Our Landmark Library: Battle Hall at 100

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101. Old Library exterior photos: view from west side, snow scene

Primary Title:
Old Library exterior photos: view from west side, snow scene
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall), University of Texas. View of north and west façades of the building in the snow.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)

102. "Opening of the Wrenn Library"

Primary Title:
"Opening of the Wrenn Library"
Description:
3-page spread, 1-2 of 3. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1918-19, p. 194-95.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1919-07-01

103. Preliminary study for Educational Building University of Texas elevation-rendering

Primary Title:
Preliminary study for Educational Building University of Texas elevation-rendering
Description:
Study for the Education Building. Sutton Hall, completed in 1918, was built to house the education department. For it, Gilbert introduced the combination of Leuders limestone base and a ruddy blend of brown, tan, and ochre bricks that his successors have repeated on classroom buildings throughout the Forty Acres.
Creator/Contributor:
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1916-07-12

104. Beck's Lake

Primary Title:
Beck's Lake
Description:
Beck's Lake, at the northwest corner of the Old Library Building (Battle Hall). Two people peering into the lake, the library building in the background.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)| Austin History Center (repository)

105. University of Texas Library "details for wrot and cast iron balcony over main story windows."

Primary Title:
University of Texas Library "details for wrot and cast iron balcony over main story windows."
Description:
Sketch 16. Elevations and section of cast iroin balconies, showing ornament, brackets. Drawn by H. K. C., traced by R. G. C.; checked by R. G. C.
Creator/Contributor:
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)| H. K. C (delineator)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1910-12-01

106. Library of the University of Texas: plans, ground floor and first floor

Primary Title:
Library of the University of Texas: plans, ground floor and first floor
Description:
Library of the University of Texas (Battle Hall): plan showing ground and first floor. Stack room, accession room, archives, toilet, cataloguing room, librarian's room, delivery hall, and reading room are included in the plan.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (delineator)

107. J. Frank Dobie in Battle Hall office

Primary Title:
J. Frank Dobie in Battle Hall office
Description:
J. Frank Dobie in his office in the Old Library building (Battle Hall).
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1939-01-01

108. Circulation desk

Primary Title:
Circulation desk
Description:
Circulation desk in the Barker Texas History Center, in the Old Library building (Battle Hall).
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1951-04-12

109. Detail of wooden grill in Reading Room

Primary Title:
Detail of wooden grill in Reading Room
Description:
Details of the ornamental woodwork in the Reading Room in Battle Hall.
Creator/Contributor:
Katie Pierce Meyer (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
2011-08-10

110. "Old Library Building Once Campus Queen," from the Daily Texan

Primary Title:
"Old Library Building Once Campus Queen," from the Daily Texan
Description:
Clipping of article "Old Library Building Once Campus Queen" from the Daily Texan.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (author)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1943-09-03