A winter view of the Duluth Harbor, the Aerial Lift Bridge, and Lake Superior from 1015 East Eleventh Street, the site of Peace Church. The church has evolved through three names. In 1872, the German congregation chose the name St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The first church built that same year at Tenth Avenue East and Third Street still stands as an apartment building, and is the oldest church building in Duluth. In 1934 they changed the church name to St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed. in 1957 it was given the name St. Paul's United Church of Christ. In 1959, the congregation broke ground for the new church at the present site and changed the name to Peace Church.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Alfred Elowson locks an exterior door at Salem Mission Church. This small photo was used in the "50 Years With Christ" booklet celebrating Salem's 50th anniversary.
Notarized document filed with St. Louis County officially changing the name of the Swedish Christian Mission Church to Salem Mission Church of West Duluth. This is a negative copy of the original document which was lost in the 1932 church fire
St. Louis County record of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Articles of the Articles of Incorporation of the Swedish Christian Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota. This is a negative copy of the original document which was lost in the 1932 church fire
St. Louis County record of the Preamble and 1st article of the Articles of Incorporation of the Swedish Christian Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota. This is a negative copy of the original document which was lost in the 1932 church fire
Before construction began on the Kenwood site, Duluth Benedictine sisters enjoyed outings to the farm. The young women in black dresses and veiled bonnets are postulants.
Advertisement for evening Gospel services conducted by the Reverend Nathan Franklin at the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, from October 21-26, 1941
Advertisement for evening Gospel services conducted by the Reverend G.F. Forsberg at the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, from October 14-19, 1941
The picture includes several generations of Cohens, standing on a porch, including a set of Old-World-looking grandfathers. The mohel wears the tallis and kippa: he performed the ritual circumcision at the bris.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Children dressed in costume, standing outside of Temple Emmanuel. Purim is a religious holiday that celebrates the defeat of Haman, the Persian minister who plotted the annihilation of the Persian Jews. It is a holiday marked by re-enactments of the story and subversive merry-making.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Purim is a holiday celebrating the rescue of the Jews from extermination at the hands of Hayman, the chief minister to the King of Persia. It is day of put-ons, jokes, and theatricality, and children perform plays about how Esther and Mordechi outwit Hayman.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Weekly worship bulletin from Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota for Confirmation Sunday, May 26, 1957. The bulletin includes the order of worship for the morning and evening services and the names of the 1957 confirmands.
1914 procession in the sisters' cemetery at Villa Sancta Scholastica. On the feast of Corpus Christi (the Thursday following Trinity Sunday) the faculty and students of Villa Sancta Scholastica went in procession to the outdoor chapel in the sisters' cemetery. Here, the elementary school students in their First Communion dresses, carrying baskets of flowers are followed by the sisters and finally the chaplain with his altar boy assistants.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1952 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1955 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1950 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1945 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1946 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1948 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1944 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1942 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1947 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1943 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1937 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
The church building was moved from 56th Avenue West and Main Street to 60th Avenue West and Worden Street in 1900. This photograph was taken while the church was located at 60th Avenue West and Worden Street. The building was moved to its present location of 59th Avenue West and Greene Street between 1903 and 1907 and became the back of the new church building that was constructed in 1913.
Fiftieth anniversary booklet for Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota. Booklet includes a detailed history of the church up to 1940 by Erik Dahlhielm as well as candid photos of church members in and around the church. There are translucent pages with a spider web pattern after the front cover and before the back cover.
Exterior view of First Presbyerian Church in Ely. This brick edifice replaced a frame building in 1924 with the new church dedicated in January of 1925.
In 1892, the first ceremonies were held accepting new members into the Duluth Benedictine community. Back row, reception of novices, left to right, back row: Sister Benedict Mlynek, Sister Margaret Mary Borsch, Sister James Roche. Front row, Sister Leonissa Sauber, perpetual vows, Sister Jeremia Cannon, first vows.
Book of poetry by Raymond S. Erickson published posthumously by Emma A. Erickson, Duluth, Minnesota. The book includes a tribute by the Rev. E. O. Franklin, pastor of the Salem Mission Church.
In 1921, an addition was made to the 1909 building: the tower from the original plan was constructed, the north lateral wing was extended and a gymnasium was built. Thomas Ellerbe of St. Paul was the architect. This view from the northeast shows the gymnasium, often mistaken for a chapel, and what was still the main entrance to Tower Hall.
