A Brief History of the Engineering Library at Iowa

Early Days

The Electrical Engineering library

South Hall

The Engineering Shed

The Engineering Building (1905-1997)

To Main Library and Back

The Seamans Center and Forward

We wish to express sincere thanks to University Archivist David McCartney and to Kathy Hodson and all the staff of The University of Iowa Special Collections Department for assistance on numerous occasions and for supplying many of the images seen on these pages. For those interested in further reading on the history of The University of Iowa, may we recommend A pictorial history of the University of Iowa by John C. Gerber.