Harper Library
| Title | Harper Library |
| View | Architectural Drawing 4 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Architectural drawing (photograph copy). Emery B. Jackson created a twelve-foot long Midway perspective of the proposed University of Chicago library for the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. Sent to England for rendering, the work (circa 1915) sustained water damage and was destroyed by fire in 1930. |
| Alternate Name(s) | William Rainey Harper Memorial Library; Harper Memorial Library |
| Subject Terms | Libraries (Buildings) | Renderings (Drawings) | Architectural drawings (Visual works) |
| Photograph Date | Undated |
| Rendering Date | ca. 1915 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 7.2 x 24.2 cm |
| Architect | Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge |
| Completion Date | 1912 |
| Location | 1116 E. 59th Street | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | D38 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-03086 |
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