Raymond H. Fogler Library

Sharing the building space with other academic departments was the norm in the early years of the campus library. In 1868 the campus had “the nucleus of a library” which was housed in a single room in Fernald Hall along with the chemical laboratory. Ezekiel Holmes, a proponent for Maine agriculture, and Abner Coburn, Governor and President of the Board of Trustees, were early benefactors.

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Sharing the building space with other academic departments was the norm in the early years of the campus library. In 1868 the campus had “the nucleus of a library” which was housed in a single room in Fernald Hall along with the chemical laboratory. Ezekiel Holmes, a proponent for Maine agriculture, and Abner Coburn, Governor and President of the Board of Trustees, were early benefactors.

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