Skillman celebrates 60 years

A black and white photo showing people using a card catalog in Skillman Library
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ARCHIVES

Skillman opened 60 years ago, along with these card catalog drawers. A few cabinets still exist in the library—they now live in the Special Collections and College Archives workroom—and contain information for rare books in the department. “The original cards contain special notes about each book that weren’t always migrated to the digital catalog record,” says Elaine McCluskey Stomber ’89 P’17, P’21, who recalls filing these as a library assistant in 1985.