The Garden of Contentment – Dedication

1. Attendees at the Dedication Service, Garden of Contentment.  2. Pattie Orr, Vice President  for Information Technology and Dean of Libraries, welcomed  the group on behalf of the University Libraries.  3. Rita Patteson, Director of the ABL&M, spoke on Dr. Armstrong’s “Vision for the Garden of Contentment.”  4. Dr. Kirstie Blair, University of Glasgow, and the 2012-2013 holder of the Margaret Root Brown Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies, spoke on the importance of the Library & Museum to the literary world. A prayer of dedication was brought by Mr. Bill Hair, library faculty member in the W. R. Poage Library. The Benediction, a reading of “Pippa’s Song” from the early Robert Browning play “Pippa Passes,” was led by Sue Wright, Chairwoman of the Libraries Board of Advocates.

551911_10151149741796926_741313559_n1        Patti Orr, VP for Information Services/Dean of Libraries welcomed the group on behalf of the University Libraries2

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Due to rain (good for new gardens) the Dedication Ceremony took place in the ABL&M’s Foyer of Meditation. Attendance at the Ceremony was good, and the group enjoyed looking at the Garden (with umbrellas) following the Ceremony and a reception in the Cox Reception Hall on the first floor of the Library & Museum.  Gratitude was expressed to: Ted and Sue Getterman, Waldo and Minnie Lee Branch Hill, the Shepherd Spencer Neville Brown family, the Guardian Angels of the Armstrong Browning Library & Museum, and the many donors whose generous support made possible the Garden of Contentment.
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