Annual Report

Annual Report Fiscal Year 2008 This year, the Minnesota Historical Society has embarked on an introspective review of our work, programs and partnerships across the entire institution. The timing of this important effort could not be better. As the Society celebrates its 159th year and the state its 150th year, we find ourselves in difficult economic times, making planning even more essential. The process we have begun will ultimately lead the Society in a direction to capitalize on our strengths and make progress where we face challenges. The Society’s basic mission as outlined in its charter from 1849, its strong financial structure, and its highly professional staff and leadership are our foundation in weathering these troublesome times, and weather it, we will.

It is human nature to be comforted by the familiar and predictable, and we are disquieted by abrupt, jarring change. The whirl in the financial markets of the past few months surely qualifies as abrupt and jarring. The Minnesota Historical Society, as the custodian of the stories of change in the past, provides us with the link that can help us understand these events as they unfold around us, keep them in perspective and help us to grasp their long-term implications. History surely does matter. Edward Stringer, President, Minnesota Historical Society As Minnesota’s sesquicentennial year comes to a close, we find ourselves in sobering times with our national economy deeply stressed. We know that these conditions are affecting Minnesotans and that they will inevitably have an impact on the Minnesota Historical Society. At such a moment, it is important to remember that the Society has weathered many previous storms since its founding almost 160 years ago. In turbulent times, our organization can offer Minnesotans the perspective of history to shed light on present events and help shape a vision for the future of our state and its people. Through its Minnesota’s Greatest Generation project, the Society is creating an enduring legacy for present and future generations. The success of this multi-year initiative has more than achieved the goals we set in August 2005. We look forward to the opening of a major new exhibition at the History Center in May 2009 that will provide a unique perspective on our state’s Greatest Generation. In the following pages, you will read about additional ways in which the Society is connecting Minnesota’s history with the contemporary world. An exciting example is the development of new programs at Historic Fort Snelling to tell a much broader story of this place that stands at the crossroads of Minnesota’s history. Visitors will learn about the Indian peoples who long inhabited this land, African Americans who worked and lived at the fort as slaves, and the generations of soldiers who mustered through Fort Snelling on their way to active duty from the time of the Civil War through World War II. These are stories that carry great meaning for today’s Minnesotans. Plans are also underway to tell a broader story at the Oliver H. Kelley Farm. With new programming now under development, the Society will bring the story of agriculture up to the present, as visitors learn not only about farm life more than a century ago, but about how food production and nutrition have changed over time – from organic farming to genetic engineering. As Minnesotans participated in the national election this year, students across the state took part in History Day, Minnesota’s fastest growing social studies enrichment program, co-sponsored by the Society and the University of Minnesota. We are proud of all the 6th through 12th grade historians who explored this year’s theme, “Conflict and Compromise in History.” Among them is Sade Ogundiran, a junior at Minneapolis South High School, who took first place at the national level for her project entitled “Fannie Lou Hamer, the Voice that Inspired Freedom Summer.” Through her research, Sade learned about Hamer’s role in changing the Democratic Party rules to seat integrated delegations after the 1964 convention. Projects such as Sade’s help students better understand how today’s political process has evolved. To carry out its mission of public service, the Society depends on a remarkable level of support. We are deeply grateful to all of those who make our work possible – Minnesota’s Governor and State Legislators, our generous donors, the state’s more than 400 county and local historical organizations who work with us, nearly 20,000 dedicated Society members, and our outstanding staff and volunteers. Thanks to the extraordinary commitment Minnesotans have made to preserve and learn from their history, the Society’s work is thriving. In the days ahead, we will continue to bring our citizens history that connects past and present, that is current, germane and relevant to the times in which we live and the challenges we face. Please join us in this important endeavor.

Nina Archabal, Director Minnesota Historical Society Report

2008 Highlights

SOCIETY SALUTES SESQUICENTENNIAL The Society saluted Minnesota’s 150 years of statehood with the October opening WITH ‘MN150’ of “MN150,” a History Center exhibit that looks at the people, places and things that have shaped our state. More than 2,700 individuals nominated not only preeminent Minnesotans, such as Hubert H. Humphrey and Walter Mondale, but little known success stories, such as Bradford Parkinson, a Minneapolis native responsible for the now ubiquitous Global Positioning System (GPS). Innovative new technology allowed us to involve the general public in developing the content of the exhibit more than was ever possible before. A popular feature of the exhibit is an interactive quiz in which visitors of all ages can test their knowledge of the state. Video feedback stations let visitors communicate their ideas instantly. And a state-of-the-art wiki, a collaborative web site, allowed users in the exhibit and around the world to edit and add content.

HILL FAMILY PAPERS COME TO SOCIETY In March, the Society received the Hill Family Papers, a gift from the James THROUGH GENEROUS GRANTS J. Hill Reference Library. The 1,200 cubic feet of records, which include the personal papers of Hill, his son Louis, and Louis’ wife, Maud van Cortlandt Taylor Hill, joined the Society’s existing Hill collection. These include the vast corporate records of Hill’s Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways and the personal papers of Hill’s artist grandson, Jerome Hill. A generous gift from three Hill family-related philanthropies – the Northwest Area Foundation, the Grotto Foundation and the Jerome Foundation – will enable the Society to catalogue the collection and develop a web site to provide access and promote usage far beyond the Society’s headquarters in St. Paul.

MUSEUM VISITORS, SCHOOLCHILDREN, The Society’s unprecedented influence continued to grow, both at home and RESEARCHERS AND WEB USERS far beyond Minnesota’s borders. More than 250,000 young people discovered AROUND THE WORLD BENEFIT FROM history at the History Center, Mill City Museum and historic sites across the THE SOCIETY’S SERVICES state. Nearly one million people visited our 26 museums and historic sites over the year, including 30,000 in-person researchers at the Society’s library at the History Center. Our web site’s reach continued to grow receiving 9.5 million visits, with many thousands of genealogy researchers drawn to the birth and death certificates pages. Through the generosity of a Bush Foundation grant, the Society launched the first phase of the Great Rivers Network, which enables visitors to simultaneously search multiple online databases. Ultimately, the search capability will include historical societies in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. HISTORIC SITES CELEBRATE The summer sites season got off to a rousing start with sesquicentennial events “SESQUI-SENSATIONAL” SUMMER at the Society’s historic sites across the state. Children and families were invited to take a pledge and become “sesqui-scouts,” which earned them a badge and discounts on visits to all 26 historic sites and museums. Events included the introduction of horse-drawn trolley rides at the Oliver H. Kelley Farm, a week-long Statehood Celebration at the State Capitol, special July 4th events at several sites and a WPA program complementing a new exhibit at the Charles Lindbergh Historic Site, among many others. Support for sesquicentennial events was made possible through a gift from the Richard and Shirley DeLeo Fund for Historic Sites.

LEGISLATURE APPROVES $4.6 MILLION The Minnesota State Legislature continued its long-time support for protecting FOR HISTORIC FORT SNELLING, Minnesota’s preeminent historic site, Historic Fort Snelling. While the Society’s $300,000 FOR OLIVER H. KELLEY FARM request to the Legislature for $24.8 million for a new visitor center at the site was not funded, the 2008 Legislature and Governor did include the approval of $4.6 million for the historic fort to be used for stabilizing buildings and expanding the program in important ways, developing classrooms for school groups and handicapped-accessible restrooms. The Society is in the process of completing a comprehensive plan for the fort that will include strategies to improve the visitor experience and expand the interpretive program.

The Society also launched a revitalization project for the Oliver H. Kelley Farm expanding the story, time period and interpretive methods at the site. Along with a visit to see the 19th-century farmstead, crops, livestock and farming methods, the site’s visitors – including 12,000 schoolchildren per year – will have an opportunity to learn the importance of agriculture, food and the environment in the 21st century. During the 2008 session, the Legislature appropriated $300,000 to the Society to begin the process of engaging the Kelley Farm’s visitors in what are among the most important and relevant issues of our time and to design structures and facilities that will accomplish that goal. 2008 Highlights

CHANGING EXHIBITS HIGHLIGHT DIVERSITY The innovative exhibit “Right on Lake Street,” developed in collaboration with OF MINNESOTA’S COMMUNITIES, OUTREACH Macalester College and In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, MAKES THEM AVAILABLE TO ALL at the whisked visitors into the colorful mix of people and cultures that is the essence history Center of Lake Street. “We Couldn’t Live at Home” looked at generations of young people who found protection in one building, which began as the Sheltering Home for Jewish Children nearly a century ago and is now home to Avenues for Homeless Youth on Minneapolis’ North Side. And “Suburban World: The Norling Photos” took a quirky look at 1950s-era Bloomington through a treasure trove of photographs long believed lost but rediscovered in the basement of the Bloomington Historical Society in 2002 by Brad Zellar, whose book was the inspiration for the exhibit.

