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COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION & EXHIBITS RCHS SERVES THOUSANDS OF RESEARCHERS ANNUALLY THROUGH ITS MARY LIVINGSTON GRIGGS & MARY GRIGGS BURKE RESEARCH CENTER. RCHS PRESERVES MORE THAN 4.5 MILLION ITEMS, PRIMARILY ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS AND IMAGES THROUGH THE RESEARCH CENTER AND WEBSITE. IN THE PAST YEAR RCHS ADDED HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS TO ITS COLLECTIONS. IT ALSO CREATED THE EXHIBIT 50 YEARS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (MN) CHAPTER OF THE LINKS, INCORPORATED 1972-2022 AND CONTINUED DIGITIZING ITS BUILDING PERMIT COLLECTION.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$442.2KPublic Programs & Gibbs Farm
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & GIBBS FARM 27 HISTORY REVEALED PROGRAMS WERE HELD, VIRTUALLY ALL DELIVERED ONLINE. AT GIBBS FARM ABOUT 9,000 STUDENTS ATTENDED FIELD TRIPS IN TWO PARTIAL SEASONS. DIGITAL PROGRAMS AND OFF-SITE PROGRAMMING REACHED THOUSANDS MORE. RCHS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED TWO WINTER FIELD TRIP PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE EXPANDED IN 2023. ADULT PROGRAMMING AT GIBBS FARM WAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED TO 20 PROGRAMS. IN A TYPICAL YEAR, GIBBS FARM SERVES MORE THAN 15,000 STUDENTS AND THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$502.1KMagazine and Publications
MAGAZINE AND PUBLICATIONS RCHS PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES OF RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORY MAGAZINE DURING THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR. ARTICLES INCLUDED: TRAVELING WITHOUT AGGRAVATION: HOW VICTOR H. GREEN CHANGED TRAVEL FOR BLACK AMERICANS: GREEN BOOK LOCATIONS IN THE HISTORIC RONDO COMMUNITY (1940-1956), AUTHOR: NIEETA L. PRESLEY; BOB BROWN: "PAINT WHAT YOU SEE", AUTHOR: PAUL NELSON; ALL HAIL YOUNG HISTORIANS: MINNESOTA REPRESENTED AT NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2022, AUTHOR: MEREDITH CUMMINGS; ADDRESSING THE "TRUST GAP" HARMING HISTORY IN THE TWIN CITIES, AUTHOR: CHAD P. ROBERTS; SIX DECADES MAKING MUSIC AND MEMORIES: MINNESOTA BOYCHOIR, AUTHOR: BARBARA W. SOMMER; THE MAN AND THE CAN: PATRICK J. TOWLE AND THE ST. PAUL ORIGINS OF LOG CABIN SYRUP, AUTHOR: MATHEW M. THOMAS; FIFTY YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP CONNECTED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE: THE MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL (MN) CHAPTER OF THE LINKS, INCORPORATED, AUTHOR: MARION JONES KENNON; FORGOTTEN TO TIME? THE SEARCH FOR SCOTTIE PRIMUS DAVIS, AUTHOR: STEVE TRIMBLE; OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL/OUR LADY OF PEACE: TWO NAMES, DECADES OF DAILY MERCY, AND INNUMERABLE BLESSINGS AT ST. PAUL'S FREE HOSPICE HOME, AUTHOR: CHRISTINA CAPECCHI; TIKKUN OLAM: JEWISH WOMEN SERVING THEIR ST. PAUL COMMUNITY AUTHOR: KATE DIETRICK, GABRIELLE HORNER, AND JANET KAMPF; CLOSING THE BOOK: THE JAMES JEROME HILL REFERENCE LIBRARY, 1921-2021 AUTHOR: EILEEN MCCORMACK; HOW IT STARTED; HOW IT'S GOING: LAND O'LAKES CELEBRATES TEN DECADES OF INNOVATION, AUTHOR: KAREN MELLOTT-FOSIER; GROWING UP HMONG IN THE TWIN CITIES: GATHERINGS FROM BEFORE, AUTHOR: KAO KALIA YANG; AND THE AESTHETICS OF BRIDGE DESIGN: A PAEAN TO TWO OF ST. PAUL'S ELEGANT PARK BRIDGES, AUTHOR: CHRISTINE PODAS-LARSON. RCHS PUBLISHED A NEW BOOK, GRASSHOPPERS IN MY BED: LILLIE BELLE GIBBS - 1877, AUTHOR TERRY SWANSON AND ILLUSTRATOR PEGGY STERN. FINALLY THE MARCH OF THE GOVERNORS PODCAST SERIES HAS CONTINUED TO BE PRODUCED THROUGHOUT 2022.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$119.5K
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