A view of the old Administration Building and the first Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on the campus of the College of St. Thomas. The building in the background is the old Classroom Building.
A banquet for the classes of 1908 and 1909 held in the refectory of the old Administration Building of the College of St. Thomas. Fr. James Doyle and Fr. John Dunphy are seated on either side of the pillar in the far right of image. Negative Number: C82-150-298.
The baseball team of the College of St. Thomas, winners of the Intercollegiate Pennant in 1903. In the third row on the far left is the coach of the team, Reverend James Doylivee.
College of St. Thomas baseball team for 1904. The old Administration Building and the first Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas are in the background. Front Row: Thomas Lee, James McGuire, William Hennigan. Second Row: Joe Tomek, E. Halfpenny, Reverend James Doyle, Maurice Ryan, Bernard Leutge. Back Row: William Harrington, T. Kerins, Philip Gordon, William Coleman, Edward Casey, Daniel Booth, Ed Meyers, L. Rose. Title supplied by cataloger.
College of St. Thomas football team before the last game of the 1907 season at Nicollet Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Front Row: Roy Mordaunt, John Coogan, Ernie Carr, unknown, Clete Mulick, Charles McCusker, Charlie Esch. Back Row: Leo O'Rourke, John Broderick, John Doyle, John Holland, Matthew McGarty, unknown, Herbert Heubel, Louis Pepin, unknown, unknown, Pedro Oga, Frank Hanna, manager.
The first group of officers and non-commissioned officers at the College of St. Thomas. Lieutenant Edward K. Massee, Commandant of Cadets, stands at the center of the front row.
Officers of the Corps of Cadets of the College of St. Thomas and their commanding officer in front of the old Administration Building. Title supplied by cataloger.
Cadets of the College of St. Thomas for 1909. Front Row (left to right): Colonel Sedgewick Rice (Commandant), Cadet Major Raymond Caverly, Cadet Lt. Colonel William Coughlin, George Rowles, John Blankart, Stanley Meger, Cyril Farrell, Charles Jungwirth, John Cogan, John Hartigan, Bernard Kramer, Augustus Rhode, , John Steger, Stephen Winter, Thomas Kennedy, Herbert Lawes, Raymond Scallon, John Markoe, Sylvester Fitzsimmons, Major John Mears, Cadet Colonel Louis Kucera, Cadet Major Earnest Carr. Second Row (left to right):unknown, John Mooney, Alexander Lynott, LeRoy Westfall, Eugene Eldredge, unknown, John Halloran, Harvey Williams, unknown, Asa Eldredge, Maurice Hurley, unknown, unknown, unknown, Charles Welsch, William O'Brien, unknown, Dexter Hamilton, unknown. Back row (left to right); unknown, Albert Westfall, Linus Waskuwich, unknown, Walter Clemens, Harold Martin, George Pepin, Frederick Niemann, Leo P. McMahon, Timothy O'Connell, unknown.
A view of the campus grounds of the College of St. Thomas. The buildings appearing in the background are, from left to right, the old Science Building, the old Administration Building, and the first Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Members of the choir for the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas at the College of St. Thomas. Front row (left to right): Paul O'Gorman, Professor Leo Bruenner (director), Thomas A. Welch and Mathiaas O'Laughlin. Second Row (left to right) unknown, James Griffin, Homer Hogan, James Bynes, Thomas Kerwick, James Curran, Edward Casey. Third Row (left to right): William Grace, Michael Powers, Maurice Ryan, and Martin Cullen. Back row (left to right): George Sullivan, Benjamin Kelly, James O'Hara, Michael Healy, Lawrence Ryan, James Nolan, Peter Tibesar, John Wagner.
Internal view of one of three original parlors in Derham Hall; this room was located on the first floor to the left of the front entrance of the building. The door leads to what was once a small office containing the only telephone in the building.
Internal view of the Derham Hall refectory, located on the first floor in the Southeast wing of the building. The tables are set for a meal; the door to the left leads to the serving room.
External view of the West and South sides of Derham Hall with the Dew Drop Pond visible in the foreground. The smokestack of the Power House can be seen behind the main building.
External view of the South and West sides of Derham Hall. The path leads from the south side of the building to the spring below. The south porch, which was later demolished, faces the woods.
Earliest photograph of Derham Hall first building erected on the campus of the College of St. Catherine by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Cornerstone laid 1903; building completed 1904. Named in honor of Hugh Derham of Rosemount Minnesota a generous benefactor. View of the west (front) and north wing of the building from the northwest. The small building in the in the rear was called the Power House at that time.
Student is shown holding a bouquet of flowers and a diploma. She is standing next to the cornerstone of Derham Hall and behind her is the north lawn of the campus facing Randolph Avenue.
Five students are shown siting on a log bench on the southwest lawn of campus. Derham Hall can be seen in the background. A camera is sitting on the lap of one of the students.
Three students are shown standing in the snow on a residential street. The middle student is putting an envelope into a mailbox that is attached to a streetlight.
Four students are shown sitting on the front steps of Derham Hall with an unidentified Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Another student and Sister are visible on a sidewalk on the north lawn of campus.
