Minnesota History Player: Harriet Bishop

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$264

Project of

Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

February 2015

End Date

February 2015

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Faribault

Project Overview

The Minnesota Historical Society brought their History Player, Harriet Bishop, St Paul’s first public school teacher to the Parker Oaks Communities in Winnebago. For the past couple of years we have had a different History Player every February in the evening. We ran into trouble with the weather and road conditions, so we decided to try an afternoon program at the local nursing home/assisted living because many senior citizens have lunch and fellowship at Parker Oaks around midday. This program involved costume, artifacts and great oral storytelling. An Auxiliary meeting was schedule for this same time, but the ladies decided to come to our program first and have a short meeting after. This actually worked out in our favor because many more new people were introduced to the History Player.

Project Details

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$264

Other Funds Leveraged

$255

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We anticipated that the majority in attendance would learn something about Minnesota History,
enjoy the program and at least half of them would be interested in coming to another program like this.

Measurable Outcome(s)

This librarian observed interest and enjoyment on the audience’s faces. Good questions were asked during and after the program. Audience members enjoyed passing around the artifacts and telling stories about their own stitching samples and quilting and the schoolbooks used when they were in a one room school house.
Several people asked me when the next program will be. Nine surveys were returned.
9/9 answered YES – Did you enjoy coming to the program today?
9/9 answered YES – Did you learn something new?
5 YES – 3 – MAYBE – 1 – NO – Will you come to the library for more materials about Minnesota?
What did you like best about this program?
Very informative
All so nice!
This history of education in MN
stories
interesting facts shared
learning about Minnesota and what it was like for women at that time
The quilts of the day and their different stitches
shared objects & slides

Source of Additional Funds

Minnesota Historical Society – presenting program about Harriet Bishop
Muir Library – event organization, marketing, helping set-up, providing book displays, providing technology services
Parker Oaks Communities Inc. – hosting program, setting up chairs
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