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Title
Goldsworth Valley bridge and pond in winter, Western Michigan University
Date
1969-01
Description
Several students walking across bridge over the Goldsworth Valley pond during a winter evening. Two students are crossing the bridge, and one is about to cross. Snow covers the ground and part of the pond. Viewe includes the Valley dormitories in the distance and street lights.
Title
Police line crossing in front of the Student Center, Western Michigan University
Date
1969-05
Description
A line of state police officers walking side by side at night in front of the Student Center (Bernhard Center) in May 1965. Officers are wearing helmets and carrying sticks and walking to the west. The majority of them are walking in the lawn in front of the Oaklands. The east side of the Bernhard Center can be seen in the distance. The police were called in response to confrontations at a snake-bar(?) student rally and to clear a street of students blocking traffic. In the background is a bus.
Title
Students of Grade 6, room 3, St. Joseph Elementary School, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date
1960-02-09
Description
Sixth grade classroom with students sitting at their desks looking towards the photographer. Students rest folded their hands on desk, many of which hold open books. Girls are wearing dresses, and boys are wearing shirts and some with ties. View includes older classroom light fixtures, bookcases and papers on blackboard. One of the student's faces has been cut out of the photograph. Students are identifed on separate cardboard holder. Pictured, second row: Colleen Gardner?, Janet Hoover, Marie Powers, Judy Jordan, Alma Underdow, Doloris Burchell, WIlliam Stevens, Jennifer Johnson, Patricia Popish, Thomas Moirn, and Sidney Rochek?. Third row: Dawn Fen, William Pidnia, Louise Jean, Marly Shay, Deborah Grim, Patricia Hart, Fred Woodhams, Patrcia Knapp, Margaraet DeWeerd, Linda Ricter, Susan Vemich, and Richard Hob. Fourth row: Patricia Gulicrest?, Jack VanderClay, Joseph Tucker, Elem Collier, Joseph Marr, Timothy Knelly?, Thomas VanderPoel, and Josph Bowers. Principle is Mother Lortte.
Title
Blessing of Church Bells, Episcopal Cathedral, Portage, Michigan
Date
approximately 1968
Description
Nine people standing near large bells laid out on the ground as they are being blessed. Bells would be installed in newly constructed Cathedral Church of Christ the King, 2500 Vincent Avenue, Portage, Michigan. Church completed in 1969.
Title
Unidentified sewer entrance in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date
approximately 1967
Description
An unidentified sewer in Kalamazoo, Michigan. View shows cement opening with painted sign saying "No Swimming This is a Sewer". Opens up to body of water possibly Kalamazoo River.
Title
Policemen checking building door
Date
approximately 1967
Description
Two Kalamazoo Police Department officers, one standing by a police car, the other checking the door at an unidentified building. Photograph taken at night during winter. Lights at police car shining at building. One officer African-American and the other Caucasian. A poster on the door includes the word “Sperry.”
Title
Cars on snow covered road, Michigan
Date
approximately 1967-01
Description
Cars being driven down an unidentified snow-covered road, probably in Kalamazoo County, during the Blizzard of 1967. The road appears unplowed. Deep snow is nearly to the top of the car. Fencing and barn in background.
Title
Boy riding bicyle on Moreland Street, Milwood neighborhood, Kalamazoo
Date
approximately 1967
Description
Moreland Street looking north from Winton Avenue in the Milwood neighborhood, Kalamazoo, Michigan. View features a young boy on bike in street wet from rain or snowmelt. Cars traveling south down road. Greenwood Elementary School in the upper right hand side of photograph.
Title
People in line on sidewalk along East Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo
Date
approximately 1967
Description
People standing in line waiting to enter the State Auto Licensing Bureau on 260 East Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Predominently men but also some women including one holding a small child. Building on south side of street to the west of Edwards Street. Buildings across the street are reflected in windows including 215 East Michigan, Kalamazoo Savings and Loan. People wearing all levels of clothing including suits and some are smoking. May be either late fall or winter.
