Center Partnerships

Community Projects

The Research Center works closely with the Iron Range historical community. It provides research and project assistance to historical societies and community history groups. Examples of partnerships include community history books, oral history projects, photograph copying and duplication, exhibits, celebrations and metal photo outdoor historical plaques.

Education

An extensive collection of primary and secondary source materials is available to students, scholars, local and regional historians and genealogists. Collection descriptions and inventories are available by clicking here, or at the Research Center.

More information on using the collection in the classroom or how to use our collections, including presentations and tours, is available by contacting the Education Coordinator Jennifer.rian@ironworld.com

Partnerships /Cooperation

Mutually beneficial partnerships that enhance the preservation and are important to the Research Center. The Range Genealogical Society is a non-profit 501 C3 volunteer organization, which supplies research assistance to center patrons, conducts indexing projects and purchases materials for the library.
Chapter 119, National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni assists the Research Center in the collection of materials that document the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota. 

Local and regional historical societies and the Research Center share information and resources to promote Iron Range history and heritage.

Iron Range Genealogical Society

The Range Genealogy Society is Minnesota's oldest genealogical society, founded in 1968. The Society and the Research Center entered into a partnership agreement in 1982. The Society deposited its extensive book and obituary collection at the Research Center. Society members volunteer in the reading room and with special projects. A 501-C3 organization, the Society raises funds to purchase genealogical reference material for the library. The Society also co-sponsors the annual Digging for Your Roots Genealogical Conference. The Society holds its regular monthly meeting at the Research Center.

Chapter 119, National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni

The Civilian Conservation Corps, a Franklin Delano Roosevelt New Deal program established more than 100 camps in Minnesota from 1932-1941. Over 80,000 young men between the ages of 18-25 served in the forest and soil conservation camps across the state, engaging in a variety of conservation and public works projects. 

Chapter 119 and the Research Center began a partnership in 1983 with a special exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the CCC's. This partnership established the Minnesota CCC History Center at Ironworld, allowed the Research Center to collect thousands of CCC photographs and to acquire a complete set of CCC company newsletters for the library. Monthly meetings and an annual reunion are held at Ironworld.

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