Story Three: Winona Normal School: the first teacher’s college west of the Mississippi

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. Here is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

  When multiple institutions within the Minnesota Shared Print Program have the same series of volumes, the institution which has the most complete set is awarded the series on its retention list. Winona State has the distinction of having been the first state-supported normal school west of the Mississippi and was founded the same year as the National Education Association. Winona State’s run of the proceedings of the NEA goes back to 1860, and we were awarded that series on our retention list.
  Proceedings. Washington, D. C: National Education Association, 1858-.