By: Amy Dalrymple, INFORUM Minnesota State University Moorhead preserved a piece of history Friday. A replica of a 95-year-old time capsule discovered during construction last year was put back in its original spot, along with some additional relics. Darrell Rowe, the outgoing president of the MSUM Alumni Foundation, said he was honored to return the time capsule to the cornerstone […]
By: Amy Dalrymple, INFORUM The bell tower never went up. A Minnesota State University Moorhead president went down. And a student body united to pave the way for what is now Comstock Memorial Union. That 1958 story will be featured in a panel discussion Friday about student activism with alumni from that era. “We always like to think the rebellious […]
The Archives Department has several boxes of used, letter-size hanging file folders, as well as a few legal-size hanging file folders, to give away. We also have used, letter-size file folders plus various sizes of 3-ring binders. If you have a need for any of these items, please email selzler@mnstate.edu by February 1. Items will be tossed after that date.
Terry Shoptaugh, MSUM archivist and librarian, has received the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) Bronze Medal for 2010 for his book, They Were Ready: The 164th Infantry in the Pacific War. MWSA recognizes its members and their creative works at an awards banquet during their annual conference. All awards recipients will be honored at the MWSA’s conference, Sept. 30 […]
When the stonemason tapped the exterior of Weld Hall where it was connected to Lommen Hall in 1955, he didn’t hear the “chunk” of solid limestone, but a hollow sound. Something was inside. When the stone was pulled from the wall, it revealed a copper-plated zinc sheet metal box. Within minutes project manager Brenda Norris and vice president Dan Kirk […]