000002034 001__ 2034 000002034 005__ 20250613150633.0 000002034 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.2034 000002034 037__ $$aTEXTUAL$$bArticle 000002034 041__ $$aeng 000002034 245__ $$aThe Old University of Chicago in the New: The Library 000002034 269__ $$a2019-10-11 000002034 336__ $$aArticle 000002034 520__ $$aThe Old University of Chicago was incorporated in 1856. The first classes were held on September 9, 1858. In their annual catalogue for 1859-60, the University reports their Library has 2,000 volumes. (1) Over the next twenty-seven years, the University grew its collection to approximately 7,000 volumes. When the original University closed in 1886, trustee John A. Reichelt purchased the entire collection with the intention of gifting it back to the University once reincorporated. In the interim, the books were held by the Baptist Union Theological Seminary. These 7,000 volumes formed the basis of the library of the University when it was reestablished in Hyde Park in 1890. They represent a physical connection between the Old University of Chicago in Bronzeville and the “New” University of Chicago that exists today. 000002034 540__ $$a© 2019 Anne Knafl, Nancy Spiegel 000002034 6531_ $$aold university of chicago 000002034 6531_ $$areparations 000002034 6531_ $$alibrary 000002034 690__ $$aDivinity School 000002034 690__ $$aHumanities Division 000002034 690__ $$aLibrary 000002034 691__ $$aLibrary Publications and Presentations 000002034 691__ $$aDivinity School Research Publications 000002034 7001_ $$aKnafl, Anne$$uUniversity of Chicago 000002034 7001_ $$aSpiegel, Nancy$$uUniversity of Chicago 000002034 8564_ $$99caf5914-c8ad-4949-aee0-600ce2e62dc5$$s340177$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/2034/files/Old%20University%20in%20the%20New%20Knafl%20Spiegel.pdf$$ePublic 000002034 908__ $$aI agree 000002034 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:2034$$pGLOBAL_SET 000002034 983__ $$aArticle