St. Benedict's Academy (1883-1909); St. Benedict's Monastery (convent), St. Joseph, Minnesota. While the sisters stressed simplicity in the matter of dress for St. Benedict's Academy students, school dresses could be of any style or color, but black sateen aprons were worn over them during school hours. On Sunday a plain black uniform (with a brooch for the collar) and earrings were to be worn. These regulations made occasions for dressing up something special (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, page 105)
First 50 years of the College of Saint Benedict (CSB) The performances Sister Dominica Borgerding directed would cram this hall and the two adjoining classrooms with seculars paying for tickets three Sundays in a row - from as far as the Twin Cities, Duluth and Milwaukee. She did not offer "milk for babes." Instead she challenged the Dramatics Club and the audiences with the "Merchant of Venice" (with a brilliant Shylock and a magnificent Portia) and with biblical plays of a Queen Esther and a Judith of Bethulia. Women took men's parts and managed very convincingly. If Shakespeare could make-do with men to take women's parts, Sister Dominica turned her women into men for their parts. The costumes were magnificent. They are still among the richest and most beautiful now in that amazing collection in the Benedicts Arts Center.
Moon Brothers Theater tent interior; close up of stage and painted scenery backdrop; Magic Lantern on a table for projecting images; chairs for seating
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
District 62 Country School, in Gales Township, north of Walnut Grove. Photograph includes: John Erickson, Bert Garwood, Judith Olson, Harry Wilson, Oscar Nordgren, Maude Gilbert, and Miss Moonem.
Students in costume are shown standing on the lawn in front of College Hall. This photograph shows the cast of the play Every Woman's Road, which was performed in the spring of 1917. The West and North sides of Derham Hall can be seen in the upper left of the picture.
The cast of the theatrical productions of "The Violin Maker and The Balloon" produced at the College of St. Thomasl as the 1907 class plays. Back Row: Joseph Bonska, William O'Reilly, unknown, Martin Kennedy, unknown, John Doherty, Charles Morgan, Philip Gordon, unknown. First person seated on the left is Professor Stapleton. Negative Number: C82-150-209.
The cast of a production of "The Talk of the Town" posed on the Lyceum theater stage with an elaborate backdrop, Japanese lanterns, and stage curtains.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The cast of a production of "The Talk of the Town" posed on the Lyceum theater stage with an elaborate backdrop, Japanese lanterns, and stage curtains.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections