First of a pair of posed images showing the board of the Class of 1893 Algol (Carleton yearbook) in a tidy, energetic "before" stage, and in an exhausted, worn-out "after" stage. Pictured are: Elmer Lanpher Coffeen; Katherine L. Donaldson; Alice E. Andrews; Robert D. Taylor; Elizabeth M. Bissell; Gertrude Woodruff; Luella Turrell; and Albert Lewis Sperry.
Second of a pair of posed images showing the board of the Class of 1893 Algol (Carleton yearbook) in a tidy, energetic "before" stage, and in an exhausted, worn-out "after" stage. Pictured are: Elmer Lanpher Coffeen; Katherine L. Donaldson; Alice E. Andrews; Robert D. Taylor; Elizabeth M. Bissell; Gertrude Woodruff; Luella Turrell; and Albert Lewis Sperry.
The Carleton College viewbook introduced the college to prospective students and their parents and to friends and prospective friends of the college. The publication included information relating to the campus and to student life as reflected in academics, student organizations, and sports and leisure time activities.
The Carleton College viewbook introduced the college to prospective students and their parents and to friends and prospective friends of the college. The publication included information relating to the campus and to student life as reflected in academics, student organizations, and sports and leisure time activities. The issue describes the greatest things in the College--sport teams, band and orchestra, students' clubs and societies, etc.
The Carleton College viewbook introduced the college to prospective students and their parents and to friends and prospective friends of the college. The publication included information relating to the campus and to student life as reflected in academics, student organizations, and sports and leisure time activities.
Four teachers who are also alumni of the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded) pose for a portrait. From left to right, they are John Doheny (who attended during 1885-1894), Louis Albert Roth (who attended during 1881-1891 and was a housefather during 1899-1902 and a graphics arts instructor during 1902-1937), Mr. Byrne, and George A. Harmon (who attended during 1863-1870 and was a coopering instructor during 1886-1889).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Eight female students in white dresses are posed on the lawn and holding crisscrossed ribbons as part of a rehearsal for a commencement ceremony performance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are carrying wooden posts and brooms, and waving caps and hats. They are standing in front of Barron Hall and on its balconies. Barron Hall was the boys' dormitory.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are carrying wooden posts and brooms, and waving caps and hats. They are standing in front of Barron Hall and on its balconies. Barron Hall was the boys' dormitory at the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Student body gathered in Hoyme Chapel (destroyed by fire in 1923), picture taken from pulpit of chapel. Note that girls and boys are seated in separate sections and men have their hats off while women kept theirs on. See http://www.stolaf.edu/president/enewsletter/archives.html (October 2003)
A winter view of St. Olaf from the roof of Ladies' Hall, the Main, windmill, and Northfield are in the background. Notice gymnasium apparatus on edge of school grounds. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/cornerstone/index.html
Men's Dormitory (renamed Ytterboe hall in 1914 in honor of Prof. H.T. Ytterboe). See http://www.stolaf.edu/president/enewsletter/archives.html (March 2004)
People gathered following laying of the Hoyme Chapel cornerstone; taken from the porch of Steensland Library. Hoyme Chapel; cornerstone laying; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president to left of cornerstone on platform; Ellestad, Nils J. (1845-1912) vice-president of United Norwegian Church in America on platform to right of cornerstone. Notice boardwalks. See http://www.stolaf.edu/president/enewsletter/archives.html (October 2003)
St. Olaf Faculty on the veranda of the president's house. St. Olaf faculty; presidents house; Top to bottom, left to right: Glasoe, Rev. O.; Glasoe, P.M. (1874-1956); Homnes, F. Bue; Anderson, A.; Mellby, A.; Ryland, A.S.; Grose, Ingebrikt F. (1862-1939); Larson (Steensland) M.; Mellby, C.A. (1869-1963); Steensland, M.M.; Fossum, Andrew A. (1860-1943); Eikeland, P.J.; Lee, Olav (1859-1943); Ytterboe, H.T.(1857-1904); Flaten, Nils (1867-1947); Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921); Felland, Ole G. (1853-1938); Running, T.
St. Olaf Band. St. Olaf Band; Christiansen, F. Melius (1871-1955) band director, second row, third from left; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president, second row fourth from left
Female academy graduates dressed for a party, with Ladies' Hall in the background. At left Felland, Osmund (in carriage under umbrella) and Felland, Thea J. (1853-1905); at right Felland, Thonny (1884-1976). Notice boardwalk on campus grounds.
1906 academy graduates. Academy graduates; Four girls at right: Mohn, Anna (1888-1963); Felland, Elsa; Hauge, Katherine; Ytterboe, Evelyn; two from right Nesdahl, Severt; four from right Thompson, J. Jorgenson (1881-1963); six from right Storholt, Eivind. Notice students clutching rolled diplomas.
Staff are assembled in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The man sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson. The man standing in the third row on the left end is Dr. James L. Smith, and the woman to the right of Dr. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. The man standing in the fourth row, second from the right, is Wesley Lauritsen. The man standing in the fourth row on the right end is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the fourth row, fourth from the right, is Louis Albert Roth. The man standing in the fourth row, third from the left, is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the fourth row on the left end is Victor R. Spence.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff are assembled in front of Mott Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The man sitting in the front row, third from the right, is John Schwirtz. The man standing in back on the far left end is Louis Albert Roth. The man standing in the second row, second from the left, is Dr. James L. Smith. The man with a white beard standing in the second row, fourth from the left, is Superintendent James N. Tate. The man standing to the right of and slightly in front of the man who is standing the farthest back in the center is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing to the right of and slightly in front of Peter N. Peterson is Victor R. Spence.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff are sitting on the steps in front of Mott Hall. Numbers are written on the front of the photo, and corresponding names written on the back of the photo read: "1. Dr. J(ames) L. Noyes, 2. Fred C. Sheldon, 3. Mrs. A. R. Hull, matron, 4. Mr. Geo(rge) Wing, 5. Alice Noyes, 6. Mr. Carroll, 7. Miss Jeannie Cramer, 8. Mr. Downing, 9. Miss Pietrowski, 10. Mrs. Carroll, 11. Mrs. Geo(rge) Wing, 12. Miss Marion Wilson (later married to Fred C. Sheldon)." Two unidentified men are not staff members.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Hand-colored postcard of the Skinner Memorial Chapel viewed from First St. at Carleton College. Handwritten text on back reads in part "Big day today - not much study. International Club meeting, fine Chamber Music recital here, then St. Olaf's Christmas music tonight... one of the girl's dorms caught fire tonight! So big excitement no?" Card is postmarked Dec 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943-44.
