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A man and woman sit in chairs in the sitting room in Churchill Hall on the campus of North Dakota Agricultural College. The man is reading some sort of book while the woman is reading a magazine. There is a lamp between them and a pot sits on top of the radiator., Film negatives, 10 x 13 cm., Title supplied by staff. Photographer unknown.

Ms. Eleanor Vergin, the housemother for the Alba Bales House sits in a chair. Next to her is her Cocker Spaniel named Professor. Ms. Vergin lived in the apartment that was at the top of the Alba Bales House., Film negatives, 10 x 13 cm., Title supplied by staff. Photographer unknown.

A group of students seems to be lounging around in one of the parlors on the first floor of Churchill Hall. Other students are reading., Glass negatives, 13 x 18 cm., "Parlor, men's dormitory", Photographer unknown. Title supplied by staff., The construction of Churchill Hall (originally Men's Residence Hall) began in 1927 after its plans and funding were approved by the State Legislature. The dormitory was to house 192 male students and six resident instructors. It would contain approximately 100 rooms measuring 14 by 14 feet with hot and cold running water and two in-a-door beds. The entire structure would be a three-story structure with a basement for recreational purposes (The Spectrum May 27, 1927, p. 1). The College invested $20,000 in the basement and sewer/water system when construction was halted due the North Dakota State Supreme Court declaring the Hamilton-Schlosser Bill unconstitutional. The Bill "provided for the formation of Holding companies at [educational] institutions. This would make it possible to raise money by selling bonds" (College and State, no date, p. 8). With the funding suspended, the College waited while the State Legislature found another means of fund raising. The result was the Hamilton-Fowler Act. At this point, completion of the residence building was still in question as the State Supreme Court debated whether or not the Act was constitutional. The Hamilton-Fowler Act received the Court's approval and the College selected Wells-Dickey & Co. as the holding committee for a $200,000 bond sale (College and State, February 1930, p. 12 and College and State, October 1930, p. 16). The completed structure had two wings measuring 37 by 56 feet and 52 by 56 with the main section measuring 196 by 36 feet. Students moved in before the start of school in 1930, but the building still had no name. This did not deter students who called the building a "real home" and thought it to be "well equipped" with the "most modern accommodations" (NDAC Catalog 1931-1932, p. 29 and College and State, October 30, 1930, p. 29). The modern accommodations were increased in 1939 when the Bachelor Kitchens were added to the basement. The use of the kitchens saved the male students, who u

Girls' Glee Club group photograph in one of the parlors of Ceres Hall., Glass negatives, 13 x 18 cm., "Chorus (Time exp.)", Photographer unknown. Title supplied by staff., Members of the 1928-1929 North Dakota Agricultural College Girls' Glee Club (The Music Makers), included Ada M. Blakeslee, Director and Olivia E. Tarbell, Accompanist. The rooster - First Soprano: Eunice Hokanson, Agnes Erickson, Minerva Anderson, Iola Osness, Beulah Currie, Alyce Erdahl, Mildred Briggs, Helen Tollefson, Ethel Renwick, Ruth Iverson, Vivian Backer; Second Soprano: Gwendolyn Morgan, Marion South, Glady Sears, Hazel Harris, Bernice Beaudine, Carro Trace, Myrtle Klovstad, Blanche Fletcher, Wanda Hamann, Naomi Larson, Blenda Melaas, Marjorie Beattie, Irene Sampson, Lillian Opfer, Virginia Stockton, Alice Johnson; Alto: Bernice Emmons, Lena Schneider, Gladys Johnson, Bernice Christianson, Hazel Martinson, Patricia Schilla, Ethel Kraft, Lillian Flatner, Velva Rudd; Sarah Moore, Ruby Oscarson, Jordis Larson., "The Bison," 1929, p.118.

Ceres Hall women's dormitory parlor and lounge areas used for relaxing and entertaining guests, Glass negatives, 13 x 18 c.m., "Ceres Hall - N.E. into Lounge", Photographer unknown. Title supplied by staff., Ceres Hall was the first women's dormitory on the North Dakota Agricultural College campus. Ceres was not the first name choice for the building. In April of 1950, Mrs. Jessamine Slaughter Burgum wrote "When the question came up to build Ceres Hall, it was suggested to name it after the first girl student, who had enrolled from Bismarck. It was agreed, and one trustee asked, 'What was her name?' 'Why, Jessie Slaughter, from Bismarck.' 'Oh, then the students will be calling it 'the Slaughter House' instead of Slaughter Hall,' so they decided to call it Ceres Hall after the Goddess of Wheat." (Hunter, Beacon Across the Prairie, p. 35). "Classical Revival, three stories and full story attic. Yellow brick with sandstone trim, jack-arch lintels and keystones over second story windows; sandstone sills and belt courses; symmetrical facade with two off-center projecting four story tower/entrances. Romanic Ionic capitals atop engaged pilasters on south and west facades. Hancock Brothers, architects." (National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form, Summer 1982, p. 4), See also NDSU Archives Building History web site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndsu-university-archives/collections/72157624385769264

Hotel Roberts., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Hotel Roberts., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

902 West Kilgore Avenue., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Verso says: Centering the back wall is a handsome Renaissance Revival pier mirror. Original to the house, it is flanked by portraits of General and Mrs. Dodge. Also original is the parlor set of Louis XV Revival chairs and the carved Eastlake chair. Grenville M. Dodge was the chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1866-1869, and was responsible for completing the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. He remained in his house until his death in 1916. The Dodge House was built in 1869 at a cost of $35,000, and the architect was W.W. Boyington of Chicago. It is located at 605 South Third Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 1982 postmark. Number 10x16024-D.

