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Marye House

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Tagged with 1910s • 2010s • building • Commuter Student Services • judicial affairs • marye • Marye House • res life • residence life • spanish house • Student Life • UMW

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Originally named Ridge Crest, Marye House was constructed in the 1910s as the President’s residence, but over the years its purpose has varied. It has been used as a student residence hall, the Spanish house¹, and is used today as the Office of Residence Life and Commuter Student Services, Judicial Affairs and Community Responsibility, and the Dean of Student Life.

Marye House, 1952
"Pathway to Marye House," 1952, The Centennial Image Collection, UMW Digital Archives, University of Mary Washington.

Marye House, 2014
Carly Winfield, "Marye House," March 21, 2014, Personal Collection of Carly Winfield, University of Mary Washington.

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Trinkle

In Academic Buildings • All Then & Now Posts • Structural

Tagged with 1940s • 1980s • 2010s • academic building • building • computer science • library • math • no date • philosophy • religion • Trinkle • Trinkle Hall • trinkle library • UMW

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In 1941, the E. Lee Trinkle Library opened and “remained the College library for a half of century, until the expanding collection necessitated larger quarters in 1989.” ¹ According to Dr. Crawley’s University of Mary Washington: A Centennial History, 1908-2008, “Pride in the beautiful new building was such that students and faculty immediately adopted the practice of scrupulously not stepping on the College seal on the rotunda floor.” ² While that tradition has faded, today’s students still treasure the building. Today Trinkle Hall is home to the Mathematics, Religion, Philosophy, Computer Science, and Classics departments, as well as the College of Education.

Trinkle Hall, n.d.
Colony Studios, "Exterior of Trinkle Hall," n.d., The Centennial Collection, UMW Digital Archives, University of Mary Washington.

Trinkle Hall, 2014
Jessica Reingold, "Trinkle Hall," February 19, 2014, Personal Collection of Jessica Reingold, University of Mary Washington.

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Simpson Library & Information and Technology Convergence Center

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Tagged with 1980s • 2010s • academic • academic building • building • center • convergence • convergence center • information • information and technology convergence center • itcc • library • simpson • simpson library • structural • technology • UMW

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Simpson Library opened at the start of the Spring 1989 semester, named in honor of former university president Grellet C. Simpson. This building was constructed in the late 1980s as a replacement for Trinkle Library, which was heavily over capacity by that point. Originally designed to house about 100,000 books, its collection had swelled to about 300,000 by the 1980s. Situated along Campus Walk, Simpson has a number of features, including a climate-controlled archive room, offices,classrooms and meeting areas, as well as various scanning, printing, and computer stations. Yet the main asset is “nine miles of shelving capable of holding over a half-million items.”¹ Several important groups are housed in the library, including the Special Collections archives and the ThinkLab, which features at 3D printer.

Construction of the Information and Technology Convergence Center started in June 2012. The ITCC is slated to open in the Fall of 2014, and will be joined onto the library, crossing over Campus Walk. According to the Office of the Provost, “The main floor of the building will have a walk up ‘e-station bar’ where users can quickly check e-mails or other communications. Group collaboration spaces, designed to incorporate digital collaboration software and equipment, are also a part of the proposed building. A multi-media editing studio will enable users ready access to computers with video editing and other similar software necessary for doing sophisticated digital productions. The building will also include a small video production studio.”² Furthermore, the Speaking and Writing Centers are planned to relocate to the Convergence Center.³

Front view of Simpson Library, 1989 "Front view of Simpson Library," July 1989, The Centennial Collection, UMW Digital Archives, University of Mary Washington.	Simpson Library, 2014 Alexandria Parrish, "Simpson Library," March 21 2014, Personal Collection of Alexandria Parrish. University of Mary Washington.
Convergence Center Construction, 2014 Alexandria Parish, "Convergence Center Construction," March 21 2014, Personal Collection of Alexandria Parish. University of Mary Washington.	Rendering of completed Convergence Center Courtesy of Hanbury, Evans, Wright, and Vlattas.

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