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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 stands in front of the 19th century stained glass window, "Praise Angel," located in the Reid Hall study area.

Gloria Lyddon pulls several arrows out of a target.On verso: "Gloria Lyddon, Mission Hills, Kanses, in archery class."

Monticello College students visit a record store.

Kate Snedeker Hill, a relative of Monticello Female Seminary alumnae Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, poses for a portrait wearing a lace shawl while looking over her right shoulder.

A man points to a portion of a Monticello College student's painting while her sitter poses for his portrait.On verso: "Richard F. Gates; 927 16th St NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa."

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).

An unidentified woman poses for a portrait wearing a large necklace with a cross.

A Monticello College instructor teaches a class to six students while using a recorder.

Five Monticello College students sit and enjoy listening to records in their room.Photo caption: "After-hours room party brings soft music and letters from home."

Several women study and look for books among the stacks in Monticello College's Reid Building.

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…

A woodcut shows a bell tower at the top of one of the Monticello Female Seminary buildings.

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

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

An unidentified Monticello Female Seminary student sits in a hammock with papers and a book in her lap.

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);…

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

Saul J. Snedeker, of Jerseyville, a relative of Monticello Female Seminary alumnae Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, sits for a portrait wearing a suit and top hat.

William R. Hill and Isaac Wills sits beside each other during a portrait session. Hill, a merchant from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, married Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, an alumnae of the Monticello Female Seminary, on May 10, 1878.

Lizzie Stillwell poses for a portrait in profile while wearing a hat covered with a flower and a bow.

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

A Monticello College student paints images on wooden objects.

Two uniformed men stand on either side of a display case guarding an art exhibit that includes a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a landscape painting.

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…