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The University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. Throughout the year, we are hosting events that will celebrate and recognize the history of our campus. Many of these events will highlight the changes on campus or in our country throughout the 50 year timespan.

There have been many changes to the Hamilton Roddis Memorial Library as well. The library was once in the room currently occupied by Geography/Geology in the Aldo Leopold Science Building. Later, the library became a standalone building named the Learning Resource Center. As part of the arts building construction and then its expansion, the library was connected to the Helen Connor Laird Fine Arts Building. The library you see today was remodeled in 2005 and dedicated in 2006.

Though there have been many changes when it comes to the library and its services, one thing that has stayed the same is the campus archives. As we were preparing for the anniversary, committee members relied heavily on the archives for photographs and information.

The HRML has been curating our archives and keeping a history of the campus from 1962 to present day. From these records, we know there was a heated debate on whether Marshfield or Wisconsin Rapids was going to be the site of the campus, that the Purdy Building (the current Aster Retirement Community) was considered for the site instead of constructing new buildings, and Director (whose title was later changed to Dean) Norbert Koopman had an office in the basement of the Marshfield Free Library; and this only scratches the surface of campus history.

Other archival items we have are invitations to the campus dedication, yearbooks, campus literary magazines, the campus art collection and more. Using one of the student lists from the Campus Archives, the Hamilton Roddis Memorial Library chose one of our alumni, David Wroblewski, as the first author for our Book Club. His book “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” was an Oprah’s Book Club pick and an Amazon Best in the Month pick in 2008.

It’s not too late to join us for the book club. We are meeting at the campus library at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays, Oct. 29, Nov. 12 and 24, and Dec. 8 and 17. Stop in to join the discussion and see if I have found the author’s picture in the archives from when he was a student here. Wish me luck!

Laurie Petri, is an Academic Librarian of the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County, a campus of the University of Wisconsin. She can be reached at laurie.petri@uwc.edu.

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