This year in history (58 years ago)
The Undergraduate Library was dedicated on Feb. 21, 1958, in a ceremony in the Multipurpose Room of that building followed by a reception and a dinner in the Michigan Union. President Harlan Hatcher gave the address. Present for the celebration were distinguished publishers, authors, professors, educational administrators and librarians attending a conference on campus. The Undergraduate Library was the first at a state institution or at any university with a very large undergraduate enrollment, and received widespread attention. Visitors from other American campuses and foreign universities were numerous for several years after its completion.
— From “The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey”
