A photograph of children in the 1965-1966 11:15am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
A photograph of children in the 1962-1963 11:15am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
A photograph of children in the 1963-1964 9:15am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
A photograph of children in the 1966-1967 10:15am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
A photograph of children in the 1975 10:30am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
A photograph of children in the 1967-1968 9:15am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
A photograph showing Mary Lou Stutzka, Library Assistant, checking out a book at the Children's Department Checkout Desk in the Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
One of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
A hand-drawn map from the 1950s, created by Jim Morrissey, depicting the artist's recollection of landmarks in Wyoming, Minnesota, in the 1930s. Not to scale. Note at the bottom of the map reads, "This map is not drawn to scale and data may not be 100% correct, but it is intended to be a near approximate plan showing Wyoming as developed to that era for historical purpose." Landmarks include structures such as brdeiges, water tower, pump house, the railroad depot, dog kennels, car sheds as well as the homes of local residents.
Three of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
Two of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
Four of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
Five of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
Six of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
Seven of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
Eight of Nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
Nine of nine blueprints from Wyoming grade school building, built in 1938, demolished in the 1980s. The building was a Works Progress Administration project, designed by architect Carl H Buetow, who designed many other WPA public buildings around Minnesota.
A photograph of children in the 1974 9:15am preschool story hour in the Children's Department Storytime Room, Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
Construction site of Bethel Seminary buildings covered in snow during winter. The Chapel basement is in the foreground and the metal frame of the Classroom building is in the background.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Wooden posts mark the boundaries of where to dig on the site of the new Seminary building in Arden Hills. The front of a bulldozer emerges from the left side.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Light snow covers the construction site for the front entrance to the Seminary building complex during winter. Exposed ground and construction equipment fill the space that will become the front entrance. The Classroom building is on the left, the Library building on the right and the entry atrium in the middle.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
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."
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel Academy's entry gates and front door on the Snelling Avenue campus in winter. Entry gates have engraved plaque that reads ""class of 1925"". The building was originally built in 1916 and served as administrative offices, classrooms, dining hall, gymnasium, chapel, book store and library until more buildings were added to campus beginning in 1945.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Students coming and going in front of Bethel College building on Snelling Avenue Campus during winter. The Library and Theological Seminary buildings can be seen in the background.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel Academy and Theological Seminary Chapel at Snelling Avenue Campus with portraits of founders, J.A. Edgren, Eric Sandell, and Carl Lagergren, on back wall.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
A sign that reads, "Bethel College and Seminary Women's Dormitory Addition" marks the construction site of the addition to the Bodien dormitory. Project was funded by the Housing and Home Finance Agency as Project No. Minnesota 21 CH:5.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Construction site of Bethel Student housing, Arden Village buildings, during winter on Arden Hills Campus. Trucks, cars, and various construction equipment is spread across the area.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel College and Seminary President, Faculty and Administrators inside Seminary Chapel. From left to right are Gordon Johnson, Lee Eliason, Virgil Olson, President Carl Lundquist, Ron Youngblood and unnamed person stand in front of empty chairs while smiling and talking with one another.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Cornerstone installation ceremony for Bethel Seminary in Arden Hills showing Bethel official sliding cornerstone into place. Man with film camera stands close by overlooking the process and crowd is visible in background behind a rope line. Piece of tape used for publication directions that reads ""Crop Here"" was not removable.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Sign indicates future "Bethel College Location" in a field of grass. Beyond the sign, construction of Nelson Hall, its first student housing building, can be seen including scaffolding and building materials.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Aerial view of proposed design for construction of Bethel's Arden Hills campus. Includes labels for seven kinds of structures: Seminary housing, Seminary academic complex, College housing, College academic complex, Physical Education Complex, Chapel, and Parking lots.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel Seminary parking lot and power plant at Snelling Campus. Smokestack of power plant is visible on the left with four cars that appear to be made in the 1920s. The car features include wheels on the back and tires with spokes like a bike.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel College's entry gates and front door framed by trees on the Snelling Avenue campus. Entry gates have engraved plaque that reads ""class of 1925"". The building originally served as administrative offices, classrooms, dining hall, gymnasium, chapel, book store and library until more buildings were added to campus beginning in 1945.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Crowd of students and faculty forming line from sidewalk to the front door of the Bethel College building. A glimpse of the campus grounds is visible in background on the left.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Group of students sitting in coffee shop with Bibles, glasses, and mugs on top of the table. Photograph appeared in 1955 Bethel yearbook, The Spire, to illustrate activities during Deeper Life Week.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Aerial view of future Arden Hills campus without any buildings taken from the northwest. The season is evidenced by snow visible on ground from the northwest. Old Snelling road can be seen at bottom-right, Snelling at top-right, and 694 highway at the top-left. Majority of Lake Valentine is visible in bottom-left corner.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Homecoming decoration in front of Hagstrom Residence, building number 1475 in 1958. Words on the display read, "The Hinge of History Pages from the Ages the most repeated fact Bethel devours Northland."
