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 ====== Williams Memorial ======
-[{{ :33677722.jpg?direct&400|Williams Memorial before the addition of [[downes_clock_tower|Downes Clock Tower]]. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
+[{{ ::williams_memorial.jpg?400|Williams Memorial ca. 1950, before the addition of [[downes_clock_tower|Downes Clock Tower]]. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.33677721|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
 [{{ :33677726.jpg?direct&400|The Williams Memorial Library Reading Room. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.33677726|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
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 Morgan, who died in 1913, selected Benjamin Wistar Morris, Class of 1893 of the New York firm La Farge and Morris, to design the building. Morris had recently designed the Connecticut First Regiment Armory and the Morgan Wing of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadsworth_Atheneum|Wadsworth Atheneum]]. It was intended to house the library as well as administrative offices in "an English treatment of French Gothic" which harmonized seamlessly with the older [[long_walk|Long Walk]] buildings. Interestingly, the building had no cornerstone or cornerstone ceremony, but was formally dedicated on October 31, 1914.
-Williams Memorial was constructed at a 90-degree angle to [[jarvis_hall|Jarvis Hall]] on the Long Walk, in an effort to continue growing the campus according to Burges' original plans. It was intended that a Chapel be built opposite, where [[cook_hall|Cook Hall]] stands now.
+Williams Memorial was constructed at a 90-degree angle to [[jarvis_hall|Jarvis Hall]] on the Long Walk, in an effort to continue growing the campus according to [[burges_william|William Burges']] original plans. It was intended that a [[chapel|Chapel]] be built opposite, where [[cook_hall|Cook Hall]] stands now.
-In 1952, a new college Library was built across the quad between the athletic fields and [[clement_chemistry_building|Clement Chemistry Building]]. Today, Williams Memorial houses Human Resources as well as the President's and other administrators' offices.
+In 1952, a new college Library was built across the quad between the athletic fields and [[clement_chemistry_building|Clement Chemistry Building]]. Today, Williams Memorial houses Human Resources as well as the [[presidents|president's]] and other administrators' offices.
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