College and Lutheran Church Archives

The College Archives is open Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm and 1pm-4:30pm. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are highly recommended. Guests will be required to register and are expected to follow campus mask and social distancing guidelines. Please email (archives@gac.edu) or call (507-933-7554) for an appointment.

College Archives

The Gustavus Adolphus College Archives makes available for research and study:

Photographs, recordings, and documents concerning Gustavus
Materials from students, faculty, administrative offices, and alumni
Information relating to the College's history from 1862 to present
In addition, we hold the records of Minnesota College (a high school)
which was located in Minneapolis.

Lutheran Church Archives

These archives consist primarily of administrative records documenting

Minnesota affiliates of the Lutheran Church in America (LCA) along with

predecessor and supporting synods. In addition, there are congregational

histories, biographical files regarding clergy and church leaders, and

microfilmed church records (ending about 1930).

We hold records for the following bodies.

Primary Collection Areas:

Augustana Synod, 1860-1962
- Minnesota Conference, 1858-1962
- Red River Valley Conference, 1912-1962
- Association of English Churches, 1908-1931
English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest (Northwest Synod), 1891-1962
- Central Conference
Lutheran Church in America, 1963-1987
- Minnesota Synod
- Red River Valley Synod

Secondary Collection Areas:

General Synod, 1820-1918
United Lutheran Church in America, 1918-1962
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Suomi Synod), 1890-1963

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