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The director and brainchild of Clemson Hope, Price Crenshaw, a sophomore studying elementary education, gives an interview to a local FOX News reporter during a gift-wrapping party she organized to wrap more than 1,100 gifts, Dec. 4, 2017. The gifts were collected over the course of two months to give to local school children in Title 1 elementary schools. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson University student Gabby Nugent moderates a round table discussion during the 10th annual Clemson Literary Festival, March 31, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
The Clemson University Longsword Club practices on the amphitheater stage in the South Carolina Botanic Garden, July 16, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Families, students, faculty, staff and administrators came together to celebrate the college, student achievement, and larger community.
Two Clemson University students Carrie Mattos, a sophomore from Charleston S.C. studying food science and Lauren Wiercisiewski, a junior from Charlotte, N.C. studying packaging science, receive a surprise pre-Valentine’s Day serenade and roses from TigeRoar, Clemson’s all-male a cappella ensemble, while trying to study in the R.M. Cooper Library, Feb. 10, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
The second floor contains HSL’s magnificent Austin Flint Main Reading Room, as well as our collection of printed books. Several computer stations are also located just off the elevator.
During renovation of Abbott Hall from 1983-85, care was taken to preserve the Reading Room so it currently appears much as it was when first built. The design was modeled from a room in Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England, built in the first decade of the 17th century for Sir Robert and William Cecil, Earls of Salisbury.
The oak fireplace mantel is hand-carved and modeled after a 15th Century mantel found in Canonbury Tower, London, England.
The woodwork is not signed, but was carved by the Lipsett brothers, immigrants from Germany who worked for the Kittinger Company, a famous Buffalo institution who produced furniture for the White House. The company still practices its craft in the area.
Both chandeliers were salvaged from the John J. Albright’s Tudor mansion (also built by E.B. Green), which was under demolition during construction of the original Lockwood building in the 1930s.
The Clemson University Longsword Club practices on the amphitheater stage in the South Carolina Botanic Garden, July 16, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
This remarkable early tract was written by a Franciscan friar who denied the reality of night flight, the witches’ Sabbat, and the work of the inquisitors themselves, whom he called heretics for refuting the Canon Episcopi. While not the first to oppose belief in witchcraft, Cassini wrote at a time when opposition to that belief was gaining strength. Cornell’s copy is one of only two known copies in existence. Shown is a series of questions Cassini poses and answers, beginning with whether “the devil might move people from one place to the other in order to perpetuate evil deeds.” (The answer is no.)
Clemson University alumnus Andrew Whitley and performing arts professor Kerrie Seymour share a laugh in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, June 19, 2017. Seymour was Whitley’s theater professor and the two were both cast in a production of “Spring Awakening” at the Warehouse Theater in Greenville after Whitley graduated. (Photo by Ken Scar)
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Panasci Atrium
This is a casual seating area that overlooks the first-floor café. There are several display cases that surround all columns in the lobby. There is also a glass wall looking into the model pharmacy. Plenty of comfortable couches and chairs are available for students to meet, work or relax.
Apothecary Museum
In 1993, our turn-of-the-century apothecary was created to complement the school’s museum, further illustrating the evolution of the field of pharmacy in the US from the late 1700s to the mid-1900s. The Apothecary also serves to preserve various pharmaceutical artifacts from Western New York and its surrounding areas—many of these items were donated by alumni
Apothecary and Historical Exhibits
As part of the first and oldest public school of pharmacy in New York State, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Museum of the University at Buffalo is an important component of education not only for the school’s students, but also for alumni, the Western New York community, and visitors from throughout the world who have an interest in the earlier methods of pharmaceutical care.
History
The Museum was created in 1986 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the school. In 1993, a turn-of-the-century “apothecary” was created to adjoin the museum and further illustrate the practice of pharmacy in the U.S., focusing on the period between the late 1700s until the mid-1900s. This education continues as the museum and is further opened to the public through a series of displays throughout the school.
