Mark O. Hatfield Library

Founded in 1844, Willamette University's library was started two years after the establishment of the school. The library grew to a size of 2,500 volumes in 1874.{{cite book |location=Washington |publisher=United States Bureau of Education|title=Public, Society, and School Libraries |year=1901|pages=[https://archive.org/details/publicsocietyan00educgoog/page/n200 1118]–1119|url=https://archive.org/details/publicsocietyan00educgoog|quote=willamette university library. }}{{cite book|title=Library of Universal Knowledge|publisher=American Book Exchange|year=1881|volume=11|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuIOAAAAYAAJ&q=willamette%20university%20library&pg=PA49|access-date=2020-11-16|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131045057/https://books.google.com/books?id=zuIOAAAAYAAJ&q=willamette+university+library&pg=PA49|url-status=live}} University Hall (now Waller Hall), which was built in 1867, was one of the homes of the library in the early years.{{cite book|last=Hodgkin|first=F. E.|author2=J. J. Galvin|title=Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon|publisher=Farmer and Dairyman Pub. House, Portland|url=https://archive.org/details/penpicturesrepr00galvgoog|year=1882|page=[https://archive.org/details/penpicturesrepr00galvgoog/page/n123 85]}} The library was located on the third floor of the building.{{cite journal|last=Oregon Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction|year=1897|title=Willamette University|journal=Twelfth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Oregon|publisher=Oregon State Printer|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_sSNBV9AJcC&q=willamette%20university%20library&pg=RA1-PA114|access-date=2020-11-16|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131045109/https://books.google.com/books?id=3_sSNBV9AJcC&q=willamette+university+library&pg=RA1-PA114|url-status=live}} The early name for the institution was the Willamette University Library, which by 1901 was a free, general library with both circulating and reference collections. That year the library collection had grown to 4,686 volumes, along with a total of 2,753 pamphlets.

By 1909 the school library had 6,000 books valued at $3,500{{cite book|last=McDowell|first=William Fraser|title=The Christian Student|publisher=Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church|year=1909|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiEuAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Lausanne%20Hall%22&pg=PA28|access-date=2020-11-16|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131045056/https://books.google.com/books?id=SiEuAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Lausanne+Hall%22&pg=PA28|url-status=live}} and Ray D. Fisher was librarian.{{cite book |last=Hadley |first=Arthur Twining |location=Washington |publisher=United States Bureau of Education |title=Faculties for Study and Research |year=1909 |pages=116–117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LD8XAAAAYAAJ&q=willamette%20university%20library&pg=RA4-PA116 |access-date=2020-11-16 |archive-date=2021-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131045057/https://books.google.com/books?id=LD8XAAAAYAAJ&q=willamette+university+library&pg=RA4-PA116 |url-status=live }} During November of that year the library received new furniture as Eaton Hall opened, and many departments were moved to it from Waller Hall.{{cite news|title=All Classes Grow|date=November 17, 1909|work=The Oregonian|page=9}} The library was re-cataloged in 1912 by Lucia Haley, a specialist from New York City hired by the school for this task.{{cite news|title=Students Will Benefit|date=August 21, 1912|work=The Oregonian|page=3}} At that time the librarian was Dr. Lyle. Plans at this time called for constructing a building where the Art Building now stands to serve as a memorial to the pioneers of the university.{{cite news|title=Birdseye View of Remodeled Campus of Salem Institution|date=May 30, 1920|work=The Oregonian|page=8}} This was to be the future home of the library, but the building was never built. In 1913, the librarian was Mary Field, and the collection was still about 6,000 volumes.{{cite book|last=Patterson|first=Homer L.|title=Patterson's American Education|publisher=American Educational Co.|year=1913|volume=9|page=551|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56AVAAAAIAAJ&q=willamette%20university%20library&pg=PA551|location=Mount Prospect, Ill.|access-date=2020-11-16|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131045102/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Patterson_s_American_Educational_Directo/56AVAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=willamette+university+library&pg=PA551&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}} Field was replaced the following year by Fannie J. Elliot.{{cite news|title=Willamette "U" Library Grows|date=September 20, 1914|work=The Oregonian|page=12}}

