Collection: Hicks Undergraduate Library scrapbook | Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents

The Hicks Undergraduate Library scrapbook documents Esther E. Norton's involvement with the dedication and renaming of the Purdue Undergraduate Library (later the John. W. Hicks Undergraduate Library). The collection includes photographs of Norton with several university and library administrators at the dedication and renaming events, as well as several photographs of the Norton Reference Center. Invitations and program booklets for these events are also included. The last folder in this collection contains invitations to a memorial service following Norton's passing, held in Hicks Undergraduate Library in 1999. Clippings (information artifacts) are also part of the collection.

Dates

1954 - 1999
Majority of material found within 1982 - 1999

Language of Materials

Collection material is in English.

Access Information

The collection is open for reseach.

Historical Information

The Undergraduate Library was built to serve undergraduate students at the university and store excess library materials. It was named the John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library in 1989.