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The Monticello Female Seminary chapel contains a pipe organ, chandeliers, and stained glass windows.

A Monticello College student takes notes while sitting at a lab station equipped with chemistry equipment.

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);…

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.

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.

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

Nine Monticello Female Seminary students pose for a group photo stand on a staircase wearing white gowns.

Construction workers stand on a walkway surrounding large pieces of construction equipment on a large construction site at Monticello College.

Corrine Frederick, a music department teacher at Monticello College, poses for a portrait looking over her left shoulder.

Deborah Corbeil, a student at Monticello College, poses for a portrait looking to her right.

The Monticello Female Seminary dining area is set up for a meal service.

Four Monticello College students sit on the floor sewing doll clothing.

Several Monticello College students enjoy refreshments at a restaurant.

Monticello Commencement Queen, Elizabeth Collins, poses for a photo with her mother, Helen Penick Collins who was a member of the class of 1928.

Everett M. Dirksen, member of the United States Senate and Senate Minority Leader, delivers the 1967 commencement address to Monticello College graduates.

Several large trees stand in front of the Evergreens, the Monticello Female Seminary president Harriet Haskell's mansion private residence. The building was donated to the school upon her death and served as a faculty residence until 1935 and as the…

Barry Goldwater stands at the podium while Monticello College administration and others stand and applaud during a graduation commencement address.

Dr. Felix Schwarz provides instruction to student Sally Kendall on sketching a still life.On verso: "Dr. Felix Schwarz, Instructor in Art, and Sally Kendall, Park Ridge, Illinois."

An unidentified Monticello College student takes part in a fencing class.

A man poses amidst the ruins of a Monticello Female Seminary building that was destroyed by fire on November 4, 1888.

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

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

A woman knits while sitting on a fountain located on the Monticello College campus.

Several Monticello College students dance the minuet in front of gathered crowd while wearing colonial-style clothing as part of the George Washington Ball.

A woodcut shows the two-story home featuring a second story balcony of Winthrop S. Gilman. Gilman and Captain Benjamin Godfrey, founder of Monticello Female Seminary, partnered to found Godfrey, Gilman & Company.