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Archival Collections

Archival Collections

Our collections offer a wide variety of artifacts dating back over 200 years ago, they include but are not limited to: photographs, newsletters and programs, audio/video media, yearbooks, correspondence, fliers and posters, attire, and student organization materials.

Find archived materials

To locate the documents or artifacts you need for your research, use ArchivesSpace, a catalog that helps navigate the items in our archives. Once you’ve found a particular item or collection of interest, arrange a visit.

If you are looking for something but your search does not provide you with results, or you have questions about finding archived materials, please contact us.

Some of our archival materials have been scanned, photographed, or otherwise made available for browsing online.

Featured Collections

Browse CONTENTdm for images, video, and audio from Macalester’s past.

Two Macalester Yearbooks covers from Archives collections.

Yearbooks

Go back in time and flip through the pages of every Macalester College yearbook from 1887 until 2007.

Archives shelf packed with audio and film reels, spines facing out.

Sound and Vision

Listen to Emory Douglas, of the Black Panther Party, and other distinguished speakers, performances, and broadcasts from Macalester’s past.

Student publications graphic featuring covers of two old publications now in Archives.

Student Publications

An ever-expanding collection of student publications from over the years, featuring “Kampus Keyhole”, “Imani”, and more.

BEST BETS

Digital Commons
Browse Macalester research, student honors papers, and oral histories.

The Mac Weekly Archives
Issues of The Mac WeeklyMacalester Echo, and Macalester Bulletin dating back to 1886.

BEYOND MACALESTER 

Can’t find what you’re looking for in the Macalester College Archives? You can search through thousands of collections at other institutions using ArchiveGrid, which helps researchers locate primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums, and historical societies worldwide.