Originating as a single room in the Old Whitney House in 1927, the school
library has always been an integral part of the Brooks community. Relocated
to a wood paneled room in Gardner House in 1930, the school library maintained
its status as a center for intellectual pursuits. Expanding to fill three
additional rooms in 1949, the Brooks library was formally dedicated to the
memory of De Forest Van Slyck, Jr., a Brooks graduate who was lost in action
during WWII. In 1965, the library moved from its Gardner House location into
a new building, the Goelet Library, designed to accommodate a collection
of 15,000 books and to serve 200 students. As the collection enlarged and
information technology became critical to scholarship, the Henry Luce III
Library was constructed to function as the major resource for the Brooks
School community's learning and teaching needs. Named after Henry Luce III,
Class of 1942, the distinctive tri-level structure was designed by the Boston
architectural firm of Amsler Woodhouse MacLean and dedicated in May 1995.
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