MARVIN E. MCKEE LIBRARY

THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS…

TIMELINE:1952

– THE MARVIN E. MCKEE LIBRARY WAS COMPLETED AND DEDICATED IN 1952.

– THE LIBRARY’S NAME SAKE IS THE

FORMER DEAN AND PRESIDENT OF OPSU, MARVIN E. MCKEE.

– EACH DECADE HOLDS A NEW VIEW

OF THE LIBRARY AND ITS EMPLOYEES

BEFORE MCKEE LIBRARY…A scene from the early days of Panhandle when one classroom and few volumes served as the library. FROM THE PLAINSMAN YEARBOOK, 1959

DEDICATED TO..• The McKee Library

was opened following the Easter vacation in 1952.

The formal dedication service

and open house were held as part of the Homecoming

activities in October, 1952.

MARVIN E. MCKEE AT DEDICATION CEREMONY

MCKEE LIBRARY 1952

Description of McKee LibraryFrom The Plainsman Yearbook, 1952…

“The imposing structure completes the south end of the rectangular shaped campus. It was built and equipped at an estimated cost of $300,000.”

From The Plainsman Yearbook, 1957…

“The library houses the audio-visual department as well as a stockroom which currently holds 20,000 volumes, Aggie reading room, main reading room, and a two-hundred and fifty seat auditorium in the modern structure completed in 1952. The second floor which utilizes two rooms as classrooms will eventually be used for an expanded stackroom that will hold 80,000 volumes.”

STUDENTS IN THE LIBRARY

From the 1952 Plainsman Yearbook…

“This typical scene in the McKee Library shows library assistant, Ila Mae Sloan, checking out books to Roy Hine and Glenn Brewer.”

FACULTY 1952WHEN THE LIBRARY OPENED, IN 1952, PAUL PARHAM WAS “LIBRARIAN” AND MARIE MCWHIRTER WAS “ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN.”

PAUL PARHAMMARIE MCWHIRTER

1962 FACULTY

D ONALD

RICH ARD SON

LIBRARIAN

AD RIAN

WICK STRU M

D IRECTOR OF

AU D IO-VISU AL

ED U CATION

1962…A BUSY DAY ON CAMPUS

1963 STUDENTS IN THE LIBRARY

TIME FOR STUDYFROM THE 1963 PLAINSMAN YEARBOOK…

“THIS MODERN BUILDING IS THE REAL CENTER OF LEARNING ON THE CAMPUS. ITS SPACIOUS FACILITIES INCLUDE TWO READING ROOMS, THREE CLASS ROOMS, AN AUDIO-VISUAL LABORATORY, AND AN AUDITORIUM WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF 250 PERSONS.

THE LIBRARY ENFOLDS THE GREAT THOUGHTS OF PAST GENERATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH EAGER MINDS. THE STACKS CURRENTLY HOLD OVER 22,000 VOLUMES OF INDISPENSABLE KNOWLEDGE PLUS COUNTLESS OTHER BOOKS WHICH ARE INVALUABLE TO STUDENTS ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.”

1972 FACULTY

Julia C. Miller

Asst. Prof. Of Library Science

Sherry Johnson

Asst. Librarian

Ann Blakely

Asst. Librarian

QUIET MOMENTS IN THE LIBRARY

1972

1982 STUDENTS WORK IN THE LIBRARY

SEARCHING THE STACKS

1982

1982 FACULTY

JUDITH CALLAWAY

LIBRARY ASSISTANT

INSTRUCTOR IN LIBRARY SCIENCE

EDWARD BRYAN

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF

LIBRARY SCIENCE

DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY

PAULYNA JO WISE

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF

LIBRARY SCIENCE

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN

1991-92

EDWARD BRYAN

DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY

VICKIE HALE

SECRETARY TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN

CYNTHIA AKERS

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN

RACHEL SIDES

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN

JUDITH CALLAWAY

1999 STAFF

L TO R: Elaina Stewart, Evlyn Schmidt, Ed Bryan, Sonya Smith, Natasha Raybon.

Library Staff, Summer 1997

Judy WeirnerLisa Collins

Jalinda Ball

Jennifer CramerShawndra Fauchier

Library Staff, Spring 1998

Marisa Torchia

Melissa and Heather Bryan Amie

Josh

Library of Congress T-Shirt Day

Librarians Michele Siekel, Evlyn Schmidt, Elaina Stewart and Sonya Smith

Work, Play and Fooda few of library “favorite things.”

CARIE

SONYA SMITH

CHRISTMAS 1998

BRAD AND BRENDA

PAUL ROBERTSYOSHIE

BRIAN AND TERRIELAINA STEWART

CHRISTMAS 1998

SPRING 1999

ED BRYAN, MELISSA, CONNIE

BRENT AND MIKE

FALL 2000

TORIE AT CIRC

CHRISTMAS 1999

EVLYN SCHMIDT, AMIE, MARISA

SPRING 2002

TANYA, LYNN, HEATHER AND MAGGIE

SUMMER 2001

TANYA, JULIE, LYNN

MCKEE LIBRARY HAS SCHOOL SPIRIT

FALL 1997

WHEN STUDENTS GRADUATE…WE

CELEBRATE!!TANYA AND

LINDA

FALL 2002

BEAR AND MIKE

SPRING 2002

LIBRARY ATHELETES

AARON

BEAR MEADE

Working Students