NEWS & INFORMATION

FALL CONFERENCE & 2008 ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION - Posted 9 May 2008
Year three of the disaster planning series being done in conjunction with the Midwest Arts Convervation Center will take place Friday, October 3 at the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud. The annual meeting of the Alliance will also be held at this conference.

Brochures will be mailed at the end of August and posted on this web site. A reminder you need not have attended the first two workshops to participate in part three. All are welcome.

PRESERVATION ALLIANCE RELEASES "10 MOST ENDANGERED LIST" - Posted 9 May 2008
The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota has released its 10 Most Endangered Historic Places list for 2008. The list includes at least one return entry and a new twist on what some might consider "historic." For more information, contact the Preservation Alliance.

SPRING 2008 CONFERENCE DETAILS - Updated 6 May 2008
Our thanks to Claudia Nicholson and the North Star Museum of Boy & Girl Scouting in North St. Paul for hosting the spring conference.

The theme of the conference is It's All Digital To Me, the intersection of technology and photography/videos/other archival items as it relates to museums. A great deal of information was shared. Links to some of the speakers and their projects will be posted shortly.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE SECTION RETURNS FEBRUARY 6 - Posted 3 January 2008
The legislative update section of the Alliance web site will return on February 6. With this being a non-budget year, there may not be much action, but if a bonding bill does come forward, we will keep track of any projects that might be of interest to our readers. Stay tuned for more info later.

MHS ANNOUNCES DATES & SITES FOR 2008 LOCAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS - Posted 9 January 2008
The Outreach Services office at MHS has announced the dates and sites for the 2008 local history workshops. They are:
     March 28 - Washington County Historic Courthouse, Stillwater
     April 11 - Harmony Area Historical Society, Harmony
     April 25 - Chippewa County Historical Society, Montivideo
     May 9 - Cook County Historical Society, Grand Marais
     May 19 - Marshall County Historical Society, Warren.
The theme of the conferences are Systems for Success. For more information or a registration form, contact David Grabitske.

NEW GIS WEBSITE TO LINK TO HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT MAPS - Posted 8 August 2007
The Minnesota Historical Society and the Land Management Information Center have joined up to create a groundbreaking new GIS website designed to link historical content with Minnesota's existing GIS maps.

The website, called True North: Mapping Minnesota's History, integrates more than 200 Minnesota map layers and remote databases into a savvy GIS tool.

The website was designed with 4-12 grade teachers and students in mind, but offers a valuable new tool for researchers across the state. Users can choose to view, overlay, re-color, and print the maps, and the site automatically links the thematic maps to historic resources such as photographs and archival material.

The website will be formally launched in October, but is available now. To see a version of the website still in development, visit: http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/ghol/.

To offer feedback or request information related to the Education aspects of True North, contact Nancy O'Brien Wagner at: nancyobwagner@hotmail.com, and for historic GIS related questions email: Lesley.Kadish@mnhs.org.

DAUGHTERS OF THE GAME PROGRAM AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS - Posted 29 November 2006
Daughters of the Game - The First Era of Minnesota Girls High School Basketball, 1891-1942

This is a book tailor-made for historical societies and anyone who believes that history should be preserved and respected.

The book is full of stories told by women who played high school girls basketball at the turn of the century and on into the 1930s when teams were dropped because of the notion that recreational activities would be more wholesome and open to more girls than competitive teams. You can hear their voices as the women tell of how they rode trains, sleighs and bobsleds to games, played in the town halls, dodged pillars, spectators' feet and hot stoves. Through it all, they loved playing their favorite game of basketball.

Co-authors, Marian Bemis Johnson and Dorothy E. McIntyre, come from a background of teaching and enjoy presenting this material to audiences. If you wish to contact them to present at one of your meetings, call: 952/200-4065 or email: McJohnPublishing@comcast.net. Their website is: www.daughtersofthegame.com.

For references regarding their presentation, contact societies in Winona, Steele County, Rapidan, Blue Earth County, St. James, Cottonwood County, and Cokato.

COLLECTIONS INITIATIVE MANUALS & DVDS
As of August 1, 2006, there are NO manuals remaining. No new copies will be printed. A DVD of teleconference highlights has been compiled. Complimentary copies were sent to institutions and individuals who participated. Extra copies are available at $40 each. Contact Mike Worcester to order the DVD copy.