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  • Collection: A History of West Chester University

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The cover of the WCU MAGAZINE welcoming Dr. Adler to the West Chester campus as its 13th President and the first woman President in the history of West Chester University.

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Displayed on this shelf is the cover of the WCU MAGAZINE that was issued after Dr. Perrin resigned as President of WCU in 1991. The issue reviews the events in WCU's history during Dr. Perrin's Presidency (1982 - 1991). The most important of which…

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Berman Sculptures

Photographs of two sculptures donated to the campus by Philip and Muriel Berman. They are located in the Quad area.

Homecoming

A collection of various Homecoming buttons for the years 1990 through 1996.

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Copies of DAILY LOCAL NEWS articles announcing the establishment of the Japanese Educational Center which was opened by WCU in Fukuoka, Japan in 1989.

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Demolition

In the Fall of 1971, as West Chester celebrated its Centennial, work began on the demolition of Old Main. The photographs on this shelf came from the 1972 SERPENTINE which marked its demise. The Old Gym which stood next to Old Main…

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Displayed on this shelf are:

A photograph of a student Christmas party in Old Main - 1964
A Senior Prom souvenir - 1963
A copy of WEST CHESTER STATE COLLEGE DURING THE 1960'S written by President Earl F. Sykes.

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Freshmen Hazing - 1962

The student carrying the books for the upper classmen is wearing the regulation cap (dink).

The Pig

A popular student meeting place on Linden Street. The official name of the restaurant was the Purple and Gold Tearoom…

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The man holding the red and white surveyor's pole is Dr. Earl F. Sykes, who was President of West Chester from 1961 - 1969.

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This 1962 photograph from the SERPENTINE shows the surveying for a new Francis Harvey Green Library building which would open in 1966. The 1966 building is now the two story wing of the current Francis Harvey Green Library which opened in…

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Faculty Photograph

This photograph was taken during a visit of Dr. Lester K. Ade, Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction, to the campus in 1950. The faculty in the photograph and the buildings currently named in their honor are, from…
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