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Students use looms to weave cloth inside the Monticello College workshop.

Lotti Goldschmidt, a faculty member at Monticello College, sits on a hay bale.

Louis Heider conducts a chemistry experiment using several beakers of fluid with students Della Leone and Natalie Reed.On verso: "Louis Heider, instructor in Physics and Chemistry at Monticello College, works with Della K. Leone, Benld, Illinois…

Madeleine Dinges, a Monticello College art student and a finalist in the National Collegiate Sculpture Awards Program, works to chisel a large bust sculpture of United States Senator and Senate Minority Leader, Everett M. Dirksen. Dinges presented…

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

An unidentified man stands during a portrait session wearing a suit and top hat.

Martina C. Erickson Parsons, principal at the Monticello Female Seminary from 1910 until 1918, poses for a portrait. After leaving her position at Monticello Female Seminary, she received the title of President Emeritus and served on the Board of…

Mary Gilman, a member of the Class of 1904 from Monticello Female Seminary, sits in a chair for a portrait.

A full length view of a statue at the Monticello Female Seminary shows a female holding a long cloth above her head. On verso: "Memorial Stone ['Aneline'] Set up June 6th 1895 - in commemoration of Miss (Harriet) Haskell's 25 years of service and…

Father and daughter Mingo Logothetis and Karen Logothetis enjoy a dance during Dad's Weekend at Monticello College.

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.

A fence and several trees surround the main building of the Monticello Female Seminary.

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

A woodcut shows a woman walking in front of the Monticello Female Seminary as it appeared when the school opened in 1838.

A woman stands on the grounds of the Monticello Ladies Academy in front of the school's main building.Photo caption: "Burned in 1888."

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

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

Monticello College instructor, Mrs. Frederick, gives a piano lesson to Monticello College student Mildred Crandall.

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 labor on a girder on a new building at Monticello College.

Several students decorate two maypoles on the Monticello Female Seminary grounds while a large crowd watches.

Mrs. Oral K. Wing, a member of the board of trustees at Monticello College, sits in a winged chair for a portrait.

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

A Monticello College student paints images on wooden objects.