Portrait of the Reverend Jabez Brooks, Hamline University president, 1854-1857 and 1861-1869. Prior to coming to Hamline, he was principal of a seminary in Watertown, Wisconsin, and a professor of Greek and mathematics at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. After leaving Hamline, he became a member of the faculty at the newly opened University of Minnesota.
View of some of the early buildings on the Carleton College campus, including Pancake Hall and Lord House, Northfield, Minnesota. Pancake Hall was a Carleton College residence.
Exterior view of Stearns House with men and women standing on the balcony and in front of the building. The Stearns House, a former hotel purchased by the state, served as a St. Cloud State's first and only building when the school was established in 1869.
Portrait of Alice Eddy Edwards, wife of the Reverend Elijah Evan Edwards and sister of the Reverend Thomas M. Eddy. Elijah E. Edwards was chaplain of the 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during the latter part of the Civil War. Alice died in 1896.
This photograph shows the first high school in St. Peter, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Fifth and Grace streets. The front of the school faced Fifth street. It was constructed in the early 1870s.
The three members of Carleton's original class of 1874, including Carleton's eventual first graduates, J. J. Dow and Myra Brown. Pictured are: Bayard T. Holmes, Myra A. Brown, and James J. Dow.
Photograph of woodcut of the Reverend David Clarke John, Hamline University president 1880-1883. A Methodist minister, he earlier served churches in the East Baltimore conference, was a professor of natural sciences at the state normal school in Bloomsburg, a principal of a high school in Milton, Pennsylvania, and the pastor of Emory Chapel at Carlisle. He also was principal of the Mankato State Normal school. After leaving Hamline, he become pastor of the first Methodist Episcopal Church of Winona.
Exterior view of Stearns House with men and women standing on the balcony and in front of the building. The Stearns House, a former hotel purchased by the state, served as a St. Cloud State's first and only building when the school was established in 1869.
Exterior view of Old Main. Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
Exterior view of Old Main. Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
Street view; unpaved streets with trees blocking view of parts of building; photographer is listed as artist with business at 301 Washington Avenue South.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Portraits of Mankato State Normal School faculty and graduating class of 1877. The faculty are in the middle surrounded by the graduates. The faculty are from left to right and top to bottom: Mrs. Swann, Principal John, Miss Phillips, Mr. Miller, Mrs, Miles, Alma Pattee.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Although the label written on this photograph says that the image is of the first graduating class, early students, and faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, this photo shows teachers and students on the steps of the Old Main building at Gustavus, 1877. The first class graduated in 1890 had eight men.