This collection contains the records of the Normal Athletic Club. Included is one meeting minutes book.
Normal Athletic ClubThis collection contains the records of the Senior Model Debating Society. Included is one meeting minutes book.
Senior Model Debating SocietyThis collection contains the records of St. Cloud Normal Literary Society. Included in the collection are: one book of financial statements, and six books of minutes. Most of the minutes detail new members, elected postiions, resignations, and club program outlines. The programs often included speeches, recitations, debates, solo performances, and readings.
St. Cloud Normal Literary Society93 monthly issues of the Normalia were published between 1892 and 1904. Totaling between 20-28 pages for each issue, 8-10 issues were published a year. Faculty, and later, students, were responsible for the content.
The Normalia was a mix of a traditional newspaper and journal. Much of each issue was devoted to journal articles that were written by students and faculty of St. Cloud State. Topics for these articles widely ranged, though much focused on education. Articles varied from studies of children who were attending the model school to biographies of historical figures to original fiction. Especially fascinating were letters written by students and alum fighting in the Spanish-American War in 1899 and 1900. Overall, Normalia gives a sense of what those on campus were studying and interested in.
There is some information about the happenings of campus in the Normalia . It mostly deals with students, faculty, and alums, including visits of alums to campus, travels of current students and faculty, as well as listing positions held by of alum. Many final issues of the academic year were devoted to the presentations of graduates at commencement. Other topics include meetings of the Literary Club, athletics, including football, hockey, and basketball, and scattered images of campus and campus personalities.
St. Cloud State UniversityThis collection contains the records of the Philomathian Society. Included is one meeting minutes book.
Philomathian Society10 monthly issues of the Normal School Recorder were published by students between 1916 and 1918.
The Normal School Recorder was a mix of a traditional newspaper and journal. Most of each issue was devoted to journal articles that were written by St. Cloud State students. Articles focused a great deal on campus; students wrote about family members, travel, athletics, student literary clubs, arrival and departure of faculty, and experience with others or events on campus. The publication often reported on the whereabouts and happenings of recent graduates. Especially fascinating were the stories about World War I, many documenting what was happening on campus, as well as the experiences of students and alums who were serving as soldiers.
All issues are available online. To see online, click on each issue in the finding aid and go to link in the Scope and Content Note. The issues can be found at https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/noscre.
St. Cloud State UniversityThe collection contains biographical information gathered by Ed Pluth regarding the various members of the subject’s family. The main attraction to this collection is the “The Girl Graduate” scrapbook which was includes countless photos and artifacts of Maurine Bailey’s life on St. Cloud State from June 1921 to fall 1922. Materials included in the book are Lawrence Hall dormitory regulations, State Teachers College picture booklet, personal messages from dormmates, many regarding Bailey as ‘Sub’, Bailey’s class schedules, Normal School Library manual, fall 1922 class schedule, and 1921 commencement exercises. In addtion, the scrapbook contains marriage announcements from friends, activity tickets, and calling cards of Lawrence Hall girls. This collection provides a wide range of interests to perspective scholars and researchers alike when looking at college life and experience in the early 1920s.
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- Dimensions: 18.1 x 23.3 cmPhysical Format: Black-and-white photographLocal Identifier: Ralph Heimdahl Papers (part of a photo album loaned and returned to Martha)
This collection contains the records of the Avon Literary Society. Included is one meeting minutes book and one of the society's programs.
Avon Literary SocietyThis collection contains the records of the Waverly Literary Society. Included here are three books of the society's finances.
Waverly Literary Society