The Snarr collection has been divided into two sections, and the original organization of the collection was retained

Newspaper Articles:

The first twenty-seven folders contain verbatim notes from various Mankato newspapers about the general history of the normal school between 1857 and 1893. These folders are chronologically arranged with a table of contents at the beginning of each folder. However, information for the years 1858, 1881, and the years between 1884 and 1892 are not included in this collection.

Notes and Miscellaneous Items:

Items in this section contain biographical information on Daniel Buck, George M. Gage, James Brown, Julia Sears, Charles M. Cooper, Susan M. Dyer, George M. Ferguson, David Clark John, and Edward Searing. Additionally, information about the history of newspapers in Mankato, lists of newspaper collections held by the Mankato Public Library and the Blue Earth County Historical Society, documents regarding the history of Mankato State Normal School and other miscellaneous items can be found in this section.