The William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, dedicated June the tenth and eleventh, nineteen hundred twelve . tllO i l)v T The Law Buildiiiji The Law School be.:in its worU ()rtohcr 1. 11»(I-J. tontracts lorliuiklini)- were awarded February 17. IMni. The cornerstone was hiidthen President of the United States,on April 2. lOO.}. Tlie buildingwas tinished and occupied at theopening of the spring (piarter. 1!)() cost .t-248,G.}(). No donor be-ing found in Chicago to contributethe money for the Law Huilding, itwas advanced by Mr. Rockefellerin the exi)ectation that such a donorwould some ti

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The William Rainey Harper Memorial Library, dedicated June the tenth and eleventh, nineteen hundred twelve . tllO i l)v T The Law Buildiiiji The Law School be.:in its worU ()rtohcr 1. 11»(I-J. tontracts lorliuiklini)- were awarded February 17. IMni. The cornerstone was hiidthen President of the United States,on April 2. lOO.}. Tlie buildingwas tinished and occupied at theopening of the spring (piarter. 1!)() cost .t-248,G.}(). No donor be-ing found in Chicago to contributethe money for the Law Huilding, itwas advanced by Mr. Rockefellerin the exi)ectation that such a donorwould some time api)ear. Awaitingsuch a benefactor of the Univer-sity, tlie building lacks a name. Adoor in the southwest corner of itsreading-room gixcs access to tlumain reading-room of t\\v HarperMemorial Libraiy. Law Library KeadinA^Kc •rcctionlicodorc of the I ,awKoosc\ eh.

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