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The library was named after Annie E. Chapman, first librarian of the Salt Lake City public library system. [2]It is an L-shaped building designed in Classical Revival architecture by architect Don Carlos Young, Jr., who also designed the layout of the University of Utah campus and a number of LDS buildings.
The Salt Lake City main library covers an area of 240,000 square feet (22,000 m 2) in a five-story tall, wedge-shaped building. [10] The structure includes 44,960 cubic yards (34,370 m 3 ) of concrete, and 176,368 square feet (16,385.1 m 2 ) of glass, including a five-story curved glass outer wall.
The Bentley Mark VI was the most successful Bentley ever manufactured: Crewe produced more than 5,000 Mark VIs, which equaled the total number of Bentleys made in the 20 years before World War II. The Derby designed Bentley R Type was produced until 1955 when it was succeeded by the Bentley S1 / Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud , the first car wholly ...
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie ...
Because of this law, the Free Public Library of Salt Lake City, the city's first government-run free public library, opened on February 14, 1898. Its temporary location was on the top floor of the Salt Lake City and County Building, and the collection consisted mainly of a stockpile of 11,910 books donated by the Pioneer Library Association. [3]
The new facility houses the Church History Department (the modern name of the Church Historian's Office) and the church's historical archives. [2] The building was dedicated on June 20, 2009. The building opened to the public on June 22, 2009, with extended hours, improved technology, assistance staff, and additional educational and training ...
The Salt Lake City Genealogical Library was founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members of the LDS Church with their family history and genealogical research. It is the largest library of its kind in the world. It is open to the general public at no charge.
The Pioneer Memorial Museum is a history museum operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. [1] The museum hosts a large collection of artifacts related to the Mormon pioneers and early Utah, along with libraries containing pioneer biographies and photographs.