Library Reading Room, Western State Teachers College

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Notes:

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.

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Collection:

Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

Place:

Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Subject Topic:

Western Michigan University. Library Building, Western Michigan University. North Hall, Academic libraries--Michigan--Libraries, Reading rooms--Michigan--Kalamazoo, Western State Teachers College (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931--Library--Exhibitions, Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931--Art collections, and Painting--Exhibitions

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This material is protected by copyright. Copyright held by Western Michigan University, all rights reserved. For additional information, please contact the Western Michigan University Archives, Kalamazoo, MI 49008.

URL:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/wmich~3~3~825~162020