Cabinet photograph of Truman Elwell Rickard (1881-1948) in winter attire. In 1904, as a University of Minnesota student, Truman Elwell Rickard (composed the music and wrote the original words for "Hail! Minnesota," which became the Minnesota state song in 1945. Rickard later married Grace Larson, a daughter of L.W. Larson, a prominant early Fosston settler.
This is a photograph of Nicollet County Civil War veteran James Magner. He served as a captain in Company I of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment. On May 18, 1864 Magner was killed during the battle of Spotsylvania.
This is a photograph of Nicollet County Civil War veteran James Magner. He served as a captain in Company I of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment. On May 18, 1864 Magner was killed during the battle of Spotsylvania.
Portrait of Enos Barbeau [1840-1908]. Born in Quebec, Canada he worked in the fur trade. He came to Ottertail City in 1867 and moved to Fergus Falls in 1875. In Fergus Falls he engaged in the manufacture of lime, a business he ran for 25 years.
Early years in St. Cloud (1857-1863). In 1863 when the number of sisters in St. Cloud had increased to fourteen, they began to look for a more congenial environment. Seven of the sisters responded to an invitation to establish a Benedictine convent in Atchison, KS. Five of these founders of the Atchison group are identified on the photograph, taken in 1888, as follows: (seated:) Sisters Gertrude Kapser, Evangelista Kremeter, Gregoria Moser; (Standing:) Sisters Armanda Meier, Boniface Bantle;.The remaining sisters in St. Cloud chose to move to nearby Clinton (St. Joseph), a flourishing German community, where three of the sisters had already established a mission and two were teaching in the district school there. The main reasons for seeking a more congenial environment was the controversy of public versus parochial schools. The sisters were caught between the American bishops'/pastors' ideal of establishing a parochial school system and the parishioners' resistance to supporting two school systems. The parishioners also resisted the loss of the kind of control over their parishes and schools that they were accustomed to having in Germany. Besides the school controversy, there was the undeniable fact that the sisters needed time to adjust to their new environment. They had not yet mastered the English language or the school discipline needed in America so different from that of their girls' boarding school in Bavaria. Also some citizens viewed the sisters' appearance in religious dress and teaching religion in the district school as violations of the American ideal of separation of church and state (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 53-55; Terry Jaakkola and Julia Lambert Frericks, Shadows Illuminated, pages75-79).
Fritz is wearing a three piece suit with white neck tie and a hat with the ear flaps folded up. He has a mustache. Back reads "Fritz Kahle, father of Henry Kahle" and "from Mayme 11-28-59." He is in a studio with a backdrop with an image of a house and garden in background.
This photograph shows several young women from St. Peter, several of whom are pictured with very tall, pointed hats. Top, left to right: Ida Schleuder, Ella Ribble, Mabel Hanscome, Carrie Hodgkins. Bottom, left to right: unknown, Grace Ribble, Rhoda Peterson. They were mainly from the 1894 and 1895 graduating classes from St. Peter High School.
A cabinet card group portrait of Dora Probstfield and seven other young women. The women are possibly students from Moorhead Normal School. The Fallman Parlor Photo Car was a photography studio located on a train car with the photographer renting a railroad car in order to travel from town to town. The studio was known for utilizing backdrops and props.
The graduates of 1895 is assembled in this studio portrait, which later appeared in the 1912 Breidablick college annual with the caption "Our Governor's Class", in reference to Adolph O. Eberhart, who appears in the photograph. The graduates are: Rev. John G. Laurin, Edward L. Erickson, Governor Adolph O. Eberhart, Prof. Andrew A. Stomberg, Hon. Thomas H. Johnston, Rev. Swan L. Wilson, Rev. Runolfur Marteinson, Atty. Charles Johnson, Dr. Alfred E. Ahlstrom, Atty. Frank A. Eckman, Hannah Nelson, M. S. Norelius, Prof. Louis Anderson, Grace Gresham-Brownell, Dr. Brandur, J. Brandson, and Dr. Joseph A. Prim.
Portrait photograph of J. A. Kiester. Kiester was an early settler-lawyer, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate. He was also an Episcopalian, Freemason and Faribault County historian.
View of the John B. Johnson family of Newfolden, Minnesota in a horse drawn wagon. The photograph was part of the collection of Leroy E. Mattson's Great-uncle John Johnson, a surveyor.
This photograph shows a very young John Hegfors and his wife, Kaisa Palkki, and their first child. In 1885, John designed a new water wheel and made repairs to the Palkki gristmill, which was built in 1878 by 18 of the first settlers in Thomson Township.
John Lauritzen came to Fergus Falls in 1887 and was in charge of the construction of the State Hospital and was responsible for many fine brick buildings in Fergus Falls and the surrounding area.
Portrait of John W. Mason [1846-1927]. John Mason was born in La Peer, Michigan. With his parents, he came to Minnesota shortly before the Civil War. He studied law under G. B. Cooley, being admitted to the bar in 1871. He arrived in Fergus Falls on June 7, 1871 and soon became city attorney.
