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The University of California, Davis, named their main library in honor of Peter J. Shields (1862-1962) in 1973. Shields was an influential lawyer, politician and judge who lobbied the California State Legislature for the funding of a UC Campus in the city of Davis. The University of California, Davis, named their main library in honor of Peter J. Shields (1862-1962) in 1973. Shields was an influential lawyer, politician and judge who lobbied the California State Legislature for the funding of a UC Campus in the city of Davis.

In 2009, the Shields Library had a capacity of 1.35 million bound volumes and could accommodate 3,391 study seats. Tel: 530.752.6561 (2009);

Kitchen and Hunt made an addition to the library at the University of California, Davis, 1955. The new West Wing opened on 04/02/1990, designed by Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Morris, Architects of San Francisco, CA; others involved in its design and construction included: Structural and Civil Engineer, Rutherford and Chekene; Mechanical Engineer, Guttman and MacRitchie; Electrical and Lighting Engineer, The Engineering Enterprise; Landscape Architects, Meacham O'Brien; Building Contractor, Campbell Construction Company. The West Wing received the following awards: California Council, American Institute of Architects, Merit Award, 1991; American Society of Interior Designers, National Committee First Place, Institutional Design, 1991; Designer Specifier Project Design Awards, Winner-Public Spaces, 1991; North American Concrete Building Awards, Award of Excellence, 1990; PCI-Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Award for Design Excellence, 1991; PC Glass Block Architectural Design Awards, Honorable Mention, 1991; Architectural Precast Association, Award for Design Excellence, 1991; Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI), Honorable Mention, 1992 Design Awards XI;

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