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- Women at a pre-commencement reception for the senior class by the Faculty Women's Club on May 9, 1949 at Walwood Ballroom. Pictured from left to right: Elizabeth T. Zimmerman, Minnie D. Loutzenhiser, Lucille A. Knobbs, and Edith M. Eicher. Elizabeth T. Zimmerman taught German from 1905 until 1944 and also served as the chairperson of the modern languages department. Lucille A. Knobbs taught in the English Department from 1921 to 1965. Minnie D. Loutzenhiser taught in the English Department from 1923 to 1957. Edith M. Eicher taught in the English Department from 1925 to 1954.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- Show tent for the Redpath Chautauqua circuit, pitched at Davis & Cedar Streets in Kalamazoo, Michigan for a summer session during the World War I period. Photograph view looking down East Campus hill. The Redpath Chautauqua circult was a traveling group who presenting music dramas, usually school sponsored. This was an adult education movement in rural America that brought entertainment and culture to the community with speakers, musicians and showman. Kalamazoo’s first Chautauqua was held in 1909 and later in 1909. Western State Normal School sponsored the Redpath Chautauqua to come over the next fourteen years until its last appearance in 1926. 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
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- Photograph of the Western State Normal school bus delivering teachers-in-training (Rural Education curriculum) to Portage Consolidated School on South Westnedge.
- Date Created:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- Photograph featuring the Administration Building with the Gymnasium and Training School additions on the top of Prospect Hill. In the foreground are the tennis courts. Photograph taken from Davis Street. To the far right is the Trolley, a two-track cable car built in 1908. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. The Gymnasium was added in 1908 and the Training School in 1909. They were later known as East Hall. The Trolley (or Normal Railroad) remained in use until 1949.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- Photograph featuring East Campus on Prospect Hill. View features the original Administration Building with the Women’s Gymnasium, the Training School, and the Science Building. 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. The campus remained in use into the 1950s when classes transitioned to the West Campus (later Main Campus). The Science Building opened in 1915 and later was renamed West Hall. Later, East Campus was known as Historic East Campus.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- Walt Disney and two girls during an event at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
- Date Created:
- 1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Fallow garden plot located in front of Hadley House, with view of south side of Training School, East Campus, Western State Normal School. The Training School was built in 1909. The building was also known as the University School and High School until 1969.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- Interior of Kroger Store butcher and deli counter on 1227 Lincoln Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A man in a white apron and tie stands behind the counter with meat saws, cleavers, and scales. The store features a tin ceiling, glass display cases with cuts of meat, and pickle jars on top of the display case. Historically, 1227 E. Michigan Avenue was known as 1227 Lincoln Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Photograph of Walt Disney with a group of children during his visit to the Kalamazoo Art Center.
- Date Created:
- 1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- President James Miller conferring an honorary Doctor of Humanities to Russell C. Williams at Commencement on June 6, 1964. Behind James Miller and Russell Williams sits faculty in academic regalia. A blinded World War II Veteran, Williams was the first Chief of the Blind Rehabilitation Section of the Veterans Administration's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Williams had been serving as a counselor for blinded soldiers at Valley Forge, and also participated in both blind rehabilitation training programs at Valley Forge and Avon Old Farms.
- Date Created:
- 1964-06-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
