# @trinityu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B117-hKFoM6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20832996-trinityu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-08-31T21:03:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Trinity University (@trinityu) — https://gondola.cc/trinityu

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Did you know that the Storch Memorial Building was once Trinity's library?⁣⁣⁣
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By the early 1970s, record space in Storch was running thin, which prompted president Duncan Wimpress (1970-76) to undertake a $5 million fundraising project for a new library. Deeming the new library a "number one building priority" for the growing campus, Wimpress envisioned a "futuristic" building that would open just three years after his tenure ended.⁣⁣⁣
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Construction on Coates Library began in 1977, and it officially opened in 1979.⁣⁣⁣
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Like Trinity itself, Coates Library leans on the past to look to the future. In addition to an ever-expanding digital and print collection, Trinity's library boasts a special collections room with rare volumes, such as manuscripts by famous novelists and a 16th-century Latin hymnal believed to be the only copy in the world. ⁣⁣
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