Hicks Undergraduate Library scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 72
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.
Extent
0.20 Cubic Feet (One letter-size half-width manuscript box.)
Overview
This collection consists of photographs, program booklets, invitations, and clippings documenting Esther E. Norton's involvement in the dedication and renaming of the Hicks Undergraduate Library.
- Title
- Hicks Undergraduate Library scrapbook
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Archive Staff
- Date
- 2020-05-13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu