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MNHS ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2017 FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM THE DIRECTOR AND CEO

On behalf of the board, staff, and volunteers, our gratitude grows MNHS has proudly served Minnesotans for 168 years, preserving elements stronger each year because of your support and belief in this 168-year-old of our past and drawing upon this rich trove of cultural resources to provide organization. Together we can continue to carry out our mission of using the context for the world in which we live and the lives we lead. power of history to transform lives—by collecting, preserving, sharing, and Some of our most gratifying work is reflected in the smiles and seriousness of connecting our state’s history for the benefit of all. young people discovering “new” knowledge and relating it to their lives. We I’m as excited about the accomplishments of 2017 as I am about the are pleased to help more than 300,000 students statewide through field trips, opportunities for 2018. In particular for 2017, I am proud of the WW1 History Day, the Northern Lights social studies curriculum, and History Live America exhibit; the AmVets Post #5: Photography by Xavier Tavera exhibit; lessons. Our commitment to education is the vibrant center of who we are. the Penumbra Theatre at 40: Art, Race and a Nation on Stage exhibit; and At the newly reopened Oliver Kelley Farm and the restored State the creation of a Native American Initiatives team, charged with developing Capitol, and through dynamic exhibits like WW1 America and The 1968 Exhibit, a vision and strategies for our Native American programs and services. In refreshed and returning in December, MNHS is helping audiences make June, we also formed a partnership with the new Dakota (wi’wahokichiyapi) connections with their lives today. Community Council to ensure that Dakota history, narratives and homeland are honored and sustained with lasting opportunities for Dakota people The wide range of historical and educational services MNHS provides are to tell their own stories. Also aligning with the work of the Department of essential in a time when sources and facts are increasingly questioned and we Inclusion and Community Engagement at MNHS, we are creating a platform urgently seek to make sense of the flood of issues competing for our attention. for all Minnesotans to learn about who they are, their backgrounds, and In the years immediately ahead, guided by a set of mission-based strategic their stories, and to share their own history. For 2018, I’m excited about the priorities, we’ll strive to help our growing and more diverse audiences access, return of The 1968 Exhibit, the Somalis + Minnesota exhibit, and beginning learn, share, and reach for perspective. the development of an exhibit on First Avenue, the heart and pulse of the Internally we’ll focus on initiatives to build the infrastructure and capacity to Minnesota music scene since the 1970s, scheduled to open in April 2019. deliver our services more effectively and efficiently. Doing the right things We are living in a time of significant social change, and the power of history well and, in turn, being valued by growing audiences are the best paths for a provides facts, relevance, understanding, and perspective that help us to sustainable future for MNHS. navigate a better path for our future and that of future generations. Our At Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote, we are working with others to tell more of its work and your support are all the more important and relevant today. I many rich and sometimes difficult stories and to revitalize visitor facilities and have to believe that the founding members and early supporters of the amenities. This is important work as the fort’s bicentennial approaches in 2020. Minnesota Historical Society felt similar challenges about an ever-changing, ever-growing state and world, and thus established the foundation for Minnesota’s state history model is the product of partnership and broad the mission and work that we continue—collecting, preserving, sharing, support from many generations across a rural/urban landscape and from many and connecting all of Minnesota’s history. With your continuing support, backgrounds. We love to tell our stories! we are building on that foundation for the next generation of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and so on, Thank you for being a part of MNHS. Thank you for making what we do to ensure that the power of history continues to help all of us learn from the meaningful for so many people. Thank you for using the power of history to past and chart a better future. inform, enrich, and transform lives.

My warmest and humble thanks, Thank you,

Phyllis Goff, President D. Stephen Elliott, Director and CEO FISCAL YEAR 2017 AT A GLANCE

27,000 STUDENTS 1,086,126 AT 204 SCHOOLS participated in National History Day MNHS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES GUESTS in Minnesota visited MNHS Northern Lights historic sites student textbook served  MINNESOTA’S HISTORICAL RESOURCES and museums 55,000 students Sharing access to meaningful places, programs, resources, events, or 229,160 students and chaperones services, and exhibits 77% of Minnesota’s visited on field trips 6th graders  EDUCATIONAL RELEVANCE We have Providing context and connecting the present with the past The Arts and Cultural 23,747 2,500 Heritage Fund provided  INCLUSION & DIVERSITY Welcoming and serving all communities member volunteers $6.1 million through households and interns 253 grants SUSTAINABILITY & STEWARDSHIP awarded across Minnesota  contributed Ensuring valued services now and for future generations 55,800 hours MNHS Press Gale Family Library sold 103,107 at the History Center print and ebooks welcomed

