THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Department of Education maintains its own library in Peabody
Hall, named in honor of the first professor of Education in the University,
the late Professor William Harry Heck. The library was made possible
through the gift by Mrs. Anna Tuttle Heck of Professor Heck's private library
containing approximately 2000 well-selected books on Education, and
the transfer of all books on Education from the General Library of the University.
Splendid equipment was procured through a gift of money from
students in Education, the Education Club and friends of Professor Heck.
A recent gift of $3000 from Mr. Alfred W. Erickson of New York City will
enable the Department so to strengthen its professional library as to offer
very superior facilities to its rapidly growing student body, by making possible
the enrichment of every course now offered. At present the library
consists of several thousand select books covering most fields of Education,
a complete file of publications of the United States Bureau of Education,
various national, state and foreign documents, state school laws, annual reports
of state superintendents of public instruction, city superintendents' reports,
etc. Files of the leading educational magazines are available for free
use of the students. Exhibits of elementary and high school texts for comparative
studies are made available through the generosity of various publishers.