The East Side Neighborhood Access Initiative, which added the American Indian Magnet School to the seven St. Paul public schools it already serves, is in its second year of bringing underserved audiences to the History Center. This year, the Rondo Neighborhood Access Initiative brought students from Wellstone Elementary School. The full program will be launched next year.

MINNESOTA’S GREATEST GENERATION The Minnesota’s Greatest Generation project entered the final year of a multi- PROJECT CONTINUES SUCCESS year initiative to preserve and tell the stories of those who came of age in the Great Depression, experienced World War II on the home front and abroad, and went on to build our modern nation. By the end of the year, the Society had posted 786 stories of the Great Depression, World War II and the post- war years on the Share Your Story section of the web site along with more than 630 artifacts from the Society’s collections, including photos, artwork, objects, documents, film and audio clips, and maps. The Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Film Festival enjoyed its second successful year attracting more than 60 entries with awards going to those judged best in five categories. The award-winning films were shown on the Comcast cable network and Twin Cities Public Television during the seven-part Ken Burns’ documentary “The War” and at libraries throughout the state. The Society’s conservation program conducted 22 Preserving Your Family History workshops around the state. And work continued on the upcoming exhibit, “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation: The Depression, The War, The Boom,” scheduled to open Memorial Day Weekend of 2009. MHS PRESS PUBLISHES A RECORD 30 BOOKS MHS Press enjoyed another banner year releasing an all-time record 30 titles. Brad Zellar’s “Suburban World: The Norling Photos” inspired an exhibit, while Kate Robert’s “Minnesota 150,” the companion book to another exhibit, “MN150” was one of the year’s best-selling titles. Two books, “We Are at Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People,” by Bruce White, and “Creating Minnesota: A History from the Inside Out,” by Annette Atkins, won Awards of Merit from the Association for State and Local History. Master storyteller Kevin Kling’s “The Dog Says How” was launched at a gala event at St. Paul’s Fitzgerald Theater, and Greg Gaut and Marsha Neff’s Minnesota History journal article “Save the Lady: The Struggle for the Winona County Courthouse” won the biennial David Stanley Gebhard Award given by the Minnesota chapter of the Society for Architectural Historians.

TRAVELING EXHIBITS BRING THE WORLD The Society hosted several exciting exhibits developed by other organizations TO the history Center’s door and museums around the country. Among the highlights was a showing of an original broadsheet of the Declaration of Independence, printed the evening of July 4, 1776, which was on view at the History Center during Statehood Week in May. More than 20,000 schoolchildren were among thousands of visitors who came to see this important piece of our national history. “Enemy Within: Terror in America, 1776-Today,” from the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., looked at the history of domestic terrorism and espionage over more than 200 years. Finally, the Society confirmed arrangements to bring “Vatican Splendors: From Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Swiss Guard,” the largest traveling exhibition ever shown at the History Center.

SOCIETY NAMES 14 PROPERTIES A total of 14 properties were newly listed on the National Register during TO NATIONAL REGISTER, the fiscal year: Detroit Lakes City Park, Detroit Lakes; Kasson Public School, AWARDS $1,748,714 IN GRANTS Kasson; Eitel Hospital, Minneapolis; First National Bank-Soo Line Building, Minneapolis; Pence Automobile Company Building, Minneapolis; Benjamin Noble (Shipwreck), Knife River vicinity, Lake County; United States Post Office, Fairmont; Commerce Building, St. Paul; Riverside Hangar, St. Paul; Listening Point, Morse Township, Saint Louis County; Northern Pacific Railway Depot, Staples; Moritz Bergstein Shoddy Mill and Warehouse, Oak Park Heights; Log Cabin, Oak Park Heights; and Stillwater Overlook, Oak Park Heights.

The Society’s Historic Preservation Department awarded a total of $1,748,714 from five state and federal sources. Awards included 74 State Grants-in-Aid, 11 State Capitol Grants-in-Aid, 28 Federal Certified Local Government (CLG) Grants, four Minnesota Transportation Network Grants and nine Historic Preservation Flood Relief Grants. This is the largest annual total on record for funds awarded in a given year. Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Highlights Fiscal year 2008 was the third full-year of the Total expenses for fiscal year 2008 were $47.0 Society charging for admission at the History million, up $2.3 million from the prior year The Society received $26.2 million in operating Center, which resulted in approximately and related primarily to salary and benefit support from the State of Minnesota in $314,000 in admission fees, down $24,000 increases ($1.3 million) and expenditures for fiscal year 2008, approximately 53.8% of its from fiscal year 2007, and $108,000 of one-time initiatives funded by the State, some total support and revenue for the year. This membership revenue, up $5,000. of which were not yet completed by the close represents an increase of $3.2 million over of the fiscal year. fiscal year 2007 and is due mainly to one- Investment losses for fiscal year 2008 of $4.6 time appropriations for various initiatives. million, were due primarily to unrealized Salaries and benefits increased 5.7% in fiscal losses in market value at the close of the year 2008 and comprised 49.6% ($23.3 In addition, the Society received $9.2 million in fiscal year, June 30. During the first half million) of the Society’s total expenses for the capital bonding appropriations, or 18.9% of of the fiscal year the Society experienced year, compared to 49.3% ($22.0 million) for its total support and revenue for the year. The realized gains of approximately $4.6 million. fiscal year 2007. Legislature provides capital appropriations The change in unrealized gain and losses on generally every other year resulting in a investments between fiscal years 2008 and More than 2,000 volunteers contributed 41,500 significant increase in fiscal year 2008 2007 was a loss of $9.2 million. Investment hours at the Society’s museums and historic support. This bonding support is for Historic return on the endowment funds for fiscal year sites across the state. Sites Asset Preservation ($4.0 million), 2008 was a negative 13.7%. Historic Fort Snelling Revitalization ($3.0 million), County & Local Preservation ($1.6 million), Oliver Kelley Farm Historic Site ($0.3 million), and Heritage Trails at Fort Ridgely ($0.3 million). G E A Contributions from members, friends, corporations and foundations totaled $5.6 F million, down $3.0 million from fiscal year D 2007. This decrease is a result of successful B fundraising during fiscal year 2007 in support of Minnesota’s Greatest Generation project and “MN150,” as well as the proceeds from C A E the sale of the Ffoillott sapphire. C Total non-investment operating revenues increased an average of 1.5% over the B previous fiscal year, with increases in admissions, memberships, and various fees D and service areas. Decreases in Museum Stores sales and publication sales tended to reflect the downturn in the economy. Sources of Support and Revenue: Percentage of Expenses by Program Area: The “MN150” exhibit was a driving force A State Operating Appropriations . . 53.8% A Library Collections and in admissions, memberships and auxiliary B State Capital Bond Appropriation. . 18.9% Archival Services...... 15.6% services during the fiscal year. C Federal, State & County Grants . . . 4.9% B Publications ...... 5.0% D Support from Individuals, C History Center Museum ...... 21.8% Corporations and Foundations . . . 11.6% D Historic Sites ...... 29.3% E Earned Income ...... 10.8% E Outreach and Preservation . . . . . 6.3% F Management and General . . . . . 18.4% G Development ...... 3.7%

Condensed Balance Sheet Year ended June 30, 2008 (000’s) omitted with summarized information as of June 30, 2007

