Kresge Library's 60th Anniversary

Kresge Library - Ground breaking, Dedication, Construction

Item

Title

Kresge Library - Ground breaking, Dedication, Construction

Description

Kresge Library groundbreaking ; Left to right: Board of Trustees members; C. Allen Harlan ; Frank Merriman ; Mr. Baldwin (Kresge Foundation, Board of Trustees member) ; Rev. Douglas Parker ; 2nd clergyman unidentified ; J. Robert Swanson (architect) ; Chancellor Varner with shovel ; Librarian David WIlder ; Superintendent of Oakland County Schools, William Emerson ; blonde lady unidentified, possibly Mrs. June Matthews Bennett ; lady with dark glasses Mrs. Elizabeth Gossett ; Dr. Sarah Van Hoosen Jones ; Mrs. Ralph Norvell ; photographer unidentified

Stamps, Marks, Inscriptions, and Condition Notes

On back: Kresge Library groundbreaking ; Left to right: Bd. of Trustees members; C. Allen Harlan ; Frank Merriman ; Mr. Baldwin (Kresge Foundation, Bd. of Trustees member) ; Rev. Douglas Parker ; 2nd clergyman unidentified ; J. Robert Swanson (architect) ; Chancellor Varner with shovel ; Librarian Dave WIlder ; Supt. of Oakland Co. Schools, William Emerson ; blondy [?] lady unidentified, possibly Mrs. June Matthews Bennett ; lady with dark glasses Mrs. Elizabeth Gossett ; Dr. Sarah Van Hoosen Jones ; Mrs. Ralph Norvell ; photographer unidentified

Creator

Oakland University See all items with this value

Date

1960-10-17

Temporal Coverage

1960s See all items with this value

Subject

Kresge Library See all items with this value

Ground breaking See all items with this value

Varner, Durward B., 1917-1999 See all items with this value

Gossett, Elizabeth Evans Hughes See all items with this value

Swanson, Robert W., 1924-2000 See all items with this value

Wilder, David See all items with this value

Bennett, June See all items with this value

Jones, Sarah Van Hoosen See all items with this value

Medium

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Extent

5.00X7.00

Format

JPEG image

Type

Image

Rights

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Identifier

OUP_018_01_025a

Source

Oakland University Historical Photograph Collection

Item sets

Oakland University Historical Photographs

Kresge Library

Media

OUP_018_01_025a.jpg