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VISITATION OLIVER KELLEY FARM MINNESOTA STATE 2017 saw a dramatic increase in The Oliver Kelley Farm celebrated CAPITOL overall visitation, due in part to the a grand opening weekend May 6-7 The Minnesota State Capitol opening of the revitalized Oliver with new spaces and programs that reopened Jan. 3, following the Kelley Farm and the newly restored tell a broader story of agricultural largest restoration effort since it Minnesota State Capitol: history, from the 1860s to modern first opened in 1905. Highlights day. Highlights include: • 1,086,126 visitors, up 11% include: • 229,160 field trip visitors, up 21% • New visitor center and farm • Fully restored Senate and House support buildings; and new • 23,747 member households of Representatives chambers and and enhanced field trips, public Supreme Court courtroom • 2.5 million unique visitors to programs, and exhibits mnhs.org 5 million times • Restored and repaired exterior • MNHS partnered with more than marble • 208,000 followers engaged on two dozen agricultural groups to • Restored fine art paintings, stencil MNHS social media platforms, develop programs up 74% work, and murals, and repaired • Overall attendance was 34,518, up and regilded Quadriga 33%, which included 16,009 field • Almost 40,000 square feet of trip visitors, up 13% new public spaces, including meeting rooms, open work areas, and exhibit galleries • New information center and classrooms, which will welcome students and visitors of all ages • Reinstalled: › Six Civil War paintings in the Governor’s Reception Room › Governors’ portraits with added interpretation throughout the building › Father Hennepin Discovering the Falls of St. Anthony and The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux paintings with added interpretation on the third floor MINNESOTA’S HISTORICAL RESOURCES

EXHIBITS HISTORIC SITES & The History Center engaged visitors with three dynamic new exhibits: MUSEUMS

• Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame New 2017 offerings include: • Penumbra Theatre at 40: Art, Race and a Nation on Stage • Summer guided tours returned to • WW1 America the Alexander Ramsey House The exhibit earned a National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman’s • New tour of the Pillsbury A Mill Special Award, and a challenge grant from the Katherine B. Andersen offered through Mill City Museum Fund of the St. Paul Foundation. Related programs included a WW1 • Gov. joined 500 America mural, painted by local artist David Geister (pictured left). WWII veterans, their families, and friends for a program marking the MNHS PRESS 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor • 103,107 print and ebooks sold, up 8% • The first American Indian Music • Bestsellers: Festival held at Mille Lacs Indian › A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, edited by Sun Yung Shin, Museum and Trading Post now in its seventh printing • D’Amico Catering opened Market › Heyday: 35 Years of Music in , photos by Daniel Corrigan and House by D’Amico café at the text by Danny Sigelman History Center and Bushel & Peck • Award winners: cafe and food truck at Mill City › The Big Marsh: The Story of a Lost Landscape, by Cheri Register Museum › They Played for the Love of the Game: Untold Stories of Black Baseball in Minnesota, by Frank White › The Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation, by Virginia Wright-Peterson • 223,673 different users viewed 556,091 pages on MNopedia, the enclyclopedia of Minnesota history • Minnesota History magazine delighted 24,000 members with compelling articles on the state’s history, including editions featuring WW1 America and the renovated Minnesota State Capitol MINNESOTA’S HISTORICAL RESOURCES

COLLECTIONS DIGITAL PRESERVATION The Native American Artist-in- Additions to the MNHS collections include: & ACCESS Residence program was renewed Highlights include: for another three years, thanks to a Oral history projects • Launched the Swedish grant from the Margaret A. Cargill • Somalis in Minnesota American Newspapers web Foundation. Two new artists were portal, supported by a grant selected and two encouragement • Oromo in Minnesota from the Marianne and Marcus grants were given: • African Americans who organized Ebony Fashion Fair events in Wallenberg Foundation • Randilynn Boucher, Dakota and Minnesota (pictured right) Diné, beadwork and textiles, artist- • Digitized 385,000 pages from in-residence (pictured below) • African American cabin and resort owners on Lake Adney in Crow state newspapers for the • April Stone, Bad River Band of Wing County Minnesota Digital Newspaper Lake Superior Chippewa, baskets Hub, which was redesigned to made of ash bark, artist-in- Highlights of 1,721 new items added support enhanced access residence to the collection • Received a grant from the • Molina Parker, Oglala Lakota, • Contraband from the Minnesota National Endowment for beadwork, encouragement grant Correctional Facility-Stillwater, the Humanities to support • Jeremy Red Eagle, Sisseton including a toothbrush shank participation in the National Wahpeton Oyate, traditional (pictured below) and improvised Digital Newspaper program games, bow and arrow making, tattoo gun encouragement grant • Animatronic figures of Cinderella, ARCHAEOLOGY Pinocchio, and Harry Potter’s Severus Snape from Macy’s • An Ojibwe language phrase book MNHS started planning holiday shows (pictured created by Jesuit missionaries living archaeological investigations right), following the closing with the Ojibwe community at Historic Fort Snelling in an of the 115-year-old downtown on Manitoulin Island in Lake effort to identify significant Minneapolis store Huron (pictured above) archaeological resources that might be affected by the current • Fort Snelling regimental order • Photograph by H. Larson revitalization project. In addition, book, 1826-27 of the Minneapolis staff completed an inventory • Minnesota-related Civil War Colored Keystones of artifacts excavated from the artifacts and images donated by baseball team site more than 35 years ago. The local collector Wayne Jorgenson from 1908, which shows GALE FAMILY LIBRARY inventory includes approximately the team’s lineup • Prince’s handwritten lyrics for the 132,000 digital records. • Welcomed 28,257 researchers unreleased song, “I hope we work • 44 large-scale, color • Launched an improved “Minnesota People Records Search” with more it out,” with risqué doodles portraits by Xavier robust date searching, alternative search suggestions, and access to new • 60 rare maps of Minnesota and Tavera for his AMVETS records, including recently digitized World War I Gold Star Roll records Post #5 series the Upper Midwest from the mid- • Awarded eight Legacy Research Fellowships to researchers uncovering 19th century, donated by Minnesota history, including the story of the Jefferson Highway and Joe Sitter Romansh immigration in Minnesota EDUCATIONAL RELEVANCE Providing context and connecting the present with the past

