Elwood A. Stevenson was the fourth superintendent of the Minnesota School for the Deaf, and served during 1924-1928. He was the hearing son of deaf parents, and his wife, Edith Stevenson, was also a hearing CODA (child of deaf adults). He studied at Gallaudet College to become a teacher of the deaf.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Postcard depicting the Reverend George Henry Bridgman, Hamline University president from 1883 to 1912, sitting in his office in University Hall (also known as Old Main). A photograph of James J. Hill is on top of the bookcase in the background. Reverse has a handwritten poem to the university.
George Wing was a teacher at the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind during 1872-1885. He developed Wing's Symbols, a system of symbols used for written language instruction at the school until 1976. The symbols followed the rules of grammar, and served to represent the functions of sentence parts. The portrait was part of a formal presentation to the school. The attached label reads: "George Wing, Inventor of 'Wing's Symbols', Teacher in this School, 1872-1885."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Portrait of Private First Class Glenn S. Donaldson, a member of Hamline University's Ambulance Corps during World War I. He was killed in 1918, while riding in an ambulance in France.
A portrait of Henry O'Keefe in his letter sweater. O'Keefe was a member of the 1905 College of St. Thomas basketball team, winners of the City League trophy.
Howard M. Quigley was the seventh superintendent of the Minnesota School for the Deaf, and served during 1945-1966. He obtained a M.A. degree from the Normal Department at Gallaudet College.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum