The Bethel Academy and Bethel Institute collection dates from 1905 to 1945. It spans 9 cubic feet in seven boxes and a few external oversized ledgers.

The Financial series contains bank notes, correspondence, and a list of salaries from 1922. The Minneapolis Trust Company folders contain statements from the 1920s. The Peter Swanson mortgage folder mortage notes from 1911-1914. The First Mortgage Notes are payments from the Swedish Baptist General Conference during the 1910s. There are many ledgers of financial expenses and income dating between 1906 to 1929. The Cash Receipts and Disbursements came from Touche, Niven and Co., public accountants. There is a box that contains trial balances, budgets, treasurer's reports, and other financial records dating from 1920 to 1923.

There are three folders of contracts for work on the buildings, specifically the 1914 building of the Seminary and the 1915 building of the Academy.

The Sale of Property folder dates to 1915, containing the contract to sell real estate from the previous academy lots to Midland Insurance Company.

The Bethel Academy and College Association folder holds the articles of incorporation from 1906, its constitution, a speech by Olof Bodien, annual reports, meeting minutes, and correspondence.

There are several class ledgers of meeting minutes and treasury reports.

There is a financial ledger for the Acorn and Bethel Herald, the student newspaper and yearbook.

There are several ledgers from organizations, such as the Ministerial Students Association, the Missionary Band, the School Board, two literary societies, the Athenaen Society (a girls' club), the Athletic Association, and the SPB (Socius Puerorum Bethelis).

The Bethel Academy and College Association was meant to establish and maintain the Academy under the auspices of the Swedish Baptist General Conference. There is an announcement bulletin from 1907 and a financial ledger dating from 1905-1915.

The Bequests are donations to Bethel from people's estates across the country.

The Olivia Johnson Memorial Missionary Movement folder holds small envelopes for pledges, a member list, and report of activities. It dates to 1926-1927. A second binder dates to 1920-1931.

The Secretary's Report, Senior Class file contains secretary records from 1930-1931.

There are three architectural renderings of a proposed girls dormitory dating to 1921.

There is a list of names of contributors from 1918 to pay for portraits of Eric Sandell and C.G. Lagergren painted by Reynold Lund, currently hanging in the archives.

There are two folders of correspondence, one dating just to 1914.

There is a diploma for Beatrice Fredeen when she graduated in 1931.

The Tuition Department, Adjutant General's Office folder contains letters to the Adjutant General Office, as well as other records describing enlistment and service by students in World War I for a tuition program following the war. The applications are for this program.

The Historical folder contains a calendar from 1919, a program from the inauguration of Henry Conrad Wingblade in 1943, a copy of the Bulletin of Bethel Institute from 1934, a Bethel Booster from 1921, some pamphlets, a booklet from 1906, and programs from events and banquets, as well as a class poem.

The Newspaper Articles are clippings or translations of articles.

The Reports of Bethel Institute folder dates from 1915 to 1929.

The Board of Education folder contains reports and financial provisions from the Board of Education of the Swedish Baptist General Conference to Bethel, dating from 1920 to 1924.

The Photographs folder dates between 1915 to 1916. It holds photos of the basketball teams, David and Clara Mattson, and groups of people.

There are several rolls of papers in a box, as well as two folders, that date from 1917 to 1918. They are planning documents for the Bethel Herald, the yearbook at the time.

There are 12 bound books of daily records, containing daily events from the principal's office, dating from 1920 and 1932.

The Spire was the yearbook. Its ledger dates between 1943 and 1945, holding financial information.