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- Dimensions: 13.6 x 18.8 cm
- Physical Format: Photomechanical print
- Local Identifier: Mitchell Family Papers
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- Dimensions: 15.4 x 20.4 cm
- Physical Format: Color photograph
- Local Identifier: Mitchell Family Papers
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- Dimensions: 29.4 x 37.1 cm
- Physical Format: Document
- Local Identifier: David Kiehle Papers
This collections contains mostly minutes of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU) board, including its predecessors, from 1859 to 2006. In addition, other material, such as financial reports, reports to the governor, fact books, and by-laws and rules and regulations.
Series 1: Board Meeting Minutes
These minutes contain information about students, expenses, campus buildings and spaces, and personnel.
Series 2: Other Administrative Records
This series contain by-laws and rules and regulations, factbooks, financial reports, reports to the governor, and correspondence of Warren Stewart. Though mostly dated in the 1960s and 1970s, some material does date to the 1860s and 1880s.
These records are simply copies held at MnSCU and retained at the University Archives for reference purposes. Other records in University Archives, especially records of the President and Academic Affairs, contain records that document the interaction between St. Cloud State and MnSCU.
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- Dimensions: 36.7 x 23 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Oversize Drawer 19
The materials here are quik-ref files regarding campus buildings and spaces. The collection also includes nearby non-campus buildings, spaces, and geographical features, including the 10th Street bridge, Mississippi River, and Barden Park. In these files are a variety of material related to the building or space including newspaper clippings, press releases, dedication programs, and audio.
It is an artificial collection created sometime before 2007 but material is periodically added.
Sem títuloThis collection covers a wide variety of topics at St. Cloud State University - people, places, events, units, and athletics. The collection was created from a huge and poorly unorganized mess of photographic prints held in University Archives. Since the orgainization of the prints was poor, an artificial order was imposed on them to make more accessible.
Dating mostly from roughly between the early 1970s and the late 1990s, there are no specific creators but it is suspected that the University Photographer took many of the images and that the negatives from them are in the University Photographer collection. If not the University Photographer, the images were likely taken by other university employees for university business. If so, the copyright is held by St. Cloud State University.
Photographic print color snapshots, which date from the last half of the 1990s, are very likely not in the University Photographer Collection. There are images that do date before 1970s, especially mostly of buildings, which date before and after the turn of the 20th century, but are a small majority of the total images. Most images are undated and unidentified - the images were put into an appropriate series. To date the images, one must look at content and decide on an approximate date.
This collection is separated into two groups, then into series. Within those series, some are divided into sub-series when appropriate. The description below applies to both groups of images.
Series 1: Athletics
The series is divided by sport and then by gender, if applicable, within the sport. Nearly all of the images are action, group, and team shots of various sports.
Series 2: Buildings and Spaces
This series contains photographic prints of mostly campus buildings and space. There are some slides that depict locations outside of campus and are not.
This series is divided into three sub-series;
Sub-series 1: General Campus
This sub-series contains slides showing campus by air, campus artwork, mostly outdoors, and campus scenes. Campus scenes show various exterior spots on campus and often contain multiple campus buildings. These images often show people within these spaces, which focus mostly on the space.
Sub-series 2: Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces
Divided by specific campus buildings and space, the images show most often the exterior and, sometimes, the interior of buildings. The slides are sub-divided when appropriate by folder. Some material here show the interior of campus buildings extensively, most notably Centennial Hall as a library (1971-2000), as well as Garvey Commons, and Kiehle as a library (1952-1971). The images show mostly students interacting with the space.
The oversize photographs date before and just after 1900, especially for Old Main, both Lawrence Halls, Riverview, Shoemaker Hall, and the Old Model School.
If there was a specific event associated with a campus building or space, such as groundbreakings, dedications, and cornerstone layings, the slides were placed in this series and not the Social Activities and Events series.
Sub-series 3: Non-campus Buildings and Spaces
There weresome images that showed non-campus spaces, such as downtown St. Cloud, downtown Minneapolis, 10th Street / University bridge, and the neighborhood surrounding the campus as it grew. There are some images that were included here that are now part of campus but when taken were not, such as those that list intersections by street names, and include those homes that stood nearby. These homes no longer stand.
Series 3: Campus Units and Organizations
This series contains materials related specifically to campus units, including departments, programs, and student groups by name. if there were events specifically associated with a unit, those images appear here, especially those for Learning Resources Services.
Series 4: People
This series focuses mostly on images of students, though there are some images here that are not student related. These students are shown together in groups, walking on campus, participating in class, studying, relaxing in their resident hall rooms, attending athletic events, participating in recreational sports, and as cheeleaders, danceline, or as the Husky mascot.
