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Sagatagan Lake / Stumpf Lake, 1920 1945

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Identifier: ARC00.0141

Scope and Contents

Sagatagan Lake / Stumpf Lake



Information about Lake Sagatagan located on the campus of Saint John’s University.



Included:



Archivist Peggy Roske's notes, with excerpts from sources, on the lake's name and the monks' choice to build next to it. Prepared in June 2018 for a video interview for a student project by Michael Pineda.



“Sagatagan Saga” by Cloud Meinberg, O.S.B. from The Scriptorium of Saint John’s Abbey (Summer 1945)

“Sagatagan” reason named from Abbot Peter Engel’s diary of 1920



“Lake Sagatagan” map of depths of the lake and vegetation locations



“The Vision of the Island” a poem by Alexius Hoffmann along with background information about the naming of the lake



Stearns County Lakes and Streams, names



Copies of and background information about pictures of the Sagatagan Launch Boat, circa 1909 and 1915

Dates

  • 1920 1945

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Collection

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

File Cabinet 2

Physical Facet

File, Document

Repository Details

Part of the Saint John's University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
P O Box 2500
Alcuin Library
Collegeville Minnesota 56321 United States