{"id":174,"date":"2024-07-26T12:15:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T16:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtual-exhibits.library.queensu.ca\/douglas100\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:49:20","slug":"self-guided-tour-of-douglas-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/self-guided-tour-of-douglas-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Guided Tour of Douglas Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To add to the celebration of this beautiful campus landmark, a self-guided tour of the Douglas Library building and surrounding property has been created. Please take the time to enjoy the building, inside and out, with the help of the following tour prompts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outdoors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cornerstone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coat of Arms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Douglas Terrace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" data-id=\"264\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"263\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7823.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7823.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Stack &#8211; Level 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skylight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7825.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7825.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ground Floor &#8211; Level 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bust of James Douglas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Printing Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7826.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"268\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7826.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"269\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7827.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Floor &#8211; Level 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I-EDIAA Collection housed within the John Reid Bain Reading Room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7828.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7828.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" data-id=\"271\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7829.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Floor &#8211; Level 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current Rare Books and Special Collections exhibits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Douglas Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bust of Lorne Pierce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medals and bust of Sir Sandford Fleming housed within the Graduate Student Reading Room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indigenous Study Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7830.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" data-id=\"272\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7830.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7836.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" data-id=\"273\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7836.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7839.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"276\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7839.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"275\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7838.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7840.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"277\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7840.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"278\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7841.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"274\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7837.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Floor &#8211; Level 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1923 Reading Room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1966 Reading Room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stained glass windows housed within the reading rooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Royal Legacy Wall housed within the 1924 Reading Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7845.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" data-id=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7845.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"279\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7842.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" data-id=\"283\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7849.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" data-id=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7844.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" data-id=\"280\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_7844.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To add to the celebration of this beautiful campus landmark, a self-guided tour of the Douglas Library building and surrounding property has been created. 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