Mandelle Hall

 

Includes materials related to Mandelle Hall, originally known as the Minnie Mandelle Library.

All materials in this collection are copyrighted by Kalamazoo College and subject to Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

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  • Floor Plan of Mandelle Library 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 9999)
    Floor plan of Mandelle Library, c. 1930.

  • Exterior of Mandelle Library 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 9999)
    Exterior of Mandelle Library, facing the Quad. Photo taken c. 1930.

  • Interior of Mandelle Library 

    Morgan, Ward (Kalamazoo College, 1950)
    Interior room of Mandelle Library. Photo taken by Ward C. Morgan Studio, negative no. 4457-1.

  • Interior of Mandelle Library 

    Smith, Richard Averill (Kalamazoo College, 9999)
    Interior view of Mandelle Library. Photo taken c. 1930s.​

  • Exterior of Mandelle Library 

    Smith, Richard Averill (Kalamazoo College, 9999)
    Exterior view of Mandelle Library, looking from Academy Street. Photo taken c. 1930s.

  • Exterior of Mandelle Library 

    Smith, Richard Averill (Kalamazoo College, 9999)
    Exterior view of Mandelle Library, looking from the Quad. Photo taken c. 1930s.

  • Exterior of Mandelle Administration 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo Gazette, 9999)
    Exterior view of Mandelle Administration building, looking from Academy Street. Photo taken after 1967, when Mandelle was converted from the library into an administration building.

  • Students in Mandelle Library 

    Morgan, Ward C. (Kalamazoo College, 1939-10-04)
    A group of unidentified students reading in the Club Room of Mandelle Library. Mandelle was Kalamazoo College's main library until it was replaced by the Upjohn Library in 1967. Ward Morgan Negative #183

  • Mandelle Memorial Library Handbook for Students 

    Unknown author ()
    Pamphlet detailing various rules and regulations regarding Mandelle Library, such as library hours, fines on late materials, and how to locate a book. In addition, pamphlet gives a brief overview of various rooms and ...

  • Dedication Exercises: The Minnie Mandelle Library 

    Unknown author (1930-11-02)
    Small pamphlet detailing the events, speakers, and musical performances for the dedication of the Mandelle Library.

  • Mandelle: A Brief History 

    Unknown author (9999)
    This paper presents a short history of Mandelle Library, from information ranging from its planning and design to its current use as an administration building. A small drawing of the layout of Mandelle Library is also ...

  • Mandelle Library Friends of the Library Newsletter 

    Chen, Wen Chao, 1919- (1958-12-12)
    This brief newsletter describes recent developments in Mandelle Library. There is special focus given to the new A.M. Todd Rare Book Room, which was dedicated on Honors Day, 1957, and in addition to this there is also ...

  • Mandelle Hall; Pencil [219] 

    Neligan, Mary Lawrence (Kalamazoo College, 2011-01-06)

  • The Minnie Mandelle Library 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1930)
    A booklet produced after the opening of Kalamazoo College's Minnie Mandelle library in 1930. It includes a biographical statement on Minnie Mandelle and images of the Reference Reading Room, Periodical Room, and the ...

  • Mary Senter Mandelle; Oil 

    Bennell, L. (Kalamazoo College, 9999)

  • The "Big Move" 

    Maxwell, Robert (Kalamazoo College, 1967-04-08)
    Kalamazoo College President Weimer K. Hicks and several unidentified students carry books across the street. Saturday, April 8, 1967 was known as the "Big Move" when students and faculty members volunteered to move 50,000 ...

  • Kalamazoo College Mandelle Library 

    Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1933)
    An exterior view of the Minnie Mandelle Library building at Kalamazoo College, in about 1933. This view shows the central section of the building, with long narrow windows, which contained the library's book stacks. There ...

  • Kalamazoo College Mandelle Library Reference Desk 

    Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1933)
    Librarian Elliott L. Moses at the Reference Desk in Mandelle Library, 1933. The Reference Room (later named the Olmsted Room) was to the east of the entry doors. From 1964 (and perhaps earlier) this desk served as the ...

  • Kalamazoo College Mandelle Library Periodical Room 

    Unknown (Kalamazoo College, 1933)
    Kalamazoo College's Mandelle Library Periodical Reading Room. This room was located on the main (quadrangle) level of the building, west of the doors from the quadrangle. When President Allan Hoben arrived on campus in ...

  • Kalamazoo College 

    Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo College, 1933)
    Black and white postcard view of Kalamazoo College showing Mandelle Hall (left) and the R. E. Olds Science Building (right). This postcard is from a series printed by the College for the 1933 Centennial. The card is not ...

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