Publication detailing the establishment, evolution, and expansion of the Minnesota's higher education system, known as normal schools, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The minutes detail the growth of the normal schools and their campuses, the hiring and the resignations of faculty, staff, and school presidents, finances of the systems and schools, curriculum, purchase and expansion of physical campus, including property and buildings, of the St. Cloud Normal School, the Mankato Normal School, the Winona Normal School, and Moorhead Normal School (which would become state universities) and the Duluth Normal School (which would become the University of Minnesota-Duluth).
Minnesota State Normal Board; Minnesota State Teachers College Board
Date Created:
1903 - 1924
Description:
Publication detailing the transition of the normal schools to state teachers colleges, evolution, and expansion of the Minnesota's higher education system in the first quarter of the 1900s. The minutes detail the growth of the state teacher colleges and their campuses, the hiring and the resignations of faculty, staff, and school presidents, finances of the systems and schools, curriculum, and the purchase and expansion of physical campus, including property and buildings, of the St. Cloud State Teachers College, Mankato State Teachers College, Winona State Teachers College, and Moorhead State Teachers College (which would become state universities) and the Duluth State Teachers College (which would become the University of Minnesota-Duluth).
Angle view of Old Main from the street, including two wings added in 1894 to the original Normal School Building. (This Old Main was the original building for Mankato State Normal School. It was destroyed by fire in 1922.)
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Old Main - as remodeled after the storm of June 5, 1880. (This Old Main was the original building for Mankato State Normal School. It was destroyed by fire in 1922.)
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
View of Old Main from the street. Section of "Tar-Macadam" street. The postcard photo shows some of the building additions. (This Old Main was the original building for Mankato State Normal School. It was destroyed by fire in 1922.)
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
View of Old Main. This picture is a print from a postcard. (This Old Main was the original building for Mankato State Normal School. It was destroyed by fire in 1922.)
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Old Main photo from front of Class of 1909 Portrait book. (This Old Main was the original building for Mankato State Normal School. It was destroyed by fire in 1922.)
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
View of Old Main from the street. Dirt road and wooden sidewalks are noticeable. This photograph is damaged. (This Old Main was the original building for Mankato State Normal School. It was destroyed by fire in 1922.)
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Exteriors of Old Main and Washburn Hall on the campus of Duluth Normal School. The home of Eugene W. Bohannon, first president of the school, is visible in the background on the right side.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives