Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library

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The Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library is the national library of the Theosophical Society in America. It is in the L. W. Rogers Building on the Olcott campus, located in Wheaton,Illinois.

Steps to balcony. Photo by Glenn Kujansuu.
Balcony level. Photo by Glenn Kujansuu.





History

Library in 1928

The basis for this library was established by L. W. Rogers while the organization, then called the American Theosophical Society, had headquarters in Chicago. When the Society moved to the Wheaton site in 1927, the south end of the building was designed to be a library. The Society honored Mr. Rogers in 1932 by naming it the Rogers Library.[1] The library went through several changes of name, and the building became the L. W. Rogers Building.

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Website and online resources

Many resources are available in the Website for the library.

Notes

  1. "Addition to Headquarters Estate - Mr. Rogers Honored", The Theosophical Messenger 20.10 (October 1932), 227.