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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- Keating Hall from the south-southwest during its 1954 renovation.
- The campus heating plant smokestack is on the left.
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- Keating Hall from the southeast soon after its final expansion, circa 1990.
- Keating Hall from the southeast soon after its final expansion, ca. 1990. Keating was the only campus dining hall from 1937 until Escalante Terrace was completed in 1961, at which time there were two dining halls to serve the growing campus population. Dining was discontinued at Escalante in the 1980s; Keating was enlarged yet again in 1989. Keating Hall was demolished to make way for the Pinnacles apartments ca. 2011.
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- Keating Hall viewed from the south-southeast shortly after its completion, circa 1938.
- Keating Hall viewed from the south-southeast shortly after its completion, ca. 1938. Ouray Hall is on the right (east); Coronado Hall is barely visible on the left (west). Keating Hall was named for John F. Keating, superintendent of Pueblo schools and a strong supporter of Western. He was a summer school faculty member at Western and served as president for one summer.
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- Kelley Hall from the east-southeast, circa 1960s.
- View of Kelley Hall from the east-southeast, ca. 1960s. Taylor Hall is in the background.
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- Kelley Hall nearing completion, 1957. View is from the southwest; Taylor Hall's shadow is in the foreground.
- Kelley Hall nearing completion, 1957. View is from the southwest; Taylor Hall's shadow is in the foreground.
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- Kelley and Quigley Halls from the northwest, circa 1960s.
- View of Kelley and Quigley Halls from the northwest, ca. 1960s. W Mountain is in the background.
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- Kelly Hall was named after the visionary first president of the college, James H. Kelley.
- Kelley Hall was the second of the "Academic Quad" buildings to be erected. Its innovations included a model classroom in which actual elementary students could be observed, and a unique and efficient social science laboratory. Kelley Hall was dedicated May 5, 1967, and was named after the visionary first president of the college, James H. Kelley.
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- Laying of the Normal Hall (Taylor Hall) cornerstone by the Grand Masonic Lodge, October 25, 1910.
- Laying of the Normal Hall (Taylor Hall) cornerstone by the Grand Masonic Lodge, October 25, 1910. This is the earliest known photograph of Colorado State Normal School, later renamed Western State College, and now Western Colorado University.
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- Leslie J. Savage Library
- View from the southwest, ca. 1960s.
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- Leslie J. Savage Library
- Springtime view of the original wing of the Leslie J. Savage Library building from the south-southeast, ca. 1940.
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- Leslie J. Savage Library Dedication, October 1964.
- Savage Library dedication, Saturday October 10, 1964. Trustees and honored guests on the east entrance patio include Leslie J. Savage and his wife, and Colorado Governor John Love. WSC president Harlan Bryant is at the podium.