Waldo, Dwight B. (Dwight Bryant), 1864-1939
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1864 - 1939
biographical statement
Dwight Bryant Waldo served as Western Michigan University's first president for 32 years until his retirement in 1936. He was born in Arcade, N.Y., June 13, 1864, in the final year of the American Civil War and was noted for his scholarship on the life of Abraham Lincoln. He died Oct. 29, 1939, at age 75.
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Dwight B. Waldo Lincoln Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3651
Abstract
Lincolniana collected by Dwight B. Waldo (1864-1936), the first president of Western Michigan University (the books associated with this collection are cataloged individually and searchable through the Western Michigan University Libraries online catalog)
Dates:
1860-1960; bulk 1865-1931; Other: Date acquired: 1947
Lincoln Republican Club of Kalamazoo County Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4029
Scope and Contents
These two programs were for the 13th (1907) and the 14th (1908) annual banquets of the Lincoln Republican Club of Kalamazoo County both held at the AUV Auditorium on Portage Street. The programs contain a list of officers, music, menu, program and committee members for the event including the Reception Committee. There also are the words for the song, "America." Each year there would be an outside speaker in addition to addresses by the President, vocal selections and shorter speeches from...
Dates:
1907-1908
Lydia Siedschlag Papers
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3643
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters written between Lydia Siedschlag and Alfonso Ianelli, and some newspaper clippings.Letters from Lydia are undated but topics covered indicate they are from 1934-1935 and the 1940s. Letters from Alfonso Ianelli are dated and cover 1934-1935 and one is from 1960. Newspaper clippings concern the Fountain of the Pioneers that Ianelli created for Bronson Park.Topics in the letters range from where colleagues are working, how much Lydia’s...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1934-1935, 1940s, 1960
Oral history interview with Albert C. Johnsen, October 21, 1993
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 17
Dates:
October 21, 1993
Oral history interview with C.B. Macdonald, September 4, 1989
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 6
Dates:
September 4, 1989
Oral history interview with Dorothy (Waldo) Stapler, November 4, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 3
Dates:
November 4, 1989
Oral history interview with Elizabeth McQuigg, November 15, 1993
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 10
Dates:
November 15, 1993
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Waldo Thurn, November 18, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 15
Dates:
November 18, 1989
Oral history interview with Ethel Russell, June 10, 1982
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 8
Oral history interview with Gerrard Haworth
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 14