On December 17, 1919, a fire gutted Waller Hall, the home of the library. The school rebuilt the interior of the hall, with construction beginning in February 1920.{{cite news|title=University Work Begun|date=February 8, 1920|work=The Oregonian|page=19}} The library was moved to the second floor of the rebuilt structure and reopened in December 1920.{{cite news|title=Library Newly Fitted|date=December 19, 1920|work=The Oregonian|page=4}} At that time William E. Kirk was the librarian and the facility had a capacity of 100 people. By 1922 the collection had grown to 16,000 volumes, and F. G. Franklin served as the school's librarian.{{cite book|last=Patterson|first=Homer L.|title=Patterson's American Education|publisher=Educational Directories|year=1922|volume=19|page=793|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3hAVAAAAIAAJ&q=willamette%20university%20library&pg=PA792|location=Mount Prospect, Ill.|access-date=2020-11-16|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131045058/https://books.google.com/books?id=3hAVAAAAIAAJ&q=willamette+university+library&pg=PA792|url-status=live}}

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In 1937, construction began on a new concrete and brick-faced building to house the library.{{cite web|url=http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p2242|title=Smullin Hall|work=Historic Campus Architecture Project|publisher=The Council of Independent Colleges|access-date=October 1, 2008|archive-date=July 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725192900/http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p2242|url-status=live}} Completed in 1938, the building housed a collection that grew to 35,000 volumes in 1940.{{cite news|title=Mid-Valley: Downtown may get new look|last=Eunice|first=Kim|date=December 22, 2007|work=Statesman Journal|page=1}}{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich |title= Oregon: End of the Trail |author= Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon |series= American Guide Series |year= 1940 |publisher= Binfords & Mort |location= Portland, Oregon |page= [https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich/page/233 233]|oclc= 4874569}} Now known as Smullin Hall, the library building was designed by architect Pietro Belluschi in the Georgian style of architecture. In 1965, the school received a $450,000 loan from the federal government for the library.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WCgRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6728,4377721&dq=willamette-university+library|title=Proposal to End Student Loans Brings Cries|last=Franklin|first=Yvonne|date=March 20, 1966|work=Register-Guard|page=11B}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Congressman Al Ullman worked to secure status as a Federal Depository Library in the late 1960s, with status conferred in 1969.{{cite book|last=Gregg|first=Robert D.|title=Chronicles of Willamette: Those Eventful Years of the President Smith Era|publisher=Willamette University|location=Salem, Oregon|year=1970|volume=II|pages=87}} In 1980, Willamette began a multi-year fund raising campaign intended to raise funds to renovate academic halls and build a new library, with $18 million total raised during the funding drive.{{cite web|url=http://www.salemhistory.net/education/willamette_university.htm|title=Willamette University|last=Gibby|first=Susan|date=October 9, 2008|work=Salem Online History|publisher=Salem Public Library|access-date=June 8, 2009|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211045/http://www.salemhistory.net/education/willamette_university.htm|url-status=dead}} At the time the library held a collection of 143,000 volumes.

Plans for a new library to be named in honor of alumnus and former faculty member Mark Hatfield were announced in the spring of 1985.{{cite journal|date=Spring 1985|title=Mark O. Hatfield Library: The dream becomes reality|journal=Willamette Scene|publisher=Willamette University|volume= 2|issue=1|pages=4–5}} Originally estimated to cost $6.8 million, groundbreaking was on April 13, 1985, with Hatfield in attendance.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rmsVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6813,3816820&dq=willamette-university+library|title=Sen. Hatfield initiates work for his library|last=Associated Press|date=April 15, 1985|work=Register-Guard|pages=5A}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On September 4, 1986, the new library building was dedicated in a ceremony featuring Hatfield, then Senator Bob Packwood, and then Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin.{{cite news|title=Style: Personalities|last=Conconi|first=Chuck|date=September 3, 1986|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=D3}} Then school president Jerry E. Hudson presided over the ceremony that had over 700 people in attendance.{{cite news|title=Willamette salutes Hatfield at library dedication|last=Hayakawa|first=Alan R.|date=September 5, 1986|work=The Oregonian|page=C6}}

