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Title	Miami University library entrance
Subject	Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc. Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works. Library buildings
Time Period	1930s
Place	Oxford (Ohio) Butler County (Ohio)
Description	Caption reads: "Miami University, Library Entrance, Oxford, Ohio, Butler County. 1936." The Alumni Library opened in April of 1910 and was funded by the Alumni Centennial Fund and the Andrew Carnegie Foundation for the total amount of the $80,000 it cost to build. When the library opened, it featured a 70 ft. high rotunda, in addition to reading rooms and stacks. In 1924, an east wing was added to the building, which offered a main reference and reading room. A west wing was added to the building in 1952 in addition to the stacks that were added onto the building in 1930, 1949, and 1958. The Alumni Library was the main library of the university until the King Library was constructed in 1972. Miami University is one of the oldest and best-known universities in the State of Ohio. Miami University was founded in 1809. Although chartered in 1809, Miami University did not open its doors to students until 1823. It became known as the "Yale of the West."
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	1936 circa
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B09F02_002_001.tif
Image Height	5096
Image Width	6300
File Size	127944358 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-04-27
Date modified	2010-06-25

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