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Future site of Hillman Library

1965

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Future site of Hillman Library
  • Title
  • Future site of Hillman Library
  • Creator
  • Jay Bee Studios
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B004.F15.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B004.F15.I03
  • Description
  • Construction on Hillman Library began in 1964, seven years before the demolition of Forbes Field. The major funding for its construction was provided by the Hillman Family and the Hillman Foundation ($3 million) and the General State Authority ($8 million). The library opened in 1968 and over the years has housed as many as three millions volumes. Note the Cathedral of Learning in the background.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • University of Pittsburgh.Cathedral of Learning.
    Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    University buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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