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FLEMING-096 Front
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- c. 1917 (Creation)
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- The New Whatcom County Normal School was opened in Bellingham in 1899. Normal schools existed to train people to become teachers, especially in rural areas. The Normal school became the Western Washington College of Education in 1933, and by 1947 was called Western Washington College and had increased the degrees it offered. In 1977, it became Western Washington University. circa 1917.
- Printed on front: State Normal School, Bellingham Wash.