The College of St. Thomas baseball team for 1902. Front row (left to right): James Doyle, John Peschges, Joe Tomek, Mike Sheeran, Maurice Ryan, Emmit Halpenny, T. Kerins, Bernard Hoppenyan. Back row (left to right): Harry Conway (coach), William Fleming, Martin Cullen (manager), Steve Dowd, Charles McDermott, Mike Healy (assistant manager), Martin Griffin.
College of St. Thomas student playing a violin while surrounded by classmates. The photograph was taken inside the old Administration Building. Title supplied by cataloger.
The College of St. Thomas Debating Team for 1908 - 1909. Clockwise from the top of the image are Professor William D. Jamieson (coach), Louise B. Kucera, Frederick McCarthy and Raymond Caverly.
The College of St. Thomas football team for 1906. Front row: Two mascots, unknown. Second row (left to right): Unknown, Robert Wirth, Serenus Skahen, Fred Sandborn, Robert Mulloy, Joseph O'Neill (assistant manger), Louis Pepin, Louis Laughlin, unknown, unknown, unknown, Herbert Huebel. Third row (left to right): Frank Kelly, Clete Mulick, John Foley, Joseph Hannan, Leo O'Rourke (captain), unknown, unknown, Earnest Carr, unknown, John Kent. Back row (left to right): unknown, unknown, Charles McKusker, Thomas Canty (manager), unknown, unknown, John Donahoe, Ed Rogers (coach).
Members of the 1905 football team for the College of St. Thomas. Front row (left to right) : Fred Sanborn, unknown mascot, Louis Pepin. Second Row (left to right): John Quinlan, John Duggan, Ignatius O'Shaughnessy (captain), Leo O'Rourke, unknown. Third row (left to right): Fr. James Doyle, Joseph Hannan, Howard Pennington, Leo Nemzek, William Harrington, William Donahoe (manager). Back row (l-r); Edward Conmy, Henry Schurch.
Members of the Philomathic Literary and Debating Society of the College of St. Thomas in front of the old Administration Building. The Reverend Terence Moore stands at the end of the second row.
Students of the Class of 1908 at the College of St. Thomas on the shore of Lake Mennith with the old Administration Building and the original St . Thomas Chapel in the background. First row (left to right): William O'Reilly, Anthony Logar, Dan Foley, Joe Freyselven. Middle Row: John Doherty, Bill Carroll, Tom Canty, Joe O'Neill, Will Dohahoe. Back Row: Ambrose Sullivan, John Donahoe, Ed Fitzgerald, Joe Bouska, Martin Kennedy, Joe Hannon, Walter Lally, Louis Pepin, Philip Gordon. Title supplied by cataloger. Negative Number: C82-150-199.
1904 photo of the dam on Chester Creek forming a stock pond on the Benedictine Sisters' farm. In 1900, the Duluth Benedictine sisters purchased the first 80 acres of what would be their Kenwood campus. This parcel had been used as a farm for a number of years. Chester Creek, which runs through the property had been dammed to produce a stock pond. This photograph faces north, with what is now Niagara Street in the background.
The faculty and students of the College of St. Thomas in front of the old Administration Building. Fr. John Dolphin, president of the College of St. Thomas, is seated in the middle of the front row. Title supplied by cataloger.
Football game between the College of St. Thomas and the Minnesota University All-Stars played on Thanksgiving Day in 1907 at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Members of the Philomathic Literary and Debating Society at the College of St. Thomas. Front Row: John Keenan, Peter Gadient, "Duke" Ryan, William McCarron, John Neary, unknown, unknown. Second Row: James Byrnes, James Neary, James Nolan, Pat Lydon, William McHale, Edward Casey, Martin Cullen, Thomas Welch, Michael Healy. Third Row: Joseph Makowski, Homer Hogan, Frank Matz, James Jiracek, Mathias O'Laughlin, Frank Kelly, Mike McQuaid(?). Fourth Row: Charles Shields, unknown, Paul Abel, Peter Tibesar, Stanley Dobrenski, James O'Phelan, William Grace, Patrick Franklin. Back Row: James O'Reilley, Tom Canty, Ed Sprenger, Mike McRath, Philip Brady, William Coleman, William Luby, William Haas, Joseph Cleary, Maurice Ryan, Reverend Terence Moore.
A 1906 photo of Sacred Heart Institute. In 1904, the Duluth Benedictine sisters moved into their first motherhouse, Sacred Heart Institute, constructed on a two-lot site at Third Avenue East and Third Street. This building housed both the sisters and the girls' academy of the same name. In 1909, the Academy and many of the sisters moved to the new Kenwood site, and the building eventually became the residence for St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing.
1909 photo showing modifications to strengthen ceilings in Tower Hall. When Franklin Ellerbe of St. Paul took over the completion of Villa Sancta Scholastica in 1908 steel support columns were added in all of the rooms below fourth floor, and steel beams were added to shore up the ceilings. These beams were covered with wood, and provided a somewhat Tudor flavor to the decor. This is the high school students' recreation room on first floor of the building.