Interior view of Kiehle Library. Seven women, wearing casual attire, sit at table reading books and stand at bookshelves browsing for books. Kiehle Library was constructed in 1952, today the building is known as the Kiehle Visual Arts Center.
Men eat at the Mitchell Hall cafeteria. Mitchell Hall was completed in 1958 as a dormitory for women. The building was named for William B. Mitchell, who served as St. Cloud State's resident director from 1877 to 1901.
This ribbon cutting at the first Hillel House took place in 1944. Hillel House serves Jewish students attending the University of Minnesota. From the turn of the century through the early 1940s, Jewish student organizations did not have a permanent place to meet. Hillel was constructed with support from the national B'nai Brith organization and the Jewish community in the Twin Cities.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Students work outside, Gray Campus Laboratory Schoo. The Thomas Gray Campus Laboratory School, opened in 1958, replaced Riverview as the campus laboratory school. The campus laboratory school closed in 1983 and, in 1984, was repurposed and renamed Engineering and Computing Center. The building was initially named for Thomas Gray, who graduated from St. Cloud State in 1872, served as the school's president from 1884 to 1890.