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Room 198 used as the Reserve Room

A long wooden desk with shelves behind it fills one side of the Reserve Room (currently Room 198), with students studying at tables on the other side.

Library Boiler Room

This look inside the library boiler room shows the boilers and pipes used for the library's steam heating.

Students using the Environmental Teach-In Collection

Two students hold a book entitled ""Man: An Endangered Species?"" amid the low shelves of the Environmental Teach-In Collection, while other students sit in the chairs near the collection.

First Baroque concert in the library, Dec. 7, 1973

The first Baroque concert in the library is held in the upper rotunda lobby outside the Periodical Room, Dec. 7, 1973. Performers in formal dress play instruments including a bassoon, a cello, and a harpsichord.

Students reading newspapers in the Leisure Reading Collection, Feb. 6, 1976.

Students read newspapers while sitting in chairs by the Leisure Reading Collection.

View down the aisle towards students in the stacks

A couple of students examine books in the stacks.

View behind the reference desk, 1966

Students and staff at the reference desk are viewed through a decorative screen embedded with colorful circles.

Students holding a book in the Environmental Teach-In Collection

Two students hold a book on ""Man: An Endangered Species?"" in the Environmental Teach-In Collection, while other students study nearby.

Students studying and viewing art in the library, 1970

Students study at tables while others view art on the wall in the background.

Periodical Room (Main Reading Room), 1925

Students are studying in the Main Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room) in the library. Two library staff members are working at the desk.

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