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Frances Loeb Library at the Harvard Graduate School of Design: a 100-year history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Ann Baird Whiteside*
Affiliation:
Frances L. Loeb Library, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Abstract

The Frances L. Loeb Library at the Harvard Graduate School of Design has served the needs of the teaching faculty and students of the University, and of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning design scholars worldwide, since the beginning of the architecture program in 1900. During that period the library has had two different homes, and the collections have grown through a combination of purchased acquisitions and gifts from faculty and alumni of the School. The library has been an integral part of the School throughout its history, working closely with faculty and students to support design education.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2012

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