Folk singer Odetta (1930-2008) performs at the Stewart Hall auditorium. Odetta was an American singer, actress, guitar player, and human rights activist.
Halenbeck Hall, completed in 1965, replaced Eastman Hall as St. Cloud State's home for physical education and athletics. The building was named for donor Philip Halenbeck. An addition was completed in 1980.
Opened in 1973 as Mathematics and Science Building, the building was renamed the Robert H. Wick Science Building in 2005 to honor Robert Wick, St. Cloud State president from 1965 to 1971.
Opened in 1915, Shoemaker Hall has since served as a dormitory. It was named for Waite Shoemaker, an 1881 graduate of St. Cloud State, who served as a faculty member and then St. Cloud State president from 1902 to 1916. A south addition was completed in 1960.
Fort Holes stood on or near the St. Cloud State University campus in the early 1860s in response to the US-Dakota War. The historic marker was placed during St. Cloud State University's centennial celebration in 1969.
Garvey Commons under construction. Opened in 1963, Garvey Commons serves as the campus dormitories' cafeteria. The building was named for long-time faculty member Beth Porter Garvey.
Birdseye view of Garvey Commons under construction. Opened in 1963, Garvey Commons serves as the campus dormitories' cafeteria. The building was named for long-time faculty member Beth Porter Garvey.
Gladys Ziemer, unidentifed man, Suzanne Williams, and Morris Kurtz get ready to drop the ceremonial first puck at St. Cloud State University's first women's hockey game
Colorchrome postcard of Goodsell Observatory on the Carleton College campus. Handwritten text on back reads in part "Another local scene, you see. Yes I've just barely been in this building, for one class was originally scheduled there before it was changed to something else. Down behind it is open country and the farm and memorial lakes ." Card is postmarked Oct 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943-44.
Herb Brooks, St. Cloud State's hockey coach for the 1986/87 season and was the coach of the gold medal winning men's Olympic hockey team in 1980, greets Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich, who served from 1976 to 1970, and 1983 to 1991.
Anthony "Tony" Caponi was a Minnesota artist who died in 2015. Tony chaired the Art Department at Macalester College, where he taught for more than 40 years.
Colorchrome postcard of Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus. Handwritten text on back reads in part "This is one of the girls' residence halls. I walk right past the right hand end of it coming over to campus from Club. This building is brick but light - [?] faded yellow brick I think." Card is postmarked Oct 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943-44.
This film shows footage of the future site of Bethel College and Seminary. Scenes from the dedication ceremony are shown including the installation of a box behind the seminary cornerstone inscribed, "Whom shall I send? Here am I, send me." There is footage of the construction of seminary buildings and interior shots of finished buildings. Individuals identified include but are not limited to: Carl Lundquist, Gordon Johnson, Edwin Omark, Virgil Olson, Reuben Omark, Tony Pierson, Alphin Conrad and Clarence Bass. There is no audio.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Groundbreaking for Halenbeck Hall. View of 14 men and women standing together in a line, while some of them hold shovels. Halenbeck Hall was constructed in 1965.