Title
Portrait of Donald S. Gilmore in Scottish attire
Date
approximately 1965
Description
A colorized photograph of Donald Sherwood Gilmore (1895-1979) sitting in a chair. He wears a Scottish kilt, tweed blazer and vest, a tam and holding a cane. He is looking over his right shoulder, right hand partially in movement. The photograph is mounted on cardboard.
Title
Richland Presbyterian Church
Description
Photograph of the church exterior. Most likely the 1960s based on cars in photograph.
Date
1960s
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Richland Village Center
Description
Photograph. Text on back: "Marilyn Robinson." Text on folder tab: P262 Richland Village Center 1961." The new Serafno's liquor store shown on the corner of 32nd street and D Avenue, along with many 1950 vintage vehicles on the road.
Date
1961
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Wedzel Homes building
Description
Photograph of exterior of Wendzel Homes business office in downtown Richland.
Date
approximately 1960s
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Reception Center and entrance to the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary and Wintergreen Lake
Description
Photographic postcard with a divided back of the Reception Center entrance structure to the Kellogg Bird Santuary and Wintergreen Lake. In 1960 funds were provided for construction. Handwritten text on front: "Reception center at Gull Lake Bird Sanctuary." Text on back: "Reception Center, entrance to Kellogg Bird Santuary, and Wintergreen Lake. Photographed and published by Penrod Studio, Berrien Center, Michigan."
Date
1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Yorkville Community School, Grade 6 (1963-1964)
Description
Composite Photograph of the Yorkville Community School, Richland, Michigan, 1963-1964 Grade Six students.
Date
1964
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Nurse cleaning girls' teeth, W.K. Kellogg School, 1960
Description
Photograph of a woman in a white dress and cap using a dental instrument to clean a girl’s teeth, while three other students wait their turn.
Date
1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Old Masonic Hall Fire, April 1969
Description
Photographs of the fire that destroyed the building that was home to Weber’s Market, Nan’s Beauty Parlor, and on the second floor, the Richland Masonic Lodge. The fire also damaged the phone lines near the building.
Date
1969-04
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Old Masonic Hall Fire, April 1969
Description
Photographs of the fire that destroyed the building that was home to Weber’s Market, Nan’s Beauty Parlor, and on the second floor, the Richland Masonic Lodge. The fire also damaged the phone lines near the building.
Date
1969-04
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Old Masonic Hall Fire, April 1969
Description
Photographs of the fire that destroyed the building that was home to Weber’s Market, Nan’s Beauty Parlor, and on the second floor, the Richland Masonic Lodge. The fire also damaged the phone lines near the building.
Date
1969-04
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
American National Bank, Richland, Mich.
Description
Photograph of the American National Bank and Trust Co., Richland branch building at 8020 North 32nd St., Richland, Michigan. The bank was robbed by two men in December of 1960.
Date
1960-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
American National Bank robbery evidence
Description
Photograph of the toy plastic pistol used during the robbery of the American National Bank in Richland, Michigan. The broken trigger guard was found at the scene, and the toy pistol at the capture site.
Date
1960-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
American National Bank robbery victims
Description
Photograph of bank employees and customers showing where they were ordered to lay down during the robbery of the American National Bank in Richland, Michigan.
Date
1960-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
Gull Lake Country Club
Description
Color postcard of the Gull Lake Country Club on Gull Lake near Richland, Michigan. Published by Ward C. Morgan, Kalamazoo. The second Gull Lake Country Club was constructed in 1924, replacing the original one that burned in 1922. Razed in 1978 it was replaced with a $100,000 club house in 1979.
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Title
A. Westley Rowland, alumni
Date
1963
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Dr. A. Westley Rowland, 1938 graduate of Western State Teachers College, at the time he became assistant to the president of the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Title
Victor C. Arnold, alumni
Date
1963
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Dr. Victor C. Arnold, Western Michigan College of Education Class of 1949, at the time he was appointed academic dean of the North Central College at Naperville, Illinois.
