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58451. Selke Field and Veteran's housing, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1965?
Description:
Constructed on the north side of Selke Field in 1947, these units housed military veterans and, later, married students. The buildings were razed in 1968.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

58452. Woman gymnast competes in a meet against the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1973-02
Description:
Woman gymnast competes in a meet against the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58453. Woman stands on a diving board in the Eastman Hall pool, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1977-03
Description:
Eastman Hall, named for Alvah Eastman, resident director at St. Cloud State (1901-1908, 1926-1933), opened in 1930 as the campus gymnasium. It served until 1965 when Halenbeck Hall opened its doors.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58454. Veteran's housing at Selke Field, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1967
Description:
Constructed on the north side of Selke Field in 1947, these units housed military veterans and, later, married students. The buildings were razed in 1968.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58455. Leon and Mary Russell perform at Halenbeck Hall, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1976-09-24
Description:
Leon and Mary Russell perform at Halenbeck Hall.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58456. St. Cloud State University hockey player Bret Hedican celebrates after scoring a goal during a game against Michigan Tech University, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1990-11
Description:
Bret Hedican played in the National Hockey League for 18 seasons, appearing with the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, and Anaheim Ducks.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58457. Man parachutes on the field before the homecoming football game at Selke Field, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1988-10
Description:
Man parachutes on the field before the homecoming football game at Selke Field.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58458. Milton Friedman speaks at the Economics Winter Institute, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1976-02
Description:
Economist Milton Friedman speaks at the Economics Winter Institute.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58459. Interview with Clara Schrom Gruber, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Gruber, Clara Schrom, 1921-2002
Date Created:
1989-12-07
Description:
This interview was conducted on December 7, 1989 by Nancy Baker. Clara Schrom Gruber was born in Albany, Minnesota, on July 3, 1921. After graduating high school in 1939, she enrolled in St. Cloud Hospital nurses training at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley, Kansas, finishing in 1942. In June 1943, Gruber entered the United States Army Nurse Corps as a first lieutenant. Gruber helped establish two general hospitals, one outside of London, the other near Glasgow, Scotland, where wounded soldiers were evacuated directly from the war zone. In addition to her nursing responsibilities Gruber described the German and Italian prisoners of war who were housed next to the hospital in Glasgow. Upon discharge from the Army in December 1945, Gruber returned to St. Cloud and worked as a private nurse at the St. Cloud Hospital. In 1946, she married Roland Gruber, a paratrooper during World War II, and they raised five children. She worked as a registered nurse at the St. Cloud VA Hospital from 1967 until she retired in 1981. In this interview Gruber also discussed her nurses training at the St. Cloud Hospital and being encouraged to enlist by one of the doctors, the benefits of having served, and life after returning to St. Cloud. Gruber passed away on July 5, 2002.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

58460. Interview with John Voth, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Voth, John, 1921-2013
Date Created:
1988 - 1993
Description:
This was an interview conducted by David Overy. John Voth was born on February 9, 1921 in Fair Haven, Minnesota. After graduating from St. Cloud Technical High School in 1939, Voth attended St. Cloud Teachers College until volunteering for duty in World War II with the Army Air Corps on October 6, 1942. Voth had experience as a pilot prior to his war years, which led him to the Air Corps. Voth spent time in the south as well as in Minnesota training pilots before moving to airplane maintenance. Voth detailed how students were trained and typical reasons they would washout of school. After the war, Voth owned the St. Cloud Hobby Shop as well as earned his Doctoral Degree in Industrial Education. He taught at both Hutchinson and Sartell High Schools as well as the Minnesota State Reformatory. He was an inductee in the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame. He was married to Adeline (Dickie) Dickinson and they had two children, Diane and John. Voth concluded the interview by stating he estimate
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

58461. Interview with Keith Trimble, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, Milaca, Minnesota

Creator:
Trimble, Keith, 1915?-1991?
Date Created:
1990-02-18
Description:
This interview was conducted on February 18, 1990 by Richard Olson. Keith Trimble was born in Agenda, Kansas and joined the National Guard at the age of 15 by lying on the enrollment form. He went overseas to France in 1943 and worked with Headquarters Company in France during World War II as counter intelligence. Trimble was shot during combat and was put into a Prisoner of War (POW) hospital. After American forces bombed the hospital, Trimble and other patients made an escape towards the woods nearby. Trimble was also involved in the Battle of the Bulge and earned a bronze star for running communications through combat zones.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

