The Main Library was located in the A.E. McKenzie Building. The reading room was on the second floor in what is now the North Stacks. The Main Library was renamed the John E. Robbins Library on October 4, 1974.
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Photograph is looking north into the reading room of the Main Library.
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Library Reading Room, looking north, 2nd floor McKenzie Building. Naming of the Library (foreground) L to R: Robert Campbell (student),; Stanley Knowles, M.P & Chancellor
Photograph is looking southwest and shows the Main Dining Room and Darrach Hall. It appears that a sidewalk is being constructed in front of the buildings.
Photograph is looking north and shows the east side of the Main Dining Room. The J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building, the link between the two buildings and the Original Music Building are visible in the background.
Photograph is looking west and shows the east entrance to the Main Dining Room. The link to Flora Cowan Hall and part of both Flora Cowan Hall and Darrach Hall are visible in the background.