COLLECTION NAME:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwa_wmup_u-000310
Filename:
exwa_wmup_u-000310.tif
Title:
Blanche Draper, faculty at Western Michigan University
Alternative Title:
Blanche Draper, faculty editor
Date:
1946
Description:
Studio portrait of Blanche Draper from the 1946 Brown & Gold yearbook. Draper came to Western State Normal School in 1918 to serve as the faculty editor of the Western Herald. She continued to serve in an advisory capacity to the Herald after it became a student-staffed newspaper. Her position evolved to full-time publicity director for the institution, which she held until her death in 1951. Draper Hall and Dinning Service was co-dedicated in 1950 in her honor for 31 years as publicity director.
Person:
Draper, Fredora Blanche, 1883-1951
Subject:
Western Michigan University--Faculty
Subject:
Western State Normal School--Faculty
Subject:
Women newspaper editors
Keywords:
Studio portraits
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
Source:
7.3 x 9. 3 in black-and-white print WMU Photograph Collection, U-000310
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2020
Rights Statement:
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:
Box 3, Barcode: 31141021783209
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
