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A Reminder: Annual Dinner Sunday

Posted on September 21, 2012 by mchs| Leave a comment

A reminder for those who’ve made reservations: The Morrison County Historical Society’s annual dinner is this Sunday, September 23, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. at The Brickyard Bar & Banquet Hall in Pierz, Minnesota. The Brickyard is located at 214 Main Street South.

The Pierz High School Jazz Players will be performing between 5:30 and 6:00. Dinner will be served at 6:00, with the annual meeting and program to follow. The menu includes baked chicken, roast beef, mashed potatoes & gravy, steamed carrots, dinner roll, and dessert.

Tim Hoheisel is our guest speaker. He will be talking about Father Pierz’s influence on German immigration to the central Minnesota region. We will also be featuring our project to “Save the Pierz Journals.”

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MCHS Annual Dinner 2012

Posted on August 29, 2012 by mchs| Leave a comment

The Morrison County Historical Society will be hosting its Annual Dinner on Sunday, September 23, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. at The Brickyard Bar & Banquet Hall in Pierz, MN. The location of the dinner is no accident as the program is “All About Pierz.”

Tim Hoheisel, a native of Buckman, Executive Director of the Sioux Falls Arts Council, and doctoral candidate in American History at Kansas State University, will be our guest speaker. He will examine the impact of Father Pierz on the settlement of central Minnesota, the immigration of German Catholics to the area, and the state, national and international significance of the central Minnesota German Catholic culture region.

MCHS will also be showcasing its “Save the Pierz Journals” project during the event. Those in attendance will hear about the history of the project and will see the beginning results of having MCHS’s collection of Pierz Journal newspapers digitized. The event will also give people an opportunity to donate toward the project. So far, close to $2,000 has been raised, with the goal being $30,000 toward digitizing years 1909 through 1924.

The cost of the MCHS Annual Dinner is $20 per person. Reservations are required by September 18, 2012, and can be made by calling 320-632-4007.

Here is a link to the event flier, which includes the menu for the evening.

 

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Matching Grant Offered to Save the Pierz Journals

Posted on June 26, 2012 by mchs| 1 Comment

Every newspaper produced contains invaluable historical information. Unfortunately, due to the poor quality of the paper they are printed on, newspapers are not easy to preserve in their original form. In order to save the content, historical organizations need to capture images of past newspapers. This used to occur through microfilm technology; now it occurs through digitization.

The Morrison County Historical Society has been working with the Minnesota Digital Library to digitize a large collection of bound volumes of the Pierz Journal newspaper in its collections through a project called “Save the Pierz Journals.” This digitization is imperative because the newspapers have deteriorated to the point where the public no longer has access to them and only a few were microfilmed over the years.

Because of the size of the collection, the cost to digitize half of the Pierz Journals is $30,000. To date, the Morrison County Historical Society has raised $1,325 for the project. The Morrison County Genealogy Society has promised to donate another $300 toward the project if private donors will match the amount. Contributions can be made online at the Morrison County Historical Society’s website, http://morrisoncountyhistory.org/ via the GiveMN.org button or by mailing a check to MCHS at PO Box 239, Little Falls, MN 56345, with a note in the memo line that it is a matching donation.

Thus far the Minnesota Digital Library has digitized volumes between 1909 and 1913. These newspapers can be accessed at MDL’s Minnesota Reflections website: http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/.

For more information, contact the Morrison County Genealogy Society at 320-632-2375 or the Morrison County Historical Society at 320-632-4007.

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