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted Restricted Undesignated Board unrestricted Plant designated State funds fund endowment appropriation Other Endowment 2008 2007 Cash and investments $ 3,111 $ 13,377 $ 3,502 $ 10,827 $ 18,724 $ 49,541 $ 53,616 Receivables 2,067 14,293 3,072 1,327 20,759 12,687 Museum shop inventories 980 980 959 Property and equipment net $ 88,075 88,075 89,546 Total assets $ 6,158 $ 88,075 $ 13,377 $ 17,795 $ 13,899 $ 20,051 $ 159,355 $ 156,808 Payables and accrued liabilities $ 1,704 $ 97 $ 2,982 $ 967 $ 382 $6,132 $5,284 Net assets: Unrestricted 4,454 $ 88,075 13,280 105,809 110,947 Temporarily restricted 14,813 12,932 27,745 19,305 Permanently restricted 19,669 19,669 21,272 Total net assets 4,454 88,075 13,280 14,813 12,932 19,669 153,223 151,524 Total liabilities and net assets $ 6,158 $ 88,075 $ 13,377 $ 17,795 $ 13,899 $ 20,051 $ 159,355 $ 156,808

These statements are excerpts from the Society’s audited financial statements which are available upon request. Statement of Activities Year ended June 30, 2008 (000’s) omitted with summarized information as of June 30, 2007

Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently Total Restricted Restricted Undesignated Board unrestricted Plant designated State funds fund endowment appropriation Other Endowment 2008 2007 Support and Revenue Support: Private contributions $ 1,179 $ 3,766 $ 689 $ 5,634 $ 8,599 Federal grants 2,403 2,403 549 County and other grants ~ 511 State operating appropriation $ 26,216 26,216 22,904 State capital appropriation ~ ~ ~ 9,192 ~ ~ 9,192 ~ Total support $ 1,179 ~ ~ $ 35,408 $ 6,169 $ 689 $ 43,445 $ 32,563 Revenue: Admissions fees $ 2,146 $ 2,146 $ 2,111 Museum store sales 1,882 1,882 1,952 Membership 984 984 950 Publication sales 1,602 1,602 1,717 Program fees 625 625 648 Contract service fees 891 891 764 Digital product fees 412 412 427 Investment return 1,289 (3,817) 167 (2,292) (4,653) 6,623 Auxiliary services 1,047 1,047 866 Other sales and fees 342 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 342 356 Total revenue $ 11,220 ~ $ (3,817) ~ $ 167 $ (2,292) $ 5,278 $ 16,414 Total support and revenue $ 12,399 ~ $ (3,817) $ 35,408 $ 6,336 $ (1,603) $ 48,723 $ 48,977 Net assets released from program restrictions 33,304 ~ ~ (27,976) (5,328) ~ ~ ~ Total support, revenue and net assets released from program restrictions $ 45,703 ~ $ (3,817) $ 7,432 $ 1,008 $ (1,603) $ 48,723 $ 48,977 Expenses: Program services: Library collections & archival services $ 7,126 $ 193 $ 7,319 $ 7,184 Publications 2,341 8 2,349 2,168 History Center Museum 9,773 481 10,254 9,524 Historic sites 12,996 771 13,767 14,295 Outreach and preservation 2,953 5 2,958 2,489 Total program services $ 35,189 $ 1,458 ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 36,647 $ 35,660 Supporting services: Management and general 8,637 12 ~ ~ ~ ~ 8,649 7,495 Development 1,727 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1,728 1,532 Total supporting services $ 10,364 $ 13 ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 10,377 $ 9,027 Total expenses $ 45,553 $ 1,471 ~ ~ ~ ~ $ 47,024 $ 44,687 Increase (decrease) in net assets before reclassifications and transfers 150 (1,471) (3,817) 7,432 1,008 (1,603) 1,699 4,290 Transfers to board designated endowment (1,200) ~ 1,200 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Total reclassifications and transfers $ (1,200) ~ $ 1,200 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Changes in net assets: Unrestricted (1,050) (1,471) (2,617) ~ ~ ~ (5,138) 2,390 Temporarily restricted ~ ~ ~ 7,432 1,008 ~ 8,440 (1,058) Permanently restricted ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (1,603) (1,603) 2,958 Net changes in net assets (1,050) (1,471) (2,617) 7,432 1,008 (1,603) 1,699 4,290 Net assets at beginning of year 5,504 89,546 15,897 7,381 11,924 21,272 151,524 147,234 Net assets at end of year $ 4,454 $ 88,075 $ 13,280 $ 14,813 $ 12,932 $ 19,669 $ 153,223 $ 151,524 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.

