"And here are Dick, Bobby, + Jim, our Olsen schoolboys, in front of their school, the Parkland grade school."
"Campus Day 1948: Professors plant a tree! Magnus Nodtvedt [history], Robert Olsen [chemistry], Kelmer Roe [religion]."
"We walk along the west side of Park Avenue, along the front of the campus. This sign is at the main entrance and the bldg. is the Main Bldg., a 6-story bldg. erected in 1894, by sturdy Norwegian Pioneers with vision. In the earlier days students + faculty lived, ate, attended classes + all, in this bldg. Now it is classrooms, offices, and girls' dormitory."
"The next view shows the NE corner, also the Library + the old Chapel Bldg."
"We turn to look along Garfield Street, Parkland's 2-blk.-long business section. Just since Sept. it has been paved, acquired sidewalks, + had several additions to its business places. But it's still a nice small town. Everyone walks to the P.O., which is 1 blk. straight ahead on the right as we stand here."
"The next view, also from inside the entrance, looks back toward the church."
"We go back across Park Avenue to look back at the Main Bldg."
"From farther back, across the parking lot, we see still better what a large, ambitious bldg. it is."
The Olsen Times newsletter, created by 10-year-old James B Olsen, was published weekly from 1951-1954 and monthly from 1954-1956. It was followed or supplemented by The Olsen Times Bulletin (1958, 1960, 1961), The Olsen News (1951-1957), and family letters (1961, 1964).