When you walk through Carrier Library on the campus of James Madison University, you are quite literally walking through the decades.
When you enter what was once the main entrance of the building, you enter into the historic 1930s library. The entrance stopped being used sometime in the past and has just been reopened. However, there is a large display case blocking the entrance and depriving guests of the majesty that the entrance once afforded.
To the right of the lobby is a grand staircase. You can see a splash of the black and white tiles that checkered the halls of Carrier Library in the 1970s.
As you walk down the hall and pass through a door arch you are hit with a blast of air. You have now entered the 1960s section of the building, which had much…