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Aerial view of Western ...

1915

exwa_wmup_u-10006

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.

Stairway to Administrat...

1941

exwa_wmup_u-10007

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.

Western State Normal Sc...

exwa_wmup_u-10008

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.

Peggy Ramstad, faculty,...

1955

Ramstad, Peggy Ann, 192...

exwa_wmup_u-00150

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.

Harry P. Greenwall, fac...

approximately 1949

Greenwall, Harry P., 18...

exwa_wmup_u-00184

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.

Waldo Library facade, e...

1958-1967

exwa_wmup_u-01415

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.

Seibert Administration ...

1967

exwa_wmup_u-01566

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.

Seibert Administration ...

exwa_wmup_u-01568

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.

Student on stairway on ...

exwa_wmup_u-10000

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.

Administration Building...

approximately 1942

exwa_wmup_u-10001

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.

Main entrance door of t...

approximately 1925

exwa_wmup_u-10015a

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.

Ivy climbing front of G...

approximately 1925

exwa_wmup_u-10015b

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.

Snow-covered path behin...

approximately 1925

exwa_wmup_u-10015c

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.

Main entrance of the gy...

approximately 1925

exwa_wmup_u-10015d

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.

Tree-line drive leading...

approximately 1922

exwa_wmup_u-10015e

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.

Flagpole in front of No...

exwa_wmup_u-10016

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.

Women standing in parki...

approximately 1940

exwa_wmup_u-10017

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.

Western State Normal Sc...

approximately 1915

exwa_wmup_u-10009

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.

Administration Building...

exwa_wmup_u-10011

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.

Western State Normal Sc...

approximately 1929

exwa_wmup_u-10012

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.

Davis Street neighborho...

exwa_wmup_u-10013

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.

Western State Normal Sc...

approximately 1923

exwa_wmup_u-10014

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.

Aerial view of East Cam...

1933

exwa_wmup_u-10031

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.

Aerial view of campus o...

1933

exwa_wmup_u-10032

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.

Aerial rendition of Wes...

exwa_wmup_u-10033

Title

Aerial rendition of Western State Teachers College, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Description

Detroit artist Howard Soper’s panoramic rendition of Western State Teachers College.

East Hall and West Hall...

approximately 1933

exwa_wmup_u-10034

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.

East Campus circle driv...

approximately 1940

exwa_wmup_u-10035

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.

Four men on East Campus...

exwa_wmup_u-10020

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.

Health and Personnel Bu...

approximately 1940?

exwa_wmup_u-10021

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.

Spindler Hall from Vand...

approximately 1941?

exwa_wmup_u-10022

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.

Crowd watching military...

approximately 1943

exwa_wmup_u-10025

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.

Military exercises on t...

approximately 1943

exwa_wmup_u-10026

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.

Military exercies on th...

approximately 1943

exwa_wmup_u-10028a

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.

Collage of East Campus ...

exwa_wmup_u-10028b

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.

East Campus from across...

approximately 1915?

exwa_wmup_u-10029

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.

East Campus from across...

approximately 1925?

exwa_wmup_u-10030

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.

Three people standing i...

exwa_wmup_u-10018

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).

Students on sidewalk be...

exwa_wmup_u-10019

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.

Oakland Drive and Vande...

exwa_wmup_u-10050

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.

Students on East Campus...

approximately 1920-1924

exwa_wmup_u-10051

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.

East campus on Prospect...

approximately 1915-1918...

exwa_wmup_u-10052

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.

Sidewalk to Oakland Dri...

approximately 1940?

exwa_wmup_u-10053

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.

Western State Normal Sc...

approximately 1908?

exwa_wmup_u-10054

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.

Main entrance of East c...

approximately 1940

exwa_wmup_u-10055

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.

Front of Library just a...

1924

exwa_wmup_u-10059

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.

Building site on Prospe...

1903

exwa_wmup_u-10060

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.

Industrial Education An...

1947

exwa_wmup_u-10062

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.

Bridge of sighs, East C...

approximately 1910

exwa_wmup_u-10063

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.

Two students on stairwa...

exwa_wmup_u-10064

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.

Snow covered drive, Eas...

approximately 1940?

exwa_wmup_u-10044

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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