The Apothecary and Exhibits also serve to preserve various artifacts from the history of pharmacy and the practice of medicine in Western New York and the surrounding areas. These actions also support the effort to promote the field of pharmacy in the provision of health care.
Collection
The focus of the Apothecary and Historical Exhibits highlights pharmaceutical care, primarily, but not limited to, Western New York. Unique items which will provide education in this area are sought, particularly those which possess meaning to the history of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University at Buffalo and/or its alumni. Additional artifacts may be added based upon their relationship to the existing collection.
Reference
University and school historical reference questions are welcome, and should be addressed to the Apothecary Exhibits Director.
Celebrating 25 Years
In 1993, our Apothecary was opened to provide visitors with the immersive experience of an early 1900s pharmacy.
Contact Us
Apothecary and Historical Exhibits
Cindy Konovitz
Assistant Dean and Director
160 Pharmacy Building
716-645-3002
Individual and small group tours are available. We also can provide half-day educational tour sessions for classes and youth groups in conjunction with the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the University at Buffalo’s Health Sciences Library and other health science museums and exhibits on campus.
Historical Exhibits
The Apothecary, as well as the Historical Exhibits throughout the school display a wide range of products which were used to treat a variety of illnesses. In the front of the Apothecary, a revolving piece focusing on a health awareness area is also presented.
Prohibition Products
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution had an effect on some medicinal products, including what is now known as “patent medicine.” One of the more popular items of this exhibit is a non-refillable National Prohibition Act Prescription Blank on which a physician could use to prescribe alcohol.
Tax Collection Stamp
A special tax stamp issued by the US Internal Revenue Service and purchased by a pharmacy to participate in the retail sales of products containing opium, coca leaves and related ingredients. The stamp was required to be displayed for all to see in the facility.
Medicine Creation Display
Set up on an actual working bench from an early 1900s pharmacy, the medicine creation display contains a variety of tools including a ledger from the late 1800s, a pill roller, tiles and spatulas, a pill coater, pill finishers, suppository molds and presses, emulsifiers, and cutters used in creating medicines prior to the period of mass manufacturing.
Wolfish Container Collection
A member of the Pharmacy Class of 1958, Maurice Wolfish was an avid collector of pharmacy memorabilia. Upon his death, his family donated his compilation to the Apothecary for preservation.
Traveling Herbal Cart
An integral component of pharmacy education involved the study of botanicals. Students were expected to be proficient in knowledge related to plants used in the creation of medicine. The Apothecary contains a mobile cart which was employed for instruction in this area. The cart contains 144 tin containers of herbal samples which are identified by their common name, botanical name, natural order, habitat and the part of the plant that was used.
Cigarettes for Asthma
A popular item in the Museum is Dr. R. Schiffmann’s Asthmador Cigarettes for asthmatics. The cigarettes, sold until the early 1960s, contained stramonium and belladonna, which were viewed as a respiratory decongestant and a muscle relaxant, respectively. The cigarettes were later favored by individuals for their hallucinogenic qualities. By the late 1960s, reports of poisonings multiplied and they ceased to exist.
Western New York Items
The Apothecary and Historical Exhibits contain many products which were made in Buffalo and other parts of Western New York. Some of these items include Doan’s Tonic Tablets, Charles A. Dref’s Whooping Cough Remedy, Gino Pills, Hutch Tablets, Dr. J.D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy, Perry’s Original Hed-Ache Capsules, Peterson’s Ointment, and Dr. Sullivan’s Vegetable Compound.
Medical Tools
A number of items from our collection can also be viewed as part of the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the Health Sciences Library which is located in Abbott Hall.
Named Spaces in the Pharmacy Building
The following spaces have been officially designated by the University at Buffalo Board of Trustees.
Panasci Atrium
“I feel so positive about the future of the pharmacy school and UB overall. For students, especially those in upstate New York, I think it offers a wonderful opportunity to get the best education.”
