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Title
Aerial view of Western State Normal School and Davis Street neighborhood
Date
1915
Time Period
1910 - 1919
Description
Aerial photograph of Western State Normal School on Prospect Hill and the surrounding neighborhood in 1915. View features the original Administration building with the classroom and gymnasium addition, the Training School, the Science Building, and the “Horseshoe” sidewalk. Tennis courts in the mid-ground. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. By 1909 two wings were added: the Training School and the Gymnasium, both featuring columned porticos and lit cupolas. Together these were later renamed East Hall. The photograph appeared in the Brown & Gold 1922 yearbook.
Title
Stairway to Administration Building, East Campus, Western State Normal School
Date
1941
Description
Photograph of snow-covered stairway in front of the original Administration Building at Western State Normal School. View from the bottom of Prospect Hill looking up toward the Administration Building portico. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. Photograph appeared in the 1941 Brown and Gold yearbook.
Title
Western State Normal School from Davis Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Description
View of Western State Normal School on Prospect Hill from Davis Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. Two wings the Training School and the Gymnasium, were added in 1909 and later were renamed East Hall.
Title
Peggy Ramstad, faculty, portrait
Date
1955
Time Period
1950 - 1959
Description
Photograph of Peggy Ramstad at the time she was appointed elementary music teacher at the Western Michigan College Campus School where she taught until 1961. The photo appeared in the Winter 1955 Western Michigan College News Magazine.
Title
Harry P. Greenwall, faculty, portrait
Date
approximately 1949
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of Harry P. Greenwall who taught at Western Michigan University from 1916 to 1951 in the areas of penmanship, German and Spanish.
Title
Waldo Library facade, exterior view, before 1967 addition
Date
1958-1967
Time Period
1960 - 1967
Description
Exterior view of Waldo Library facade on the West Campus of Western Michigan University before the 1967 addition. Waldo Library was built in 1958, expanded in 1967, renovated and expanded again in 1991. The main library was named after the university's first president, Dwight B. Waldo.
Title
Seibert Administration Building, exterior back view, at Western Michigan University
Date
1967
Time Period
1960 - 1967
Description
Exterior view of the back facade of the Western Michigan University Administration Building (now Seibert Administration Building) photographed in October 1967. The Administration Building was designed by architect Ralph R. Calder and built in 1952. Renamed the Seibert Administration Building in 1978, after Russell H. Seibert, former professor of History and Vice President.
Title
Seibert Administration Building, exterior front view, at Western Michigan University
Description
Exterior front view of the facade of the Western Michigan University Administration Building (now Seibert Administration Building). The Administration Building was designed by architect Ralph R. Calder and built in 1952. Renamed the Seibert Administration Building in 1978, after Russell H. Seibert, former professor of History and Vice President.
Title
Student on stairway on East Campus, Western Michigan University
Description
Photograph featuring a student walking up an outdoor stairway in front of Administration building on East Campus of Western Michigan University. The 150-step stairway was one of two ways for students and faculty to reached the buildings on top of Prospect Hill when the Western Trolley opened in 1908.
Title
Administration Building stairs, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1942
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph featuring the stairs and columns of the Administration building on East Campus of Western Michigan University. The photograph, attributed to Charles R. Starring, appeared in the 1942 Brown & Gold yearbook.
Title
Main entrance door of the Administration Building, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1925
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
Color photograph of the main entrance door of the Administration Building on East Campus of Western Michigan University. The view features Georgian style entry with a half-round window. The photograph appeared in the 1925 Brown and Gold yearbook.
Title
Ivy climbing front of Gymnasium attachment, Administration Building, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1925
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
Photograph of ivy growing on the front of the Gymasium attachment of the Administration Building at Western State Normal School. The photograph first appeared in the Brown and Gold 1925 yearbook. The two wings to the Administration Building, The Training School and the Gymnasium, were added in 1909.
Title
Snow-covered path behind Administration Building, Western State Normal School
Date
approximately 1925
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
A snow covered path behind the Administration Building at Western State Normal School. The photograph first appeared in the Brown and Gold 1925 and 1941 yearbooks.
