Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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two views of tin: Amman Dmkmarm Me- morial .Cibmry: At the left tine first lit'rary building as if was but?! in I910, am! at III: right lit: library from the back aid: as W6 36: today. F ' --' Jnsidt flit! library for til: first many yam tlmt it stood, the sludmts could work at light tables Wllitl! cantinml for rows and ram. Kafar: tlm floors Hild m'linys wart cram! in the library SMCB. tltis is the View an: mild m: with! he thousands of boats filling Virtually all Ill! shelves.

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J -.. Huh 0.. H H 71,5 Chi: ,Cihrary af Aaaastaaa 6011415 is a symbol of tits asasrasity of the frisads af Aagasfaha. 27h: original sallsstiah of haahs dates hash ta ths a'aaatiaa af 5000 aalalass ta ths collage try kitty 6harlss x V of Swe- a'ea. Che .Cihrary aataberea' 6000 aalaiass whsa it was mm! to kash Jshzad fma Pariah ia 1875. Z'hc collation was hoased aa th: third floor of the hrs! callsae hailda fay aatil it was atom! to Old Maia its 1839. fish: the library rmaihed ahti! ths arsctiaa of the Dsahhiaaa Memorial .51 - hrary. Mr. Frederick 6. A. Qsahtaaaa faaha- ed his hasiasss partaarship with ?rsasrish Weysrhacassr in 7860, the same year as the sollsya's tactptiaa. Mr. Dsahlaaaa acted as prasidsat of this calamity for 45 years, gaining satcsss as ths malt of his aacsasw iag sasrgy aaa' sarsfal attsatiaa to details. Hath Dtahlaaah ma Weysrhasassr hacaws haawa as captaias af iadastry ma mama- aity leadsrs lipaa ths passing of Mr. Daahmaaa ia 1905, Mrs. Dsahmaaa am! her children dissasssd the idea of . s . doing sawsthiaa substaatial far a 95mm! caassf' 0a Jaa- aray 28, 1909 fhs family laid th: hm! the wishes phzas far the daaatiaa of a library to sha- aastaaa galley: ih armory af thsir parents. ihiara 55m a4 Am! A Deeply Appraciatsa' gift 5 email Mrs. Dsahataaa haaiag passta' away its 1907. the gift would awsoaat to wet! am 5200.000 dollars. that aiabt, a tarthlt'aht pratsssiaa of stadaats aisitsd ths harass of the donors to capress their gratitude. 37:: building itsslf was 4651371154 5;; ar- chitects Patton 4- ,Millsr of 6hisaaa, aha hailt by 306st a Salt of Peoria. Graaad was broken ah Ssptsmhtr 16, I909 am! the layiag of the soraststaas took place an iaa- , aary 21, I9 70. the arshitwtaal style is a atadsraiztd form of Jtaliaa rsaaissaasa the haildiaa has a granite base aad walls of Missouri limestoas. With a main section of 120 ha 96 fast am! this: main floors, the library was dssigasd ta sqaal tits size and aaality of any athsr mamr library in sasstsacs at that that. 011 May 79 th, I910, the students aad facility farmed a hasaaa chain ta transfer the asarly 20,000 haahs fMM Old Maia to the asw tihrary. the gift of the Dsahmaaa tihrary reflects ths saastttatiaa of those it mmoriatizss. Che sallsgs dssperately amid a haw h; hrary, am! therefore this gift was aratsfally apprssiatsa'. Uh: Dsahtaaaa Memorial .Cibrary rsataias as . , . a carryiag vat of of the parents at the same time that it is a wahamat ta fhsir memory and their stable asasroasitit

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After several periods ' ' ' ' of changes, additiaas, aaa' restorations. ths fiaase ah the flill ' still staads today as as: important landmark am! a part of the Aagastaha 6alleae Gamma Jiaase 0a the 11111 Aeaaired Malay. 6hahaes 3mm ?oarI-Kaem 57am J10ase Che Jtaase an the 11111 hegah as a small faar-raam farm haase. As it grew, so 1111! Aagastaat eaiiege, its aeiahhar is the Northeast. 'Che iifeiim af aae seemed ta be a reflectiaa of the othefs. the farmer owner of the firm: was ?rea'erieh Weyerhaeaser, an immigrant to this eaaatry is: 1856. f1e rose from milk ham! to yard maaager ia a local sawmill before beginning his career its the lumber hasihess. fie joined his brotherwih-iaw 3.644. Deahmaah 111 1860 in Che Weyerhaeaser 11 Dehhmahh .Caaiher Goat- ,aahy. As the formats of his empathy grew. so did the 110m! 011 ths 11111 Weyerhaeaser first acquired the fleas: 1a 1869, after moving from 60111 Valley in order to avoid a Starlet 3am epidemie. J-le parehasea' 20 aeres of property at 3062 1011! Awhile haawa as the em: Phase. formerlya fmit aha truth farm. the thist- iag halts: was expanded dramatically darn tag the Wegsrhasaser years. the first alter- atioa same in 1877 when two small rooms were enlarged 1111:: am: liaiag roam. the house was almost completely rebuilt ia 1882-83 with the additiaa of the west ehtrahce hall and two adjoining reams, amt their a third flaar added to the whale straw- tare. the house eaehtaally eahtaihed nearly 30 rooms. perhaps the most significant of which was the dihiha moat. Still today this team has walls and eeilihg af gherry, alaba- rately carved with apple hlassams. Mahog- aay woodwork Walnut hoahshelees, aha elegaat ariehtal rags highlight the rest of the haase. Although ?rea'erieh tamed the hsase ever to his suit joha it: 1891, the hoase was always a eeater for family gatherings. faith. in tam, gave the place to Sam amt Appaiahia Davis Weaerhaehser, wha eam- pletely rebuilt aha' refihishea' it ia 1907 for ?rederieh amt Mrs: Weyerhaeassfs geldeh weddiag anniversary. ?rea'eriehs grandson, 511117111 W. Davis, was heir to the Jtaase ea the Hill and active director af Weyerhaeaser ihterests 1a 1954. 11: that year he deeidea' to give the jtaase ta Augustaha Gallege. the grounds of the es- tate ihereased the campus sizs by 50h. am! preuidsd space far the haila'ihg af hew aar- mitaries. the hyper floors of the itaase have heea eahaarted ihta stream! and fatal- ly apartmats, Kallege entertaihiha aha eaafereaees take place ah the lower fleet. which has treea maiataiaed as it was when the Jiaase was reesiaea'. .711 this way. the Jfaase ah the 11111 has beeh ihesrparatea' into life as: the Aagastasra eampas; the two paths have eaavergea' iata aha