The Mineral Point Library Archives' mission is to collect and preserve historically significant materials regarding the Mineral Point area. The Archives' mission is equally committed to seeing that these materials are available to the public. To this end the Archives produces “Finding Guides” to individual collections as these materials are organized and made ready for use. The Mineral Point Library Archives Finding Guides follow nationally recognized standards set forth by professional archivists.
Each Finding Guide includes administrative information about the source and size of the collection, a biography or organizational history of the creator of the documents, a description of the contents highlighting points of interest, and an inventory of the box(es) listing each folder title.
We do not have Finding Guides for every collection but we continue to add more. Therefore, the following Finding Guide Index is periodically updated. To read the entire Finding Guide for a particular collection click on the Finding Guide Title in the Index below.
| Finding Guide Title | Date Span | Description of Collection |
| American Haiku Records |
1871-2001 | The records were created by the founders of American Haiku magazine, James Bull, Donald Eulert and Gayle Webster Bull. |
| American Legion Auxiliary Post #170 Records | 1932-2004 | The records of the women's auxiliary of the Mineral Point chapter of the American Legion veterans organization. |
| American Legion Post #170 Records | 1919-2005 | The records of the Mineral Point chapter of the national organization for American veterans. |
| Conservation Club/Izaak Walton League | 1925-1939 | Administrative records of an early environmental conservation organization in Mineral Point. |
| Early Family Papers | 1835-1935 |
African American family in Mineral Point |
| First Presbyterian Church Records | 1839-1885 | Ministerial records of the First Presbyterian church of Mineral Point |
| G.A.R. George H. Legate Post #125 Records | 1862-1931 |
Administrative records of Mineral Point's Civil War veterans organization including biographical information on the Civil War soldiers who were members.
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| George Day Diaries | 1880-1889 | Personal diaries of English immigrant to Mineral Point |
| Harris Family Papers | 1901-1973 | Papers of three Mineral Point High School graduates and class mates of Leila Allen Ludden, who organized the 50th reunion of the Class of 1911. |
| The Iowa County Fair Records | 1857-2011 | Administrative records, publicity and photographs of the Iowa County Fair held annually in Mineral Point. |
| Nathan K Van Matre Diaries |
1880-1916 |
Diaries of an early settler to the lead mining region of Mineral Point and who became the great grandfather of actor Allen Ludden. |
| Allen Ludden Papers | 1946-1981 | Biographical files, correspondence, scripts, writings, press clippings, memorabilia and ephemera of actor Allen Ludden. |