St. Olaf College
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St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus.
Old Main
Steensland Hall in 2015
Herman Amberg Preus, (1825–1894), a key figure in organizing the Norwegian Synod
1912 stained glass window honoring St. Olaf in the college chapel
Carleton College
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Carleton College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1866, the 200-acre main campus is between Northfield and the approximately 800-acre Cowling Arbor
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…adjacent 430-acre (170 ha) natural lands, is west of downtown Northfield, Minnesota. Northfield is also the home of its neighbor and friendly rival, Carleton College. Between 1995 and 2020, 154 St. Olaf graduates were named Fulbright Scholars and 35 received Goldwater Scholarships. The seal of the St. Olaf College…
Title page to the first academic catalog for Northfield College
James J. Dow, Myra A. Brown, and Bayard T. Holmes
The Laurence McKinley Gould Library operates all days of the week, and was built in 1956 and enlarged in 1983.
Goodsell Observatory at Carleton College is on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently the largest observatory in Minnesota.