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View of Catalogue Hall.
SC 724757
Description View of Catalogue Hall.
Date 1955
Catalogue Number SC 724757
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 21141
Scope and Content Catalogue Hall, National Library of Scotland, No 57 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh The National Library of Scotland was designed by architect Reginald Fairlie (1883-1952) between 1934 and 1936, and built 1937-9 (initial construction period). It was completed 1950-5 with A R Conlon as architect. This Neo-Classical library is nine storeys high, with two storeys on George IV Bridge, and the remaining seven below the bridge on the Cowgate. This shows the room which contains the catalogue of all the books in the library. These are listed on cards stored in drawers below the shelves between the columns (right). The room is lit by fluorescent lights in angular fittings, and by circular and square roof lights in the coffered (divided into recessed panels) ceiling. The National Library of Scotland evolved from the collection of the Society of Advocates, whose library was inaugurated in 1689. In the 1920s Sir Alexander Grant gifted a fund of £200,000 to construct a new building for the collection, which continues to grow to this day. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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