The North Star Circle provides the Mrs. Wm. R. Anderson, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Haglin* Norlin and Carole Boyum foundation of our private support, Margaret and Pete Ankeny* Mark and Kathryn Tokar Haidet* Will and Margee Bracken donating nearly a million dollars Peter and Sally Anson* Marshall and Elizabeth Hatfield* Steve and Gail Brand this year. Nina and John Archabal* Jerald and Jane Jackson Blythe Brenden Boss Foundation* Janet N. Jones Priscilla Brewster The Minnesota Historical Society Susan and Jim Cargill Phyllis Gene Jones James R. Brown gratefully acknowledges the Richard Chaffee, Jr. Cynthia Kriha and James Eastman Paul Bruce and Beth Weimer leadership support of the following Mary Lee Dayton* B. John and Sarah Lindahl Tyrone and Delia Bujold North Star Circle members. These William and Janice Dircks* Jean R. Ljungkull* Rod and Barbara Burwell Family friends have contributed $1,000 or Driscoll Foundation Inc on behalf of John Loban and Jean Kummerow Foundation more for annual membership during W. John and Elizabeth Driscoll* The Thomas Mairs and Marjorie Mairs Carmen and Jim Campbell our 2008 fiscal year running from Mr. and Mrs. William B. Frels Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation* Joanne Carlson* July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. Agnes A. Gerlach John and Brenda Malarchik Lois L. and Roger A. Carlson David and Kim Hakensen Elisabeth C. Mason CCI Properties Thank you to the Katherine B. Andersen Jim and Sharon Hale Dick and Joyce McFarland Fund of John A. and Katha L. Chamberlain* Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation for Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison* The Minneapolis Foundation Frederick and Marcella Chute* their additional financial support of all Douglas R. Heidenreich* Donald and Alice McIlrath* Michael and Leslie Connelly** new and increased North Star Circle Betty and Bob Johnson Clinton and Mary Morrison William and Susan Costello* Memberships. The Lucy Rosenberry Jones Kandi and Bart Osborn* Sage and John Cowles Charitable Trust* Prospect Creek Foundation* Dr. James and Roberta Craig** Guarantor: $25,000–49,999 Elliot and Eloise Kaplan* Diane and Darryl Sannes** Cassie and Dan Cramer Patrick and Aimee Butler Foundation* Klas Family Foundation Patty and Barney Saunders* David and Kitty Crosby Richard V. DeLeo* Kuhrmeyer Family Foundation of The Kristine M. Smith* Ella P. Crosby David and Janis Larson Saint Paul Foundation Sharron and Oren Steinfeldt* Robert and Teri Crosby MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation* Marbrook Foundation* William Stoeri and Sue Johnston** Tom and Ellie Crosby, Jr. Susan and Edwin McCarthy* Donald McNeely Family The Charles B. Sweatt Foundation Andrew Currie Phyllis S. Poehler and Walter E. Terhuly Foundation* Denis and Josie Daly Benefactor: $15,000–24,999 Stremel Charitable Trust Missy Thompson and Gar Hargens Sheldon and Carol Damberg Terry and Sharon Avent* Elizabeth M. Ringer* David M. and Mary Ann Barrows Wark* Carol Daniels and Richard Jacker* Conley and Marney Brooks* Ken and Nina Rothchild* Western National Mutual Insurance Edwin W. and Catherine M. Davis Sandra and Peter Butler* Curt and Joan Roy* Company Foundation* Ruth and John Huss* Robert J. and Sarah-Maud Sivertsen* Michael and Barbara Wigley* John B. and Joy Lee Davis Fund of Betty and Whitney MacMillan* Jan and Bill Spoor** Molly and Bill Woehrlin Charitable Fund The Saint Paul Foundation Irene G. Steiner* of Minnesota Community Foundation Mathew and Kristi Davis Founder: $10,000–14,999 Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer Leo and Helen Wolk* Bob and Joanie Dayton* Anonymous Winston R. and Maxine H. Wallin Fund Zita Hawley Wright Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton Anonymous Fund of The Minneapolis of The Saint Paul Foundation* Angus and Margaret Wurtele* John and Arlene Dayton* Foundation The Frederick and Margaret L. Cy and Paula DeCosse* The Jacqueline Nolte Jones Foundation Weyerhaeuser Foundation Patron: $1,000–2,499 Denny Fund of The Minneapolis of the Saint Paul Foundation Eleanor and Fred Winston* Anonymous (8) Foundation* Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of Jane and Arthur Wong Anonymous* Olivia I. Dodge* HRK Foundation* Edward J. Zapp* Russ and Kathy Adams Elisabeth and Humphrey Doermann Dusty and George Mairs* John and Catherine Agee* Dolan Family Fund of The Minneapolis Dick and Nancy Nicholson Fund of Leader: $2,500–4,999 Raymond and Karen Ames* Foundation* the Nicholson Family Foundation Sarah J. Andersen Roger E. Anderson Fund of the Kirsten and Jack Driscoll Dale and Nancy Olseth John E. Andrus, III* Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund* Carol M. Duff Fund of The Saint Paul Onan Family Foundation* The Earl and Doris Bakken Foundation* Rolf Anderson Foundation* Eugene C. and Gail V. Sit Foundation* Richard G. and Mary Lyn Ballantine Abbot G. Apter Peter and Isabelle Dyck Emily Anne Staples Tuttle Fund of Fund of the National Philanthropic Allan Apter and Brenda Ion Bill and Kathy Farley Minnesota Community Foundation* Trust Charles W. and Margaret Arnason Sheila ffolliott Alexandra O. Bjorklund* Thomas J. Arneson Mr. and Mrs. Litton E.S. Field, Jr. Builder: $7,500–9,999 Bruce and Mary Bean* Jo & Gordon Bailey Family Fund of the Mrs. Litton Field Athwin Foundation* Patrick J. Bradley and Patty A. Catholic Community Foundation John W. and Dora J. Fitzgerald Annette Atkins and Tom Joyce* Carney-Bradley Glenn Bartsch George and Anne Flannery Mark and Mary Davis* Nicky B. Carpenter Becky Ruttger Bates Rodney H. Forristall The Dietz Family Fund of The Saint Chorzempa Family Foundation Samuel F. Bates and Shirlee Ruttger Bates* Maryfaith and Michael Fox Paul Foundation* Judith and Richard Corson Beito Foundation* Jane Freeman* Matthew Entenza and Lois Quam Julia W. Dayton* The James Ford Bell Foundation on Deb Frenzel* Lorentzsen Family Trust Ruth and Bruce Dayton* behalf of Samuel H. Bell, Jr.* Gerald and Jan Freund Carolyn and Bob Nelson Dellwood Foundation, Inc* Theresa Berman* James and Mary Frey John and Lois Rogers* Katherine D. Doerr Diane M. Berthel* Pat Gaarder Jane Emison Dennis and Nancy Blenis Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Garretson Partner: $5,000–7,499 Eleanor S. and Stuart W. Fenton Suzanne Blue Robert and Charlotte Gavin Anonymous* Peter and Patricia Frechette Thomas and Sandra Boehm Earl and Virginia Geiger The Allegro Fund of The Saint Paul Eugene and Mary Frey Elizabeth Cherne Book David and Terry Gilberstadt Foundation* Ram and Neena Gada Susan S. Boren Bob and Phyllis Goff Keith and Martha Anderson Donald and Patricia Garofalo Capt. William D. Bowell, Sr. Jim Grantman Bernard M. Granum* Joanne T. Meyer Lee and Louise Sundet James and Sharon Haselmann Michael Gray and Patricia S. Andrews** Joseph S. and Jane Y. Micallef* Gregory T. Swenson Douglas and Martha Head Robin Groenke Evelyn Miller** Jon and Lea Theobald Joan Higinbotham Polly Grose Neal and Roxanne Miller Kent and Kathy Thompson** Helen Hocker Jennifer Gross and Jerry LeFevre Jacqueline S. Mithun Kate Tilney and Fred Kaemmer Diane and Tony Hofstede Robert Gumnit and Frances H. Graham John W. Mooty Foundation Trust Noelle and Jeff Turner William B. Horn Hannibal and Robbie Haase Samuel Morgan Fund of The Saint Ole and Ruth Tweet Laurie Houle Patrice and Gerald Halbach Paul Foundation Millie Vaccarella William H. Houlton Cynthia K. Hall Carol Mork and Hillary Freeman Leslie Van Duzer Joel D. Jacobson Steve and Lia Hall John and Jane Morrison P. Vanska Sigrid Johnson Carol and Tom Hanson Charles F. Murphy Mary W. Vaughan Fund of The Adam Jones Dale S. and Elizabeth D. Hanson Kingsley H. Murphy Family Foundation Minneapolis Foundation Charles and Mary Jungmann David Hartwell and Elizabeth DeBaut Richard and Helen Murphy* Paul and Carolyn Verret James and Jane Kaufman Thomas and Christine Hauser Beth and Joe Naughton John and Avis Vessey David M. King Douglas and Barbara Hedin Richard and Sandy Naughton Joanne and Phil Von Blon Thomas and Jean King Peter Herzog and June Wheeler Louis and Jean Nelson Bill and Kathleen Wanner Maureen Kucera-Walsh Louis F. and Kathrine E. Hill