Early years in St. Joseph, Minnesota (1863-1880). Mother Aloysia (Helen) Bath, the first American-born prioress of St. Benedict's Convent, was born in Addison, WI in 1849. Helen entered the community of the Sisters of St. Agnes in Baron, WI, in 1864 and was given the name Sister Agatha. She transferred to the community in St. Joseph, MN in 1871, changed her name to Aloysia, and professed vows there in 1875. Two years later, she was appointed prioress of the community in St. Joseph by Abbot Rupert Seidenbusch, to fill out Mother Antonia Herman's term. Mother Aloysia resigned shortly before her term ended. However, nine years later, she was elected by the community to serve another term as prioress. Though of frail health, Mother Aloysia led the community in beginning the construction of a new convent and academy building in St. Joseph, in accepting four new schools in Minnesota, the American Indian mission in White Earth, MN, and a school in Bismarck. ND. She was an experienced teacher who had been in charge of several schools, including the large school in St. Joseph's Parish in Minneapolis. Mother Aloysia's greatest efforts were spent staffing schools in the face of school controversies and in developing a teacher-training program in the community so that young sisters would be sent out as certified teachers. Her contemplative spirit inspired the sisters to work for a balance in their work and prayer (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 73-78, 89).
Cabinet photograph of Truman Elwell Rickard (1881-1948) in winter attire. In 1904, as a University of Minnesota student, Truman Elwell Rickard (composed the music and wrote the original words for "Hail! Minnesota," which became the Minnesota state song in 1945. Rickard later married Grace Larson, a daughter of L.W. Larson, a prominant early Fosston settler.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1907-1910 (District 41); House 1913-1914 (District 41); House 1915-1916 (District 31). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14657
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1913-1914 (District 41); Senate 1915-1918 (District 31). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12063
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1907-1910 (District 40); House 1913-1914 (District 40); House 1915-1925 (District 30). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14169
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1905-1914 (District 41); House 1919-1920 (District 31). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13601
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1913-1914 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11633
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1911-1914 (District 43); House 1915-1916 (District 34). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13727
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1913-14 (District 39); House 1915-24 (District 29); House 1925-34 (District 33). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14210
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1899-1900 (District 40); Senate 1911-14 (District 40); Senate 1915-18 (District 30). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12651
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1907-1910 (District 40); House 1913-1914 (District 40); House 1915-1925 (District 30). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14169
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1917-1920 (District 28). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13025
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1917-1920 (District 33). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14874
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1915-1918 (District 29). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13906
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1909-14 (District 42); Senate 1915-18 (District 32). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11553
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1915-1932 (District 36). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13460
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1919-1922 (District 32). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13999
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1907-1910 (District 40); House 1913-1914 (District 40); House 1915-1925 (District 30). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14169
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1919-1920 (District 34); House 1925-1940 (District 34); House 1943-1945 (District 34). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11434
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1911-14 (District 39); Senate 1915-22 (District 29). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14233
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1935-1940 (District 31); House 1943-1960 (District 31). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13146
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1919-1920 (District 34); House 1925-1940 (District 34); House 1943-1946 (District 34). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11434
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1921-1928 (District 32); House 1931-1936 (District 32). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14109
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1891-1992 (District 33); House 1897-1998 (District 33); Senate 1899-1902 (District 42); House 1923-1926 (District 32); House 1929-1940 (District 32). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1927-1936 (District 33); House 1939-1944 (District 33). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11552
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1921-1922 (District 28); House 1925-1934 (District 28); Senate 1935-1938 (District 28); House 1941-1942 (District 28). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12214
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1935-38 (District 28); Senate 1939-54 (District 28). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12427
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1941-1962 (District 33); House 1963-1966 (District 37). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12903
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1943-1946 (District 28). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11783
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1943-1946 (District 35). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12825
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1937-40 (District 32); Senate 1941-46 (District 32). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10908
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1941-42 (District 31); Senate 1943-58 (District 31). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13923
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1935-1940 (District 31); House 1943-1960 (District 31). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13146
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1943-1962 (District 32); House 1963-1966 (District 34). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11070
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1943-1950 (District 32). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13718
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1939-1946 (District 35). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13026
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1919-1920 (District 34); House 1925-1940 (District 34); House 1943-1945 (District 34). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11434
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1943-45 (District 30). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13412
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1937-38 (District 34); Senate 1939-62 (District 34). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12780
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1943-1950 (District 36). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13913