EDUCATION & LIFELONG LEARNING NATIONAL HISTORY DAY New and returning programs helped students and lifelong learners connect More than 27,000 Minnesota with the past in meaningful ways: students participated in National History Day at school, regional, and • 229,160 students and chaperones visited MNHS historic sites and state levels. Awards include: museums on field trips • 22,606 students across Minnesota benefited from bus subsidies through • National History Day competition the Legacy Field Trip Support Fund in Washington, D.C. • 8,774 students from greater Minnesota benefited from bus and › Ingrid Mundt, Capitol Hill Gifted accommodation subsidies through the MacMillan Field Trip and Talented Magnet School, Transportation Grant St. Paul, National Champion for her research paper on • Northern Lights student textbook served 55,000 students, 77% of Margaret Sanger Minnesota’s 6th graders › Twelve projects earned medals • Seventh primary source packet published, World War 1: American or were honored as national Experiences of War finalists • Four new field trip experiences launched • Evan DuFresne, North Lakes at the Oliver Kelley Farm Academy Charter School, Forest • Received a $225,000 grant from the Library of Lake, and teacher Jeremy Miller, Congress to deliver workshops and resources on Cambridge-Isanti High School, embedding digitized primary sources into inquiry- each won a research and travel based instruction award for their work with World • Held Minnesota History Whatever: A Gathering of War II heroes Historians conference, the first state history • Kaylee Kipfmuller, Natalie conference in 25 years Norquist, and Carissa Frazey won the MNHS award for Best Use of MNHS Collections INCLUSION & DIVERSITY Welcoming and serving all communities

NATIVE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT OF INCLUSION & COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ENGAGEMENT This year, MNHS created a Native In August, 2016, MNHS became the only institution of its kind to have a Chief American Initiatives department Inclusion Officer, Chris Taylor. Taylor has led the Department of Inclusion and with Joe Horse Capture as director, Community Engagement since 2014. Department highlights include: and Gale Fellows Mattie Harper, PhD, and Kate Beane, PhD, as Community outreach program and outreach managers. • Attended 11 community events with first-time appearances at the The department was created to Augsburg University powwow, Cherish the Children powwow, Twin Cities help develop and implement a Pride, and Fiesta Latina vision and strategy for Native • Hosted 33 college fellows and 28 teen interns through programs that American programs and services in offer career-building opportunities for traditionally underrepresented collaboration with Native American communities and tribal sovereign nations (Summer Tech teen interns, communities throughout the state pictured left) and beyond. • Created a new internship designed for Somali youth called Wariyaa, which loosely translates to “reporter.” The program drew national attention in the New York Times for its work helping students build connections with the larger Twin Cities community

MNHS programs for diverse audiences

• US Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor met with 100 Latino students at the History Center to answer questions and provide encouragement as part of the Hispanic Bar Association’s Minnesota Legal Experience program • Large crowds attended a program at the History Center marking the 75th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during World War II • At the James J. Hill House, Vision Resources partnered with MNHS to pilot a new “touch tour” for people with low and no vision • Family day programs welcomed guests for Indigenous People’s Day, Day of the Dead, Native American Family Day, Hmong American Day, and the Somali independence week program, Xasuuso (Remember) 1960, at the History Center SUSTAINABILITY & STEWARDSHIP Ensuring valued services now and for future generations

HISTORIC FORT SNELLING To commemorate the fort’s bicentennial in 2020, MNHS is undertaking a major revitalization effort to reintroduce this dramatic area to Minnesotans and history lovers worldwide.

Legislative support: Visitor experiences: Dakota partnership:

• In FY17, MNHS received $4 • New signs indicated that the • MNHS entered into a partnership million from the Minnesota state fort is located at Bdote, the area with the Dakota Community legislature for design work surrounding the confluence of the Council to ensure that Dakota • If the remaining $30 million Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, history, narratives, and homeland is appropriated in the 2018 and a sacred place for the Dakota are honored and sustained at legislative session, MNHS will be • Two compelling exhibits were Historic Fort Snelling and the on track to open the site in time shown: Gambatte! Legacy of other MNHS historic sites and for the fort’s 2020 bicentennial an Enduring Spirit: Japanese museums located on land within the area outlined in the first US • MNHS is committed to raising American WWII Incarceration, treaty with the Dakota in 1805 an additional $12 million to Then & Now, and Patriot Nations: complement the state support Native Americans in Our Nation’s • In May, more than 200 Dakota Armed Forces community members and • National Medal of Honor luncheon allies came together to share with 150 medal winners and community knowledge, teachings, their families held at Historic and stories at the Dakhóta Fort Snelling Wówicakheˇ Wóyakapi Omníciye,ˇ or Dakota Truth-Telling Gathering SUSTAINABILITY & STEWARDSHIP

