"Few students venture into the bowels of the library - into the dark, ruddy peace of the Archives. The reading room is precisely framed with portraits, a glossy wooden conference table, and a perimeter of densely packed books. Some of the volumes are so old their original color is barely recognizable; others are tightly bound, yearning to be opened."

"Victoria Van Hyning, a 2006 graduate and Assistant to the Archivist/Special Collections Librarian Gail McCormick, has spent much of the past year working with some of the rarest books in the Julia Rogers Library. She shares McCormick's vision to make this remarkable collection an attractive destination for many students."

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