Citation Formatting Guide

Author. “Title.” Publication Name and volume, number. (Date): Page(s).
URL, if applicable.

Duin, Edgar C. “Peter M. Gideon: Pioneer Horticulturist.” Minnesota History 44, no. 3 (Fall 1974): 96–103.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/44/v44i03p096-103.pdf

Darboe, Kebba. "New Immigrants in Minnesota: The Somali Immigration and Assimilation." Journal of Developing Societies 19, no. 4 (December 1, 2003): 458–72.

Author (if provided). “Headline.” Publication, Date.

Schettler, Joel. “Gedney’s Makes Move—From ‘Minnesota Pickle’ to ‘Minnesota Preserve.’” Chaska Herald, April 28, 1994.

Jett, Jennifer. “Why Are We All Talking about UFOs Right Now?” New York Times, June 3, 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/ufos-report.html

Author. “Title.” Type of paper, Institution created for, Date.

Gieske, Millard L. “The Politics of Knute Nelson, 1912–1920.” PhD diss., University of Minnesota, 1965.

Laliberte, David J. “Indian Summers: Baseball at Native American Boarding Schools in Minnesota.” Master’s thesis, St. Cloud State University, 2008.

Knute Nelson papers, 1861–1924
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: The papers include materials concerned with political aspects of Nelson’s life as well as his military service.
https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-finding-aids-public/library/findaids/00578.html

A/.P642j
John S. Pillsbury and family papers, 1833–1934
Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Financial and legal records relating to John S. Pillsbury’s various business enterprises.

Tretter 183
Michael McConnell files, 1943–2016
Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis
Description: Administrative documents, correspondence, journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, posters, catalogs, ephemera and directories that document activities, events and ideas associated with the Gay Liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/13/resources/2022

Call Number, if available
Name of collection, Dates
Authoring Entity (e.g., division or agency), if provided
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description
Link to finding aid, if available

Beltrami Island Wildlife Management Area Project file, 1936–1967
Division of Game and Fish
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Reports, correspondence, memoranda, and maps regarding the development and management of the Beltrami Island Project.

Medical Director Subject Files, 1967–1982
Rochester State Hospital
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Reports, correspondence, memos, circulars, newsletters, and miscellaneous materials of medical director Francis A. Tyce and assistant medical director Glen M. Duncan.
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00064.xml

Call Number, if available
Name of collection, Dates
Type of collection, Location of collection
Link, if available
Description

OH 72
Oral history interview with Elmer A. Benson, March 28, 1969
Oral History Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Benson discusses his political career and the merging of the Farmer-Labor and Democratic Parties.

AV2011.21
Walter Mondale oral history interview
Oral History Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Ninety-minute Mondale conducted by Gary Eichten. Questions were created in conjunction with Mondale project advisory committee. The interview was conducted at Mondale's law office, Dorsey and Whitney, in downtown Minneapolis on June 15, 2011.
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10869751

Author. Name of building nominated. Name of nomination file, date. Location.
Link, if available

Doe, Jane. "Casiville Bullard House." National Register of Historic Places nomination file, July 9, 1978. State Historic Preservation Office, St. Paul.

Roberts, Norene A. “Albert Lea Commercial Historic District.” National Register of Historic Places nomination file, January 30, 1986. State Historic Preservation Office, St. Paul.
https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/17e94dba-e5b9-4253-8302-eca6f8ff00a7

DVDs or VHS: Author. “Subtitle.” In Title. Format. Publisher, Date.

Bergin, Daniel Pierce. “Capitol Pillars: Casiville Bullard and Billy Williams.” In North Star: Minnesota’s Black Pioneers. DVD. Twin Cities Public Television, 2004.

Music: Composer or performer. Title. When and where recorded, Type of recording.

Larsen, Libby. In a Winter Garden: A Choral Work for Advent. Part of the Schubert Club series. Recorded on December 15, 1982 at Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, 33 1/3 rpm.

Podcast Name (episode number). “Title.” Creating Organization, Date.
Link

Minnesota Unraveled (episode 115). “Shared Roots: Hmong Foodways .” Minnesota Historical Society, June 12, 2025.
https://www3.mnhs.org/unraveled/episode-115

Site name, institution (if needed). Page title or description.
Link

Minnesota Humanities Center. Videos.
https://www.mnhum.org/what-we-do/books-and-videos/videos

The Ways: Great Lakes Native Culture & Language. Manoomin: Food That Grows on the Water.
https://theways.org/story/manoomin.html

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Unified Vision: The Architecture and Design of the Prairie School.
http://www.artsmia.org/unified-vision

Pluralism Project, Harvard University. Theravada: The Way of the Elders.
https://pluralism.org/theravada-the-way-of-the-elders

Identification number
Collection name, Location
Description
Link

por 11917 r1
Photograph Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Governor John S. Pillsbury, ca. 1898.
https://www.mnhs.org/search/collections/record/abcd867c-e702-495c-89a3-d94250dd5da5

J2 1894 a1
Poster Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Political poster with slogan, “Knute Nelson, Republican Candidate for Governor, 1894.”
https://www.mnhs.org/search/collections/record/715de9a7-edae-4969-8f31-c10fdd7e7d93

AV1996.9.13
Art Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Official Governor’s Portrait of Knute Nelson, 1895. Artist: Carl Gutherz.
https://www.mnhs.org/search/collections/record/47be737d-1542-4023-a3fb-3acde3cb1f82

G 4144 .T89E63 1899 .S75
Map Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: St. Paul Cycle Path Association. Cycling Routes Around the Twin Cities. [St. Paul]: St. Paul Cycle Path Association, 1899.
https://mnpals-mhs.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MNPALS_MHS/ge68j0/alma990016887510104294

Accession or other dentification number
Collection name, Location
Description
Link

65.18.1
3D Object Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Brass carbide bicycle lamp patented in 1899, ca. 1900.
https://www.mnhs.org/search/collections/record/19d81735-41c5-4d56-8edd-e4887defb1fb