Archives & Special Collections

Winona Campus Library

Archives

The University Archives, located in the McEnery Center, consist of over 600 linear feet of manuscripts, publications, records, and artifacts. Included are thousands of images–primarily photographs and slides.

Special Collections

In the Fitzgerald Library, Special Collections houses a substantive local history collection that provides context for the history of the university, as well as a collection of volumes of general historical value. Records for these titles can be accessed using the MNPALS Library Catalog.


Using the Collections

We fulfill archive requests on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the scope of the request and staff availability. Please contact fitzcircdesk@smumn.edu with any Archives requests. To access Special Collections materials, you can ask a staff member at the circulation desk for assistance.


Archives  & Special Collections Highlights
  • Father Edward Lynch’s collection on Saint Mary’s college, 1922-1931
  • Brother J. Robert Lane’s collection on Saint Mary’s College history, 1910-1970
  • College university catalogs
  • Campus publications, newspapers, periodicals, and newsletters
  • Yearbooks
  • Photograph/image collection, 1900-2003
  • Christian Brothers collection
  • Diocese of Winona collection
  • A Letter from Martin Luther King

After reading Time Magazine’s February 18th, 1957 cover story on Martin Luther King and the article “Two Women of Kentucky” which appeared in The Commonweal magazine on February 8th, Brother Luke Herbert, then Fitzgerald’s Head Librarian, wrote a brief note to Martin Luther King, Jr. In a few days he received Reverend Martin Luther King’s reply. Both letters can be found in Saint Mary’s University archives.