Roswell H. Kinney was the first superintendent of the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and served during 1863-1866. He was present when the school opened on September 9, 1863. The school's name changed from "Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb" to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during his administration.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Portrait of first President for Mankato State Normal School. Edward Searing (1835-1898) served from 1880-1898. Three individuals served as Principal of the Mankato Normal School prior to Searing. Searing was the first to serve as President.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Portrait of first President for Mankato State Normal School. Searing (1835-1898) served from 1880-1898. Three individuals served as head of the Mankato Normal School prior to Searing. They served as Principal. Searing was the first to serve as President.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
1890 Graduates of Sauk Centre High School. Graduates listed are Henry Capser, Bird Ship, John Boobar, Edith Law, Mame Toby, Belle Bruce, and Sid Betman.
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
Judge Rodney A. Mott served as the Secretary of the Board of Directors during 1863-1902. Judge Mott's handwriting on the photo reads: "First appointed March 4th 1863" and "R. A. Mott Sect'y Dec. 25th 1890." The school's name changed three times during his time of service, from "Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb" to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind," and then to "Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded)," and then to "Minnesota School for the Deaf."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
A group photograph of the Mountain Lake faculty, Lehrer Corps. Pictured are: Professor I. I. Bargen, Rev. J. J. Balzer, Mary A. Jahnke, E. Annie Perkeness, Bella Dredge
Louis C. Tuck (1851-1949) was a graduate of the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut where he studied under Laurent Clerc, and a graduate of National Deaf-Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet College) in 1870. He was a teacher and librarian at the Minnesota School for the Deaf during 1882-1922, and served as librarian until 1933.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students are assembled with teacher Ruth Buxton for a portrait. Ruth Buxton served at the school during 1892-1893. From back to front, left to right, the students are fingerspelling "I-L-O-V-E-M-I-S-S-B-U-X-T-O-N" for the sentence "I love Miss Buxton."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Studio portrait of George Kleeberger wearing a suit and sitting with his family. George Kleeberger served as president of the Third Normal School at St. Cloud from 1895 to 1901.
Portrait of Helen Sutherland, Hamline University graduate (Class of 1863). She served as the university's preceptress from 1865 to 1867 and taught mathematics and English.
Studio portrait of a group of students. Front, left to right: Harry D. Horton, Ruth Drake, Alice V. Robbins, Emma Firestone, Paul Callaghan. Middle: Myrtle E. Holmes, Royal C. Burnett, William S. Lindsley, Edyth Thompson. Back: Otto A. Drews, Nellie L. Tyler, Lottie Roberts, William J. Janssen
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Raymond P. Kaighn, Class of 1898. He was Hamline University's first physical education director and Hamline's coach for the first intercollegiate basketball game ever played, which was against the Minnesota School of Agriculture in 1895. He also played on the first basketball team under the direction of James Naismith at the international YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts.