Embroidered patch created for the first International Eelpout Festival, 1980. From the private collection of Don Overcash, used with permission.

Robert Hoyle (left), executive director; Jane Graupman, education director; Julie Bursik, staff attorney; John Borden, casework supervisor. Photo taken in the entryway to the International Institute of Minnesota in St. Paul. (Note: Robert Hoyle retired in 2005. John Borden was the Executive Director from 2005-2010, and Jane Graupman became executive director in 2010.) Used with the permission of the International Institute of Minnesota.

1979 groundbreaking for the International Institute of Minnesota Nationality Cultural Center addition. Taken outside the International Institute of Minnesota at 1694 Como Avenue in St. Paul. Institute members are dressed in traditional costumes. In the center, with the shovel, is Gretchen Quie (then-Governor Quie’s wife), International Institute Board Member Earl Bell (left), and Board Member Edward Bruno (right). Used with the permission of the International Institute of Minnesota.

1949 photo of the International Institute in downtown St. Paul. The building at 183 W. Kellogg is the second building from the right, at the former intersection of Kellogg and Exchange Street. The Institute moved into the building in June of 1946. This is now the site of the St. Paul RiverCentre.