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Lutheran Ladies' Seminary papers, 1894-1920
- Title
- Lutheran Ladies' Seminary papers, 1894-1920
- Identifier
- P0504
- Date
- 1894-1920
- Description
Biography/History:
First opened in November 1894 as a finishing school, the Lutheran Ladies’ Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota became a full fledged college offering a Bachelor of Art Degree. The seminary had a renowned Conservatory of Music that was well known throughout the midwest. The ladies who attended gave the institution a nickname “prestefru fabrikk” – meaning the pastor’s wife factory.
On June 8, 1920, there was a fire that destroyed the schools. Efforts to rebuild were discussed but nothing came to fruition. The last president of the seminary, Pastor Thoralf Hoff, was a leading figure in bringing coeducation to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. The Conservatory’s music director, Carl Youngdahl, moved to Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and built a well known program there.
Scope and Content:
Catalogs, journals, pictures, and reports of a Red Wing, Minnesota, school that ran from 1894 to 1920.
- Digital Collections:
- Formal portrait of ladies from Red Wing Lutheran Ladies' Seminary, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1898
- Exterior of the Red Wing Lutheran Ladies' Seminary, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1898
- Interior of Red Wing Lutheran Ladies' Seminary, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1910
- Interior of concert hall at Red Wing Lutheran Ladies' Seminary, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1910
- Extent
- 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
- Language
- English
- Norwegian
- Type
- Catalogs
- Reports
- Photographic prints
- Access Rights
- The collection is open to research.
- Bibliographic Citation
- [Indicate the cited item here]. Lutheran Ladies’ Seminary Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.