College History: Digital Collections & Archives: Selected Books

I. 1870-1910, by Alexis Cope, ed. by T. C. Mendenhall -- II. Continuation of the narrative from 1910 to 1925, by O. C. Hooper, ed. by T. C. Mendenhall -- III. Addresses and proceedings of the semicentennial celebration, October 13-16, 1920, ed. by T. C. Mendenhall, assisted by J. S. Myers. -- IV. The university in the great war: pt. 1. Wartime on the campus, by W. H. Siebert, with a chapter by Carl Whittke ; pt. 2. Our men in military and naval service, supervised and ed. by W. H. Siebert, except chapters II to IX, inclusive, by E. H. McNeal ; pt 3. In the camps and at the front, by Wilbur H. Siebert -- V. Addresses and proceedings of the inauguration of Howard Landis Bevis, October 24 and 25, 1940, ed. by William McPherson and H. K. Schellenger -- VI. Addresses and proceedings of the seventy-fifth anniversary, 1948-49 -- VII. Addresses and proceedings of the Inauguration of Novice G. Fawcett, Dedication of Mershon Auditorium, April 29, 1957 -- VIII. The Bevis administration, 1940-1956: pt. 1. The university in a world at war, 1940-1945, by James E. Pollard ; pt. 2 The post-war years and the emergence of the greater university, 1945-1956, by James E. Pollard -- IX. The Fawcett years, 1956-1972, by Francis P. Weisenburger -- X. The Enarson years, 1972-1981, by Paul Underwood -- XI. The Jennings Years, 1981-1990, by John B. Gabel -- [XII.] The Gee years, 1990-1997, by Malcolm S. Baroway -- XIII. The Kirwan Years, 1998-2002, by Chris Perry -- XIV. The Holbrook years, 2002-2007, by Christian K. Zacher.

"Centenary and Diamond anniversary."
Brief report of the Dean to President Novice G. Fawcett, covering developments in the College of Law for 1965-1970.

Raimund E. Goerler, acclaimed archivist and historian, has written the definitive guidebook to the history of The Ohio State University, one of the world's largest universities and a prominent land-grant institution. Using a topical strategy--ranging widely through critical events in OSU's history, vignettes of prominent alumni, and stories of well known campus buildings, historic sites, presidents, student life, traditions, and athletics--The Ohio State University: An Illustrated History is the first one-volume history of the University to appear in more than fifty years.   Always entertaining and consistently informative, the book is lavishly illustrated with more than 300 rare photographs from the OSU Archives. The Ohio State University: An Illustrated History is a must-have for all who call themselves Buckeyes.-- Cover art and book description provided by Syndetics.

Contents: OSU's early years : from the founding to the first graduating class, 1862-1878 -- The presidents of OSU -- Five turning points of OSU history -- They did "something great" : twenty-five people (not presidents) of The Ohio State University -- Student life at OSU : an historical review -- OSU and athletics -- Traditions -- From Neil Farm to OSU campus -- Some special places at OSU -- Our university through time : a selective chronology of OSU -- Bibliographic essay : historical research at The Ohio State University.

"The Centennial historian for the College of Law, Clarence D. Laylin '06, furnished most of the material for this report, which was supplemented by the research of Associate Dean Albert M. Kuhfeld."