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Butler Library has been the site of several notable protests around the names on the inscriptions on its façade, which are exclusively white and male. On commencement day in 1989, several students attempted to unfurl a banner above the main inscription containing the names of prominent female authors
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In December 1930, Butler changed his request to Harkness, now asking him to fund a completely new building to be placed on South Field, facing Low Library from across 116th Street. Rogers arrived at his final design in April 1931, and Harkness agreed to provide $ 4 million towards its construction.
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insisted on naming it after Butler himself. As it would have been inappropriate to name a building after him while he still served as president, the library was given the placeholder name of "South Hall" until 1946, a year after Butler's retirement, when it was renamed to Butler Library.
468:. The panels along the front façade of the library are also inscribed with the names of prominent American writers and statesmen. The names were selected by Nicholas Butler, as were the quotations which decorate the main rooms of the library. 325:, who had designed most of the other buildings on Columbia's campus. Construction began in 1931, and the building was completed in 1934. Upon its completion, a giant slide was used to transport the 22 miles of books in Low to the new library. 2813: 274:, which was completed in 1897, but by the 1920s had already proved inadequate for the needs of the university's expanding library. The first proposal to build a new library building was made in 1922 by 3543: 880: 289:, in August 1927, which detailed the library's need for space, Butler began seriously contemplating the University Hall expansion. He began soliciting funds from the philanthropist and alumnus 1302: 399:, in front of Butler Library was protested by students, who described the statue as "ugly" and "kind of evil". In particular, students complained that the statue would "throw off 's 497:
sculpture in front of Low Library in the center of the campus. The mural contains references to light, social struggle, fascism, and the architecture of Columbia and New York City.
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from 1902 to 1945, who suggested that the unfinished University Hall, which sat behind Low where Uris Hall stands today, could be completed for library use.
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final. The marching band was banned from the building in 2016, and the tradition was discontinued entirely following the disbandment of the band in 2020.
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pattern and limestone trim, intended to connect it visually with the rest of the Columbia campus. The building's façade is adorned with a three-story
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in the library's stacks. This section of the novel is set in 1967 when the stacks were closed to library users. The library is also referenced in
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Above the library's colonnade are inscribed the names of male writers, philosophers, and thinkers from Europe, many of which are represented in
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with the endorsement of the Columbia University Libraries, this one containing the names of women authors of color, including
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The Columbia tradition of Orgo Night took place each semester in Butler 209, a large reading room in the library, where the
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collections in the humanities, history, social sciences, literature, philosophy, and religion, and the Columbia
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Butler Library has been described as one of the most beautiful college libraries in the United States.
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style. The building is ten stories tall, with two small wings on either side with brick façades in a
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would hold a performance in order to distract students from studying on the night before the
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The Lawrence A. Wien Reference Room, the main reading room of Butler Library
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Shortly after construction began, Butler proposed naming the building after
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which echoes that of Low Library, copper lanterns, and cast iron marquees.
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Pro Libris: Architectural Inscriptions and the University Library Building
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The Raven Mantel, the mantelpiece and last remnant of the room in which
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government in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of
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Several books and screenplays have been written in Butler, including
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Butler was built from 1931 to 1934 in order to replace the existing
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Butler Library within the architectural context of the surrounding
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Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development
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The 1954 unveiling of the 12-foot stained-glass window depicting
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Following a letter from the director of the Columbia Libraries,
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University and college academic libraries in the United States
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in order for it to fit within the context established by
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Maloney, Maggie; Itzkowitz, Laura (August 21, 2018).
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Fordham University (William D. Walsh Family Library)
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