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Dalia Corkrum is the current Director Penrose Library. She began in that position in 2005.

The Whitman College and Northwest Archives have a trove of primary source documents, including manuscripts, letters and diaries documenting the Whitmans and other early missionaries in the region. The collection also has many publications and…

A page from the Nuremburg Chronicle depicting the tower of Babel.

Penrose Library also has a number of rare books, including this copy the title-less work usually known in English as the Nuremburg Chroncile, but also called the Liber Chronicarum. Published in 1493, the Chronicle is an incunable, or a book printed…

In addition electronic resources - nearly 200 databases and 40,000 unique journal titles - Penrose Library has a 500,000 print volumes.

The Stuart Room, which houses the furniture and artifacts from the Elbridge H. And Evelyn Clark Stuart Napoleon Collection, was added when the Stuart Wing was constructed. Shown here is the desk used by Napoleon’s surgeon on the island of St. Helena.

The Allen Reading Room, named in recognition of a gift from the Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation, is a strictly-enforced quiet study area in the library. It was built as part of the library remodeling in 2000, which moved the main entrance towards…

Located in the approximate location of Olin Hall, Reynolds housed the library collections from 1934 until the construction of Penrose Memorial Library in 1957.

College Hall was the main campus building in the early years of the college, and included a library room, which housed the collections until the Memorial Building was erected in 1899.

The stately Memorial Hall housed the library from 1900-1934.