Western Historical Photograph Collection

: NAIA quarter final football game action against Texas A&M, December 1, 1979. The Mountaineers lost 14 - 38.

: Native American Dustin Weaver is interviewed by Denver's Channel 9 News at the Chance Gulch archaeological site. June 2001; Native American Dustin Weaver is interviewed by Denver's Channel 9 News at the Chance Gulch archaeological site. June 2001, [Chance Gulch - Channel 9 News Dustin Weaver (?) June 2001] crw

: Night view of Ohio Avenue and Ute Hall from the east, possibly from the roof of Taylor Hall, ca. 1950.; [Chipeta Hall, now Ute Hall, ca. 1950. 1951 Curecanti, "Sororities" page] cw

: North Hall auditorium is ready for the May 1912 CSNS Commencement ceremonies.; The auditorium on the north end of Normal Hall (now Taylor Hall) is set up for commencement exercises for the first graduating class of Colorado State Normal School, May 30, 1912. The mural on the wall was painted by CSNS art professor Henry L. Richter. It now hangs in the circulation desk area in Leslie J. Savage Library.

: North Hall, Central Hall and South Halls can be clearly discerned in this photograph taken from the west, ca. 1960.

: North Hall, South Hall (Gunnison High School) and the beginnings of Central Hall, 1920s.; [In 1918 funds were raised by Gunnison County, and in 1919 Gunnison High School was built south of the existing Normal School building. A "basement" connecting the two buildings was soon built, but a completed "Central Hall" would not become a reality until 1930. The wire fence was an attempt to keep open range cattle off campus grounds.] cw, In 1918 funds were raised by Gunnison County, and in 1919 Gunnison High School was built south of the existing Normal School building. A "basement" connecting the two buildings was soon built, but a completed "Central Hall" would not become a reality until 1930. The wire fence was an attempt to keep open range cattle off campus grounds. (Note the grazing bovines on the left in the photo.)

: Old Colorado Hall, circa 1935; (Old) Colorado Hall was built in 1920 after WSC President Samuel Quigley determined that inexpensive housing was needed. Colorado Hall was designed as a temporary building to address increased enrollment, providing dining facilities and living areas for 96 women students. -- Ref: Abbott Fay's "Mountain Academia", p. 54 "In 1932 when Chipeta Hall was completed the building was converted into a boys' dormitory...[in] 1937...it was cut into three pieces and moved a block north where it was reassembled..." -- Ref: top O' The World, March 21, 1939. This photo is labeled "1930s"; the building was destroyed by fire in March 1939. Probably Ouray Hall in the background. Photo reverse notes: Colorado Hall - Western State College, 1930s - burned down - located just north of Boiler Plant where Ophir & Alpine Halls are.