Original caption: Mr. and Mrs. Spellman., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Excellent, This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: Now Baptist Student Center showing screen to go around pipe organ., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: After supper in the parlor. Picture taken at a class supper at Mrs. Lang's where I visited Muncie in 1898 in the autumn. Class pictures., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: After supper in the parlor. Picture taken at a class supper at Mrs. Lang's where I visited Muncie in 1898 in the autumn. Class pictures., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Crown Prince Olav and his wife Martha seated in the parlor of home belonging to Louis B. Hanna at 707 8th Street S., Fargo, N.D. The prince in a suit and the princess is wearing a Norwegian folk costume., Gelatin silver prints, 22 x 27 cm., Title supplied by staff.

A man and a woman at a piano in a parlor. The woman is playing the piano and the man is standing beside and appears to be singing. In the room there is a chair, a small table, and a shelf filled with cabinet photographs and knickknacks. A framed panoramic photograph of Aneta, N.D. is visible hanging on the wall above the piano. Also on the piano are a mantle clock and more cabinet photographs. Although unidentified, evidence suggests the man is David Anderson, taken while he was a photographer in Aneta, N.D. between December 1909 and June 1910., Glass negatives, 13 x 18 cm., Title supplied by staff.

Crown Prince Olav, in uniform by fireplace inside the home of Louis B. Hanna at 707 8th Street S., Fargo, N.D. A chair and ottoman are visible in the image. Portraits of the Crown Prince and Princess are on the mantel behind him., Film negatives; Gelatin silver prints, 13 x 10 cm.; 26 x 21 cm., Title supplied by staff., Photograph taken during visit of Crown Prince Olav and his wife Martha to Fargo and Moorhead between June 8 and June 10, 1939. They stayed a the home of former North Dakota Governor Louis B. Hanna.

Children of James Holes playing piano in the parlor of their home located at 1213 Broadway, Fargo, N.D., Gelatin silver prints, 13 x 13 cm., "For Marguerite taken 1900. B. R. Holes & Marguerite. 1900 Marguerite Virginia Holes, Bernard Rupert Holes" - Handwritten on back of cardboard mount., Title supplied by staff. Photographer unknown. Photograph on cardboard mount.

A photo of the parlor in Stickney Hall at Dickinson State Normal School. Visible are chairs, tables, bookshelves and a set of glass doors. Stickney Hall was the first building on the Dickinson State Normal School campus and was a women's dormitory., Photographic prints, 28 x 13 cm., "Stickney Hall Parlor, Mrs. Drum"--Handwritten on back., Title created by staff., Mrs. Laura E. Drum was the house mother for the girls in Stickney Hall.

An interior view of Bertha Abbey's living room, with a piano taking up the right wall and a decorative pot belly stove in the back visible through curtains that are pulled back. Bertha Abbey sits in the center playing a mandolin, looking at a music stand holding sheet music. On the left is a small table with photographs and photo graph albums on top. Then there is a chair and a small end table that has a lamp and a bird cage on top. There are many decorations, including a pillow, table cloths, rugs, and pictures and framed photographs, many hand on the walls. There is a framed picture of Abraham Lincoln on the left wall., Photographic prints, 20 x 25 cm., "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, 1909. From Bertha Abbey, #1000 Charles St., St. Paul, Minn."--Handwritten on back of photograph., Photographer unknown. Title created by staff.

Original caption: Mr. and Mrs. Spellman., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

This is a color photograph of the upstairs parlor with a picture of Josiah Gorgas hanging above the piano in the Gorgas House in April of 1959.

Located at the northeast corner of Main and Franklin Streets., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

On back: Love Sears and Maude Zeigler. Parlor Donovan/Sears home., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: Mrs. Payne's home, Main and Hackley Streets, 814 East Main, June 6, 1896., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: Mr. and Mrs. Spellman and Emma Spellman Ryan (Mrs. J. W. Ryan)., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: S. C. Cowan's home. Southwest corner, Vine and Washington Streets, parlor and dining room, December 9, 1896., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: Through the sitting room at the cottage of 616 East Adams Street, January 15, 1895., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: S. C. Cowan's home. Southwest corner, Vine and Washington Streets, sitting room, December 9, 1896., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: Mother Marsh's Parlor, Susan Ryan Marsh. 218 East Adams Street. Feb. 1890. (In this house, J. R. Marsh and Mildred Marsh were born.), This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: Parlor in our cottage home. 616 East Adams Street. January 17, 1895. Rodney Marsh (vase owned by John and Mary Marsh, painting (on wall) of Susie and Mildred (age 2) at the piano and painting (on stand) of Mildred by Susie., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: In the parlor of the cottage at 616 East Adams Street. Mildred Marsh, Rodney Marsh, Susan R. Marsh, January 15, 1895. (Moved to 603 East Jackson Street January 19, 1985)., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Original caption: Mildred Beatty's parlor. 607 East Jackson Street, December 20, 1896, This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about