Western Historical Photograph Collection
A collection of over a thousand historic photographs, from 1910-2005, that cover a cross-section of campus activities, events, people, and architecture here at Western.
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- Colorado State Normal School Instructor Maria T. Hennes, circa 1914
- [Maria Hennes instructor in Household Science This was scanned from 1914 Curecanti, p. 9.Negative exists in file folder.] crw, CSNS Domestic Science and Household Arts instructor Maria T. Hennes models the hat she designed, circa 1914. One of the original ten teachers at Colorado State Normal School, Maria T. Hennes presided over the Household Economics department. She also designed the hat. Hennes taught cooking and sewing, but more importantly, she wrote, "manual dexterity, close observation, neatness, knowledge of materials, the dignity of labor, and, above all, the attention of women to the greatest of all institutions--the home." Appointed Dean of Women in 1912, Hennes proved to be a stern disciplinarian. [Martin Hatcher notes]
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- Colorado State Normal School Painting Class, circa 1912
- Art Studio, Colorado State Normal School, Normal Hall (Taylor Hall), ca. 1912. Henry L. Richter was the instructor, standing. He painted the mural behind him which was discovered in storage in Quigley Hall and now hangs in the circulation area of the Leslie J. Savage Library. The plaster cast of a Greek boy which these students are sketching was still used by the college in 1949.
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- Colorado State Normal School Women's Basketball Team ca. 1912
- Colorado State Normal School Women's Basketball Team ca. 1912, [ca. 1912] crw
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- Colorado State Normal School faculty and students, 1919
- Colorado State Normal School faculty and students pose for a group photograph on the west side of Normal Hall (now Taylor Hall) Spring, 1919., [Spring 1919 ref: 1919 Curecanti, p. 10] cw
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- Colorado State Normal School students clear the path to Normal Hall, 1912.
- Colorado State Normal School students clear the path to Normal Hall, winter 1912.
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- Colorado State Normal School's (now Western Colorado University) Graduation ceremonies are set to begin, 1916.
- Site of Colorado State Normal School's commencement, 1916, southwest of Taylor Hall.
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- Commencement
- WSC faculty, graduates and guests make up quite a crowd at a 1970s Commencement in Mountaineer Bowl.
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- Commencement
- The 1961 Western commencement exercises were held May 26, 1961 in Taylor Hall Auditorium. Officiating was the newly-appointed President Grant Venn, Dean Kjosness, Faculty Dean Cummins, Graduate Studies Chairman McCulloch, and Trustees Leslie J. Savage and Joseph Weber.
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- Commencement
- Western faculty enter Taylor Hall for an evening commencement exercise, 1950s.
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- Commencement
- Western faculty and graduate candidates make their way to Taylor Hall Auditorium outside Leslie J. Savage Library and Taylor Hall, 1950s.
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- Commencement
- Western faculty and graduates after a wet, early 1970s graduation ceremony in Mountaineer Bowl.