Through supplementary research on the history of the University Gallery, my tired eyes have scanned download after download from the PDF Archive collection of the MN Daily, the University's student newspaper. The Daily's PDF Archives provide access to PDFs of the paper dating back to 1900.

In the fall of 1960, the University Gallery showed 40 master prints by the famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. These contact sheets feature images from the opening. Everyone seems to be drinking coffee or tea from tea cups, a tradition I'd rather like to see revived at art openings.

Found amongst the files was a draft of a brief history of the University Gallery. No author is identified, and while the tattered edges and coloring of the paper can give clue to its age, the final paragraph draws attention to the tentative list of exhibitions scheduled for the 1959-1960 season, providing an indication of when the draft may have been created.

Following Ruth Lawrence's retirement in 1957, Sidney Simon, assistant professor of art, was hired as the next director of the University Art Gallery.