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Currently three classes have visited the archives and chosen images to be available on this page: Building a Better World (Architecture), Honors Seminar in History: Emancipation, and Writing 1.

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[Building a Better World (Architecture)]   [Honors Seminar in History: Emancipation]   [Writing 1]   

Building a Better World: Architecture and Social Reform in America
(A46 ARCH 421J)

• Aerial view of campus - from circa 1920 [Photo Services - Buildings: Aerial]
• Aerial view of campus - from 1922 by U.S. Army Air Service [Photo Services - Buildings: Aerial]
• Aerial view of campus - from 1947 [Photo Services - Buildings: Aerial]
• Aerial view of campus - from circa 1964 [Photo Services - Buildings: Aerial]
• Aerial view of campus - from 1986 by Peter H. Zimmerman, Washington University Photographic Services [Photo Services - Buildings: Aerial]

• Brookings Hall was originally named University Hall. It was renamed in 1928.
• Brookings Hall - View of construction of Brookings Hall with workman and horses, August 11, 1900. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Construction]
• Brookings Hall - View of construction of Brookings Hall with foundation completed, circa October 6, 1900. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Construction]
• Brookings Hall - Exterior view of Brookings Hall with undeveloped landscaping, circa early 1900s. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall]
• Brookings Hall - Exterior view of Brookings Hall with a few small trees, circa early 1900s. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall]
• Brookings Hall - View of Brookings Hall at the end of tree-lined road, circa early 1900s. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Exteriors]
• Brookings Hall - Six exterior views of Brookings Hall, circa early 1900s. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall]
• Brookings Hall - Image of Brookings Hall on postcard from circa early 1900s. Caption: "Washington University, one of the country's greatest educational institutions and especially famed for its medical school." Back labeled "Blackwell Wielandy, St. Louis; C.T. Art-Colortone, made only by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, U.S.A." [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall]
• Brookings Hall - Exterior view of Brookings Hall towers by photographers Sanders and Melsheimer for Washington University, circa 1914. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall]
• Brookings Hall - View from Brookings Archway by Washington University News Bureau, 1943. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Archway]

• Crow Hall - Rendering of Crow Hall by J.P. Jamieson from 1929. [Photo Services - Buildings: Crow Hall]
• Crow Hall - Interior view of Physics Department in Crow Hall from Washington University News Bureau, October 1, 1954. [Photo Services - Aerial]
• Crow Hall - Machine Shop from Washington University News Bureau, circa pre-1955. Caption: "Here the highly specialized apparatus required for research is built. This sort of work is highly individual, demanding ingenuity and skill on the parts of both the designer and the mechanician." [Photo Services - Buildings: Crow Hall]
• Crow Hall - Second floor corridor of Crow Hall, looking west, from Washington University News Bureau, circa pre-1955. [Photo Services - Buildings: Crow Hall]
• Crow Hall - Exterior view of Crow Hall with snow, circa post-1955. [Photo Services - Buildings: Crow Hall]
• Crow Hall - External doorway into Crow Hall from 1974. [Photo Services - Buildings: Crow Hall, 74-24B/29A]
• Crow Hall - Exterior view of Crow Hall by Peter H. Zimmerman, Washington University Photographic Services, 1978. [Photo Services - Buildings: Crow Hall, 78-368/3]
• Crow Hall - Observatory from 1984. [Photo Services - Buildings: Crow Hall Observatory, 84-94/3]

• Ridgley Library was constructed in 1902 and was the first library on the Danforth Campus. It served as the library until Olin Library was opened in 1962.
• Ridgley Library - Exterior view of Ridgley Library, circa 1924 or 1925. [Views of Washington University, St. Louis circa 1924 or 1925.]
• Ridgley Library - View of reading room in Ridgley Library. [Views of Washington University, St. Louis circa 1924 or 1925.]

• Washington University - Illustrated Circular of Information, 1908. Includes information regarding architects and competition for new buildings on Skinker Road (now the Danforth Campus). [Hilltop Campus Architectural Competition, 1899, Information Files: Washington University Campus - Illustrated Circular of Information 1908]

• Washington University - Main Campus Plan, circa 1962. The Main Campus Plan was part of a publication used for fundraising for the Arthur Holly Compton Research Laboratory of Physics. [The Arthur Holly Compton Research Laboratory of Physics at Washington University December 1962 (ARCHIV REF QC51 .U62 A787 1962)]

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Honors Seminar in History: Emancipation (in St. Louis)
(History 301-01)

• Correspondence
• Letter acknowledging receipt of slave girl and note about her freedom between William Greenleaf Eliot and Johnson Hellen, October 6, 1842. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 02, folder 1842] (See transcript)
• Bond of Indemnity from John A. Kasson to William Greenleaf Eliot for Lydia, April 15, 1850. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 03, folder 1850. 15 April] (See transcript)
• Letter from William Greenleaf Eliot to "Mama" including information about the Civil War and soldiers, December 20, 1862. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 02, folder 1862. 20 Dec. William to Mama]
• Letter from William Greenleaf Eliot to son Thomas Lamb Eliot including mention of a war meeting, August 22, 1862. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 02, folder 1862. 22 Aug. Father to Thom]
• Letter from Samuel J. May to [William Greenleaf Eliot] mentions donation of material for negros to use to make clothes, November 24, 1863. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 02, folder 1863. 24 Nov. Samuel J. May to [WGE]]

