VERA SPARKES:
An Inventory of Her Photograph Collection of Rural Churches in Minnesota and Wisconsin at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Sparkes, Vera, photographer. | |
| Title: | Rural churches in Minnesota and Wisconsin photograph collection. | |
| Dates: | 1969-1973. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Color slides depicting interior and exterior views of approximately 100 rural churches of Lutheran, Episcopal, Catholic and Methodist congregations in rural Minnesota and Wisconsin, photographed between 1969 and 1973 by Vera Sparkes. Vews include interior and exterior of buildings and grounds, church cemeteries, stained glass windows, religious murals and paintings, altars and general congregational areas. Also included are index cards containing brief histories to approximately 50 of the churches represented in the collection. | |
| Quantity: | 539 photographs: color transparencies ; 35mm (slide format) + 58 index cards. | |
| Location: | I.425: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
While the churches depicted are representative of the architectural styles of small, rural and country churches found throughout Minnesota, the images in this collection are predominately of churches found in the central and southern part of the state. The bulk of the images are from Minnesota but a handful of slides feature Wisconsin churches in Pine Lake, Amery, Somerset, Hudson and Bayfield.
ARRANGEMENT
Slides are arranged by denomination and location thereunder. The index cards containing the church biographies are also arranged by denomination and location.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Rural Churches in Minnesota and Wisconsin Photograph Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2014.19
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990081401530104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
CHURCH HISTORY INDEX CARDS
| I.425 | Catholic. 10 index cards. | ||||||||||||
| Episcopal. 23 index cards. | |||||||||||||
| Lutheran. 18 index cards. | |||||||||||||
| Methodist. 7 index cards. | |||||||||||||
CHURCH SLIDES
Catholic
| I.425 | Grasshopper Chapel, Cold Spring, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | ||||||||||||
| St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Rochester, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Catherine's, Prior Lake, Scott County, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Henry's Catholic Church, Monticello, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's, Pierz, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Carver, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| St. Patrick's Catholic Church, West Albany, Minnesota. 10 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Thomas Catholic Church, Corcoran, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Thomas Catholic Church, Jessenland, Minnesota. 9 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Walburga Catholic Church, Fletcher, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Wendel's Catholic Church, Luxemburg, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
Episcopal
| I.425 | Episcopal Church, Belle Creek, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | ||||||||||||
| Episcopal Church, Bayfield, Wisconsin. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Episcopal Church, Benson, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Advent Episcopal, Farmington, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| All Saints Episcopal, Northfield, Minnesota. 12 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Belle Plaine Episcopal, Belle Plaine, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Christ Episcopal, Frontenac, Minnesota. 5 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Church of the Good Shepherd, Blue Earth, Minnesota. 5 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Good Samaritan Episcopal, Sauk Centre, Minnesota. 16 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Grace Memorial Episcopal, Wabasha, Minnesota. 7 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Holy Communion Episcopal, St. Peter, Minnesota. 10 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Holy Cross, Dundas, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Holy Innocents, Faribault, Minnesota. 7 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Holy Redeemer Epsicopal, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. 7 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Holy Trinity, Fridley, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Holy Trinity, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Andrew's Episcopal, Waterville, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Cornelia's Episcopal Mission, Morton, Minnesota. 12 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. John's Episcopal, Ellsworth, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. John's Episcopal, Janesville, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Jude's Episcopal, Henderson, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Luke's Episcopal, Hastings, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| St. Mary's, Bass Grove, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hudson, Wisconsin. 7 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul's Episcopal, Owatonna, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Peter's Episcopal, Kasson, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| St. Stephen's Episcopal, Paynesville, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Timothy's Episcopal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| Trinity Episcopal, Excelsior, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Trinity Episcopal, Church, Excelsior, Minnesota. 11 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
Lutheran
| I.425 | Abandoned German Lutheran Church near Somerset, Wisconsin. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | ||||||||||||
| Arendahl Lutheran, Fillmore County, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Arndahl Lutheran Church, Grove City, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| Bernadotte Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bernadotte, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Bethany Lutheran, Frost, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Lutheran, Lanesboro, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Chisago Lakes Lutheran Church, Center City, Minnesota. 11 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Clear Lake Norwegian Lutheran Church, Sibley County, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| Dale Lutheran Church, Wanamingo, Minnesota 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Union, Minnesota. 10 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Emmanuel Lutheran, Aspelund, Minnesota. 7 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Gol Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Minnesota. 12 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Grace Lutheran, Bellchester, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Grace Lutheran, Stockton, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Hegre Lutheran, Skyberg, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Minnesota. 15 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Immanuel Lutheran, French Lake, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Immanuel Lutheran, Hay Creek, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Immanuel Lutheran, Silo, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Lands Lutheran, Zumbrota, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Lebanon Lutheran, New London, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Linden Lutheran, Hanska, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Little Falls Lutheran, Amery, Wisconsin. 5 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Lunder Lutheran, Freeborn County, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Mamrelund Lutheran Church, Pennock, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Moland Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Mount Hermon Lutheran Church, Wright County, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Muskego Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota. 9 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Ness Lutheran Church, Litchfield, Minnesota. 17 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| North Prairie Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fillmore County, Minnesota. 5 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Ostmark Lutheran Church, Meeker County, Minnesota. 5 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Our Saviour's Finnish Lutheran Church, French Lake, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| Root Prairie Norwegian Lutheran Church, Fountain, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frontenac, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. John's Lutheran Church, Bellchester, Minnesota. 5 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. John's Lutheran Church, Elkton, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. John's Lutheran Church, LeWisconsin.ston, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| St. John's Lutheran Church, Little Canada, Minnesota. 7 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. John's of Hollywood, New Germany, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Meeker County, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stockholm, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Scandian Grove Lutheran, Norseland, Minnesota. 13 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| South Blue Earth Lutheran, near Bricelyn and Frost, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Spring Garden, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Trondhejm Lutheran, Lonsdale, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| Urland Lutheran, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. 10 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Vang Lutheran Church, Nerstrand, Minnesota. 3 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Vasa Lutheran, Welch, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Wangen Prairie Lutheran Church, Minnesota. 7 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| West Immanuel Lutheran, Pine Lake, Wisconsin. 12 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| West Union Lutheran Church, Carver County, Minnesota. 5 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
Methodist
| I.425 | Methodist Church, Elgin, Minnesota. 1 slide. | ||||||||||||
| Blooming Grove Methodist, Waseca County, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Community Methodist, Monticello, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Newport Methodist, Newport, Minnesota. 6 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Ottawa Methodist Church, Ottawa, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Portland Prairie Methodist, Eitzen, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Salem Methodist, Inver Grove, Minnesota. 1 slide. | |||||||||||||
| United Methodist, Mazeppa, Minnesota. 2 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| United Methodist Church, Taylor's Falls, Minnesota. 4 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
| Woodbury Methodist Church, Woodbury, Minnesota. 8 photographs; color transparencies; 35mm (slide format). | |||||||||||||
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:
- Anglican church buildings -- Minnesota.
- Catholic church buildings -- Minnesota.
- Church buildings -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
- Church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Photographs.
- Lutheran church buildings -- Minnesota.
- Methodist church buildings -- Minnesota.
- Rural churches -- Photographs.
- Document Types:
- Card files.
- Color transparencies.
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