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With approximately 315,000 print and electronic volumes, the Academy Library, designed by Louis Kahn, provides a welcoming atmosphere to learn and explore.
The Library's Mission: The Class of 1945 Library seeks to provide for all its patrons—students, faculty/staff, and Academy family—a diverse collection of materials, technology, programs, and exhibits for informational and recreational needs.
Design of the Library. The evolution of plans for the Class of 1945 Library took almost 15 years, from the first ideas for a "new library" to its final form. At least three different projects were undertaken to plan for the library, with the results of the first two bearing no resemblance to what we now know as the Class of 1945 Library.
Academy Library Visitor Policy. The Class of 1945 Library is a private, high-school library with a mission to support the educational and residential needs of the community at Phillips Exeter Academy. Our building is extraordinary, and the interest in visiting is high.
The new library at Exeter, like his other later works, is suffused with light, which changes the character of its spaces depending on time of day, season, and weather. Besides the Salk Institute, major works include the Library at Phillips Exeter Academy (1967-72), the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas (1967-72), and the Yale Center for ...
Phillips Exeter Academy embraces the ideal of Universal Access on our campus. Entrances to the library are accessible, and two elevators, in the back hall off the Mark D. Kaplanoff '66 Library Commons, provide access to upper floors.
The Class of 1945 Library Contacts. Library Services Desk: 603-777-3426. Reference/Help TEXT: 603-707-4054. Laura C. Wood, B.A., Mt. Holyoke; M.A., Yale; M.S., Univ. of Michigan; M.B.A., Emory University; Director of the Academy Library.
Library Chronology. 1905. First Academy library opens in the Academy Building. 1911 Oct 26. Cornerstone of Davis Library laid. 1912 Dec. Davis Library, built and furnished for $82,000, is dedicated. 1930. Friends of the Academy Library founded.
This new library stood as a symbol of the new Exeter. Fifty years later, our library remains a place for transformation, "a beacon" to new generations of students who seek to discover themselves and their world.
Discover Exeter's History and Rare Book Collections. The Center for Archives & Special Collections is the Academy's official repository for non-current records, as well as for an outstanding collection of rare books and manuscript collections in a wide variety of subject areas.