Kent State Normal College, Cities of Kent and Ravenna, Ohio, Panoramic Photographs

Finding Aid

Prepared by Cara Gilgenbach, July 13, 2005; Last Updated: October 2024

Inclusive Dates: 1914-1927
Extent: 2 cubic feet (1 custom box with photographs in folders + 3 separate custom boxes)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Scope and Content: This collection contains panoramic photographs taken of the Kent State Normal College and the cities of Kent and Ravenna during the first quarter of the twentieth century. The photographs have been de-framed for conservation of the images. Some photographs are partially damaged due to their previous storage conditions.

Accruals: Additional photographs will be added to this collection as they are processed.

Kent State Normal School/College

1. Kent State Normal School, Extension Day, May 16, 1914
   Scope and Content: Group photograph of students, faculty, and staff.
   Physical Location: Filed in separate custom box.
2. Kent State Normal School, May Day, May 16, 1914
   Scope and Content: Maypole dance and spectators.
3. Kent State Normal School, Summer Term, 1914 (copy 1)
   Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus.
4. Kent State Normal School, Summer Term, 1914 (copy 2)
   Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus.
5. Kent State Normal School, Summer Term, 1914 (copy 3)
   Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus.
6. Kent State Normal School, Summer Term, 1915 
   Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus.
7. Kent State Normal College, undated but 191?
8. Kent State Normal College, July 28, 1921 (copy 1)
   Scope and Content: Large panoramic showing all of front campus with students, faculty and staff standing outside of buildings.
9. Kent State Normal College, July 28, 1921 (copy 2, variant)
   Scope and Content: Large panoramic showing all of front campus with students, faculty and staff standing outside of buildings. Includes enrollment figures with photograph.
10. Kent State Normal College, July 15, 1922 
    Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus. Same photograph as below item but does not include McGilvrey inset image.
    Acquisition Note:  Gift of Patricia Dumbaugh; photograph belonged to Grace Dumbaugh.
11. Kent State Normal College, July 15, 1922
    Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus, with enrollment figures noted on photograph, with central inset image of President John McGilvrey.
12. Kent State Normal College, July 15, 1922 
    Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus, with enrollment figures noted on photograph, with central inset image of President John McGilvrey.
13. Kent State Normal College, Group at Niagara Falls, 1924 (copy 1)
    Scope and Content: Student and faculty trip to Niagara Falls.
14. Kent State Normal College, Group at Niagara Falls, 1924 (copy 2)
    Scope and Content: Student and faculty trip to Niagara Falls.
    Physical Location: Filed in separate custom box.
15. Kent State Normal College, Group at Niagara Falls, 1924 (copy 3)
    Scope and Content: Includes photocopy of handwritten photograph note by Grace Dumbaugh
    Acquisition Note: Gift of Patricia Dumbaugh; photograph belonged to Grace Dumbaugh
16. Kent State Normal College, Summer School, 1927 (2 copies in same folder)
    Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured on front campus.
17. "Airscope of Kent State Teacher's College," 1924? (copy 1)
    Acquisition Note: Gift of Patricia Dumbaugh; photograph belonged to Grace Dumbaugh
18. "Airscope of Kent State Teacher's College," 1924? (copy 2 and 3)
19. Kent State Normal College, First Annual Educational and Recreational Tour, July 3, 1922
    Scope and Content: Students, faculty, and staff pictured in Washington D.C.

City of Kent, Ohio

20. Kent, Ohio, June 3, 1927
    Scope and Content: Close aerial shot of downtown Kent.
21. Kent, Ohio, Rotary Club #777, December 1925
    Scope and Content: Group photograph of members in front of the Franklin Hotel. Includes list of persons in photograph.

Ravenna, Ohio

22. Ravenna, Ohio, June 13, 1927
    Scope and Content: Downtown Ravenna.
    Physical Location: Filed in separate custom box.