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Offcentered view of Lib...

exwa_wmup_u-10216

Title

Offcentered view of Library entrance, Western State Teachers College

Time Period

1922 - 1929

Description

Front entrance of the Library Building (North Hall). View offcenter from above featuring the portico.

School of Business in N...

approximately 1964

exwa_wmup_u-10217

Title

School of Business in North Hall, entrance portico, at Western Michigan University

Date

approximately 1964

Time Period

1960 - 1969

Description

Front entrance of the Western Michigan University School of Business in North Hall. View focuses on building entrance portico with pediment supported by classical columns topped with corinthian capitals. Four male students are entering the building. Built in 1924, North Hall was altered several times, undergoing renovation in 1958. It was demolished in 2014, and only the front entrance remains on Prospect Hill.

Fa�ade of Library Build...

exwa_wmup_u-10218

Title

Fa�ade of Library Building, Western Michigan University

Time Period

[1929 - 1939, 1939 - 1949]

Description

Fa�ade of the Library Building (North Hall) on East Campus of Western Michigan University. View includes landscaping and sidewalks.

Front entrance of the L...

exwa_wmup_u-10219

Title

Front entrance of the Library Building, Western State Teachers College

Time Period

[1930 - 1939, 1940 - 1949]

Description

Front entrance of the Library Building. View features the portico and semi-circular window above the door. Plaque above the door reads: Library Building. View from starts looking upwards.

Fireplace and painting ...

approximately 1925

exwa_wmup_u-10194

Title

Fireplace and painting in Library reading room, Western State Teachers College

Date

approximately 1925

Time Period

[1920 - 1929, 1930 - 1939]

Description

Two-story Reading Room in Library Building (North Hall) at Western State Teachers College. View, looking north, features the painting of Yosemite Valley by Thomas Hill above the ornamental mantle. In front of the marble fireplace are two display cases of rare books from the AM Todd Collection. The Reading Room was designed by Henry H. Turner and Victor E. Thebaud Architects in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Service desk in Library...

exwa_wmup_u-10195

Title

Service desk in Library, Western State Teachers College

Time Period

[1950 - 1960, 1960 - 1969]

Description

Photograph of a service desk at the Library on the Western State Teachers College campus. Men and woman stand at tall work tables. In the background against the wall is a card catalog.

Library Reading Room, W...

approximately 1925

exwa_wmup_u-10196

Title

Library Reading Room, Western State Teachers College

Date

approximately 1925

Time Period

[1920 - 1929, 1930-1939]

Description

Two-story Reading Room in Library Building (North Hall) at Western State Teachers College. View looking northeast features features seating for 300 students, marble fireplace, paintings donated by the local art collector A.M. Todd including the notable “Yosemite Valley” by Thomas Hill, and recessed wall shelving. The Reading Room was designed by Henry H. Turner and Victor E. Thebaud Architects in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The image appeared in the book Kalamazoo Lost and Found by Kalamazoo Historian Lynn Houghton.

Fa�ade of the School of...

1964-11

exwa_wmup_u-10203

Title

Fa�ade of the School of Business, partially shaded, Western Michigan University

Date

1964-11

Time Period

1960 - 1969

Description

Front entrance of the School of Business in North Hall, partially in shadows.

Fa�ade of the School of...

1964-11

exwa_wmup_u-10204

Title

Fa�ade of the School of Business, Western Michigan University

Date

1964-11

Time Period

1960 - 1969

Description

Front entrance of the School of Business in North Hall. View from the far right and features the entrance portico.

Reading Room of the Lib...

exwa_wmup_u-10205

Title

Reading Room of the Library Building, Western State Teachers College

Time Period

[1920 - 1929, 1930 - 1939]

Three students outside ...

exwa_wmup_u-10206

Title

Three students outside School of Business entrance, Western Michigan University

Time Period

[1960 - 1969, 1970 - 1979]

Description

Photograph of entrance to School of Business in North Hall, Western Michigan University. View looks west past the facade and includes the roof of the Men�s Gym.

