Convention delegates gathered in front of the St. Louis County Court House to be photographed on the afternoon of July 3, 1913. The 12th Biannual Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Duluth during July 2-5, 1913. From left to right are Earl Cadwell, John Schwirtz, Henry Bruns, Petra Fandrem Howard, Jay Cooke Howard, Victor R. Spence, Warren Brant, Clara Ellestad, Alby Peterson, John Langford, Mary Carlin, Annete Collette, Frank Walser, Bridget Malley, Archie Benolikin, Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Walter Falmoe, Carl Falmoe, Mike Lyndon, Mike Harper, and Fred Brant.
Members are gathered in front of Mott Hall at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded). The 2nd Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 24-27, 1890. The man sitting in a chair in front on the left end is Superintendent Jonathan L. Noyes. In the front row, sitting on the steps from left to right, the second man is Anton Schroeder, the third man is Dr. James L. Smith, and the fourth man (with a little child in front of him) is Jay Cooke Howard.
Member are gathered in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. The Ninth Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in St. Paul during September 4-7, 1907. A label on the photo reads: "9th Convention Minnesota Association of the Deaf, St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 4th to 7th, 1907." The man with no ribbon badge and holding a white hat and sitting in the middle of the front row is Governor John A. Johnson. Sitting to the right of Governor Johnson are Jay Cooke Howard, Dr. James L. Smith, Henry Bruns, Thomas Sheridan, an unknown woman, and James S.S. Bowen. Sitting to the left of Governor Johnson are an unknown woman, L.W. Hodgman, four unknowns, and Anton Schroeder. To the right of Anton Schroeder are an unknown woman and an unknown man and then Louis Albert Roth (in a dark tie and suit) standing in the second row behind the unknown man. In the front row, third from the left end, is Anson Spear (with a thick dark mustache and beard).
Members are gathered in front of Mott Hall at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded). The 4th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 23-26, 1896. The man sitting in the front row, third from the left, is Olof Hanson. The man with white hair and a white mustache sitting in the center of the front row is Superintendent Jonathan L. Noyes. The man sitting to the left of Superintendent Noyes is Dr. James L. Smith. Sitting to the right of Superintendent Noyes are Anson Spear, Elizabeth Noyes, Charles Thompson, and Alice Noyes Smith (daughter of Superintendent Noyes and Elizabeth Noyes). The woman standing behind Elizabeth Noyes is Margaret Brooks, who met Charles Thompson at this convention and then became his wife.
Members are gathered in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The 11th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 13-16, 1911. The man standing in the center of the front row, to the right of two little children, is President Anton Schroeder. The man standing in the front row on the right end is Dr. James L. Smith. To the left of Anton Schroeder is an unknown woman, an unknown man holding a hat, and then Louis Albert Roth standing behind that unknown man.
Members are gathered in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The 18th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 14-17, 1925. The man wearing a large ribbon badge and sitting in the center of the first row, to the left of a woman with a fur wrap, is Wesley Lauritsen. Sitting to the right of Wesley Lauritsen are LaReine Lauristen, Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson, Edith Stevenson, Dr. James L. Smith, Thilda P. Smith, two unknown women, Peter N. Peterson, one unknown woman, and Louis C. Tuck. The man with white hair and a thick white mustache and beard standing behind and just to the left of Peter N. Peterson is Lars M. Larson. The black woman wearing a long string of pearls and standing in back, to the right of center, is Blanche Wilkins Williams.
Members are gathered outside in front of a monument-like structure. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. The man standing on the left side, to the left of a woman with a hat full of flowers and a noticeable belt buckle, is Dr. James L. Smith. To the right of Dr. Smith are the unknown woman with the flower hat, an unknown child, an unknown woman, and then Louis Albert Roth in a dark jacket and tie. The man with a thick dark mustache and beard in the back, near the center, is Anson Spear. To the right of Anson Spear (in the same row) are two unknown women and then Anton Schroeder. To the right of Anson Spear is an unknown woman with a bow tie, and then standing in front of her is Jay Cooke Howard (bald man).
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two members in front are holding a sign that reads: "St. Paul Division No. 61, Come & see the land of 10,000 beautiful lakes in 1924." This is part of a promotion for the national convention that they will host in 1924. A newspaper clipping with this image (not shown) reads: "Group taken at St. Paul Division Smoker, December 1, 1922" and "The Division has 116 members, 70 are in the picture." Sitting on the floor in the front row, from left to right, are James S.S. Bowen, Max Cohen, B.L. Winston, Joe Stuart, Frank Holton, Erik Engh, August Brueske, Edward Hauwiller, and Anton Schroeder. Sitting in the second row, from left to right, are John Joseph McNeill, Jay Cooke Howard, Fred McNabb, Robert Oelschlager, Ray Fiedler, Art Huebner, William Henneman, Fred Brant, John Langford, Phillip Earl Cadwell, John A. Benolkin, Jens Hansen, Fred Pape, Gus Torgerson, Albert Ekberg, and H. O'Neil. Standing together in the third and fourth rows, from left to right (in order of appearance), are Leo Wolter, Charles Mansfield, Victor Trost, Matthew Mies, Edmond Nadeau, Joe Walser (with white tie), Arnsen Morneau, Ernest Chenvert, Wesley Lauritsen, Martin Klein, Ray Inhofer, Wallace Anderson (in front of Ray Inhofer), Herman von Hippel, Mike Harrer, Alby Peterson (with glasses), Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Elwyn Dubey, Edward Bergman (with tie with horizontal stripes), Irwin Dubey, E. Swangren, John Staska, Henry E. Bruns (with mustache), Joe Capp, and William O'Neill. The man standing in back on the left end, next to the American flag banner, is Clinton Jones. The two men standing in back on the right end, next to the American flag banner, from left to right, are Bryan Berke and Ralph Koch. In the fifth row, from left to right, are Edward Sampson (in front of stage archway paneling), David Hagerstrom, Ray Whitney, J. Howard Johnson, Walter Falmoe, Ernest Berger, Edward Strasser, Fred Peterson, Arthur Osking, and C. Bauer (in front of stage archway paneling). In the back (sixth) row, from left to right, are Charles Winter, Oscar Lauby, Paul E. Kees, Charles Santo, Alfred Peltier, Edwin Cleveland, Hans Saterlund, and Arthur Breen.
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The members in front are holding a banner flag with the N.F.S.D. logo and words that read: "St. Paul No. 61." The man sitting in the front row, sixth from the left, is Anton Schroeder, a successful deaf inventor.
This journal contains the formal proceedings for the First Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf. The reunion attendees at the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind voted to form an alumni association which became the Minnesota Association of the Deaf.
This journal contains the formal proceedings for the Second Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded). The American fingerspelled alphabet and fingerspelled numbers from 1 to 10 are printed on the back page.
This journal contains the formal proceedings for the Third Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf in Minneapolis. On the front page is the signature "J.L. Smith" (for James L. Smith).