New Collections: February 2017

We’re highlighting a few of the newly processed collections!

Theatre and Dance Department. Collection, 1964 - Ongoing. MSU Archives Collection 115.
http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/msu/msu115.html
The Theatre and Dance Department collection contains records from the department. It is primarily comprised of performance related materials including: programs, promotional materials, newsletters, photography, etc. The collection contains documents including theatre and dance programs, promotional materials, photography, and miscellaneous documents.

Minnesota State University, Mankato Forensics Program. Collection, 1874 - ongoing. MSU Archives Collection 213.
http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/msu/msu213.html
The Minnesota State University, Mankato Forensics Program collection contains records of the University’s Forensics program including showcase videos, tournament results, and scrapbooks. The collection also includes coverage of national forensic tournaments such as Interstate Oratory Association (IOA), American Forensics Association (AFA) and National Forensics Association (NFA) as well as regional Communication Study conferences (meeting minutes, programs, and correspondence between executive boards).

Upper Midwest Regional Honors Council. Collection, 1967 - 2014. SMHC Manuscript Collection 257.
http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc257.html
The Upper Midwest Regional Honors Council (UMRHC) collection includes materials from conferences, membership, correspondences and financial materials. The UMRHC, which also goes by the name Upper Midwest Honors Council, began in 1967 and the collection materials end in 2014. The main function of the organization is to hold yearly conferences, promote those conferences, and act as a treasury to finance conferences. A government board of students and faculty also runs yearly meetings where locations for up-coming meetings are selected, constitutions are created and amended and other policy decisions are made.

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Mee Xiong is an Archives Technician at Minnesota State University, Mankato.