UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
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woven into it to reduce static electricity. The grand staircase is of free-flowing design without noticeable support, and overlooks a plaza courtyard.-The courtyard contains the unusual and attractive Spaulding Memo I Fountain, as well as the planter for a native tree which will i .end'itsbranches upward through the library. The elevator next to he staircase has a window which overlooks the plaza as the ascends.

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