1951 dedication naming Western's library for Leslie J. Savage. Savage was a Board of Trustees member who was instrumental in working with the Works Progress Administration for funding WCU's library. The original library was completed in 1939.
A group of visitors walk down the hill in front of the original Leslie J. Savage Library entrance, ca. 1960. Two cottonwood trees in along the wall were recently removed.
Students study in the Leslie J. Savage Library, 1957. View is from the original circulation desk to the east end of the building. A portrait of Leslie J. Savage hangs above the entrance to the browsing room.
View of Leslie J. Savage Library from the northwest, ca. 1940s. This entrance is just north of the original circulation desk; it is only used today as an emergency exit.