This slide show was part of the celebration of McKee Library's 50 Anniversary in 2002. Many of those attending were able to find themselves in the old photographs.

1. MARVIN E. MCKEE
LIBRARY
THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS…

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. MCKEE LIBRARY 1952

6. Description of McKee Library
From 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.”

7. 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.”

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

9. 1962 FACULTY
D O N AL D
RIC H ARD SO N
L IBRARIAN
AD RIAN
WIC K STRU M
D IREC TO R O F
AU D IO -VISU AL
ED U C ATIO N

10. 1962…A BUSY DAY ON
CAMPUS

11. 1963 STUDENTS IN THE
LIBRARY

12. TIME FOR STUDY
FROM 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.”

13. 1972 FACULTY
Julia C. Miller Sherry Johnson Ann Blakely
Asst. Prof. Of Asst. Librarian Asst. Librarian
Library Science

14. 1972
QUIET MOMENTS IN THE LIBRARY

15. 1982 STUDENTS WORK IN
THE LIBRARY

16. SEARCHING
THE STACKS
1982

17. 1982 FACULTY
EDWARD BRYAN JUDITH CALLAWAY PAULYNA JO WISE
ASSISTANT LIBRARY ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
LIBRARY SCIENCE LIBRARY SCIENCE
INSTRUCTOR IN
DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY SCIENCE ASSISTANT
LIBRARY LIBRARIAN

18. 1991-92
EDWARD BRYAN VICKIE
HALE
DIRECTOR OF THE SECRETARY
TO THE
LIBRARY DIRECTOR
OF THE
LIBRARY
CYNTHIA AKERS RACHEL SIDES JUDITH
CALLAWAY
ASSISTANT ASSISTANT
ASSISTANT
LIBRARIAN LIBRARIAN
LIBRARIAN

19. 1999 STAFF
L TO R: Elaina Stewart, Evlyn Schmidt, Ed
Bryan, Sonya Smith, Natasha Raybon.

20. Library Staff, Summer 1997
Shawndra Fauchier
Jennifer Cramer
Jalinda Ball
Judy Weirner
Lisa Collins

21. Library Staff, Spring 1998
Marisa Torchia
Josh
Melissa and
Heather Bryan Amie

22. Library of Congress T-Shirt Day
Librarians Michele Siekel, Evlyn Schmidt, Elaina
Stewart and Sonya Smith

23. Work, Play and Food
a few of library “favorite things.”
CARIE
CHRISTMAS 1998
SONYA
SMITH

24. BRIAN AND TERRI
ELAINA STEWART
BRAD AND BRENDA
CHRISTMAS
1998
YOSHIE
PAUL ROBERTS

25. SPRING 1999
BRENT AND MIKE
ED BRYAN,
MELISSA, CONNIE

26. FALL 2000
TORIE AT CIRC

27. EVLYN SCHMIDT,
AMIE, MARISA
CHRISTMAS 1999

28. SPRING 2002
TANYA, LYNN, HEATHER AND MAGGIE

29. SUMMER 2001
TANYA, JULIE, LYNN

30. MCKEE LIBRARY HAS
SCHOOL SPIRIT
FALL 1997

31. WHEN STUDENTS
GRADUATE…WE
CELEBRATE!!
TANYA AND
LINDA
FALL 2002
BEAR AND MIKE
SPRING 2002

32. LIBRARY ATHELETES
AARON
BEAR MEADE

34. Working Students