Letter, Marian A. Huttner, Librarian, to Alumni of the University of Minnesota, 1951
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Letter, Marian A. Huttner, Librarian, to Alumni of the University of Minnesota, 1951
Description
Image of a digitized version of a letter written by Marian A. Huttner, Principal Librarian, University Library, University of Minnesota. The text is as follows:
University of Minnesota
The University Library
Minneapolis 14
Dear Alumni:
1951 is the year of the Centennial celebration of the University of Minnesota. It was in 1851, seven years prior to the admission of Minnesota into the Union as a state, that a group of farseeing men prepared a charter to establish the University.
During the last four years, the University has become more conscious than ever of its heritage and history, and, in an effort to preserve a record of its past, has organized the University Archives. The archives consist of collections of the University’s printed publications, from the first “Announcement” in 1869 to the latest Daily, the correspondence of its various academic and business departments, and finally the letters and papers of regents, presidents, faculty members and students.
It is with this last item, the papers of students, that we need your help. The University Archives is interested in scrapbooks, old university publications, diaries, class lecture notes, pictures, and other memorabilia. If you have any such treasures and are willing to place them in the Archives Division, or if you know of anyone else who may have saved such papers, we shall be grateful for your help.
As you may already know, James Gray, our well-known Minnesota author and critic, is writing a history of the University. It is only with the aid of such student papers as you may have saved, that he can make that history live. Records of official actions are of course essential, but it is the students who make the University and their papers which give it life and meaning.
Cordially, Marian A. Huttner
Materials and correspondence should be addressed to:
Principal Librarian (Archives)
University of Minnesota Library
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
Telephone: Main 8158, Ext. 6440.
University of Minnesota
The University Library
Minneapolis 14
Dear Alumni:
1951 is the year of the Centennial celebration of the University of Minnesota. It was in 1851, seven years prior to the admission of Minnesota into the Union as a state, that a group of farseeing men prepared a charter to establish the University.
During the last four years, the University has become more conscious than ever of its heritage and history, and, in an effort to preserve a record of its past, has organized the University Archives. The archives consist of collections of the University’s printed publications, from the first “Announcement” in 1869 to the latest Daily, the correspondence of its various academic and business departments, and finally the letters and papers of regents, presidents, faculty members and students.
It is with this last item, the papers of students, that we need your help. The University Archives is interested in scrapbooks, old university publications, diaries, class lecture notes, pictures, and other memorabilia. If you have any such treasures and are willing to place them in the Archives Division, or if you know of anyone else who may have saved such papers, we shall be grateful for your help.
As you may already know, James Gray, our well-known Minnesota author and critic, is writing a history of the University. It is only with the aid of such student papers as you may have saved, that he can make that history live. Records of official actions are of course essential, but it is the students who make the University and their papers which give it life and meaning.
Cordially, Marian A. Huttner
Materials and correspondence should be addressed to:
Principal Librarian (Archives)
University of Minnesota Library
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
Telephone: Main 8158, Ext. 6440.
Creator
Marian A. Huttner, Principal Librarian, University of Minnesota Library
Source
Scrapbook collection (ua01083), University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Publisher
University of Minnesota Archives
Date
1951
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Use of this resource is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. Resource is property of the University of Minnesota. Please contact the University of Minnesota Archives for permission to publish. http://special.lib.umn.edu/uarchives
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Language
English
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BTP_ua01083_HuttnerArchivesLetterToAlumni_1951.jpg
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Paper
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Marian A. Huttner, Principal Librarian, University of Minnesota Library, “Letter, Marian A. Huttner, Librarian, to Alumni of the University of Minnesota, 1951,” Gallery, accessed November 8, 2026, https://gallerytemp.reclaim.hosting/items/show/6976.