Historical Campus Photograph Collection
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Title
Historical Campus Photograph Collection
Subject
Muhlenberg College
Description
Since its inception in 1848, and its reconstitution as "Muhlenberg College" in 1867, our institution's history can be told through its footprint, both at its current location on Chew Street in Allentown, PA, and at its original nineteenth-century location at 4th and Walnut Streets.
Creator
Special Collections and Archives, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
Source
Muhlenberg College Historical Photograph Collections
Publisher
Allentown, PA: Muhlenberg College, Trexler Library, Special Collections and Archives
Date
2017-09-12
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
Rights
The majority of the photographs in this collection remain under copyright. Muhlenberg College has made every effort to identify the photographers or other entities to whom the rights belong, and we are always seeking to make proper attributions. Anyone with information about the copyright ownership of these images is encouraged to contact us. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy any claims of copyright before making use of reproductions beyond the conditions of fair use, as described by the United States Copyright Law. The individuals depicted in these images are students, faculty members, administrators, and guests of Muhlenberg College through the years. Their identities have been provided when known. We are always eager to further increase our identifications, so in the case that an individual, or family members thereof, recognize subjects of the photographs, we are happy to address identification or concerns. Email Special Collections at susanfalciani@muhlenberg.edu.
Collection Items
Berks Hall (East Hall) from a distance, ca. 1910s.
Berks Hall (East Hall) from a distance with a horse and buggy in front, ca. 1905. Photo from a Morning Call collection.
Trumbower lecture hall after renovation, ca. 1963.
A professor stands in the newly renovated Peter S. Trumbower Lecture Hall, ca. 1963.
A female student walks towards Prosser Hall, ca. 1970s.
A female student walks towards Prosser Hall, ca. 1970s.
A student throws what appears to be a pillow out a window of Prosser Hall, ca. 1970.
Two students goof around at Prosser Hall, ca. 1970. The front steps of Brown Hall are visible in the background.
A female student walks towards Prosser Hall, ca. 1965.
A student walks towards Prosser Hall, ca. 1965.
Architectural rendering of Prosser Hall, ca. 1963.
Architectural rendering of Prosser Hall, ca. 1963.
Allentown Female College, ca. 1900.
Allentown Female College (predecessor of Cedar Crest College), ca. 1900.
A crowd gathers for the cornerstone laying of the Science Building, November 15, 1924.
A crowd gathers for the cornerstone laying of the Science Building (Peter S. Trumbower Science Building). The Administration Building (Ettinger) stands in the background, surrounded by cars.
The Science Building shortly after its completion, ca. 1925.
The Peter S. Trumbower Science Building (originally "Science Building") shortly after its completion, likely 1925. A memo from library director Pat Sacks to history professor Ed Baldrige, written in 1981, is taped to the back of the image and reads:…
Students and faculty gather for the opening of the Harry C. Trexler Library, October 1988.
Students and faculty gather for the opening of the new Harry C. Trexler Library, October 1, 1988.
Seegers Union construction with Haas Library visible in the background, ca. 1963.
Seegers Union construction with Haas Library visible in the background, ca. 1963.
Seegers Union construction with Haas Library visible in the background, ca. 1962.
Rolled wired fencing is pictured on the Seegers Union construction site, ca. 1962. The Science Building (Trumbower Hall) and Haas Library are visible behind the growing frame of Seegers.
Students gather to raise money for the construction of Memorial Hall, ca. 1953.
Students gather to raise money for the construction of Memorial Hall, ca. 1953. From left to right: Jack Jordan, Robert Smith, Philip Rauth, Earl Hoffman, and Thomas Coughlin.
A small crowd of administrators and faculty gather within Memorial Hall during construction, ca. 1954.
A small crowd of administrators and faculty gather within Memorial Hall during construction, ca. 1954. They stand on what will become the basketball court.
View of Egner Memorial Chapel during winter, ca. 1950.
Gideon F. Egner Memorial Chapel in the snow, ca. 1950.
Aerial view of Muhlenberg campus towards the east, ca. 1965.
Aerial view of Muhlenberg campus towards the east, ca. 1965. Prosser and Walz Halls, forming an L-shape, stand in front of Brown Hall towards the bottom center of the image. Benfer Hall is under construction.