The original, historic library building is the
Fisher Ames Baker Memorial Library; it opened in 1928 with a collection of 240,000 volumes. The building was designed by
Jens Fredrick Larson, modeled after
Independence Hall in
Philadelphia, and funded by a gift to
Dartmouth College by
George Fisher Baker in memory of his uncle, Fisher Ames Baker, Dartmouth class of 1859. The facility was expanded in 1941 and 1957–1958 and received its one millionth volume in 1970. In 1992, John Berry and the Baker family donated US $30 million for the construction of a new facility, the
Berry Library designed by architect
Robert Venturi, adjoining the Baker Library. The new complex, the Baker-Berry Library, opened in 2000 and was completed in 2002. The Dartmouth College libraries presently hold over 2 million volumes in their collections. Image:Orozco - Dartmouth c.JPG|Section, Dartmouth mural (1932–1934) by
José Clemente Orozco Image:Orozco - Dartmouth a.JPG|Departure of Quetzalcoatl, Dartmouth mural by
José Clemente Orozco Image:Orozco - Dartmouth b.JPG|Gods of the Modern World, Dartmouth mural by
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