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  • Wessels Library at Newberry College
    Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "WESSELS LIBRARY, NEWBERRY COLLEGE NEWBERRY, S. C. Dedicated in 1954, the library was financed with funds from the Christian Higher Education Year Appeal and a gift from the Wessels family of Savannah, Georgia. This $200,000 structure houses 30,000 volumes plus periodicals and pamphlets." Postcard was never mailed