STATEWIDE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 2017 LEGISLATIVE PRESERVATION 16 properties were added to the National Register: SESSION HIGHLIGHTS At the 2017 legislative session Grants, Legacy Funding, and Tax • District No. 50 School, Milford, Brown County MNHS received: Incentives: • Ohéyawahe/Pilotˇ Knob, Mendota Heights, Dakota County

• The State Historic Preservation • Lanesboro Historic District (Boundary Increase), Lanesboro, Fillmore County • $43.6 million for operations, Office (SHPO) reviewed • Lake Street Sash and Door Company, Minneapolis, Hennepin County an operating adjustment of $1.5 million for the upcoming eight Minnesota Historic • Northstar Center, Minneapolis, Hennepin County Rehabilitation Tax Credit biennium, and a one-time • Grain Belt Beer Sign, Minneapolis, Hennepin County applications which generated appropriation of $1.5 million (pictured on back cover) just more than $65 million for the biennium to fund digital • Osseo Water Tower, Osseo, Hennepin County in economic activity for preservation and access Minnesota. For every dollar • Consolidated School District No. 22, Helga Township, Hubbard County • $2.5 million in asset preservation, of tax credit, $8.78 is • Nobles County War Memorial Building, Worthington, Nobles County which supports preservation and maintenance needs across the generated in economic • Fergus Falls State Hospital (Boundary Increase), Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County activity in the state MNHS statewide network of • Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, St. Paul, Ramsey County • Through a state appropriation, historic sites • St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company Shops Historic District MNHS provided $79,000 • $4 million to fund design work for (Revised Boundary), St. Paul, Ramsey County in capital preservation the revitalization of Historic Fort project grants, and through • Chisholm Commercial Historic District, Chisholm, St. Louis County Snelling, the state’s first National a federal appropriation from • Bridge No. L6113, Duluth, St. Louis County Historic Landmark the National Park Service, • Bridge No. L8515, Duluth, St. Louis County • $28 million from the Legacy Department of the Interior, • Olcott Park Electric Fountain and Rock Garden, Amendment’s Arts and Cultural SHPO awarded $126,084 in Virginia, St. Louis County Heritage Fund to support Certified Local Government programs that help preserve and grants share Minnesota history • The Arts and Cultural Heritage The legislature also called for a Fund (ACHF) provided more program evaluation and transfer than $6.1 million through of the State Historic Preservation 253 grants awarded across Office (SHPO) to the Department Minnesota of Administration, effective March 1, 2018. The governor and Asset Preservation: • At Mill City Museum, a significant Local History Services: some members of the legislature project was started to stabilize felt that the function provided by • At the History Center, which • Gov. Mark Dayton proclaimed and repair crumbling stone in the SHPO belonged in the executive turned 25 years old in 2017, September 2016 “Local Heritage Ruin Courtyard branch of state government, where projects included repairing the Preservation Month,” marking it is housed in other states. plaza terrace, exterior walls, • Additional preservation work the 100th anniversary of MNHS and cooling towers, which was completed at Split Rock Local History Services and the will provide greater energy Lighthouse and 50th anniversary of the National efficiency(pictured above) the Forest History Center Historic Preservation Act of 1966 As a nonprofit, we serve the people of SOURCES OF Condensed Balance Sheet As of June 30, 2017 (000’s) omitted Minnesota. Our annual budget of about $60 SUPPORT AND REVENUE Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total restricted restricted million comes from three sources that work Board- designated State together to bring the public vibrant, crucial Operating Plant fund endowment appropriations Other 2017 Federal, county Cash and investments $7,628 9,941 (426) 27,115 66,286 110,544 programs, and services: private funding, and other State legacy Receivables 1,340 16,150 5,684 389 23,563 earned revenue, and public funding, grants 2% Museum shop inventories 1,086 1,086 appropriation Property and equipment net 91,344 91,344 including significant funding from the State 17% State operating Total assets $10,054 91,344 9,941 15,724 32,799 66,675 226,537 CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET AND STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES of Minnesota. appropriation 27% Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities $123 4,649 2,873 756 295 8,696 Net assets 9,931 91,344 5,292 12,851 32,043 66,380 217,841 Public funds, including funding from the Total liabilities and net assets $10,054 91,344 9,941 15,724 32,799 66,675 226,537 state’s general fund, provide a foundation Private of support and enable us to leverage contributions Statement of Activities Year ended June 30, 2017 (000’s) omitted non-public funds to create a nationally 18% SUPPORT AND REVENUE: Earned Support: recognized history program. Typically, two income Private contributions $3,090 9,620 2,354 15,064 thirds of our operating funds come from the 15% Federal grants 1,780 1,780

