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Mission
Wartburg Library provides students and faculty of Luther Classical College with access to learning resources (physical and digital) necessary to support the mission and educational programs of LCC, and to promote the intellectual, spiritual, and cultural development of students, faculty, and the greater campus community.
Vision
Luther Classical College strives to develop Wartburg Library into one of the premier classical and theological libraries in the Mountain West region of the United States, promoting the historical, biblical, confessional heritage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and fostering classical education by collecting and providing access to the great works of Western Civilization.
Collection Development
Wartburg Library offers a focused circulating collection of books, magazines, and journals in support of the classical liberal arts curriculum of Luther Classical College. The library collects traditional print media and identifies digital tools and databases to meet the research needs of students and faculty. In keeping with LCC’s Lutheran identity and robustly classical core curriculum, collection development emphasizes Lutheran theology, Reformation history, classical and biblical language resources, ancient Greek and Roman history and literature, and primary sources and great works from the corpus of Western literature.
How You Can Help
- Donate books from your own collection. If you wish to donate books, please contact the librarian (see below) and provide a list of the books you would like to donate. The library generally will not accept donations that have not been pre-arranged with the librarian, or donations of books which do not fit its collection criteria or space limitations.
- Make a monetary gift to Luther Classical College designated for “Wartburg Library”.
- Purchase books from the library’s book wish list here.
About the Librarian
William Gottwalt, LCC’s first librarian, has directed the development and cataloging of the library collection since 2024. He holds a Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and previously worked in the archives of both St. Cloud State University and the Stearns History Museum in his hometown of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contact Information
If you would like to donate to the Wartburg Library or have questions about collections development, please email William Gottwalt.