The first bookstore was organized to serve the needs of the students and faculty of the University. It was financed by the Associated Students of the University and opened for business in 1916 in a rented house on the corner of 13th Avenue and Kincaid Street, the site of the present store. In 1918, at the end of World War I, the ASUO found themselves in dire financial straits and were forced to sell the bookstore to druggist Sidney Allen. At this time, they made an agreement with Allen that stipulated they would not attempt to operate another bookstore for a period of two years. By 1920, it became clear that change was necessary. Students and faculty needed a bookstore with a more central location and an adequate inventory of books. To meet this need, a University supporter from Portland, stationer J.K. Gill, set up the University of Oregon Cooperative Store on a line of credit. To help finance this enterprise, a separate corporation called the University Supply Company was set up to raise capital. Certificates of stock were sold to department heads and faculty at $100 per share. University President Prince Lucien Campbell was one prominent investor. By 1933, the store was successful enough to buy back all its remaining stock and the University Supply Company dissolved. Since that time, the University of Oregon Bookstore/The Duck Store has been financially independent. During these transitional years, the bookstore moved locations quite a few times. In 1923, the University of Oregon Cooperative Store moved into the lower third of The College Side Building (also known as the Wilcox Building) on 13th and Kincaid. Here, the UO Cooperative Store continued to grow and expand its merchandise offering to the University community. In 1939, the store moved from 13th and Kincaid to the lower floor of Chapman Hall. This location gave the University of Oregon Cooperative Store a comparatively spacious 7000 square feet of space which included a partial balcony and a small sub-basement for storage. The Cooperative signed a twenty year lease for the space, extending through 1959. After World War II and the Korean War, enrollments increased steadily with the influx of veterans using their GI benefits. The Co-op needed more space to fulfill their new demand. The decision was made by the Board of Directors to buy the College Side Inn. In 1959, a five year lease extension was signed with the University to continue using the Chapman Hall space until the construction for the new location was complete. Known as the Co-op Annex, the two story cinder block building was completed in 1961 and housed the course book and general book departments. General merchandise and school supplies were sold at the Chapman Hall location; art supplies were sold at a small branch store in Lawrence Hall. An expansion of the Annex began in 1965 and was completed in March of 1966. The new store was three floors and 36,000 square feet. All retail was now available at this location. Enrollment rose again with the arrival of the baby boomer generation and what was once a spacious 36,000 feet of space now seemed cramped. In 1984, the University of Oregon Bookstore/The Duck Store undertook a major, store-wide remodeling project in order to increase retail space, improve operational efficiency and modernize the appearance of the store. The store renovation along with the purchasing of a processing center put the bookstore in step with the times. At the request of the University of Oregon, the bookstore began to expand its retail operations so as to better serve the University community. It now has five other satellite locations throughout the Eugene and Portland areas. In 2007, the University of Oregon Bookstore/The Duck Store changed names in order to more effectively support the students, faculty, staff and the mission of the University. Bookstore no longer accurately described the bookstore organization. The bookstore chose to combine two strong brands, the Duck Shop and the UO Bookstore into one organization: The Duck Store. Since 1920 the University of Oregon Cooperative Store and its successor theUniversity of Oregon Bookstore/The Duck Store has been serving the book and supply needs of the University of Oregon. Our decades of history with the University, Eugene/Springfield and Oregon has shaped the University of Oregon Bookstore/The Duck Store into a highly respected model among college bookstores nationwide.