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Babson Globe

About the Globe

At the foot of the main stairway in the Library stands the Henry Blake Babson Geophysical Globe. Custom-made for the Academy, the globe is the gift of the industrialist and yachtsman for whom it is named and symbolizes the mission of the Academy educating students for a...

USMMA Library

Easy access to the resources quickly provides the reference, research, and reading material needed to support the curriculum. The library is also dedicated to providing high quality service to facilitate the use of its resources by the academic community, the public and private sectors.

Library History

The Schuyler Otis Bland Memorial Library, which opened for service on March 17, 1969, was named after Representative Bland, a member of Congress from Virginia from 1918 until his death in 1950. From 1922 until 1950 Representative Bland was a member of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries...

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