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Olsen Family Papers
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Slide 32

"And here are Dick, Bobby, + Jim, our Olsen schoolboys, in front of their school, the Parkland grade school."

Slide 33

"Campus Day 1948: Professors plant a tree! Magnus Nodtvedt [history], Robert Olsen [chemistry], Kelmer Roe [religion]."

Slide 4

"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."

Slide 5

"The next view shows the NE corner, also the Library + the old Chapel Bldg."

Slide 6

"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."

Slide 7

"The next view, also from inside the entrance, looks back toward the church."

Slide 9

"From farther back, across the parking lot, we see still better what a large, ambitious bldg. it is."

The Olsen Times

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).

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