Word: farnsworth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first floor is the Treasure Room in which rare books and manuscripts are kept and the Farnsworth Room containing a miscellaneous collection of books for general reading...
...first obligations of a university. Here there is Widener with a stock of books, manuscripts and treasures so remarkable that few undergraduates realize its wealth. Yet there are many varieties of books and various reasons for reading them. With all the advantages of upper Widener and the Farnsworth room the atmosphere is one of more or less industrious labor. Widener Library is not a comfortable place for "just reading...
...Widener Library will operate on its regular schedule during the spring recess with the exception of April 19, Patriots Day, when all departments except the Reading Room, Farnsworth Room, and the Library of the Business School will be closed...
...should read history, especially the biographies of statesmen, for the data of politics are the acts of men. History and biography form the bodies of data, which the student of government must utilize as the basis of his study. The admirable short collection of biographies and autobiographies in the Farnsworth Room at the Library furnishes a most convenient foundation for the study of politics in its broader aspects. Its usefulness should be more widely appreciated, especially since under our tutorial system all such material is grist for the student's mill...
Sentiment of this sort has a large share in creating such an institution as Widener. The building itself is the memorial of a mother to her son; many of the special collections, like the Farnsworth Room and the Child Memorial, have personal associations. It will be remembered that the philosopher Berkeley, after his ill-advised attempt to found a university in the Bermudas, left many of his books to Harvard as a pitiful reminder. And it was not so much John Harvard's money as his generous library that gave him title to be called the College's founder...