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The Bell Room opens

After two years of construction, the Ford W. and Amy Bell Room has a new home in the Elmer L. Andersen Library, and its goal is to magnify the history of underrepresented peoples as an exhibit space for materials from the James Ford Bell Library. With the support of Ford. W Bell, Bell’s grandson and trustee of the James Ford Bell Trust, the Libraries moved the Bell Room to Andersen Library under this new vision.

Ford W. and Amy Bell pose for a portrait in the Bell Room. (Photo/Erin Benner, Angelic Jewel Photography)

Ford W. and Amy Bell pose for a portrait in the Bell Room. (Photo/Erin Benner, Angelic Jewel Photography)

Fundraising

In FY23, the Libraries raised $1,217,228 from over 2,000 donors.

In memoriam

The Libraries mourns the loss of our community members in 2022–2023:

  • Kristen Cooper, Plant Sciences Librarian
  • Mark Desrosiers Operations Manager, St. Paul Campus Libraries
  • Bob Fredrickson, Minitex
  • Archie Givens Jr. Humanitarian, philanthropist, businessman, and U of M alumnus
  • Tim McCluske, Minitex
  • Jean-Nickolaus Tretter, Founder, Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
  • Maxine Wallin, Volunteer, community and philanthropic leader, and former U of M staff member

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