The McHenry Library is the arts, humanities, and social sciences library of the
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of ...
. It was named after the founding chancellor of the university,
Dean E. McHenry. The building, designed by architect
John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke (February 24, 1919 – April 17, 2010)Brown, "John Carl Warnecke Dies at 91, Designed Kennedy Gravesite," ''Washington Post,'' April 23, 2010.Grimes, "John Carl Warnecke, Architect to Kennedy, Dies at 91," ''New York Times,'' Ap ...
, was completed in 1968 and features a minimalist design intended to blend into its forest surroundings, with floor-to-ceiling glass set in coarse, granite-like concrete and exposed vertical columns suggestive of tree trunks. The building is designed around a four-story atrium surrounded entirely by glass walls. Over the last ten years the library has undergone seismic retrofit and renovations, amounting in $100 million in improvements. In fall of 2011 it fully reopened with a new café, increased study space, and special exhibit room exclusively for the Grateful Dead archives.
[Aaron Jacobsen]
"Rennovations(sic) Signify New Era for McHenry Library"
' 'Santa Cruz Patch' ' , October 1, 2011 The Global Village Café, which is located in the new wing of the library, is run by Amazon Juices and offers smoothies, sandwiches, salads, rice bowls, and a full coffee bar.
The McHenry Library is home to the archives of the anthropologist
Gregory Bateson, the rock band,
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, ...
, the science fiction author,
Robert Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accu ...
, and the architectural photographer
Morley Baer. The exhibit opened to the public on June 29, 2012.
References
External links
Photographs and architectural drawings of McHenry Library from the UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections
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Library buildings completed in 1968
University of California, Santa Cruz
University and college academic libraries in the United States
Libraries in California
McHenry Library, UCSC
University of California, Santa Cruz buildings and structures