Blackwell Library: 1957-1975

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Blackwell Library was named after the university’s third president, Dr. J.D. Blackwell, on December 6, 1966

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Students studying amidst the stacks, 1969

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A patron using the Blackwell Library card catalog, 1968

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Reading the New York Times on microfilm, circa 1969

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Two women browsing the stacks, circa 1957

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Furniture in the library around 1957

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Blackwell Library’s rear parking lot, circa 1960

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The interior of the College Library Building (Blackwell Library), with the elevator on the left, shortly after construction in 1957

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The interior of the College Library Building (Blackwell Library) shortly after construction in 1957

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The College Library Building, 1963

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The circulation desk at Blackwell Library prior to the 1975 renovation

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Proposed furniture layout for the College Library Building (Blackwell Library) in 1956

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The entrance to Blackwell Library, circa 1966

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Library employee returning a book to the stacks, circa 1975

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Before the 1975 renovation, the College Library Building was architecturally similar to the student dormitories also constructed in the 1950s

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