2017 FINANCIAL SUMMARY County and other grants 187 187 State of Minnesota. We deliver functions Investment State operating appropriation 21,822 21,822 designated by law, such as preserving return State legacy appropriation 14,533 14,533 13% State capital appropriation 6,500 6,500 historic landmarks and resources, managing State refund 2,000 2,000 critical records and collections, and State capital Total support 5,090 42,855 11,587 2,354 61,886 operating cultural destinations important to appropriation Revenue: tourism. State support also includes capital 8% Admission fees 2,779 2,779 Museum store sales 2,174 2,174 funding to preserve historic buildings and Publication sales 1,274 1,274 construct new ones, as well as Legacy Program fees 1,635 1,635 Contract service fees 2,714 2,714 Amendment (Arts and Cultural Heritage Library sales and fees 311 311 Fund) support for new, statewide history EXPENSES Investment return 817 592 2,486 7,145 11,040 programs, including grants for local history Endowment payout 772 (273) 790 (1,289) BY PROGRAM AREA Rental, parking, food services 1,511 1,511 organizations. Federal dollars support Other sales, fees, and memberships 724 10 8 742 historic preservation programs mandated Total revenue 14,711 319 3,286 5,864 24,180 by federal law. Total support & revenue 19,801 319 42,855 14,873 8,218 86,066 Historic sites Net assets released from program restrictions 42,717 5,038 (41,413) (6,342) and museums Total support, revenue, and net assets The Minnesota Historical Society also released from program restrictions 62,518 5,038 319 1,442 8,531 8,218 86,066 26% receives support from donors and Historic EXPENSES: members. Their gifts support everything preservation Program services: 13% Library and Collections 9,475 204 9,679 from general operations and school Library Historic sites and museums 15,179 924 16,103 field trips to important acquisitions, and Education, outreach, and content development 14,002 534 14,536 Historic preservation 8,165 6 8,171 conservation work and community Collections Education Total program services 46,821 1,668 48,489 outreach. Endowment funds give MNHS 16% outreach Supporting services: strength for today and tomorrow. Finally, Management and general 10,641 95 10,736 and content Development and membership 2,291 1 2,292 earned revenue from rental events, museum development Total supporting services 12,932 96 13,028 stores, admission fees, publication sales, Management 24% and general Total expenses 59,753 1,764 61,517 and many other activities also provide 17% Net increase (decrease) in net assets 2,765 3,274 319 1,442 8,531 8,218 24,549 a base of funding while keeping history Development and Net assets at beginning of year 7,166 88,070 4,973 11,409 23,512 58,162 193,292 accessible and at family-friendly prices. membership Net assets at end of year $9,931 91,344 5,292 12,851 32,043 66,380 217,841 4% These statements are condensed from MNHS’ audited financial statements which are available at www.mnhs.org/reports. Julia W. Dayton* Elsa Carpenter and Barney Barton Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad Alta Oben Dan Shogren and Susan Meyer NORTH STAR Elizabeth Driscoll* Martin Chorzempa and Jane Miller Peggy Ingison Linda Odegard and Harlan Cavert John and Jane Sieff^ Earl and Virginia Geiger Alan and Donna Clothier Philip and Milla Isaacson Michael and Celeste O’Donnell Dave and Linda Simpkins CIRCLE David and Terry Gilberstadt Karen Cooper and Bruce Schneier Elisabeth Jackley Deborah R. Olson Anne D. Simpson The Minnesota Historical Society O.C. Hognander, Jr. Bill and Susan Costello* Betty Wold Johnson^ Marla and John Ordway Robert B. Singer^ gratefully acknowledges the James E. 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Jones Peter^^ and Gene Pierce Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer through the power of history and Harry G. McNeely, Jr. Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton Kathleen Jones Kate K. Piper Joel and Elizabeth Sullivan Tom and Laura Rasmussen Mark Draper maintains the excellence of our on- George and Karen Kaczor William and Teri Popp Jon and Lea Theobald Curt* and Joan^^ Roy Carol M. Duff* Bob and Judy Prentiss Karen Wilson Thissen and going programs, sites, and services. Kevin and Andrea Kajer Diane and Darryl Sannes** E. Daniel Eckberg Janet M. King^ Ralph R. Rayner Paul Thissen The collective contributions of Dan Schmechel and Mimi Wright** Steven and Spencer Eddy Anders and Sally Knutzen Joan and Bill Reiling Elsie Trapp^ Robert J. Sivertsen* those recognized in our North Star Mr. and Mrs. Litton E.S. Field, Jr.^ Cynthia Kriha and James Eastman Peter and Mary Reyes Noelle Pidcock Turner and Jeff Turner Kenneth R. Skjegstad Mrs. Litton Field^ Karen L. 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$1,000,000+ $100,000+ Terry and Sharon Avent Raymond Plank Suzanne Blue Thelma Boeder Stories from a turbulent era — Roger and Michele Sit Priscilla Brewster Patricia and Butch Buschette Susan and Edwin McCarthy Peter K. Butler $500,000+ Eleanor and Frederick Winston Dr. George and Joan Fischer Friends of Lake Elizabeth 100 years ago Betty and Whitney MacMillan $25,000+ Phyllis and Robert^^ Goff $250,000+ Pete and Margie Ankeny Gerald and Patrice Halbach Charles and Hope Lea WW1 AMERICA SUPPORTERS Mark and Mary Davis Peter W. and Sally A. Anson Tom and Mary Gerry Lee LEADERSHIP SUPPORT PROVIDED BY: Stanley S. and Karen Hubbard Annette Atkins and Tom Joyce Monica Little and Mark Abeln Art and Martha Kaemmer Kathleen Blatz The Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation Robert W. Maynard^^ Thomas G. Mairs^^ Kirsten and Jack Driscoll Harry G. McNeely, Jr. Thank you to additional donors to the WW1 America exhibit whose gifts were matched by the Gregory and Cynthia^^ Page Janet N. Jones Evelyn Miller Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation WW1 America Challenge Grant, including: Jean and Mark Larson Richard and Nancy Nicholson $150,000+ Tom Rosen MAJOR SUPPORT PROVIDED BY: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY: Paul and Carolyn Verret Curtis and Marian Sampson Jim and Pam Deal American Legion Post #33 American Legion Brooklyn Center Post #630 Robert J. Sivertsen Martin and Esther Kellogg Peter and Sally Anson American Legion Charles Borak Post #45 $10,000+ Margaret and Lee Skold Michel and Barbara Nelson Lee and Louise Sundet Carol and Conley Brooks American Legion Clarence Clofer Post #259 Anonymous Maxine Wallin Katherine D. Doerr American Legion Lonsdale Post #586 Caroline Amplatz $125,000+ John and Annette Whaley Sit family members at the Vicki and Si Ford American Legion Lowell Stender Post #601 Mary Coquillette Gale Nina and John^^ Archabal K.A.H.R. Foundation American Legion Monticello Post #260 Charles and Margaret Arnason Minnesotans’ Military Appreciation Jim and Sharon Hale ^^ Deceased In memory of Eileen and Kenneth Kamman American Legion Post #334 Janis Larson Fund “Say Thanks Day” at Fort Nan Owen and John Lavander American Legion Post #43 Snelling, Aug. 2017 Irene Ott American Legion Post Rosetown #542 Dan Shogren and Susan Meyer American Legion Richard Dingle Post #98 Whaley Foundation American Legion Roy Leider Post #149 Sarah R. Winton American Legion Sibley Post #74 Rufus R. and Elizabeth Winton American Legion Rudolph Priebe Post #172 Richard and Carol Flint Alta Oben THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA VFW Brooker - Edmond Post #724 The Minnesota Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the people VFW Cottage Grove Post #8752 of Minnesota, who, through appropriations made by the Legislature VFW Fred Babcock Post #5555 VFW George R. Wolff Post #425 and approved by the Governor, have supported MNHS in its mission. VFW Keep Zimmer Post #1782 Appropriations from the state’s general fund as well as the Arts and VFW Post #230 Cultural Heritage Fund/Legacy Amendment are helping Minnesotans VFW Post #494 across the state to better understand our past. VFW Prior Lake Post #6208 VFW Rosemount Post #9433 VFW Sgt. John Rice Post #6316 VFW Waconia Post #5462

