Edmon Low Library 70th Anniversary
Issue 1, Oct. 14, 2022
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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Edmon Low Library. As part of our celebration, we hope to provide periodic updates to our past and present supporters, like you. This is the first of our four-part special newsletter series. If you do not wish to receive these updates, you can unsubscribe at any time. |
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70th Celebration Highlight
An Evening with Lisa Wingate
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According to Booklist, “Lisa Wingate is, quite simply, a master storyteller.” The noted author and OSU alumna will share her own story with guests of the H. Louise & H.E. “Ed” Cobb Speaker Series on Nov. 4. The keynote dinner and book signing will be held at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center on the Stillwater campus.
Wingate is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 30 novels, including the instant NYT bestseller “The Book of Lost Friends” and “Before We Were Yours,” which remained on the NYT list for over two years and has sold over three million copies. She is a Goodreads Choice award winner for historical fiction and a Southern Book Prize winner.
“The Cobb Series is an annual highlight,” Dean of Libraries, Sheila Johnson said. “It’s wonderful we’ll be honoring one of our outstanding graduates this year.”
The event is made possible through an endowment created and supported by the Cobb family. Wingate’s appearance marks the 30th event in the Cobb Series. The annual fundraiser has been on hiatus for the last two years due to COVID-19 concerns.
“We originally booked Lisa Wingate for our 2020 event,” Johnson explained. “We’ve been waiting a while to host her, and this year is extra special because it also serves as the official kickoff of the Edmon Low Library’s 70th anniversary celebration.”
To purchase tickets, visit friends.library.okstate.edu/ or call 405-744-6322. Individual tickets are $125 each, and half the cost is a tax-deductible gift to the Friends of the OSU Library. Tables and sponsorships are also available.
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Library Scholarships
One more way we support students
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The OSU Library is one of the largest student employers on campus, employing more than 225 undergraduate and graduate students each year. Many of our student employees are working because they need the financial support a part-time job offers, and scholarships are a great help.
The Library’s scholarships are exclusive to students employed at the Library. However, our scholarships only fund a small percentage of many students’ unmet financial need. This academic year, the Library awarded 43 scholarships totaling $43,500, and we are eager to increase the number of awards available for deserving students.
You can help. Gifts of any size to the Library General Scholarship Fund increase the impact our scholarship program has each year. You can also establish your own one-time or endowed scholarship.
Endowed scholarships are a powerful investment because they deliver a perpetual source of funding. These kinds of gifts are invested, and each year a percentage of the return is made available for the Library to award scholarships to student employees. You can create an endowment with a minimum gift of $25,000, which can be pledged over five years.
For more information on supporting the Library's scholarship fund or establishing your own scholarship for Library student workers, contact Courtney MacNelly, Assistant Director of Development for Academic & Student Affairs at 405-385-0709 or cmacnelly@osugiving.com. |
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary with 70 digital collections
The OSU Library hold a number of rare and unique collections. In support of our land-grant mission, we continually work to digitize these materials so we can expand access to this information. Anyone with an internet connection can explore our 70 digital collections, several of which include supplemental educational activities, videos and information.
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The "Big Top" Show Goes On: An Oral History of Occupations Inside and Outside the Canvas Circus Tent aims to preserve the voices and experiences of those involved with the work culture associated with Hugo, Oklahoma's tent circus tradition. |
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Caudill Travel Fellowship |
The Caudill Fellowship program was established in 1984 to provide funding for the outstanding architecture graduate from the OSU School of Architecture for independent study and travel abroad. The Caudill Fellow is required to keep a journal of his or her experiences focused on observation and analysis. These journals are a means for the fellow to record, synthesize and communicate what they have seen and learned. |
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Dr. Bill F. & Jean Kelso Collection of Ancient Coins |
Collection contains ancient coins from around the world. Includes coins from the following places and eras: Greece, Carthage, the Roman Republic and Empire, St. Constantine era, Byzantine, Arabic, China and the Vandals. |
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Flying Farmers & Farm and Home Week at OAMC |
The Oklahoma Flying Farmers held its first convention at OAMC in 1945, with more than 2,000 farmers attending. The first National Flying Farmers Association convention was held on the campus the following year. The films in this collection feature newsreel-style footage of these conferences as well as the Farm and Home Week events, which were held at OAMC in 1947 and 1949. |
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This database includes agreements between tribal nations and the United States (1778-1886) published in the 1904 work “Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties” (Volume II), compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. As you view the treaties in this database, editorial margin notes are included. Links to Kappler’s original text and digitized treaties held at the National Archives can also be found through the site. Finally, a recently updated, comprehensive index complements this work. |
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Building the Edmon Low Library |
This short video on the construction of the Edmon Low Library was produced
by Chrishayla Smith, Digital Storytelling Intern 2016-2018
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