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Identifier: 
exwa_wmup_u-10450
Filename: 
exwa_wmup_u-10450.tif
Title: 
Spindler Hall, exterior, East Campus at Western Michigan University
Date: 
approximately 1940
Description: 
Exterior of Spindler Hall looking northwest. Built in 1940, Spindler Hall was originally a women's dormitory and later became an independent housing facility for doctoral, graduate, senior and non-traditional students. Spindler Hall was named after Lavina Spindler, who served at Western from 1907-1938 as director of the Campus School, Dean of Women, and Freshman Advisor. The building featured reliefs of female students and a female figure in a mentoring relationship.
Building: 
Western Michigan University. Spindler Hall
Subject: 
Western Michigan University--Buildings
Subject: 
Western Michigan College of Education--Buildings
Subject: 
Spindler, Lavina, 1878-1957
Subject: 
Dormitories--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Location: 
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period: 
1940 - 1949
Source: 
8.8 x 5.6 in. black-and-white print, WMU Photograph Collection, U-10450
Collection: 
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Publisher: 
Western Michigan University
Digital Date: 
2020
Rights Statement: 
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights Status: 
In Copyright
Access Rights: 
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Type: 
Image
File Format: 
image/tiff
Box Barcode: 
31141021784546