This series does not contain all images of students but those that were generally identified as students outside of those images that appeared in those related to Centennial Hall and other campus buildings, participating in study-abroad programs, or those depicted in social activities and events.
The oversize images are particularly rich, containing the class composite photos and individual faculty and student protraits, many of which appeared on the composite class photos.
Series 5: Social Activities and Events
Filed in alphabetical order, this series contains slides from specific events such as homecoming, commencement, and registration, to politicians, musical groups, and Hollywood actors. Those folders labeled as "Campus Events" contain images in which the specific event is unidentified.
Series 6: Other
This series contains imagess that did not fit into any of the above categories. Most notable are photo albums from St. Cloud State's centennial celebration as well as the 1975 celebration related to St. Cloud State (and other state four year schools) changing its status from a college to a university.
Series 7: Large Oversize Images
This series contains very large oversize images that could not fit into archival boxes. Due to their size, a separate series was created, but are a small majority of this collection. Particularly notable are the panoramic images from the 1910s and 1920s that featured all students and faculty, usually taken in front of Old Main and Lawrence Hall.
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- Ira Moore served as the first St. Cloud State president from 1869 to 1875.
- Dimensions: 10 x 6.2 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Ira Moore bio file
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- Ira Moore served as the first St. Cloud State president from 1869 to 1875.
- Dimensions: 12.3 x 8.6 cm
- Physical Format: Color photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Ira Moore bio file
The undergraduate catalog represents the most official publication of St. Cloud State. Dating back to 1869, the catalog describes the purpose of the university, admission requirements, classes and class descriptions, tuition and fees, buildings and grounds, and faculty. Early catalogs list students by class and often include images of campus buildings.
Starting with the 2012/14, both graduate and undergraduate catalogs are combined together. These PDF catalogs were created from Curriculum Navigator, the online course management system. In 2022, CourseDog replaced Curriculum Navigator.
The catalog includes both undergraduate and graduate; the catalogs, which were printed separately in the past, are now together.
Most of the catalogs are bound together by year.
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- Stearns House, a former hotel purchased by the state, served as a St. Cloud State's first and only building when the school was established in 1869. It served as the main campus building until Old Main was completed in 1874.
- Dimensions: 14.5 x 21.4 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces. Stearns House
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- Waite Shoemaker, an 1881 graduate of St. Cloud State, served as a faculty member, then president from 1902 to 1916.
- Dimensions: 34 x 22.6 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Waite Shoemaker bio file
These series contains records about St. Cloud State University commencement, dating from 1871 to 2009. Additions to this series will be ongoing.
Arranged chronologically, the main focus of the records are the programs. Programs were issued for each ceremony, listing names of those who graduated and the degree that was received. Early programs do not list graduates, but instead just the events surrounding commencement.
Starting in 2000, commencement was split into two: one for undergraduate students and one for graduate students. Thus, there were two programs. It later combined into a single program.
Other material is contained here, including invitations, speeches of commencement speakers, and audio and video of commencement, dating back to 1968.
The commencement records are split into four separate series.
Series 1: Reference Copy
This series contains the most complete run of SCSU commencement programs. There is one copy for each commencement program that the Archives has.
Series 2: Archives Copy
This series contains, when possible, two copies of each commencement program. Commencement programs here are duplicated in Series 1.
Series 3: Other Material
Contained in this series are invitations, schedules, and other material related to the commencement ceremony. Text of speeches, dated mostly from the 1960s, are in this series as well.
Series 4: Audio/Visual
This series has audio and video of commencement programs dating back to 1968. Some years there is only audio, which is on either cassette tape or reel to reel. Video exists here for many commencement ceremonies, especially after 1999, though there is earlier video. Video formats include VHS and DVD.
Sem títuloDiplomas that were awarded from 1875 through 1975 and beyond. A few of the diplomas are signed by the administrators from the respective time periods, and contain the names of the students that the diploma was awarded to. Most diplomas are blank copies that cover a large range of dates.
The earlier diplomas stipulate the completion of an education training program, whereas later diplomas stipulate differences between associates, bachelors, and advanced and masters degrees.
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- Stearns House, a former hotel purchased by the state, served as a St. Cloud State's first and only building when the school was established in 1869. It served as the main campus building until Old Main was completed in 1874.
- Dimensions: 16.7 x 23.9 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces. Stearns House
This series contains academic transcripts of St. Cloud State students who attended the university between the 1870s and 1940.
Information about each student that attended and/or graduated from St. Cloud State University include the classes they attended, the term the class was taken, and the grade received. If the student graduated, a pledge was signed to teach in public schools in Minnesota. The transcript provides information where and when the student taught.
