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  • Gilead Bible School Library
    Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLibrary Building of Gilean Bible School. This building, called "Shiloah", houses one of the most specialized and complete reference libraries for Bible study. It contains over 6,000 volumes that have been carefully selected to aid the ministers of Gilead in their Theocratic research.
  • Gilead Library Building
    Image | 1950 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "GILEAD LIBRARY BUILDING, as viewed across the campus of Gilead's main auditorium. Here one may learn much concerning the purpose of Jehovah God the Creator who made the flowers and trees that seem to literally surround the building in this picture." Postcard was never mailed
  • Gilead Library
    Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionGilead Library Building, as viewed across the campus from Gilead's pass1 auditorium. Here one may learn much concerning the purpose of Jehovah God the Creator. In the foreground winter snow blankets the amphitheater, which is used in milder seasons for training in outdoor public speaking.