Grinnell College Libraries Catalog Department, 18??-[ongoing]

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Grinnell College Libraries Catalog Department, 18??-[ongoing]

Includes accessions books from late 19th century and other statistical records. Also included are cataloging statistics from 1923-1977.

28 books (4.5 linear ft.)

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Grinnell College. Burling Library

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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. From the description of Library records, 1851-[ongoing] (Oglesby Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 37549123 Burling Library was designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and cons...