Exterior view of Scoville Memorial Library on the Carleton College campus. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads "removed from the W. Edwin Dean Scrapbook."
Two men, Scott Partridge and Ingram Thornby (Carleton College Class of 1918), stand in front of a tree. Typed text on back of card reads "Rec'd from Eunice Ritter 6/78."
The school hospital was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Dr. Jonathan Lovejoy Noyes was the second superintendent of the Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and served during 1866-1896. His signature is printed as "J.L. Noyes" in cursive script below the picture. The school's name changed from "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" to "Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind, and Feeble-Minded)" during his administration.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Below the hill and south of the Old Trondhjem Church, this one-room schoolhouse was purchased in 1957 by the the Trondhjem Lutheran Church. It was used as a church fellowship hall. It was destroyed by fire in 2007.
Mohn family sitting in front of Main overlooking Northfield. From left to right; Adults: Unknown, Unknown, College President Thorbjorn N. Mohn, Edward Mohn, Mrs. Mohn, Mrs. O.G. Felland. Children in front: George Mohn (in carriage), Ray Mohn, John Mohn, Thonny Felland, ""Pooh-Bah""- the campus dog mascot. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/cornerstone/index.html
Program for the Minnesota Library Association Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting held at Buckham Memorial Library in Faribault, Minnesota, October 8-10, 1931. Includes list of officers and local committees heads. Topics include the library profession, school libraries, reference service, hospital libraries, and periodicals for the blind.
Group portrait of Little Chicago school students. Back Row: Mary Kalina, Florence Eng, Ruth Oppegard, Annie Nelson, Teacher Edna Larkin, Rose Eylward, Emma Kalina, Stella Oppegard, Mary Mach; Middle Row: Joseph Pumper, Marian Pumper, Olive Camp, Helen Remes, Eleanor Sjulstad, Florence Pumper, Laura Eylward, Gladys Sjulstad, Chris Nelson; Front Row: Theophilus (Bobby) Pumper, Stanley Nelson, Milton Remes, James Malecha, Jerome Malecha, Elwyn Bray
Exterior view of Gridley Hall Dormitory for Women on the Carleton College campus. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads "received from Alice Wilson Bisbee - Aug. '65."
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.
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Members of the Carleton College faculty gather for the inauguration of Carleton's second President, William Henry Sallmon. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads in part "Sallmon inaugural procession; about 1903."
Large crowd observing cornerstone laying ceremony for Steensland Library. Steensland Library; cornerstone laying; Ellestad, nils J. (1845-1912) vice-president of the United Norwegian Church in America to right of cornerstone; Kildahl, John N. (1857-1921) college president, with cane to left of cornerstone. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/steensland/index.html
Students from the Class of 1937 are assembled on the campus lawn at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The front row of female students are, from left to right, Vietta Gardner, Gertrude VanDruten, Agney Haley, Genevieve Holt, Lydia Simola, Sigrid Swanson, Lempi Niemela, Marie Seebach, Josephine Smith, Cecile Grenier, Maryann Delaney, Ruth Johnson, Ellen Leinonen, Sheba Latz, Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters), and Rose or Ethel Blinderman (twin sisters). The back row of male students are, from left to right, Dennis Anderson, Orval Jefferson, Fred Schnabel, Clair Test, Waino Ranta, Joe Myklebust, Victor Lee, Daniel Manuel, Theodore Stawikoski, Adolph Svoboda, and Uno Sandvick.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students from the Class of 1924 and staff are assembled for a portrait. In the front row, from left to right, are Rena Gephart, Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson, Dr. James L. Smith, and Ella Waswo. In the back row, from left to right, are Edna Erickson, Norman Larson, Mildred Saunders, Anthony Zupancic, and Myrtle Nelson.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students from the graduation class of 1892 and staff are assembled in front of Mott Hall. The man seated in the center of the front row is Superintendent Jonathan Lovejoy Noyes. The man with a mustache in the last row, second from the left, is Dr. James L. Smith.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Advertisement for the Minnesota State Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Dumb, and the Blind. A picture of Mott Hall is shown. Two printed slogans read: "An education and a trade free!" and "From dependence to self-support!" A reproduction of the American fingerspelled alphabet is also printed under the title "Alphabet of the deaf and dumb."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Carleton's annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, historical sketch, calendar, honorary degrees, admission requirements, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees.
Carleton's annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, historical sketch, calendar, honorary degrees, admission requirements, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees.
Carleton's annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, historical sketch, calendar, honorary degrees, admission requirements, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees.
Carleton's annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, historical sketch, calendar, honorary degrees, admission requirements, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees.
Carleton's annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, historical sketch, calendar, honorary degrees, admission requirements, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees.
Carleton's annual college catalog listing courses of study, alumni, roll of students, historical sketch, calendar, honorary degrees, admission requirements, descriptions of departments, summary of students, and lists of faculty and trustees.