Photograph of students in a chemistry class at Macalester College, 1886

Chemistry class

Students in a chemistry class led by Dr. Forbes (1889).

Photograph of Macalester College Baseball Team

Baseball Team

The Macalester baseball team (ca. 1888).

Photograph of Macalester Park

Macalester Park

Drawing of Macalester Park from the Northwest Magazine (1886).

Photograph of Macalester in 1886

Macalester in 1886

Macalester College eight years after its founding (ca. 1886).

Photograph of the Winslow House

Winslow House

Winslow House, where an early version of Macalester College held classes for a short time (ca. 1870).

Macalester Bagpipe Band

The Macalester Bagpipe Band performs at Minneapolis department store Donaldson’s in 1953.

Macalester College

Founded in 1874, Macalester College began as a Presbyterian college with few resources and only six students. The private liberal arts college became known for its rigorous academics and commitment to internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society.

Photograph of Old Main Hall

Old Main Hall

St. Olaf College’s Old Main Hall. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Jonathunder, April 30, 2015. GNU free documentation license 1.2.

Photograph of St. Olaf College campus windmill

St. Olaf College campus windmill

St. Olaf College’s windmill. Photograph by David Gonnerman, 2007

Photograph of St. Olaf College bobsledders on campus

St. Olaf College bobsledders on campus

Several groups of St. Olaf College students coming down a hill on bobsleds, with the original Ytterboe Hall in the background, ca. 1900–1910. Courtesy of the St. Olaf College Archives, Northfield.

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