1930-1939 Union Timeline
BIG EVENTS
1937
Hermina Zipple became the director of the University Dining Room (and later the overall Union director)
1938
Kansas Union construction fully completed ; Student Union Activities began
![Mothers Day Banquet](/sites/union/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/2021/1932%20Jayhawker%20pg%20228%20Mothers%20Day%20banquet_cropped%20b%20and%20w_small_0.png?h=5002e626&itok=z3cI3v72)
Mother's Day banquet in the Kansas Union 1932 (Image courtesy of 1932 jayhawker Yearbook)
![Students in the Kansas Union](/sites/union/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/2021/1939%20yearbook%20page%2050_cropped%20and%20edited%20b%20and%20w_bigger_0.png?h=ac908404&itok=1bCytG7O)
Students reading in the Kansas Union 1939 (Image courtesy of 1938 Yearbook)
![English Room on level 6 of the Kansas Union 1939](/sites/union/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/2021/1939%20yearbook%20page%2051_cropped%20b%20and%20w_larger_0.png?h=7f0529b1&itok=-KyYT9MH)
English Room on level 6 of the Kansas Union 1939 (Image courtesy of 1939 Yearbook)
![People sipping Coke at the Union](/sites/union/files/styles/7_5_placeholder_/public/images/2021/PeopleSippingCokeAtTheUnion_1933-34_UniversityArchives_ku-uaphotos_5739_OBJ_cropped%20b%20and%20w_smallerstill.png?h=4bde76f5&itok=IQM95cOP)
Students in the Kansas Union soda shop 1933 (Image courtesy of University archives, University of Kansas)
![Students in the memorial Union Soda shop sitting at table](/sites/union/files/styles/7_5_placeholder_/public/images/2021/StudentsInMemorialUnion_1930s_UniversityArchives_ku-uaphotos_26479_OBJ_cropped_RV_smaller.png?h=14836e07&itok=xLeO-3xr)
Students in the Kansas Union 1939 (Image courtesy of University archives, University of Kansas)