Rush Rhees Library
Rush Rhees Tower
Rush Rhees Tower stands 186 feet (57 m) high and houses the Hopeman Memorial Carillon, the largest musical instrument in the city and one of only six in New York. It features 50 bells imported from the Netherlands and weighs in at 6,668 lb (3,025 kg). The carillon chimes on the quarter-hour and weekly recitals are given by students and guests. An annual recital series is held during the summer.
Rossell Hope Robbins Library
Located on the 4th floor of Rush Rhees is the Rossell Hope Robbins Library, which houses a non-circulating medieval studies collection of more than 20,000 volumes. In addition to its holdings in all aspects of Middle English Literature, it also contains holdings in Old English, Anglo-Norman, and medieval French literature; medieval history, philosophy, theology, and art; manuscript studies; witchcraft; and Arthurian and Robin Hood studies. The collection was donated by medievalist Rossell Hope Robbins and his wife Helen Ann Mins Robbins in 1987 and, at the time, appraised for more than $750,000. Robbins also set provisions for new acquisitions and established a trust of $160,000 for a fellowship program.
References
- ^ "Old Otis Traction elevator @ Rush Rhees Library University of Rochester NY from 1930". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "River Campus Libraries: Collections". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "New medieval studies library at Univ of Rochester". Library Journal. Vol. 112. 1987. p. 32.
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