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The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Collection and the Robert Goddard Exhibition Room are housed in the Archives and Special Collections area of the library. Outside the library lies a structure depicting the flight path of Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket. In 2008, the library digitized Goddard's collection
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The Academic Commons at Goddard Library is a study space opened in January 2009 as part of the building's renovations. It includes Clark's primary computer lab, a cafe and study space.
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Fifty years later, on March 13, 2019, Clark University commemorated the anniversary of the building's opening, and paid tribute to namesake
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gave 75,000 dollars towards the establishment of a periodical room in the library. On May 19, 1969, United States Senator
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exploration to "pressing problems here at home". Also in attendance at the dedication were
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opened the Goddard Library in which he called for the shifting of resources used in
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Revamped library welcomes Clark University students back from break
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Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
Clark University
Goddard Library at Clark University
Clark University
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
Robert H. Goddard
John M. Johansen
Willard Rockwell
Rockwell Foundation
Ted Kennedy
Massachusetts
aerospace
John Leland Atwood
Rockwell International
John M. Johansen
Buzz Aldrin
Robert H. Goddard
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Library honors rocket science pioneer




"Clark community to celebrate 50 years of Goddard Library"

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