Western College for Women
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Western College for Women, known at other times as Western Female Seminary and simply Western College, was a women's and later coed liberal arts college in Oxford, Ohio, between 1853 and 1974. Initial
Clawson Hall on the Western Campus of Miami University
Alumnae Hall was the central building on Western College's campus from 1892 until it was torn down in 1977.
Lilian Wyckoff Johnson, the first woman to receive a doctorate from Cornell University, served as president of Western College from 1904 to 1906.
Miami University
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Miami University is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the second-oldest university in Ohio and the tenth-oldest public university in the United States
Western College for Women
…Oxford, Ohio, between 1853 and 1974. Initially a seminary, it was the host of orientation sessions for the Freedom Summer in 1964. It was absorbed by Miami University in 1974 after dwindling finances. Now known as the Western Campus of Miami University, it was designated a U.S. Historic district as the Western Female…
The original Harrison Hall, known as Old Main, was built in 1818 and housed Miami's first classrooms. It was replaced by a new structure in 1959.
Miami University campus in 1909
The "Beta Bells" of Miami University were built with funds donated by the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on its Centennial in 1939.
Peabody Hall at the Western College, which was absorbed by Miami in 1974.