‘A Library for All Time’: Celebrating the History of the John Crerar Library

John Crerar
John Crerar, University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-01997, Special Collections Research Center.

Exhibit Location: The John Crerar Library, Atrium
Exhibit Dates: October 29, 2014 – March 31, 2015
Associated Web Exhibit

The John Crerar Library is celebrating 30 years at the University of Chicago and 120 years since its original founding as a science and technology library in Chicago. This exhibit commemorates these anniversaries and features historical photographs and documents from the Library’s archival collections which illustrate the rich history of the John Crerar Library.

Perspective rendering of the John Crerar Library
Stubbins Associates, perspective rendering of the John Crerar Library, [1984]. Archival Buildings File, Special Collections Research Center.