Formal portrait of Julia and Mabel Rouillard on the occasion of Mabel's confirmation. Julia's husband Thomas was the lay minister at the Church of Messiah.
Portrait of J. W. Earl. Mr. Earl was a pioneer implement dealer, member of the firm Earl and Hansen and an active member of the Methodist church. He was also the mayor of Fergus Falls from 1889-1891.
Photograph collage of the members of the Norwegian-American temperance movement. Includes: Gustav Eide, O. Br. Olson, Waldmar Ager, F.L. Tronsdal, O.S. Sneve, J.J. Skordalsvold, E.E. Lobeck, J.L. Nydahl, Theo S. Reimstad, Adelsten Berge, Anna Qvale Andersen, O. Løkensgaard, K.T. Thorvildsen, B.B. Haugan, H.P. Rud, and K. Lokensgaard.
Photograph collage of the members of the Wisconsin Totalafholdsselskab (Total Abstinence Society). Includes: E.T. Saugstad, Theo. Thorsen, F.L. Tronsdal, E.E. Lobeck, P.S. Thompson, Rev. Chr. Ytterhus, and Rev. O. Gulbrandson.
Studio portrait of Leo (facing left) and Christ (facing right) Albrecht, of Belle Plaine. Wearing matching suits with white shirts that have bow at the neck and large ruffle collars and cuffs. Black jackets. Taken at Pelton's Studio, Belle Plaine.
Early years in St. Joseph, Minnesota (1863-1880). Soon after Mother Antonia (Margarethe) Hermann was born in Baden, Germany, her family immigrated to America. In 1857, Margarethe joined the Benedictine Convent in Erie, Pennsylvania. Four years later, 1861, she was sent to found a new convent in Chicago and was appointed prioress there in 1862. In 1868 Abbot Rupert Seidenbusch, without consulting the sisters in St. Joseph, brought Mother Antonia to St. Benedict's Convent and appointed her as prioress of that community. However, after the completion of her first term as prioress, she was elected by the community in St. Joseph for a second term. Mother Antonia, an able leader, helped the community face the challenges of the early years in St. Joseph. She introduced record and bookkeeping practices which are included in the community's archival collection. Mother Antonia lost the favor of Abbot Alexius Edelbrock when she negotiated to have the sisters discontinue doing the laundry and sewing for the monks at St. John's Abbey. She chose to resign as prioress and returned to her former community in Chicago. Later, she transferred to the Benedictine community in Yankton, SD, where she volunteered her services in the Dakota missions (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 65-73).
Portrait of Judge Oliver Olson [1851-1924]. Mr. Olson came to Otter Tail County in 1870. He was appointed clerk of the probate court. In 1894 he was elected judge of probate court. Mr. Olson also ran a successful insurance business.
Formal portrait of the O.S. Sneve family of Brookings, South Dakota. Sneve was a leader inthe Temperance movement amoung Norwegians, especially in South Dakota.
Group portrait of the Pope County Commissioners of 1882. Back row: Jared Emerson, Peder Engebretson, M. A. Wollan, auditor. Front row: Harold Irgens, George Brown, Gunder Tharaldson. Their terms only overlapped in 1882.
This is a photograph of Nicollet County Civil War veteran Andrew Anderson, who lived in Granby Township, near Swan Lake. Anderson rose to the rank of corporal in Company H of the Fourth Minnesota Regiment, serving for nearly four years.
Formal portrait of Arthur Kingsbury Fillebrown, son of Walter and Harriet Fillebrown. Arthur was born July 16, 1892, and died May 4, 1978. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1914 and served in the military as an ambulance driver in World War I.
Portrait of Axel Englund (September 5, 1860, to June 26, 1939). Pioneer businessman of Starbuck, MN organizing a number of early businesses including a hardware store, grain elevator, newspaper, creamery and Du Glada Theater. He also served as the mayor of Starbuck for 18 years.
Portrait of Axel Englund (Sept 5 1860, to June 26, 1939). Pioneer businessman of Starbuck, MN organizing a number of early businesses including a hardware store, grain elevator, newspaper, creamery and Du Glada Theater. He also served as mayor of Starbuck for 18 years.
This photograph shows St. Peter Civil War veteran Benjamin Rogers in his uniform. He served in Company D of the Ninth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
This photograph, taken in St. Paul, Minnesota, shows Nicollet County Civil War veteran B. F. Sylvester in his uniform. He served as a first lieutenant in Company E of the Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. A note on the reverse indicates that he was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga.
This photograph shows Civil War Capt. Asgrim K. Skaro, who was killed in the battle of Nashville in 1864. Skaro served in the Second and the Ninth Minnesota Infantry Regiments. He was one of the founders of St. Peter in Nicollet County in 1853.
This is a photograph of Col. William Crooks in his army uniform. Crooks was the commander of Minnesota's Sixth Regiment of Volunteer Infantry until October 28, 1864.
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.