D.R. Glass Library

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The D.R. Glass Library is part of Texas College, a <a href="/facts/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities/NC4q44T5">historically black college</a>, and was it designed by <a href="/facts/McKissack_%2526_McKissack/qbAMzPoE">McKissack & McKissack</a>, one of the oldest black-founded and owned architecture firms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The building was named after the former college president, <a href="/facts/Dominion_Robert_Glass/f5CS7a4n">Dominion Robert Glass</a> (1895–1968).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> It is part of the <a href="/facts/HBCU_Library_Alliance/cHV0flao">HBCU Library Alliance</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
</p><p>McKissack & McKissack also designed the President's House at Texas College (1942), another NRHP listed building.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>National Register of Historic Places portal</li><li>Texas portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Smith_County%2c_Texas/BNTk7lpP">National Register of Historic Places listings in Smith County, Texas</a></li></ul>

<p> This article incorporates <a href="https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm">public domain material</a> from websites or documents of the <a href="/facts/National_Park_Service/KyR15FW6">National Park Service</a>.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.texascollege.edu/office-of-bracademic-affairs/library">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Glass, D.R., Library at Texas College". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. <a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000128" target="_blank">https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000128</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Glass, D.R., Library at Texas College". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. <a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000128" target="_blank">https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000128</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"This Black-owned architecture firm is behind some of DC's most significant monuments and memorials". wusa9.com. September 10, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2023. <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/community/equality-matters/deryl-mckissack-archicture-black-business-lincoln-memorial-nats-park-african-american-history-museum/65-246fbb9d-d5f0-457c-8908-9e69c789bfbe" target="_blank">https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/community/equality-matters/deryl-mckissack-archicture-black-business-lincoln-memorial-nats-park-african-american-history-museum/65-246fbb9d-d5f0-457c-8908-9e69c789bfbe</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>American Universities and Colleges. Praeger Series on Higher Education. American Council on Education. Praeger Publishers. 1956. p. 1041.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: others (link) <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=seY1AAAAIAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=seY1AAAAIAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Glass, Dominion Robert". Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). Retrieved January 27, 2023. <a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/glass-dominion-robert" target="_blank">https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/glass-dominion-robert</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Institutional Members by Year Established". HBCU Library Alliance. Retrieved January 27, 2023. <a href="http://hbculibraries.org/libraries-year.html" target="_blank">http://hbculibraries.org/libraries-year.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"President's House at Texas College". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System. <a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000131" target="_blank">https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000131</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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