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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1724]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial colored photo of the campus with the chapel and bell tower on the near left, building with the dome in the middle, other building with a tower on the far right, other buildings on the campus, housing, roads, and more.)"
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1709]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The tower on the Methodist memorial building at Oklahoma City University will reach 400 feet into the sky before it is completed. The wings of the building, going up to the west of the OCU administration building, are expected to be finished by autumn. the tower, however, won't be finished until 1951. The building will house the library and school religion, with office space and library stacks on the tower. Workmen are … more
Date: June 9, 1950
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1707]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Three freshmen coeds at Oklahoma City University-Left to right, Elaine Elkins, Woodward; Francene Kessler, Oklahoma City, and Gail Cortis, North Hollywood, Calif. - represent a new generation of private school students as they take a classroom break near the student union building."
Date: September 25, 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1708]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A symphonic network od steel towering 275 feet above the Oklahoma City University campus is the spire of the Methodist Gold Star Memorial building. When completed, the $650,000 building will house the OCU library. In the hallway will be installed a plaque listing members of state Methodist churches who died in action in World War II. The Gold Star library is now a year under construction and officials expect the project … more
Date: August 22, 1950
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1722]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Crown Heights Methodist church's $3,800 debt to the Methodist Gold Star Memorial librar was squared away Friday. Rev. Ben Sturdivant, right, pastor of the church, hands an $820 check for the balance of Dr. C. Q. Smith, Oklahoma City University president. Oklahoma Methodists need only $100,000 to reach the $500,000 they pledge in 1947 for the memorial to Methodist war dead. The massive building, in the background, is rapi… more
Date: November 2, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1705]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's not so much what you do. It's where you do it. L. J. Lippert, 1720 NW 29, brick foreman on the Oklahoma City Universtiy Gold star Memorial building project, would seem yo be engaged in a safe, and down-to-earth job of bricklaying and plastering. The truth is a slight sistep or a strong gust of wind could be his downfall. That's because he's 275 feet straight up laying the base for the big, lighted gold star. The c… more
Date: December 11, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1713]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Debt free, Oklahoma City University will burn its mortgage at commencement exercises Monday night in the Fine Arts auditorium. Six university benefactors will be awarded honorary doctorates at the graduation program, for which Bishop W. Angie Smith will be speaker. Seniors Friday presented the university with the class gift - a paid-up $1,000 life insurance policy to be the cornerstone of an OCU alumni endowment fund. … more
Date: 1945
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1717]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There is no possiblity of eventual conflict between Oklahoma City University's planned accelerated science education program and the present liberal arts curriculum, OCU officials stress. "We of the church, and responsible to the Conference of the methodist Church, not only welcome but covet the contribution a new emphasis on science can give to our beloved university," said Bishop W. Angle Smith, chairman of the OCU board… more
Date: December 26, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1711]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This two-story building will have 36,000 feet of floor space. It will house the mechanical drawing and drafting, woodwork, upholstery, automotive and diesel engineering schools. It also will include lecture rooms. The old industrial Arts building was destroyed in the June 16 fire on the Oklahoma City University campus."
Date: 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1710]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The interior of the new student-faculty center-an attractive and utilitarian center for campus recreation. The new Student-Faculty Center is a modernistic structure with 34,013 feet of available floor space. The cafeteria, bookstore, snack bar, lounge, private dinning and meeting rooms such as "The Green Room" and the "Canary Room" are on the first floor. Recreational area is being provided on the basement floor." more
Date: May 17, 1955
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1719]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The tower of the Oklahoma City University administration building is back in place again. The final stone of the tower, knocked down by lightining last July 4 for the fifth time, was put back in place Thursday afternoon. "Now the job is finished again," said J. S. Corely, contractoe who has repaired the lightining damage before. This time the job repairing the tower cost approximately $14,400. the high cost was be… more
Date: September 13, 1951
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1704]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the campus with the baseball field on the bottom middle, other buildings on the middle left, two adjoining buildings with a small tower in its center on the top left, the mall in the center, the chapel in the center right, the tennis courts below the chapel to the right, housing all around, and more."
Date: August 20, 1965
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1718]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Nature combines with man's skill at architecture to make a study in cold brick and ice at Oklahoma City University. The man-made tower of classic design reached up to winter's leaden sky. The intricate patterns mady by unseen hands of winter's elfin workers defy human copyists. The university is the midst of a large expansion program."
Date: January 11, 1949
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1733]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the campus with the chapel and bell tower on lower left, other building with a tower on the center right, other buildings on the campus, housing all around, roads, and more.)"
Date: 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1716]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "At left you see $289,269 worth of unfinished building. The view of the city above, from the tower is lovely, but unless $211,731 more is received, Oklahoma City University's Gold Star Memorial library and School of Religion building will remain only a tower of steel scaffolding. Dr. C. Q. Smith, president of OCU, recieved pledges for $500,000 in 1947 - enough to complete the structure. Pledges don't pay wages or buy … more
Date: October 6, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1723]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Here is the home of the YMCA, at 125 NW 2, to be vacated about April 12 and then become the Downtown school of Oklahoma City University under deals disclosed Friday when trustees approves its purchase for $300,000. Plans also call for establishment of a law school here as a part of the night school work in the city. (O-3-13-52): "300,000 Check Gives OCU Title to Old YMCA Building Sale of the old YMCA building … more
Date: February 15, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1712]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City University faculty members Wednesday joined in an academic procession for annual matriculation day ceremonies in the fine arts auditorium. It was the first such procession in the college's history. Following a musical program by the 60-voice uiniversity choir, directed by Prof. James Nellson, director of OCU musical organizations, the student body and board of trustees heard the annual address by Preside… more
Date: September 29, 1948
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1732]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the campus with the chapel and bell tower on the upper middle left, other building with a tower at the lower middle left, other buildings on the campus, housing all around, roads, and more.)"
Date: September 18, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1744]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Strictly scenic now are these two wrought iran pillars on the Oklahoma City University campus. But once upon a time they supported an electrical sign marking the entrance to "Goldbug Field." It was the football stadium in days when the Chiefs were still the Goldbugs. Stadium and sign are gone now, but Daily Oklahoman photographer John Gumm thought the metal posts made a picturesque frame for a shot at the west side of th… more
Date: 1958
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1706]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Sidewalk superintendents were having a field day Tuesday at Oklahoma City University as workers began pouring concrete for the new fieldhouse roof. Two giant cranes were pouring cement on the unusual roof, purportedly the only one of its kind in the country. The 140 by 128-foot roof is of nonsupported concrete. Construction officials said it will take about six hours to finish the pouring job, then the concrete must … more
Date: December 17, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1714]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Here are some of the 1,033 seniors from 68 highschools who visited Oklahoma City University Friday. They are shown watching skits put in the OCU gymnasium by unicersity students. It was the eighteetn annual highschool senior day, sponsored by OCU and the Chamber of Commerce. The touring seniors also visited other points of interest in the city."
Date: March 31, 1950
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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