Student Studying a Library Display, circa 1960
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A student studying a library orientation display in the 1960s.
[stamped on back]: “Martha von Briesen, Sweet Briar, Va.”
von Briesen, Martha
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Thomson, Rebecca
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Dana Wing Architectural Sketch 1, 1964
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An architectural drawing of the Dana Wing made during the construction in the 1960s.
[stamped on back]: “NOV 2 1964”
[from a news clipping attached to the back]: “Architect’s Sketch by J. Russell Bailey, AIA / Sweet Briar Library Addition / Preliminary plans have been submitted for a $400,000 addition to the Mary Helen Cochran Library at Sweet Briar College, Dr. Anne Pannell, the college’s president, has announced. The plans of the addition were made by J. Russell Bailey of Orange, architect and specialist in library design. Sweet Briar has received a $300,000 grant from the Charles A. Dana foundation, to be matched by funds raised by the college, to build the wing.”
Bailey, J. Russell
1964-11-02
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Dana Wing Architectural Sketch 2, 1964
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An architectural drawing of the Dana Wing during its construction in 1964.
[written on back of a duplicate copy, in pen]: “Charles A. DANA WING, MARY HELEN COCHRAN LIBRARY / (now under construction – to be completed early in 1967) / J. Russell Bailey, Orange, Va., architect”
Bailey, J. Russell
1964
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Thomson, Rebecca
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Beginning of Dana Wing Construction, 1966
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The back of the library right before the construction of the Dana Wing, 1966
[from a caption in pencil]: “JAN. ‘66”
[stamped on back]: “Martha von Briesen, Sweet Briar, Va.”
von Briesen, Martha
1966-01
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Dana Wing, 1967
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The Dana Wing, newly built, in 1967.
von Briesen, Martha
1967
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Students Looking at a Bible Exhibit, 1967
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Three students looking at a glass case of Bibles in the Bible exhibit in 1967.
[written on back in pen]: “Bible exhibit – 1967”
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Thomson, Rebecca
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Two Students Standing by a Plaque for the Dana Wing, 1967
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Lee Giaunakis and Mary Pat Cogan standing by a plaque for the new Dana Wing, October 18, 1967.
[written on back in pen]: “Lee Giaunakis / Mary Pat Cogan / 10.18.67”
[written on back in pencil]: “10.18.67 Saunders”
Saunders
1967-10-18
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Thomson, Rebecca
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President Pannell Standing by the Door to the Dana Wing, 1966
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[written on back in pen]: “President Pannell welcomes visitors to the new library.”
[typewritten on back]: “M. von Briesen photo”
[caption below photo, typewritten]: “Taken early in October, this picture shows progress of construction of the Charles A. Dana wing of the Mary Helen Cochran Library, to be completed by spring. Three levels of book stacks will hold 68,000 volumes, increasing present capacity by 68%. Additional study carrels and cubicles, expanded office and work space, rooms for microfilm readers and audio-visual equipment, increased catalogue area, rare book and archives rooms, space for the Kellogg Educational Laboratory Library, and other improvements are features of the addition and remodeling.”
[typewritten on back]: “October 1966”
von Briesen, Martha
1966-10
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Students Outside the Dana Wing, circa 1967
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Six students standing on a landing on the steps leading to the new Dana Wing, circa 1967.
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Students on the Dana Wing Terrace, circa 1967
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Two students on a terrace adjoining the Dana Wing, circa 1967.
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