North Hall, exterior, W...

exwa_wmup_u-10207

Title

North Hall, exterior, Western Michigan University

Time Period

[1950 - 1959, 1960 - 1969]

Description

Photograph of School of Business in North Hall. View looking northeast and featuring a 3/4 view of fa�ade & west fa�ade.

Fa�ade of Library Build...

exwa_wmup_u-10208

Title

Fa�ade of Library Building, exterior, Western Michigan University

Time Period

1930 - 1939

Description

Photograph of the front of the Library Building (North Hall), without landscaping, shortly after it was built. Completed in 1924, the Library Building was designed by Henry Turner and Victor Thebaud, architects in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Students in front of th...

approximately 1940-12?

exwa_wmup_u-10209

Title

Students in front of the marble fireplace, Reading Room, Library Building, Michigan College of Education

Date

approximately 1940-12?

Time Period

[1930 - 1939, 1940 - 1949]

Library Building, lower...

exwa_wmup_u-10197

Title

Library Building, lower lobby, Western State Teachers College

Time Period

[1920 - 1929, 1930 - 1939]

Description

Lower Lobby in the Library Building (North Hall) at Western State Teachers College. View facing west and features a New Books cart display, a display board, and spiral staircase. The Reading Room was designed by Henry H. Turner and Victor E. Thebaud Architects in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Library interior, stack...

exwa_wmup_u-10198

Title

Library interior, stacks, Western State Teachers College

Time Period

[1920 - 1929, 1930 - 1939]

Description

General stacks in the Library Building (North Hall) at Western State Teachers College.

Front of the Library Bu...

approximately 1939

exwa_wmup_u-10215

Title

Front of the Library Building, Western State Teachers College

Date

approximately 1939

Time Period

1921 - 1929

Description

Entrance of North Hall from the sidewalks. View includes portico and sidewalks.

Men and woman working a...

exwa_wmup_u-10193_008

Title

Men and woman working at a table, Manual Arts Building, Western Michigan University

Time Period

[1960 - 1969, 1970 - 1979]

Description

Three men and one woman working at a table in a classroom or lab in the Manual Arts Building possibly as part of a workshop.

Group portrait of the P...

1957

[Greenberg, Milton, 192...

exwa_wmup_u-000257

Title

Group portrait of the Political Science Department faculty at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photograph of the Political Science Department faculty from the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Seated: Milton Greenberg, Donald Ackerman, Samuel Clark, Leo Stine. Standing: Jack Plano, John H. Romani.

Group portrait of the O...

1957

[Kiss, Rosalia, Hamlin,...

exwa_wmup_u-000258

Title

Group portrait of the Occupational Therapy Department faculty at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photograph of the Occupational Therapy Department faculty from the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Pictured from left to right: Rosalia Kiss, Lois Hamlin, Dean Tyndall, Marion Spear, and Alice Lewis.

Group portrait of the P...

1957

[Miller, Karl, Bradley,...

exwa_wmup_u-000259

Title

Group portrait of the Physics Department faculty at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photograph of the Physics Department faculty from the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Pictured left to right: Karl Miller, George Bradley, Nathan Nichols, Walter Marburger, Stanley Derby, and Haym Kruglak.

Herbert Slusser, facult...

approximately 1946

Slusser, Herbert, 1898-...

exwa_wmup_u-00026

Title

Herbert Slusser, faculty, portrait

Date

approximately 1946

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Photograph of Herbert Slusser, associate professor, English Department 1924-1947

Group portrait of the I...

1957

[Beukema, Henry John, 1...

exwa_wmup_u-000264

Title

Group portrait of the Industrial Arts Department at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photograph of the Industrial Arts Department from the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Seated: Henry Beukema, Donald Nantz, Herbert Ellinger, William Weeks, Dr. Andrew Luff and Dr. Glade Wilcox. Standing: William Schreiber, Donald Black, Robert Hoffman, William Wichers, Clarence Van Deventer, Robert Ring, Elmer Brune and Lindsay Farnan.

Group portrait of the H...

1957

[Acree, Rachel, Volle, ...

exwa_wmup_u-000262

Title

Group portrait of the Home Economics Department at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photograph of the Home Economics Department from the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Pictured: Rachel Acree, Reva Volle, Betty Taylor, Gladys Rowe and Opal Stamm.