Students and teachers from Monaview Elementary School in Greenville, S.C. enjoy a show in the Clemson University Planetarium, June 16, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)(Photo by Ken Scar)
As Lord Advocate of Scotland, Mackenzie was instrumental in the decline of Scottish witchcraft convictions and executions. He was critical of unwarranted prosecution: “I condemn next to the Witches themselves, those cruel and too forward judges, who burn persons by thousands as guilty of this crime.”
•Collection: Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
•Creator(s): Cei, Cipriano (Italian painter, born 1867) Male
•Date: ca.1880-1904
•Description: “Daniel Willard Fiske, first University Librarian of Cornell University (1868-1883), was born in Ellisburg, NY. Fiske was at various times a librarian, bookseller, journalist and junior diplomat. He nurtured an early passion for chess and persisted in his travels, visiting the Middle East before receiving the appointment as “Professor of North-European languages, and Librarian, at Cornell University. “Willard Fiske bequeathed four collections to Cornell: the Petrarch and Dante collections, the Rhaeto-Romance collection and what is now called the Fiske Icelandic Collection. Along with Bayard Taylor, Andrew Dickson White and other associates, Willard Fiske was among the leading American intellects of the late nineteenth century.”
•Culture: Italian; American
•Subject: Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904
•Cornell University. Board of Trustees
•Repository: Cornell University
•Image View Description: Front View
•Image View Type: General
•Relation: Daniel Willard Fiske Portrait
•Repository Location: Uris Library, Willard Fiske Room, Cornell University
•Materials/Techniques: Oil
•Work Type: Portraits
Members of the media film Marine Corps and Navy veterans with Honoring Their Service as they get a special tour of Clemson University’s Memorial Stadium, June 22, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Apothecary Museum
In 1993, our turn-of-the-century apothecary was created to complement the school’s museum, further illustrating the evolution of the field of pharmacy in the US from the late 1700s to the mid-1900s. The Apothecary also serves to preserve various pharmaceutical artifacts from Western New York and its surrounding areas—many of these items were donated by alumni
Apothecary and Historical Exhibits
As part of the first and oldest public school of pharmacy in New York State, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Museum of the University at Buffalo is an important component of education not only for the school’s students, but also for alumni, the Western New York community, and visitors from throughout the world who have an interest in the earlier methods of pharmaceutical care.
History
The Museum was created in 1986 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the school. In 1993, a turn-of-the-century “apothecary” was created to adjoin the museum and further illustrate the practice of pharmacy in the U.S., focusing on the period between the late 1700s until the mid-1900s. This education continues as the museum and is further opened to the public through a series of displays throughout the school.
The Apothecary and Exhibits also serve to preserve various artifacts from the history of pharmacy and the practice of medicine in Western New York and the surrounding areas. These actions also support the effort to promote the field of pharmacy in the provision of health care.
Collection
The focus of the Apothecary and Historical Exhibits highlights pharmaceutical care, primarily, but not limited to, Western New York. Unique items which will provide education in this area are sought, particularly those which possess meaning to the history of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University at Buffalo and/or its alumni. Additional artifacts may be added based upon their relationship to the existing collection.
Reference
University and school historical reference questions are welcome, and should be addressed to the Apothecary Exhibits Director.
Celebrating 25 Years
In 1993, our Apothecary was opened to provide visitors with the immersive experience of an early 1900s pharmacy.
Contact Us
Apothecary and Historical Exhibits
Cindy Konovitz
Assistant Dean and Director
160 Pharmacy Building
716-645-3002
Individual and small group tours are available. We also can provide half-day educational tour sessions for classes and youth groups in conjunction with the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the University at Buffalo’s Health Sciences Library and other health science museums and exhibits on campus.
Historical Exhibits
The Apothecary, as well as the Historical Exhibits throughout the school display a wide range of products which were used to treat a variety of illnesses. In the front of the Apothecary, a revolving piece focusing on a health awareness area is also presented.
Prohibition Products
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution had an effect on some medicinal products, including what is now known as “patent medicine.” One of the more popular items of this exhibit is a non-refillable National Prohibition Act Prescription Blank on which a physician could use to prescribe alcohol.
