Happy Days · History of Carnegie Library, 1908 - 2008 · The Five Colleges of Ohio Digital Exhibitions

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Outside the library in the spring of 1952.

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Current periodicals browsing shelves.

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Students using the public card catalog.

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Dick Anliot and Lois Achor using card catalog.

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Browsing the recent books shelf in 1955.

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President Stevenson and Julian Folwer examining the 500,000th book acquisition in 1953. Already at this early date, President Stevenson and Julien Fowler were taking heat from various quarters because the Library addition had not emptied the basements and attics of other buildings on campus. Initial discussions about the need for a more permanent solution to Library overcrowding started at this time.

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Exhibit celebrating the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing.