This is a user account the
Minnesota Historical Society (
web site).
MNHS Resources
- Collections Online
- Digitized Map Collection
- Collections Up Close Podcast and Blog
- Library Finding Aids
- History Topics
- Minnesota Immigrant Oral Histories
- Placeography
- Minnesota Digital Newspaper Project
- Minnesota History Journal PDFs from 2003 back to the first issue in 1915.
- MNHS Press Searchable Book Pages, Catalogs
- More Online Resources
Flickr Images
Some nice resource links for CC share-a-like photos on Museums and Historic sites:
- Minnesota Historical Society main Flickr account This is more hit and miss but many photos can still be found under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.
- Minnesota Local History & State Historic Preservation Office Most images are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic.
- Minnesota State Capitol Most images are under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.
- Split Rock Lighthouse Check licensing carefully - some under Creative Commons, but most are copyrighted.
- Mill City Museum As of this time, most images are under copyright
Other local Resources
- Surveyor Maps and Field Survey Notes made prior to settlement of Minnesota - Minnesota Geopatial Information Office