A Quiet Work
Montgomery Hall, built by WES, dedicated June 13, 1891
Projects and Grants Funded by WES
| 1889-92 | Built Montgomery Hall, Colorado College's first residence hall for women ($15,000). |
| 1897-98 | Furnished Ticknor Hall, a residence hall for women ($1,902). |
| 1899-1900 | Remodeled and improved Hagerman Hall, a residence hall for men ($500). |
| 1901 | Furnished South Hall, a residence hall for women ($1,500). |
| 1901 | Furnished the reception area of East Hall, a residence hall for women ($150). |
| 1902-03 | Paid the salary for the first Colorado College nurse. |
| 1903 | Helped to plan McGregor Hall, the college's third residence hall for women; it included the first women's gymnasium. |
| 1903-11 | Provided furnishings and improvements in Montgomery Hall (women) and Hagerman Hall (men) ($520). |
| 1908 | Paid expenses for CC students with typhoid fever ($430). |
| 1911 | Established men's hospital fund. |
| 1919-49 | Established the Marie Sahm Memorial Lecture Fund for the fine arts ($2,000). |
| 1927 | Established the WES Student Loan Fund ($2,000). |
| 1931 | Subsidized a study trip for Koshare, the student dramatic society ($25). |
| 1935-44 | Purchased, redecorated and furnished a house which was given to the college in 1936 to be used as the college infirmary ($8,500). |
| 1943-44 | Supported a summer camp for underprivileged children ($100). |
| 1947-48 | Renovated and refurbished the college infirmary ($610). |
| 1948 | Purchased a microfilm reader for Coburn Library ($285). |
| 1949 | Contributed to an endowed chair in social sciences ($100). |
| 1949-54 | Provided funds for the remodeling and renovation of the auditorium of Perkins Fine Arts Building ($30,730). |
| 1951-54 | Gave annual support to the college counseling center ($1,600). |
| 1951 | Furnished a clubhouse for the non-Greek women. |
| 1951 | Purchased recordings of popular music for the college radio station KRCC. |
| 1954 | Gave three chairs to the college infirmary ($120). |
| 1954-55 | Purchased a Steinway grand piano for the Perkins Fine Arts Building ($3,500). |
| 1955-56 | Provided four scholarships for outstanding women ($2,540). |
| 1956-57 | Helped to purchase a sprinkler system for the campus "Help to Keep Our Campus Green" project ($2,500). |
| 1957-59 | Furnished and equipped the WES room in the Rastall Student Center ($5,000). |
| 1959-60 | Provided an additional scholarship ($3,200). |
| 1961 | Awarded prizes to contributors to KINNIKINNIK, the college literary magazine ($60). |
| 1961-62 | Remodeled and renovated two large rooms of Cossitt Hall for a dance studio and a physical education facility for women ($10,650). |
| 1962 | Provided books for the patients' library at the Fort Logan (Colorado) Veterans Hospital. |
| 1962 | Sponsored a Women's Financial Forum, a four-part series on "Fundamentals of Finance." |
| 1964 | Equipped and furnished a physiotherapy room for the college's new infirmary ($3,000). |
| 1966-67 | Contributed to improved campus lighting ($2,500). |
| 1968 | Initiated Members' Project Program consisting of lectures and presentations by faculty and WES members for the college community. |
| 1969 | Purchased a case to house rare documents in Tutt Library ($430). |
| 1970 | Updated the Colorado Collection in the Tutt Library ($3,500). |
| 1971-74 | Conducted four used book sales for the benefit of Tutt Library. |
| 1974 | Furnished the Colorado College Room for special collections in the Tutt Library ($20,700). |
| 1977 | Provided for acoustical improvements and drapery in the WES Room in Rastall Student Center. |
| 1980-81 | Placed a commemorative plaque in the WES Room of Rastall Student Center. |
| 1980-81 | Provided a building directory for Packard Hall of Music and Art. |
| 1982-85 | Furnished and equipped a wellness clinic and an educational center for health and fitness in the Boettcher Health Center ($32,000). |
| 1988-89 | Sponsored a variety of events including lectures and an art exhibit at the college to commemorate the one hundred year anniversary of WES. |
| 1989 | Endowed the annual college lectureship, "Women in the West" ($50,000). |
| 1989-90 | Sponsored three special publications in recognition of the WES centennial. Helen Hunt Jackson's Colorado; a limited edition of poems by Emily Dickinson and Helen Hunt Jackson; and A Quiet Work; One Hundred Years of the W.E.S. ($15,000). |
| 1991 | Sponsored the rededication of Montgomery Hall in honor of its being placed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| 1994 | Contributed funds for improved congregational lighting in Shove Chapel ($5,000). WES sponsored a tea and tour of Shove Chapel to benefit this project. |
| 1994 | Co-hosted a tea with the college to honor Dorothy Bryson on her 100th birthday for her long devotion and contributions to WES and Colorado College. |
| 1994 | Named a "Dorothy P. Bryson Special Student Assistance Fund" to honor her birthday. This fund was created by special gifts to WES. |
| 1995 | Made a special grant to a Women's Studies class to attend the Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) forum on Women in China ($1,000). |
| 1995 | Gave a grant to a WES Scholar enabling her to attend the NGO Forum ($650). |
| 1995 | Made a donation for the purchase of an industrial stove for the student-run soup kitchen at Shove Chapel ($1,000). |
| 1995 | Gave a grant for Charity Shouse to attend the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China ($650). |
| 1995 | Granted to the Women's Studies trip funds for the United Nations Conference on Women ($1,000). |
| 1997 | Gave an honorarium to "Ellement," the C.C. women's a cappella choir ($100). |
| 1997 | Conducted Van Briggle Pottery Tours to raise money for the scholarship fund. |
| 1998 | Held a bridge tournament fund-raiser. |
| 1998 | Granted scholar Jaleea Price assistance with food expenses while studying abroad in China ($400). |
| 1998-99 | Conducted a sale of note cards, depicting various scenes around campus, as a fund-raiser. |
| 2000 | Gave a grant to scholar Vivian Russell for study abroad in Italian language program ($1,500). |
| 2000 | Purchased advertisement in Women's Art Festival publication ($250). |
| 2001 | Van Briggle Pottery Tour fundraiser (raised $537.74). |
| 2002 | Donated funds for audio/visual equipment for the WES Room in Worner Center ($1,800). |
| 2002 | Van Briggle Pottery Tour fundraiser (raised $1,645.51). |
| 2002 | Donated money for the purchase of fitness equipment located in the Worner Center "Tiger Pit" primarily used by female students of the college ($5,000). |