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1965–1989 — the campus library, briefly
The boundary note: Indiana University South Bend's library began, with the campus, in Northside Hall, and became a federal documents depository in 1965. In 1985 the IU trustees approved a new library building, and Franklin D. Schurz, publisher of the South Bend Tribune, donated money to complete its construction. The Franklin D. Schurz Library opened in 1989: Indiana limestone, six floors, 86,000 square feet, the tallest building on the campus, overlooking the St. Joseph River — named for the newspaper publisher whose paper's own archive would end its days across town in the public library's Local & Family History department. The campus's own Schools record carries its opening under Chancellor H. Daniel Cohen; it is printed here at boundary size.
Sources:
- Indiana University South Bend, "Library History" (Franklin D. Schurz Library, library.iusb.edu) — the limestone building, six floors, 86,000 square feet, tallest on campus, the river view, the 1985 trustee approval, and Schurz's gift.
- Indiana University South Bend Archives, Librarians' Records finding aid — Northside Hall from the 1960s; federal documents depository 1965.