The Hebrew class instructor stands with the students of the Hebrew class of West Side B'nai Israel Synagogue. The photograph was taken at a class outing in Lincoln Park in Duluth. B'nai Israel consolidated with congregation Adas Israel in 1930.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
A brief history of early missionaries in northern Minnesota, as well as the founding of the Duluth Diocese in 1889 and particulars related to its early life, including specific priests and parishes, the creation of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Cathedral High School, and parish societies. Includes information about the St. James Orphanage, Thomas Feigh Hospital for Crippled Children, and the founding of St. Mary's Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
This history of the Duluth Diocese of the Catholic Church, which was formed in 1889 and embraced the counties of Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson, Lake, Marshal, Norman, Pine, Polk, and St. Louis, includes short biographies of early missionaries in Northern Minnesota. It also has histories and photographs of some early Catholic churches, schools, orphanages, and hospitals, information on Indian missions and on the Sisters of St. Benedict, who founded Duluth's St. Mary's Hospital and four other hospitals in the diocese. The book also provides a list of priests who worked in the diocese from 1889 to 1914.
Invitation from the Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota membership to the fiftieth anniversary celebration at the church, envelope, and ticket to the Jubilee Banquet.
The men are assembled on the bimah (the stage or platform in front of the Ark containing the Torah scrolls) of Adas (literally, "congregation") Israel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Adas Israel was formed in the 1890s by members of the Moses Montefiore congregation, an earlier Orthodox congregation comprised of Lithuanian Jews. By the turn of the century, there were close to 1,500 Jews living in Duluth, most of who were Russian or Eastern European. The men in the picture were observing Simchas Torah, the holiday marking the end of the weekly cycle of Torah readings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
The Oreckovsky family migrated to the United States from Russia the 1880s. The first-generation pioneers of the family--Joseph and Israel-- undertook the journey to Minnesota across Canada by foot, peddling clothes to rail- and mine-workers as they moved westward. The picture features the second generation, Israel's children, later in life. "Big Joe" Oreckovsky, seated in the middle on the couch, ran the First Street Store, a well-known Duluth department store. He was best known for his support of the Duluth Children's Home, and for hiring newly arrived Russian immigrants, both Jews and gentiles. "Big Joe" is surrounded by his sisters, clock-wise from left; Sarah, Channa, Pearl, Ida and Riva.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Booklet commemorating the opening of the new church building at 59th Avenue West and Greene St., Duluth, Minnesota. The booklet includes a history of the church, poetry by Rev. Fred Blom, programs for the four-day celebration, photographs, a list of church meeting times, and advertisements by local businesses. The text is all in Swedish.
Exterior view of the Mortuary Chapel in the sisters' cemetery in 1916. In Gethsemane Cemetery of the Duluth Benedictine sisters, a cistern for water collection was built on the highest hill and to screen it from view, a stone chapel was constructed. This was the location of many summertime outdoor pilgrimages and ceremonies. Maude, the sister of Sister Milburga and Sister Adelinus Bolin, is pictured with her daughter.
Around the table are members of the Kaner, Shapiro, Milavitz, Hosen and Dorfman families. The Passover Seder celebrates the Jews passage to freedom from slavery in Egypt.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Central Hillside; St. Josephat's Polish National Catholic Church was founded in 1907; the first English sermon was preached in May 1941; Fifth Street south west corner of Third Avenue East; the Polish Eagle Club was founded March 9, 1927, all meetings were in English; brick building with architectural details; two steeples; snow; stained glass rose window; stained glass windows; houses; winter; telephone poles
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; Blessed St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church interior; altar; vaulted ceiling; statues; angels holding light fixtures; vases of flowers; wooden pews; candles; windows; ceiling light
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; initial Neighborhood House was intended for a recreation and social center; it was donated to the Catholic church for a Catholic School in 1927; sidewalk; bushes; trees
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; United Protestant Church Sanctuary; the church opened in 1922; interior view; pews; plant; piano; choir loft; vaulted ceiling; beams; windows; concrete and brick; hymnals; pulpit; fern; radiators; 18495
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; St. James Catholic Church; bell tower; brick building; architectural details; 721 North Fifty-seventh Avenue west; fifty-seventh Avenue west and Kinnear Place; houses; sidewalk; streetcar tracks; stained glass windows; landscaping; trees; summer
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Special edition printed news bulletin highlighting efforts to raise funds to keep the Hammond Organ in the church. Fund raising figures are listed as are names of donors to the Organ Fund. There is also a brief mention of a Sunday School attendance campaign in the bulletin.
The first segment of Villa Sancta Scholastica, the motherhouse and academy of the Duluth Benedictine sisters was completed and occupied in 1909. This shows trees being planted in front of the building and the statue of St. Scholastica in its original location.
1938 panorama of Duluth Benedictine Sisters property. In 1937, Mother Agnes Somers hired the St. Louis architectural firm of O'Meara, Hills and Quick to plan two new buildings for the Villa Scholastica campus. Due north of Stanbrook Hall, and connected to Stanbrook and Tower Halls by cloister walks is the combined Chapel of our Lady Queen of Peace and the College library.