Western Michigan University History Digital Collections

Images from WMU’s history including faculty, staff, students and views of the campus from its origin to more recent times.

Interactive map that combines text, images and geospatial tools to provide a contemporary and historical tour of the WMU campus from 1903 to present day.

A guide that details Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dec. 18, 1963, speech at WMU, including a recording of the live broadcast which was lost for almost 30 years.

Photo albums and scrapbooks created by renowned scholar, world traveler and distinguished Western Michigan University alumnae Dr. Merze Tate, detailing her studies, teaching and adventures across the globe.

Live recordings and printed programs of concerts and recitals, primarily graduate recitals and concerts by student ensembles, from the WMU School of Music from the 1970s to 2000.

Oral histories by alumni, faculty, staff and friends collected from 1987 to 2003 for the WMU Centennial in 2003.

Digital archive containing select WMU websites archived since 2016.

Digital archive of the Western Activist, an alternative student newspaper published weekly from 1966 to 1969.

Digital archive of almost every Western Herald newspaper published from 1916 to 2009.

Complete cover-to-cover digital versions (PDFs) of WMU yearbooks from 1906 through 1985.