Exterior view of Riverview. Riverview opened as the campus model school in 1913 where students could watch experienced teachers teach and to student teach. In 1958, the model school moved from Riverview to the new Gray Campus Laboratory School.
Opened in 1966 as a student union, the building was named in honor of St. Cloud's Atwood family, including Clarence Atwood. Atwood was an 1880 St. Cloud State graduate who served as the school's resident director from 1911 to 1921. Additions were constructed in 1972, 1993 and 2004.
Woodworking class at the Riverview Lab School. Black and white view of boys standing around table using woodworking tools. Riverview Lab School was constructed in 1913.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown working in the household arts laboratory in the ground flloor of Tower Hall. Three of the students are sewing, one is standing for a dress fitting, and one is taking the fitting.
Eastman Hall, named for Alvah Eastman, resident director at St. Cloud State (1901-1908, 1926-1933), opened in 1930 as the campus gymnasium. It served until 1965 when Halenbeck Hall opened its doors.
Students work outside, Gray Campus Laboratory Schoo. The Thomas Gray Campus Laboratory School, opened in 1958, replaced Riverview as the campus laboratory school. The campus laboratory school closed in 1983 and, in 1984, was repurposed and renamed Engineering and Computing Center. The building was initially named for Thomas Gray, who graduated from St. Cloud State in 1872, served as the school's president from 1884 to 1890.
Female student teacher helping student reading at his desk in 1971. Red marks are from cropping instructions when photo was added to a Bethel publication.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Interior view of 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.
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.
This document, organized in an outline form, suggests topics for a presentation to be made in support of the city of Marshall for the site of the proposed state college in southwestern Minnesota. The suggestions were put together by the public relations firm Don Braman and Associates.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
The first page of this document has a numbered list of ways people can support the effort to have the proposed state college built in Granite Falls. The second page, titled ""Look what we could lose,"" lists community advantages that would not happen should the proposed state college be located elsewhere.
Contributing Institution:
Striegel Archives, Southwest Minnesota State University
College of St. Benedict; Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Date Created:
1921
Description:
1921 College of St. Benedict Summer School Class was preparation for sisters in the use of Parliamentary procedure during June 1921. Contents include minutes of meetings which were used to teach the procedures. Outline of parliamentary procedure and practice was included.
College of St. Benedict; Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Date Created:
1956
Description:
1956 College of St. Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minnesota, Summer Session bulletin includes calendar, class hours, expenses, schedule of classes and basic textbooks.
College of Saint Benedict; Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Date Created:
1954
Description:
1954 College of St. Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minnesota, Summer Session bulletin includes calendar, registration, general and special fees, curricular events and courses.
College of Saint Benedict; Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Date Created:
1955
Description:
1955 College of St. Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minnesota, Summer Session bulletin includes calendar, registration, general and special fees, curricular events and courses.
College of Saint Benedict; Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Date Created:
1950
Description:
1950 College of St. Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minnesota, Summer Session bulletin includes calendar, registration, general and special fees, curricular events and courses.
A display of menorahs and books in the Sumner branch of Minneapolis Public Library, located at 611 Van White Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 1915. The Carnegie-funded building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A display in the Sumner branch of Minneapolis Public Library, located at 611 Van White Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 1915. The Carnegie-funded building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Sunbathers gather behind Mitchell Hall. Named after William B. Mitchell, St. Cloud State's resident director from 1877 to 1901, Mitchell Hall was completed in 1958 as a dormitory for women.
Sung Won Son during his final interview for the St. Cloud State presidency, . Sung Won Son was appointed as St. Cloud State president in 1982, and resigned before taking office. Brendan McDonald was then named president, serving from 1982 to 1992.
View of three women sitting in a couches near a table in the Sunken Lounge 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.
This photograph shows a young Superintendent A.L. Winterquist (Alfred L. Winterquist) and his secretary, L. Thompson, in his first office at the then newly built Lincoln School in Esko. The schools were consolidated shortly after his arrival in Esko in 1919.
Superintendent James N. Tate is seated at his rolltop desk in his office at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. A candlestick phone is visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Suburban Hennepin County Area Vocational Technical Schools Independent School District No. 287
Date Created:
1975
Description:
This document outlines the services and programs available to students as well as an enrollment report, highlights, placement, reflections, campus valuations and bonded indebtedness, special education, a propsed calendar for the 1975-76 school year, and a list of board members and administration,.
Suburban Hennepin County Area Vocational Technical Schools Independent School District No. 287
Date Created:
1974
Description:
This document outlines the services and programs available to students as well as an enrollment report, highlights of student projects, program operations, special education, and a list of board members and administration.
A survey team from the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, Zoological Division. Pictured are: Nachtrieb, Henry Francis, 1859-1942 Tilden, Josephine E. (Josephine Elizabeth).
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives
At a school located 4 miles north of Center City, Rev. F. M. Eckman conducted summer classes in the Swedish language. This picture was taken at the closing program in July, 1910.
