Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Axel E. Smedberg on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Edna Anderson Nichols, Clarence Dahlquist, Euna Erickson Barkley, Ellen Laaksonen, Ingrid Lindstrom Nelson, Esther Anderson, Helen Els Letne, Alfred Johnson, Inez Rodenius Halvorson, Dagmar Armstrong, Elsie Erickson Peterson, Gordon Johnson, Louise Nordin Markham, Robert Brath, Hazel Hiner, Paul Johnson.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Vivian Danielson Willett, Bernice Erickson, Astrid Carlson Rollins, Alice Sundeen, Irving Wennerlund, Ellen Edwardson Wilmot, Wilfred Highmark, Ruth Mattson Krippen, Eva Sundeen, Einar Edwardson, Evelyn Johnson, Donald Olson, Eldon Thorson, Marion Ek, Myrtle Johnson, Harry Skarman, Ruth Wickstrom.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Alvin Anderson, Dorothy Erickson Moran, Clarence Lindberg, Alice Thorberg Hallgren, Clarence Anderson, Stanley Erickson, Wallace Nordvall, Esther Wickstrom, Lloyd Anderson, Arthur Moberg, Kermit Nelson, Frederick Williams, Evelyn Bjorkbohm Kenniger, Margaret Haglund Carlson, Esther Moberg Erickson, Phillemon Willet.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Ruby Allen Eckholm, Amy Dahl Olsen, Lloyd Johnson, Rosa Erickson Gronseth, Walter Skarman, Herbert Anderson, Floyd Danielson, Ruth Johnson, Ellen Nelson Johnson, Raymond Andrews, Clarence Jacobson, Viola Larson Hagen, Emily Nelson Smith, Arthur Bowers, Elmer Johnson, Conrad Nelson, Adeline Nordeen.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Axel E. Smedberg on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Ed Anderson, Amy Lindskog Nelson, Linnea Wahlberg Lauer, Mildred Nystrom Gabrielson, Ruth Davidson Eklund, Anna Lindstrom Stone, Ellen Sundstrom Johnson, Mabel Peterson Munnins, Leonard Hendrickson, Martha Nordeen Bentz, Esther Ramsey Eklund, Edith Nystrom Ostlund, Walter Hiner, Rose Stahl, Arnold Peterson.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Fred Bloom on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown) Sam Aldrin, Fred Anderson, Anna Berggren, Hedwig Einolander Nelson, Samuel Gilinson, Clarence Lindskog, Ellen Lindstrom Wester, Lydia Moline, Hilma Olin, Arthur Sundstrom.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom on Confirmation Sunday. First Row (left to right): Arnold Carlson, Edwin Johnson, Reverend Engstrom, Alex Westerlund, Oscar Lindstrom. Second Row (left to right): Raymond S. Erickson, Teckla Danielson, Harold Laaksonen, Emma Hedin Shannon. Third Row (left to right): Verna Erickson Hutchinson, Ida Swanson Olson, Leah Osborne Highmark, Pauline Nordeen Nygaard
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown) Agnes Anderson Almquist, Myrtle Anderson Swanson, John Jacobson, Lillian Johnson Clement, Henry Lindskog, Esther Lindstrom Anderson, Ruth Moline, Emma Nordeen Smeland, Oscar Nelson, Walter Nystrom, Esther Paulson, Esther Rodenius Bergquist, Agnes Stahl Bell, Edith Sundstrom Beutner, Mary Wahlberg McKaige
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom on Confirmation Sunday. Front Row (left to right): Lillian Johnson Soderberg, unknown girl, Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom, Edith Nystrom Johnson, Esther Giliuson. Back Row (left to right): Arvid Peterson, Gunnard Hedin, Rudolph Peterson, Elmer Olson, Axel Stahl, Oscar Lindberg, Clarence Erickson.
Many graduates of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah stayed together socially after their Hebrew instruction was complete. Through participation in sports, men built social networks that served them in business and community activities. Activities were paid for jointly by individuals and community organizations, which encouraged people to join by relieving financial constraints.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Dr. George Gordon, founder and driving force behind the Minneapolis Talmud Torah is in the center, front row. Dr. Gordon introduced modern teaching methods, grades, and a rigorous curriculum to Hebrew instruction, and remained administratively independent of any religious congregation. High school classes were the second level of instruction: students graduated after 3 years.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
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).
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Rabbi Alfred H. Khan, a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary, is shown here with his students. Confirmation is a coming-of-age practice for post Bar- and Bat Mitzvahs. between age 15 and 18. It was originally developed by the Reform Movement to follow bar- and bat mitzvahs in the belief that thirteen year olds were not yet ready to be considered adult and should continue on in their religious education. Temple of Aaron was founded as an orthodox congregation but switched affiliation to Conservative several years after founding.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Group portrait of men's track team in uniform. Top row: Edward Gordon, Class of 1922; Coach Glenn Clark; and Victor Jacobson, 1923. Second row: Erich Schwandt, 1921; Ralph Robertson, 1923; Edward Paden, 1921; not identified; Archie Cummings, 1922; and Lewis Burnett, 1923. Third row: Bill Lapp, 1923; George Martin, 1923; Bill Thompson, 1920; Captain Lloyd Peabody, 1920; Bradley Sherwood, 1922; James Lawrence, 1923; and Walter Hauser, 1923.
St. Mary's Mission, Red Lake Indian Reservation (Red Lake Band of Chippewa). "Traditionally the governmental structure of the Ojibwe was based on adherence to an hereditary clan chieftainship among the people, and the right to participate in clan decisions was an inherited right" (Lindblad, page 78). They did what they could to keep friendly relations with government agencies, traders, lumbermen and missionaries, while preserving their status of the reservation as a "closed reservation." The people of the Red Lake Indian Reservation themselves insisted on this status to protect their autonomy and food source. It took years for the American people to realize the injustices that were inflicted upon the Americans Indians. The Ojibwe's efforts at revitalizing their culture attest to their dignity and resilience as a people (SBMA Lindlbad, page 78).
Thief River Falls Volunteer Fire Department: B: Albert Lonson, Charles Robbecke, Jesse LaBree, Jim Farr, M: Lewis Lonson, Ed. Jaranson, Chris Paulson, Emil Zeh, Geo. Curran, Ed Langevin; Front: C.C. Schuster, Paul Meddrigh, Christ Porter, C. Erickson, Dennis LeSage, Eric Bakke, Phil Zeh
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Heksum. With John Setering, Beret Ronning, Gallug Setering and Gustav Johnson. The bride and groom are seated with the wedding party standing behind them.
Reverend Albert Johanson, pastor of the West End Mission Church (now First Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota), filled Swedish Christian Mission Church's pulpit from time to time. This portrait was taken on his wedding day.