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The Old Library is a college library at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Previously named the M. Carey Thomas Library after Bryn Mawr's first dean and second president, it was formally renamed in 2018 as a result of controversy surrounding Thomas's history of racism and anti-Semitism. [3]
Bryn Mawr College (/ ˌ b r ɪ n ˈ m ɑː r / brin-MAR; Welsh: [ˌbɾɨ̞nˈmau̯ɾ]) [8] is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States.Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of historically women's colleges in the United States.
David pioneered the "open access" concept of the college library, throwing open the doors to all students (as opposed to traditional "classed" libraries open only to faculty, "upper" or "lower" classmen) before arriving in Philadelphia to serve the University of Pennsylvania as its first director of libraries, where he transformed their ...
The Alfred C. Harrison Building in Philadelphia, built between 1894 and 1895 and demolished in 1969 Cope and Stewardson's offices, circa 1899. Although Walter Cope and John Stewardson were major exponents of the Collegiate Gothic style which swept campuses across the country in the latter part of the nineteenth century, they were equally adept at other styles.
Addison Hutton (1834–1916) was a Philadelphia architect who designed prominent residences in Philadelphia and its suburbs, plus courthouses, hospitals, and libraries, including the Ridgway Library, now Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Pages in category "Bryn Mawr College" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Old Library (Bryn Mawr College) P. Python Robotics; S.
Kimberly Wright Cassidy (born 1963) is an American psychologist. She was named the ninth president of Bryn Mawr College on February 12, 2014 [1] and was formally inaugurated on September 20, 2014. [2]
Gordan was a lllTrustee at Bryn Mawr and a founding member of the Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library in 1951. [6] She was a charter member of The Renaissance Society of America, serving as lllPresident from 1967 to 1968. Gordan was the first woman appointed to the American Academy in Rome's lllBoard of lllTrustees in 1971. [7]