Two students using computer stations for research
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Two students are using computers to access books and other research materials. The main circulation area is in the background.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-F.Library.2042-01-03
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Students using computer stations near the circulation desk
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Students are working at computer stations in the main hall of the library, to the south of the circulation desk. The view is taken from the central circular staircase.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-F.Library.2042-01-02
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2008-04
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Student using early library computer
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A student is working at an early library computer workstation.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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David Gregory teaching
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David Gregory is teaching in a computer lab in the library.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-F.Gregory.2040-06-01
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2012-08
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Dean Warren Kuhn leading a tour
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Dean Warren Kuhn is leading a tour of the in progress extension of the third addition to the library.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-E.Library.2043-06-01
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Charles Harvey Brown leads a discussion group, 1942
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Charles Harvey Brown is leading a discussion group consisting mainly of young women students.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-F.Dr.Brown.2040-08-01
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1942/09
2012-08
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Margaret Orr
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Margaret Orr and two sales representatives are seated at the table during this meeting taking place in the library conference room.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-D.LibraryStaff.2040-03-04
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2012-08
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Library staff reading
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Three members of the library staff reading books are seated at a table, while two other library staff members are standing behind.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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2012-08
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Library staff, 1952
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The library staff from 1952 is posed in front of the east side of the library building. The identified staff members are: Row 1 (left to right): Dorothy Havlik, Ione Miller, Roselyn Baher, Dorothy Van Bogart, Arlyn Storvick. Row 2 (left to right) Dorothy Allen, Josephine Pulsifer, Francis Warner, Constance Hauser, Jane Dobbs, Helen Baum. Row 3 (left to right) Arlyn van Ploeg, Angeline Dye, Janice Burright, Anna Young, unknown, Patricia Broker. Row 4 (left to right) Muriel Boedecker?, Dorothea Hunt, Robert Gilpatrick, Mildred Brown, unknow, Sonje Ellingboe, Ruth Kristofferson. Row 5 (left to right): Arlene James, Madonna Mestdagh, Mary Alice Baseman, unknown, Mildred McHone, John McNee, May Williams, Leona Borchers. Row 6 (left to right) Grant Hanson, Evelyn Wimersberger, Grace Oberheim, Charles H. Brown, Robert W. Orr, Bob Havlik.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-D.LibraryStaff.2040-03-02
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1952
2008-03
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Library staff, 1955
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The library staff from 1955 is posed in front of the east side of the library building. They are: front row (left to right): Dorothy Redfield, Dorothy Parek, Mary Lou Johnson, Nancy Currie, Louise Hobbs, Elaine Zimmerman, Evelyn Tirado, Miriam Oliver. Second row (left to right): Patricia Ponce, Josephine Pulsifer, Beverly Van Fossen, Martha Schrei, Mary Tremmel , Joan Scanlon. Third row (left to right): Grant Hanson, Evelyn Wimmersberger, Marjorie Smith, Irene Wirth, Lois cox, Beverly Samuelson, Jean Cross, Madona Mestdagh, Beverly Speicher, Mildred McHone. Fourth row (left to right): Mildrew Brown, Dorothea Hunt, Shirley Camp, Ruth Richardson, Helen Mickefoose, Myrtle Davis, Fancis Warner, John McNee, Elizabeth Windson. Fifth row (left to right): Beverly Zimmerman, Catherine Burkiholder, Grace Oberheim, Joan Davis, Sara Koepp, Charles H. Brown, Robert W. Orr.
The library was first housed in Old Main, which also contained the college's reception room, lecture hall, specimen museum, students' rooms, a chapel, kitchen, laundry, and dining room. An initial purchase of $2,500 for books for the library was made in 1870 by President Welch. The library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913. In 1925, the new library building was completed to house the library's 115,000 volumes under one roof. The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate expansion and was outgrown within five years. The first addition to the library was completed in 1961, with a second addition completed in 1969 and a third addition was completed in 1983. In 1984, the Iowa State University Library was officially dedicated as the W. Robert and Ellen Sorge Parks Library.
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RS-25-1-D.LibraryStaff.2040-03-01
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1955
2012-08
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