Andrew Dickson White
Portrait photograph of Andrew Dickson White, ca. 1880. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Andrew Dickson White was the first president of Cornell. The A. D. White library was built to house White's personal collection of 30,000 books. Today, it holds books about books, publishing and book collecting.
The Andrew Dickson White Library
If you love the Andrew Dickson White Library in Uris, you might want to know more about it. Try these resources:
- A. D. White Library Historical Tour
- Uris Library Historical Tour
- Andrew Dickson White as a Book Collector
- Andrew Dickson White. The Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White. New York: The Century Co., 1905. Available in electronic format through Project Gutenberg: Vol. I, Vol. II and through the Internet Archive: Autobiography, Vol. I, Autobiography, Vol. II.
- Susan Lang. “Behind the McGraw Tower chimes is a story of love and legal wrangling.” Cornell Chronicle, February 11, 1999.
- Andrew Dickson White Papers (microfilmed, then digitized)
- Other Cornell history-related online exhibits
- and many, many more archival collections available online here
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Craig Mains. Scrollwork bracket in the A. D. White Library, seen from the upper tier.
ca. 1900
Andrew Dickson White Library, ca. 1900
Source: University Archives. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library