Western Historical Photograph Collection

: "Faculty and graduates" in Mountaineer Bowl.; Western publicity photograph: "Faculty and graduates" in Mountaineer Bowl looking toward W Mountain. J.W. Campbell is on the left. [1997-98 College Bulletin]

: "The Choir" poses for a photograph at the WCU Summer Music Camp in Taylor Hall Auditorium, ca. 1959.; "The Choir" poses for a photograph at the WSC Summer Music Camp in Taylor Hall Auditorium, ca. 1959.

: "The Duck" was a 1975 MU-Vet Springfest river race entry. After the race, the duck could be seen for months beached along the...; "The Duck" was a 1975 MU-Vet Springfest river race entry. After the race, the duck could be seen for months beached along the Neversink campground west of Gunnison.

: "WCU Band Day was a giant affair. High School Bands from the western slope participated in the parade and halftime performance....; "WCU Band Day was a giant affair. High School Bands from the western slope participated in the parade and halftime performance. WCU band members were the nucleus with over one thousand twirlers and band members executing difficult maneuvers." -- 1959 Curecanti, p. 205, [ca. 1956] cw

: (Old) Colorado Hall Fire, 1939; Old Colorado Hall was destroyed by fire in March 1939 set by a 15-year old who confessed to this and other fires around Gunnison. The wooden structure produced intense heat that could be felt as far away as Crawford Hall. The remaining structure was subsequently torn down. [Old Colorado Hall destroyed by fire in 1939. Originally built in 1920 to provide the first on-campus women's housing and dining facilities, the structure was labeled a fire trap by the state budget commissioner. President Quigley, who not only channeled money from the unfinished central portion of Taylor Hall, but was said to have personally given $1000 of his own money toward completion of the building, defended it from attacks in the legislature. By the time of the fire it had been moved from its original site and abandoned.] -- M. Hatcher notes

: 1913 Gunnison High School Women's Basketball Team (C.S.N.S.); [Gunnison High School team coached by Merton I. Bedford, C.S.N.S. Manual Training instructor.] cw

: 1941 Homecoming coeds; [Correction: 3 Billie Lou Lindsey; 5 Peggy Yoklavich. 1942 Curecanti] crw, WCU coeds pose for a photograph in front of Taylor Hall during 1941's Homecoming week.

: 1950s Homecoming royalty on the south steps of Leslie J. Savage Library; Homecoming Royalty pose on the south steps of Leslie J. Savage Library, circa early 1950s.

: 1951 dedication naming Western's library for Leslie J. Savage.; 1951 dedication naming Western's library for Leslie J. Savage. Savage was a Board of Trustees member who was instrumental in working with the Works Progress Administration for funding WCU's library. The original library was completed in 1939., [1951 dedication naming library for Leslie J. Savage] cw

: 1952 Homecoming Royalty; [Another photo of these 1952 Royalty on p. 66, 1953 Curecanti.] crw, 1952 Homecoming royalty pose for a group photograph.

: 1958 Delta Zeta Homecoming float; The 1958 Delta Zeta Homecoming float, Gunnison Main Street.

: 1958 Homecoming float sponsored by Rotary International; [1958 Homecoming float- Rotary Club Ref: 1959 Curecanti, p. 23] cw, A float sponsored by Rotary International moves down Main Street during Western's 1958 Homecoming parade.

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