Reports of the Northwestern University Librarian 1856-1974

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Reports of the Northwestern University Librarian 1856-1974

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Annual or biennial reports compiled by the University Librarian including printed, transcribed, or typed formats. Not all years are present.

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Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Library

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Northwestern University was founded in 1850; classes began in the building known as Old College, at Hinman and Davis Streets in Evanston, in 1855, with an enrollment of ten young men. During the summer of 1856, Northwestern's board of trustees allocated $1000 to create a library. Initially the library was directed by faculty members, and borrowing privileges were restricted to faculty. Professor William Godman, one of the two original faculty members (teaching Greek language and lit...