Friday, October 2, 2009, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Second Floor, Brandel Library
Free and open to the public
Please join the North Park community in celebrating alumnus John E.Peterson C’71 S’76 and his newest book, North Park University. Peterson’s pictorial history of the University, the first since 1941, features extensive photos and descriptions of the campus and students. Peterson graduated from North Park College and Theological Seminary and has authored other books, including The Kansas City Athletics and The College World Series.
Images in the book are largely taken from the photograph collection at the F. M. Johnson Archives and Special Collections. Joanna Wilkinson C'08 researched the collection of the Covenant Archives and Historical Library to find just the right photos for the publication. The project evolved as she added the digitized images to the University's growing digital photograph collection now available and fully searchable online. Visit and explore the collection here.
Brandel Library is featuring select photographs from the book on the second and third floor galleries in an exhibit entitled Documenting People and Place, where visitors can learn more about past eras by reading excerpts from North Park publications including the College News, the North Park Journal, the North Parker and more.
We welcome you to the reception on Friday to meet the author, purchase a copy of the book, and enjoy the exhibit. The book is also for sale at the North Park University Book Store.
