User:Mnhs

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