The Minnesota Orchestra Archives at the U of M
Orchestra Extras
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University of Minnesota Director of Archives and Special Collections Kris Kiesling shows violinist Michael Sutton around the renowned Elmer L. Andersen Library’s archives. The library houses nearly 600 boxes containing hundreds of thousands of Minnesota Orchestra items including bookkeeping, press clippings, photographs and scrapbooks are stored in the caverns 80 feet below street level.
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