Marsh Memorial Main Reading Room

Marsh Memorial Main Reading Room

Marsh Memorial; Springfield College; Springfield College--Buildings; Springfield College--Libraries; International Young Men's Christian Association College;

Libraries; Desks; Books; Chairs; Sculptures; MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866–1947; The Sun Vow; Potter, Louis; Stained glass window; Stained glass; Tradition and Progress;

A photograph of students studying in Springfield College's Marsh Memorial Library. Featured in the photograph is the stained glass window located in the back of the room as well as two bronze sculptures on either side of the window. Featured in the foyer is a bronze sculpture entitled "Tradition and Progress" by Louis Potter. The sculpture was a gift of the class of 1914. The sculpture on the right, created by Hermon Atkins MacNeil in 1899 and entitled "The Sun Vow" was a gift of college president Laurence Doggett and his wife Carolyn. The work portrays two Native Americans straining to follow an arrow's flight. It is based on a rite of passage heard by MacNeil in which a boy on the threshold of manhood must shoot an arrow directly into the sun in order to be accepted as a warrior of his tribe. Marsh Memorial served as the College’s library until the opening of Babson Library in 1971. After Babson Library was opened, Marsh Memorial was renovated for other uses. A chapel was developed in the large room in Marsh, featured in this photograph, which already contained stained glass windows. Marsh is still used for religious purposes today, offering regular worship services for members of the college. Other offices the building houses are the President’s office, the Office of Academic Affairs, and the Department of Public Safety.

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Springfield College

1950-1965?

2012-02-24

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RG 132 Marsh Memorial Building Records

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