Norlin Library Architectural Record
Scott Seaman, University Libraries
University of Colorado, Boulder
August 2002
Raymond Brackett   1886-1890
Charles Lowrey        1890-1894
Alfred Whitaker       1894-1909
Walter L. Barnes      1909-1911
Henry C. Smith        1911-1937
Ralph E. Ellsworth   1937-1943
Eugene H. Wilson    1943-1957
Ralph E. Ellsworth   1958-1972
Ellsworth G. Mason 1972-1976
Clyde Walton           1977-1987
James Williams        1988-
Since 1886 there have been 11 directors.  In the context of the construction of Norlin there are two—Ralph Ellsworth and Ellsworth Mason—that are key.  Henry Smith worked on the designs of the 1939 building.  But it was Ralph Ellsworth who made that building work.  He was also director for the first two additions.  Ellsworth Mason struggled with the 1970s addition.