| Major Donors: |
| The Seeley G. Mudd Fund |
| The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
| The Frederick J. Kennedy Memorial Foundation |
| The Nanaline H. Duke Fund |
| The Duke Endowment |
| Engineers: |
| Mechanical and Electrical: |
Piccirillo and Brown |
| Structural: |
David Geiger - Horst Berger |
| Concrete: |
Architectural Concrete Consultants |
| General Contractor: |
Nello L. Teer Company |
| Construction Costs: |
$4.1 million |
| Project Costs: |
$5.462 million |
| Construction Module: |
25 ft. 5 in. |
| Warm-toned architectural concrete, 80% poured-in-place and 20% pre-cast: Hillsborough
Granite (Duke Stone); Thermopane double-glazing |
| Construction Time: |
February 1973 to November 1975 |
| Elevators: |
Dover |
| Book Conveyor: |
Lamson |
| Service Modules: |
Watrous Corp. |
| Communications: |
Telephone, Intercom Paging, Data: Duke University TelCom |
| Library Collections: |
210,000 volumes |
| User Population: |
5,400; all Medical Center Departments, Schools, Faculty & Staff |
| Circulation, including interlibrary loan: |
90,000 |
| Staff: |
13 professionals, 24 support staff members and student assistants |
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| Architects: |
Warner, Burns, Toan and Lunde |
| Principal Architect: |
Danforth W. Toan |
| Design Architect: |
Yung Wang |
| Supervising Architect: |
Raymond F. Gunther |
| Interior Design: |
Yung Wang, Gertrude Gray |
| Building Area: |
96,400 sq. ft. gross |
| Net Usable Library Area: |
47,000 sq. ft. |
| Stack Capacity: |
290,000 volumes |
| Reader Seating: |
575 |
| Study Rooms: |
53, including 13 group studies |
| Carpet: |
Lee's Design Six, woven, Antron III fiber |
| Stacks: |
Estey |
| Readers' Chairs: |
Gregson, Statesville, NC |
| Wood Furniture: |
Blanton & Moore, Statesville, NC |
| Casework: |
Garland Woodcraft, Durham, NC |
| Office Furniture: |
Steelcase |
| Occasional Furniture: |
Jack Cartwright, Knoll Associates, Vecta, Thonet |
| Card Catalogues: |
Jens Risom |
| Tapestries: |
Sylvia Heyden, Bruce Bierman |
| Print Collection: |
Gift of the Honorable Thurmond Chatham |
| Apothecary Jars: |
Loaned by the Duke-Semans Fine Arts Foundation |
| Interior Landscaping: |
Fisher Associates, Durham, NC |
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The Trent Room: This room is of the period of 1720. Its pine paneling was removed from Richmond House,
Plaistow, England, which was once the seat of the Duke of Richmond. The house itself, together with
photographs of the entrance, gates, doorways and side door to garden is shown in a book Old
Plaistow...by John Spencer Curwen (1891). The main entrance door to Richard House is now in
the collection of English design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Reconstructed
in 1956 in the original library reading room, the Trent Room was moved again to the present
location by Duke Hospital carpenters in 1975. The Herez carpet is 19th Century.
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