William D. Walsh Family Library Explained

Library Name:The William D. Walsh Family Library
Country:United States
Established:1997
Location:Rose Hill campus, Fordham University, The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Collection Size:1 million volumes
Website:https://www.fordham.edu/resources/libraries/

The William D. Walsh Family Library is a library located at Fordham University's Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, New York City. In its 2004 edition of The Best 351 Colleges, the Princeton Review ranked Fordham's William D. Walsh Family Library fifth in the country, ahead of Yale, Harvard, and Columbia.[1]

History

The William D. Walsh Family Library was officially opened in 1997 after Duane Library, the original university library, was unable to hold the increase in volumes. After the completion of the Walsh Family Library, the Duane Library was officially closed to students and faculty and sat empty until its 2004 renovation into a visitors' center and headquarters of the theology department.

Volumes and collections

The library occupies over 240000square feet on five floors, and contains more than 1 million volumes and 380,000 U.S. government documents. The Walsh Family Library is named after William Walsh, a Fordham alumnus who made a major contribution toward its construction. All Rose Hill Library services, including the Science Library, Audio Visuals, Electronic Services, Government Documents, Archives, Special Collections, Microforms, and Fordham Dissertations are housed here.

Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art

Since 2007 it also houses the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art.[2] [3] The museum showcases a collection of over 200 Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art pieces donated by William Walsh, which he and his wife, Jane, acquired through public art auctions.[2] [1] The museum also showcases a collection of 732 ancient coins given by Thomas Maroney,[4] and Byzantine mosaics anonymously donated in 2013.[1]

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External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ancient Rome and Little Italy, in the Bronx. Besonen. Julie. January 2, 2016. The New York Times. 0362-4331. October 18, 2016.
  2. News: Fordham Opens Its Gift: An Antiquities Museum. February 4, 2008. The New York Times. December 6, 2007. Robin. Pogrebin.
  3. News: A Shrine to Simplicity in the Bronx. February 4, 2008. The New York Sun. December 20, 2007. Gardner, James .
  4. News: Be afraid, Metropolitan Museum, be very afraid... - Big Apple Greeter. Kaplan. Bobbie. May 3, 2016. Big Apple Greeter. en-US. October 18, 2016.