Ron McGriff served as Assistant Director of East Central Regional Library from 1976-1984. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
The Savage Office Building, 12400 Princeton Avenue South, Savage Minnesota was constructed in 1982 as a location for small businesses. This building is now Rudolph Community & Care.
The Savage Office Building, 12400 Princeton Avenue South, Savage Minnesota was constructed in 1982 as a location for small businesses. This building is now Rudolph Community & Care.
The Savage Office Building, 12400 Princeton Avenue South, Savage Minnesota was constructed in 1982 as a location for small businesses. Visible is the Savage Water Tower, which has since been removed. This building is now Rudolph Community & Care.
The Singewald Building was once a residential home on Vine Street (now Ottawa Avenue) Savage, Minnesota and later housed businesses including the Vine Street Cafe, Utility and Gas Service, Colonial Bakery & Dairy and finally the Singewald Company. The building was torn down in 1982 and replaced by apartments.
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This board includes individual portraits of students from St. Cloud School of Nursing, Class of 1982 and Director Sister Mary Jude Meyer, O.S.B. Between the years 1967 and 1986, the term 'hospital' was dropped from the school's name. The photographs are color prints mounted on grey paper board, with identifications hand lettered in black ink. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school's students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the 'book.' There are 50 boards in all.
Group of hand-colored costume renderings for the play "Much Ado about Nothing" (William Shakespeare, playwright) performed at St. Cloud State University in 1982-1983. Costume designs for "Much Ado About Nothing" include Balthasar, Conrade, Benedick, Claudio, Hero, Leonato, Dogberry, Beatrice, Margaret, Ursala, Don John, Verges, The Watch, House servants, Sexton, Antonio, Leonato, Antonio, and Don Pedro.
Homecoming parade grand marshal Vernie McDonald rides in a car. Vernie was the wife of St. Cloud State president Brendan McDonald, who served from 1982 to 1992.
Brendan McDonald, an 1954 St. Cloud State graduate, served as its president from 1982 to 1992. He also served as St. Cloud State's registrar and vice-president for administrative affairs.
An aerial view of Pine River showing the new water tower on the left and the older water tower on the right. Some of the town's most iconic buildings have been removed by this time.
Brendan McDonald interviews for St. Cloud State presidency. A 1954 St. Cloud State graduate, McDonald served as its president from 1982 to 1992. He also served as St. Cloud State's registrar and vice-president for administrative affairs.
Lowell "Ted" Gillett served as a faculty member as well as the dean of Graduate Studies at St. Cloud State. He served as St. Cloud State's acting president from 1981 to 1982.