West Hall, 1939 - 1999

File — Box: W-08

Identifier: W:094

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to architectural plans, funding, construction, dedication of buildings/cornerstones.

Includes photos, postcards, newspaper clippings, calendars, brochures, student rules, blueprints, worship bulletins, fliers, and slides with script.

Dates

1939 - 1999

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Freshman dormitory; Dean Harry Benfer; dedication; becomes Brown Hall; floor plan alterations; new West Hall to be named Kathryn P. Taylor Hall; Tyson suggests Class of 1943 plant a tree as part of dedicatory ceremony; 1961 Chapel service program for dedication of Memorial Plaque naming Brown Hall in honor of John D.M. Brown; Tyson letter requesting building formerly occuped by Allentown Preparatory Schooll now to be be dedicated and used as Freshmen Dormitory 1939;

"Life at Muhlenberg" in West Hall brochure;

The New Men's Dormitory - The Ministerium's Appeal for Muhlenberg College 1957; West Hall will be rennovated to become a women's dormitory, ready for September 1957; Program for Ground-Breaking Ceremonies for "New Men's Dormitory" 4/18/1956