Neill, Edward Duffield, 1823-1893; Mattocks, Rev. John 1814-1875; Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903
Date Created:
1859
Description:
Notice from the Baldwin School Executive Committee (John Mattocks, Alexander Ramsey, and Edward D. Neill), announcing resumption of operations on September 5, 1859 at the school's leased building on Walnut Street. The Principal, Assistant, and courses of instruction are mentioned, as are tuition, transportation to the building, and furnishing descriptions. The announcement includes the blue Baldwin School seal in Latin at the top. The Baldwin School was for female youth, however a limited number of boys were admitted if they had sisters in attendance.
Pamphlet on the "Statement of the Object of Jesus College, Proposed to be established at the Falls of Saint Anthony, Nine miles by Railway from Saint Paul, the Capital of Minnesota." Describes the aims of the College, its Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Class, and includes religious creeds and quotes.
Pamphlet reproducing a letter written by Edward Duffield Neill to Eugene M. Wilson, the Mayor of Minneapolis, correcting remarks Wilson made. The letter describes the aims of Jesus College and its two schools, The Baldwin Grammar School and the School of Christian Literature. it also includes the "Announcement for 1873" for the Winter Term commencing January 7, 1873.
Pamphlet describing the history, costs, instruction, and rules for the 1873-1874 school year of the Baldwin School, a school for boys of at least thirteen years of age. The pamphlet includes an illustration of the school building on the back page.
Handbill briefly describing the Baldwin School expenses and accommodations, for the Summer Term beginning April 28, 1873, and the Fall Term beginning September 8, 1873. The top of the handbill has a "CHRISTO ET PATRIAE" seal, and the reverse side of the handbill consists of a chart for a week's courses and a rating system of "10, Perfect" to "0, Failure", possibly for grading.
Société de Temperance de la Paroisse St. Louis, de St. Paul, Minnesota
Date Created:
1875
Description:
Constitution and regulations of the Temperance Society of the Parish of Saint Louis King of France in St. Paul, Minnesota, a Roman Catholic French national parish serving French Candadian immigrants. Lists the Society's dues, member expectations, violations, fines, policies, and parliamentary procedures for conducting Society business. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5298.S3 C5 1875
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Pamphlet listing the tuition, religious services, and room and board for the 1880-1881 academic year of Baldwin School, the Preparatory Department of Macalester College. A list of Trustees is included.
This short tract in the Dakota language describes the American Bible Society, founded in 1816. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Small handbill announcing the departments, terms, tuition, and fees for the 1881-1882 academic year. Instructors listed are Edward D. Neill, Rockwood MacQuesten, and Philip A. Schapp.
Pamphlet for the Baldwin School, Macalester College's Preparatory Department for boys. Instructors, courses of study, and expenses are included, as is a list of Trustees.
Pamphlet for the 1884-1885 school year of the Baldwin School, located on Summit Avenue, between Wabasha and St. Peter Streets in St. Paul. The Preparatory Department, Academic Department--Classical Course, and Academic Department--Scientific Course are described, as is the Music Department.
Bishop John Ireland's lecture on intemperance and law, presented March 10, 1884, in the Music Hall in Buffalo, New York, at the invitation of the Citizens' Reform Association. Attendees included Bishop Patrick John Ryan and representatives from other religious denominations. Includes brief article entitled How women can oppose intemperance, taken from an address by Cardinal Manning. Library call no.: HV5072 .I72 1884
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
From a bi-weekly periodical titled Vatican Library (Issue 22, Mar. 15, 1884). Contents: Plea for temperance by Father Thomas Nicholas Burke; Catholic temperance cause by Rev. Henry Athanasius Brann; Wise prelate's warning by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley; Doctrine of the Catholic Church about liquor by Bishop Bernard O'Reilly of Liverpool; Rules for home education; Liquor traffic and law by Bishop John Ireland; Peril of the age (on newspapers) by Bishop Joseph Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa; and Notes on Catholic reading. Library call no.: HV5072 .T9 1884
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
The Baldwin English and Classical seminary for boys and girls was located at 24 and 26 Summit Avenue, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The pamphlet for the 1887-1888 school year lists Trustees, instructors, courses of study, departments, location, aims of the school, regulations, teachers, and tuition costs. The back page of the pamphlet also lists the pupils of the Primary, Preparatory, and Academic Departments of the Baldwin Seminary the previous school year, 1886-1887.
Pamphlet about the German-American Institute and Kindergarten, a branch of the Baldwin Seminary at the corner of Broadway and Ninth Street in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the 1887-1888 school year. The pamphlet lists instructors, aims of the school, and tuition, and also describes the kindergarten.
This pamphlet includes the constitution and by-laws of the Society of Christian Endeavor in Dakota and English. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Fifty-second Congress First Session Executive Document Number 80 United States Senate
Date Created:
1892-04-18
Description:
Thirty-one page government document, beginning with a letter form the Secretary of War, in response to Senate resolution of April 12, 1892, relative to the proceedings of the board of officers convened to consider the construction of a bridge in Duluth. This document is discussing placing a bridge over the Duluth ship canal where a bridge has never existed. The document uses the language "Aerial Lift Bridge" which must have been a design under consideration. In fact, the Aerial Ferry Bridge, or Aerial Transporter Bridge was the initial bridge constructed in 1904-1905. It wasn't until 1929 that the first bridge was remodeled with a lift span.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This pamphlet, in the Dakota language, includes two pieces. The first is a brief biography of Abraham Lincoln, and the second is a translation of seven of Aesop's Fables into Dakota. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This pamphlet was created to teach students at the Santee Normal Training about the care of horses. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Issue 43 (August, 1899) of Temperance Truth, a pamphlet series published between 1892 and 1903 for the Catholic Total Abstinence Union, edited by Rev. Alexander P. Doyle. This issue contains the text of an address on temperance given on July 20, 1899, at the Cork Opera House in Ireland by Catholic temperance crusader Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul, Minnesota. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5072 .I74 1899
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
This pamphlet uses American Sign Language to illustrate The Lord's Prayer. The front page has the phrase "The Lord's Prayer" printed in the American fingerspelled alphabet. This pamphlet was used at the Ephphatha Lutheran Church for the Deaf in Faribault, which was attended by local deaf people.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum