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John S. Snedeker, brother of Monticello Female Seminary alumnae Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, sits for a portrait. John, a farmer from Jerseyville, fought in the American Civil War, Company B Regiment, 144 IL U.S. Infantry.

Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, an alumnae of the Monticello Female Seminary, sits for a portrait wearing a long necklace. Catharine was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1844 to Samuel Snedeker and Harriet Sunderland Snedeker. The family then moved…

Thirteen members of the Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1904 pose for a class picture while holding a trophy and a shovel used in a tree planting ceremony with principal Harriet Haskell.

Two senior Monticello Female Seminary students perform in a play. One student is in blackface makeup.

Monticello Female Seminary students Laura Jenks and Flora Merrill sit together on a bench.

Minstrel show performers pose for a group photo at the Monticello Female Seminary.

Minstrel show performers wearing blackface pose for a group photo at the Monticello Female Seminary.

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell stands with a shovel in hand at a tree planting ceremony.

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell (left) gathers with students at a tree planting ceremony.

Flora Merrill, a member of the 1906 Monticello Female Seminary graduating class, poses for a portrait.

The Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1873 pose for a group photograph with school principal Harriet Haskell (seated far left).

Several Monticello Female Seminary alumnae pose for a photograph holding trays with large bowls and ladles. One girl holds a sign that reads, "Influenza Here, House Quarantined, Keep Out" above a girl lying on the ground.

Prudence Winterraud Douglas, an member of the Monticello Female Seminary's class of 1906, poses for a photograph at the bottom of a staircase.

Several Monticello College students sit on two horses pulling a wagon filled with additional students.

Several Monticello College students enjoy refreshments at a restaurant.

Several Monticello College students create a giant snowball. Some students are identified on the verso, including Mary Ann Merrick, Eunice Larson, Marcia Wood, Marilyn Meek, Caroline Hopping, and "Stubby" Fenten.

Two girls wait as a cook tends to food on a grill.

Several women pose for a photograph on the entrance stairs to a building while two women sit in a horse-drawn carriage at the bottom.

A large group of women wearing costumes and holding signs pose for a photograph while standing on the Monticello Female Seminary grounds. On verso: "The Grand Republican LMER."

Five members of the Red Cross Knitting Group at Monticello College pose with samples of their work in progress.On verso: "Red Cross Knitting Group- l to r - Marlene Felter, [Dorothy Crickasa], Norma Stewart, Miss Grelick, Kay Bartz."

Monticello College students bundle gauze to aid the war effort during World War II.

Monticello College students help prepare packages of gauze to aid the war effort during World War II.

A large group of Monticello Female Seminary theater students dance in period costumes.

Two Monticello Female Seminary theater students act out Endymion in a wooded area.

A Monticello College student tends to a pair of horses in a field.