- View a Pictorial History of:
- 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) .