Photographs

 

This collection includes historic photographs from the Kalamazoo College Archives that illustrate life on campus and in Kalamazoo from the College's earliest days to the present.

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  • Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club 1912 postcard 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1912)
    Photo of Gaynor Club members from the 1912 season. Pictured members are not identified. The photo is printed on the back of a postcard which contains a note from someone by the name of Esther.

  • Gaynor Club Trip Spring 1915 photo 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1915)
    Photo of Gaynor Club members in travel clothes on a trip in the spring of 1915. Those pictured are unidentified.

  • Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club 1911 photo 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1911)
    Photo of Gaynor Club members from the 1911 season. This photo is printed on the back of a blank postcard.

  • Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club 1945 photo 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1945)
    Photo of Gaynor Club members from the 1945 season. Dr. Henry Overley stands in the middle row at center. Name "O.J. Curtiss" is printed along the bottom along with the year. Members in the photo are unidentified.

  • Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club 1909 photo 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1909)
    Photo of Gaynor Club members from the 1909 season. The Director for this season was E.C. Wilcox, and the Faculty Advisor was Mrs. Williams. E.C. Wilcox is pictured in the 2nd row, 4th from the left.

  • Kalamazoo College Gaynor Club 1914-15 photo 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1914)
    Photo of Gaynor Club members for the 1914-15 season.

  • The First Gaynor Club 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1908-03)
    Donated along with a handwritten description by Ruth Wheaton Johnson. Johnson was the first Director and Accompanist of the Gaynor Club.

  • Portrait of Koli Thabue 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1886-11-24)
    Koli Thabue, a student from Burma (now Myanmar) who studied at Kalamazoo College in the 1880s is pictured in a traditional turban and sarong. The back of the photo states it was "presented by F. Everett, Esq. student 1885-1889."

  • Myatt Kyau in Traditional Dress 

    Packard, C.C. (Kalamazoo College, 1875)
    Myatt Kyau is pictured in the traditional dress of Burma (now Myanmar): a turban, cotton shirt, longyi, and slippers. He sits on the floor cross-legged with an opened umbrella laying behind him. Kyau studied at Kalamazoo ...

  • Portrait of Myatt Kyau 

    Packard, C.C. (Kalamazoo College, 1875)
    A portrait style photo of Kalamazoo College student Myatt Kyau who studied at the college in the 1870s. On the back of the photo is written "Simie Myatkau (Burmese)." His nickname was "Simie." Originally from Burma (now ...

  • Kiyo Okami '40 Skiing 

    Morgan, Ward C. (Kalamazoo College, 1940)
    Kiyo Okami is seen skiing down a hill in this photo. A news brief in the February 24, 1939 issue of The Index described Okami as a "Japanese transfer student from Stanford... has been in this country for 11 months... born ...

  • BSO Protest, 1969 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1969-05)
    Four members of the Black Student Organization (BSO) stand in protest in front of the Fine Arts Building, probably on Saturday, May 17, 1969 protest after the BSO rejected the college administration's response to their ...

  • Delmega Society, 1962 

    Schiavone Studio (Kalamazoo College, 1962)
    This is one of two photographs of members of the Delmega Society in 1962. Pictured here are: (row 1) Dennis Lamb, Roland Mittica, Roy Wiltrout, Glen Fischer, Wolfgang Priebe, James Marlett, Doug Parrish, Edward Gill, Charles ...

  • Delmega Society, 1962 

    Schiavone Studio (Kalamazoo College, 1962)
    This is one of two photographs of members of the Delmega Society in 1962. Pictured here are: (row 1) William Fethke, John Long, Thomas Schaaf, William Shea, Wayne Oberding, Kenneth Kooiman, William Lawrence, David Heath, ...

  • Delmega Society, 1963 

    Schiavone Studio (Kalamazoo College, 1963)
    Members of the Delmega Society in 1963 include (first row): Dennis Lamb, B. Brackenridge, D. Payne, Alan Hutchcroft, John Long, Charles Morse, Thomas Seeley, James Marlett; (second row) Kenneth Hunter, Ron Armstrong, Thomas ...

  • Delmega Society reunion, 1992 

    Gilroy, John (Kalamazoo College, 1992-10-31)
    At the 1992 Homecoming celebrations, members of the Delmega Society held a reunion. Pictured (left to right): front row: Harry Garland '68, Bruce Timmons '64, Ken Hunter '63, David Hyde '69, Jim Heersma '67; second row: ...

  • Delmega Society reunion, 1995 

    Gilroy, John (Kalamazoo College, 1995-04)
    At the 1995 Founders' Weekend celebration, members of the Delmega Society held a reunion. Members pictured (from left to right) are: front row: Dick Locke '66, Lary Smith '64, Dr. Lester Start, Harry Garland '68; back row: ...

  • Delmega Society reunion, 1996 

    Gilroy, John (Kalamazoo College, 1996-10)
    Members of the Delmega Society held a reunion during the 1996 Homecoming. Pictured (from left) are: John Magerlein '69, Chuck Morse '66, Richard Detar '67, Lary Smith '64, and Bruce Haight '68.

  • Football Team, 1895 

    Unknown author (Kalamazoo College, 1895)
    Members of the 1895 Kalamazoo College football team pose in this photo. The individuals are unidentified although Joseph B. Westnedge is recognizable as the man sitting in the second row far right with his arm draped over ...

  • Marcia Wood helping a student 

    Morgan, Ward C. (Kalamazoo College, 1970)
    Professor Marcia Wood (1965-2001) is seen helping a female student with figure drawing. Wood is leaning over to adjust the markings on the student's paper while the student watches patiently. This is Ward C. Morgan negative ...

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