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A woodcut shows the Evergreens as it appeared in 1850. First constructed as a private home, Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell later purchased the residence for her personal home and donated the building to the school upon her death…

A woodcut shows the one-story preparatory school affiliated with the Monticello Female Seminary.

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.

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.

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

Sophie Hopkins, a member of the Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1886, poses for a photograph.

Annie Delano, an alumnae of Monticello Female Seminary from Bunker Hill, Illinois, poses for a portrait in profile.

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

Several Monticello Female Seminary students work in the school lab.

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

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.

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

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.

Prudence Winterraud Douglas, an member of the Monticello Female Seminary's class of 1906, poses for a photograph at the bottom of a staircase.

Monticello College students visit a record store.

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

Several Monticello College students enjoy refreshments at a restaurant.

Several Monticello College students create a giant snowball. Some students are identified on the verso, including Mary Ann Merrick, Eunice Larson, Marcia Wood, Marilyn Meek, Caroline Hopping, and "Stubby" Fenten.

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

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell sits in the drivers seat of a carriage while O. W. Maxfield holds onto the horse. Several women sit in the grass near the carriage. Maxfield, a Monticello Female Seminary employee, lived with his…

Several women pose for a photograph on the entrance stairs to a building while two women sit in a horse-drawn carriage at the bottom.

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."

Five members of the Red Cross Knitting Group at Monticello College pose with samples of their work in progress.On verso: "Red Cross Knitting Group- l to r - Marlene Felter, [Dorothy Crickasa], Norma Stewart, Miss Grelick, Kay Bartz."

Monticello College students bundle gauze to aid the war effort during World War II.

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