College and Lutheran Church Archives

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  • Keeping in Touch – Gustavus Postcards

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    jjenson

    The College and Lutheran Church Archives have brought you another exciting display! “Postcards from Gustavus Adolphus College” consists of many postcards that feature the college and the St. Peter community. Come and see what you can learn about how Gusties and our campus have changed in the last 150 years! You may be surprised at…

  • Digital Gustavus

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    jjenson

    Digital Gustavus There are many exciting and new digital products being created and offered by the College and Lutheran Church Archives here at Gustavus. For example, you can browse nearly 500 digitized photographs going back to the 1800s, read civil war letters, study World War I propaganda posters, peruse campus maps from bygone years, listen to…

  • Archives Hours

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    jjenson

    The College and Lutheran Church Archives will be open extended hours this semester. We owe our thanks to Reverend Reuben and Edith M. Ford for an endowment supporting the Lutheran Church Archives. Adrianna Darden, the Archives Specialist, will be working an additional four hours each week. Hours for Spring Semester 2011 Monday – 8:00-Noon and…

  • Gusties are in the House! (and Senate) – Display

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    jjenson

    Several Gustavus Adolphus alumni and a faculty member were very successful in the past election on November 2nd. Come see the new display brought to you by the College and Lutheran Church Archives, “Gusties in Minnesota Legislature.” The display features five former students (Mindy Greiling, David Hann, Kory Kath, Ted Lillie, and Paul Torkelson) and one current…

  • College Photographs

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    jjenson

    The College and Lutheran Church Archives has released a photo database documenting the college from the 1800s to the modern era. Currently, this resource contains 300 images from our main photograph collection. New content appears somewhat regularly. The archives retain thousands of images, and the primary limitation to adding additional photographs is time. Researchers and…

  • You Want to Be an Archivist: Requiem for a Dream

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    jjenson

    Here is a wonderful video about the reality, well sort of reality, of the archives profession and being an archivist. If you view life through the lens of “tough love” and think being an archivist would be the best thing ever, you’ll love this eye-opening production. Why you shouldn’t become an archivist by Rebecca Goldman and…

  • Archives Renovation: A Brave New World

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    jjenson

    The College and Lutheran Church Archives has been, for the most part, in its current location since the opening of the second Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library in late 1972. During that last thirty-eight years many items have been collected. Thousands of acid-free boxes serve as home to the unique documents, photographs, recordings, and numerous other…

  • Armistice Day Blizzard at Gustavus

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    jjenson

    Today is the anniversary of the Armistice Day Blizzard of November 1940. The Monday started much like today with unseasonably warm temperatures that had climbed to the low 60s during the afternoon. However, the weather changed quickly and temperatures dropped by 40 degrees over the next several hours. A large and powerful winter storm rolled…

  • Archives Insider

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    jjenson

    As a new academic year begins, I thought I’d give an update and a bit of inside information. Regular open hours will be on the following days. Monday, 8:00-noon and 1:00-4:30 Tuesday, 8:00-noon and 1:00-4:30 Wednesday, 8-noon Please contact archives staff if you are unable to visit during these hours. We are located directly above the main…

  • Past and Present Gustavus Buildings – Display

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    jjenson

    A new addition is being added to the Gustavus campus! Literally! Construction of the “New Academic Building” is underway, and to keep with the theme, the College and Lutheran Church Archives have brought you a new display, “Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes: Buildings at Gustavus.” The display chronicles how particular buildings at the college have changed, progressed, and…