Public Documents Room. It is intended to provide for perhaps fifty readers and have a near Stack accommodation for all public documents, both national and state. This room might be near the Patents Room and Reference Room.
Public Reception Room. Part of Public Telephone and Public Stenographer’s Room might adjoin an “Emergency Hospital,” as suggested by Dr. Backus.
See also Writing and Copying Room, Public.
Public Restaurant. If this could be provided for in connection with staff lunch room it would be desirable so that all-day students could obtain lunch.
Public Telephone, see Telephone, Public.
Public Toilet Rooms, see Toilet Rooms, Public.
Radiators. These might be placed inside the walls without taking up room or shelving space, but of course accessible by taking out division of shelving, or radiators might form a base 10 inches to 14 inches from floor under book cases—if not too hot.
Rare and Restricted Books Room. Here would be kept the precious books. It is essential that the vault run through this section. Rare books and prints would be preserved and displayed here.
It should possibly be part of Art Book suite.
Reading Rooms, see Reference Department and under different headings, as Periodical Reading Room, Technical and Scientific Periodical Room, etc.