Group portrait of the D...

1957

[Reber, Rosalie (Holmes...

exwa_wmup_u-000265

Title

Group portrait of the Distributive Education Department at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photograph of the Distributive Education Department from the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Pictured: Rosalie Reber, Wendell Fidler, Raymond Dannenberg, and Adrian Trimpe.

Buck Read and Mike Gary...

1958-11-01

[Read, Herbert W., 1880...

exwa_wmup_u-000266

Title

Buck Read and Mike Gary at fishing campsite

Date

1958-11-01

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Color photograph, taken November 1, 1958, of Herbert "Buck" Read and Mike Gary at fishing campsite in wooded area. Read served as head basketball coach from 1922 to 1949 and taught in the Men's Physical Education Department. Gary served at football coach at WMU from 1922 to 1945, and as athletic director and head of the men’s Physical Education Department from 1949 to 1967.

Library Staff at Wester...

1957

[Lumaree, Phoebe, Knaus...

exwa_wmup_u-000261

Title

Library Staff at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photograph of Library staff from the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Seated: Phoebe Lumaree and James Knauss. Standing: Edith Clark, Francis Allen, Katherine Stokes, Hazel Saye, Hazel DeMeyer, Paul Randall, and Gertrude VanZee. James Knauss, History Department, served as the University Archivist at the time this photograph was taken.

Charles S. Nichols, fac...

1957

Nichols, Charles Solon,...

exwa_wmup_u-000267

Title

Charles S. Nichols, faculty at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Photograph of Charles S. Nichols working machinery. Charles Nichols taught Manual Arts at Western Michigan University from 1921-1957. The photo appears in the WMC News Magazine, Summer 1957 edition.

Hugh Ackley, faculty at...

1947

Ackley, Hugh Mortimore,...

exwa_wmup_u-000260

Title

Hugh Ackley, faculty at Michigan College of Education

Date

1947

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

Photograph of Hugh M. Ackley, faculty in the Mathematics Department at Western Michigan College of Education from 1922 to 1947. The dormatory, Ackley Hall, was built and dedicated to Hugh Ackley in 1963.

English Department Facu...

1954

[Miller, Ralph N., 1916...

exwa_wmup_u-000326

Title

English Department Faculty at Western Michigan College of Education

Date

1954

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

English Department Faculty in Spring 1955 at Western Michigan College of Education. Photograph appeared in the 1954 Brown & Gold yearbook. Pictured, back row: Ralph Miller, Helen Master, Ruth Van Horn, Georgiann Burge, Edith Eicher, M. Dezena Loutzenhiser, Lorene Gary, Lucille Nobbs, Louise Walker, Dorothy Osborn, Thelma Anton Bernadine (Penny) Carlson, Helen Sellers. Second row: Frank Householder, Dale Lancaster, Jean Malmstrom, Joseph Torok, Robert Limpus. Front row: William Brown, Joseph McKee, Frederick Rogers.

English Department Facu...

1957

[Miller, Ralph N., 1916...

exwa_wmup_u-000327

Title

English Department Faculty at Western Michigan University, in a classroom

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

English Department Faculty in 1957 at Western Michigan University. The photograph appeared in the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Pictured, back row: Dr. Ralph Miller, Frank Householder, John Woods, Dr. Arnold Nelson, John McNally, Phil Denenfeld, Dr. Frederick Rogers, David Pugh, Robert A. Palmatier, and Dr. David F. Sadler. Middle row: William Rosegrant, John Orr, Dr. Robert Limpus, Dorothy Osborn, Katherine Rogers, Bernadine Carlson, Georgianna Burge, and Helen Sellers. Seated (left to right): Dr. John Freund, Clayton Holladay, Louise Walker, Lucille Nobbs, Thelma Anton, Jean Malmstrom, and Anne Oas.

Faculty Retirement Grou...