Title
Main entrance of the gymnasium, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1925
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
Color photograph of the front portico of the gymnasium attachment on the north side of the Administration Building. The photograph first appeared in the Brown and Gold 1925 yearbook. The Gymnasium, one of two wings to the Administration Building, was added in 1909. Together with the Administration Building, the building was later renamed East Hall and remained in use until 1950s.
Title
Tree-line drive leading to Western State Normal School, East Campus, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date
approximately 1922
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
The tree-line drive behind the Training School of Western State Normal School. The photograph first appeared in the Brown and Gold 1922 yearbook. The tree-line drive was main entrance to campus from Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Title
Flagpole in front of North Hall, East campus, Western Michigan University
Description
Photograph looking North toward the flag pole in front of the Library building of Western State Normal School, Kalamzoo, Michigan. The Library (later named North Hall) was built in 1924.
Title
Women standing in parking lot, East Campus, Western Michigan College
Date
approximately 1940
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Woman standing under a sign in the parking lot behind the Administration Building, Western Michigan College, Kalamazoo, Michigan. In the background is the front of the Library building, constructed in 1924.
Title
Western State Normal School on Normal Hill
Date
approximately 1915
Time Period
1910 - 1919
Description
Front view of the Administration Building and part of the Training School, Western State Normal School. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. Two wings the Training School and the Gymnasium, were added in 1909 and later were renamed East Hall.
Title
Administration Building and Training School, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Description
View of the Administration Building and Training School main entrances from the bottom of Prospect Hill facing northwest. View of main entrances features the portico, columns, and balustrade in Georgian Revival style. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, East Hall was WMU's first building (erected when it was still Western State Normal School) and used until the 1950s. It was also known as the Education Building and by 1967 as East Hall.
Title
Western State Normal School on Normal Hill, Kalamazoo
Date
approximately 1929
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
View of Western State Normal School on the top of Prospect Hill in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The view includes the Training School, the Administration Building with attached gymnasium and annex, and the Library building. The photograph appeared in the 1929 Brown and Gold yearbook.
Title
Davis Street neighborhood from Prospect Hill, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Description
View looking down across the “Horseshoe” sidewalk and the Davis Street neighborhood seen from the top of Prospect Hill, the location of Western State Normal School.
Title
Western State Normal School at night, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1923
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
View of Western State Normal School on the top of Prospect Hill in the winter at night. The view features lights from the Training School, Administration Building, and the Library Building. The photograph first appeared in the Brown & Gold 1923 yearbook.
Title
Aerial view of East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
1933
Time Period
1930 - 1939
Description
Aerial photograph of Western State Teachers College on Prospect Hill in 1933. The view features the original Administration Building with the Women’s Gymnasium, the Training School, the Science Building, the Library, the Men’s Gymansium, the Barricks, and the “Horseshoe” sidewalk. Tennis courts in the foreground. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. By 1909 two wings were added: the Training School and the Gymnasium, both featuring columned porticos and lit cupolas. Later, the Gymnasium was renamed the Women’s Gym after the Men’s Gym (Oakland Gym) was constructed in 1925. The campus remained in use into the 1950s. Later, East Campus was known as Historic East Campus.
Title
Aerial view of campus of Western State Teachers College
Date
1933
Time Period
1930 - 1933
Description
Aerial photograph of Western State Teachers College featuring the administration building, library, science hall, Oakland Gymnasium, and temporary World War I barracks. Kalamazoo College is visible in the background.
Title
Aerial rendition of Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Description
Detroit artist Howard Soper’s panoramic rendition of Western State Teachers College.
Title
East Hall and West Hall, East campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1933
Time Period
1930 - 1939
Description
Photograph of the back of the Science Building, the Administration Building, Training School (from left to right) and the drive to the top of Prospect Hill on the East Campus of Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo, Michigan. View from the Northeast. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. By 1909 two wings were added: the Training School and the Gymnasium. Together they were later known as East Hall. The Science Building opened in 1915 and later was renamed West Hall. The campus remained in use into the 1950s when classes transitioned to the West Campus (later Main Campus). Later, East Campus was known as Historic East Campus.
