![]() Today, the library has over one million items in its various collections. Boyce Centennial Library building opened in 1959, the library contained approximately 140,000 volumes. In 1926 when moved to the “Beeches” on Lexington Road, the library contained about 35,000 volumes. Boyce, bringing the collection to approximately 15,000 volumes by 1887. While in New York Hall, the collection was enlarged by the gift of the 5,000 volume theological collection from the library of James P. By 1877 the library had grown to approximately 7,000 volumes when housed in the same building with the Louisville Polytechnic Library. It was further enriched in 1860-1 by addition of about 200 volumes from the Columbian College collection. The original collection began with a transfer to the seminary of the 2,000 volume religion collection from the Furman Theological Institute of Furman University. Boyce Centennial Library, in November 1959. The library moved into its present building, known as the James P. When the seminary moved to its present home at the “Beeches” on Lexington Road, a library wing of two buildings (a reading hall and a book stack) was constructed at the northwest corner of the new Norton Hall. Lawrence Smith in memory of her recently deceased two nieces and two nephews. This building had been erected with funds donated for the purpose by Mrs. The library was moved in May 1891 into its first separate building, known as Memorial Library, on the corner of Fifth and Broadway. (Brenau College., 1878), also by Brenau College, Georgia Female Seminary, and Georgia Seminary for Young Ladies (page images at HathiTrust) See also whats at your library, or elsewhere. Here it remained until 1888, when it was moved into the fourth floor of the newly completed New York Hall, the first building erected by the seminary in Louisville, on the east side of Fifth Street. Books from the extended shelves: Georgia Baptist Seminary: Catalogue. The second home of the seminary library was on the third floor of the Louisville Polytechnic Building or Public Library Hall on Fourth Street. Here the library remained until the removal of the seminary from Greenville to downtown Louisville, Kentucky in 1877. ![]() The first home of the library was in one of the three small rooms in the then recently vacated church building of the First Baptist Church of Greenville, South Carolina, beginning in September of 1859. He insisted that the requisites for the new seminary should be three “b”s: brains, books, and bricks – in that order. This is epitomized most clearly in a famous saying of Thomas Curtis quoted by one of the seminary founders. Historyįrom the beginning and continuing throughout the history of the seminary, its library has assumed an important role in the life of the school. The library also commits to improve continuously the overall quality of its resources so that the experience of library research is deemed valuable and the ministries of members of the Seminary community are marked by dedicated study for the glory of God and the advancement of His kingdom. The library seeks to accomplish this mission through the ongoing development and organization of collections and services so that every member of the Seminary community will have the resources to advance their ministry competencies. Boyce Centennial Library exists to support the mission of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. ![]()
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