Cunningham Memorial Library
1973
Architect:
Archonics Cooperation (Ewing H. Miller)
Contractor:
Repp and Mundt
Groundbreaking
Ceremony: January 15, 1971
Dedicated:
March 8, 1974
Cost:
$6,250,000.00
The University's Library was completed in 1973 and dedicated in 1974.The structure houses nearly 2 million volumes arranged in an "open stack" configuration on five floors. The building is named for Arthur C. Cunningham A.M., who served as the first librarian for Indiana State Normal School. It was noted that Cunningham gave his house for the land to which the State Normal Library (Normal Hall) sits.
History of Indiana State University Libraries, 1870-1986
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