Students in the first oral education class are assembled with a teacher in front of Noyes Hall. The student standing in the middle of the back row is Petra Fandrem Howard. The students in the back row, from left to right, are fingerspelling "F-I-R-S-T" for the word "first." The students in the front row, from left to right, are fingerspelling "O-R-A-L-0-6" for the word "oral" and year "1906."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students in the first oral education class are assembled with a teacher in a classroom. The student sitting in the front row on the left end is Petra Fandrem Howard. The phrase "First Oral Class, 1906" is written on the blackboard in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Program for the First Midwest Library Conference and Exhibit held on November 3-5, 1971 at the Sherman House in Chicago, Illinois. The conference was sponsored by the Library Associations of Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin in conjunction with Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri. The banquet speaker was satirist Richard Armour. Program topics include data processing for libraries, library service to the unserved, continuing education for librarians, libraries and the political process, and faculty status for academic librarians.
The first college freshman class is shown in a classroom setting. Pictured are: (first row) Charlie Olson, Olivia Eckloff, Anna Eckloff, Dr. J. P. Uhler, E. C. Sahlstrom (Mrs. Aug. Hed), Mary Meyer (Mrs. Turitin), William J. Tilderquist, G. A. Petri.; (second row) A. Godenius[?], Solomon Eckman, Rev. A. G. Olson, Rev. C. P. Lundgren, G. S. Olson, Joseph A. Jackson; (third row) Alfred J. Holmes, A. F. Lundquist, C. O. Cassel, Bar, C. A. Ramstead, Anton W. Holmes, Adolph C Olson, C. E. Seashore, John F. Dahl, O. B. Solvanus.
New Brighton Elementary School, originally called District #18, was built in 1890, and served students in the area until 1939, when the second New Brighton Elementary School was built on 8th Avenue. The first building eventually housed the Setchall-Carlson electronics company.
The first school in New Brighton was located on Fifth Avenue west of Cleveland Avenue. Originally called District #18, It opened in 1890 and closed in 1939, when a new New Brighton School opened. Students and staff pose outside the school building on a winter day.
Marcia Ledin, Acquisitions/Registration Aide, and Mark Ranum, Reference Librarian, are testing the new automation system at the circulation desk of East Central Regional Library's headquarters in Cambridge, Minnesota, April 1, 1996. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Rockford Road Library opened in 1972 and was renovated in 2013. It serves the cities of Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale. For several decades prior to 1972, library service was provided to area residents out of various locations in the community. The library is named for one of the most historic roads in Hennepin County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Female student writing on chalkboard with smiling teacher looking into foreground of three seated students. Text on chalkboard is ""Public speaking is valuable to all high s""
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
View of women college students, wearing dresses, gathered around a pole, holding rope attached to the pole's top, trees and buildings in the background.
Female student making phone call while friend watches during Nik Dag in 1957. Nik Dag is a traditional designated time where the women ask out the men and the men must accept or not go to the dance with anyone.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC