The West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCHRC) and the University of Minnesota Morris Archives are housed together in Room 110 of the Rodney A. Briggs Library on the Morris campus. The WCHRC was established in 1971 under funding provided by the Minnesota Historical Society and contains materials from the greater west central Minnesota region. Counties represented in the collection include Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stevens, Swift, and Traverse. Materials include oral histories, business and cooperative records, personal papers and government and institutional documents. The University of Minnesota Morris Archives serves as the institutional memory of the campus and includes material from the various administrative arms of the college, records from the various divisions and disciplines, material provided by student organizations and the personal papers of administrators and professors. Both collections operate under the direction of Professor of History Stephen Gross and are staffed by student workers and interns. Our facilities are open to the university community and to those members of the general public interested in local and regional history.