Skip global navigation
St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

Learning Resources and Technology Services home Learning Resources and Technology Services home
Learning Resources and Technology Services home Library resources Technology resources Instruction resources Service and building hours About Learning Resources and Technology Services

University Archives and Special Collections

Miller Center, Room 314

720 Fourth Avenue South
St. Cloud MN 56301-4498
Phone: 320.308.4753
Fax: 320.308.5623
e-mail: archives@stcloudstate.edu

The Archives

Mission

About the Archives

Records retention schedule (PDF)

Index

Collections

Minnesota Authors Manuscripts Collection

Sinclair Lewis

MEMO Equipment Archive

Digital

Exhibits

University Records


The University Archives preserves the official records of, and information about, St. Cloud State University. Included are theses, catalogs, yearbooks, and other SCSU publications, as well as records, for example, of the President, Academic Affairs, Athletics, and Administrative Affairs. Finding aids and indexes are available for portions of the collections and The University Chronicle student newspaper.

The University Archives also houses and manages the archives of the state InterFaculty Organization, the SCSU Faculty Association, the Minnesota Educational Media Organization, the Minnesota Business Educators, Inc. and the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange.

Other Records

The William Lindgren Asian Art Collection

The Lindgren collection contains art and artifacts collected and donated by a former SCSU faculty member during the years following WWII through the 1970s. Countries represented include China, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tibet. Other materials include books, posters and slides. A complete inventory is available in print.

The Don Boros Theatre Collection

This is a large collection of first edition plays, hundreds of original playbills, letters, manuscripts, photographs and other theatrical memorbilia. Boros, an alumnus of SCSU, donated the collection in 1994. A joint venture by the SCS University Foundation, the Theatre Department, and Learning Resources, it is to form the nucleus of a theatre research collection.

Minnesota Authors Manuscripts Collection

The Minnesota Authors Manuscripts Collection consists of materials by and about several authors with ties to central Minnesota and the St. Cloud area. Each of the authors has signed a donor agreement with St. Cloud State University and the University Archives. These are ongoing collections in most instances and others will be added to in the future.

Sinclair Lewis

The University Archives is fortunate to have a wealth of material relating to the world-famous author Sinclair Lewis, who was born in Sauk Center, Minnesota. These collections include: Lewis Family Papers, Papers of Ida Kay Comptom, and the Hubert Irey Gibson Collection of Sinclair Lewis. The Gibson collection, containing drafts of the Lewis play/novel The Jayhawker, was gifted to St. Cloud State University in October 2007.

 

Minnesota Educational Media Organization Equipment Archive

The MEMO Equipment Archive is a collection of early to recently-outdated audiovisual equipment used in Minnesota Schools and Colleges before the Internet and microcomputers consolidated audiovisual presentations into unified, digital-based technologies, all produced and presented by computer-based equipment. This archive provides the visitor with a look into the past, where each presentation mode required a separate piece of equipment, and it provides the seasoned professional with a perspective by which to appreciate, or, perhaps criticize, contemporary technologies.