St. James High School Records, 1926-1969
Collection Overview
Title: St. James High School Records, 1926-1969
ID: OGLMC0056
Primary Creator: St. James High School (1914-1969)
Extent: 10.5 Linear Feet
Subjects: Education, Grand Forks - Education, Religion - Catholic Church
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The St. James High School Records have been divided into three series:
Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1927-1969
Series 2: Student Publications, 1925-1968
Series 3: Miscellaneous
Thirty one photographs and one folder of slides were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.
Collection Historical Note
The Ursuline Sisters founded St. Bernard's Academy in 1885 with assistance from St. Michael's Catholic Church. Located at 1600 Fourth Avenue North, the Academy was a combined classroom and dormitory facility. Financial difficulties forced the Ursuline Sisters to sell the building, which was purchased by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1914. The Sisters then opened St. James Academy, which stressed scholarship, music, and the arts.
World War II halted efforts to renovate the building because construction materials and labor where urgently needed for the war effort. Finally, in 1956 after an aggressive, half-million dollar fund raising campaign, the new St. James High School was dedicated. The school had twelve classrooms as well as a large gymnasium/auditorium. Student enrollment at the time neared 400.
Construction of the new facility, however, did not end its financial issues. Problems centered around the physical plant, originally constructed not long after the sale of St. Bernard's Academy in 1914. Recommendations to close St. James High School were received from both the local Catholic School Board, as well as the Diocesan Board. The final commencement ceremony for St. James High School occurred May 25, 1969, after which the school closed.
Sources: They Came to Stay: Grand Forks, North Dakota Centennial: 1874-1974. p. 66
Grand Forks: A Pictorial History (1986): p. 25, 35
Grand Forks Herald: 25 May 1969
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional material was donated by Joan Scheet, Grand Forks, North Dakota on September 29, 1983 (83-1219).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: Donation; The original acquisition records are unavailable
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). St. James High School Records. OGLMC 56, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in July 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1927-1969],
[Series 2: Student Publications, 1926-1968],
[Series 3: Miscellaneous],
[Separated Materials :],
[All]
- Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1927-1969
- The first series consists of scrapbooks, 1927-1969. The scrapbooks primarily include newspaper clippings from the Grand Forks Herald, which outline news and events from St. James High School. The clippings detail results of athletic contests, happenings at the school, and news of students and alumni. Due to their sizes, several scrapbooks were separated and placed on the shelves adjacent to the collection.
- Series 2: Student Publications, 1926-1968
- The second series contains several different student publications, 1926-1968. These include the Signet yearbook, a literary magazine titled the Wild Rose, and the student newspaper Stella Matutina. Lives of the Seniors, by the Juniors, a collection of short biographical sketches of the senior classes of 1938 and 1939, is included as is Trumpet Royal, a general student magazine published in the 1960s. There are also an undated "10:00 World History Class" paper and an edited Our Changing Times, a collection of essays and editorials.
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Lives of the Seniors, by the Juniors, 1938 and 1939
- Folder 2: The Signet (yearbook), 1948, 1949, 1951, and 1954
- Folder 3: The Signet (yearbook), 1955-1958
- Folder 4: The Signet (yearbook), 1959-1962
- Folder 5: The Signet (yearbook), 1963-1965
- Folder 6: The Signet (yearbook), 1967-1969
- Folder 7: Our Changing Times
- Folder 8: The Wild Rose, 1926-1927
- Folder 9: Trumpet Royal, vol. 1:2, 3, b
- Folder 10: The Wild Rose, 1928
- Folder 1: Lives of the Seniors, by the Juniors, 1938 and 1939
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Stella Matutina, 1940-1946 (incomplete)
- Folder 2: The Morning Star, 1947-1953 (incomplete)
- Folder 3: The Morning Star, 1954-1965 (incomplete)
- Folder 4: The Wild Rose, 1929-1932
- Folder 5: The Wild Rose, 1926-1928 (bound)
- Folder 6: The Wild Rose, 1928-1932 (bound)
- Folder 7: The Wild Rose, 1930-1932 (bound)
- Folder 1: Stella Matutina, 1940-1946 (incomplete)
- Box 4
- Series 3: Miscellaneous
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Dedication Programs, 1956
- Folder 2: Plaque: "Matrix Plaque Presented to Best High School Publication Edited by a Woman. 1948 NIPA Contests Stella Matutina"
- Folder 3: Class Reunions, 1980 and 1994
- Programs for 20th reunion for class of 1960 and 30th reunion for class of 1964.
- Folder 4: PTA publicity Scrapbook, 1958-1959
- Folder 5: PTA publicity Scrapbook, 1959-1960
- Folder 1: Dedication Programs, 1956
- Box 6
- Separated Materials :
- Due to their sizes, nine bound volumes were placed on the shelves adjacent to the collection
- Scrapbook 18: 1963-1964
- Scrapbook 20: 1965-1967
- Scrapbook 21: 1967
- Scrapbook 23: 1968
- Scrapbook 24: 1969
- Volume 25: Catholic Action News, 1940-1969
- Volume 26: Bound copies of Stella Matutina, 1940-1941
- Scrapbook 27: PTA Publicity Scrapbook, 1956-1957
- Scrapbook 28: PTA Publicity Scrapbook, 1957-1958
- Oversize Folder 1: Photographs
- Separated and place in the Oversize File Cabinets.
- Photograph 1: Two students and one teacher working on an engineering experiment (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 2: Student and a rat in a psychology experiment (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 3: Two students and one nun in the library (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 4: Large crowd gathering for Mass in school gym (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 5: Students in a typing class (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 6: Exterior entrance to the building (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 7: Seven students huddle around a model of a building (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 8: Students place an award from the Northern Interscholastic Press Association on a bulletin board (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 9: One teacher, one nun, and five students by a bookcase in a classroom (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Photograph 1: Two students and one teacher working on an engineering experiment (Photograph by Cooper Studio, Grand Forks, ND), Undated
- Folder 1: Miscellaneous 35mm slides of students and events
- One folder of slides was separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.
- Photographs :
- Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.
- Photograph 1: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 2: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 3: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 4: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 5: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 6: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 7: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 8: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 9: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 10: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 11: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 12: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 13: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 14: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 15: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 16: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Photograph 17: Minnie Trepanier, First Valedictorian
- Photograph 18: St. James Academy: undated
- Photograph 19: Commencement Ceremony: undated
- Photograph 20: Father Schiller, Bev Brown, Rita Keegan: 1955
- Photograph 21: Students
- Photograph 22: Sister M. Hubert, Librarian: undated
- Photograph 23: Library during Book Week: undated
- Photograph 24: Library during Book Week: undated
- Photograph 25: Library during Book Week: undated
- Photograph 26: Library during Book Week: undated
- Photograph 27: Unidentified Students and Teacher: undated
- Photograph 28: Sister Alice Veronica and unidentified nuns
- Photograph 29: Christmas scene at St. James High School
- Photograph 30: Unidentified nun and student
- Photograph 31: Class of 1958 photograph, biographical information, and 25th Class Reunion information
- Photograph 1: Students of St. James High School by room, 1962
- Scrapbook 18: 1963-1964
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