Belk Library, first, circa 1968, photo 1

This image shows the newly completed first Belk Library at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the late 1960s. The Belk Library was completed in 1968 and opened in 1969. It was designed to hold 400,000 volumes and originally had 86,000 square feet of floor space, and was expanded in the late 1970s. Belk served as the main campus library until 2005, when it was replaced by the newly constructed Belk Library and Information Commons. It was then known as the Library Classroom Building and in 2009 was rededicated as Anne Belk Hall. Varsity Gymnasium, built 1968, can be seen in the background.

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General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 1, Belk Library F1, C14.1.6.1.

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Carol Grotnes Belk Library (1968). Library Classroom Building (1968). Anne Belk Hall (1968)

1960-1969

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