1946

[Sprau, George, 1876-19...

exwa_wmup_u-000328

Title

Faculty Retirement Group at Western State Teachers College

Date

1946

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

Faculty retirement group from Western State Teachers College examining blueprints for development of the new campus. The drawing was prepared by architect Ralph R. Calder. Pictured, standing (left to right): George Sprau, Grover C. Bartoo, Bess Baker Skillman and Harper C. Maybee. Seated: Anna French and Anna Evans. Photo appeared in the Summer 1946 Western Michigan College News Magazine.

Michigan College of Edu...

1947

[Hoekje, John C., 1885-...

exwa_wmup_u-000329

Title

Michigan College of Education faculty John C. Hoekje and Leonard Meretta designing marching band formation

Date

1947

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

John C. Hoekje, dean, and Leonard Meretta, faculty, at Michigan College of Education, designing a show formation for the Western Marching Band. Meretta was a professor emeritus of music and the founder of the Western Michigan University bands program at WMU in 1945. John C. Hoekje was a professor of education and psychology. He also served as registrar, dean of admissions and director of extension during his 1916-to-1955 tenure at the University.

W.J.B. Truitt, faculty,...

approximately 1948

Truitt, William Jenning...

exwa_wmup_u-00033

Title

W.J.B. Truitt, faculty, portrait

Date

approximately 1948

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

Photograph of W.J.B. Truitt, Ed.D., Professor of Education, 1948-1949.

John Hoekje and Howard ...

1944-07

[Hoekje, John C., 1885-...

exwa_wmup_u-000330

Title

John Hoekje and Howard Bigelow performing Radio Skit for the re-dedication of the Barracks to Temporary Buildings

Date

1944-07

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

John C. Hoekje and Howard Bigelow acting as Master of Ceremonies at the formal re-naming and rededication of the barracks to temporary buildings during a mock ceremony and skit on July 1944. The Barracks Building was built in 1918 to house the local Student Army Training Corps. Preparing for duty in World War I, the young men trained and marched on the adjacent athletic fields. When the building was no longer needed for the corps, the Normal School reused it for Home Economics and Manual Arts Classes. It remained a "temporary" classroom building until it was razed in 1948. John C. Hoekje was a professor of education and psychology who also served as registrar, dean of admissions and director of extension during his 1916-to-1955 tenure at the University. Dr. Howard F. Bigelow was an economics professor at WMU from 1924 to 1961.

Ellis Walker, health se...

Walker, Ellis J., 1878-...

exwa_wmup_u-00034

Title

Ellis Walker, health services, undated portrait

Time Period

1930 - 1939

Description

Portrait of Ellis J. Walker, Ph.B., R.N., Director of Health Services, 1927-1946.

Group portrait of the I...

1957

[Beukema, Henry John, 1...

exwa_wmup_u-000341

Title

Group portrait of the Industrial Technology Department Faculty at Western Michigan University

Date

1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Group photo of the Industrial Technology Department at Western Michigan University, which appeared in the 1957 Brown & Gold yearbook. Seated: Henry Beukema, Dr. Donald Nantz, Herbert Ellinger, William Weeks, Dr. Andrew Luff, and Dr. Glade Wilcox. Standing: William Schreiber, Donald Black, Robert Hoffman, William Wichers, Clarence Van Deventer, Robert Ring, Elmer Brune, and Frank Scott.

Walter Marburger with r...

approximately 1945

Marburger, Walter G., 1...

exwa_wmup_u-000331

Title

Walter Marburger with radio Equipment at Western Michigan College of Education

Date

approximately 1945

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

Walter Marburger, physics professor, working with short wave radio equipment. Marburger was a faculty and chemist in the Physics Department at Western Michigan College of Education from 1925. He was first president of the Faculty Senate from 1958-1959 and founded the VHF Conference for amateur radio operators in 1954. He retired from WMU in 1963 after 38 years of teaching physics and electronics classes. After retirement, he was active in local, state and regional amateur radio operations and operating an amateur radio W8CVQ station from his Kalamazoo home.

Ray Pellett with two st...

approximately 1946

Pellett, Ray C., 1889-1...

exwa_wmup_u-000332

Title

Ray Pellett with two students at Western Michigan College of Education

Date

approximately 1946

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

Ray Pallett, Dean of Men at Western Michigan College of Education, seated at desk and meeting with two students. A recruiting poster for the Army Air Crews is visible in the background. The male student is holding a booklet about Naval careers. Pellett served as Dean of Men from 1923 to 1953.

