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2961. Seibert Administration Building, exterior front view, at Western Michigan University

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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.
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Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2962. Jean Lowrie, librarian, at her desk

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Photograph of Jean Lowrie in her office at the Western Michigan University School of Librarianship. Lowrie was hired in 1951 as a librarian for the campus school. She became faculty in the School of Librarianship in 1958 and served as head of that unit from 1963 to 1980. She retired from Western Michigan University in 1983.
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Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2963. Edith Eicher, faculty at Western Michgian University

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Studio portrait of Edith Eicher, faculty at Western Michigan College, from the 1954 Western Michigan College New Magazine. Edith Eicher was professor of English from 1925 to 1954. Eicher Hall, a residence building, was named in her honor.
Date Created:
1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2964. Honor Graduates, June 1965, Western Michigan University

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Three Summa cum laude and military graduates from Western Michigan University in academic regala at the June 1965 commencement held at Waldo Stadium. Pictured: Wade J. Adams, Michael P. Adas, and Robert S. Rich. The graduation was the last June commencement at Western before transitioning to April.
Date Created:
1965-06-12T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2965. Hooding ceremony for Dr. Maurice Seay, Western Michigan University

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Dr. Maurice Seay receiving honorary Doctor of Laws degree from WMU president James Miller during the August 12, 1966, commencement as WMU vice presidents Dr. Russell H. Seibert and Dr. John J. Pruis place Dr. Seay's new doctoral hood about his shoulders. Dr. Seay was Dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University.
Date Created:
1966-08-12T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

2966. Walt Disney and children at the Kalamazoo Art Center

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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
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2967. Text analysis, Clemoes, Catholic Homilies, Homily I.14

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In his homily for Palm Sunday (Dominica Palmarum) in the First Series of Catholic Homilies, Aelfric offers historical, allegorical, tropological, and anagogical interpretations of Christ's entry into Jerusalem.
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SS (Early English Text Society) ; 17 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies

2968. Recently Repatriated Russian POWs in Petrograd

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Recently exchanged Russian prisoners of war from Germany enjoy a lunch in Petrograd which was hosted by Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. The repatriation process allowed the Allied and Central Powers to exchange badly wounded or seriously ill soldiers who would otherwise be a burden on the captor nation. Russian Red Cross nurses care for the exchanged war prisoners.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2969. Allied POW Tied to the Stake for Punishment

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This drawing shows a French prisoner of war tied to a stake for some infraction of the camp regulations in a German POW camp. The prisoner was forced to stand for hours outdoors in all sorts of weather. The POW suffered from fatigue, sleep deprivation, and exposure from this kind of punishment.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2970. Church in the Prison Camp at Senne

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The church in Sennelager II in the snow amid the fir trees surrounding the structure. Allied POWs constructed the building and it became the center for religious services in the camp.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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