Research Center Finding Aids
Finding Aids are guides that summarize and describe archival collections. They contain two main components, the Summary Information and the Contents List. The Summary Information might include a date range, the size of the collection, a brief abstract of the collection, relevant background information, and more. The Contents List will include the books, manuscripts, photographs, and vertical files in each collection.
The following collections can be viewed in the Research Center. Please contact Archives Assistant Bri Krumwiede at research@blueearthcountyhistory.com with any questions.
Title | Summary |
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Amboy Cooperative Creamery Association Records | This collection contains meeting minutes of the Amboy Cooperative Creamery Association, 1929-1951. |
Amboy High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Amboy High School yearbooks (1956-1968) as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to Amboy schools. |
Amboy-Good Thunder High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Amboy-Good Thunder High School yearbooks (1971-1979), as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to Amboy schools. |
Brandrup Family, BECHS Collection on | Records in this collection include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other resources relating to the Brandrup family. This collection heavily features J. R. Brandrup, founder and president of the Mankato Commercial College. His publications include Saga of a Commercial Educator, a memoir, and A Travelogue: Trip to Europe, an account of his voyage aboard the Aquaitania and across Europe. |
Brewster Family Papers | This collection contains the papers of the George H., Carrie A., and Grace Brewster family. The collection includes letters, financial records, educational records, and other materials created or kept by the Brewster family including George Brewster’s diary. |
Duehring, Kiffe, Rasmussen, and Siebert Families Photograph Collection | This collection contains photographs of members of the Duehring, Kiffe, Rasmussen, and Siebert families. It also contains a scrapbook relating to the Duehring family and photograph albums relating to the Kiffe, Rasmussen, and Siebert families. |
Good Thunder High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Good Thunder High School yearbooks (1947-1970), as well as photographs, programs, and other materials relating to Good Thunder Schools including two architectural documents. |
Halverson, Esther Papers | Esther Halverson was accepted into the Mankato Commercial College in December 1930. The following collection includes her acceptance letter and course materials from her first year at Mankato Commercial College including ledgers, letters, and an account book. |
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Records | The collection contains records of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) including ledgers of the Mankato Lodge #15 (1872-1903) and the Minneopa Rebekah’s Lodge #72 (1900-1923), hand-written minutes of the meetings of the Past Noble Grands Club (1955-1975), photographs, and other records. |
Lake Crystal High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Lake Crystal High School yearbooks (1903-1985), as well as photographs, programs, and other materials relating to Lake Crystal High School. |
Loyola Catholic School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Loyola Catholic School yearbooks (1942-1985), as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to Loyola Catholic School. |
Mankato Commercial College, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Mankato Commercial College publications including catalogs (1903-1975) and student guides (1915-circa 1936) as well as other records and photographs relating to the Mankato Commercial College. |
Mankato East High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Mankato East High School yearbooks (1974-2004), as well as handbooks, newsletters, and other materials relating to Mankato East High School. |
Mankato High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Mankato High School yearbooks (1910-1973), as well as programs, invitations, and other materials relating to Mankato High School including microfilm reels of the school’s newspapers. |
Mankato West High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Mankato West High School yearbooks (1974-2006), as well as newsletters, programs, and other materials relating to Mankato West High School. |
Mapleton High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Mapleton High School reunion and history books, as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to Mapleton High School. |
Medo Township Records | This collection contains contracts, forms, invoices, letters, meeting minutes, mortgages, pamphlets, records, and other materials from Medo township. Many of the records relate to elections, township development, taxes, and expenses from the years 1853-1972. |
Pemberton and Waldorf-Pemberton High Schools, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Waldorf-Pemberton High School yearbooks (1961-1980), as well as books, a program, and other materials relating to Pemberton and Waldorf-Pemberton High Schools. |
R. L. Polk & Co. City Directories | The following are city directories published by R. L. Polk & Co. from 1892-2014. |
Rapidan High School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains Rapidan High School yearbooks (1952-1963) as well as reunion books, commencement invitations, and other materials relating to Rapidan High School. |
St. Clair School, BECHS Collection on | This collection contains St. Clair High School yearbooks (1947-1963) as well as photographs, books, and other materials relating to St. Clair School. |
Willard, J. A. Papers | This collection holds the papers of J. A. Willard including agreements, articles of incorporation, certificates, contracts, deeds, estimates, invoices, legal documents, letters, notes, receipts, reports, financial statements, telegrams, tickets, and other records created or used by J. A. Willard. The Collection also includes several records created after his death including relevant financial reports, letters addressed to his sons, and his wife’s passport. |