The University of Iowa Libraries

History of the Libraries

• View a Pictorial History of:
  • The Emerging University Library, 1855-1951
  • The New Library Building of 1951, 1951 to present
  • Branch Libraries
  • Heads of the Libraries

 

• Read Memories of the Libraries

• Important dates in our history

• Articles:
  • A History of the Libraries , by Richard Kolbet (for full article, see David H. Stam, ed. International Dictionary of Library Histories [Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001])
  • Ralph Ellsworth and the University of Iowa Libraries, by Stow Persons
  • The Library Fire of 1897 , by Mary Monson (Palimpsest 61, July-August 1980: 118-123)

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