Access to the College Green area of campus will be restricted until further notice. Current students, faculty and staff with a valid Penn card may enter and exit Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center through the Rosengarten Undergraduate Study Center on the ground floor, and may enter and exit the Fisher Fine Arts Library through the 34th Street entrance to Meyerson Hall. 

During reading period, April 30 to May 14: Access to both Van Pelt and Fisher Fine Arts Library is limited. Find more information.

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Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund

This fund was established in 1999 with a bequest following the death of Clyde de Loache Ryals. Dr. Ryals received his Ph.D from Penn in 1957, specializing in the Victorian poets Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning, and served as chairman of the Duke University English Department from 1979 to 1982. In keeping with Dr. Ryals's academic interests, this fund supports acquisitions in English literature from the period from 1830 to 1900.