Grinnell College. Libraries.
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The Grinnell College Libraries started in 1853-54 with 1200 volumes. Faculty served as librarian beginning in 1862-63; the first, full-time librarian was hired in 1889. The Carnegie Library opened in 1905 and Burling Library was built in the late 1950s and renovated in the early 1980s.
Burling Library was designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and construction was completed in 1958; renovation occurred in 1982.
Henry Alden was Librarian of the College from 1952-1971. Christopher McKee became Librarian upon his retirement and was named the Samuel R. and Marie-Louise Rosenthal Professor of Library Science.
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