Military Historical Society of Minnesota

The Military Historical Society of Minnesota is a nonprofit organization that seeks to strengthen public understanding of how armed conflicts and military institutions have shaped Minnesota and national experience through its associative museum, the Minnesota Military Museum, and its archives. The Minnesota Military Museum - Archives and Special Collections collects archival material of historical value that documents Minnesotans' involvement in the National Guard and in other branches of the United States Military. The archives contain rare photographs, personal papers, and state records of the Department of Military Affairs. The Minnesota Military Museum contributes to the Minnesota Digital Library a series of muster rolls which document the mustering of Minnesota's National Guard out of state service and into federal service when the United States entered World War I in 1917.