In addition, the transcripts are a wealth of biographical information about the student. Information includes: when and to what class admitted, age when admitted, graduation date, residence, birthplace, high school attended, last school attended, and name, occupation, and nationality of parents.
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- Waite Shoemaker, an 1881 graduate of St. Cloud State, served as a faculty member, then president from 1902 to 1916.
- Dimensions: 35.7 x 23.3 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Waite Shoemaker bio file
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- David Kiehle served as the second St. Cloud State president from 1875 to 1881.
- Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.5 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. David Kiehle bio file
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- Dimensions: 30.9 x 42.3 cm
- Physical Format: Document
- Local Identifier: St. Cloud State University Diplomas
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- Old Main Building (1874) stands on the left, while the Stearns House (1869) stands on the right.
- Dimensions: 9.3 x 15.5 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. General Campus. Campus Scenes 1
This collection contains records and items related to Isabel Lawrence, faculty member and first female president of St. Cloud State University, acting or permanent. Items in this collection date from approximately 1879 to 1950, the majority of which were created between 1890 and 1920. The first two series contain documents that belonged to Lawrence and were kept by former faculty member and friend of Lawrence, Albertina C. Anderson. The papers contain drafts of articles and addresses by Lawrence, some of her personal notes on several topics including developmental psychology and literature, and writings by students and other faculty members that may have come into her possession. The third series contains articles of clothing that belonged to Lawrence and were kept by Mrs. Blanche Anderson.
These records are arranged in four series:
Series 1: Records Created by Isabel Lawrence
This series contains a variety of typed and handwritten records. Much of it is drafts of essays, articles, and addresses by Lawrence discussing child and adolescent development and teaching methods, including a handwritten draft of a commencement address. Other records include personal notes on developmental psychology, literature, teaching methods, and lesson plans.
Series 2: Records Created by Other Writers
This series contains records that were not created by Lawrence but likely came into her possession and were found in the same donation. Records include, but are not limited to, writings by 1897 graduates Benhof E. Benhardus and Vernon E. McCombs, criticisms by faculty of practice teachers in St. Cloud State's model school, and records from other normal schools and teachers colleges in New York and Chicago.
Series 3: Clothing Belonging to Isabel Lawrence
This series contains clothing belonging to Isabel Lawrence that had been kept by Mrs. Blanche Anderson and were transferred to the University Archives by Mrs. Alice Wick, wife of former SCSU president Robert Wick. Included here are two dresses, a mesh top-coat, a fur handwarmer, five pieces of lace, and a 1987 letter from then University Archivist Marie Elsen to Blanche Anderson.
Series 4: Tribute and Other Material
This series contains mostly material related to Lawrence's retirement from St. Cloud State in May 1921. Letters were solicited from alumni and most letters received were bound into two volumes. Other letters were left loose. The bound letters are organized by graduating class and give tribute to Lawrence. The letters congratulate Lawrence upon her retirement, share memories of her when the alum had attended St. Cloud State, and updates on their own lives. There is a folder with Lawrence's 1936 obituary and other tribute material related to her death.
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- Dimensions: 12.2 x 15.8 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Mitchell Family Papers
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- Waite Shoemaker, an 1881 graduate of St. Cloud State, served as a faculty member, then president from 1902 to 1916.
- Dimensions: 11.6 x 7.6 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Waite Shoemaker bio file
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- Jerome Allen served as St. Cloud State s third president, 1881 to 1884.
- Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.8 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Jerome Allen bio file
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- Thomas Gray served as St. Cloud State s fourth president, 1884 to 1890. Gray, who graduated from St. Cloud State in 1872, was the first alum to serve as president.
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints (Oversize). People. Faculty. Individual Portraits, 1884
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- Isabel Lawrence, a long-time faculty member, served as St. Cloud State s acting president, 1914 to 1916. Both Lawrence Hall buildings were named in her honor.
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.9 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints (Oversize). People. Faculty. Individual Portraits, 1884
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- Waite Shoemaker, an 1881 graduate of St. Cloud State, served as a faculty member, then president from 1902 to 1916.
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints (Oversize). People. Faculty. Individual Portraits, 1884
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- Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.1 cm
- Physical Format: Color photograph
- Local Identifier: David Kiehle Papers
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- Dimensions: 13.8 x 10.3 cm
- Physical Format: Color photograph
- Local Identifier: David Kiehle Papers
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- Thomas Gray served as the fourth St. Cloud State president from 1884 to 1890. Gray, who graduated from St. Cloud State in 1872, was the first alum to serve as president.
