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1. Library reading room interior, looking south

Primary Title:
Library reading room interior, looking south
Description:
Library building, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Photograph of the reading room during construction, showing workers. View is from the center, looking toward the south.
Creator/Contributor:
unidentified (photographer)| James Stewart & Co. (contractors)| Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1911-04-08

3. First floor hallway looking north with original barrel vaults

Primary Title:
First floor hallway looking north with original barrel vaults
Description:
Library building, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Photograph of first floor hallway looking north, showing original barrel vaults.
Creator/Contributor:
unidentified (photographer)| Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)

4. First floor hallway looking west with old entrance into Library

Primary Title:
First floor hallway looking west with old entrance into Library
Description:
Library building, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Photograph of main hallway, looking towards entrance to library.
Creator/Contributor:
unidentified (photographer)| Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)

5. Frieze panels

Primary Title:
Frieze panels
Description:
Frieze panels, with notes on background, modelling, and border color.
Creator/Contributor:
Donnelly & Ricci (architectural sculptor)

6. Frieze panels

Primary Title:
Frieze panels
Description:
Frieze panels, with notes on background, modelling, and border color.
Creator/Contributor:
Donnelly & Ricci (architectural sculptor)

7. Library stacks interior with scaffolding

Primary Title:
Library stacks interior with scaffolding
Description:
Library building, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Photograph of the library stacks room during construction, showing workers on scaffolding.
Creator/Contributor:
unidentified (photographer)| James Stewart & Co. (contractors)| Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1911-05-11

8. Proposed Library Building rendering

Primary Title:
Proposed Library Building rendering
Description:
Rendering, Proposed Library Building, corner view showing people and an automobile. The rendering in gray tones likely was intended for reproduction in print media. It depicts the library as built except for the balustrade, which was never realized. The Woman’s Building appears in the background.
Creator/Contributor:
H. R. Johnson (delineator)

9. New University of Texas plan, Section looking north

Primary Title:
New University of Texas plan, Section looking north
Description:
New plan for University of Texas, Section looking north, showing Residence, Dormitory, Recitation, University Hall, Museum, Breckenridge Hall, and Student Hall
Creator/Contributor:
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)| Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1881-1966 (delineator)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1911-01-28

10. North elevations, University of Texas

Primary Title:
North elevations, University of Texas
Description:
Sketch of north elevations of buildings at the University of Texas at Austin.
Creator/Contributor:
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)| Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1881-1966 (delineator)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1910-11-09

12. Main Floor Plan Library Building for The University of Texas

Primary Title:
Main Floor Plan Library Building for The University of Texas
Description:
Main Floor Plan showing the Reading room, delivery space, catalogue room, librarian's room, and the stack room.
Creator/Contributor:
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)

14. Card catalog

Primary Title:
Card catalog
Description:
Photograph of a card catalog, with four busts
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1951-04-12

15. Old Library (Battle Hall): view looking to north window, students studying

Primary Title:
Old Library (Battle Hall): view looking to north window, students studying
Description:
Photograph of the reading room in the Old Library, showing people at small tables, women wearing hats, and plaster casts on bookcases. Students in Reading Room photos.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)

16. Old Library (Battle Hall): east façade exterior with scaffolding

Primary Title:
Old Library (Battle Hall): east façade exterior with scaffolding
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall) with scaffolding on front façade. From Battle Hall exteriors and model for extension photos.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1935-01-01

17. Old Library (Battle Hall): students in Reading Room

Primary Title:
Old Library (Battle Hall): students in Reading Room
Description:
Photograph of the reading room in the Old Library, showing people studying at tables and desks. Students in Reading Room photos.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1923-12-01

19. Old Library construction photos: crane, lots of people

Primary Title:
Old Library construction photos: crane, lots of people
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall) under construction, showing people gathered on and between Old Main and the Old Library buildings.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)

20. Old Library (Battle Hall): model for the proposed expansion

Primary Title:
Old Library (Battle Hall): model for the proposed expansion
Description:
Photograph of a model for the expansion of the Old Library (Battle Hall). From Battle Hall exteriors and model for extension photos.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)

21. Old Library construction photos: Special #63, interior view of stairwell

Primary Title:
Old Library construction photos: Special #63, interior view of stairwell
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall), main staircase under construction.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)| Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)| James Stewart & Co. (contractor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1911-07-10

22. Post office, "A Photographic Tour of The University of Texas"

Primary Title:
Post office, "A Photographic Tour of The University of Texas"
Description:
Clipping from "A Photographic Tour of The University of Texas," showing the U.S. Post Office University Station at the south side of Battle Hall.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1936-01-01

23. Old Library exterior photos: view front façade, from northwest

Primary Title:
Old Library exterior photos: view front façade, from northwest
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall), University of Texas. View of east and north façades, showing people on site.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)

24. 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)

25. Old Library construction photos: view of west façade

Primary Title:
Old Library construction photos: view of west façade
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall) under construction, showing people on site and Old Main the the background.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)

