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A drawing shows several walkways on the Monticello Ladies Seminary campus leading to the main building.

Brigham Young sits for a portrait while looking to his left. Young was the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1847-1877) and the first governor of the Utah Territory (1851-1858).

Several Monticello Female Seminary students pose for a group photo with school principal, Harriet Haskell. All alumnae are identified on verso, and include: Crete Orcutt (top left); May Burnett (top middle); Clara Martin, Valedictory (top right);…

Fourteen Monticello Female Seminary students pose for a group photo with school principal Harriet Haskell (seated, far left).

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

Several bookcases line the walls around a table and chairs in the Monticello Female Seminary library's north end. On verso: "My father placed a plaque in our memory. Mary and Sarah [Andrew]."

Several women relax along the tree-lined main walkway on the Monticello Seminary campus in 1888.On verso: "Taken from steeple in [ ] church."

Members of the Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1888, pose for a photograph on the stairs of a building. Principal Harriet Haskell is seated on the top row on the left.

An interior view shows the ruins original Monticello Female Seminary building's tower. A fire destroyed the building on November 4, 1888.

New construction takes place on the front entrance of the Monticello Seminary one year after a fire destroyed the school's original buildings on November 4, 1888. While a temporary building was promptly erected to house the students, the new…

Construction workers stand on top of the Monticello Female Seminary construction one year after a fire destroyed the school's original buildings on November 4, 1888. While a temporary building was promptly erected to house the students, the new…

A wide view shows the progress of construction taking place at the Monticello Female Seminary exactly one year after a fire destroyed the school's original buildings.

Monticello Female Seminary students and faculty pose outside the East Chapel Gable on the day of the laying of the capstone during new construction on the Monticello Female Seminary chapel. A fire destroyed the school's original buildings on November…

Monticello Female Seminary faculty and students pose outside the school's chapel for the laying of the capstone during reconstruction. A fire destroyed the school's original buildings on November 4, 1888. While a temporary building was promptly…

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."

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

Several Monticello Female Seminary students and faculty watch as workers lay the cornerstone of Wade Hall in 1944. Wade Hall was built in memory of a former trustee, Edward Pierson Wade.

Monticello College's May Queen of 1934, Dorothy Young, stands among a nature scene posing for a portrait while wearing a floral headpiece and garland. On verso: "Full page cut; The May Queen, Dorothy Young, June 1934."

Several women fill a student and faculty recreation room at Monticello College that also doubles as a greenhouse.

A woodcut shows the Godfrey Congregational Church featuring a columned entrance and steeple.

A woodcut shows Reid Chapel, built in honor of William H. Reid's wife, Eleanor Irwin Reid. The Reid's donated large sums of money requested by principal Harriet Haskell to help rebuild the Monticello Female Seminary after the November 4, 1888 fire.…

A woodcut shows a fountain on the Monticello Female Seminary grounds.

A woodcut shows a tree standing in front of the Entertainment Hall at the Monticello Female Seminary.

A woodcut shows two women walking away from the entrance to Fobes Hall on the Monticello Female Seminary campus.

A woodcut shows the home of Captain Benjamin Godfrey, the founder of Monticello Female Seminary. The house included a second story balcony and two chimneys on the front of the building upon completion in 1833.