All funds for the $7.4 million library came from private donors that numbered over 1,300 companies, individuals, or non-profit organizations.{{cite news|title=Daylong gala to mark opening of Hatfield library|last=Hayakawa|first=Alan R.|date=September 1, 1986|work=The Oregonian|pages=B1–B2}} Large donations came from the Fred Meyer Charitable Trust, the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, and The Collins Foundation. Construction was a part of a broader plan to open up the southern portion of the campus after railroad tracks were removed in 1981 and the Mill Race re-routed and landscaped.

The library lost a rare book in 1999 when a vandal used a razorblade to cut out the 30 pages of The Old Days in and Near Salem, Oregon.{{cite news|title=Rare library book destroyed|last=Gustafson|first=Alan|date=September 3, 1999|work=Statesman Journal}} A limited edition art book, a replacement was donated to the school by the Oregon State Library.{{cite news|title=Thief cuts out pages of rare art book|date=September 4, 1999|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} In 2002, the library received a $500,000 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust for the library's archives department.{{cite news|title=Hatfield library receives grant|date=February 3, 2002|work=Statesman Journal}}

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Located in the middle of Willamette's campus along the Mill Race, the Hatfield library was built in 1986 with the design by Theodore Wofford of MDWR Architects in St. Louis, Missouri. The building is two stories tall and has a total of {{convert|58000|sqft|m2}}. Architectural plans allow for the addition of a third floor to the structure.{{cite journal|date=Spring 1985|title=Mark O. Hatfield Library: The dream becomes reality|journal=Willamette Scene|volume= 2|issue=1|pages=4–5}}

The library is a modern looking rectangular structure with orange brick and clear glass which is adjacent to Glenn Jackson Plaza and Hudson's Bay, with the Mill Race flowing by on the north side. The north and south faces are clear glass, while the other two sides are brick. The exterior walls taper slightly outward on the brick sides of the building. Bricks on these sides were laid horizontally, while the overhanging roof line contains bricks that were laid vertically. A glass-enclosed stairwell and the main entrance near the northwest corner are the only parts that jut out from the primarily rectangular building.

Inside, the Hatfield Library contains a 24-hour study area, private study rooms, a classroom, the university's archives, and listening rooms. On the main floor is the circulation desk, reference section, and work stations, among others. The building also holds a formal reception area, the Mark O. Hatfield Room, and the Hatfield archives that contain the former Senator's papers, both located on the second floor. Interior space was left mainly open to allow for flexibility with the evolving needs and technology of the library. Artist Dean Larson painted the portrait of Hatfield that hangs in the library.{{cite news|title=Antoinette Hatfield's hat in ring|last=Frank|first=Ann Wall|date=January 1, 1997|work=The Oregonian|page=D5}}

Outside the library is a {{convert|61.75|ft|adj=on}} tall steel and brick clock tower.{{cite news|title=Hatfield Library at WU topped off with tower|date=April 17, 1986|work=Statesman Journal|page=1B}} The tower has one clock face on each of the four sides, a copper roof, and glass running down each side towards the 18 ton base. The glass consists of vertical panels created by taking strips of bent glass and weaving them together. There are inscriptions of various quotes in the exposed portions of the concrete on the tower. Lawrence Halperin was responsible for the landscaping designs of the library.{{cite news|title=Tom Hardy puts his seal on Roosevelt project|last=Ellison|first=Victoria|date=February 6, 1997|work=The Oregonian|page=D4}}

Hatfield Library is the main library on Willamette's campus, with the law school's library as the only other library at the school. The director of the library is Craig Milberg, who heads a staff of 18 employees, of which 10 are librarians. Regular circulation transactions totaled 14,158 in 2015, with an additional 1,923 in reference requests.

