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Seeley W. Mudd Library, joined to Honnold Library by a pedestrian
bridge, was dedicated in September 1970. Col. Seeley Wintersmith Mudd
was born in Missouri in 1861 and worked as a mining engineer in
Leadville, Colorado, later becoming a consulting engineer in Los
Angeles. In 1914 Mr. Mudd became a trustee of Pomona College. In World
War I, Mr. Mudd joined the Engineer Officers Reserve Corps, and was
promoted to the rank of Colonel. It was Col. Mudd who interested his
friend and fellow engineer Mr. Honnold in becoming a Claremont Colleges
trustee, and both served as members of the first board of directors of
the Claremont Colleges when the institution was incorporated in 1925. He
served only briefly, dying suddenly in 1926. Col. Mudd and his family,
especially his sons Harvey S. Mudd and Seeley G. Mudd, were generous
benefactors to the Claremont Colleges and to other colleges. Dr. Seeley
G. Mudd was the principal individual donor for the library, which was designed by architects Flewelling and Moody of Los
Angeles, and asked that it be named the Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Memorial Library in honor
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Seeley W. Mudd Library, 1970 |
Main lobby, December 26, 1970 |
Mudd Library, Fountain courtyard |
William W. Clary Reading Room |