Cleveland State University Archives

The official repository for records, publications, and materials documenting CSU’s history and development.

The University Archives houses materials documenting Cleveland State University and its predecessor, Fenn College. Explore this rich institutional history through bulletins, course catalogs, yearbooks, newspapers, photographs, and more.

The University Archives is open by appointment only.  Contact us for assistance and more information: special.collections@csuohio.edu

Meeting indexes & minutes

The Archives maintained indexes to the minutes of the University Board of Trustees, Faculty Senate, and Graduate Council from 1965–2021. PDFs of the full minutes going back to Fall Semester 2010 are now available to users online.

CSU Board of Trustees
Faculty Senate
Graduate Council

Records storage

For departments and offices that wish to store their records in the University Archives:

  • Record retrieval is available upon request.
  • Departments and offices maintain control of access to their records. Any requests to the Archives will be directed to the originating office.

Records retention

As a state university, Cleveland State is required to comply with Ohio records-retention requirements by maintaining official records for prescribed periods and ensuring their authorized disposition or permanent preservation when they have legal, administrative, fiscal, or historical value. This supports compliance with Ohio public-records laws, audits, litigation requirements, and institutional accountability. For information about university records retention, please contact:

Cleveland State & Fenn College publications

The University Archives also maintains copies of publications by CSU and its predecessor, Fenn College, including:

  • CSU undergraduate bulletins
  • CSU graduate bulletins
  • Fenn College bulletins
  • CSU operating budgets
  • CSU commencement programs
  • CSU course schedules
  • On Campus
  • The Cauldron
  • The Vindicator
  • The Cleveland Stater
  • Fanfare (yearbook)
  • Photographs
  • Memorabilia
Cover of the book Fenn College

Fenn College, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Campus History Series, is available for $19.99. Use this (PDF) order form or call 216-875-9734.