We are moving our archival materials to the MAC this winter. Hopefully by organizing and storing them in a year round accessible building, research and future projects will be made a little easier to complete.
New photos of early Cut Knife residents have been recently donated and are being added to the digital collection. Included in these was a photo of an early business as well.
If you have any photos that you think may add to our pictoral record of the history of the area, we encourage you to let us add them to the archives.
We are also looking for photos of elevators of the Cut Knife area (Rockhaven, Wilbert, Newby, Tatsfield, Carruthers, Baldwinton, etc.) to complete a new display next summer.
Any information on Station Masters and Dray men would be appreciated.
different cultures...prairie neighbours
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Grant Writing...
We are in the middle of the annual grant writing marathon. It is not the most exciting task to complete, but in some respects, very satisfying. The task of looking back over the last year's accomplishments can be a good thing. It makes one truly realize the amount of work that is done at a small museum by our volunteers.
Instead of doing a total 'guess-timate' of the volunteer hours, we asked each of our volunteers to keep track of his/her hours. Our Volunteer Coordinator, our answering machine, and e-mail has been utilized to gather all of the statistics.
There has been an effort to write down all of the museum task/ job descriptions that our volunteers are asked to do. It is much easier to find a volunteer if the job is clearly described and there is a beginning and an end. There is a fear that once one falls into the bottomless pit of volunteerism at the museum, one is doomed to be there for life. There are examples where this has happened, so the fear was not unfounded.
Bravo to everyone who was brave enough to take on a task at our museum last year. We accomplished so much.
The total number of volunteer hours hasn't been tallied yet, but even the preliminary numbers are amazing!
There are a lot of other museums that are also grant writing, noting all of their volunteer hours, trying to present their museum in the best possible way, wishing they were doing anything but this activity, hoping that the results will be successful and profitable, and dreaming that next year's grants will be a little easier to write. Sigh....
Good luck to you all!
Instead of doing a total 'guess-timate' of the volunteer hours, we asked each of our volunteers to keep track of his/her hours. Our Volunteer Coordinator, our answering machine, and e-mail has been utilized to gather all of the statistics.
There has been an effort to write down all of the museum task/ job descriptions that our volunteers are asked to do. It is much easier to find a volunteer if the job is clearly described and there is a beginning and an end. There is a fear that once one falls into the bottomless pit of volunteerism at the museum, one is doomed to be there for life. There are examples where this has happened, so the fear was not unfounded.
Bravo to everyone who was brave enough to take on a task at our museum last year. We accomplished so much.
The total number of volunteer hours hasn't been tallied yet, but even the preliminary numbers are amazing!
There are a lot of other museums that are also grant writing, noting all of their volunteer hours, trying to present their museum in the best possible way, wishing they were doing anything but this activity, hoping that the results will be successful and profitable, and dreaming that next year's grants will be a little easier to write. Sigh....
Good luck to you all!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
New Park Additions
Two beautiful park benches have been added to Tomahawk Park. The Knights of Columbus/Catholic Women's League sponsored the one in front of the Duvall House. The Paziuk Family sponsored the one that is half way between the Tomahawk and the Duvall House along the new walking path.
Both were made and put in place by Rose City Memorials. Great work guys!
Take a walk in the park and rest awhile on the ben
ches to enjoy the wonderful fall weather.
Also there are some new picnic tables in the campground.
These were constructed by dedicated volunteers.
Thanks Mel!
Both were made and put in place by Rose City Memorials. Great work guys!
Take a walk in the park and rest awhile on the ben
ches to enjoy the wonderful fall weather.Also there are some new picnic tables in the campground.
These were constructed by dedicated volunteers.
Thanks Mel!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Fall Happenings
The doors may be closed, but work is still being done at the museum.
Signage for the outside machinery display has been constructed.
The Duvall House exterior has had more work done. (The interior has had lots of painting over the summer. A tank for grey water was put into place. Thanks everyone!)
More new picnic tables have been constructed for the park.
The new archives area in the MAC has been started. This will bring our many resources of photographs, newspapers, books, and other paper archives in to a heated building where we (and the public) can access it year round.
Cataloguing many new artifacts has begun.
The paperwork that needs to be done to complete our commitment of summer employee grants has been worked on.
And we are beginning to complete the next round of grant application.
Signage for the outside machinery display has been constructed.
The Duvall House exterior has had more work done. (The interior has had lots of painting over the summer. A tank for grey water was put into place. Thanks everyone!)
More new picnic tables have been constructed for the park.
The new archives area in the MAC has been started. This will bring our many resources of photographs, newspapers, books, and other paper archives in to a heated building where we (and the public) can access it year round.
Cataloguing many new artifacts has begun.
The paperwork that needs to be done to complete our commitment of summer employee grants has been worked on.
And we are beginning to complete the next round of grant application.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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