Title
Claude A. Bosworth, alumni
Date
ca. 1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Dr. Claude A. Bosworth, 1934 graduate of Western State Teachers College, at the time of his appointment as vice president of public services for Northern Michigan College.
Title
Richard C. Shorr, alumni
Date
ca. 1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Richard C. Shorr, 1954 graduate of Western Michigan College of Education, and at time of photo was manager of sales, Service Bureau Corporation (a subsidiary of IBM).
Title
Robert W. Firlik, alumni
Date
ca. 1961
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Robert W. Firlik, 1955 graduate of Western Michigan College. Firlik joined Eaton in 1955 and became manage of economic research in 1961.
Title
Harold Jacobson, alumni
Date
1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Harold Jacobson, 1938 graduate of Western State Teachers College, at the time of his appointment as executive vice president of the American National Bank and Trust Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Title
Charles C. Saur, alumni
Date
1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Charles C. Saur, TC 1926 and classes of 1929 and 1934, at the time of his appointment as governor of the Michigan district of Kiwanis International. Saur was also president of Enamelite Industries, Inc., in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Title
Frank Buchko, alumni
Date
ca. 1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Frank Buchko, graduation date unknown. Buchko had a long career with the State of Michigan Department of Corrections, serving as Deputy Director of Corrections and serving on the Parole Board. He served as Superintendent of the State's Prison Camp Program at the time of his retirement.
Title
Major Seth D. Finley, alumni
Date
ca. 1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Major Seth D. Finley, 1942 graduate of Western Michigan College of Education, in Army uniform.
Title
Lloyd R. Jones, alumni
Date
ca. 1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Lloyd R. Jones, 1952 graduate of Western Michigan College of Education.
Title
Hugh D. Allen, alumni
Date
1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Hugh D. Allen, 1937 graduate of Western State Teachers College at the time of his appointment as vice president for development of Beloit College in 1960.
Title
School of Business, facade, on East Campus of Western Michigan University
Date
ca. 1964
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Facade of the Western Michigan University School of Business in North Hall on East Campus. Students surround the front facade of the building with its entrance portico with pediment supported by classical columns. Built in 1924, North Hall was altered several times, undergoing renovation in 1958 and a rolling storage system was installed in the basement in the 1970s. North Hall also housed the campus library and classrooms for the College of Busines' finance and commerical law, marketing, academic advising, college administration and psychology department. In 1990, the College of Business was moved to the Haworth College of Business on West Campus. The building was used for archival storage and as home to the Department of Industrial Design. It was demolished in 2014, and only the front entrance remains on Prospect Hill.
Title
Administration Building with Gym addition, East Campus of Western Michigan University
Date
ca. 1964
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
A woman in a long coat walking down the steps of the Administritation Building (East Hall) of Western Michigan College of Education. Middle portion of the building is visible, front columns and portico prominant.
Title
Jean Lowrie, librarian, at her desk
Date
ca. 1964
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Photograph of Jean Lowrie in her office at the Western Michigan University School of Librarianship. Lowrie was hired in 1951 as a librarian for the campus school. She became faculty in the School of Librarianship in 1958 and served as head of that unit from 1963 to 1980. She retired from Western Michigan University in 1983.
Title
Edwin B. Steen, professor of biology
Date
1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Dr. Edwin B. Steen poses with copies of his publication, Anatomy and Physiology, first published in 1959 by Barnes & Noble.
Title
Frank Hinds meeting with student at Western Michigan University.
Date
ca. 1960
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Biology professor Frank J. Hinds at his desk, meeting with an unidentified female student. Hinds taught in the Biology Department from 1935 to 1970.
