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Jennie King Mellon Library under Construction
1935/1980
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Title
Jennie King Mellon Library under Construction
Creator
unknown
Identifier
MSP285.B004.F03.I06
Source Identifier
MSP285.B004.F03.I06
Description
The Jennie King Mellon Library, located on the Chatham College campus in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, was established in 1869. The library’s main collection consists of approximately 1000 journal subscriptions, 90,000 monographs, and many electronic resources. Chatham College’s Archives and unique collection of African American monographs are also housed in this building. In May 2001 Chatham College embarked on an aggressive renovation of the library building which was completed in the Fall of 2001. Chatham College was originally founded in 1869 under the name Pennsylvania Female College, one of the earliest liberal arts colleges for women. In 1890 it became the Pennsylvania College for Women. Enrollment had doubled by 1940, and Andrew’s son Paul and his wife (who had lived in the Mellon mansion since 1921) donated their house to the college in that year to be used as a student center. In 1955 the institution changed its name to Chatham College, in honor of William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham.
Subject
Colleges and universities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Chatham College. Jennie King Mellon Library.
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
College libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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