Marybeth Nelson Dr. Ann and David Wasson* Ralph and Virginia Kurtzman Susan Hill and Bert Gross Stephen R. Nelson* Sidney Y. Wear Don and Carole Larson Melanie Ruttger Hjelm and Rick Hjelm L. Neumann and M.M. MacMillan E. J. Wexler Gift Fund of Timothy and Lynn Lee Elizabeth and Edwin Hlavka David and Barbara Nicholson The Minneapolis Foundation Eleanor Lindsay Wayne and Dianne Hoeschen Ford and Catherine Nicholson Fund of David J. Weiner* Bruce and Cheryl Little O.C. Hognander, Jr. the Nicholson Family Foundation Nancy and Ted Weyerhaeuser H. William Lurton Tom and Patty Holloran* Todd and Martha Nicholson Fund of Whitney Foundation* Sally Macnab Margaret S. Hubbs* the Nicholson Family Foundation Robert Wigley and Ann Moran Merritt and Betty Marquardt Dr. William and Hella Mears Hueg The Dan and Sallie O’Brien Fund of Jon and Renata Winsor Fund of The Katherine McGinley Donald and Carin Huizenga The Saint Paul Foundation Minneapolis Foundation Brian and Pamela McGlinch Karen A. and Charles W. Humphrey Marvin R. O’Connell Donald Z. Woods Andrea and Larry McGough Donor Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad Linda Odegard and Harlan Cavert The Woodward Family Advised Fund of the Catholic Chuck and Marie Irrgang John and Marla Ordway Charles and Julie Zelle Community Foundation Philip and Ludmilla Isaacson Lawrence M. and Elizabeth Ann Eric J. Meester Gerald W. and Victoria Johnson O’Shaughnessy Charitable Income * Charter member(s) Dr. J. Milo Meland and Dr. Mary H. Meland James E. Johnson Trust in Honor of Lawrence M. ** Matching Gift Christopher and Diane Merz Peggy and Sam Johnson O’Shaughnessy* Henry and Donna Morgan Wilford F. and Jean F. Johnson Trust Larry and Sue Osnes Gary Morke and Candy Rishavy Bill and Susan Jolitz Constance S. Otis Fund of The Saint Bob and Sandy Morris Andrea and Kevin Kajer Paul Foundation* Membership and Annual Fund Adrienne and T. Morrison Sylvia and Samuel Kaplan* Irene M. Ott Gladys Murray and Barbara Pihlgren- The Martin and Esther Kellogg Fund Nancy Owen and John Lavander Sustaining: $500–999 Warner of The Saint Paul Foundation* Allegra W. Parker Anonymous Katherine B. Nason Margee and Bob Kinney Patricia Parrish and David Schaffer William and Suzanne Ammerman Thomas Olson and Rhonda Olson John H. and Shirley Krohn Randall S. Pemberton Erna Bachtold and Helen Bachtold Elizabeth L. Peyton Jami Ann and Joseph LaPray Roger Peters and Lorna Reichl Julie and Doug Baker Eileen Quam Arlyn and Elaine Larson Dwight and Marjorie Peterson John and Elizabeth Baker Rickeman/Murphy Family Fund of Charles and Hope Lea Betty Eastman Peyton Lynn Betlock The Minneapolis Foundation Donald and Joann Leavenworth Pierce Family Fund of The Minneapolis Marlene and Ned Bixby Nathaniel and Mary Robbins Jim and Linda Lee Foundation** Muriel Bochnak Timothy and Mary Scanlan Tom and Mary Gerry Lee Sally and George Pillsbury* Thelma Boeder Mary Schlosser and Stewart Hazel Allen and Kathy Lenzmeier Carl N. and Susan J. Platou Lillian Bowell Joyce and Jim Schnobrich Jane Leonard and Loretto Lippert Diane and George Power* David W. Broesder and Barbara Richard and Barbara Shank Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation Randall Allan Pratt Preston-Broesder Anne and Robert Simpson Tom and Rhoda Lewin Joan and Bill Reiling Caroll Brooks Vivian Skoog Ward B. and Susan E. Lewis Ruth Reister* Thomas and Anne Carrier James and Jenella Slade Peg and Dick Lidstad James E. Robasse* Daniel and Sheri Cassens Charles and Myrna Smith Sheila and Stephen Lieberman John and Sandra Roe Foundation Angela and Neil Christy Anthony and Heather Smith Mrs. William H. Likins, Jr. Susan Roe and Rene duCret Elizabeth H. Cowie Harriet and Edson Spencer Foundation R C Lilly Foundation* Jon and Delores Roeder John and Elizabeth Curtin Barbara Storslee Otto Lind Judge James D. and Leanna M. Mitchell and Laurie Davis Tom and Arlene Swain Georgia Ray DeCoster Lindeke* Rogers Wendy and Douglas Dayton Mary Ida Thomson Christine M. Linsmayer Tom and Peggy Rohde Lyle and Dorothy Doerr Betty Tisel and Sarah Farley William J. Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roth Kevin Dowell and Shelly Edwards E.R. and Julie Titcomb Dave and Peggy Lucas Vincent and Barbara Ruane Florence E. Doyle John Tradewell Dr. and Mrs. William Ludwick Shelly and Steve Rucks William and Elizabeth Dresser Stephanie Van D’Elden William and Katherine Mackenzie Family John C. and Jacqueline Salisbury David and Patricia Drew William Volkmar and Sheri Brandvold Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation Laura and Luther Salveson Joan Duddingston Judith A. and James Waelhof Marilyn and Hugh Madson Earl S. and Barbara Flanagan Sanford* Michael L. Ellingsworth Juanita Wageman Deane and Nancy Manolis Michael and Shirley Santoro Thomas Erickson and Katherine John Wald and Marianne Remedios Roy and Dorothy Ode Mayeske Charles and Birgitta Schoen Solomonsen Barbara and William Welke Donald W. McCarthy The Jean and Mark Schroepfer Fund Ron and Diane Fagen Muriel Wexler Walter McCarthy and Clara Ueland of The Saint Paul Foundation George and Joan Fischer Penny and David Winton Burt J. and Rosalyn McGlynn Jonathan and Susan Seltzer Richard and Carol Flint Sidney Wold Thomas and Barbara McLeod Sieff Family Foundation Charles and Louise Frost Mary L. Wolff Mary Bigelow McMillan Michael and Barbara Sill Family Fund Terence Fruth and Mary McEvoy Family Robert J. Wood, MD McNulty Family Account of the of The Minneapolis Foundation Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Mimi C. Yu Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Kenneth R. Skjegstad Charlie Gallup Gary and Carmen Ziemer Kathleen B. and William L. McReavy Clarence and Mary Smith David and Rosemary Good Dallas and Eileen Zimmerman Peg Meier and Rebecca Lindholm RoxAnn Splittstozer Peter Goss and Karma Walker The Jerry and Jeanne Meigs Fund of Robert Spong Larry Grubryn Contributing: $250–499 The Saint Paul Foundation Larry and Joy Steiner Anne Hage Roberta Allickson William C. Melton and Jane M. Zimmerman* Donald Steinkraus ** Marion J. Handt Paul Amidon Mary E. Melzarek N. Stewart and Caroline Stone Lucy Hartwell John and Cherl Andrews Budd and Marguerite Andrews Mary Ella Galbraith Russell and Karen Larsen Marian Portesan and Gina Kowalski Mary and Robert Archer Michael R. Gallagher Knut E. Lavine William and Nancy Priedeman Ted and Ruth Arneson Christine K. Galloway John and Lyn Lawyer Gail Puzak Kathy Baarsch James and Joan Gardner Elizabeth and David Lee Brad and Linda Quarderer Douglas Bacon Robert and Karen Garland Betty and Gordon Lee David and Naomi Quimby Daniel and M. Barbara Balik Lavonne and Scott Garoutte James and Patricia Lehmann Fred and Mindy Quivik Otto and Mary Bang Linda Gawthrop A. Patrick and Katherine Leighton Dean Rau and Sarah Lund Robert and Adrienne Banks R. James and Rene Gesell Allen and Nancy Levine Verna Rausch Kenneth and Arliss Banta John and Theresa Gibbs Lisa and Jonathan Lewis David and Marty Raymond Valeria Barlau Mary Gilman Ron Linde and Rob Ostrander Ann Regan and Bruce White Betty Bear Irving and Carol Gottesman J. Nicholas and Linda Linsmayer Joe and Mary Regenscheid Keith and Mary Bednarowski John and Mary Gould William and Sybil Lipschultz Peter and Jacqueline Reis William and Lawraine Beery Anne B. Green George M. Logan Kathryn Rettig Richard and Josephine Beitzel Amy Gudmestad Mildred Lopez Russell and Kathryn Rhode Richard and Kay Bendel Howard and Elizabeth Guthmann Daniel Loritz Bruce and Joan Richard Michael and Ellen Bendel-Stenzel Mary Habstritt and Gerald Weinstein Reid and Ann MacDonald Karen L. Richner Andrew and Audrey Benjamin Garrison L. Hale Edward G. Maranda Peter and Mary Ritten James and Lois Berens Lonn and Jane Hanson A. Jerri Marsden Joanne Robson Jack Bergen Kathleen A. Hanson Nancy Martin Jim and Sheren Rogne Bob and Helen Bergland Donald V. Harper Pat Martinson James and Helen Rood Mark Biermann Julie and David Harrison Mary Massopust Robert and Joyce Rosene Diane Blake Jean and B.C. Hart Tom and Sue McCarthy Robert Rupp Jane R. Blanch William and Helen Hartfiel Samuel and Patricia McCullough James and Dianne Safley John and Andrea Brainard Ronald and Lisa Have Linda McGowan Robert