The Upper Arlington Public Library, in conjunction with the Upper Arlington City Schools, has completed the enormous task of digitizing every page of every Norwester, going all the way back to 1923!

In addition to the yearbooks, the library also has digitized vintage Norwester magazines. This monthly publication served the Upper Arlington community from 1917 through 1922 as a resource for historical, cultural, architectural, and genealogical information. Now you can search these archives and read about and view photographs of Upper Arlington back in its formative years.

The UAArchives.org Web site is constantly evolving and will expand to include collections from the Upper Arlington Historical Society, as well as personal histories, letters and maps gathered from UA residents.

Joanie Dugger, '80, Executive Director of the UA Education Foundation and the UA Alumni Association, commented, "The Norwester projects the views and ideas of eighteen-year-olds from each year of UA Schools' long history, and through each yearbook's photos and commentary - even the advertisements - we see life as it was then, from a student perspective. It is the personal voice of the students for that year."

The Upper Arlington Library Staff has given us an invaluable gift in producing these archives, and at the Alumni Association, we hope that you will enjoy traveling back in time through these wonderful, beautiful old Norwesters, each of which presents an individual flavor of its era, and gives us the students' perspective on life during each year from 1923 to the present.

We recommend that you explore each button on the menu to the left, and read about how to use the archives to maximize your experience. We hope that you enjoy the UA Archives at UAArchives.org.

NOTE: Although ALL Norwesters have been scanned, the online collection goes up to 1999; the contract between the schools and the library provides that the most recent ten years of yearbooks will not be offered online. As a result, one new yearbook will be added per year. Currently, you can view yearbooks from 1923 through 1999 on UAAchives.org.

Visit the UAArchives.org Web site