Frank Hinds meeting wit...

approximately 1960

Hinds, Frank, 1900-1975

exwa_wmup_u-000324

Title

Frank Hinds meeting with student at Western Michigan University.

Date

approximately 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.

John C. Hoekje and unid...

approximately 1945

Hoekje, John C., 1885-1...

exwa_wmup_u-000325

Title

John C. Hoekje and unidentified dignitary from the Netherlands

Date

approximately 1945

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

Photograph of John Hoekje and an unidentified man (left). An unidentified woman and man are standing to Hoekje's right. The woman is wearing pearls and a pin with the coat of arms for the Netherlands (lion holding arrows and a sword). John C. Hoekje was a professor of education and psychology who also served as registrar, dean of admissions and director of extension during his 1916-to-1955 tenure at the University.

Robert Limpus and Fred ...

1956

[Limpus, Robert Moore, ...

exwa_wmup_u-000333

Title

Robert Limpus and Fred Rogers, English Faculty at Western Michigan College

Date

1956

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Robert Limpus and Frederick Rogers standing in front of books, possibly the departmental library at Western Michigan College. Limpus became a member of the English faculty in 1947 and was appointed head of Basic Studies in 1956. He became Dean of General Studies in 1965 and retired in 1970. Rogers became a member of the English faculty in 1946 and was chair of the Department in 1956 until his retirement in 1971.

H. Glenn Henderson and ...

1956

[Henderson, H. Glenn (H...

exwa_wmup_u-000334

Title

H. Glenn Henderson and Elwyn Carter, faculty at Western Michigan College, with spouses

Date

1956

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

H. Glenn Henderson, faculty in the School of Music from 1913-1956, receives congratulations from Dr. Elwyn Carter at a music banquet. Photo appeared in the Western Michigan Colleges News Magazine, Winter 1956. Mrs. Henderson is on the far left and Mrs. Harper Maybee is on the far right. Carter headed the School of Music from 1945 to 1965 and retired in 1979.

Honor Graduates, June 1...

1965-06-12

[Adas, Michael, 1943-, ...

exwa_wmup_u-000345

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.

Dr. James Miller and Dr...

1966-04-16

[Miller, James W., 1913...

exwa_wmup_u-000344

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.

Clara Bush, faculty, po...

1945

Bush, Clara Noreen, 192...

exwa_wmup_u-00106

Title

Clara Bush, faculty, portrait

Date

1945

Time Period

1940 - 1949

Description

Studio portrait of Clara Bush, 1944 graduate of Western Michigan College of Education. Photograph is from 1945 when she was appointed faculty in the Speech Department at Western Michigan College of Education.

Randal J. Kool, alumni

approximately 1957

Kool, Randal Jay, 1934-

exwa_wmup_u-00107

Title

Randal J. Kool, alumni

Date

approximately 1957

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Photograph of Randal Kool, 1957 graduate of Western Michigan University, in military uniform. Kool was in the ROTC. as a student.

William Thomas Ward, fa...

1955

Ward, William Thomas, 1...

exwa_wmup_u-00108

Title

William Thomas Ward, faculty

Date

1955

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Photograph of William T. Ward, at the time of his appointment as principal of the Paw Paw Training School. Image appears in the Fall 1955 Western Michigan College News Magazine.

Anna C. Lindblom, facul...

approximately 1950

Lindblom, Anna E., 1886...

exwa_wmup_u-00109

Title

Anna C. Lindblom, faculty

Date

approximately 1950

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Studio portrait of Anna E. Lindblom, faculty member Speech Department, Western Michigan College of Education

Phoebe Walz, faculty

1955

Goven, Phoebe Lenora Wa...

exwa_wmup_u-00110

Title

Phoebe Walz, faculty

Date

1955

Time Period

1950 - 1959

Description

Photograph of Phoebe Walz from the Western Michigan College Newsletter at the time of her appointment as faculty to Western Michigan College in 1955. Walz was also a 1950 Graduate of Western Michigan College of Education.

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