Students staff a table in the Brooks Memorial Union gathering information about parking complaints and comments. Behind the banner about parking complaints is the Father Brooks Mosaic by Edmund Lewandowksi, one of five murals throughout the union...
Artist Edmund Lewandowski prepares and assembles the Father Brooks Mosaic on the floor of the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mosaic featured stained glass cut into small pieces by an Italian firm in New York. Each piece was glued face down onto...
In 1953 artist Franklin Boggs supervises installation of his Biblical Triptych mural over a stage in the ballroom of Marquette's Brooks Memorial Union. The mural was created using a combination of stained glass, plastic, and wrought iron; the...
The completed Biblical Triptych mural in the ballroom of the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mural, designed by artist Franklin Boggs, was created using a combination of stained glass, plastic, and wrought iron. The central portion of the mural...
Bible illustrations; Bible study and teaching; Bible study -- Catholic Church;
Biblical pictures with corresponding Siksika (or Blackfoot) and contemporary pictures. Accompanied by leaflet with same title. Commissioned in 1984 by Bishop Paul J. O'Bryne of Calgary, Alta.
Wide angle view of the Drama Mural by Lester Schwartz. The mural is in the grill room on the ground floor of the Brooks Memorial Union. The mural was commissioned for the building by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store.
Under the watchful eyes of (left to right) Robert Russell and Roy Kallenberg of the Marquette University Business Office, and artist Lester Schwartz, workmen unroll Schwartz' prize canvas mural in the Brooks Memorial Union at Marquette in 1953. The...
The Father Brooks Mosaic by Edmund Lewandowski, as installed in the Brooks Memorial Union. The mosaic employs symbolism to show the life and meaning of the life of the late Rev. Peter A. Brooks, S.J., Marquette University president from 1944-1948. ...
Artist Edward L. Lewandowski takes a break from installing his mosaic in the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953 to explain to a group of Marquette students his mosaic technique and the symbolism of his design showing the life and meaning of the life of...
View of the Father Brooks Mosaic after being installed on the wall of the entrance to the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mosaic, by Wisconsin artist Edmund Lewandowski, was one of five murals commissioned by Gimbel Brothers Department Store for...
Father Marquette Mural in the student lounge on the main floor of the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. One of five murals commissioned by the Gimbel Brother Department Store for the new union, the work was designed by Russell Hendrickson, Captain,...
Bruce A. Gimbel of New York, president of Gimbel Brothers, Inc.; the Very Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell, S.J., Marquette president; Charles Zadok, Gimbel vice-president and general manager of the Milwaukee store; and James Johnson Sweeney, director of...
One of the lounge areas for either studying or meeting friends on the first floor of Brooks Memorial Union in 1952. The Father Marquette mural, one of five murals commissioned for the building by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store, can be seen on...
People gather on January 23, 1954 for a banquet in the ballroom of the Brooks Memorial Union in celebration of the five murals commissioned by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store and installed throughout the building. Behind the dais one can...
In 1974 students study and gather with one another while having a meal at the grill room in the Brooks Memorial Union. In the background is the Drama Mural by Lester Schwartz, one of five murals commissioned by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store...
Workers Irv Schwensow, Walter Kuntzsch, and Ralph Galikowski in 1953 complete work on artist Edmund Lewandowski's mosaic in the Brooks Memorial Union as George Buchholz, foreground, looks over the artist's blueprints. The mosaic employs symbolism...
College sports; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Oil painting of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe mid-run. The frame (not shown in this image) states: "Ralph Metcalfe: World's Fastest Human." There is a tear in the canvas.
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Handwritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her first term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Bowen...
Brooks Memorial Union, Marquette University; Memorial Library, Marquette University;
Article written for the College and University Business in March 1954 by Joanne L. Charlton in regards to two of the newest buildings at Marquette University, the Brooks Memorial Union and the Memorial Library.
This pamphlet was designed for the Gimbel Art Dinner and Dedication of the Murals in the Brooks Memorial Union on January 22, 1954. The pamphlet tells the story of how the mural project was started and contains a detailed description from the each...