Resources

Research for this exhibit was gathered from the following University histories:

• Sweeney, James R. Old Dominion University: A Half Century of Service. Norfolk: ODU Office of Printing and Publications, 1980. (Call number: LD4332.S85)
• Rutyna, Richard A. & John W. Kuehl. Old Dominion University: Heritage and Horizons. Norfolk, Va.: Donning Co., 1987. (Call number: LD4331.2.R88 1987)
• Brydges, Maggie with Julie Hale, Elizabeth Harders and Bob Moskowitz. Old Dominion University: From the Great Depression to the New Millennium, 1930-2000. Norfolk, Va.: Office of Institutional Advancement, Old Dominion University, 2000. (Call number: LD4331.B79 O53 2000)

and the Library's digital collections:

Oral Histories in the Perry Library

Presidents of Old Dominion University

All photographs, except where noted, were scanned from materials in the University Archives and are now part of the ODU Photographic Collection. 

An interactive map showing the timeline of building construction from 1930 to 2022 at ODU can be found on the Mapping the University website at https://mappingtheuniversity.rrchnm.org/maps/odu-footprints/