Aerial view of the campus in 1965. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: Alumni Auditorium, 2nd Webb Hall, Loveland and Victory Halls, MacMorland Center, Sharples Hall, Kirkbride Hall and the dormitories Hanna Hall, Thayer...
PMA Mandolin and Guitar Club, c. 1890. Music plays an important role at the school, from the earliest days of the drum and bugle corps through the triumph of the PMC Marching Band when it wins first place as the best ROTC marching band at the New...
Construction on this dormitory began in 1959 and it opened in September, 1960 as Dormitory #3. On February 5, 1965, this dormitory was officially re-dedicated as Cann Memorial Hall, in recognition of the an endowment donated in memory of George...
Clarence H. Thayer was born on January 15, 1898 in Stockton, California. At the age of 14, Thayer dropped out of school to work in a furniture manufacturing firm, but supplemented his education though correspondence courses in mechanical...
Construction on this dormitory began in 1965. Dedicated in honor of Lawrence Sharples for his service to the college and his work on the admission of women, this dormitory initially housed freshmen women. Sharples Hall continues to house resident...
This academic building was completed by 1965. On April 9, 1964, the groundbreaking ceremony for a new science and engineering center was held. The building was officially dedicated as Kirkbride Hall on October 9, 1965, honoring Chalmer Kirkbride,...
Louis Kapelski was born on August 29, 1901 in Ambler, Pennsylvania. At the age of 14 he dropped out of high school and began work as a traveling construction riveter. By the age of 18, Kapelski was an expert in his line of construction, and had...
Alvin M. Andorn, a native of Bridgeport, Ohio, graduated from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. For 48 years he worked at Penn Steel Castings Company of Chester, retiring in 1964 as president and chairman of the...
Science Lab in Kirkbride Hall. Kirkbride Hall, named after trustee member Chalmer Kirkbride, has been the campus science and engineering building since 1965. In this photograph, Professor Richard St. John teaches a science laboratory in 1979.
Old Main
Construction 1867 Rebuilt 1882 after Fire
Old Main Annex
Construction 1882
Hyatt Observatory
Construction 1892
Summer 2008
Drill Hall/ Gymnasium
1920
Alumni Lodge
1903
1960
Hyatt Hall
Construction 1868 Acquired 1917
Armory
Construction...
John Lance Geoghegan, Vietnam War 1959–1975. Geoghegan (PMC 1963) serves in Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry. He dies in combat during the Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965. He is portrayed in the book We Were Soldiers Once, and Young that...
Freedom Summer, 1964. Civil rights activists descend on Mississippi in an aggressive effort to register African American voters and establish “Freedom Schools.” The activists face threats, arrest, and physical violence, including the murders of...
The United States withdraws from Vietnam, 1975. This withdrawal marks the end of the longest military conflict in U.S. history. Shown is the painting, LZ X-Ray, Ia Drang Valley, by Richard M. Taus (PMC 1965).
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Chester (Pa.) -- History; Civil Rights -- African Americans -- History
George Raymond was the president of the Chester branch of the NAACP (National Association of Colored People) for nearly twenty-five years. This scrapbook, created by Raymond, includes photographs, articles from local and national newspapers,...
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Chester (Pa.) -- History; Civil Rights -- African Americans -- History
George Raymond was the president of the Chester branch of the NAACP (National Association of Colored People) for nearly twenty-five years. This scrapbook, created by Raymond, chronicles the Chester Civil Rights movement during the 1940s, 1950s,...