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
President Carl Lundquist addressing the audience from a podium during the groundbreaking ceremony for Bethel Seminary at Arden Hills, 1964. Behind him is a panel holding ceremonial shovels, an American flag, a row of VIP's seated in chairs, and a view of Lake Valentine behind them.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel Theological Seminary group photo in front of Seminary building in October, 1924. President G. Arvid Hagstrom sits front and center-right surrounded by faculty and students.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel Theological Seminary Faculty and Students portrait collage from 1919. Pictured from left to right are: (top row) C. Geo. Ericson; O.M. Lind; Dr. C.G. Lagergren, Dean; Victor Larson; A.B. Nelson; (middle row) L. Johnson; Prof. V. Sandberg, Musical Director; Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom, President; Prof. D. Gustafson; G.A. Gustavson; (bottom row) D.A. Anderson; D.N. Moberg; A.A. Anderson; O.L. Magnuson; F.L. Moberg.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Construction on Snelling Avenue campus with sign that reads "Bethel College & Seminary Site improvement Program scheduled completion June 1958." View of side entrance to Library in foreground and dormitories across courtyard with students walking amidst the construction.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Construction on courtyard of Snelling Ave Campus with construction vehicles and sidewalk tiles waiting to be placed. Four buildings in background from left to right are: Library building, Field house, Edgren Residence, and Hagstrom Residence.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
President G. Arvid Hagstrom and another man lead the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Bodien women's dormitory on a rainy day in 1941. They and the crowd are singing from hymnals and holding umbrellas.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Festival of Christmas concert with full choir, seven-paneled nativity scene in background and seated audience visible in the foreground. Photo taken from the back of the center aisle.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Scandia Church, one of the first Swedish Baptist church buildings in Minnesota, moving on a truck in front of Nelson Hall on its way to new location on grounds of Bethel Seminary.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
The cornerstone from the Bethel Theological Seminary building reads "1914" and marks the date of the first building erected on the Snelling Avenue campus.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Heavy construction equipment sits in front of the Seminary building site on the Arden Hills Campus. The foundation and cleared land is shown with Lake Valentine in background beyond the tree line. Some red markings on photograph for use in Bethel publications.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Construction site of the installation of Bells on the south wall of the Seminary Chapel, Jan. 1970. Snow blankets the ground as two men use long ladders and scaffolding for the installation.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Bethel Hockey Club inside locker room in 1966-67. Player #4 is Barry Johnson. This is the first year that the team was an official Club with the hopes to become an intercollegiate sport in the future.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Player and coach talking on the sideline surrounded by other players and another coach. Empty stands and goal posts are visible in the background. ""Crop here"" tape in top right corner cannot be removed without damaging the photo.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Male students playing and watching ping pong in the Edgren Residence Recreation Room. Room includes a deer head mounted over fireplace in the background and one student sitting on the piano at the side.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Crowd gathered to hear presenters for Seminary building dedication in October 1965. Light posts, hillside, and south end of Seminary complex are visible above the crowd.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Sign "Private Driveway Bethel College" at the entry to Arden Hills campus with College building visible in the distance during winter. Picture is facing towards the East entrance from Old Snelling Avenue.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Four female student musicians in Scandinavian folk dress playing from book of ""Christmas Strings"". Full-length bulletin board about Bethel in background.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Candlelight processional of choir from 1964 Festival of Christmas. Photographer used long term exposure to capture the streaks of light. Mural in background shows scenes from Jesus' birth and death.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Hilltop view of driveway between East Parking Lot and Physical Education Center, now the Robertson Center, under construction with Nelson Residence in background. Original photograph has markings directing how to use the photograph in a publication.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Team photograph of 1908 Bethel Academy football team - 15 players on top of each other in a pyramid. Leather helmets and football are laid out in front of the players on the floor. Top of original photograph is blurred.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Male and female students performing experiments in chemistry lab using beakers, test tubes and other glass equipment and tubes. Periodic table is mounted on the wall behind the students and their books are open on the counters in front of them.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Female student in lab coat looking at test tube during lab at Snelling Campus. Her lab notebook is open amidst a variety of other scientific equipment.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Six female students in white robes and silver tinsel belts around female student in white robe, red belt and wreath with lighted candles around her head. This dress is for the traditional celebration of Saint Lucia, which is a Scandinavian celebration of Christmas.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Choir and orchestra performing in Scandinavian folk dress during the 1980 Festival of Christmas. Conductor in foreground and horse drawn sleigh landscape mural in the background.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
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.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
First floor and pillars visible on the construction site of the Learning Resources Center which includes the Dining Hall and will later become the Hagstrom Student Services Center.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Broomball player about to shoot on goal with teammates and opponents in front of goal. Icy ground, cold temperatures, and slippery footing are no deterrent for this popular intramural sport.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Seminary groundbreaking by bulldozer on Arden Hills campus with four men in suits observing. This was one of the first construction projects on the Arden Hills property.
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The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC