History of the ESSL

Apr 7, 2008

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Since its founding in 1901 as the Pedagogical Library, the Education and Social Science Library (ESSL) has had a number of different names and locations. For a brief history of the ESSL, please visit the History of the ESSL page. Collections once claiming a home in ESSL include Linguistics, Philosophy, Speech & Hearing Science, and the United Nations documents. Read the history to see which collections are currently located here, and when they were incorporated.