HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
An Inventory of Its Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minneapolis Public Schools. | |
| Title: | Photographs. | |
| Dates: | approximately 1875-1975. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Photographs of individual schools (interior and exterior scenes); school libraries, physical plants, and lunchrooms; students, teachers, and personnel; classroom activities, including physical education, home economics, industrial education, music, art, health, science, special education, traffic safety, and international study; adult education; counseling; home nursing; homebound; and student activities, including athletics, theater, gardens, science exhibitions, and field trips. Also documented are American Education Week activities, the 1957 reunion of the South High School Class of 1941, Dowling School, Kenny Institute, Red Cross activities, and an 1882 album of class photographs from various schools. | |
| Quantity: | 5.45 cubic feet (8 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis Public Schools. Photographs. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 986-8; 989-68; 990-96; 2003-38; 2014-2
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017380640104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 116.H.2.5B | 1 | Photographs: School Libraries, undated and 1937-1955: | |||||||||
| Black and white prints depicting individual school library scenes. In alphabetical order by school name. | |||||||||||
| Blaine, 1955. | |||||||||||
| Board of Education, 1943. | |||||||||||
| Central High, undated. | |||||||||||
| Corcoran, 1942. | |||||||||||
| Douglas, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Field, 1939-1940. | |||||||||||
| Lyndale, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Minnehaha, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Penn, undated. | |||||||||||
| Roosevelt, undated. | |||||||||||
| South High, 1940. | |||||||||||
| Wallace, 1954. | |||||||||||
| Wenonah, 1953. | |||||||||||
| West High, 1937. | |||||||||||
| Unidentified, undated and 1955. | |||||||||||
| Photographs: School Scenes, undated, approximately 1875, 1911-1941. | |||||||||||
| Black and white prints depicting individual school scenes. | |||||||||||
| East Side High [later Boy’s Vocational], undated. | |||||||||||
| Franklin, undated. | |||||||||||
| Horace Mann, 1911-1912. | |||||||||||
| Jefferson, approximately 1875. | |||||||||||
| Miller Vocational, 1941. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, approximately 1920s-1930s, 1885-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Photographs of individual schools (exterior and interior scenes), students, and teachers. The following schools are represented: Agassiz, Bancroft, Barton, Bremer, Bryn Mawr, Calhoun, Cleveland, Corcoran, Douglas, Emerson, Ericson, Folwell, Fulton, Garfield, Irving, Kenwood, Logan, Marcy, Northeast Junior High, Southwest High, Washington, and the John B. Davis Educational Services Center. | |||||||||||
| Photographs of Minneapolis Public Schools, 1882. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| An album of class photos. | |||||||||||
| Photographs of Schools, approximately 1900-1930. 13 folders: | |||||||||||
| Black and white, 8"x10" photographs of elementary, junior high, senior high and vocational schools. Most of the photographs are not dated, but all are identified by school name. Each sub-series of photographs is in alphabetical order by school name. | |||||||||||
| Exterior Shots-Elementary Schools: Adams-Hamilton. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Exterior Shots-High Schools (including vocational schools). 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Exterior Shots-Junior High Schools. | |||||||||||
| Boiler Rooms. | |||||||||||
| Poor Physical Plant Conditions. | |||||||||||
| Radiation and Ventilation [interior scenes]. | |||||||||||
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| 116.A.4.6 | 2 | Index to photographs and negatives, undated. | |||||||||
| An alpha-numeric index divided into four sections. The first three sections contain photographs and negatives 4"x5", 4½"x6½", and 8"x10" covering such subjects as adult education, board personnel, buildings, general instruction, and special education. The fourth section is a cross-reference by school name. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, undated, 1895, 1925-1975. 13 folders: | |||||||||||
| Black and white, 8"x10" photographs; some are numbered and identified by school and correspond to the photograph index listed above. | |||||||||||
| Adult conferences, undated, 1955. | |||||||||||
| Classroom scenes and outdoor events, undated, 1895, 1926-1955. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by school; represented are Adams, Bancroft, Barton, Blaine, Bremer, Bryant Jr. High, Calhoun, Clinton, Cooper, Emerson, Ericsson, Field, Fulton, Garfield, Greeley, Hamilton, Hawthorne, Hay, Henry High, Horace Mann, Holmes, Loring, Lyndale, Mann, Marshall High, Pierce, School for the Deaf, Tuttle, Ramsey Jr. High, Warrington, and Whittier. | |||||||||||
| Classroom scenes and outdoor events, undated, 1925-1975. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by subject; represented are American Education Week, athletics, child welfare committee (garment distribution), class play, classroom, counseling, gardening, health (Hay School child health day parade), high school students, physical education, school performances, science exhibit, and vocational activities. | |||||||||||
| Classroom scenes, unidentified school, approximately 1950s. | |||||||||||
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| 116.A.4.7 | 3 | Governors Freeman and Rolvaag signing school laws, 1959, 1963. | |||||||||
| School Board Members, undated, 1926-1975. | |||||||||||
| School exhibits, unidentified schools, approximately 1955. | |||||||||||
| School meeting and reception, unidentified school, approximately 1955. | |||||||||||
| South High School, Class of 1941 Reunion, 1957. | |||||||||||
