The Minnesota Digital Library’s newest collection comes from the Adams Area Historical Society. It features newly digitized home movies taken by Nordeen Torgerson in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
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The Minnesota Digital Library has a new Primary Source Set on the history of the YMCA in Minneapolis.
Learn about the recent addition to the Stillwater Public Library collection.
Twenty-seven colleges and universities have contributed content about their history to the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL). The Founding Colleges and Universities exhibit shares highlights from these rich collections of material to explore the establishment and growth of higher education in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Digital Library will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025. In honor of that milestone, MDL has a goal to add a contributing organization from each of Minnesota’s 87 counties. We are only missing eighteen counties!
The Scan for Keeps program was developed to provide equipment for community scanning events and digitization projects around the state. Kits are available for libraries, historical societies, and other organizations to encourage community engagement and foster preservation education.
Explore two new plat maps added to the Stearns History Museum collection.
Explore a new contributor to the Minnesota Digital Library. The Lake City Historical Society collection inlcudes a series of oral histories that celebrate the history and surrounding area of Lake City, Minnesota.
Learn more about Minnesota's Main Streets in a new Primary Source Set from the Minnesota Digital Library.
The Minnesota Digital Library website recently implemented several new enhancements designed to improve user experience, navigation, and engagement with the digital collections at mndigital.org.

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