Thank you to our Opening Day sponsor, Xcel Energy, for generously providing free opening day admission to veterans, active duty, and retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces. This exhibit was created by the Minnesota Historical Society in partnership with the National Constitution Center, the National World War I Museum, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Bullock Texas State History Museum. This exhibit was supported by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanitites, a federal agency. This exhibit has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society. Clara M. Claussen Revocable Trust Janice Johnson E. M. Pearson Foundation MINNESOTA Judith and Richard Corson Victoria Johnson Dorothy L. Peterson MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MINNESOTA Elizabeth H. Cowie Bill and Susan Jolitz Marlys Peterson LEGACY Betty Jayne Dahlberg Lucy Rosenberry Jones Veloris J. Peterson EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY Carol Daniels and Richard Jacker Samuel and June Joy Judith Pinke MEMBERS Neil C. Danner Art and Martha Kaemmer Kate K. Piper AS OF JUNE 30, 2017 HONORARY COUNCIL We are grateful for the special Barbara Jo Davis Henry N. Kaldahl Raymond Plank commitment of these visionaries, Mark and Mary Davis James and Jane Kaufman Ken Powell and Wendy Bennett OFFICERS EX-OFFICIO COUNCIL MEMBERS AS OF JUNE 30, 2017 Jim and Pam Deal John and Kay Kern Virginia G. Puzak whose generosity has included Phyllis Rawls Goff, President Mark Dayton, Governor Cy and Paula DeCosse Dorothy Kettner Lowell C. Anderson Robert Klas Joan and Bill Reiling William Green, Vice President , Lieutenant Governor support of the Minnesota Historical Charles M. Denny, Jr. Tom and Jean King Jeffrey Reiswig Russell A. Anderson Elizabeth S. MacMillan+ William R. Stoeri, Immediate Past President , Secretary of State Society’s endowment either by Charlton Dietz Jan R. Kirst Robert Remington D.H. Ankeny Jr.+ Donald C. McIlrath+ D. Stephen Elliott, Secretary Lori Swanson, Attorney General including MNHS as a beneficiary Humphrey Doermann Robert and F. Alexandra Klas Elizabeth M. Ringer Nina M. Archabal Peg Meier Daniel J. Schmechel, Treasurer Rebecca Otto, State Auditor of a will or other planned gift, or Katherine D. Doerr John and Valerie Klobe Scott Robinson Charles W. Arnason+ William C. Melton+ establishing a named endowment Frank C. Dowding Barbara G. Koch Jon and Delores Roeder Annette Atkins+ Joseph S. Micallef+ EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM fund. The MNHS endowment Hiram and Ada Drache Stephanie Kroeger Judge James D. and Sharon Avent+ Richard Moe Cawo M. Abdi is a permanent fund providing Robert Drake Carl and Janet Kuhrmeyer Leanna M. Rogers D. Stephen Elliott, Director & Chief Executive Officer Earl E. Bakken Walter F. Mondale Elizabeth Driscoll Thomas M. Kurihara Ronald Rosenberg Eric D. Ahlness important resources today and for Melanie Adams, Senior Director, Bruce W. Bean+ Dr. Larry G. Osnes E. Daniel Eckberg Virginia Kurtzman Ken and Nina Rothchild Suzanne Blue Guest Experience & Education Services Gretchen U. Beito+ Fred Perez all future generations. Roy and Leslie Edwards Tara and Joseph LaFerla Brynhild Rowberg Kurt V. BlueDog Peggy Ingison, Senior Director, Ford W. Bell Kennon V. Rothchild+ D. Stephen and Diane Elliott David Langworthy Jack and Ann Ruttger Barbara E. Burwell Administration & Support and Chief Financial Officer Mark Davis+ Curtis L. Roy+ Anonymous Richard and Jean Engebretson John and Colles Larkin Randolph and Tina Ruttger Brenda J. Child Jennifer Jones, Senior Director, Charlton Dietz+ Ramedo J. Saucedo Jeff Allman Osama Ettouney Harold and Mary Jo Larson Diane and Darryl Sannes Grant W. Davis Collections & Research Services and Nancy Field Hugh and Margaret^^ Schilling Hiram M. Drache Janet R. Shapiro+ Katherine B. Andersen Fund Janis Larson D. Stephen Elliott Plank Chair in Library, Archives, and Collections H. Richard Fischer Charles and Hope Lea Martha Schmaltz Elizabeth S. Driscoll Robert J. Sivertsen Mary Anne Anderson Michael B. Farnell Andrea Kajer, Senior Director, Rodney H. Forristall Tom Lewin Judy A. Schwartau Richard L. Ferrell F.L. Spanier Pete and Margie Ankeny Thomas M. Forsythe External Relations Bryan and Diane Forsyth Christine M. Linsmayer Nel Schweiss Michael J. Fox Emily A. Tuttle+ Peter and Sally Anson Phyllis Rawls Goff Doug Marty, Senior Director, Allan Apter and Brenda Ion Maryfaith and Michael Fox Jean R. Ljungkull The Scrooby Foundation Ram Gada+ Paul A. Verret+ William D. Green Earned Income, Guest Services & Sales Nina and John^^ Archabal Hillary Freeman and Carol Mork M. Jane Loeffler Ruth Searle Rhoda R. Gilman Gerald Vizenor David R. Hakensen Jill Rudnitski, Senior Director, Charles W. and Margaret Arnason James and Mary Frey Norman Lorentzsen^^ Marcel Luc Sell Karen A. Humphrey+ Vernell Wabasha Dennis L. Lamkin Membership & Contributed Income and William Asp Richard and Helen Frye Lydia Lucas Marcia Shaw John Huss Jean M. Larson Eleanor Asplin Adolph Galazen Trust and Betty and Whitney MacMillan Ames Sheldon Chief Development Officer Ruth S. Huss+ Monica Little Athwin Foundation