Tax Collection Stamp
A special tax stamp issued by the US Internal Revenue Service and purchased by a pharmacy to participate in the retail sales of products containing opium, coca leaves and related ingredients. The stamp was required to be displayed for all to see in the facility.
Medicine Creation Display
Set up on an actual working bench from an early 1900s pharmacy, the medicine creation display contains a variety of tools including a ledger from the late 1800s, a pill roller, tiles and spatulas, a pill coater, pill finishers, suppository molds and presses, emulsifiers, and cutters used in creating medicines prior to the period of mass manufacturing.
Wolfish Container Collection
A member of the Pharmacy Class of 1958, Maurice Wolfish was an avid collector of pharmacy memorabilia. Upon his death, his family donated his compilation to the Apothecary for preservation.
Traveling Herbal Cart
An integral component of pharmacy education involved the study of botanicals. Students were expected to be proficient in knowledge related to plants used in the creation of medicine. The Apothecary contains a mobile cart which was employed for instruction in this area. The cart contains 144 tin containers of herbal samples which are identified by their common name, botanical name, natural order, habitat and the part of the plant that was used.
Cigarettes for Asthma
A popular item in the Museum is Dr. R. Schiffmann’s Asthmador Cigarettes for asthmatics. The cigarettes, sold until the early 1960s, contained stramonium and belladonna, which were viewed as a respiratory decongestant and a muscle relaxant, respectively. The cigarettes were later favored by individuals for their hallucinogenic qualities. By the late 1960s, reports of poisonings multiplied and they ceased to exist.
Western New York Items
The Apothecary and Historical Exhibits contain many products which were made in Buffalo and other parts of Western New York. Some of these items include Doan’s Tonic Tablets, Charles A. Dref’s Whooping Cough Remedy, Gino Pills, Hutch Tablets, Dr. J.D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy, Perry’s Original Hed-Ache Capsules, Peterson’s Ointment, and Dr. Sullivan’s Vegetable Compound.
Medical Tools
A number of items from our collection can also be viewed as part of the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the Health Sciences Library which is located in Abbott Hall.
Cornell Dairy Processing Plant
Cornell Dairy
About the Cornell Dairy
The Cornell Dairy includes a licensed dairy processing plant. It supports dairy foods teaching, research and extension programs, processes milk from the Cornell dairy herd, and supplies dairy products to the campus.
Cornell Dairy Plant Co-Op
Introducing the Cornell Dairy Plant Co-Op! Membership in this Co-op allows you to have special pricing on Cornell Dairy products while supporting the Cornell Community. Become a Member Today!
The Cornell Ice Cream Story
Far above Cayuga’s waters, with its waves of blue, comes your favorite Cornell ice cream, made fresh just for you!
Since 1880, the Cornell Dairy has been producing wholesome dairy products for the campus and Ithaca communities. Made of the highest-quality milk from Cornell’s own dairy cows, our rich and creamy premium ice creams are handcrafted in small batches by student apprentices and their professional mentors. Discover for yourself why generations of Cornellians have adored our sweet selection of favorite flavors and one-of-a-kind creations. Your enjoyment of this product supports essential education and outreach programs in the Department of Food Science.
Order Ice Cream Coming Soon!
*some flavors not yet being served, but coming soon!
Interested in hosting a Cornell Dairy Ice Cream Social? Contact the Cornell Dairy at 607-255-2888.
The Clemson University Longsword Club practices on the amphitheater stage in the South Carolina Botanic Garden, July 16, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
In 1971 Ken Russell directed The Devils, a film version of Huxley’s book that starred Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave.
Clemson University student Maria Sarmiento, of Miami, Fl., a senior studying biochemistry, reacts while getting serenaded and handed a rose by Clemson’s all-male a cappella ensemble TigeRoar while she was trying to have lunch in the Hendrix Student Center, Feb. 10, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
A Dutch clergyman, Bekker was the most far-reaching opponent of witchcraft in the 17th century. He denied that spirits could influence human affairs or that demonic pacts were possible, and argued that it was better to look for natural explanations than for witches. Labeling him an atheist, the Dutch Reformed Church defrocked and expelled Bekker for refusing to recant his views. He became a frequent target of most writers on the subject, especially for denying the existence of demonic possession.
Tutoring can be used for a variety of educational needs. Your child can get help mastering specific subjects, developing writing skills, or preparing for an exam. Tutoring is helpful in multiple situations, but when does it move from helpful to necessity?
Improve Communication
Home tutoring becomes a necessity when you can no longer communicate with your child about their school work. You may feel exasperated with trying to get your student to do their work.
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The Durham Fire Department shows up to extinguish the illegal bonfire set by Duke students following men's basketball victory against UNC at UNC. Tradition dictates that bonfires should only be held when the team wins at home. See it larger and on black
Clemson University provost Bob Jones (left) gets a rundown of the upcoming construction after the groundbreaking for Clemson’s new College of Business building, Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Apothecary Museum
In 1993, our turn-of-the-century apothecary was created to complement the school’s museum, further illustrating the evolution of the field of pharmacy in the US from the late 1700s to the mid-1900s. The Apothecary also serves to preserve various pharmaceutical artifacts from Western New York and its surrounding areas—many of these items were donated by alumni
Apothecary and Historical Exhibits
As part of the first and oldest public school of pharmacy in New York State, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Museum of the University at Buffalo is an important component of education not only for the school’s students, but also for alumni, the Western New York community, and visitors from throughout the world who have an interest in the earlier methods of pharmaceutical care.
History
The Museum was created in 1986 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the school. In 1993, a turn-of-the-century “apothecary” was created to adjoin the museum and further illustrate the practice of pharmacy in the U.S., focusing on the period between the late 1700s until the mid-1900s. This education continues as the museum and is further opened to the public through a series of displays throughout the school.
The Apothecary and Exhibits also serve to preserve various artifacts from the history of pharmacy and the practice of medicine in Western New York and the surrounding areas. These actions also support the effort to promote the field of pharmacy in the provision of health care.
Collection
The focus of the Apothecary and Historical Exhibits highlights pharmaceutical care, primarily, but not limited to, Western New York. Unique items which will provide education in this area are sought, particularly those which possess meaning to the history of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University at Buffalo and/or its alumni. Additional artifacts may be added based upon their relationship to the existing collection.
Reference
University and school historical reference questions are welcome, and should be addressed to the Apothecary Exhibits Director.
Celebrating 25 Years
In 1993, our Apothecary was opened to provide visitors with the immersive experience of an early 1900s pharmacy.
Contact Us
Apothecary and Historical Exhibits
Cindy Konovitz
Assistant Dean and Director
160 Pharmacy Building
716-645-3002
Individual and small group tours are available. We also can provide half-day educational tour sessions for classes and youth groups in conjunction with the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the University at Buffalo’s Health Sciences Library and other health science museums and exhibits on campus.
Historical Exhibits
The Apothecary, as well as the Historical Exhibits throughout the school display a wide range of products which were used to treat a variety of illnesses. In the front of the Apothecary, a revolving piece focusing on a health awareness area is also presented.
Prohibition Products
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution had an effect on some medicinal products, including what is now known as “patent medicine.” One of the more popular items of this exhibit is a non-refillable National Prohibition Act Prescription Blank on which a physician could use to prescribe alcohol.
Tax Collection Stamp
A special tax stamp issued by the US Internal Revenue Service and purchased by a pharmacy to participate in the retail sales of products containing opium, coca leaves and related ingredients. The stamp was required to be displayed for all to see in the facility.
Medicine Creation Display
Set up on an actual working bench from an early 1900s pharmacy, the medicine creation display contains a variety of tools including a ledger from the late 1800s, a pill roller, tiles and spatulas, a pill coater, pill finishers, suppository molds and presses, emulsifiers, and cutters used in creating medicines prior to the period of mass manufacturing.
Wolfish Container Collection
A member of the Pharmacy Class of 1958, Maurice Wolfish was an avid collector of pharmacy memorabilia. Upon his death, his family donated his compilation to the Apothecary for preservation.
Traveling Herbal Cart
An integral component of pharmacy education involved the study of botanicals. Students were expected to be proficient in knowledge related to plants used in the creation of medicine. The Apothecary contains a mobile cart which was employed for instruction in this area. The cart contains 144 tin containers of herbal samples which are identified by their common name, botanical name, natural order, habitat and the part of the plant that was used.
Cigarettes for Asthma
A popular item in the Museum is Dr. R. Schiffmann’s Asthmador Cigarettes for asthmatics. The cigarettes, sold until the early 1960s, contained stramonium and belladonna, which were viewed as a respiratory decongestant and a muscle relaxant, respectively. The cigarettes were later favored by individuals for their hallucinogenic qualities. By the late 1960s, reports of poisonings multiplied and they ceased to exist.
Western New York Items
The Apothecary and Historical Exhibits contain many products which were made in Buffalo and other parts of Western New York. Some of these items include Doan’s Tonic Tablets, Charles A. Dref’s Whooping Cough Remedy, Gino Pills, Hutch Tablets, Dr. J.D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy, Perry’s Original Hed-Ache Capsules, Peterson’s Ointment, and Dr. Sullivan’s Vegetable Compound.
Medical Tools
A number of items from our collection can also be viewed as part of the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the Health Sciences Library which is located in Abbott Hall.
Arthur H. Dean Room
The General Reading Room, now known as the Dean Room, is Uris Library’s most commanding interior space and its prominence is significant. While not the first library to contain such a space, architect William Henry Miller’s design reflects a major shift in how academic libraries functioned.
Previously, university libraries were essentially storage facilities open to faculty only a few hours per week. But Cornell’s library building was designed to accommodate a collection of 400,000 books and to provide a convenient way for people to access and use those books. Built into the natural slope of the site, no book in the library was more than 120 feet away from the service desk at the west end of the General Reading Room – the same place where today’s circulation desk is located.
Cornell may have had the first American university library intended for extensive use by undergraduates as well as faculty, thanks to the vision of its first University Librarian Willard Fiske. Cornell’s library was open nine hours a day, longer than any other college library in the country. Hours were extended even further in 1885, when Cornell’s library, then located in McGraw Hall, became one of the first American libraries to be lighted by electricity.
The library may have been open, but books did not leave the building. From the beginning, the library was conceived as a non-circulating reference library. Only later after conducting a survey of other libraries in 1908 did Cornell agree to allow books to be borrowed by its faculty and students.
By then, the stacks were already becoming overcrowded. Lack of adequate space for books and readers became a frequent source of contention over the next 50 years and these pressures were not completely remedied until Olin Library was built in 1961.
Renamed in 1962 for Harold D. Uris, a graduate of Cornell’s Class of 1925 and a Cornell trustee from 1967 to 1972, Uris Library was designated as the “undergraduate library,” so that these students would not have to compete with graduate students or faculty for resources, services or study space.
The Dean Room is named for Arthur H. Dean, an Ithaca native, Cornell alumnus, attorney, diplomat, United Nations delegate, and Cornell University trustee. He and his wife Mary provided funds for the renovation of Uris Library and the building of Olin Library. Thousands of rare books and manuscripts have been added to the library collections as a result of their generosity, and to foster a love of books and reading among Cornell’s students, they also began the library’s first undergraduate book collection contest, which lasted from 1966 until 1989.
The Dean Room is now, as it has always been, a reading room where one can study quietly or take advantage of other traditional library services. It is also a hub of new activities. Card catalogs have been replaced by computers and wireless connections make access to Cornell’s digital resources possible here and throughout the building.
In the northwest corner of the room hang portraits of Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the University’s co-founders. They are joined by portraits of Cornell’s past presidents, which proceed in chronological order as you move counterclockwise around the room.
Elements of Cornell’s history are preserved in Uris Library’s architecture and art work. As you tour the building, we hope that you can appreciate Andrew Dickson White’s belief that: “the library is the heart of the university, ‘the culmination of all.’”
