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Postcard photo of Reading Room of Old Library (showing bookcases lining outside walls & busts of Bancroft, Agassiz, Longfellow, Scott and Beethoven,…
![Henry Philip Tappan [from a dry plate etching]](https://apps.lib.umich.edu/online-exhibits/files/fullsize/9b992ae4c8ee2ba65a83acae5624e817.jpg "Henry Philip Tappan [from a dry plate etching]")
Image creator Shaw was General Secretary of the Alumni Association, 1904-1029 and Director of the Bureau of Alumni relations, 1929 -1950. He edited…
Due to the rapid growth of the Library's collections, this building was deemed too small within twelve years of its construction. Attempts were made…
The north facade of the Library contains 10 medallions that were sculpted by Ulysses Ricci in 1920.
Reference room murals "The Arts of Peace" (west wall) and "The Arts of War" (east wall), by Gari Melchers, were originally painted for the…
Nicola d'Ascenzo
D'Ascenzo, born in Toricella, Italy in 1871, came to the U.S. in 1882. He created windows for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, National…
The artwork in the South Lobby of Hatcher is the work of Jim Cogswell, Associate Professor at the UM School of Art and Design. The images in the…