Dept. of Physical Education for Women (University of Michigan) photograph series. 1878-1950.

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Dept. of Physical Education for Women (University of Michigan) photograph series. 1878-1950.

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Photos of women involved in athletics and other physical activities, including dance, Lantern Night, and Freshman Week; also photos of Barbour Gymnasium, Women's Athletic Building, the Health Service, and the Michigan League.

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Bentley Historical Library

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University of Michigan. Dept. of Physical Education for Women.

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Classes in physical education for women were first conducted in 1894. Barbour gymnasium for women was completed in 1898, in expectation of which Eliza M. Mosher, M.D., was named professor of hygiene and was put in charge of the Women's Gymnasium. The Women's Athletic Association was organized in 1905, and in 1908/09 a women's athletic field (Palmer Field) was purchased and equipped. The regents established a Department of Physical Education and a Division of Hygiene and Public Health in 1929. Th...

Michigan League

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Women's Athletic Building (University of Michigan)

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Barbour Gymnasium (University of Michigan)

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University of Michigan. Freshman Week.

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University of Michigan. Lantern Night.

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University of Michigan. University Health Service.

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A campus health service was established in 1912, in response to requests by faculty and students for a student infirmary similar to those already in existence at several other American universities. The University Health Service officially opened its doors in 1913 in a converted residence on the current site of Burton Memorial Tower. The facility was staffed by two physicians (one male and one female), a nurse, and a clerk who responded to the health needs of over 5,500 students. In...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...