This is a photograph of a classroom in Tower Hall taken sometime during the late 1970s or 1980s. In the back corner of the classroom, sitting on top of a cupboard there is a statue of Christopher Columbus. The statue is bronze colored metal and is approximately 27" tall. The name 'Columbus' is written along the edge of the base of the statue, directly below his feet.
At some point this statue was moved from the classroom in Tower Hall to the John L. Raymond Room in the library. This room housed the John L. Raymond Special Collection and the Library's rare books. These special items had been set apart from the general collection for as long as the library on Taylor street had existed, and the space provided for them included numerous works of art that had been donated to the school. Columbus proudly watched over these special collections until the collections were moved and the rooms converted into offices.
Now that the USF Library Archives has been restored to our original space in the library, Columbus is back, presiding over the Rare Books section of the Reading Room. He's had some bumps along his journey (including damage to the back side of the globe under his left hand), but he will forever have a place in the history of the University of St. Francis.
This is a photograph of a classroom in Tower Hall taken sometime during the late 1970s or 1980s. In the back corner of the classroom, sitting on top of a cupboard there is a statue of Christopher Columbus. The statue is bronze colored metal and is approximately 27" tall. The name 'Columbus' is written along the edge of the base of the statue, directly below his feet.
At some point this statue was moved from the classroom in Tower Hall to the John L. Raymond Room in the library. This room housed the John L. Raymond Special Collection and the Library's rare books. These special items had been set apart from the general collection for as long as the library on Taylor street had existed, and the space provided for them included numerous works of art that had been donated to the school. Columbus proudly watched over these special collections until the collections were moved and the rooms converted into offices.
Now that the USF Library Archives has been restored to our original space in the library, Columbus is back, presiding over the Rare Books section of the Reading Room. He's had some bumps along his journey (including damage to the back side of the globe under his left hand), but he will forever have a place in the history of the University of St. Francis.
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