Title
Dr. James Miller and Dr. Harold Taylor at the 1966 WMU Commencement
Date
1966-04-16
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
WMU President James W. Miller, left, reading Dr. Taylor's honorary citation as the Taylor listens at WMU's first April Commencement on April 16, 1966. Dr. Harold Taylor was an internationally renowned philosophical education professor. Taylor is receiving an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree and delivered WMU's first April commencement address. The photo was included in the Western Michigan University Newsletter, May 1966.
Title
Honor Graduates, June 1965, Western Michigan University
Date
1965-06-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Three Summa cum laude and military graduates from Western Michigan University in academic regala at the June 1965 commencement held at Waldo Stadium. Pictured: Wade J. Adams, Michael P. Adas, and Robert S. Rich. The graduation was the last June commencement at Western before transitioning to April.
Title
Dr. Phillip Shriver speaking at 1966 Commencement, Western Michigan University
Date
1967-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Dr. Phillip R. Shriver speaking from a podium at the 1967 Mid-December Commencement held in the Read Field House at Western Michigan University. Behind him sits faculty in academic regalia. Shriver was president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Dr. Shriver earned his bachelor's degree at Yale University, his master's from Harvard University and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Prior to assuming his post at Miami, he was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University.
Title
Governor George Romeny receiving Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, Western Michigan University
Date
1965
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Close up view of Michigan Governor George Romney as he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Western Michigan University in 1965.
Title
Hooding ceremony for Dr. Maurice Seay, Western Michigan University
Date
1966-08-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Dr. Maurice Seay receiving honorary Doctor of Laws degree from WMU president James Miller during the August 12, 1966, commencement as WMU vice presidents Dr. Russell H. Seibert and Dr. John J. Pruis place Dr. Seay's new doctoral hood about his shoulders. Dr. Seay was Dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University.
Title
Dr. Maurice Seary receives Honorary Degree at 1966 commencement, Western Michigan University
Date
1966-08-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Dr. Maurice Seay, center, receiving honorary Doctor of Laws degree from WMU president James Miller during the August 12, 1966, commencement as WMU vice presidents Dr. Russell H. Seibert and Dr. John J. Pruis place Dr. Seay's new doctoral hood about his shoulders. Dr. Seay was Dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University.
Title
Robert P. Briggs, Commencement Speaker and recipient of Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, December 1966, Western Michigan University
Date
1966
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Robert Briggs giving commencement speech after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Western Michigan University in 1966. Briggs was the Executive Vice President of Consumers Power.
Title
Hooding ceremony for Robert P. Briggs, Dr. James Miller speaking, Western Michigan University
Date
1966-01
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Hooding ceremony at the January 1966 Commencement for Robert Briggs, who received an honor Doctor of Laws degree from Western Michigan University. Dr. Russell Seibert and Dr. L. Dale Faunce placing hood on Briggs; Dr. James Miller speakes at the podium. Briggs was the Executive Vice President of Consumers Power.
Title
Dr. Maurice Seay speaking at 1966 Commencement, Western Michigan University
Date
1966-08-12
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Dr. Maurice Seay giving commencement speech after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Western Michigan University on August 12, 1966. Behind him are faculty in academic regalia.
Title
Hooding ceremony for Charles S. Lewis at 1965 Commencement, Western Michigan University
Date
1965-06
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Charles S. Lewis’s hooding ceremony at the June 1965 Commencement at Western Michigan Univeristy. Charles S. Lewis receives Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Western Michigan University. Lewis served as Principal of Detroit Central High School. Dr. James Miller and Dr. L. Dale Faunce appear in the photo.
Title
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. receiving honorary degree at 1965 Commencement, Western Michigan University
Date
1965-06
Time Period
1960 - 1969
Description
Dr. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. receiving an honorary Doctory of Laws degree at the June 1965 Commencement. Dr. James Miller and Dr. Dale Faunce are standing to either side of Shriver. The photograph appeared in Western Michigan University Magazine Vol. 23 No. 3. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps.
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