Title
East Campus circle drive, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1940
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph East Campus circle drive in between the Administration Building, Library and Science Building. View from the North featuring the front of the library in the background. Cars are parked in the drive.
Title
Four men on East Campus, Western Michigan University
Description
Four men on the East Campus of Western State Normal. The southwest corner of North Hall is in the background.
Title
Health and Personnel Building and West Hall, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1940?
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Front of the Health and Personnel building and West Hall on East Campus of Western State Teachers College. Photograph view of the main entrance, looking northwest over snow covered yard. The Health and Personnel building opened in 1939. It was later renamed the Speech and Hearing Center. It was the first building on the historic East Campus to be razed in 2013. Originally named the Science Building, West Hall was built in 1915.
Title
Spindler Hall from Vandercook Hall, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1941?
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph, looking north, showing the back of Spindler Hall from the back lawn of Vandercook Hall on the East campus of Western Michigan College of Education. Lavina Spindler Hall for Women, which faced Oliver St., was completed in 1940.
Title
Crowd watching military exercises on the Athletic field, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1943
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of a crowd watching military exercises on Western's Athletic field on the East Campus of Michigan College of Education. View looking NE toward campus. In the background is the Heating Plant, built in 1915, with its smoke stack. The Athletic Field was constructed on west side of Michigan Central Railroad tracks and opened for baseball games in the Spring of 1914. It was later used as training field during World War 2 for the the V-12 program.
Title
Military exercises on the Athletic Field, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1943
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of soldiers marching in formation on the Athletic Field on East Campus, Michigan College of Education. View is looking west. The Athletic Field was constructed on west side of the Michigan Central Railroad tracks and opened for baseball games in the Spring of 1914. It was later used as training field during World War 2 for the the V-12 program.
Title
Military exercies on the Athletic field, East campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1943
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of soldiers conducting military exercises on the Athletic Field on East Campus, Michigan College of Education. View looking west. The Athletic Field was constructed on west side of Michigan Central Railroad tracks and opened for baseball games in the Spring of 1914. It was later used as training field during World War 2 for the the V-12 program.
Title
Collage of East Campus landmarks, Western Michigan University
Description
Three-picture collage of East Campus landmarks including the Michigan Central Railroad tracks, portico columns of the Administration Building, and the 150-step stairway in front of East Hall to the top of Prospect Hill.
Title
East Campus from across Oakland Drive, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1915?
Time Period
1910 - 1919
Description
Photograph of East Campus of Western State Normal School from across Oakland Drive. View, looking southeast, features the Administration Building with Gymnasium addition, Science Hall, and the Heating Plant with smokestack. The Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. By 1909 two wings were added: the Training School and the Gymnasium. Later, the three buildings were renamed East Hall. The Science Building opened in 1915 and later was renamed West Hall. East Campus renamed in use into the 1950s. It was later known as Historic East Campus.
Title
East Campus from across Oakland Drive, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1925?
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
Photograph showing the Library and Science Hall, from the north, on the East Campus of Western Michigan University. In the background is the back of the cupola on the Administration Building. In the foreground is the Barracks along Michigan Avenue built in 1918. To the far right of the photo is a part of the Men’s Gymnasium (later Oakland Gym) built in 1925.
Title
Three people standing in front the Science Building, East Campus, Western State Normal School
Description
Photograph of three unknown people standing in a snowy yard on East Campus of Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, Michigan. View is from the south end of West Hall looking northeast toward East Hall (background).
Title
Students on sidewalk between Science Hall and Administration Building, East Campus, Western State Normal School
Description
Students walking on sidewalk between the Administration Building (background) and Science Hall (later West Hall), Western State Normal School. View is from balcony above the entrance of West Hall, looking southeast.
Title
Oakland Drive and Vandercook Hall, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Description
Photograph of Vandercook Hall across Oakland Drive, East Campus, Western Michigan University. Cars parked along the street in front of the Health and Personnel Building.
