Members are gathered in front of Mott Hall at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded). The 4th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 23-26, 1896. The man sitting in the front row, third from the left, is Olof Hanson. The man with white hair and a white mustache sitting in the center of the front row is Superintendent Jonathan L. Noyes. The man sitting to the left of Superintendent Noyes is Dr. James L. Smith. Sitting to the right of Superintendent Noyes are Anson Spear, Elizabeth Noyes, Charles Thompson, and Alice Noyes Smith (daughter of Superintendent Noyes and Elizabeth Noyes). The woman standing behind Elizabeth Noyes is Margaret Brooks, who met Charles Thompson at this convention and then became his wife.
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Panoramic photograph of Minnesota Odd Fellows Home at Northfield, Minnesota. Three-story brick building at left is labeled Old Folks Home and multi-story brick building at right in a Dutch style is labeled Children's Home. Both were built about 1900.
Spectators watching action of the annual freshmen-sophomore "cane rush," a scrap on the northwest corner of the Bald Spot, in front of Willis Hall and Sayles-Hill gymnasium.
Exterior view of the Northfield Fire Department with firefighters and a fire truck. At left is chief Ross Phillips with his daughter, Margaret Phillips Starks, 2.5 years old.
Large crowd observing cornerstone laying ceremony for Steensland Library. Steensland Library; cornerstone laying; Ellestad, nils J. (1845-1912) vice-president of the United Norwegian Church in America to right of cornerstone; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president, with cane to left of cornerstone. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/steensland/index.html
Mohn family sitting in front of Main overlooking Northfield. From left to right; Adults: Unknown, Unknown, College President Thorbjorn N. Mohn, Edward Mohn, Mrs. Mohn, Mrs. O.G. Felland. Children in front: George Mohn (in carriage), Ray Mohn, John Mohn, Thonny Felland, ""Pooh-Bah""- the campus dog mascot. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/cornerstone/index.html
1906 academy graduates. Academy graduates; Four girls at right: Mohn, Anna (1888-1963); Felland, Elsa; Hauge, Katherine; Ytterboe, Evelyn; two from right Nesdahl, Severt; four from right Thompson, J. Jorgenson (1881-1963); six from right Storholt, Eivind. Notice students clutching rolled diplomas.
Female academy graduates dressed for a party, with Ladies' Hall in the background. At left Felland, Osmund (in carriage under umbrella) and Felland, Thea J. (1853-1905); at right Felland, Thonny (1884-1976). Notice boardwalk on campus grounds.
St. Olaf Faculty on the veranda of the president's house. St. Olaf faculty; presidents house; Top to bottom, left to right: Glasoe, Rev. O.; Glasoe, P.M. (1874-1956); Homnes, F. Bue; Anderson, A.; Mellby, A.; Ryland, A.S.; Grose, Ingebrikt F. (1862-1939); Larson (Steensland) M.; Mellby, C.A. (1869-1963); Steensland, M.M.; Fossum, Andrew A. (1860-1943); Eikeland, P.J.; Lee, Olav (1859-1943); Ytterboe, H.T.(1857-1904); Flaten, Nils (1867-1947); Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921); Felland, Ole G. (1853-1938); Running, T.
People gathered following laying of the Hoyme Chapel cornerstone; taken from the porch of Steensland Library. Hoyme Chapel; cornerstone laying; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president to left of cornerstone on platform; Ellestad, Nils J. (1845-1912) vice-president of United Norwegian Church in America on platform to right of cornerstone. Notice boardwalks. See http://www.stolaf.edu/president/enewsletter/archives.html (October 2003)
Men's Dormitory (renamed Ytterboe hall in 1914 in honor of Prof. H.T. Ytterboe). See http://www.stolaf.edu/president/enewsletter/archives.html (March 2004)
A winter view of St. Olaf from the roof of Ladies' Hall, the Main, windmill, and Northfield are in the background. Notice gymnasium apparatus on edge of school grounds. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/cornerstone/index.html
Student body gathered in Hoyme Chapel (destroyed by fire in 1923), picture taken from pulpit of chapel. Note that girls and boys are seated in separate sections and men have their hats off while women kept theirs on. See http://www.stolaf.edu/president/enewsletter/archives.html (October 2003)