More College History Online

On April 1, 1943, Minnesota State Teachers College became the home of the 346th College Training Detachment of the Army Air Force, part of the AAF’s College Training Program. Sixteen “squadrons” of Army Air Force cadets were trained at MSTC over the life of the 346th. RED, MSUM’s institutional repository, has just uploaded its copies of “The Guidon,” which documented […]

2017 Fall Semester Hours for the MSUM Archives

The MSUM Archives is now open Monday and Wednesday from 12:30–4:30 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. The Archives is closed on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and any time the Livingston Lord Library is closed. Due to limited staffing, please make appointments for research in advance by emailing archives@mnstate.edu or calling 218-477-2346. Reference questions will be […]

Unique item added to RED

RED, MSUM’s digital repository, has just added an item so unique that even the Minnesota Historical Society doesn’t have a copy: Minutes of meetings of the Presidents of the Minnesota State Teachers Colleges, 1927-1942. These were the years of the Great Depression, leading up to the Second World War. State Teachers Colleges in Minnesota were exploring the professionalization of their […]

2017 Summer Session Hours for the MSUM Archives

MSUM Archives is now open Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The archives is closed on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and anytime the Livingston Lord Library is closed. Due to limited staffing over the summer, please make appointments for research visits by emailing archives@mnstate.edu or calling 218-477-2346. Reference questions […]