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1949-1962 (District 28); House 1963-1970 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15140
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1957-1962 (District 28); House 1963-1972 (District 40); House 1973-1980 (District 55A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10202
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1931-1943 (District 36); Senate 1945-1958 (District 36). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13654
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1945-50 (District 33); Senate 1951-62 (District 33). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14575
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1937-38 (District 34); Senate 1939-62 (District 34). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12780
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1927-34 (District 30); Senate 1935-54 (District 30); Senate 1955-62 (District 30); Senate 1963-70 (District 38). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11880
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1929-30 (District 35); Senate 1931-57 (District 35). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14070
Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1961-1962 (District 30); House 1963-1964 (District 38). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10249
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1963-1970 (District 39); Senate 1971-1972 (District 39); Senate 1973-1980 (District 54). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10206
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1941-1962 (District 33); House 1963-1966 (District 37). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12903
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1951-1962 (District 33); House 1963-1972 (District 37). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10970
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1963-1964 (District 30); House 1965-1966 (District 30); House 1967-1972 (District 13A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11841
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1963-1966 (District 31); House 1967-1972 (District 33B); House 1973-1976 (District 42B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10007
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1957-1962 (District 28); House 1963-1972 (District 40); House 1973-1980 (District 55A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10202
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1971-1972 (District 36); House 1973-1978 (District 58B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10084
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1973-1974 (District 38A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10104
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1973-1980 (District 56A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10094
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1973-1982 (District 44A); House 1983-2002 (District 46B); House 2003-Present (District 45B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10089
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1973-74 (District 36). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10385
Nils Hasselmo, former University of Minnesota president, is drinking champagne with Pat Hasselmo and Per Forshell. Nils Hasselmo is in the center, Pat Hasselmo is on the right and Per Olof Forshell, Swedish konsul, is on the left.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1969-1972 (District 28B); House 1973-1982 (District 37B); House 1983-1984 (District 40A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10644
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1979-1982 (District 38A); House 1983-1992 (District 41B); House 1993-1994 (District 40B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10065
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1975-1982 (District 37A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10260
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1975-80 (District 54A); Senate 1981-82 (District 54); Senate 1983-92 (District 57); Senate 1993-96 (District 58). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10348
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1974-76 (District 61A); Senate 1977-82 (District 61). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10334
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1981-82 (District 37). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10377
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1981-82 (District 38); Senate 1982-2002 (District 41); Senate 2003-2006 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10038
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1983-90 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10197
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1983-2000 (District 46). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10301
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1977-78 (District 61A); House 1981-82 (District 61A); House 1983-86 (District 62B); Senate 1987-90 (District 62). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10073
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1983-90 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10197
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1975-76 (District 45B); Senate 1977-82 (District 45); Senate 1983-94 (District 47). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10390
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1985-2000 (District 46A); Senate 2001-2002 (District 46); Senate 2003-Present (District 45). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10558
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1973-1982 (District 40B); House 1983-1994 (District 43B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10331
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1983-1992 (District 44B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10602
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1979-1982 (District 38A); House 1983-1992 (District 41B); House 1993-1994 (District 40B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10065
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1991-2002 (District 45B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10370
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1989-2002 (District 45A); House 2003-2006 (District 43B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10004
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1991-1992 (District 42B); House 1993-2002 (District 42A); House 2003-2008 (District 41A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10167
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1979-1982 (District 41A); House 1983-1992 (District 44A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10480
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1983-1992 (District 42A); House 1993-1994 (District 42B). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10509
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1991-1992 (District 43A); House 1993-2002 (District 34A): House 2003-Present (District 33A). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10624
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1989-94 (District 33). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10414
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1990-92 (District 61); Senate 1993-2000 (District 62). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10184
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1993-2002 (District 43). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10479
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1992-2002 (District 42). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10660
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1973-80 (District 59A); Senate 1981-82 (District 59); Senate 1983-92 (District 60); Senate 1993-Present (District 61). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10047
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1981-82 (District 38); Senate 1982-2002 (District 41); Senate 2003-2006 (District 40). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10038