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==History==
[[File:Photo of the Great Room I took on 11-12-2012 at Hale Library in Manhattan, KS.jpg|thumb|left| The "Great Room
On October 5, 1997, Hale Library was officially dedicated ending an 80 year architectural odyssey and ushering in a new world of library resources, both traditional and electronic. The college library was completed in 1927, making it the first building on the Kansas State Agricultural College's campus devoted solely to housing the library. The historic library has a room of major interest, called the "Great Room" which features murals by [[David Hicks Overmyer]] complete din 1934 and highlighting the Agricultural College's strengths of "1) science and industry, 2) agricultural and animal husbandry 3) the arts [and] 4) the home."<ref>"Center Library Mural Will be Painted First," ''Kansas industrialist (21 March 1934) cited in North,70.</ref> The preliminary studies for the mural are currently held by the [[Mirianna Kistler Beach Museum]] on the Kansas State Campus.<ref name = North70>North, 70.</ref>
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[[Image:Hale Exterior.jpg|Exterior of Hale Library|thumb|left]]
[[Image:Farrell stacks.jpg|1955 stacks addition|thumb|left]]
▲[[File:Photo of the Great Room I took on 11-12-2012 at Hale Library in Manhattan, KS.jpg|The Great Room|thumb|right]]
Growth of collections and services, combined with a severe reduction in quality study space, led to outside consultants recommending that the library be expanded at a cost of $28 million. With dwindling state resources for construction projects, an innovative answer to how finance a new library had to be found. Three components came together to fund the project: a federal wind fall of funds to the state allowed Governor [[Joan Finney]] to allocate $18 million for the construction; K-State students passed a referendum to provide $5 million; and Joe and Joyce Hale, impressed with the students’ financial commitment, came forward with $5 million. Without all three, the library addition and renovation could not have become a reality. To recognize the essential contribution of the Hale’s the new library was named in their honor. To acknowledge the importance of the original library and its namesake, the 1927 structure retains the designation of “Historic Farrell Library” and the main entry to Hale is officially known as the Farrell Entrance.
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