WSU Retention List Stories

Some of the books on WSU’s retention list deal with geological formations found in the local area. The Karst geology of the region sometimes amplifies issues with groundwater contamination.

Sweeting, Marjorie Mary. Karst Geomorphology. Benchmark papers in geology; 59. Stroudsburg, PA: Hutchinson Ross, 1981.

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. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln share a birthday in February. Books by Charles Darwin published in his lifetime are widely held in Minnesota, but a collection of his notebooks from the voyage of the Beagle is on the Krueger Library’s retention list.

Darwin, Charles, et al. Charles Darwin’s Notebooks from the Voyage of the Beagle. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 

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.

With flooding in the news, it is wise to recall the flooding problems in Winona, MN. After the catastrophic floods of 1965, the current levee was built between Winona and the Mississippi River. Fifty years ago, a team of Winona State faculty, led by Cal Fremling, published an environmental impact report on that work. Phase II of that report is on the Krueger Library’s retention list.

Fremling, Calvin R, Ervin G Bublitz, and Roger A Carlson. Environmental Impact Assessment Report on the Flood Control Project and Waterfront Development at Winona, Minnesota: Phase II Report. Winona, Minn: Winona State College, 1974.

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.

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.

Below are two books about the Mississippi River which are on Winona State’s retention list. One is a discussion of the history of European exploration when the area was claimed by France, and one a memoir of a more contemporary river boat captain.

Peyser, Joseph L. Letters from New France: The Upper Country, 1686-1783. University of Illinois Press, 1992.

Hillman, Norman. One Man and the Mighty Mississippi: A Sixty-Year Adventure on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Great River Publishing, Heritage Press, 2001.

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.

One might suppose that Winona State’s library would have on our retention list books about the local community and about Winona State itself. That is generally not the case. Enough other libraries in Minnesota possess books about Winona’s local history and about our university, they were not put on the list. One of the few retention books related to the community of Winona is a collection of tall tales by Jerome Christenson. The only title about the institution of Winona State on the list is a guide to the tree species found on our campus.

Christenson, Jerome. Growing up Short: A Collection of Tall Tales. Winona, MN: Winona Post, 1996.

Meyer, Bill, and Tom Grier. Campus of Trees: Winona State University. Winona, MN: Winona State University, 2010.