Gresham Library

1800 Bobby K. Marks Drive Map | News | ID#: 0042 Timeline 1968 Constructed 1985 Renamed 2003 Renovations 2003-04 Archives moves to 4th floor Namesake Newton Gresham Architect Calhoun, Tungate & Jackson Contractor(s) H.A. Lott, Inc. Links Newton Gresham Library A 1959 aerial photograph of the land east of the Frels Building (top right), a decade before the university’s expansion. A view of the library building looking west from the parking lot (yes, it's the rear entrance). Inside the western entrance is the dedication plaque.

During the late-1960s the need for additional space pushed the borders of the university eastward across Avenue I where three new buildings, including the University Library, were constructed. This is the third library on campus, built to control the overflowing Estill Library, and today contains over 1.3 Million books, periodicals, and other documents in various formats.

On the library's fourth floor is the Thomason Room, a walnut-paneled room that contains the university's special collections, incuding rare books on special subjects, the Criminal Justice Special Collection, and the drawings and manuscripts of John. W. Thomason, Jr., for whom the room was named.

Following the opening of AB4, and the relocation of the Department of Library Science, the library's first, third, and fourth floors were remodeled in 2003 to provide additional space for offices, conference rooms, and collection areas.  As part of this consolidation, university archives moved to the fourth floor from the Peabody building.

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