The library contains over 390,000 volumes, more than 317,000 titles, and over 1,400 journal subscriptions.{{cite web|url=http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/InstVC.asp?inunid=9721&sponsor=1|title=Overview|work=Willamette University|publisher=Petersons|access-date=March 2, 2008|archive-date=September 17, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040917234227/http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/instvc.asp?inunid=9721&sponsor=1|url-status=live}} These collections include periodicals, books, newspapers, microforms, sound recordings, videos, government documents, CD-ROMS, and musical scores. As of 2006, this includes 365,609 volumes of books, past issues of periodicals, and other printed sources; 11,508 items in the audio visual collection; 5,147 subscriptions to periodicals; and 337,918 microforms. The library also offers access to electronic sources through FirstSearch, RLIN, OCLC, EPIC, and DIALOG among others. Additionally, university publications such as the yearbook (The Wallulah), the student newspaper (Willamette Collegian), school catalogs, the Willamette Journal of the Liberal Arts, and the Willamette Scene among others, are collected by the library.

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Hatfield Library is a member of [https://www.orbiscascade.org/ Orbis Cascade Alliance (Summit)] and the Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities (NAPCU) lending networks. These networks allow students to borrow additional materials from other member libraries and institutions from around the Pacific Northwest.

Hatfield Library also contains the Mark O. Hatfield Archives containing the papers, memorabilia, and books of the former United States Senator and Willamette alumni.{{cite news|title=Willamette University's first archivist puts a face on history|last=Cowan|first=Ron|date=September 19, 2007|work=Statesman Journal}} The papers include those from his time in the Oregon legislature through his time in the Senate and after leaving the Senate.{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=H000343|title=Guide to Research Collections: Mark Odom Hatfield|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=March 2, 2008|archive-date=February 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228070724/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=H000343|url-status=live}} Hatfield's personal library is part of the regular library catalog, however the books are non-circulating. The rest of the collection is not open to the public, as Hatfield's archives will not become accessible until 20 years after his death.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m3MVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5764,3487658&dq=willamette-university+library|title=Hatfield heading back to classroom|last=James|first=Joni|date=June 14, 1996|work=Register-Guard|page=2B}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The library also contains the university's archives on the second floor. The climate-controlled archives are housed in a {{convert|1500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} area that includes offices for staff, including the school's official archivist.

Willamette's library was designated as a Federal Depository Library in 1969.{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort/docdept/govd-wu.txt|title=Government Documents|publisher=University of Michigan|access-date=March 2, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070714161806/http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort/docdept/govd-wu.txt |archive-date = July 14, 2007}} It serves as the library for the 5th Congressional District population. The library selects around 20% of the documents available with areas of concentration in earth sciences, education, history, politics, economics, health, accounting, business, government, public policy, human resources, and others. Additionally, the university selects major items from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the office of the President, and Congress. Other materials come from the Smithsonian Institution, the Small Business Administration, the Department of State, and the Department of Education to list a few.

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The Mark O. Hatfield Library is named for the former Senator and Governor of Oregon, Mark Odom Hatfield. Hatfield was born west of Salem in Dallas, Oregon, in 1922 and graduated from Salem High School in 1940.{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000343|title=Mark Odom Hatfield|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=March 2, 2008|archive-date=December 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210080522/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000343|url-status=live}} He graduated from Willamette University in 1943 and joined the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II. After the war Hatfield obtained a graduate degree from Stanford University before returning to Willamette as a professor and then as a dean. During this time he also served in Oregon's legislature before becoming Oregon Secretary of State, and then in 1958 he was elected as Oregon's governor. In 1966, he was elected to the United States Senate and served there until his retirement in 1997. He died in 2011.

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