Created by: Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Last Updated: 2026-01-14
Détails de la collection
These are early photographs of the campus grounds and buildings around the normal school now known as Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. The originals are held in Pickler Memorial Library's Special Collections and University Archives.
Campus greenhouses with the powerplant in the background.
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Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville, College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville et Greenhouses--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photo of the Industrial Arts Building on the campus of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College taken soon after it was completed in 1940. The building was renamed the McKinney Center in 1973.
Assujettir:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
The statue of Joseph Baldwin, founder of the university, was dedicated on what would have been his 100th birthday, October 27, 1927, and stands in the quad on campus. This photo was taken around 1940.
Assujettir:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et Baldwin, Joseph, 1827-1899
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Kirk Auditorium gymnasium with a view of the stage.
Assujettir:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Front view of Kirk Auditorium (later renamed Kirk Building) in 1929.
Assujettir:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
A view of Kirk Field, the original athletic field, on the northwest corner of campus. Photo taken between the original Baldwin hall (right) and the original science hall (left) sometime between 1903-1923.
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Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photo of Kirk Memorial at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College taken in 1940 soon after it was completed.
Assujettir:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Undated photo of Kirk Memorial in foreground and Pickler Memorial Library and Science Hall in background.
Assujettir:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville et College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
View of Library Hall from across Normal Lake taken sometime before it burned in January of 1924. The entrance of the Original Baldwin Hall is far right.
Assujettir:
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville (Mo.), Teachers colleges--Missouri--Kirksville, College campuses--Missouri--Kirksville, College facilities--Missouri--Kirksville et Academic libraries--Missouri--Kirksville
Créateur:
Unknown
Donateur:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
