Dana Porter Library

Identity area

Type of entity

Building

Authorized form of name

Dana Porter Library

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Arts Library

      • Arts Library Building

      • Dana Porter Arts Library.

      • LIB

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1965-

      History

      The Dana Porter Library officially opened on October 23, 1965 as the Arts Library Building. It was designed by Toronto based Shore and Moffatt and Partners and was built between 1964 and 1970. The 10-storey building had floors added over time, with work on the final three beginning in 1969 by Hamilton-based Eaglewood Construction.

      The opening of the building in 1965 was marked by a special convocation ceremony during which honorary degrees were presented to Bertha Bassam, Robert Harold Blackburn, and Jack Ernest Brown. Afterwards, the academic procession proceeded directly from Convocation to the main entrance of the Arts Library Building. The Arts Library Building was dedicated to and named after Dana Harris Porter, the first chancellor of the University of Waterloo, on October 27, 1967.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      University of Waterloo Libraries

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      Category of relationship

      associative

      Type of relationship

      University of Waterloo Libraries Is affiliated with Dana Porter Library

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Porter, Dana Harris (1901-1967)

      Identifier of related entity

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Type of relationship

      Porter, Dana Harris Is affiliated with Dana Porter Library

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      Description of relationship

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created November 2023 by DR.
      Revised March 12, 2024

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          Sources

          • Buildings: Dana Porter Arts Library: Opening. [UWA2020-04-2].
          • Kessler, Karl. "The distinctive character of UW's Dana Porter Library". Grand. January 10, 2019.
          • "Library gets 3-floor addition". Waterloo Chronicle. July 24, 1969, p. 7.
            Kitchener-Waterloo Record Saturday, October 27, 1967 page 3
          • Dana Porter Arts Library (LIB) - Campus Accessibility

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