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πΎπ π«ππ»ππΊππ ( Columbia University) π . π#facts . English (Spanish Below) βββββββββββββββββ π Butler Library houses two million volumes comprising the University's collections in the humanities, with particular strengths in history (including government documents and social science materials published before 1974), literature, philosophy and religion, as well as one of the country's most extensive collections of materials pertinent to the study of Greco-Roman antiquity. . π Butler Library opened in 1934 as South Hall, replacing the grand but obsolete Low Memorial Library. It cost four million dollars, donated by Standard Oil executive Edward S. Harkness, and was designed by James Gamble Rogers, who also was responsible for the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale. . π the entry way mural, Athena defeating the two devils of malevolent influence and disorder, was created by Eugene Savage of the Yale School of Fine Arts. . π In 1946, South Hall was renamed Butler Library, in honor of Nicholas Murray Butler, the president of Columbia from 1902 to 1945. . Spanish βββββββββββββββββ π Butler Library alberga dos millones de volΓΊmenes que comprenden las colecciones de la Universidad en humanidades, con fortalezas particulares en la historia (incluidos documentos gubernamentales y materiales de ciencias sociales publicados antes de 1974), literatura, filosofΓa y religiΓ³n, asΓ como una de las colecciones de materiales mΓ‘s extensas del paΓs pertinente al estudio de la antigΓΌedad grecorromana. . π La Biblioteca Butler se abriΓ³ en 1934 como South Hall, reemplazando a la gran pero obsoleta Biblioteca Low Memorial.CostΓ³ cuatro millones de dΓ³lares, donados por el ejecutivo de Standard Oil Edward S. Harkness, y fue diseΓ±ado por James Gamble Rogers, quien tambiΓ©n era responsable de la Biblioteca Sterling Memorial en Yale. . π el mural de la entrada, Athena derrotando a los dos demonios de influencia y desorden malΓ©volos, fue creado por Eugene Savage de la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Yale. . πEn 1946, South Hall pasΓ³ a llamarse Biblioteca Butler, en honor de Nicholas Murray Butler, el presidente de Columbia desde 1902 hasta 1945. . #butlerlibrary (at Butler Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Sg9XPBt0H/?igshid=10chbnkef6gc3
