On September  17th , 1969  The Drake Times-Delphic published what is widely considered the first printed account of Beatle Paul McCartney’s supposed death. Days after Drake undergrad Tim Harper asked the question “Is Paul Dead?” on the TD’s front page, college papers across the country ran with the story and the theory of “Paul is Dead!” raced across America.  This is the first page of Mr. Harper’s story.

Cowles Library holds nearly a complete run of the student newspapers of Drake University (going back to 1884.) The library is working to digitize the old microfilm and present these materials online, so stories like this one will be available to researchers worldwide.  It’s an ambitious project. It’s going to take a while. We think it’ll be worth it. What do you think?

Take a look at Cowles Library's newest digital collection: Drake University Yearbooks.

Here is a collection of yearbooks spanning 1917 - 1982, showing Drake University as the students saw it. This tremendous resource offers tens of thousands of pages documenting the history of the students who  attended Drake University. Looking for somebody in particular? Good news, the collection of yearbooks is completely keyword searchable. Search or browse through decades of Drake University History, click below to get started.

Click Here to begin.

This is a work in progress, and we are working hard to include all years.  Are we missing your year? Please let us know!

Just added to the Drake Relays Digital Archive are the recently digitized Robert Spiegel books Drake Relays: 50 Golden Years, and Drake Relays: 75 Years of Excellence.  Filled with pictures, statistics and stories, these books tell the tale of the first 75 years of the Drake Relays.

http://www.lib.drake.edu/heritage/drakerelays/index.html