26. Old Library exterior: view toward entrance

Primary Title:
Old Library exterior: view toward entrance
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall), University of Texas. View of northeast corner, showing people, east and north entrances.
Creator/Contributor:
Jordan Company (photographer)

28. Old Library construction photos: southeast corner

Primary Title:
Old Library construction photos: southeast corner
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall) under construction, showing materials, brick and stone
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)

29. University of Texas Library enlargement: scheme no. 3, north elevation

Primary Title:
University of Texas Library enlargement: scheme no. 3, north elevation
Description:
Herbert Miller Greene's proposed expansion of the existing library. Scheme No 3, Enlargement of Library, North Elevation, University of Texas.
Creator/Contributor:
Herbert Greene Architects (architectural firm)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1926-07-16

30. University of Texas Library enlargement: scheme no. 3, east elevation

Primary Title:
University of Texas Library enlargement: scheme no. 3, east elevation
Description:
Herbert Miller Greene's proposed expansion of the existing library. Scheme No 3, Enlargement of Library, East Elevation, University of Texas.
Creator/Contributor:
Herbert Greene Architects (architectural firm)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1926-07-16

31. Reaugh painting, Barker Texas History Center

Primary Title:
Reaugh painting, Barker Texas History Center
Description:
Reaugh painting 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

32. Old Library construction photos: showing cornerstone ceremony

Primary Title:
Old Library construction photos: showing cornerstone ceremony
Description:
Old Library construction photos: ceremony, showing 1910 cornerstone, crowds of people, including musicians in foreground to right.
Creator/Contributor:
Jordan (photographer)

33. 1933 University of Texas Perspective for Future Development

Primary Title:
1933 University of Texas Perspective for Future Development
Description:
Perspective for Future Development, University of Texas, 1933
Creator/Contributor:
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945 (architect)| Alan C. Davoll (renderer)| J. Floyd Yewell (renderer)| University of Texas (client)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1933-01-01

34. Cass Gilbert

Primary Title:
Cass Gilbert
Description:
Portrait of Cass Gilbert, 10/3/1907.
Creator/Contributor:
Pach (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1907-10-03

35. Old Library construction photos: #9, looking toward Old Main

Primary Title:
Old Library construction photos: #9, looking toward Old Main
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall) under construction, materials and workers on site, with Old Main in background.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)| Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)| James Stewart & Co. (contractor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1910-10-15

36. Old Library construction photos #10

Primary Title:
Old Library construction photos #10
Description:
Old Library (Battle Hall) under construction, temporary structures and workers on site.
Creator/Contributor:
not attributed (photographer)| Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 (architect)| James Stewart & Co. (contractor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1910-10-15

37. "Nightly the scramble goes on for books at the reserve desk in the Library"

Primary Title:
"Nightly the scramble goes on for books at the reserve desk in the Library"
Description:
Days out and nights in. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1924-25, p. 154.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1926-01-01

38. "The Library, rendezvous of Campus Buzzard and McFadden's Ushers" (with cars)

Primary Title:
"The Library, rendezvous of Campus Buzzard and McFadden's Ushers" (with cars)
Description:
"The Library, rendezvous of Campus Buzzard and McFadden's Ushers." The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1919-20, p.10.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1920-08-01

39. Campus buildings layout, including Library

Primary Title:
Campus buildings layout, including Library
Description:
Scenes on the campus and about Austin. Photograph of New Library in lower left corner. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1911-12, n.p.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1911-12-01

40. Dedication to William J. Battle, 1915-16 Cactus

Primary Title:
Dedication to William J. Battle, 1915-16 Cactus
Description:
Dedication, the twenty-third volume of the Cactus is dedicated to William James Battle. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1915-16, n.p.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1916-04-01

41. Eugene Barker in front of Library

Primary Title:
Eugene Barker in front of Library
Description:
Eugene C. Barker, Associate Professor of History and Chairman of the School of History. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1911-12, n.p.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1911-12-01

42. "University Scene" with Library reading room, view into entry hall

Primary Title:
"University Scene" with Library reading room, view into entry hall
Description:
University Scene. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1913-14, n.p.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1914-02-01

43. "University Scenes" with Library skylight, window

Primary Title:
"University Scenes" with Library skylight, window
Description:
University Scenes. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1913-14, n.p.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1914-02-01

44. "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

45. 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

46. B. Hall

Primary Title:
B. Hall
Description:
Postcard showing Brackenridge Hall (B. Hall), University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (artist)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1890-01-01

47. Interior of the Library and Library at Night

Primary Title:
Interior of the Library and Library at Night
Description:
Interior of the Library and Library at Night. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1918-19, p.262.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1919-07-01

48. Snow Day--Library in the snow

Primary Title:
Snow Day--Library in the snow
Description:
Snow Day - first for seven years. Car Shed and the Library. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1914-15, p. 24.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1915-03-01

50. Library sketch (Art Club roster)

Primary Title:
Library sketch (Art Club roster)
Description:
Art Club. The Cactus, Texas Student Publications, The University of Texas at Austin, 1914-15, p. 261.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (photographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1915-03-01