Library: Fontbonne University Archives: Library Building 50th Anniversary

From the Archives

Original library space in Ryan Hall

Construction on the new building

The infamous book chain: Students, faculty, staff, and friends helped move some 50,000 books to the new building

Inside the new building lobby

Fontbonne Eight: Black Manifesto to Fontbonne College
Written in October 1970 by a group of eight female African-American students (known as the Fontbonne Eight) that staged an overnight lock-in at the library. (Catalog record)
Report: Fact-finding committee on events on the Fontbonne College campus on October 24 to 27
Report on the events of October 1970 when a group of eight female African-American students staged an overnight lock-in at the library. (Catalog record)