Ed Cohen, Head of Reference department ready to give "infiremation"

Description

Ed Cohen (Edward Stanton Cohen, 1930-2009), Head of Reference, worked as a librarian at Hunter Library for thirty eight years. A fire erupted in Hunter Library at Western Carolina University on February 26, 1989. Campus security officer W. R. Holder reported the fire at 5:50 AM and it was contained in the check-out service of the Media Center. The fire destroyed audio-visual equipment, instructional film, video tapes, and compact disk collections. An estimated 300,000 volumes were covered in soot and needed cleaning. On April 24, 1989, Hunter Library reopened on a reduced capacity.
Details
- Format
  - Slides (photographs)
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date original: 1989-03-14
  - Date digitized: 2018-10-01
- Extent
  - Dimension: 2" x 2"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Jackson County (N.C.)
  - Cullowhee (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Hunter Library Special Collections
- Identifier
  - HL_1989-02-26_fire_14
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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