Sylvia Silvola of Virginia, Minnesota, and Ellen Daufney of Calumet, Minnesota, wearing graduation robes and hats with tassles, standing in front of Griggs Hall on University of Minnesota - Duluth campus on August 18, 1967.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Table display with model of Snelling Avenue campus buildings and sign on top "A Growing Campus For A Growing Denomination." Large sign in foreground reads "Bethel A Campus of Christian Scholarship."
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Exterior view of Talahi Lodge and the woods, south of campus on the east shores of the Mississippi River. Opened to use in 1939, The lodge destroyed by fire in 1970.
Student award winners (left to right): Arnold Lifson, Joseph Brooks Memorial Award; Lorraine Phillips, Hannah Goldblum Prize; Harriet Lifson, Nathan Weisberg Prize.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Dr. George Gordon, founder and driving force behind the Minneapolis Talmud Torah is in the center, front row. Dr. Gordon introduced modern teaching methods, grades, and a rigorous curriculum to Hebrew instruction, and remained administratively independent of any religious congregation. High school classes were the second level of instruction: students graduated after 3 years.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Talmud Torah schools offer primary and advanced education to Jewish students in Hebrew language and scripture; religious practices; and Talmudic commentaries. Talmud Torahs date back to the Renaissance, and were established in the United States in the 1880s.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Group photograph of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah Women's Auxilliary Presidents. While most of the faculty involved in actual teaching at the early Hebrew schools was done by men, women were important to the ongoing success of religious education. The Talmud Torah Women's Auxiliary in Minneapolis was founded in 1911 as a club, and by the mid-1920s had grown to more than 500 members. In addition to raising funds for the school, the Auxiliary was committed to furthering Jewish civic pride and Jewish consciousness in the home.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Depicted here is teacher Helia Branwall standing in front of the Washington School in Thomson Township. She taught several generations of Esko residents, and was one of the longest serving teachers in the school system.
Although the label written on this photograph says that the image is of the first graduating class, early students, and faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, this photo shows teachers and students on the steps of the Old Main building at Gustavus, 1877. The first class graduated in 1890 had eight men.
Thirty or more educators pose on steps of one of St. Peter's public schools. Included in the photograph are Fred Reipke (1), Helga High (circled), Dr. J. P. Uhler (2, seated front center), C. G. Schulz (3), Mabel Adams (4, center back row), John Holteen (left in doorway), and Prof. Becker (right in doorway).
Photograph of Teacher's Institute class, taken in 1900 in front the of Roseau High School on Center Street (formerly Pearl Street). The Roseau County School Superintendent G. H. Mattson is seated in the middle row on a chair.
This photograph shows teachers of the Thomson Township (Esko) School District standing on a porch, perhaps of the Washington School teacherage, where they lived. The places of abode built for the teachers were called "teacherages."
Four teachers who are also alumni of the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded) pose for a portrait. From left to right, they are John Doheny (who attended during 1885-1894), Louis Albert Roth (who attended during 1881-1891 and was a housefather during 1899-1902 and a graphics arts instructor during 1902-1937), Mr. Byrne, and George A. Harmon (who attended during 1863-1870 and was a coopering instructor during 1886-1889).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The Technical Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library is shown filled with male patrons. In the foreground is a tray of volumes labelled "U.S. Boy's Working Reserve."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Group photo in front of the Telegraphers School held in the old city hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Site is located on Lake Avenue in the middle of lot 13, Block 17. It was originally moved here from the old site on Pioneer Street.
St. Benedict's Academy; Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Date Created:
1891
Description:
1891-1892 Tenth Annual Catalogue was published for the Academy of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota. Contents include description of institution, rules of discipline, course of studies, fees, general and wardrobe regulations, clubs, lists of students and awards, and closing programs.
Annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, calendar, map, admission requirements, general information, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees. Includes Collegiate Department, Macalester Classical Academy (the Preparatory Department known as the Baldwin School), and the Auxiliary Departments of Music, Elocution, and Drawing.
View of the road leading up to the Tenth Street bridge over the Mississippi River.The 10th Street bridge crossed the Mississippi River from the 1890s to 1985. It was replaced with a modern bridge which opened in 1985.
View of the road leading up to the Tenth Street bridge over the Mississippi River.The 10th Street bridge crossed the Mississippi River from the 1890s to 1985. It was replaced with a modern bridge which opened in 1985.
View of the road leading up to the Tenth Street bridge over the Mississippi River.The 10th Street bridge crossed the Mississippi River from the 1890s to 1985. It was replaced with a modern bridge which opened in 1985.
View of the road leading up to the Tenth Street bridge over the Mississippi River.The 10th Street bridge crossed the Mississippi River from the 1890s to 1985. It was replaced with a modern bridge which opened in 1985.
View of the Tenth Street bridge over the Mississippi River in winter.The 10th Street bridge crossed the Mississippi River from the 1890s to 1985. It was replaced with a modern bridge which opened in 1985.
View of the road leading up to the Tenth Street bridge over the Mississippi River.The 10th Street bridge crossed the Mississippi River from the 1890s to 1985. It was replaced with a modern bridge which opened in 1985.