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Library at 6th and Sprague Streets, 1911.

The Library moved to Jones Hall after it was built in 1924.

Students studying in library in Jones Hall basement, circa 1950.

Library in Jones Hall basement became crowded with not enough room for students or materials. Journals were stored in five different places on campus.

Everell S. Collins, a long time friend of UPS who provided the financial gift that made building the Collins Memorial Library possible.

Magdalen College, Oxford Univiversity,
on which the Collins Memorial Library architectural style
was based.

One alternative
Gothic tower for the
proposed new 1954 Collins Library.

A second alternative Gothic tower for the proposed new 1954 Collins Library.

 A third alternative Gothic tower for the proposed new 1954 Collins Library.

Front entrance to Collins Memorial Library, showing Gothic influence.
 

Groundbreaking for the new library,
April 7, 1953.

President R. Franklin Thompson and helper at the groundbreaking of the new Collins Memorial Library,
April 7, 1953.

Collins Memorial Library under construction, 1954.
 

Front, south
entrance to Collins Memorial Library.

East, loading
dock entrance to Collins Memorial Library, 1954.

Librarian Warren Perry and two unidentified students on moving day, April 8, 1954.