Historic Old Central High School Museum Committee collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a variety of materials related to the Duluth Public Schools, collected by the Historic Old Central High School Museum Committee. The Museum Committee maintained an 1890s classrrom museum in the Old Central High School administration building, and conducted tours of the museum and belltower for alumni and others. Many items in this collection were donated to the museum by alumni of Duluth schools. The bulk of the materials are related to Central High School, but many other schools are represented. Included in the collection are scrapbooks, photographs, school reunion materals, engineering drawings for Central High School, newsletters and other school publications, and other miscellaneous documents.
Dates
- 1857 - 2011
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Duluth Central High School is an architectural landmark in Duluth which was saved from the wrecking ball by community effort. The school is located at Lake Avenue and Second Street, was built in 1891-92, by Duluth architects Palmer and Hall but based on Henry H. Richardson’s work described as Romanesque. A massive sandstone structure with a 230 foot tower, the building is now on the National Register of Historic Places and functioning as the administration building for the Duluth Board of Education.
Extent
17 boxes
1 item
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of a variety of materials related to the Duluth Public Schools, collected by the Historic Old Central High School Museum Committee.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Duluth Public Schools Subject Source: Local sources
- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Educators Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elementary school students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elementary schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- High school students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- High schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Junior high school students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Junior high schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newsletters Subject Source: Local sources
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Local sources
- Special events Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Student newspapers and periodicals. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Historic Old Central High School Museum Committee (Organization)
- Author
- S. Aue
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu