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Darlington Memorial Library

1936

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Darlington Memorial Library
  • Title
  • Darlington Memorial Library
  • Date
  • 1936
  • Identifier
  • DRML01.UA
  • Description
  • Interior View of the Darlington Memorial Library, Located on the Sixth Floor of the Cathedral of Learning. The Darlington Memorial Library was Established in 1918 with an Initial Gift of 11,000 Volumes by Mary O'Hara Darlington and her Sister Edith Darlington Ammon in Memory of their Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McCullough Darlington. This was Followed in 1925 by a Bequest from Mary Darlington which included Several Thousand Additional Volumes and the Bulk of her Estate. The Library, Which Opened in 1936, Holds Collections Documenting American History, Literature, Life and Culture of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania as well as Material on Travel, Exploration and Culture in other Countries. The Oldest Volume in the Collection Dates from 1474.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Libraries
    Interior architecture
    Darlington Memorial Library (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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