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1. Portrait of Ella and Grace Ribble, St. Peter, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Ribble, George H., 1838-1921
- Date Created:
- 1882?
- Description:
- This photograph shows two little girls from St. Peter, Ella and Grace Ribble. They were daughters of photographer George Ribble.
- Contributing Institution:
- Nicollet County Historical Society
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
2. Wahlstrom family children, St. Peter, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Ribble, G. H.
- Date Created:
- 1880 - 1900
- Description:
- Studio portrait of the five children of Gustavus Adolphus College President Matthias Wahlstrom. The children are posed for a portrait on a wicker divan.
- Contributing Institution:
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
3. Sisters St. John and Seraphine Ireland, Sister Celestine Howard, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Essery, St. Paul
- Date Created:
- 1885
- Description:
- Cabinet photograph of three prominent Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in full habit. Sister Seraphine Ireland was the director of the St. Paul Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from 1882-1921. She was responsible for the establishment of numerous schools and hospitals in urban and rural areas of Minnesota and North Dakota. Sister St. John Ireland was responsible for the establishment of Holy Angels Academy from 1877-1897. Sister Celestine Howard, a cousin of the Irelands, was supervisor of schools established by Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet; she later (1884) established St. Agatha's Conservatory of Art and Music. This unique school offered classes in various branches of art and music, as well as in dramatics. It closed in 1969. The Irelands were sisters of John Ireland, the first archbishop of St. Paul.
- Contributing Institution:
- Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
4. Five of the seven Benedictine sisters from St. Mary's Convent, St. Cloud, Minnesota
- Date Created:
- 1888
- Description:
- 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).
- Contributing Institution:
- Saint Benedict's Monastery
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
5. Sister Antonia McHugh, first dean and first president of the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Swem, Thomas M.
- Date Created:
- 1920?
- Description:
- Sister Antonia McHugh had experience at three educational levels: elementary, secondary, and college. She was among the first faculty appointed to Derham Hall / College of St. Catherine in 1905. From 1914-1917 she served as the first dean of the college; from 1917-1937 she served as the first president of the college. Her work brought national and international recognition of the scholastic curriculum and faculty at the college.
- Contributing Institution:
- Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
6. Mother Antonia Herman, OSB, second prioress of St. Benedict's Convent (1868-1877), St. Joseph, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Hill, Joseph
- Date Created:
- 1870?
- Description:
- 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).
- Contributing Institution:
- Saint Benedict's Monastery
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
7. Sisters Paula Bechtold, Alphonsa O'Donnell and Euphrasia Hirtenberger, teachers, Moorhead, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Flaten, Ole E.
- Date Created:
- 1890?
- Description:
- Schools in north-central Minnesota (1871-1909). The Benedictine sisters from St. Joseph, who were teaching in Moorhead in 1883, are identified as follows (left to right): Sisters Paula Bechtold, Alphonsa O'Donnell, Euphrasia Hirtenberger (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
- Contributing Institution:
- Saint Benedict's Monastery
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
8. Portrait of Sister Scholastica Kerst, Duluth, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Swem, Thomas M.
- Date Created:
- 1878
- Description:
- An 1878 photograph of Sister Scholastica Kerst in the St. Benedict's convent habit. Catherine (Sister, later Mother Scholastica) Kerst (1847-1911) was born in Meuringen, Prussia, and came to St. Paul, MN, in 1852 with her parents. She entered the Benedictine community of St. Gertrude in Shakopee, MN, in 1862 and in 1877 transferred to St. Benedict's Convent in St. Joseph, MN. She was prioress there from 1880-1889. In 1892, she led the foundation of what is now St. Scholastica Monastery and was prioress there until her death in 1911.
- Contributing Institution:
- St. Scholastica Monastery
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
9. Gustavus Class of 1895, St. Peter, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Ribble, G. H.
- Date Created:
- 1895
- Description:
- 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.
- Contributing Institution:
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Cabinet photographs
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