From cjcobb2@unity.ncsu.edu Wed Oct 25 09:19:37 2000
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:04:55 -0400
From: Chris Cobb <cjcobb2@unity.ncsu.edu>
To: aem@sccs.swarthmore.edu
Cc: chit-chat@swil.org, swat90@infersys.com

Dang!  Talk about ancient history!  George was moved into TIC when it was
still the 1980s!  Here's the history as I remember it.  In the fall of
1986, Swil was given a spare room in the basement of Danawell then known as
the Swil room.  (Perry Dees had lived in that room the year before, but
that's not important right now [you want housing??].)  We moved a bunch of
stuff into that room that fall.  One thing that Swil chose to store in the
room was books that could not fit into Cordwainer Bird.  In 1987, it was
decided to name that collection the George C. Hurliman Memorial Library.
The stuff and the memorial library stayed in the Swil room until enrollment
grew again, and the room was re-converted into a living space.  At that
time, Swil was given space in TIC to replace the Danawell room.  So we
moved all the stuff into it, and it has been there ever since.  Storing
books in it and calling it a memorial library was an internal decision on
Swil's part--it was never a condition of our use of the space that we keep
nothing but books there!  Where did they come up with that idea?  I suppose
someone else wants to store stuff in the room, so they're looking for a way
to force the Swil stuff out?

That's as much of the story as I remember--there are others on the list who
might recall more details.  Anyone want to add to or to correct this
account?

Chris