From General Library to Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library

Introduction

The Old Library 1881-1918
- The First Building
The General Library 1918-1971
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library 1971-Present
About this Exhibit
- About this Exhibit

Library Spaces

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General Library, North Lobby, ca.1922-23

General Library, Reference Room, ca. 1920s

General Library, Periodical Reading Room, April 1939

General Library, Graduate Reading Room 4 (history and political science), May 1929

General Library, Graduate Reading Room 3 (Philosophy and Mathematics), ca. 1925

The third and fourth floors were given to graduate research and instruction. Four Graduate Reading Rooms were given to graduate students along with classrooms for meetings and seminars, across the corridor.

The reading rooms each had about 8000 volumes and were open with the rest of the library, 14 hours daily.