Collins Memoria Library 50th Anniversary

Academic Dean John Regester and College Librarian Warren Perry on moving day, April 8, 1954.	Professor Caulter and unidentifed man filled tomato boxes with 20 books each, nine boxes to a book truck, moving 180 books per truck, on average, at a time.	Classes were cancelled at 10 a.m. so the whole campus could participate in “M” Day, April 8, 1954.	Books were transferred from shelves to tomato boxes to book trucks for their ride to the new building, April 8, 1954.
There were a few accidents getting the loaded trucks up the ramp. Here President Thompson and an unidentified student spill books off a truck, April 8, 1954.	The ramp from the basement of Jones hall to the outside was steep and often took 2-3 people per booktruck to make it up the ramp. Here is President Thompson and an unidentified student moving a load on April 8, 1954.	A new concrete sidewalk between Jones Hall and the new Collins Library was poured 3 days before the great move. A canvas tent was built to protect the curing concrete from the weather. It was left up to protect the book trucks and their cargo on their 200 feet journey from Jones Hall to the new library building. From left to right: W.W. Kilworth, Tom Parro, Ralph Morlind (with back to camera), President Thompson, two unidentified men.	Students formed work crews, one group filled trucks and moved them from Jones Hall, another group shelved books on new books cases in Collins Library, April 8, 1954.
The first book shelved in the new Collins Memorial Library was a Bible held by student Leroy Calbom, while President Thompson and John Regester look on.	Students studying in the main reading room in the new Collins Memorial Library as it looked in 1954.	Students in main reading room in new Collins Library, 1954.	The first distinquished guest in the student lounge in the base-ment of the new Collins Memorial Library in 1954 was J. Kenneth Galbraith, who was on campus to give the Brown & Haley Lectures. Pictured from left to right are Warren Perry, College Librarian, Dr. Galbraith, and Harry C. Bauer, Library Director at the University of Washington.
The McCormick Room in the 1954 Collins Memorial Library was used as the Board of Trustees Meeting Room. The room honors the father and mother of W. L. McCormick, who was a trustee of the College for 4 decades.	Faculty lounge on 2nd floor of 1974 addition.	Students in front of library 1971.	During the summer of 2000, the library was temporarily operated from a sorority on Union Avenue while Collin Library was remodeled.