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Scope and Contents Catholic Minnesota Four-color map, 30 x 42 inches, 1960. Artist Charles W. Eichhorn. Published by the Catholic Aid Association, St. Paul, Minnesota. Nihil obstat and imprimatur. Depicts important people and dates in Minnesota Catholic history. Symbols for: colleges; monasteries and seminaries; motherhouses of sisters; Indian missions; hospitals; homes for the aged; retreat houses. Timeline. Inset color outline map of dioceses. Pin holes in corners, and top and bottom center. Some staining,...

Scope and Contents Commencement invitation, 1908. Card folded to 4 x 5.25 inches on cream-colored ribbed paper, tied with a deep red cord through two punch holes. "Commencement 1908." Red and gold St. Benedict's Academy symbol with motto. Seal and words are embossed. Inside, an invitation to ceremony June 17, a two-page program, and a list of the graduates of the Academic Department and the Grammar Department, all on plain cream-colored paper. The words "Program" and "Class" are blind embossed. Outside...

Scope and Contents Galway Lighhouse #1 Watercolor painting, with pen and ink, by Jon Hassler, 1997. Image size approximately 4 3/8 inches high x 6 3/8 inches wide, landscape orientation. Double matted, behind plexiglas, in wooden frame painted white, with backing paper, eyehooks and wire for hanging, to a size of 8 3/4" h x 10 7/8" w x 1" deep. Painting depicts a lighthouse and two smaller buildings on a green island. A small boat is on the shore. The sky is dark, in tones of blue, rose, and purple, suggesting...

Scope and Contents Homecoming Button Design, 1987 Mixed-media drawing, 18 x 24 inches. Paint (possibly tempera), pencil, annotation in blue ballpoint pen. Basic design of where lettering and artwork goes, at upper left. Wording, including five ideas for slogans, left center. "Homecoming 1987 / St. John's University / September 26 / vs. Hamline Pipers / The Piper lost his pitch." Center of sheet is filled with a large painting of the artwork to go on the button. Johnny rat stepping over a flute player lying on...

Scope and Contents Homecoming Button Design, 1987 Mixed-media drawing, 18 x 24 inches. Paint (possibly tempera), pencil, annotation in blue ballpoint pen. Basic design of where lettering and artwork goes, at upper left. Wording, including five ideas for slogans, left center. "Homecoming 1987 / St. John's University / September 26 / vs. Hamline Pipers / The Piper lost his pitch." Center of sheet is filled with a large painting of the artwork to go on the button. Johnny rat stepping over a flute player lying on...

Scope and Contents On the Prairie between Watab and Belle Prairie, 1870 Mixed-media drawing, 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Watercolor and ink over pencil. Inscribed "On the prairie between Watab & Belle Prairie, May 12th 1870: H.A. Lambert, Jno Caulfield, Wm Markoe." Earlier title in pencil at lower left: "From St. John's College to Belle Prairie, a advance of 50 miles in two days." This page unsigned. Shows three stick figure-like men wearing hats and knapsacks walking over a gently rolling landscape. Colors...

Scope and Contents St. John's University Coat of Arms, 1914. Drawn in black on white paper, 4 5/8 inches w x 4 3/4 inches high. Shield in the center with symbols representing the sun shining on the pines, and possibly the North Star. Two monks, one on either side of the shield, representing "Ora et labora." The monk on the left holds a book; the one on the right holds a shovel. Above the shield is the word "Pax" in a wreath. Below the shield is a scroll with the words "Deus dat incrementum." Around the edge...