATIONS Collections The Eugenie M. Anderson Women in Named Endowment Funds The David and Kim Hakensen Fund for Historic Sites – Specific Sites Public Affairs Fund The Elmer L. and Eleanor Andersen Collections* Comstock House The Atherton and Winifred Publications Fund The Ronald and Margaret Hubbs Named Endowment Funds (Wollaeger) Bean Fund for The June D. Holmquist Publications Collection Acquisition Fund The Comstock Memorial Fund for the Business History and Research Fund The Carl and Helen Winton Jones Comstock House The James Taylor Dunn Fund for St. The Frank Dowding Mirador Fund for Fund for Archives and Manuscripts The Hiram M. and Ada Drache Fund Croix Valley History the Minnesota History Quarterly The Herschel V. Jones Collections for the Comstock House* The Harriet Thwing Holden Fund for Journal of the Minnesota Acquisitions Fund American Indian History Historical Society The Jean R. Ljungkull Textile Fund Forest History Center The Ken and Nina Rothchild Fund The Henry and Donna Morgan Fund The Lydia Lucas Fund for Archives Named Endowment Funds for Business History and Women’s for Research and Publications and Library Processing The Evelyn Robinson Fund for the History The Roger Preuss Fund for the Arts* Forest History Center The Joseph and Josephine Ruttger SPECIAL FUNDS The Louise D. Rose Fund for Processing Descendants Fund Named Endowment Funds The Sibley Flandrau Stewart Fund for Named Pooled Endowment Funds The John, Bernice and Judy An Anonymous Fund Museum Collections The Richard and Carol Stahl Fund for Schwartau Fund for Agriculture The Earl E. Bakken Fund for Creativity The Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Rare Books the Forest History Center and Rural Life and Innovation Fund The Charles E. Flandrau Research The Henrietta W. Willius Conservation James J. Hill House LIBRARY PROGRAMS Leave Fund Fund Named Endowment Funds Named Endowment Funds The Mavis E. Hogan Fund for The Elisabeth W. Doermann Fund for The Dorothy Hagen Kettner Fund for Genealogical Research Named Pooled Endowment Funds the James J. Hill House Library and Archives The Lenore Jesness Fund for The John Nelson Fund For U.S./ The Janet L. Erickson Hill House Fund The William H. Likins Memorial Library Genealogical Research Dakota War and Civil War The Gertrude Hill Boeckmann Ffolliott Fund The Kuhrmeyer Family Fund for Collections* Fund for the James J. Hill House The Peg Meier Fund for Publications Information Technology The Dr. Patrick O’Dougherty Fund for and the Library* The Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Collections* Historic Forestville The RoxAnn M. Splittstozer Fund for Fund Named Endowment Funds Library Programs* The Betty Scandrett Oehler Fund Education The Florence Donohue Fund for The Stans Lectureship Fund Named Endowment Funds Historic Forestville MILL CITY MUSEUM The Joseph S. and Jane Y. Micallef Named Endowment Funds STATEWIDE OUTREACH Education Fund Historic Fort Snelling The Ed and Elly Asplin Fund for Mill Named Endowment Funds The Marybeth Nelson Fund for Named Endowment Funds City Museum The Beito Foundation Fund for Education The Noel Ann Ryan Fund The Charles H. and Lucy Winton Bell Northwestern Minnesota History The Noel Fund for History Players The Renata R. Winsor Fund for Endowment Fund The Jean and Frank Chesley Fund The Jon A. and Delores J. Roeder Historic Fort Snelling The Chute Family Fund for Mill City for Local and County Historical Fund for Education The Joseph and Marie Winter Fund Museum Societies The Otto and Martha Schmaltz for Historic Fort Snelling The Sage and John Cowles Fund The George W. Neilson Fund for Education Fund The Paul S. and Aileen M. Gerot Fund Northwestern Minnesota Named Pooled Endowment Funds for Mill City Museum The John Newton and Julia Morrow Named Pooled Endowment Funds The Agnes Gerlach Fund for Historic The David and Barbara Koch Fund for Peyton Fund The Jacqueline Nolte Jones Fund for Fort Snelling the Mill City Museum* Education* The Robert Loring Jackson Fund for The Morrison Family Fund for Mill City Named Pooled Endowment Funds Historic Fort Snelling Museum The Don Nyrop Fund in Honor of the Exhibitions The Paul and Allegra Parker Fund for Great People He Worked With Named Endowment Funds Charles A Lindbergh Historic Site Mill City Museum While President of Northwest The Marney and Conley Brooks Fund Named Endowment Funds The Jan and Bill Spoor Fund Airlines, 1954-1984 for the History Center The Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site The Harrison Hayes Whiting Fund The George W. Wells, Jr., and Mary Endowment Fund Cobb Wells Exhibition Fund Named Pooled Endowment Funds Mille Lacs Indian Museum The Whitney Eastman Fund for Mill Historic Preservation Named Endowment Funds City Museum Named Endowment Funds The Harry D. and Jeannette Ayer Fund The G. Richard Slade Fund for Mill The Horace F. and Esther J. for the Mille Lacs Indian Museum City Museum Chamberlain Fund for Historic Preservation MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY MINNESOTA’S GREATEST The Mary E. Lahiff Historic HISTORIC SITES GENERATION Preservation Fund for Buildings in Named Endowment Funds Named Endowment Funds Minneapolis The Nel Schweiss Fund for Minnesota The Marney and Conley Brooks The Charlie Nelson Fund for Historic River Valley Historic Sites Fund for Minnesota’s Greatest Preservation Generation The Otto and Martha Schmaltz Fund ALEXANDER RAMSEY HOUSE for the Grey Cloud Island Lime Kiln Named Endowment Funds ORAL HISTORY Property The Alexander Ramsey House Historic Named Pooled Endowment Funds Site Endowment Fund* The Rodney N. Searle Fund for Oral History SIBLEY HOUSE HISTORIC SITE Named Pooled Endowment Funds PHOTOGRAPHY The Dorothy M. Bennett Fund for Named Pooled Endowment Funds Historic Sibley House The Virginia P. Moe Fund for the The Robert and Marveen Minish Fund Acquisition and Preservation of for the Sibley House Historic Photographs

