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

Monticello College students exit the school's main building wearing their caps and gowns.

Monticello College students and faculty line up prior to entering graduation ceremonies wearing their caps and gowns.

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

A groundskeeper trims a small tree on the Monticello College campus.

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.

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

A woodcut shows the Harriet Haskell House at Monticello Female Seminary.

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

Harriet M. Sunderland Snedeker, of Jerseyville, sits for a portrait wearing a dark dress and glasses. She was the mother of Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, an alumnae of the Monticello Female Seminary.

A woodcut shows an arch over the Haskell Memorial Entrance at Monticello Female Seminary. The entrance is in memory of longtime school principal Harriet Haskell.

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

Henry L. Sunderland, a cousin of Monticello Female Seminary alumnae, Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, sits for a portrait in front of a large tasseled curtain.

An unidentified Monticello College student and her horse jump over a log obstacle during an equestrian show jumping competition.

An unidentified Monticello College student and her horse jump over an obstacle during an equestrian show jumping competition.

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.

John Preston Levis, the president and chairman of Owens-Illinois Gloss Company and a member of the board of trustees at Monticello College, poses for a portrait in front of a glass brick wall.

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.

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.

"Lady Peggy Vernon" stands outside the Monticello Female Seminary in full costume during the school's annual George Washington Ball festivities.

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

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…

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]."

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