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George Morris Philips, who was Principal of the West Chester State Normal School from 1881 - 1920, was born in 1851 at Atglen, Chester County. In 1873 he joined the faculty of the West Chester State Normal School and taught mathematics until he…

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.

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…

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

Copies of the October, 1938 DAILY LOCAL NEWS article describing the visit of Eleanor Roosevelt to the West Chester campus.

President Charles S. Swope

A photograph of President Charles S. Swope standing at his desk in Philips Memorial Building.…

The Old Gymnasium stood in the center of the campus area known today as the Quad. It was designed by T. Roney Williamson in 1889 and is considered to be the first gymnasium in the United States designed with an indoor track. The building also…

Each Junior Class presented a class play in the Spring. The play was usually a work form Shakespeare and was presented outdoors on South Campus, which was the area bordered by High Street, Roseadle Avenue, and Church Street. The new Francis Harvey…

On this shelf are a photograph of a Junior Class play circa. 1920 and various photographs of the annual Senior Class sleigh ride.

West Chester State Teachers College

Below this shelf can just be seen the top of the August 1, 1927 document…

A broadside announcing a meeting of the stockholders of the Normal School to elect four members to serve, along with four members of the Board of Trustees of the West Chester Academy, on a Normal School Committee. This committee would be known as the…