Salisbury John R. Brand Art and Nancy Hawkinson Christopher and Cheryl McHugh Linda Sandell Richard and Susan Bream Mary Haxby and James Wall C. McKay, MD Martin and Dorothy Sathre Brad and Joan Brolsma John R. Heneman James L. McLaughlin Thomas Saylor and Kimberly Johnson Paul H. Brown Lila Hertzberg James and Rebecca McLennan William and Glennis Schlukebier Carolyn J. Brusseau Grant and Lori Heslep Richard T. McMurray John and Mary Schmitz Marilyn Burbank Robert and Ramona Hess Marran McNulty Herbert Schoening Tim A. Burns Peg and Jim Hicks David Mealman Carole and Lee Schram Dale and Janel Busacker W.D. and Myra Hirsch Robert and Roberta Megard Jaclyn and James Schroeder John and Caryl Busman Beverly Hlavac Beth Metzen Robert and Evangelin Schroeder Norma Buxton Alex and Charles Hoag Laurence and Linda Meyer Lois Schulstad William and Charlotte Carlson Susan M. Hoel Violet and Charles Meyer Janet and Irving Shapiro Leon and Donnie Carr Gary and Mary Holmes Rita Meyer Mary Shepherd Richard and Marcia Carthaus James and Ann Howard Eric T. Michael Jessica Sherman H. Mead and June Cavert Richard and Meredith Howell Russ and Jan Michaletz Richard F. Shields Judith A. Christensen F.B. Hubachek, Jr. Harold Michie and Darci Michie Molly T. Shields Woods Muriel Copp and Samuel Pearson Marc Hugunin and Alice Pepin James and Carol Moller Stanley and Minnie Shreve Jim and Brenda Coulter Anne and Hadlai Hull Bjorn and Margot Monson Kenneth and Eleanor Siess Lydia Crawford and Phil Davies John and Julie Hunt Richard and Carol Morgan Edward Silberman John Crippen and Sheila Stuhlman Bruce and Terry Hutchins Jon and Virginia Morris Anne L. Simonson Edward and Karayn Cunnington Rex and Monica Ingram Dr. John and Mrs. Marlene Mulrooney Gretchen and Jack Sjoholm Kristin and Jeffrey Dahl Jerome and Nancy Irsfeld Olga A. Myers Dick and Ella Slade Joanna Danks Janet Jackson David and Karen Nasby Charles and Susanne Smith Elisabeth J. Dayton Nicole and Bentley Jackson Paula Nelson John G. Smith Jeane DeCoursey Clayton L. Johnson Robert and Barbara Nelson Margaret E. Spear Jerome Degerness Gary Johnson and Joan Hershbell Martin Nergaard Curt and Louise Speller Karen Demarco Neel and Pegge Johnson Russell and Marcelle Noyes Bill and Lois Stevens James and Cynthia DeRuyter Andrew Johnson Jonathan and Anna Horning Nygren Hazel S. Stoeckeler Ariel Dickerman David A. Johnson Michael and Celeste O’Donnell Mary and Keith Stogsdill Dan Dodds Harry and Marian Johnson Robert J. O’Donnell Ben Storey, Jr. Marc and Stacy Doepner-Hove Carol O. Johnson James O’Hagan and Ann Barkelew John and Barbara Strandell Robert J. Dolle, Jr. Barry and Karmen Johnson James and Marjorie O’Hara Mark O. Stutrud Daniel and Catherine Donovan Ronald and Kay Jones Mary and Dan O’Keefe Loretta Stutsman Mary H. Dunlap Steve and Candace Jongewaard Mike and Jean Oberle Joel and Elizabeth Sullivan Elizabeth Dunnavan Drs. Charles and Sally Jorgensen Scott and Judith Olsen Timothy and Beth Sullivan Richard Durand George and Karen Kaczor Nancy Olsen Lloyd and Annelotte Svendsbye Douglas T. Eaton Art and Delores Kaese Warren H. Olson Donald and Virginia Swanson Hugh and Joyce Edmondson Dr. Max M. Kampelman Deborah Olson Evelyn J. Swenson Robert H. Eidsvold, Jr. Gloria Kaste Donna Opp Mildred C. Templin Dean and Heidi Emanuel Bruce Kelley Mike and Joyce Palazzotto Curtis and Nancy Thorpe Tim and Rebecca Emory Michael Kennon and Peggy Anita Pampusch and Frank Indihar Christopher Tollafield Albert and Helga Emrich Korsmo-Kennon Ron and Pat Parish Ron and Lori Touchette Betty Engebretson Paul and Yvonne Kenworthy Edward J. Paster Marcia Townley Kimberly and Jeffrey Engelhardt Dorothy Kettner Ronald Pederson Donald and Dolores Traxler Ross and Julie Erickson Janet Keyes and Mark Hatherly Mark Perrin and Ron Beining Blair and Linda Tremere Nancy L. Evans Louise E. King John and Jennifer Peterson William and Judith Trubeck Armand and Ardis Falk Anthony Kiorpes Whitney and Nancy Peyton Linda and Jerry Urevig David E. Feinberg Richard L. Klaus Dean and Karin Phillips Eugene and Kathleen Vader Nancy Feldman Arthur and Peggy Klobe Eugene L. Piccolo Larry and Suzanne Vanden Plas Joseph and Mary Finley John Knoedler and Maureen Kane Greg and Nancy Pickering Karen Viskochil John and Therese Fitch Ken and Marlys Knuth Walter Pickhardt and Sandra Resnick Bryan and Kim Volk Barbara Forster and Lawrence Michael and Jeanne Kobs John and Margaret Pierce Brigadier General William D.R. Waff Hendrickson Ted and Marjorie Kolderie Mike and Linda Pirrotta and Reverend Kathleen C. Busby Tanya Foster Terry Kones Louise Plank Denise Wagner Edward and Erin Fox Linda Krach Laura Platt Frederick and Alice Wall William and Ruth Frenzel Skip and Sarah Krawczyk Molly and Ronald Poole Fund of Lee and Mary Jo Wall Jerry and Marjorie Fruin Lori and David Krieger The Minneapolis Foundation Charles and Susan Ward Dale and Ann Warner Faegre & Benson Foundation $250,000–499,999 Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. Marcus R. Waterbury Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Marney and Conley Brooks Comcast Steve and Carolyn Weiby H.B. Fuller Company Foundation Davisco Foods International, Inc. Judith A. Christensen Karen Weidner and Kurt Klotzbuecher HGA Architects and Engineers Julia W. Dayton Gertrude Esteros Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Welch Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation Greycoach Foundation Fort Snellling Memorial Chapel William and Diana Weller Mayo Clinic National Endowment for the Humanities Foundation Lois Welshons McNeely Foundation Marshall and Elizabeth Hatfield John and Annette Whaley MoneyGram Corporation $100,000–249,999 William A. King J. Kimball and Helen Whitney Pearson Education Alexandra Bjorklund The Knapp Family Kenneth and Norma Wilcox Realtors Housing Foundation, Inc. Mary Lee Dayton John Lavander and Nancy Owen Thomas A. Wilde Schwab Charitable Fund Hawley Family Foundation John and Maryanne Mauriel Frank and Frances Wilkinson Sherman Associates, Inc. Lewis W. Lehr Robert Maynard Leonard and Adelia Wilson St. Francis School Dusty and George Mairs Donald W. and Anne McCarthy John W. Windhorst, Jr. TCF Foundation J.G. and Margaret Ordway John and Jane Morrison Louis and Carole Winslow Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Schilling Glen and Marilyn Nelson Wren Withers Foundation The Scrooby Foundation John and Norma Paulson John and Delores Wood Tozer Foundation, Inc. Sundet Foundation Joachim F. Pusch Sally A.C. Wood UBS Financial Services, Inc. Jack and Ann Ruttger Bob and Nan Woodburn UMI Company, Inc. $50,000–99,999 Carl and Verna Schmidt Thomas and Sharon Wright Wal-Mart Foundation Arthur E. Anderson Foundation Irma Wyman Warren Foundation Athwin Foundation Ronald and Janet Schutz Donald and Jan-Suzanne Yaeger Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Margaret E. Spear Elaine Yost Sustaining: $500–999 Foundation Irene G. Steiner Robert and Lorene Youngquist Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Frey Foundation Andrew Yurista Catholic Community Foundation The Graco Foundation $250-999 Fergus Falls Noon Rotary Marbrook Foundation William and Suzanne Ammerman IBM Corporation Mardag Foundation Gordon B. Asselstine Land O’Lakes, Inc. Harry G. McNeely, Jr. Baillon Family Foundation, Inc. Corporations, Foundations Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Onan Family Foundation Laurie and David Dahl and Organizations PGN Foundation Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Julie Drake Ramsey Hill Association Foundation Howard A. Foster Guarantor: $25,000+ Spirit of Saint Paul Ken and Nina Rothchild Mary Ella Galbraith Cargill Foundation Thomson West The Southways Foundation Vincent Grundman Frank W. Veden Charitable Trust Wells Fargo History Museum Diane and Tony Hofstede General Mills Foundation Worcester Historical Museum $25,000–49,999 John Holten George A. MacPherson Fund Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Anne D. and Hadlai Hull Target Foundation Contributing: $250–499 Foundation Betty and Bob Johnson Touchstone Energy Cooperatives American Legion Post 234 Virginia D. Brooks Wilford F. and Jean F. Johnson Trust Delta Kappa Gamma Soc Intl. Charles and Carol Denny Patricia G. Kielb Benefactor: $15,000–24,999 District Energy Saint Paul, Inc. Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation Linda E. Krach RAFT Charitable Foundation GE Foundation Foundation Harold and Shirley Miller Target Corporation Indiana State Junior Grangers Elliot and Eloise Kaplan William E. Mullin Michaud Cooley Erickson Meadowood Foundation David W. Nelson and Susan Stuart Founder: $10,000–14,999 Mills Fleet Farm Raleigh P. and Barbara B. Nelson Joan K. O’Brien Agnes M. Bendorf Charitable Trust National Society of Colonial Dames of Robert and Carolyn Nelson Steven R. Sarafolean Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen America Edward C. and Virginia L. Stringer Brad and Angie Scheib Foundation New Century Club Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle Dave and Linda Simpkins Grand Rapids Area Community Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc. The Whitney Foundation Joan L. Thayer Foundation Symantec Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota Tapemark Company $10,000–24,999 The Southways Foundation Anonymous Partner: $5,000–9,999 WSB & Associates, Inc. John M. and Elizabeth W. Baker The following donors have made 3M Foundation Roger and Lois Carlson gifts in support of special initiatives Andersen Corporate Foundation The Walter S. and Elsa N. Carpenter that were completed in fiscal year Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation Family Foundation of Minnesota 2008 or are in process: Federated Insurance Companies Special Projects Community Foundation Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Carol Daniels and Richard Jacker ‘MN150’ Exhibition Foundation Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Federated Insurance Companies 3M Foundation Hardenbergh Foundation The Society has undertaken a $6 million Preston and Patricia Haglin Arctic Cat Inc. Hugh J. Andersen Foundation initiative to collect, preserve and tell F. Peter and Sally O. Herfurth Best Buy Co., Inc. Margaret Rivers Fund the stories of the men and women who Dr. William and Hella Mears Hueg BNSF Foundation The Minneapolis Foundation experienced the Great Depression, Huss Foundation Hardenbergh Foundation The National Grange World War II and the post-war boom Martin and Esther Kellogg Katherine B. Andersen Fund of Travelers Foundation years. This multi-faceted project will Arthur and Peggy Klobe The Saint Paul Foundation culminate with a major exhibition, Gloria Kuehn United Taconite LLC Leader: $2,500–4,999 “Minnesota’s Greatest Generation: Lorentzsen Family Trust Horizon Health The Depression, The War, The Boom,” Burt and Rosalyn McGlynn Richard Ferrell – Mill City Museum Imation opening in 2009. We gratefully Charles F. Murphy Collection Processing Northmarq Real Estate Services acknowledge the following donors for Donald W. Nyrop Ella P. Crosby Rahr Foundation their generous support of this project: Olseth Family Foundation David and Katherine Crosby RBC Foundation - USA Jerome and JoAnn Pederson T.M. and Ellie Crosby Securian Foundation $500,000+ Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Elizabeth C. Johnston Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen (History Channel) The Minneapolis Foundation The Valspar Foundation Foundation Paul and Mary Schilling Donaldson C. Pillsbury Katherine B. Andersen Fund of John S. Pillsbury, III Patron: $1,000–2,499 The Saint Paul Foundation $1,000–9,999 Eleanor and Frederick Winston Beefy Lawson Memorial Fund Inc. Betty Jayne and Kenneth H. Dahlberg Anime Twin Cities, Inc. Deluxe Corporation Foundation Robert and Alexandra Klas The Bibelot Shops Hill House Library/ Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Eugene C. and Gail V. Sit Foundation/ Elizabeth A. Biorn Den Furnishings Project Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc. Sit Investment Associates Caliber Foundation George and Joan Fischer Processing and Preserving of the Rosalie Hall Susan and Edwin McCarthy The John Nelson Fund for U.S./Dakota Hill Family Papers Daniel Hardy Beverly and Arlan Mercil War and Civil War Collections Grotto Foundation Alta Headley Robert and Marveen Minish The Louise D. Rose Fund for Processing Jerome Foundation, Inc. Sandra Hilary Richard Moe The Sibley Flandrau Stewart Fund for Northwest Area Foundation June and Lawrence Jessen Henry and Donna Morgan Museum Collections Gene Johnson Bill and Anne Parker The Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Rare Treasures from the Bishop Whipple Laura Johnson Robert and Joan Ripple Books Fund Collection Exhibition Eleanor Lindsay Southern Minnesota Historical Assembly The Henrietta W. Willius Conservation Fund Sharon and Terry Avent Tat Nason Leonard and Adelia Wilson Benjamin and Lynn Oehler Thomond O’Brien Thomas Winter Education Judith W. Oehler Al Piekarski Women’s Organization of MHS The Joseph S. and Jane Y. Micallef Susan and Jonathan Seltzer Alfred Sandvik Education Fund Evelyn Schwartau Knabe The Noel Fund for History Players Additional Special Projects Polly Shank The Jon A. and Delores J. Roeder The following donors contributed a Sarah-Maud Sivertsen Named Endowment Funds Fund for Education minimum of $250 to other special Arden Sperry The Society is grateful to the donors The Otto and Martha Schmaltz projects. Helen White who have established more than 110 Education Fund endowment funds. Named funds Blythe Brenden are invested separately and can be Exhibitions Columbus Memorial Association of created with a commitment or gift of The Marney and Conley Brooks Fund Saint Paul Tributes $50,000 or more. Pooled funds are for the History Center Judith and Richard Corson Gifts were received in honor of the invested with other endowment gifts The George W. Wells, Jr., and Mary Friends of the Minnesota State Capitol following individuals: to support a general program area Cobb Wells Exhibition Fund John and Martha Gabbert or historic site. Pooled funds can be James and Sharon Hale Annette Atkins created with a gift or commitment of Historic Preservation Institute of Museum and Library Services Cary Carson $10,000 or more. Funds starred were The Horace F. and Esther J. Chamberlain Judith Jones Diane Eagon newly created during fiscal year 2008. Fund for Historic Preservation Clyde R. Jorgenson Tim Glines For more information on setting up a The Mary E. Lahiff Historic Library of Congress Dick Hanson fund, please call 651-259-3121. Preservation Fund for Buildings Mark and Katarina Lovaas Mary Hoeve in Minneapolis National Historical Publications and Martha Kaemmer Unrestricted Funds The Charlie Nelson Fund for Historic Records Commission Anonymous Preservation Bob and Carolyn Nelson The Nina and John Archabal Fund The Otto and Martha Schmaltz Fund Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P. The Terry and Sharon Avent Fund for the Grey Cloud Island Lime Kiln Foundation MINNESOTA LEGACY The Julian B. Baird Fund Property Elizabeth L. Smith Minnesota Legacy recognizes The Isabella and Leo Capser Fund Alice and Fred Wall Family Foundation individuals who have made a provision The Anna E.R. Furness Fund Historic Sites—General Kathleen and William Wanner for the Society through their estate The Marshall R. and Elizabeth The Richard and Shirley DeLeo Fund F. Todd Warner plan, made an outright gift to the Hatfield Fund for Historic Sites Barbara T. West Society’s endowment fund or set The Donald and Gladys Henslin Fund The Gerald W. and Victoria K. Johnson Willmar Area Community Foundation up a named endowment fund at the The Helen Henton Fund Fund for Historic Sites Jason Wong Society. We are grateful to all of the The Martha and Art Kaemmer Fund The Vera Stanton Memorial Fund Alan R. Woolworth Minnesota Legacy members for their The Helen Katz Fund The Women’s Organization of the Margaret and Angus Wurtele generosity and foresight. To learn The Elsie A. Keasling Fund Minnesota Historical Society more about these opportunities or to The Fred and Elvina Mathison Fund Historic Sites Enhancement Fund see a full listing of Minnesota Legacy The Donald and Alice McIlrath Fund members, please call 651-259-3121. The Betty Scandrett Oehler Fund Historic Sites—Specific In-Kind Gifts The Raleigh P. and Barbara Nelson