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Officers Lowell C. Anderson Edward C. Stringer, President D.H. Ankeny Jr. Sharon Avent, Vice President Charles W. Arnason William R. Stoeri, Vice President Norbert Arnold Nina M. Archabal, Secretary Edward W. Asplin* Missy Staples Thompson, Treasurer Earl Bakken Bruce W. Bean Executive Council Gretchen U. Beito Abbot Apter Marney B. Brooks Nina Archabal Thomas C. Buckley Sharon Avent Mary Griggs Burke Brenda Child Clarke A. Chambers Judith S. Corson Jean M. Chesley Mark Davis Kenneth Dahlberg Luz Maria Frias John B. Davis Jr. Ram Gada Richard DeLeo James T. Hale Charlton Dietz Ruth S. Huss Roland P. Dille Martha Kaemmer Elisabeth W. Doermann Elliot S. Kaplan Hiram M. Drache David A. Koch Elizabeth S. Driscoll David M. Larson Jeanne Dunsworth Mary Mackbee Richard L. Ferrell Charles Mahar Rhoda R. Gilman Susan B. McCarthy Margaret L. Gunther Bob Nelson Marshall R. Hatfield Dean M. Nelson Robert E. Hess Richard Nicholson Margaret Hill* Peter Reis Roy O. Hoover* Simon Stevens Karen A. Humphrey William R. Stoeri Lucy R. Jones Edward C. Stringer Max M. Kampelman Missy Staples Thompson Lucile M. Kane* Kathy Tunheim Sylvia C. Kaplan Paul Verret Alexandra Klas Eleanor Winston Robert Klas Elizabeth S. MacMillan Ex-Officio Council Members George Mairs Tim Pawlenty, Governor E. Neil Mattson Carol Molnau, Lieutenant Governor Mary Ann McCoy Mark Ritchie, Secretary of State Donald C. McIlrath, M.D. Lori Swanson, Attorney General Peg Meier Rebecca Otto, State Auditor William Melton Joseph S. Micallef Appointed Management Richard Moe Nina Archabal, Director and Chief Walter F. Mondale Executive Officer Richard T. Murphy Sr. Michael Fox, Deputy Director, Historic Dr. Larry G. Osnes Programs and Education Fred Perez Andrea Hart Kajer, Deputy Director, Julien V. Petit* External Relations Ruth Reister Cassie Cramer, Director, Development Kennon V. Rothchild Pat Gaarder, Director, Human Curtis L. Roy Resources and Volunteer Services Ramedo J. Saucedo Robert Horton, Director, Library, Rodney N. Searle Publications and Collections Janet R. Shapiro Chuck Irrgang, Chief Financial Officer, Robert J. Sivertsen Finance and Administration F.L. Spanier David Kelliher, Director, Public Policy William H. Spoor and Community Relations Walter N. Trenerry John Crippen, Acting Director, Historic Emily Anne Tuttle Sites and Museums Ret. Gen. John Vessey Rose Sherman, Director, Enterprise Vernell Wabasha Technology and Business Hon. Rosalie Wahl Development Lorenzo D. Williams Dan Spock, Director, Minnesota John J. Wood* History Center Lory Sutton, Director, Marketing and * Deceased since July 1, 2008 Communications

Cover photo: Kindergarten classroom, Minneapolis; ca. 1930. From the Minnesota Historical Society collections. To see more of the thousands of historical photos in the Society’s collections, go to collections.mnhs.org/visualresources.

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