The Minnesota Digital Library began its work sharing and preserving Minnesota's digital legacy twenty years ago, in 2005. Since that time, the collection has grown to 60,000 unique items shared by 205 organizations in 72 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Minnesota Digital Library News
The Minnesota Digital Library added three new standards and best practices guidelines to its website: Metadata Guidelines Version 8.0, Master Images Care and Maintenance, and Best Practices for Naming Electronic Records.
New additions to the Minnesota Digital Library include a set of Bemidji city directories and a collection of letters about the World War I service of Maurice Masterson of Barnesville, Minnesota.
In their first contribution to MDL since 2005, the History Center of Freeborn County has shared a set of plat map books on Freeborn, Dakota, Mower, and Waseca counties.
The Wright County Historical Society is the latest contributor to the Minnesota Digital Library. Their digital collection includes a set of county school photographs and plat maps.
The Roseau County Historical Society recently added 95 audio recordings on Roseau County history to its digital collection in the Minnesota Digital Library.
Learn about the history of an early photographic technique.
The Northwest Minnesota History Center at Minnesota State University Moorhead recently contributed the Solomon G. Comstock collection, which includes documents and correspondence with over 200 Civil War veterans or widows of veterans about their pension claims, from about 1889-1891.
A collection of oral histories about Black basketball titled “Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Racial Resistance and Change in Minneapolis” is now available in the Minnesota Digital Library.
The Minnesota Digital Library is pleased to announce the publication of its special “Contributor’s Choice: 20th Anniversary Edition” online exhibit.
Historical content from Minnesota's cultural heritage organizations, all in one place