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1970 - 1985 (Creation)
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The James Dunn Law Library opened in 1967, occupying the fourth and fifth floors of the newly built Weldon Law Building. The library was funded by the widow of Dalhousie Law School graduate Sir James Dunn. As early as 1969 the Dunn Foundation had initiated funding for the university's first professional law librarian, Professor Eunice W. Beeson, one of Canada's earliest qualified lawyer librarians who is widely credited with establishing the foundation of the modern law school library.
In August 1985, a lightning strike caused an electrical malfunction, igniting a fire that destroyed the library's fifth floor, along with hundreds of books. Despite the losses, the fire was considered a “mixed tragedy" as it spurred the construction of a four-storey addition on the north side of the law building. Completed in 1988, the new library was financed by Lady Beaverbrook, law foundations across Canada, and Dalhousie alumni. The Dunn Law Library now occupies four floors in the Weldon Law Building, offering space for study and research and a collection of over 220,000 volumes.
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- English