| Student/Faculty, 1968-1981. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by school; individual and class photographs, in black and white and color. Most names are not labeled. Represented are Page, Pillsbury, and Willard schools. | |||||||||||
| Negatives, classroom/outdoor scenes, 5"x7", unidentified location, approximately 1930s. | |||||||||||
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| 116.A.1.2 | 4 | Negatives and black and white photographs, 4"x5", undated, 1940s-1950s. | |||||||||
| Arranged by a letter classification system which may correspond to the photograph index listed earlier. Subjects include physical education, general instruction, handwriting, industrial education, nature study, creative arts, social studies, field trips, reading, counseling, home economics, home nursing, art, radio, vocational, oral hygiene, special education, Dowling School, American Education Week, annual report, Field School, PTA. Central Council, Minnesota Congress of PTAs, hygiene, adult education, music, and board personnel. | |||||||||||
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| 116.A.1.3 | 5 | Negatives and black and white photographs, 4"x5", undated, 1940s-1950s. | |||||||||
| Arranged by a letter classification system which may correspond to the photograph index listed earlier. Subjects include Miscellaneous, school savings, and Red Cross. | |||||||||||
| Negatives and black and white photographs, 4"x5", undated, 1940s-1950s. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by subject which may correspond to the photograph index listed earlier. Subjects include American Education Week, art, athletics and recreation, audio visual, auditorium, blind center, buildings and grounds, conservation, curriculum development, elementary classroom, equipment, exhibits, field trips, Mrs. Gillies (classroom instruction), handbook, handwriting, Health Department, homebound, home economics, Industrial Exhibition, intercultural, international understanding and world peace, job observation, Kenny Institute, library, lighting, lunchroom, Mr. Lytle (observing classroom instruction), mathematics, music, nurses, publicity, reading guide, Red Cross, rehabilitation, safety, science, shop, sight saving, special education, traffic, and workshop. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, black and white, 3½"x5", High School Honor Students, 1938-1942. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by school. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, black and white, 3½"x5", High School Honor Students, 1938-1942. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by school. | |||||||||||
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| 116.A.1.4 | 6 | Photographs, black and white, 4"x5", some negatives, approximately 1947-1950. | |||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by elementary, junior high and high school; photographs document classroom and outdoor settings building exteriors, school exhibits, and teachers. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, black and white, 4"x5", some negatives, 1940-1964: | |||||||||||
| Arranged by year; photographs document adult rehabilitation, adult workshops, building exteriors, classroom and outdoor settings, and equipment. | |||||||||||
| 1940-1946. | |||||||||||
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| 116.A.1.5 | 7 | 1946-1949. | |||||||||
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| 116.A.1.6 | 8 | 1949-1964. | |||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Adult education -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- American Education Week -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Art -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Children with disabilities -- Education -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Class reunions -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Classrooms -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- College and school drama -- Minnesota.
- Educational counseling -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Foreign study -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Health education -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Home economics -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Home nursing -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Home schooling -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Industrial arts -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Music rooms and equipment -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Physical education and training -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School buildings -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School employees -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School field trips -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School gardens -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School libraries -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc. -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School shops -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- School sports -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Science projects -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Science rooms and equipment -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Student activities -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Students -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Teachers -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Traffic safety -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Organizations:
- Dowling School for Crippled Children (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Photographs.
- American Red Cross -- Photographs.
- Sister Kenny Institute -- Photographs.
- South High School (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Photographs.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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