58462. "My School Along the River's Edge" promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1998?
Description:
Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

58463. "Career Planning at St. Cloud State University," promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1980?
Description:
Promotional video for St. Cloud State students to help them learn more abou the types of programs and majors offered in each of the schools and colleges.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

58464. Promotional video for Prospective Students 1988, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1988
Description:
Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, services, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

58465. Promotional video for Prospective Students 2000, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
2000
Description:
Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

58466. President Robert Wick's inauguration ceremony, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1966-10-29
Description:
Video documenting the inauguration of St. Cloud State's 14th president Robert Wick. The video features the introduction of Wick as president, the presentation of the presidential medallion, the receiving line after the ceremony, and the procession to start the ceremony.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Home Movies

58467. Interview with Herbert Blad, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, Hector, Minnesota

Creator:
Blad, Herbert, 1920-1997
Date Created:
1990-04-07
Description:
This was an interview conducted on April 7, 1990 by David Overy. Herbert Blad was born on January 12, 1920. He joined the Army on March 22, 1942 and served as a 60mm mortarman in the 32nd Infantry, 7th Division. Blad primarily spent World War II in the Pacific theater, where he participated in the Aleutians, Kwajalein, Leyte, and Okinawa campaigns. One of the most shocking things Blad witnessed was the treatment of native civilians by the Japanese military which included mass slaughter and use of civilians for bayonet practice. Blad described an incident when a kamikaze pilot struck the ship he was on, sending one man overboard. World War II concluded with Blad stationed on Okinawa, but he was sent to Pusan, Korea to police the area until the Japanese troops left. He was discharged on November 15, 1945. Blad concluded the interview with his thoughts on those draft-dodging Vietnam, and how he felt they did not appreciate America by their actions. Blad passed away on December 27, 1997.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

58468. Interview with Donald O. Davis, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, Bloomington, Minnesota

Creator:
Davis, Donald O.
Date Created:
1990-05-07
Description:
This was an interview conducted on May 7, 1990 by John Carter. Donald Davis enlisted in 1942 to serve as a cadet with the Army Air Corps as a pilot. Davis participated in the College Training Detachment (CTD) in Utah. The majority of his time was spent stateside, flying trainers and fighter aircraft. This program exposed Davis to flight testing, and went to Tulare, California for pilot training in a Boeing Stearman bi-wing airplane. While in training, Davis earned the rank of flight officer and wore a blue bar. Three days prior to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Davis arrived in Spain to assist in pilot training to fight against Japanese forces. Davis was discharged in October 1945 after two and a half years of service. Davis attended the University of Minnesota and graduated with a journalism degree. He worked various jobs within the water conditioning business until retirement. He married later in life. He concluded the interview by stating his favorite plane to fly was the AT-6.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

58469. Main Street event, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1984-09-28
Description:
Main Street event at St. Cloud State University.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

58470. Paramount Theater interior, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1982-01
Description:
The Paramount Theater sits on West St. Germain Street in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

58471. Selke Field, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1993-09
Description:
Opened in 1937 as the Sports Field, it was renamed in 1946 in honor of George Selke. Selke was a 1913 graduate of St. Cloud State and its president from 1927 to 1947.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58472. Students and Faculty, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
H. Larson Studio
Date Created:
1927-05
Description:
Panoramic view of all St. Cloud State University faculty and students sitting for a portrait.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

58473. Whitney House, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1968
Description:
Formerly the home of the Whitney family, St. Cloud State purchased Whitney House in 1955.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

58474. Interview with Stanley Biniek, World War II Veterans Collection, St. Cloud State University, Foley, Minnesota

Creator:
Biniek, Stanley, 1912-2008
Date Created:
1992-01-019
Description:
This was an interview conducted on January 19, 1992 by Karen Wenz. Stanley Biniek was born in Raczyce, Poland on November 3, 1912. Biniek and his family were separated in 1939 into concentration camps by the German Army. Biniek recalled witnessing prisoners being sent to killing chambers and the side effects of those on the camps water supply. Biniek spent over three years in Buchenwald before escaping with two other prisoners. After 72 days of travel, Biniek made it safely to Luxembourg, where he married his wife Victoria Adaszak in 1948. Biniek and his wife moved to Minnesota in 1952, and he worked for Woodcraft Industries and St. Regis Paper Mill. He had two daughters and one son. Biniek passed away on June 7, 2008 in Foley, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

58475. Wick Science Building, architect's rendering, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud State University
Date Created:
1971
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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