• Notebooks
• Notes about getting Sarah Green out of Lynch's Slave Yard May 22, 1860, page 34. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 01, folder Notebook 5] (See transcript)
• Notes from meeting of the Western Sanitary Commission January 11, 1871, page 131. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 01, folder Notebook 7] (See transcript)

• Photographs
• William Greenleaf Eliot portrait, n.d. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 07, folder W.G.E. Portraits]
• William Greenleaf Eliot's study at 2660 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, n.d. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 07, folder W.G.E.'s study at 2660 Washington]

• Published Works
• "The Higher-Law Doctrine" North and South, a discourse delivered in St. Louis, Missouri, January 27, 1861, by Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 04, folder 1861]
• "Inaugural Ceremonies of the Freedmen's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln" April 14, 1876. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 04, folder (6) Inaugural Ceremonies of the Freedmen's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln]
• "The Southern Exodus" The Number, Motives, Needs and Plans of the Refugees, a letter from Dr. William Greenleaf Eliot, 1879. [William Greenleaf Eliot Personal Papers, Series 04, folder 1879]

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Writing I

• Building - Arthur Holly Compton Labratory of Physics - Photo from 1967 of plaque regarding Arthur Holly Compton who served in many capacities at Washington University, including Wayman Crow Professor of Physics, Head of the Department of Physics, Chancellor from 1945 to 1953, and Distinguished Service Professor of Natural Philosophy. [Photo Services - Buildings: Compton Labratory of Physics]
• Building - Eads Hall early exterior shot in the early 1900s [Photo Services - Buildings: Eads Hall]
• Building - Eads Hall, Student Life (student newspaper) Office in 1935 with several desks and typewriters. [Photo Services - Buildings: Eads Hall]
• Building - Eads Hall, Student Life (student newspaper) Office in 1935, view from above of several desks and typewriters. [Photo Services - Buildings: Eads Hall]
• Building - Eads Hall, Student Life (student newspaper) Office - Students working at typewriters in circa 1930s. [Photo Services - Buildings: Eads Hall]

• Campus Construction - building foundation in circa 1901 [Photo Services - Buildings: Campus Construction]
• Campus Construction - University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) archway under construction, April 15, 1901. Photograph by A. Gehrwald. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Construction]
• Campus Construction University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) archway with family standing among building materials in 1901 or 1902. [Photo Services - Buildings: Campus Construction]
• Campus Construction - University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) building materials in front of structure in 1901 or 1902. Photograph by A. Gehrwald. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Construction]
• Campus Construction - University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) people in foundation in 1901. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Construction]
• Campus Construction - University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) with workers standing in front of the structure while working on first floor in 1901 or 1902. [Photo Services - Buildings: Campus Construction]
• Campus Construction - University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) with workers standing in front of the structure while working on second floor in 1901 or 1902. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Construction]
• Campus Construction - University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) with workers standing on top of structure and man in suit standing in front of the structure in 1901 or 1902. [Photo Services - Buildings: Brookings Hall Construction]

• Commencement - Graduates in front of Ridgely Hall in the early 1900s. [Photo Services - Events: Commencement, 1929 and before]
• Commencement - Graduates in the Quad with Samuel Cupples Hall I in the background in 1906. [Photo Services - Events: Commencement, 1929 and before]
• Commencement - Graduate procession in front of Samuel Cupples Hall I and University Hall (renamed Brookings Hall in 1928) in 1908. [Photo Services - Events: Commencement, 1929 and before]

• Students - Class of 1896 in May 1894 [Photo Services - Events: Commencement, 1929 and before]
• Students - Freshman Class of 1916-1917 [Photo Services - Events: Commencement, 1929 and before]
• Student, Louise Grant Smith - Law student in circa 1920. After graduation, she was the Woman's Page editor for the St. Louis Times. Then she traveled with Eleanor Roosevelt on a campaign to teach women how to be more politically effective. In 1944, she was appointed the first woman assistant attorney general of Missouri. Then she served as a special assistant attorney general beginning in 1964. See also a letter regarding this photograph of Louis Grant Smith. [Photo Services - Events: Commencement, 1929 and before]
• Students in Elements of Design Class in the Art Study Room within Samuel Cupples Hall I in circa 1920s. [Photo Services - Buildings: Cupples I, folder A]
• Students in the Architecture Library within Samuel Cupples Hall I in March 1929. [Photo Services - Buildings: Cupples I, folder A]
• Students working at typewriters in circa 1930s in the Student Life Office within Eads Hall. [Photo Services - Buildings: Classroom Scenes]
• Sophomore Students featured in The Hatchet (yearbook), 1942. See also the preface page. [Hatchet 1942]
• Students - Freshmen wearing freshmen beenie caps in the 1950s. [Herbert Weitman Photos - Then and Now, 1950s]
• Students in 1954 sitting and looking at a book together in a classroom. [Photo Services - Buildings: Classroom Scenes]

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