Concordia University Archives

The history of Concordia University, Saint Paul has been chronicled at a few different points in our history. Three published works on the history of our school can be found in our institutional repository: A History of Concordia College by Oswald Overn (1967); A Century of Service: A Centennial History of Concordia College, St. Paul by Ken Kaden (1993); and, Leading in Legacy: A History of Concordia University, St. Paul, 1993-2018 by Thomas Saylor (2018).

Student newspaper established in 1966. Download full issues of the Sword from DigitalCommons@CSP. Keyword search issues 1966-2010 in Concordia University Digital Archives https://archives.csp.edu/.

The project, Documenting Minnesota, focuses on themes of environmentalism, activism, and protest during the 1970s. The interviews in this collection cover two specific topics: protests of the planning and construction of a downtown Minneapolis stadium, the Metrodome, from 1972 to 1979; and, celebration of the 1976 American Bicentennial and leadership of the Minnesota American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (MARBC).

The General John W. Vessey, Jr. Oral History Project was established in 2012 with the goal of collecting and permanently preserving the experiences and memories of General John W. Vessey, Jr. during his sixty year career of military and public service, from 1939 to 1999. There are 37 interviews in this series in which General Vessey discusses his life; including his experiences during World War II, the Vietnam War, and his time as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Department of Theology and Ministry at Concordia University, Saint Paul participates in the Hippos Excavations of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology of the University of Haifa at the Hippos/Sussita National Park above the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee at Ein Gev. Since 2002 the Concordia Team has been excavating the Northeast Church, a mono-apsidal structure 50 meters east of the temple complex of the city and itself part of a larger configuration of rooms. Distinctive to the church are its burials in the chancel — one of which is a revered elderly woman. Beginning in 2010, the Concordia team broadened its work to address the larger area north of the Decumanus Maximus and east of the Roman basilica within which the Northeast Church is located. This larger project bears the name Northeast Insula Project. The Concordia Team concluded its field excavations with the 2016 season. This repository holds annual reports, papers, public presentations, and the final report on the project.

Dr. Thomas Saylor, History faculty member at Concordia University, Saint Paul, interviewed numerous civilians, prisoners of war, and service veterans for his first two books: Remembering the Good War: Minnesota's Greatest Generation and Long Hard Road: American POWs During World War II. This collection houses the interview transcripts and selected audio files or clips from these interviews.

Paul Otto Manz, American composer for choir and organ, is most famous for his hymn festivals in which he played a set of themed hymns interspersed with readings. Each hymn would be introduced with improvisations on that hymn. This is a collection of his handwritten manuscript music notebooks. These notebooks contain compositional preparations for hymn festivals, recorded compilations, and other occasions.