Contact Us

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato is available by appointment only. 

If you are looking for information from our collections, we highly encourage you to view our digital collections in ARCH = https://arch.lib.mnsu.edu/.  ARCH contains a wealth of digitized photographs, yearbooks, oral histories, the complete school newspaper, the Reporter back to 1926, and more.  Additionally, you can view our archival collection guides at https://archivesspace.lib.mnsu.edu/public and in ARCH.  Archives staff are available to answer questions through our archives@mnsu.edu email or scheduled appointments.  Thank you. 

If you would like to schedule an appointment with us to view the collections or to set up a research consultation via Zoom or phone, please use this form.

The University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center is located on the 2nd floor of the Memorial Library on the north side of the Marilyn J. Lass Center for Minnesota Studies.  Archives staff are available to help.

Phone: 507-389-1029

Email: archives@mnsu.edu

We are available for appointments Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. 

Physical Address:
Memorial Library 2054 
601 Maywood Avenue 
Mankato, MN 56001

Mailing Address:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center 
Memorial Library 3097
Minnesota State University, Mankato 
PO Box 8419 
Mankato, MN 56002-8419

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