Elizabeth Keyes Martha MacMillan Mary Shepherd Joe Horse Capture, Director, Lucy R. Jones+ + Emeritus and Honorary Charles Mahar Annette Atkins and Tom Joyce Donald Garretson Hugh and Marilyn Madson Gail V. Sit American Indian Initiatives Sylvia C. Kaplan+ Council Member Judith Gavin Thomas G. Mairs^^ Robert J. Sivertsen^^ Dean M. Nelson Martha and Bruce Atwater Chris Taylor, Director, Alexandra Klas Terry and Sharon Avent Agnes A. Gerlach Deane Manolis Deborah and Charles Skinner Peter R. Reis Inclusion & Community Engagement and John Baird Johanna A. Ghei Elisabeth C. Mason Kenneth R. Skjegstad Peter M. Reyes, Jr. Chief Inclusion Officer Earl and Doris Bakken Rhoda R. Gilman James and Sydney Massee Dick and Ella Slade Daniel J. Schmechel Jennifer Thao, Director, Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine Phyllis and Robert^^ Goff E. Neil^^ and Marilyn Mattson Anthony and Heather Smith William R. Stoeri Institutional Policy & Direction Mary Bang Robert and Susan Greenberg Robert W. Maynard^^ James P. Smith Bo Thao-Urabe Carl R. Barthelemy Loris S. Gregory Susan and Edwin McCarthy Charlotte Snowberg-Petit Ben Vander Kooi MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Glenn E. Bartsch Jennifer Gross and Jerry LeFevre Joyce and Richard McFarland RoxAnn M. Splittstozer Eleanor C. Winston Shirlee Ruttger Bates Preston and Patricia Haglin Donald and Alice McIlrath Richard and Carol Stahl Warren J. Zaccaro EMERITUS COUNCIL Mark and Kathryn Tokar Haidet The McKnight Foundation Robert Stanich and Jeanne Schleh Bruce and Mary Bean As of June 30, 2017 Beito Foundation David and Kim Hakensen Mary Bigelow McMillan Sharron Steinfeldt Gretchen U. Beito Joann Hall Harry G. McNeely, Jr. William Stoeri and Susan Johnston Diane Berthel Pierce A. McNally Dorothy M. Bennett Lois Hall and Phil Morton Hella Mears Hueg^^ Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES Kathleen A. Blatz Grant J. Merritt Phyllis Bentley Estate and Cynthia Hall-Duran and Rico Duran Robert and Roberta Megard Josephine B. Teare^^ Gifts were received in honor of the following individuals: Robert H. Bruininks Richard H. Nicholson Mary Ann Quinn Charles and Earleen Hanson Peg Meier and Rebecca Lindholm Craig Thiesen and Vicki Lofquist Arthur Bergstrom and Alice Stelling^^ Elizabeth D. Hanson Joseph S. and Jane Y. Micallef Missy Thompson and Gar Hargens John A. Cochrane Elizabeth M. Nordlie Diane Berthel Paul and Krista Hanson Evelyn Miller Emily Anne Staples Tuttle Melanie Adams Phoebe Hanson Roger T. Murnane Judy S. Corson Mark Ritchie Roger and Dallas Betz Marshall^^ and Elizabeth^^ Hatfield Robert and Marveen Minish John H. Tysk John Archabal Marshall Hatfield Raleigh Nelson Harold A. Frederick Susan Kenny Stevens Alexandra O. Bjorklund Mavis E. Hogan Richard Moe Michelle and George Ulvestad Wanita Beal Leon Hopp Stephen Nelson James T. Hale Edward C. Stringer Victoria Bleise Orville C. Hognander, Jr. Donna Morgan Paul and Carolyn Verret Molly Bigelow McMillan Karen Humphrey Dorothey Evans Pamp Stanley S. Hubbard Karen Wilson Thissen Suzanne Blue Richard P. Huberty Corinne Myers Polly Ordway Wallace Eileen Brandenburger Donald Irish Patty Poore Temple Martha H. Kaemmer Missy Staples Thompson Thelma Boeder Margaret C. Humberger George W. Neilson Foundation Charles and Susan Ward Robert Burmeister Robert Loring Jackson Gerald Prescott Susan B. McCarthy Kathy H. Tunheim Karen A. and Charles W. Humphrey Angie M. Nelson Sandra Waterman Robert Book and Lois Carlson Larry Ray Johnson Gretchen Quie Malcolm W. McDonald Ruth and John Huss Barbara B. Nelson Charles Weyerhaeuser Elizabeth Cherne Book Thomas Davis JaeRan Kim Sondra Reierson Bruce and Terry Hutchins Marybeth Nelson Robert Weyerhaeuser Linda Boss Dan Edstrom Jean Kirby Johan Ronningen Jane and Jerald Jackson Richard and Nancy Nicholson Reverend David B. Wheeler Priscilla Brewster Dick and Helen Frye Vicki Lansky Curt Roy Mildred E. Bulinski Marshall Jackson Odyssey Development, Inc. Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Richard Frye Norma L. Larson Ellen Sell Brynteson Beverly Bunday Robert L. Jackson^^ Inez Oehlke^^ Memorial Foundation Ram and Neena Gada Kirby Law Frank Sher Norman and Brenda Canedy James and Barbara Jeffers Judy Olsen and Myke Rachu Kent and Ann Wilson Norma Jean Gerdes Marlene Mazal Thomas Loring Staples Susan and Richard J. Chaffee, Jr. Jerome Family Phyllis Olson Leonard Wilson MNHS makes every effort to provide an accurate Robert Goff Linda McShannock Emily Taylor (Chris) John A. and Katha L. Chamberlain Lenore Jesness Kandi and Bart Osborn Renata Winsor listing of donors between July 1, 2016 and Clayton Johnson Allegra Parker Eleanor and Frederick Winston Virginia Gregg Greenman Hella Mears Hueg Josephine Teare Judith A. Christensen June 30, 2017. If we have made an error, Marcella Chute Eric and Margit Johnson Bill and Anne Parker Women’s Organization of the Alice M. Hanson Carol Jean Meyer Bill Wittenbreer Minnesota Historical Society Lowell Dennis Hanson Beryl Miller please contact us at 651-259-3119. Grain Belt Beer Sign, one of 16 properties added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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