Title
Students on East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1920-1924
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
Photograph of four students on the Northwest side of East Campus, Western Michigan University. In the background is the Library, Science Building, the cupola of the Administration Building, and the Heating Plant smoke stack.
Title
East campus on Prospect Hill in winter, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1915-1918?
Time Period
1910 - 1919
Description
Photograph of East Campus of Western State Normal School in the winter. The view features (from left to right) the Libary, cupola of Administration Building, the Science Building, Heating Plant and smokestack, and Oakland Drive. In the foreground are the tops of houses. View looks southeast.
Title
Sidewalk to Oakland Drive, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1940?
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of two students walked down a sidewalk to Oakland Drive on the west side of East Campus, Michigan College of Education. In the background is Vandercook Hall. View looks southwest. Built in 1939, the Men’s Dormitory was later renamed Vandercook Hall after the 'Father of Western', State Representative Henry B. Vandercook of Grand Rapids.
Title
Western State Normal School on Normal Hill from Davis Street
Date
approximately 1908?
Time Period
1900 - 1909
Description
Photograph of the Administration Building with the classroom and gymnasium addition on the top of Prospect Hill. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. The Classroom and Gymnasium wing was added in 1908. They were later known as East Hall. Shown are the tennis courts and the Normal Railroad (or Trolley). The Trolley, a two-track cable car system, was built in 1908 and remained in use until 1949.
Title
Main entrance of East campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1940
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of the main entrance to East Campus on Prospect Hill in winter, Western State Teachers College. The view features the Training School addition to the Administration Building and the south side of the Health and Personnel Building. The Training School was one of two wings added to the Administration Building in 1909. It was used as the University School and High School until 1969. Together with the Administration Building and Women’s Gym, the Training School was renamed East Hall in 1952. The Health and Personnel building opened in 1939 and was later renamed the Speech and Hearing Center.
Title
Front of Library just after completion, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
1924
Time Period
1920 - 1929
Description
Photograph of the Library front just after completion on East Campus of Michigan College of Education. Some landscaping is installed, but the walks and drives are not yet paved. The Library (later named North Hall) was built in 1924, and would be the main library until Waldo Library was built in the 1950s. During that time it was used by the College of Business until 1990 when the College of Business moved out. It has since been used to house archival material and it was home to the Department of Industrial Design for a few years during the last decade. The building, except for the front, was razed in 2014.
Title
Building site on Prospect Hill top for Western State Normal, Western Michigan University
Date
1903
Time Period
1903 - 1909
Description
Photograph of the building site for Western State Normal School (later East Campus) on Prospect Hill. A light hangs over the intersection of Davis and Walnut Streets. The project was $40,000 for construction, and all utilities connections were donated to the State by the Kalamazoo school board. Prospect Hill was chosen from four prospective sites by the Olmsted Brothers Landscape Services firm of Brookline, Massachusetts.
Title
Industrial Education Annex, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
1947
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of the Industrial Education “Annex” on East Campus, Western Michigan College of Education. The temporary Annex was converted for program use, located next to the Industrial Education Building. The Annex was built in 1918 as the Barracks for housing for Student Army Training Corps. The building was razed in 1948.
Title
Bridge of sighs, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1910
Time Period
1910 - 1919
Description
Photograph of the “Bridge of Sighs” on East Campus of Western State Normal School. A student walks down the right stair exist from the Administration Building and a car is parked under the Bridge. The “Bridge of Sighs” (later Training School Annex) was a connector between the Training School and Administration Buildings.
Title
Two students on stairway leading to "bridge of sighs", East Campus, Western Michigan University
Description
Photograph of two men in long coats standing on the stairway up to the Bridge of Sighs on East Campus of Western State Normal School. The “Bridge of Sighs” (later the Training School Annex) was a connector between the Training School and Administration Buildings.
Title
Snow covered drive, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date
approximately 1940?
Time Period
1940 - 1949
Description
Photograph of students walking along the snow covered campus drive on East Campus, Western Michigan University. In the background are the South side of the Health and Personnel Building, and the back of the Training School and the Administration Building. The Health and Personnel building opened in 1939. It was later renamed the Speech and Hearing Center.
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