Geological Society of Minnesota

The Geological Society of Minnesota (GSM) is a public-spirited, nonprofit educational organization that has been in operation since 1938.  Its mission is to promote public interest and supply educational support in the geological sciences, by sponsoring free lectures and labs at the University of Minnesota, conducting statewide and regional field trips, holding classroom presentations for schools, maintaining a media library, publishing relevant information for public distribution, and maintaining and expanding upon a series of geological markers located throughout the state. The GSM contribution to the Minnesota Digital Library consists of nearly 2,000 pages of newsletters published since 1943, which provide general information on recent and forthcoming association activity, as well as biographies and memorials for society members.