This collection is made up items relating to the Society of Fine Arts, Inc., which operated in Mankato, Minnesota from 1963 until 1974. Included in this collection are eleven volumes of scrapbooks. These books outline the history of the Society, but sometimes stray from chronological order. In these scrapbooks are newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, ticket stubs, and other miscellaneous items relating to the Society. The person who assembled these volumes is not identified. Also included in the collection are three folders of internal papers from the Society. These papers include membership lists, by-laws, and meeting minutes. A file of miscellaneous papers is also included. This file contains some correspondence, a photograph, and newspaper clippings, all of which are related to the Society of Fine Arts, Inc.