- Dimensions: 6.1 x 4.8 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Thomas Gray bio file
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- The first Lawrence Hall (built in 1885), on the left, and Old Main (built in 1874), on the right.
- Dimensions: 9.6 x 18.8 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. General Campus. Campus Scenes 1
Spanning from the early years of the university to the later half of the twentieth century, the Campus Laboratory School records range from 1886 to its closure in 1983. The materials in this collection include information on administrative records, student publications, faculty and student material, including lists of class members, and other student creations.
Series 1: Administration
This series deals largely with administrative records that pertain to the Lab School’s budget, purpose and objectives, and reports on the restructure of the school in the 1970s, and its curriculum. The series also includes meeting minutes from faculty meeting minutess, informational booklets about the school itself, and status and annual reports regarding the school’s progress.
Series 2: Publications
This series contains publications written by the students of the Lab School. These publications include the newsletters Riverview Monthly, Booster, Currents, and Challenger. The publication's content was written by students and contains reports of current events, short stories, poems, school news, information about upcoming events, and drawings.
Series 3: Students and Faculty
This series covers the largest span of dates and contains information about the faculty and students. Material here includes lists of students and when they attended the Lab School, lists of faculty and when they taught, grade books, certification of students, and some curriculum material for physical education, art, and music programs. There are are also programs from Lab School events - music, art, and theatre.
Series 4: Oversize
This series is of one oversize box. The series contains drawings drawings of the Lab School buildings on stationary, a scrapbook and letters regarding the closing of the school, and about an exhibit from the school’s final year and day. The exhibit is displayed through a panoramic photo of a wall in which photos were hung depicting faculty and students doing activities throughout the last year of the Lab School in 1983.
Sem títuloThis collection consists of 44 boxes containing materials authored by current and former St. Cloud State University faculty, staff, and alumni. Materials include, but are not limited to, papers (many of which have been presented at meetings or conferences); studies, reports, and surveys; journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; theses; speeches; poems; and reviews. The primary author's name and affiliation to or position at St. Cloud State University is provided, where known, as are the names and affiliations of co-authors and the citation information for the works. Materials in this collection date from as early as 1886 and include several pieces from administrators and faculty members from the early 20th century. Overall, the majority of the work in the collection was created by faculty members and found publication in journals.
This 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.
Sem títuloThis collection contains the records of the Young Women's Christian Association. Included are three meeting minute books, two treasurer’s books that document some of the group's finances, and additional meeting minute documents. Also included is a scrapbook which has photos, songs, and newspaper clippings.
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- Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
- Dimensions: 9.5 x 15.6 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces. Old Main. Exterior
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- Joseph Carhart served as St. Cloud State s fifth president, 1890 to 1895.
- Dimensions: 14.9 x 9.6 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: University Communications. Joseph Carhart bio file
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- Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Isabel Lawrence personal papers
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- Dimensions: 26.4 x 39.4 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. People. Students. Posed Group Photos
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- Dimensions: 19.9 x 39.6 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints (Oversize). Campus Units and Organizations. Minerva Literary Society
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- Dimensions: 26.9 x 13.3 cm
- Physical Format: Document
- Local Identifier: Museum Objects. Lewis Iverson donation
This collections contains 64 student handbook published between 1891 and 2010, though the bulk of the material is dated between 1937 and 1996. The handbook was meant to orient students, both new and returning, on university policies, history, campus maps, songs, registration and withdrawal from classes, student groups, area churches, and student conduct.
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- Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
- Dimensions: 19 x 23.8 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces. Old Main. Interior
93 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.
Sem títuloThis collection conatins a wide variety of material. These include a biographical booklet on Albertina Anderson compiled by her grand-nephew, and records of her education at St. Cloud Teachers College, University of Minnesota, and Columbia University such as transcripts, class slips, and a notebook filled with class notes. Also present are her records of employment at St. Cloud Teachers College as well as records regarding retirement funds. Lastly, the collection includes Andersons hand written mathematic lesson plans, teaching materials, and few miscellaneous writings showcasing the academic standards of the time.
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- Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall
- Dimensions: 9.8 x 16.3 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces. Old Main. Exterior
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- Dimensions: 14.1 x 19.9 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Athletics. Tennis. Women. Teams
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- Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
- Dimensions: 32.3 x 40.6 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces. Old Main. Interior
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- Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
- Dimensions: 32 x 40.2 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. Buildings and Spaces. Specific Campus Buildings and Spaces. Old Main. Interior
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- Dimensions: 10.6 x 19.9 cm
- Physical Format: Black-and-white photograph
- Local Identifier: Photographic Print Collection. Photographic Prints. People. Students. Posed Group Photos