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| Keywords: Linderman Library 1896.jpg Lehigh University's first library constructed at the cost of 100 000 by Asa Packer as a memorial to his daughter Lucy Packer Linderman It is built of several varieties of stone tastefully contrasted and is semi-circular in form with an effective façade in the Venetian style of architecture with polished granite columns and surmounted with bold battlements It is fire-proof and calculated to hold 150 000 volumes There are at present about 93 000 bound volumes and a large number of pamphlets upon the shelves with 250 periodicals embracing many departments of knowledge Ample provision is made for the accommodation of readers upon the main floor and students in advanced classes are allowed to consult the books in the alcoves Edmund M Hyde The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch 1896 http //www lehigh edu/library/speccoll/hyde pdf The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch by Edmund M Hyde 1896 < 1896 Author PD-old-100 Linderman Library Black and white photographs of buildings | ||||
