Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College; Students; Bookcases; Books; College students; Hairstyles; Clothing and dress
Students read and study in what is currently known as the Rare Book Room of the library. When this photo was taken, the room was a regular reading room and rare books were not housed there.
Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College; Windows
The Gutenberg Window located in the main reading room of the Denison Library. The principal medallions of the window were chosen to illustrate the progress and conservation of learning through the mediums of legend, the written alphabet, and the...
Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College; Windows
This interior view of the first floor Drake Wing of the Denison Library shows the Alphabet Window and bookcases. The Alphabet Window is a stained glass window by Scripps Professor Douglas McClellan. Its figures form letters of the alphabet in...
Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College
Interior view of the wood paneling, bookshelves, tables, and chairs in the Rare Book Room at Denison Library. This photo is labeled "Kerry McClanahan."
Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College; Furniture; Books
Denison staff member on lower level of Rare Book Room of Denison Library. Armchairs and rugs are seen among the library furnishings. The handwriting "Keep window vertical" and "19 c" is seen in the bottom margin, while "10 picas" is in the top...
Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College; Windows
Gutenberg Window in Main Reading Room of Denison Library from interior of Main Reading Room, Denison Library. A large figure of Gutenberg is seen in the center of the window, and he is surrounded by symbols and figures of early writing, printing,...
Long view of interior of Main Reading Room, Denison Library, from circulation desk (1991).;Postcard advertising an exhibit at Denison Library called "Portraits from the Dingle Library."
Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College; Windows
Close-up view of part of stained glass window in Rare Book Room of Denison Library. Twenty-one stained glass windows on the balcony and lower floor of the literature room (north transept) were presented by Mrs. Denison in 1939. Each bears the...
Ella Strong Denison Library; Libraries; Scripps College
Chairs, bookshelves, and an exhibition case stand in front of the Alphabet Window in the Drake Wing of Denison Library. The Alphabet Window is a stained glass window by Scripps Professor Douglas McClellan. Its figures form letters of the alphabet...
