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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View of Kelley and Hurst Halls from the south, circa 1963.
A view of Kelley and Hurst Halls from the south, circa 1963. Escalante Terrace is in the background.
View of Leslie J. Savage Library from the northwest, circa 1945.
View of Leslie J. Savage Library from the northwest, ca. 1940s. This entrance is just north of the original circulation desk; it is only used today as an emergency exit.
View of Leslie J. Savage Library from the south, circa 1960.
View of Savage Library from the south, along Ohio Avenue, circa 1960. The campus Clubhouse can be seen just behind the library to the east.
View of Mears Complex dormitories from the south-southeast, late 1960s.
[Left to right: Moffat, Mears, Robidoux halls Men's Dormitories] cw, View of Mears Complex dormitories from the south-southeast, late 1960s. Left to right: Moffat, Mears, Robidoux halls.
View of Mears Complex from the south, circa 1975.
View of Mears Complex from the south, circa 1975. Mears Complex was the men's dormitories from the time it was completed in 1966 until the 1990s, at which time co-ed buildings became the norm throughout campus.
View of Mountaineer Gymnasium and the Student Union from the south-southeast, circa late 1960s.
View of Mountaineer Gymnasium and the Student Union from the south-southeast, standing by the southwest corner of the original Savage Library, ca. late 1960s or early 1970s.
View of Mountaineer Gymnasium from the south-southeast, circa late 1960s.
View of Mountaineer Gymnasium from the south-southwest, at the corner of Savage Library. Circa late 1960s.
View of Mountaineer Gymnasium from the southeast, circa late 1960s.
[Late 1960s] cw, View of Mountaineer Gymnasium from the southeast, late 1960s. The Student Union is on the left.
View of Mountaineer Gymnasium from the southeast, circa mid-1960s.
View of Mountaineer Gymnasium (now Mountaineer Gymnasium) from the southeast, circa mid-1960s.
View of Normal Hall (Taylor Hall) from the south-southwest circa 1912.
View of Normal Hall (Taylor Hall) from the south-southwest circa 1912. [Temple of Wisdom The above picture of North Hall was taken in 1912 and conveys some idea of the prominence of the building to the city of Gunnison. With no tree around it, and standing on the Smelter Hill above the City of Gunnison, the building resembled some ancient structure erected inhonor of the goddess of Wisdom. the four ionic columns add to the splender [sic]. Even today, Taylor is the dominant building in the community.] -- M. Hatcher notes

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