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1.	"Recorded information" mural on west wall of reading room in Kerr Library	Murals; Libraries	J. Leo Fairbanks was the mural artist. J. Leo Fairbanks was a professor of Art and Architecture and Chairman of the department from 1923-1946. The art department's Fairbanks Hall is named after him. Some...

2.	"Traditions" mural on west wall of reading room in Kerr Library	Murals; Indians of North America; Libraries	J. Leo Fairbanks was the mural artist. J. Leo Fairbanks was a professor of Art and Architecture and Chairman of the department from 1923-1946. The art department's Fairbanks Hall is named after him. Some...

3.	Bill Carlson, College Librarian	Carlson, William H.; Faculty; Librarians	William H. Carlson was the University Librarian for Oregon State University from 1945-1965. Carlson oversaw the construction of Kerr Library.

4.	Circulation Services management team	Kerr Library; Libraries; Faculty; Group portraits	The Circulation Services Management team: (right to left) June Wilson, Garry Browning and Juanita Kuhns, work to improve access to library materials.

5.	Dr. Surinder Suri visiting with William H. Carlson	Suri, Surinder; Carlson, William; Faculty; Newspapers	Dr. Surinder Suri, newspaper correspondent from India and Harvard graduate school, visits with Carlson, director of OSC libraries. William H. Carlson was the University Librarian for Oregon State University...

6.	Football players using library computers	Computers; Football players; Libraries; Kerr Library

7.	Fountain in front of Kerr Library	Libraries; Campus buildings; Fountains; Kerr Library	Kerr Library later was renamed to Valley Library. View of Library from Jefferson Avenue.

8.	Front of Kerr Library	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus buildings

9.	Front of Kerr Library	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus buildings

10.	Groundbreaking for Construction of Kerr Library	Ground breaking ceremonies; Ceremonies; Libraries; Faculty; Group portraits

11.	Holly tree in front of Kerr Library	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus buildings; Theta Sigma Phi; Fraternities & sororities	"The Holly tree was 20 coeds 'round. Coeds encircling the giant holly tree are members of Theta Sigma Phi, national women's honorary in journalism."

12.	Interior of Kerr	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus buildings;	Interior view of Kerr Library.

13.	Kerr Library	Kerr Library; Campus buildings; Libraries	South facing view of Kerr Library showing the sun deflecting screen. The screen was known as "the cheese grader" by the staff.

14.	Kerr Library	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus Buildings

15.	Kerr Library	Campus buildings; Kerr Library

16.	Kerr Library 2nd floor Reference area	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus buildings;

17.	Kerr Library Addition, 1971. (Valley Library) Addition of two new floors to the library began in the fall of 1970, but a construction strike, snows, and competition for use of the elevator delayed completion until the fall of 1971. The slabs for the top two floors of the library had been placed on the roof of the library during original construction in the early 1960s and were lifted into place during 1970-71.	Kerr Library; Building Construction

18.	Kerr Library arcade	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus buildings

19.	Kerr Library book stacks	Kerr Library; Libraries; Campus buildings;	Used in the "Off to College" publication article.

20.	Kerr Library construction	Campus buildings; Building construction; Libraries; Kerr Library