| Description | A large proportion of photographs in this volume are of the main library building, both its original construction from 1956 to 1959, and its 1967 extension. There are also photographs of the conversion of B block for Council and Senate room; the construction of Physics West; the Clinical Research block, Wellcome wing at the Medical School and the Medical School library, the Barnes library; work on the services subway; the Hills chemistry extension; the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering building; the second wing of the extension to Manor House; and the renovation of Chamberlain clock tower
The album also contains a copy of the programme issued at the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of the Main Library building by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on 2 May 1957 |