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Order Number	00082588
Title	Walter Mirisch at Margaret Herrick Library
Photographer	Mercurio, Conrad.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b016_f2_i1
Date	1975
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Groundbreaking for the Academy's new headquarters, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, took place in September 1973. The building, designed by Maxwell Starkman, was officially dedicated on December 8, 1975. When the building opened, the Margaret Herrick Library occupied two floors and contained more than 8,000 books, pamphlets, and periodicals.; Established in 1928, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences library was formed and was later named for Margaret Herrick, the Academy's first librarian and long-time executive director. In 1991 the library moved from the Academy headquarters on on Wilshire Boulvard to the Fairbanks Center, located at 333 S. la Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
Description	Photograph caption dated October 13, 1975 reads, "Walter Mirisch, president of Motion Picture Academy, in library of new building."
Subject	Mirisch, Walter. Margaret Herrick Library. Motion picture producers and directors--United States. Special libraries--California--Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills (Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection