The library rented a building on Sheridan Road for book storage during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The shelves in the rented building were made of wooden planks and cinderblocks.
Lilian Trager was a professor of sociology-anthropology and the Director of the Center for International Studies at UW-Parkside for many years. She did extensive research into the Yoruba people in Nigeria throughout her life, and established links…