Did you know?
Part of the Ferris Collection is the Woodbridge N. Ferris Library. Before the 1930s, Ferris Institute had no official library. Instead, students would borrow books from their instructors- including Woodbridge N. Ferris. Portions of Ferris's personal library were purchased by Ferris Institute in the 1950s. Ferris had left his original library to his family and most of that was lost in a house fire in the 1930s. One section of the library had been in storage and was recovered through that purchase. Other books have been discovered and donated on an individual basis. For a list of titles, please click here.
Making of FLITE
In March 2001, the library staff supervised the movement of materials into a brand new building. This building was soon to see thousands of yearly visitors and checkouts of materials. This site replicates the original site depicting the construction and opening of the building.
- Dedication Poem - by Dean Richard Cochran
- Dedication (Audio and Visuals) - Shockwave required
- Dedication Web Site
- FLITE (Building) Log - Short articles published in FYI intended to provide the campus community with a vision of what life would be like in our new Ferris Library for Information, Technology and Education. (Note: these articles are on the Ferris Intranet and so they will not be available off campus.)
- Groundbreaking Photographs - April 14, 1999
- Groundbreaking Poem by Richard M. Cochran
