University Archives and Special Collections
Digital Exhibits and Historical Compilations
Historical Compilations
The University Archives will periodically post historical compilations on St. Cloud State events, people, and buidlings.
- Historic Timeline, 1866-2009+
The timeline focuses on people, events, and buildings, anything that caught our eye as interesting. Some of the highlights are serious, some silly, and some surprising. The timeline will be updated periodically.
Digital Exhibits
Over time, the University Archives will present digital exhibits to highlight the history of St. Cloud State. That history is rich, chronicling the time as a school to train teachers to becoming a large state university with a diverse student body.
Some exhibits will be fun and light-hearted; others will be more serious. Enjoy!
- Hail to the Chief! Presidents of St. Cloud State University, 1869-2009
An easy guide to the men and women who have served St. Cloud State over the past 140 years.
- St. Cloud State University Buildings: The Faces Behind the Places
Who was Lawrence Hall named after? What about Atwood? Or Kiehle? Familiar names to all at St. Cloud State, but who are the faces behind the places? Learn a little more about the buildings that we see, visit, and learn in everyday.
- The Annual Normalia: An Early Look at St. Cloud State
Curious to see what life was like at St. Cloud State in the early 20th century? Check out two volumes of the annual issue of The Normalia for academic years 1902/03 and 1903/04.
- The Talahi: Yearbook of St. Cloud State
The most popular name of the yearbook, which was printed from 1923 to 1998, the Talahi provides a peak into campus happenings from the student perspective for 75 years. See editions from academic years 1922/23, 1925/26, and 1941/42.
University Communications has created several slideshows using images from Archives.
- Gallery of University Presidents
A slideshow featuring portraits of all past St. Cloud State presidents.
- St. Cloud State University: Photos Through the Years
A slideshow featuring aerial and campus shots of the St. Cloud State campus from the past 140 years.
- Remembering Robert Bess
A slideshow remebering and honoring St. Cloud State interim president Robert Bess, who served from 1992 to 1995.
