Portrait of the Reverend George Henry Bridgman, Hamline University president, 1883-1912. Prior to coming to Hamline, he was a minister in the Canadian Methodist Conference and principal of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, New York.
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 Helen Sutherland, Hamline University graduate (Class of 1863). She served as the university's preceptress from 1865 to 1867 and taught mathematics and English.
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.