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- Interior of the show tent for the Redpath Chautauqua circuit, pitched at Davis & Cedar Streets in Kalmamazoo, MIchigan for a summer session during the World War I period. Photograph views from the back of the tent looking over the crowd to the stage. 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. Kalamzoo’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.
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- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- 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.
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- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- A leaf from the Complete Works of Aurelius Clemens Prudentius. It has the imprint, Ex Regio Typographeo, Parma, 1788. The Recto side of the leaf is marked 343; the verso side of the leaf is marked 344.
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- 1788-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Pages from the Past
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- Unidentified woman at the Kalamazoo Art Center during Walt Disney’s visit.
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- 1964-09-17T00:00:00Z
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- In his homily for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Dominica IX post Pentecosten) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric explicates Christ's warning against false prophets, described in the Gospel reading for the day (Matthew 7:15-21). He continues with a discussion of the parable of the fruitless tree and a denunciation of avarice before returning to the topic of the Gospel reading.
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- SS (Early English Text Society) ; 5 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies
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- In his homily for the feast of Saint Paul (Natale Sancti Pauli, June 30) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric describes Paul's conversion (based on the epistle reading for the day, Acts 9·1-19) and offers an exegesis of the day's Gospel reading (Matthew 19:27-29) with a focus on the merits of the monastic life.
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- SS (Early English Text Society) ; 17 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies
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- In his homily for the common of Holy Martyrs (In Natale Sanctorum Martirum) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric explicates Christ's warning to the disciples of persecutions and tribulations (Luke 21 :9-19) in terms of the sufferings of the early Roman martyrs and contemporary life.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- SS (Early English Text Society) ; 5 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies
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- The YMCA encouraged wounded prisoners to participate in physical therapy (including playing volleyball) or to use prosthetics to rehabilitate paralyzed limbs. The prisoner has lost the use of his left arm and is wearing a prosthetic.
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- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Far from home, a group of Russian prisoners representing nationalities in the Far East pose for this shot. Note the identification number on the right breast of several of the POW's.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- A group of Allied civilian internees return to the prison at Traunstein from their Sunday morning service at a local church. The civilians are under guard by German soldiers and Landsturm. While some prison camps had chapels or churches within the facilities for war prisoners, some camps allowed prisoners, who gave their parole not to escape, to visit local churches.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries