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circa 1896 |
| PH Collection No.: | 118 |
| Creator: | McMurry, J.M., photographer |
| Title: | J. M. McMurry photograph album of the University of Washington |
| Date Span: | circa 1896 |
| Quantity: | 1 album with 34 photographic prints (1 box) ; various sizes |
| Location: | K77 (1 box) |
| Languages: | Collection materials are in English. |
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| South corner of Chemistry and Physical Recitation room, ca. 1896. Special Collections, UW Libraries, UW2586 |
In 1860, the Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory passed an act relocating the Territorial University in Seattle. The Territorial University of Washington opened on November 4,1861 in the Territorial University Building in downtown Seattle. This fledgling University was small and closed several times for lack of funds during its earliest years. By the time that Washington became a state in 1889, the University was firmly established as an institution of higher education. The growing enrollment and the larger campus made it necessary for the University to find another location, and in 1895, classes opened in Denny Hall, the first building of present University of Washington campus.
The architect Charles W. Saunders built Denny Hall, which contained two biology laboratories, four chemistry laboratories, and a physics laboratory, in 1895, as well as an Observatory behind it. A temporary gymnasium and drill hall was built in 1896.
The collection is comprised of one album of photographs taken by J. M. McMurry, a member of the Pharmacy Department class of 1896. The photographs document the original campus of University of Washington, including exterior and interior views of Denny Hall, the Gymnasium, Observatory, and Territorial University Building, and including views Lake Washington, campus surroundings and student activities.
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The collection is open to the public.
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Donor: Edmond S. Meany.
Processed by Meng-fan Lu; processing completed in 2008.
