The History of Arizona State University
Arizona State University was founded as the territorial normal school in 1885. This collection features photographs, documents, and audio and visual materials that chronicle the history of the institution. Additional materials include statistical lists and compilations of data for enrollment and building data.
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- All Subjects: Gammage, Kathryn, 1915-
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The Geographical Distribution file presents pages scanned from ASU Enrollment Reports annually compiled by the Office of the Registrar and Director of Admissions from 1946-1970. This file presents statistics for male and female students by Arizona county of origin, U.S. "Possessions" or foreign countries.
This document presents official annual statistical data from the 1984-1985 Centennial Edition of the Arizona State University Statistical Summary produced by the Office of Management and Financial Analysis in 1985.
This document presents lists of ethnically diverse students derived from Great Register enrollments and Arizona Vital Statistics from 1889-1937 by Laura Muñoz. This compilation is copied from Appendix D of Munoz's dissertation.
An amateur silent motion picture documenting the Arizona State College Homecoming in 1954. Parade floats and the Sun Devil Band are featured on Central Avenue in Phoenix near the hotel Westward Ho. ASC President Grady Gammage and his wife Kathryn drive by in an open car. Displays and house decorations on the Tempe campus are presented. Alumni and staff are depicted eating at the Homecoming banquet.
Black-and-white photograph of President Grady Gammage and his wife Kathryn unfurling a pennant with the new university name.
Black-and-white photograph of President Grady Gammage signing a piece of paper. Several other people, including his wife Kathryn, surround him, and the headline of a newspaper on the table reads "VOTERS DECIDE."