‘College Archives’ Category
Popular Research in GustieScholar
In 2020, GustieScholar, the open access institutional repository of the Gustavus community had over 3500 page views. The Faculty/Staff and Student repositories hold published material, where the publisher and copyright holder allow for self-archiving for academic purposes. These works included many articles that have been published open access, such as with Creative Commons licenses, and […]
Elections at Gustavus
Students are often passionate about political causes and especially so during presidential election years. In the modern era, as evidenced by results of a student preference survey in the most recent issue of the Gustavian Weekly, Gustavus students prefer more liberal candidates. In decades and centuries past, Gusties favored the more conservative contenders. Although the following […]
Blast from the Past: Civil War in the Eyes of Union Soldiers
As we celebrate the sesquicentennial of Gustavus Adolphus College, it is important to look back and discover the events that occurred as Gustavus began. One hundred and fifty years ago, our country was in the midst of a Civil War. Many interesting facts can be revealed by studying the conflict, and the archives can help! […]
Christmas in the Archives
Stop by the Archives and check out our festive new look! Swedish Christmas magazines along with a few intriguing Swedish bibles are on display. The Christmas lights and decorations will bring holiday cheer to your research, so come in and unwrap new knowledge!
Pearl Harbor and Gustavus
Dr. Peterson’s Exposition The United States of America remembers the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that occurred on 7 December 1941, seventy years ago. You might be wondering how Gustavus responded in the event’s immediate aftermath. Editors of the Gustavian Weekly printed their first post-attack newspaper two days after the bombing. While the infamous action […]
Autumn in the Archives
It’s autumn in the archives so drop on in and find something fantastic.
A Place for Learning and Living: The Gustavus Library
Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library is one of the busiest places on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. Students use the space for many purposes including group meetings, classes, projects, quiet and noisy studying, research, casual dating, and socializing. In part, we aim to make the library a common space where students feel welcome, but our […]
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 oral […]
Archives Hours
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 2011Monday – 8:00-Noon and 1:00-4:30Tuesday […]
Gusties are in the House! (and Senate) – Display
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 […]