Exterior view, with bike racks, of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970 -- the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington -- and was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-1957) and Lincoln High School (1957-1962).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Photograph of Richard Emery speaking during a ceremony where he received a bust of himself. The ceremony was held in Indiana where Emery received his college degree (1938) and worked in Indianapolis Schools as a teacher, coordinator of distributive education, junior high school principal, and director of personnel.
Photograph of Richard Emery during a ceremony where he received a bust of himself. The ceremony was held in Indiana where Emery received his college degree (1938) and worked in Indianapolis Schools as a teacher, coordinator of distributive education, junior high school principal, and director of personnel.
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970 -- the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington -- and was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-1957) and Lincoln High School (1957-1962).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of study tables in Centennial Hall. Completed in 1971, Centennial Hall, named in honor of St. Cloud State's establishment in 1869, served as the campus library until 2000.
View of study tables in Centennial Hall. Completed in 1971, Centennial Hall, named in honor of St. Cloud State's establishment in 1869, served as the campus library until 2000.
Students studying at the Centennial Hall sunken lounge. Completed in 1971, Centennial Hall, named in honor of St. Cloud State's establishment in 1869, served as the campus library until 2000.
Students study at Centennial Hall. Completed in 1971, Centennial Hall, named in honor of St. Cloud State's establishment in 1869, served as the campus library until 2000.
Students working in language lab. View of a man, sitting at the front of a room with headphones on, speaking into a microphone while men and women sit in individual cubes.
The School of Business building, home of Business for many years, opened in 1968 behind Stewart Hall. In 2018, the building was renamed Ruby Cora Webster Hall.