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Description: | 11th May 1935.
Brotherton Library under construction, the foundation stone was laid by Lord Brotherton on 24th June 1930.
Lord Edward Allen Brotherton had been Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1913/14.
Writer Dorothy Una Ratcliffe was his niece and acted as Lady Mayoress.
He was a generous benefactor of the University, donating ?200,000 from 1927 until his death in October 1930.
The Brotherton collection of books was presented to the University in 1935.
The library officially opened in October 1936.
The Parkinson building was completed in 1951 and obscures the library from Woodhouse Lane. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Leeds University Library | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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