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Date(s)
- 1924-2015 (Creation)
Extent
5.04 linear feet
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Administrative history
St. Cloud State University was established by the state of Minnesota in 1869 as the Third State Normal School.
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Scope and content
This collection contains campus telephone directories from 1924 through the 2014/15 academic year. Listed were the addresses, PO boxes, and phone numbers. Often, the directory indicated the year of study for students. Though the first few directories listed only students, most of the directories list faculty, staff, and students. Faculty/staff were always listed separately from students.
Starting in the early 1960s, university offices were listed and, later, would list sub-units and personnel associated with the office. Other information, such as campus maps and lists of buildings were included, as well as advertisements from local businesses and churches.
The final physical copy was printed for the 2014/15 academic year.
System of arrangement
The class schedules are split into two separate series.
Series 1: Reference Copy
This series contains the most complete run of SCSU campus directories from 1924 to 2015. All campus directories are in chronological order.
Series 2: Archives Copy
This series contains, when possible, two copies of each campus directory from 1924. Campus directories here are duplicated in Series 1.
Records are located at 53A.2a-e and 29B.4f-5f.
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There are no access restrictions.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Processed by Tom Steman in March 2010.