Almost as soon as the new Don L Love Memorial Library opened to students in 1945, the University began planting the seed for another new library. In 1947, newly appointed Chancellor R. G. Gustavson included a library for the agricultural campus in his appeal to alumni. The Agricultural Library had been housed in Agriculture Hall since its doors opened in 1905. Space constraints were becoming a very real problem, with library materials stored in the basement, attic, and even on the downtown campus in Love Library.
(excerpt taken from An Architectural Tour of Historic UNL website at historicbuildings.unl.edu/index.html)
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Lead Donors
Husker alumni and philanthropists Ruth and Bill Scott of Omaha provided a leadership contribution as a challenge gift to encourage others to invest in the project. The Dinsdale family of Nebraska responded with a major gift commitment. The gift was made by Sid Dinsdale, Chris Dinsdale and Jane Dinsdale Rogers in honor of their father, Roy G. Dinsdale; and by Lynn Dinsdale Marchese and Tom Dinsdale in honor of their father, the late John “Jack” A. Dinsdale.