Virginia Commonwealth University
Exhibits Tompkins-McCaw Library Special Collections & Archives
VCU Libraries

75 Years on 12th Street

1960-1969

1962

1962: First Photocopier Installed

Tompkins-McCaw Library provides a Xerox machine for the use of patrons in December of 1962, which quickly proves to be a popular service. In just two months, the machine had made 5,714 copies.

1965

1965: Reference Room

1967

1967: Front Entrance

1969

1969: Stacks

1969

1969: Front Entrance

1960s

1960s: Journal Stacks

1960s

1960s: Circulation Desk

1960s

1960s: Reference Room

1950s 1970s