Donnelley Library -- Main floor index reference area, original state (1965)

Donnelley Library - Interior

Shown here is the print index area of the 1965-opened Donnelley Library, main level. The volumes' dates suggest that this is a publicity photo from the opening of the library. "The Donnelley Library was designed by Perkins & Will to be balanced, symmetrical, and imposing. Its boxy massing was enlivened with touches that rather incongruously suggested a Japanese tea house, including rocky landscaping where it was set into the undulating terrain, a wide veranda around the main floor, and a distinctive hipped roof. Initially, the building porvided library space on the upper two floors while the lower level housed classrooms for the departments of History, Economics, and Politics. These deparments moved to Young Hall in 1982" (Carolyn E. Lowry on Donnelley Library in "Lake Forest College: A Guide to the Campus," 2007, pp. 42-43).

Bill Engdahl

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