Fund Comstock House 3M Foundation Arthur Bergstrom and Alice Stelling The Glen and Inez Oehlke Family Fund The Comstock Memorial Fund for the Russ and Kathy Adams Charles and Earleen Hanson The E.M. Pearson Foundation Fund Comstock House Comcast Mavis E. Hogan The Julien Petit Fund Ron Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Humberger The Paul and Carolyn Verret Fund Forest History Center D’Amico Catering E. Neil and Marilyn Mattson The Evelyn Robinson Fund for the Little and Company Jon and Delores Roeder Collections Forest History Center Peace Coffee Richard and Carol Stahl An Anonymous Fund for Acquisition and Pham’s Deli Gertrude Willius Care of Three-Dimensional Objects James J. Hill House Produce Exchange C. Winston and Zora Chrislock An Anonymous Fund for Three- The Elisabeth W. Doermann Fund for Tapestry Folkdance Center Milton and Margie Woodhouse Dimensional Objects the James J. Hill House Rich Will The T.R. Anderson Rare Collections The Janet L. Erickson Hill House Fund Acquisitions Fund The Gertrude Hill Boeckmann Ffolliott The Ballinger/Boeder Fund for Fund for the James J. Hill House Endowment Donors Collections and Historic Sites Media Sponsors The Society is grateful to the The Arthur Franklin Bergstrom Fund Historic Forestville KARE 11 following donors who contributed a for Collections* The Florence Donohue Fund for Minnesota Public Radio minimum of $250 to the endowment The Josephine L. Darling Fund for Historic Forestville City Pages fund in fiscal year 2008. Preservation of Manuscripts Star Tribune The Lila Johnson Goff Collections Historic Fort Snelling KOZY-KMFY Radio Nina and John Archabal Endowment Fund The Noel Ann Ryan Fund Gretchen and George Beito The Loris Sofia Gregory Art Fund The Renata R. Winsor Fund for Dorothy Bennett The F.T. Gustavson Fund for Museum Historic Fort Snelling Jean Chesley Collections The Joseph and Marie Winter Family Memorials Carol Daniels and Richard Jacker The Ronald and Margaret Hubbs Fund for Fort Snelling Gifts were received in memory of the Richard V. DeLeo Collection Acquisition Fund following individuals: Frank C. Dowding The Carl and Helen W. Jones Fund for Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site Ruth G. Dyer Archives and Manuscripts The Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site David Bear Agnes A. Gerlach The Herschel V. Jones Collections Endowment Fund Marilyn Bockley Luverne Gustavson Acquisitions Fund Betty Foster Mavis E. Hogan The Jean R. Ljungkull Textile Fund Mille Lacs Indian Museum John R. Foster Carl and Janet Kuhrmeyer The Lydia Lucas Fund for Archives The Harry D. and Jeannette Ayer Fund Henrietta Glenn Elizabeth Mason and Library Processing for the Mille Lacs Museum Minnesota River Valley The George W. Neilson Fund for minnesota historical society minnesota historical society Historic Sites Northwestern Minnesota Board OF DIRECTORS HONORARY COUNCIL The Nel Schweiss Fund for Minnesota The John Newton and Julia Morrow River Valley Historic Sites Peyton Fund Officers Lowell C. Anderson Edward C. Stringer, President D.H. Ankeny Jr. Historical Subjects Sharon Avent, Vice President Charles W. Arnason The Eugenie M. Anderson Women in William R. Stoeri, Vice President Norbert Arnold Public Affairs Fund Named Pooled Endowment Nina M. Archabal, Secretary Edward W. Asplin The Atherton and Winifred Funds Missy Staples Thompson, Treasurer Earl Bakken (Wollaeger) Bean Fund for Bruce W. Bean Business History Forest History Center Executive Council Gretchen U. Beito The James Taylor Dunn Fund for St. The Richard and Carol Stahl Fund for Abbot Apter Marney B. Brooks Croix Valley History the Forest History Center* Nina Archabal Thomas C. Buckley The Harriet Thwing Holden Fund for Sharon Avent Mary Griggs Burke American Indian History Historic Fort Snelling Diane Berthel Clarke A. Chambers The Ken and Nina Rothchild Fund The Agnes Gerlach Fund for Historic Judith S. Corson Jean M. Chesley for Business History and Women’s Fort Snelling Mark Davis John B. Davis Jr. History The Robert Loring Jackson Fund for Luz Maria Frias Richard DeLeo The Joseph and Josephine Ruttger Historic Fort Snelling Ram Gada Charlton Dietz Descendants Fund James T. Hale Roland P. Dille The John, Bernice and Judy Sibley House Historic Site Ruth S. Huss Elisabeth W. Doermann Schwartau Fund for Agriculture The Dorothy M. Bennett Fund for Martha Kaemmer Hiram M. Drache and Rural Life Historic Sibley House Elliot S. Kaplan Carl B. Drake, Jr. The Robert and Marveen Minish Fund David A. Koch Elizabeth S. Driscoll Library Programs for the Sibley House David M. Larson Jeanne Dunsworth Anonymous (2) Mary Mackbee Richard L. Ferrell The Dorothy Hagen Kettner Fund for Split Rock Lighthouse Susan B. McCarthy Ardene L. Flynn Library and Archives The Allan L. Apter and Brenda J. Ion Bob Nelson Rhoda R. Gilman Fund for Split Rock Lighthouse Richard Nicholson Margaret L. Gunther Mill City Museum The Odyssey Development Ken Powell Marshall R. Hatfield Anonymous* Corporation Fund William R. Stoeri Robert E. Hess The Ed and Elly Asplin Fund for Mill Edward C. Stringer Margaret Hill City Museum Mill City Museum Missy Staples Thompson Roy O. Hoover The Charles H. and Lucy Winton Bell The Whitney Eastman Fund for Mill Kathy Tunheim Karen A. Humphrey Endowment Fund City Museum Paul Verret Lucy R. Jones The Chute Family Fund for Mill City The G. Richard Slade Fund for Mill Max M. Kampelman Museum City Museum Ex-Officio Council Members Lucile M. Kane The Sage and John Cowles Fund Tim Pawlenty, Governor Sylvia C. Kaplan The Paul S. and Aileen M. Gerot Fund Oral History Carol Molnau, Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth S. MacMillan for Mill City Museum The Rodney N. Searle Fund for Oral Mark Ritchie, Secretary of State George Mairs The Morrison Family Fund for Mill City History Lori Swanson, Attorney General E. Neil Mattson Museum Rebecca Otto, State Auditor Mary Ann McCoy The Jan and Bill Spoor Fund Photography Donald C. McIlrath, M.D. The Harrison Hayes Whiting Fund The Virginia P. Moe Fund for the Appointed Management Joseph S. Micallef Acquisition and Preservation of Nina Archabal, Director and Chief Richard Moe Publications Historic Photographs Executive Officer Walter F. Mondale The Elmer L. and Eleanor Andersen Michael Fox, Deputy Director, Historic Richard T. Murphy Sr. Publications Fund Processing Programs and Education Dr. Larry G. Osnes The June D. Holmquist Publications and The Kathryn A. Johnson Fund for Andrea Hart Kajer, Deputy Director, Fred Perez Research Fund Manuscript Processing External Relations Julien V. Petit The Frank Dowding Mirador Fund Cassie Cramer, Director, Development Ruth Reister for the Minnesota History Quarterly Public Affairs Pat Gaarder, Director, Human Kennon V. Rothchild Journal of the Minnesota Historical The Richardson B. Okie Fund for Resources and Volunteer Services Curtis L. Roy Society Public Affairs Robert Horton, Director, Library, Ramedo J. Saucedo The Henry and Donna Morgan Fund for Publications, and Collections Rodney N. Searle Research and Publications Special Funds Chuck Irrgang, Chief Financial Officer, Janet R. Shapiro The Don Nyrop Fund in Honor of the Finance and Administration Eugene C. Sit Special Funds Great People He Worked With David Kelliher, Director, Government Robert J. Sivertsen Anonymous (2) While President of Northwest Relations F.L. Spanier The Earl E. Bakken Fund for Creativity Airlines, 1954-1984* Bill Keyes, Director, Historic Sites & William H. Spoor and Innovation Museums Walter N. Trenerry The Marney and Conley Brooks Fund Rose Sherman, Director, Enterprise Emily Anne Tuttle for Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Tech and Business Development Ret. Gen. John Vessey The Charles E. Flandrau Research Dan Spock, Director, History Center Vernell Wabasha Leave Fund Museum Hon. Rosalie Wahl The Mavis E. Hogan Fund for Lory Sutton, Director, Marketing and Lorenzo D. Williams Genealogical Research Communications John J. Wood The Lenore Jesness Fund for Genealogical Research The Kuhrmeyer Family Fund for Information Technology The Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Fund The Stans Lectureship Fund

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