Retired U.S. Army Col. Sandy Edge, president of Clemson University’s veterans group Clemson Corps, explains the quote from Col. Ben Skardon that is etched into the sidewalk at the entrance of Memorial Park to a group of Marine Corps and Navy veterans during an Honoring Their Service event, June 22, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
A photographic reproduction from the original copper plate depicts the torture of Christine Böffgen, who refused to confess and died on the fourth day of torture in 1631. In the 1630s, Löher was a law court official at Rheinbach during two periods of intense witch persecution that resulted in the death of one person out of every two families. His experience led him to write this exposé on the horrors of torture, but out of fear of reprisal, he did not publish it for 45 years.
Clemson University senior Madison Williams, a graphic communications major, poses for a photo with her camera in Sirrine Hall, Feb. 6, 2018. (Photo by Ken Scar)
The Clemson University Longsword Club practices on the amphitheater stage in the South Carolina Botanic Garden, July 16, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Shane Werst, of Lake Forest, Cali., the senior military leadership instructor for Clemson University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, congratulates a brand new second lieutenant after a commissioning ceremony, Dec. 20, 2017. Clemson University's Army and Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Corps units held a joint commissioning ceremony in the Tillman Hall auditorium. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Stephen B. Owens, director of the joint staff, South Carolina National Guard, was the featured speaker. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Arthur H. Dean Room
The General Reading Room, now known as the Dean Room, is Uris Library’s most commanding interior space and its prominence is significant. While not the first library to contain such a space, architect William Henry Miller’s design reflects a major shift in how academic libraries functioned.
Previously, university libraries were essentially storage facilities open to faculty only a few hours per week. But Cornell’s library building was designed to accommodate a collection of 400,000 books and to provide a convenient way for people to access and use those books. Built into the natural slope of the site, no book in the library was more than 120 feet away from the service desk at the west end of the General Reading Room – the same place where today’s circulation desk is located.
Cornell may have had the first American university library intended for extensive use by undergraduates as well as faculty, thanks to the vision of its first University Librarian Willard Fiske. Cornell’s library was open nine hours a day, longer than any other college library in the country. Hours were extended even further in 1885, when Cornell’s library, then located in McGraw Hall, became one of the first American libraries to be lighted by electricity.
The library may have been open, but books did not leave the building. From the beginning, the library was conceived as a non-circulating reference library. Only later after conducting a survey of other libraries in 1908 did Cornell agree to allow books to be borrowed by its faculty and students.
By then, the stacks were already becoming overcrowded. Lack of adequate space for books and readers became a frequent source of contention over the next 50 years and these pressures were not completely remedied until Olin Library was built in 1961.
Renamed in 1962 for Harold D. Uris, a graduate of Cornell’s Class of 1925 and a Cornell trustee from 1967 to 1972, Uris Library was designated as the “undergraduate library,” so that these students would not have to compete with graduate students or faculty for resources, services or study space.
The Dean Room is named for Arthur H. Dean, an Ithaca native, Cornell alumnus, attorney, diplomat, United Nations delegate, and Cornell University trustee. He and his wife Mary provided funds for the renovation of Uris Library and the building of Olin Library. Thousands of rare books and manuscripts have been added to the library collections as a result of their generosity, and to foster a love of books and reading among Cornell’s students, they also began the library’s first undergraduate book collection contest, which lasted from 1966 until 1989.
The Dean Room is now, as it has always been, a reading room where one can study quietly or take advantage of other traditional library services. It is also a hub of new activities. Card catalogs have been replaced by computers and wireless connections make access to Cornell’s digital resources possible here and throughout the building.
In the northwest corner of the room hang portraits of Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the University’s co-founders. They are joined by portraits of Cornell’s past presidents, which proceed in chronological order as you move counterclockwise around the room.
Elements of Cornell’s history are preserved in Uris Library’s architecture and art work. As you tour the building, we hope that you can appreciate Andrew Dickson White’s belief that: “the library is the heart of the university, ‘the culmination of all.’”